COMM. 53.3 from B. Ford re Draft Plan

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Page 1 of 1 E off, Karen From: Ford, Brenda Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:37 PM To: Eoff, Karen Subject: redistricting Aloha Karen, I thought that I should provide written comments from the Monday Redistricting meeting to follow up on my comments. 1. The disconnected islands of census blocks need to be corrected. One area of concern is in the center of the island along the district boundaries of 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Tiny triangles of "floating" census blocks are easily missed in this location. 2. Waikii area in district 9 is a finger projection into district 8. While the Pohakaloa Base has historically been in district 8, to reach it, a person must be on Saddle Road. Driving from district 8 into district 9 to reach Saddle Road and then exiting district 9 back into district 8 does not conform to the criteria of being able to reach any point in the district via roads in that same district. This is easily rectified by placing the area south and east of Saddle Road on the west side of the island into district 9. There are very few if any permanent residents in the center of the island so the maximum numbers won't be violated, but this action will eliminate breaching the criteria. 3. Kealakekua Bay State Park — there are many serious problems in the park. Assigning the census block that starts from Cook's Monument going west then north through Hokuli`a subdivision will cause a problem in keeping one point of contact on the council for these major problems. While it would be nice to have the shoreline belonging to Hokuli`a remain with the rest of the subdivision, there are no house lots along the Hokuli`a shoreline. No people will be impacted by replacing this census block with the state park, and the problems in the park can be dealt with more effectively. Mahalo. Brenda J. Ford Council Member Hawai'i County Council District 7 - Central Kona Office 4 (808) 323 -4277 Fax 4 329 -4786 bfordgco.hawaii.hi.us COMM. 53.3 11/23/2011