HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOMM. 51.4 from M. Wille re Plan BMARGARET WILLE
Attorney at Law
65 -1316 Lihipali Road
Kamuela, Hawaii 96743
Tel: 808 - 854 -6931
margaretwille @mac.com
To: County of Hawaii Redistricting Commission
Testimony for Commission Meeting of November 10, 2011
Recommendations to Complete Commission Plan B:
1. Thank you for working on Plan B with the aim of balancing concerns so as to
arrive at an overall balanced Council District Plan (not lop -sided to the advantage of
any particular District) and, in terms of the boundary lines, minimizing the adverse
impact to individual communities overall.
2. Current Status of draft Plan B. At the November 3, 2011 Commission meeting,
the Commission tentatively set the following boundary District lines: 1/2, 1/9, 9/8,
8/7, and 7/6. The Commission did not have time to finish its first run through of the
remaining boundary lines: 6/5, 5/4, 4/3, and 3/2.
3. My recommended revisions: I have revised that draft Plan B with no changes to
your tentative boundary locations except with respect to a small (but important)
revision to the proposed Plan B District 1 boundaries. I also completed the Plan B on
the remaining boundaries taking into account the comments and criticisms of the
Commissioners and with the use of Commissioner Melrose's Puna subdivision map.
4. Change proposed to District 1 boundary on Waimea eastside: My proposed
revision would relocate the Commission's tentative location of boundary 1/9 back
to its current location and its location on the original Plan B (Plan 40 11/1) to White
Road on both sides of Mamalahoa Highway. Your revised location moves that
boundary into the area of the Puunani residential subdivision. I suggest this change
can be made in either of the following ways to compensate for the resulting too low
population in District 1:
Alternative #1 is better for District 9 /Waimea as it keeps the boundary locations
simple and at the current boundary location in the area of Mamalahoa Highway -
and does not run through farm /fire roads mauka of Mana Road.
Alternative #2 is better for District 2 in that none of Hilo south of Wailuku River is
included in District 1.
COMM. 51.4
S. Plan B Alternative 1 (preferred): To compensate for the population shift
resulting from moving the boundary back to White Road, in preferred Plan B
alternative 1, District 1 incorporates the Piihonua area north of the Wailuku River
along with the population in an access strip one block south of Wailuku River -
except in the immediate area of the bay waterfront, the 1/2 boundary line is the
north side of the river.
6. Plan B Alternative 2 (least favored): Another option to compensate for
relocating the 9/1 boundary back to White Road would be to leave the 1/2
boundary where it is now on Commission Plan B, and instead incorporate more of
the rural area south of Mana Road into District 1. I am submitting this testimony
early so as to give others the opportunity to weigh in on these suggestions.
7. Summary of Recommendations: Overall, so long as the Commission is working
off of Plan B - which in my opinion is fair overall around the island, I would support
the Commission in locating the individual boundary lines as best possible (causing
the least adverse effect to subdivisions, neighborhoods, and urban centers).
8. Opportunity to Improve the District's names: One point that Commissioners
Middlesworth and Melrose have stressed is that the current names of the council
districts - is part of the problem. For example District 1 should probably be called
the "East Waimea/ Hamakua /North Hilo" District rather than just "Hamakua," and
District 6 should be called the "Volcano /Kau /South Kona" District rather than just
"Kau"
9. Broaden the Perception of our Council members' "kuleana ": Council
members should think and speak more broadly about their kuleana and their
constituencies so that residents feel they can go to whatever Council office they
think appropriate to address their particular concern- regardless of where they go
to vote.
10. Thank you for your perseverance.
Respectfully submitted,
/s /Margaret Wille
Margaret Wille
Attached:
Plan B Alternative 1 .plan
Plan B Alternative 2 .plan
Screenshots of the alternative locations of District 1 boundaries
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Eoff, Karen
From: margaret [margaretwille @mac.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 9.03 PM
To: Karen Eoff
Subject: Fwd: Plan B Alternative 1 screenshots
Subject: Plan 6 Alternative 1 screenshots -- to accompany M. Wille written testimony submitted in separate email.
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Eoff, Karen
From: margaret [margaretwille @mac.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 9:05 PM
To: Karen Eoff
Subject: Fwd: copy screen shots PI B alt 2
Subject: copy screen shots PI B alt 2
Plan B Alternative 92 screenshots -- to accompany M. Wille written testimony submitted in separate email.
Plan B Alternative 2 Boundary of Districts 1 and 9:
Retains the White Road Boundary on Kohala side of Mamalahoa Hway, as well as White Road on south/Mauna Kea side of Highway, but then extends further
into Waimea farmlands on west side of Maria Road and mauka up Fire Road 7.
11/7/2011
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Plan B Alternative 2 Districts 1/2 Boundary: Puts the Piihonua ahupua'a - Piihonua Road area (that is north of Wailuku River) in South Hilo District 2
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11/7/2011
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Eoff, Karen
From: margaret [margaretwille @mac.com]
Sent: Sunday, November 06, 2011 9:08 PM
To: Karen Eoff
Subject: Fwd: Commission Plan B/
Please attach to M. Wille written testimony --
Subject: Commission Plan B 9/1 boundary on eastside of Waimea
[Commission moved the boundary from White Road to area of
Puunani subdivision
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