COMM. 51.4 from M. Wille re Plan B

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MARGARET WILLE Attorney at Law 65 -1316 Lihipali Road Kamuela, Hawaii 96743 Tel: 808 - 854 -6931 margaretwille @mac.com To: County of Hawaii Redistricting Commission Testimony for Commission Meeting of November 10, 2011 Recommendations to Complete Commission Plan B: 1. Thank you for working on Plan B with the aim of balancing concerns so as to arrive at an overall balanced Council District Plan (not lop -sided to the advantage of any particular District) and, in terms of the boundary lines, minimizing the adverse impact to individual communities overall. 2. Current Status of draft Plan B. At the November 3, 2011 Commission meeting, the Commission tentatively set the following boundary District lines: 1/2, 1/9, 9/8, 8/7, and 7/6. The Commission did not have time to finish its first run through of the remaining boundary lines: 6/5, 5/4, 4/3, and 3/2. 3. My recommended revisions: I have revised that draft Plan B with no changes to your tentative boundary locations except with respect to a small (but important) revision to the proposed Plan B District 1 boundaries. I also completed the Plan B on the remaining boundaries taking into account the comments and criticisms of the Commissioners and with the use of Commissioner Melrose's Puna subdivision map. 4. Change proposed to District 1 boundary on Waimea eastside: My proposed revision would relocate the Commission's tentative location of boundary 1/9 back to its current location and its location on the original Plan B (Plan 40 11/1) to White Road on both sides of Mamalahoa Highway. Your revised location moves that boundary into the area of the Puunani residential subdivision. I suggest this change can be made in either of the following ways to compensate for the resulting too low population in District 1: Alternative #1 is better for District 9 /Waimea as it keeps the boundary locations simple and at the current boundary location in the area of Mamalahoa Highway - and does not run through farm /fire roads mauka of Mana Road. Alternative #2 is better for District 2 in that none of Hilo south of Wailuku River is included in District 1. COMM. 51.4