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MR. KAHAWAIOLA`A: The number is not what I am concerned with. It is having the vote, and that is the political thing that we are doing. It's having the vote of that district. But if I'm split between two districts - -- That's the same argument that the people in Puna are saying; they get diluted. Well, I get diluted, and when I say I, I mean the Hawaiians, get diluted when we get into a big split into Puna. MR. MELROSE: Got you. Can we move up to Waimea and see what that interface looks like? MS. POINDEXTER: Can you zoom in on that? Laiea Street is right in the Waikoloa Village area. MR. MELROSE: We don't have any experience with where to draw a line in Waikoloa. I don't have a clue. MS. POINDEXTER: Laiea Street is when you come into Waikoloa past the shopping center and you go down the hill. Laiea Street is on your left. So you are splitting into the Village area versus splitting down Paniolo Drive on the opposite side. MR. MELROSE: Do we want to keep this one for further consideration? There are a couple of technical issues associated with it including the Kaumana inclusion. What is the feel? MR. KANUHA: Can we check out Kona real fast? I want to check out the boundaries. That arm seems like one of the same arms we have seen before. Try to zoom in to that little space where it excludes Liliuokalani. Is that Liliuokalani? MR. MELROSE: It splits it along the road, so you end up with that subdivision being divided, with some people on the top of that subdivision being in District 7 and some are in District 8. So it would be a lot easier to include it all and let that line run along-- - MR. KANUHA: You could include it all. It is pretty dense inside there. I don't know exactly how many people it is excluding, but you would want to include that whole subdivision. MR. KAHUI: I would agree, and if we could maybe make that change now and see what effect that does have; if we are going to save this map. Try to include Lili`uokalani Estates into Council District 7. As a representative of Council District 8, I agree that just for compaction in the community, we shouldn't divide them up. What does the deviation number look like? Not a whole lot of people. MR. KANUHA: It moved up about 260 people in to District 7. MR. KAHUI: Is that within the deviation? MR. KANUHA: Yes. District 7 is a growing district, so you may not want to have that high of a deviation, but it is an acceptable deviation. 24