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sake of the ambitions of the County politicians. Keep all of HPP, all 8,000 lots as one community and in one Council District." This was submitted to us by Jean and Paul Stoner, who are residents in the Park. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Our next testifier is June Conant. JUNE CONANT (At this time June Conant came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. CONANT: Thank you. Thanks to all of you. I volunteer a lot in town; I've been on the BIA for awhile and I do appreciate all of you who volunteer your time to do this. The main reason I am here tonight, I am the Vice President of HPPOA, the homeowners association of HPP. We have three major issues going on right now that if you split our Park it is going to make it very, very difficult for us to work with them. We have a $20 million dollar bond, outstanding, that we took out to try to pave more roads in the Park and we are all committed to pay that back. Number two, we are working very furiously and hopefully with the Department of Transportation regarding the widening of Highway 130. We have a situation with some common ownership of the roads and part of the park, and we are trying to work with them to try to figure out how we are going to proceed. We also have an issue with some of our residents have raised regarding the dust on the unpaved roads, and working very closely with the Attorney General's office and the Department of Health on that issue. These are issues that are not going to go away tomorrow, and if we are split it is going to make it that much harder for us to react. So, regardless of what plan is adopted, we have to keep HPP together. I really like Plan _27, the one that the Friends of Puna have put out. This is something that I think we can live with and deal with. But I really would appreciate your concern for keeping us together. Thank you so much. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. Next is Zendo Kern. ZENDO KERN (At this time Zendo Kern came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. KERN: Thank you. Aloha Commissioners, I am Zendo Kern, I live in Hawaiian Acres. I was born and raised on this island. I have lived most of my life here on the Puna side. I went to Pahoa School, I went to Montessori School, I went to Malamalama School, I went to Kea` au School and surf Poho`iki; very deep here in Puna. The task before you as Commissioners is paramount, and affects our districts for the next ten years, as you all know. Much of what I am going to say is nothing new; it's just another voice, another opinion. To me, the most important thing to consider is the community continuity; continuity before population numbers. I know the Charter mandates plus or minus 4.99% for each of the nine districts. That is a tight margin, especially when community continuity is on the line. There is also a psychological issue at hand when making our voting districts. If a person lives in a district, the person representing them should also live in that same district. To have a representative who lives outside of that district does not work for positive moral in the community and a positive stance when it comes to voting. I have talked to people about that, and that is an issue. People who are in a district - -- CHR. SIRACUSA: It's illegal. 5