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

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possible changes. There's this one census block that really prohibits some change and we have to deal with that. It's this really terrible block. And I'm not happy about this either. We had—There is no way for us to put all of Waimea, all of North Kohala, and all of Waikoloa Village in one district. The numbers are too great. So, somewhere, somehow, Waimea has to be split. And I don't think some of the testifiers understood that. So, it has to be split. And I'm not happy with this change. It brings back part of 9 back towards the original line. It does have to take some of it to give Council 1 just a little bit more edge. But these census blocks here along the edge have a lot of people and would skew that number a bit more. But we can tinker with a little bit. The reason and impetus for this east side of Waimea,just as Mr. Yoshina said for those individuals that live in Wainaku area, they felt that maybe they didn't feel represented. It's the same case for east Waimea. These people live on the edge of Council 1. There's a big distance between Waimea and Honoka`a, the next town over. And so, this edge of Waimea, they kind of feel left out. They always have felt left out in this east side of Waimea. And so the impetus for pushing further into Waimea was to give them greater representation and a stronger voting voice there. And, I'm happy to go back to some of these, where people are more comfortable. What people have been used to for ten years. It doesn't take into account some of the bigger changes that maybe need to be made and rethought about. And change is hard for people. Bigger changes are hard for people. Thank you. YOSHINA: So, James, this is Dwayne again. I appreciate the work done. Constructurally [sic], it's a good idea. And I can go out and talk to these guys, but Pi`ihonua is one area that we need to remember. And on the south side of District 2, I'm not sure what the numbers would be. I think we're over now. It would be a plus percentage over now. So, I was going to suggest that we might be able to move some of the areas on the south side of District 2, from 3 into 2 to make more room for Pana`ewa, but I guess you took care of that. So far, I'm good. Thank you. HUSTACE: Thank you, Mr. Yoshina. KOSSOW: Any further discussion for Mr. Hustace? BATH: Stephanie Bath. KOSSOW: Ms. Bath. BATH: James, I am really appreciative of the work you put into this. This was very thoughtfully done. And the fact that you did it in such a short period of time, taking into consideration the testimonies, I cannot thank you enough for your work. I've only just started to overlay the different testimonies. If I may, I'd like to give you some input into your product here. As far as Wao Kele O Puna being put back into District 5, I think that it's fine where it is. The fact that it's labeled District 4 doesn't change its access or the spirit that it has on the Fern Acres and Hawaiian Acres communities primarily. So, I think that it's fine to keep it in there. I'd like to suggest putting Kaloli Point, I believe it's two-hundred and four(204)residents in Hawaiian Paradise Park, back into Paradise Park. Because the Kaloli Point community was split up. And I don't think it'll change the name 9