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• reapportionment of the district. It's hard to say if it will happen or not, but it certainly could happen and it would create a question mark if it does happen in the future. SANTANGELO: John? RAY: Wait. Sue. IRVINE: I found this, kind of, confusing too, the explanation and whatnot; why do we have to vote on that or something. But maybe if, in our explanation to the people, we say 'this is to bring it in compliance with our County Council members' rules' or whatever, or just say 'as happens to the County Council' and then it would explain what we're trying to do here so that people would vote for it. Because it sounds like it's a good idea. You said it, maybe, doesn't have to be there but if you think it needs to be there and we need to devote No. 16 to that, then I think in our Digest we need to say 'this is to make Boards and Commissions the same as the County Council as far as that kind of turnover'. No? RAY: Well, when you're listening to Sue, look at your proposed language that she's talking about, No. 16, and see if that is problematic along with that. It's pretty clear to me, but anyway - John. SANTANGELO: I guess, for me, I have the conflict of how government really works and the practicality and the reality of it, and the need for this, because are we looking at, or have we had a case of a wholesale dismissing of people because of this redistricting, or does it make sense that even though you come from that district, there's people in that district you may not, or you may, represent? I mean, we get so tied down to specific impressions vs. the reality of it. Why do we have this in here if we tried to limit for success and then suddenly we're out to 16 with something like this? And I may have missed the importance of it. That's all. RAY: To me, it seems like an issue worth addressing. I can see where, practically speaking, it absolutely could be a problem that somebody would raise it as an issue. Thinking Waimea, Waimea-Hamakua, that boundary line there, the way it moves around. I know people that live right there on the cusp that were upset when they weren't Waimea all of a sudden. They were Hamakua or whatever, right? I think it is an issue that would be good to clean up. SANTANGELO: Well, making it in compliance with Council may not be where it's at because one's elected and the appointment may go beyond and election. IRVINE: Yes, but it was just in the explanation, to explain why we're doing this, if we want it to pass, such as Council members continue to serve even though redistricted, or something. KUROZAWA: John, is there any way we can incorporate this in 14? We just worked an amendment saying that if we were to change the structure, they can serve their remainder to term, Is there any way we can put that into one amendment instead of doing two amendments? YUEN: Unfortunately, this was meant to apply to all the Boards and Commissions that have district residency requirement which would include ones that we're not touching anywhere 6