2021-12-09 Redistricting Commission minutes (9th Session)

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KOSSOW: Thank you. Motion is carried. Is there any other discussion regarding anything to do with the Charter Sections 3-17 and the Code Chapter 36? Mr. Lopez? LOPEZ: Thank you. Yes, given the discussion and the motion that was made, if it's appropriate, and please correct if it's not, I move that this body made a recommendation to the next Commission to develop a primer of the methods and constraints under which the Commission operates. And also hold public sessions to educate the public on those items if that makes sense. Thank you. I yield. KOSSOW: Motion's on the table. Is there a second? HUSTACE: I'll second that, Chair. KOSSOW: Mr. Hustace seconds. Any discussion? Ms. Lui. LUL Well,just to note that I know that Common Cause does that, and has done that in the past, both for the State and for the County to some extent. So, I'm just not sure I want to put that burden on the next Commission. KOSSOW: Ms. Lui, you yield? LUL Yeah, I yield. KOSSOW: Mr. Lopez. LOPEZ: Yes. Please help me with that. Did anyone see anything in the public domain that came from Common Cause in Hawaii County as to what our constraints and limits are? I pose the question because it's not my awareness. Thank you. HUSTACE: Chair? KOSSOW: Mr. Hustace. HUSTACE: This is not particular to that question, Commissioner Lopez. It's really another question to you and how I see it as, is more of a standard operating procedure for the commissioners. I don't know if that's the same mindset you had, but it's a material. It describes the task and the role of the commissioner for this particular job. At least that's what I'm seeing from this. Correct? LOPEZ: Yes but going into a little more detail about what rules are we governed by. And I don't mean stating HRS blandy blah, I mean we are organizing census blocks. We have to move contiguous census blocks. We can't have disassociated councils, the districts. We can't cross a boundary when we go to a voting place, and so on. Those are the constraints under which we develop our maps. That's what—And again, not going into the legalese and confusing people with HRS code, but just bullet points. A, B, C, D. This is the road map under which we consider map changes. That's in addition to what you 19