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MAUNA LA11TI RESORT <br />Mauna Lani Resort (Operation), Inc. <br />November 21, 2011 <br />2011 Hawaii Redistricting Commission <br />County of Hawaii <br />74 -5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. <br />Kailua -Kona, Hawaii 95740 <br />Attn: Karen Eoff, Commission Secretary <br />RE: LOCATION OF THE BOUNDARY BETWEEN DISTRICTS 8 and 9 <br />Aloha Commissioners: <br />Mauna Lani Resort on the Kohala Coast of the Island of Hawaii encompasses 3200 acres <br />and includes but is not limited to two hotels, two 18 -hole golf courses, a commercial <br />center, sports & fitness club, spa, visitor arrival center, numerous restaurants, single - <br />family residences, condominiums, etc. Mauna Lani has been marketing and promoting <br />the Resort as being located on the Kohala Coast of the Island of Hawaii since the late <br />`70s. The planned redistricting places a portion of the resort in the North Kona district. <br />The most recent Redistricting Plan uses Mauna Lani Drive as a boundary. This, in <br />essence, bifurcates the Resort and its entities and Mauna Lani Resort asks the <br />Commission to consider the re- location of the boundary between Districts 8 and 9. <br />The Resort's request is that the boundary be shifted to its south property boundary with <br />Waikoloa Beach Resort (See attached Mauna Lani Resort map). This would keep Mauna <br />Lani Resort and its entities within one Council district -- District 9 -- which it would <br />prefer. Mauna Lani Resort's entities and residents are more closely aligned with the <br />communities of Kohala- Waimea - Waikoloa Village, than with North Kona. <br />Mahalo for your consideration of this request. <br />MAUNA ANI RESORT (OPERATION), INC. <br />Akito Toba <br />President <br />Attachment T MLR map <br />COMM. 51.45 <br />68 -1400 Mauna Lani Drive, Suite 102 • Kohala Coast, Hawaii 96743 -9726 <br />Telephone: (808) 881 -7900 a Facsimile: (808) 881 -7920 <br />