2021-12-21 Redistricting Commission minutes (11th Session)

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KOSSOW: Mr. Hustace. HUSTACE: Is it worth—and this is just for my understanding—Nani Kailua is on both sides of Nani Kailua Drive. Is that correct? The subdivision there. KOSSOW: I believe so, yes. LOPEZ: Yes. So, Nani Kailua Drive goes right through the center. HUSTACE: And so, it's not—Because this weird block here along Wehilani Drive, some of the residents in that block are also in Nani Kailua, right? So, is it worth putting more of Nani Kailua together with that group then? I know you'd be splitting Nani Kailua right down the middle. But it seems like some are already in this 374. Is that correct? LOPEZ: Question. You said that Wehilani is associated with Nani Kailua. In what way? HUSTACE: Just in a sense that the census blockIf I zoom in here on Nani Kailua, there's a street called Hoene Street, there are people that live on the south side, right? LOPEZ: Oh. Yes. That is the southern border of that whole Kailua subdivision. HUSTACE: And so, they're being counted in this large census block, as well as people that live along Puia Road and Wehilani Drive. That's my understanding. LOPEZ: Oh, I see. HUSTACE: This is one of the blocks that we flagged as for irregularity. And so, should we put more of their compatriots and neighbors together with them if they're being counted in a different block? LOPEZ: I would have to say—My sense says yes because to separate Hoene from the southern edge of Nani Kailua doesn't make a whole lot of sense. It's one neighborhood, right? So, I would suggest to Commissioner Bronsten that that's not a bad move for the reasons you just cited. KOSSOW: Go ahead and move that back into Council District 8. LOPEZ: Oh, I misunderstood. I thought we were going to take those three bottom ones and put `em in 7. KOSSOW: Oh, I see. I see. Okay. Thank you. LOPEZ: Yeah. HUSTACE: Numbers? 27