HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM. 42.13 from M. Wille re Plan 40 adjustedMargaret Wille
Attorney at Law
65 -1316 Lihipali Road
Kamuela, Hawaii 96743
Tel: 808 -854 -6931
margaretwiIle@mac.com
October 1, 2011
To: Redistricting Commission
Re: Map 40 Suggested "Tweaking ":
PLAN 40 ADJUSTED (as submitted here and as will be presented at the public hearing)
Several Commissioners and a few members of the public suggested some minor
revisions to accommodate concerns about the divisions between the Districts on the
southern portion of the County. Attached is a revised Plan 40 with the following
adjustments. I will bring photos of the affected boundaries.
1: Comment: The Wailuku River needs to be the boundary between Council Districts 1
and 2. Adjustment made.
Note: On original Plan 40, a small bit of District 2 was over the Wailuku River):
Adjustment made. Folks in Hamakua would prefer not to be combined with any of
downtown Hilo, and would rather be one large rural District]
2. Comment: Council District 2 should include the mauka (upland) area following
Wailuku River boundary and not just be separate from its upland. Adjustment made.
[U On current map 40 the mauka area above District 2 is instead shown as part of District
1. This change does not affect population.]
3. Comment: Entire Volcano Village should be kept together preferably with a portion of
Puna, and not just as the tail end of Kona (Upper and Lower Puna is good but Volcano
does not want to be by itself without any of Puna.) Adjustment made.
Note: Adjustment made such that entire village of Volcano —upper and lower as well as
Fern Forest area kept together —but given population distribution, this area should be
part of District 6 (southern half of island from Caption Cook to Volcano Village and Fern
Forest.) This will mean Puna gets two districts of its own (upper and lower), plus
Volcano Village will be a major voting block in District 6 stretching from Volcano
National Park to Kealakekua Bay State Park and Puuhonua o Honaunau National Historic
Park. The alternative is to have Volcano Village combined with Puna, means that one of
the three Puna districts gets combined with Hilo -which would more likely dilute that
Puna or Volcano vote, than if combined with the rest of the southern portion of the island
(even though it is geographically a large district).
4. Comment: District 8 should extend as far north as Saddle Road, rather than Saddle
Road being part of District 9: Adjustment made.
S. Comment: Needs some minor "cleaning up ". Adjustments made.
Note: Some minor revisions to keep within the population distribution based on
above changes and some unassigned ocean areas corrected.
COMM. 42.13
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