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MR. ISHIDA: Would we have problems in view of our present adopted districting to have members coming from these separate districts so that each represented district may not be equally representative, or proportionately representative? MR. ODA: It is hard for me to say unless I know the population statistics and things like that. The safest way to do it is by tying it to district council boundaries. That is the safest way to do it. House Represent- ative Districts. But then you have only four districts. MR. ISHIDA: With our experience with public hearings , four is enough. MR. ODA: So we can tie it in that way. It ' s up to you folks. MR. ISHIDA: Can we word it as far as public hearings, it not be less than four but give the commission the opportunity to have more than four if they wanted to? MR. ODA: Yes. You have 45 days to play with. Basically, 6 weeks , a little over 6 weeks. MR. ISHIDA: Mr. Chairman. I would like to amend the motion so that in paragraph (b) where it states that "no more than a majority of whom shall belong to the same political party, shall be representative of the various geographical areas of the county. . . " to reflect that the representatives of the various council districts of the county. . .would that be okay? MR. ODA: Council districts. . .we don ' t need the word county. Shall be representatives of the various council districts and shall be selected by the mayor and confirmed by the council . MR. ISHIDA: . . .I so move. MRS. IWAMOTO: I second. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: It has been moved and seconded that Section (b) . . . MR. ODA: What about (h ) ? To change the word geographical to council? CHAIRMAN SAKATA: To council districts , right? MR. ISHIDA: I so move. MRS. IWAMOTO: I second. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: It has been moved and seconded that Section (b) in the Reapportionment and Reapportionment Years the words /geographical areas of the county/be deleted and council districts be inserted. -28-