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MS. LIVELY: Thank you, good evening Madam Chair. We have three testifiers tonight. Our first testifier is Hope Cermelj, and she is commenting in support of the redistricting, and she claims that she is representing poor voters of Puna district, like herself. HOPE CERMELJ (At this time Hope Cermelj came forward via videoconference from Pahoa to address members of the Commission.) MS. CERMELJ: Aloha, good evening. Thank you again, Redistricting Committee. What a hard task you had. And to listen to public comment like every state in the union should be doing. To help the people have the right decisions, the right amount of federal law as well as federal counting. I did the census in Hilo; that was not an easy job. But it is done; now you have done the redistricting. Here is my comment, which means everything to me; because I will be running for a state representative position myself. There is a lawsuit pending. It is unconscionable what is going on. I hope and pray that the State Districting Committee can do as good a job as we did on the Big Island. Thank you all for all of your hard work and again, like I mentioned last night, every comment that Brenda Ford made was very valid and I believe in what she said, and I support her wholeheartedly, especially taking apart a State park where there might be conflict; or a funding problem. So again, God bless all of you and thank you Big Island; we are FBI here, we are from the Big Island. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you. We will come back to Hilo now and take our second testifier. SANDRA PATTON (At this time Sandra Patton, Executive Director Mauna Lani Resort Association, came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. PATTON: I also submitted a larger copy of the map that was distributed to you electronically. And I will be very brief. Aloha, Madam Chair and Commissioners. My name is Sandy Patton, and I am the Executive Director of the Mauni Lani Resort Association, which is the master association of all property owners at Mauni Lani Resort. Mauni Lani master planned community currently includes approximately 1200 residential units, two hotels, a commercial retail center, two golf courses, and various other commercial entities. Mauna Lani Resort Association's only comment regarding the Commission's Draft Redistricting Plan relates to the proposed boundary between District 8 and District 9, and just the portion that crosses over Mauni Lani Resort. This is the portion illustrated in the Commission's Draft Map which is captioned Western Towns, Waikoloa Beach details. The Commission's draft proposes that the bulk of Mauna Lani's 1200 residential owners would reside within District 9, and just 194 of our residents would reside in District 8. The effect of the proposed boundary alignment is that all but three of Mauni Lani's 18 residential neighborhoods would be located in one district, and the remaining three neighborhoods comprising only 194 residents would be located in a different district. We respectfully request that the segment of the district boundary that crosses Mauna Lani 10