HomeMy WebLinkAboutComm. 038.1 2021-12-16 Lui: Updated Summary of December 14 and December 16 public testimonyCOMMUNICATION 038.1
BRONSTEN-GLENN KOSSOW
Chairperson
JAMES HUSTACE
Vice Chairperson
2021
HAWAI`I COUNTY
REDISTRICTING COMMISSION
DATE: December 16, 2021
TO: Bronsten-Glenn Kossow, Commission Chairperson
C: members of the Redistricting Commission
Commission staff
FROM: Meizhu Lui, District 1 Commissioner
MEIZHU LUI
DWAYNE YOSHINA
LEHUANANI AH NEE
JENNIFER YADAO
STEPHANIE BATH
AINA AKAMU
STEPHEN LOPEZ
SUBJECT: Updated summary of Public Testimony up to Dec. 15. Hopefully will have a final
one before Friday adding in Dec. 16 testimony.
Public Testimony: Summary
District 1:
022: N boundary at Kukuihaele. S boundary into Pauka'a and Kawiki (Hunt she lives in
Kea'au)
043: Move into Hilo not Waimea (Melfi, Laupahoehoe)
046: Move into Hilo (Davis, Laupahoehoe)
ID ec. 14:
(Against inclusion of so much of Waimea in 1, Waimea should not be split: Richards,
Eoff, Childs, Willey)
(Support proposed map: Roby, Cook)
Hawai `i County is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer
Lui — Summary of public testimony Page 2 December 15, 2021
District 2:
027: Pi'ihonua: keep it together. Starts at Wainuenue and Akolea, across Wailuku River.
Do not use Wainuenue or Wailuku River as it dissects our community. (Tulane,
Pi'ihonua City Assoc)
030: Keep First United Church, Kaiser, Hilo Medical in Hilo. Don't move the boundary
to Wainuenue. (Czarnecki)
028: Wailuku River folk connected to Hilo,not to Hamakua (Pocsidio).
039: Like proposed map putting Wailuku Drive in D2, not D1. (Pocsidio)
040: Keep Pi'ihonua in D2, do not move to D1. (Jeri Gertz)
048: Supports proposed map; Wailuku Drive should be in D2 not D1. (Barnes)
District 3:
022: Extend at least to Railroad Ave. if HPP is split between 3 and 4 (Hunt)
031: Like having 2 Council members; favors Hustace 9.1. It brings together Papa'ewa,
Keaukaha, and Piihonua and scattered Hawaiian Homestead lots now in D4. (Kupuna
Moopuna, Hawaiian Homestead areas)
042: DHHL-East HI lands are in D3, should not be split. (Douglas)
047: Keep Keaukaha and Panaewa together in D3. Put Puna side of Haihai into
D5.(Kekahuna).
051: Keep Keaukaha and all of Panaewa in D3; don't put 1/2 of Panaewa in D5. Take
Puna side of Haihai for D5. (Kahawaiolaa)
lDec. 14
(Put S. part of 3 into 5, Ford and O'Hara)
(Don't split Panaewa, don't dilute Hawaiian voice. Miranda. Ford concurs)
Districts 4 and 5:
021: HPP should be with Kea'au and Hilo; or split HPP in half. D5 split Hawaiian acres
traditionally. Paradise Park should be in D5. (Patrice MacDonald)
026: Lopez map best for 4 and 5 (MacDonald)
022: If Panaewa and Puna in one District, connect to Kea'au. District 4 all of lower
Puna, including Ophrikao and Kalapana. All of Pahoa in 4. District 5 Ainaloa,
Orchidland, Hawaiian Acres, Fern Acres; boundary in the Volcano area. (Hunt)
032: Don't let Puna meander into District 6. Keep upper Puna in 5 or 4. (Pinto)
034: Split Pahoa between 2 Districts as it is now (Golden, Lower Puna Rising)
Lui — Summary of public testimony Page 3 December 15, 2021
035: Do not split Hawaiian Acres (D5). None of D5 in Hilo. Pahoa in D5 not 4. Wao o
kele Hawaiian Acres and Fern acres in 5. Divide HPP. Some belongs with Hilo, more
urban. (MacDonald, Bernard, Wilcox, Chaplin)
041: Volcano Village to Kea'au - "upper Puna Corridor" - should be in D5 with Mountain
View and Kurtistown. (Ziroli)
045: Don't split HPP. (Gray)
050: Keep old line between D4 and D5 at the Pahoa Village Road, don't put new line
for D5 near Paradise Park (Kuykendall)
053: Same as above (Tarletz, Lower Puna Rising)
054: Keep Eden Roc, Kopua Farmlots, Fern Forest, Mountain View etc i D5, not D6.
(Fendt)
055: Don't split HPP. (Kekela)
(Keep Pahoa split. D4 too big. (Markoff, Pahoa Association)
(Don't put so many people in D4; they were undercounted. Olson)
Don't split Paradise Park, Marvin -Porter)
District 6:
022: Don't "tie in" S Kona and Ka'u as is currently, Include Fern Forest and Volcano in
D6. Put Volcano Park in D5 to make the District less huge geographically (Hunt)
041: Don't put the boundary between between D5 and D6 between Fern Acres and
Kopua Farmlots; do not add either to D6. (Ziroli, Upper Puna resilience and Fern Acres
Community Association)
ID ec. 4
(Put Honaunau and Captain Cook, and Kona mauna into 6, Childs)
(D6 too big, too diverse,Put more of D6 into D5, David, O'Hara )
District 7 and 8:
022: Miloli'i in 7 (Hunt)
044: Support Brenda Ford's plan for Kona (Kumzier-Bauer)
049: All of Kailua Village in D7; move boundary northward. All of N. Kona in D8 (Inaba)
ID ec. 4
(7 and 8 work together and have a lot in common; where the line is between the 2 is
less important than the boundaries between 8 and 9, and 6 and 7 - Childs, Off)
Lui — Summary of public testimony Page 4 December 15, 2021
(Don't have D9 push into Kona, should not take Kalawa; it belongs in 8. Eoff, Childs,
Ford, Willey)
(Mauka of Mamalahoa should go in 7, Childs. Ford concurs, no access to that forest
reserve except through 7)
(Don't split Kailua village. Ford)
District 9:
022: Put all of Mana Road in D9 (Hunt)
005 and 005.1 Put Wailoloa Beach Resort with Waikoloa Village/Waimea/Puako/Mauna
Lani Resort - I'm District 9 (not District 8) (Delaneys)
ID ec. 1
(Keep Waikoloa Village, resort areas on coast, together. There will be huge growth
there - up to 5000 in next few years. Supports current map. Put Waimea in D1.
Konowicz)