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until such time that a reapportionment commission acts, I. would think that it would probably be constitutional. Because even ,the present House districting, based on the State House of Representatives by population right now is highly irregular anyway. It ' s just another form of irregularity, the way I see it. MR. TRULSON: Mr. Chairman. I call for the question. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Correct me, if I am wrong, Mr. Schutte. The motion is to have three options. Option #1 will be the 5-2 council makeup, 5 from the districts and 2 at- large. Option #2 would 9 members and it would be 3 from district #2, and 2 each from district 1 , 3, and 4 with residency requirements. The third option was to include the present makeup to be a 5-4 makeup of the council. MR. SCHUTTE: That ' s correct. MR. OMONAKA: So the intent, Mr. Chairman , would be that this is an interim setup and there will be a timetable for a complete reapportionment for 9 separate single council districts. So there would have to be another reapportionment language provision set up if this proposal. . . MR. SCHUTTE: Yes, that ' s true, Mr. Omonaka. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Any other discussion? MR. ISHIDA: just for the record, I think you said the last alternative was 5-4. It' s really 6-3. CHAIRMAN SAKATA: Correction , that ' s right. 3 at-large, right? Does everyone understand the intent of the motion? Ayes - Yanaga, Trulson, Noes - None Yagong, Omonaka, Sensano, Ishida, Absent - Cadinha Kobayashi, Iwamoto, - 1 Schutte, Sakata - 10 Carried. MR. ISHIDA: Because I like the number 9, I ' ll have to go along with this motion, although I would like at-large members. MR. SCHUTTE: Thank you, Richard. RECESS: At 4: 22 p.m. the Chair called for a short recess. RECONVENE: At 4:51 p.m. the meeting was reconvened. -12-