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

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more sense. So again, I have the luxury of sitting here and making these lines without having to take into account all the other commissioners together working on it. And I know that that work is painstaking and challenging to try to meet everybody's needs at once. But again, because of my unique perspective of having lived in almost every district on this island for a good portion of my life, I do believe that I was able to capture a lot of the testimony and create a map that has some pretty clean lines and good deviations. So, I hope that you could give that just a moment and look at that map that I'm putting forward and have it help you fix some of the things that you will be working on today. Anyway, thank you so much for your time and mahalo for the work you're doing. I'm going to try to stick around a little bit later if you have questions. Again, I'm just tuning in via phone so it's a little challenging, but mahalo again and Happy Holidays. ARACELEY: Thank you so much for your testimony. Chair, those are all the individuals outside of the Commission in your Zoom meeting room. UNFINISHED BUSINESS KOSSOW: Thank you, Relley. We'll head over to unfinished business. Relley, if you can go ahead and read Unfinished Business Number 1, Final Redistricting Plan, into the record. Thank you. ARACELEY: Thank you, Chair. 1. Final Redistricting Plan On November 29, 2021, as a reconvening of its November 23, 2021 —8h session, the Commission approved its draft redistricting plan by vote. Pursuant to Hawaii County Charter Section 3-17(e), public hearings on the draft plan were then conducted on December 14 and December 16, 2021. During its December 9, 2021 —9h session, the Commission postponed discussion of further considerations to its draft redistricting plan. This item was on the December 17, 2021, agenda, during which Commissioners may have recorded actions on its Final Plan. The Commission may consider any adjustments and approve a final plan. Hawaii County Charter Section 3-17(d) requires the Commission to file a redistricting plan by December 31 st KOSSOW: Thank you, Relley. So, before we move onto going in depth with the draft plan, is anybody from Elections available? And maybe they can tell us a little bit about the process after the completion of the final draft plan, after it gets voted. ARACELEY: Thank you, Chair. Currently, there are no staff from Elections in the room. They may be running into the room now, but they are not currently here. KOSSOW: Okay. If they come over onto the Zoom or inside the room, could you let me know? In that case, we'll move over to visiting the last draft plan. Which I believe was 6