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MS. LIVELY: Thank you. Good morning, Madam Chair. This morning we have two testifiers. The first is James Weatherford, he is commenting on Redistricting and representing himself. JAMES WEATHERFORD (At this time James Weatherford came forward to address members of the Commission.) MR. WEATHERFORD: Aloha Commission. I put in a written testimony that you have just regarding some modifications to the boundaries between District 4 and 5, as well as between District 4 and 3; specifically that testimony and the little snapshots should cover the issue that earlier testifier raised about the little piece of Kea` au stuck down from District 3. So, it essentially puts all of the central Pahoa Village in District 5, the core of Kea` au Village in District 4, and meets all other criteria the Commission has been working on. Please have a look at it, and I can't thank you enough for your wok throughout all these months. Aloha. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you, James. And now - -- Excuse me, Bo? MR. KAHUI: We just wanted to inform the Chairman and the Commissioners that we have one testifier in Kona. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you, we will take them after our next testifier in Pahoa. Thank you, it doesn't show up on the screen that there is someone else there. MS. LIVELY: Thank you Madam Chair. Next we have Patrice MacDonald, and she is commenting on Kea`au's boundaries and she is representing Hawaiian Acres. PATRICE MACDONALD (At this time Patrice MacDonald came forward to address members of the Commission.) MS. MACDONALD: Hello, Commissioners. I really want to thank you for all the hard work you have done. My one concern --I think you have done an excellent job despite the software problem - -is the boundary of Kea`au that you have with urban Hilo. I'm wondering if there is a way to correct that at all, because that is actually our existing District 6's original town center. That is pretty much divided now into District 3. My only other comment was technicalities of some of your maps do not reflect very important roads that are existing. When I looked at the maps, they seemed to be from 1957. I don't know if that will have a future repercussion, or not, but, thank you so much for your hard work. CHR. SIRACUSA: Thank you, Patrice. Just to let you know, the changes to Kea` au are on the agenda for today, and also, we had nothing to do with the software maps; but those discrepancies have been noted, and will be included in our final report. So, thank you for noticing that. Do we have another testifier in Pahoa? If not, we can move on to Kona. 5