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• <br /> • <br /> I would advocate a centralizing or some sort <br /> of a coordinating or clearinghouse idea for planning efforts <br /> on basically all levels of the planning process. <br /> MR. CADINHA: Mr. Melrose, several people have <br /> made- reference to nine council members from nine districts. <br /> How do you get nine districts? Where do you start? Where <br /> would youstart getting nine districts? <br /> MR. MELROSE : North and South Kohala. North <br /> and South Kona. Ka' u. North and South Hilo. Puna and Hamakua. <br /> I do believe there are nine individual districts .in the county. <br /> I have a problem, though. It seems to me that the representative <br /> districts as stated here are state representative districts, is <br /> this correct?' I don ' t know 'where this comes from. <br /> • <br /> MR. CADINHA: No, that' s a private ad. <br /> MR. MELROSE: I 'm aware that this is a private <br /> . ad, but these are representative districts . i -don ' t know if <br /> they exist. Can anybody clarify that for me? Do. they coincide <br /> with the state representative districts? They are outside of <br /> the purview of ,this commi.ssion, .right? <br /> MR. CADINHA: The state districts,' yes. <br /> MR. MELROSE : Again, I wouldvoice the comments <br /> that we have heard earlier this evening that a number of <br /> communities have, by their close proximity, arel tter re e es n-ted <br /> together.• In specific, North and South Kohala. Principally, <br /> p <br /> because they ,exist as an economic and an area unit that has an <br /> impact back and forth between the two communities that are very <br /> much more real than the .contiguous . Hamakua, North Kohala <br /> boundaries which happens somewhere out . in. the Waimanu. Valley. <br /> Rather that they "las a, functional 'unit are' better grouped in <br /> North and South Kohala rather than have North Kohala grouped' <br /> with Hamakua. Partly, because I believe the strong union tie <br /> - is not there that. originally ,one time was .when . it `'Was apportioned <br /> , originally. <br /> Other than that, I feel that the nine is a <br /> sizeable enough of -a group for. representative purposes so .that <br /> large special interests cannot have, or cannot as 'easily have <br /> itself represented. I think that each district deserves to have <br /> its' own representative. Someone who is elected within that <br /> district and responsible to that district. <br /> • MR. CADINHA: Your position of these specific - <br /> -districts is not starting atone point 'and going x number of <br /> Votes, and that ' s a district. And the nextf'number of votes, <br /> and that ' s a district. That is not what you are saying;` right? <br /> MR. MELROSE: . Not by population, volume, no. <br /> But rather by size. By these district classifications as they • <br /> show u <br /> p._.. ;I don ' t know where 'they origina te,t but they show up <br /> , in the general plan document and all over. <br /> • <br /> -28- <br />