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boundary of Council District 8 with Council District 7. It cuts off near Kealakehe Parkway, I see <br />that the district boundary, would that be Kealaka' a Street, or would that be Mamalahoa Highway? <br />MR. KANUHA: That is Kealakehe High School, and I think that is either Tomi Tomi or Hau <br />Kuni Street. <br />MR. KAHUI: Can we go in closer and further to the west? <br />MR. KANUHA: Shyla, can you change the terrain so we can see some houses? <br />MR. MELROSE: Go to "view" and we can see full screen. <br />MR. KAHUI: Okay, that helps. I want to see a little bit more of that north /west boundary. I'm <br />still confused where that is. I'm looking for Kealakehe High School to try and get some bearing <br />here. <br />MR. MIDDLESWORTH: Use the hybrid view, Shyla. It shows the street names too. <br />MR. KAHUI: Okay, now I know where I'm at. I appreciate that. <br />MR. KANUHA: Do you think that is an acceptable boundary? <br />MR. KAHUI: Yes, I don't see any kind of - - -We are keeping the west side of the highway <br />contiguous because the large communities down there. It's important to keep those together. <br />Likewise for those that are mauka of the highway. I'm cool with that. <br />MR. MELROSE: I have two comments about this map. One is, Council District 6 is a massive <br />district under any circumstances. This map makes it bigger than it's ever been by area coverage; <br />and it reaches around and picks up Kaumana mauka, which frankly, is not going to pass the <br />connectivity test. So at its face, it is problematic. So I would be glad to pass on this map. The <br />other thing - -and this is just something for the Kona guys to think about - -it's good to have an <br />alternative with this dense packed district, but I'm wondering if in the future what we are really <br />looking for are council people who are that focused; or is it a benefit for having a bit more of that <br />mauka /makai connectivity and people having to serve both and urban and a rural area. It seems <br />that everybody has got to do that to some degree whether in Waiakea, or Kaumana, or wherever. <br />So it just creates a different kind of concentration, a different kind of an oriented politician. I <br />think we should show one of these options with the compact thing, but I think it does give us a <br />different kind of a political personality who can walk their district in an afternoon, as opposed to <br />someone who has to take it through its weather cycles over a day. <br />MR. KAHUI: I think my initial inclination is that there are two definitely distinct communities. <br />One sort of kind of plural in nature, in which you have got mixed demographics; and then the <br />mauka community, more ag in nature. I think their interests, in terms of looking at what they <br />serve, when you look at their interests, they differ in that respect. When you look at the mauka, <br />those are all ag lands that are five acres plus. They have different attributes to which I think they <br />serve each other's interests. If we begin to do the mauka / makai, which I personally like, because <br />M <br />