2021-12-17 Redistricting Commission minutes (10th Session)

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KOSSOW: I'm not sure what that issue is. Maybe it's a Zoom problem. You might have to open that up onto FORD: Okay. Let me try. I'll get out of here right now. AH NEE: Chair, Commissioner Ah Nee. KOSSOW: Ms. Ah Nee. AH NEE: Thank you for going through that process. I remember one of the solutions offered from the public was looking at that Haihai cut off and seeing if those Puna of Haihai was considerably in the more development state of District 5. Is that going to help in the deviations? I yield. KOSSOW: Ms. Bath, do you have any comments on District 5 going into Haihai? BATH: Yeah, thank you for asking. Haihai doesn't really represent upper Puna. I heard those testimonies and appreciated them, however I'm not sure that the testifiers understood that Haihai does not have substandard subdivisions. They do have the cul-de- sacs and things that they spoke of. I wonder if maybe the testifiers were aligning more with the Kea`au Ag Lots. But Haihai definitely wouldn't be wise because it would give us numbers that we don't need, and it would deprive us of the census blocks that we do need to have voice. So, I would think that that might not be such a good idea. I really like Mr. Hustace's map with a couple of tweaks. I yield. YOSHINA: Chair Kossow, Dwayne. KOSSOW: Mr. Yoshina. YOSHINA: One question I have is, does this revision put Pana`ewa and Keaukaha together? I think that was a request made. KOSSOW: Thank you for the question, Mr. Yoshina. This is the current working draft that we previously had. And the request from Ms. Ah Nee was to kind of come up with an idea of where the line should go. And so, currently this places Pana`ewa into Council District 3. YOSHINA: Does it also include Keaukaha? KOSSOW: That is correct. YOSHINA: So, all of Keaukaha and Pana`ewa, DHHL lands or communities, are now in District 3? KOSSOW: That is correct. Yes. 19