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E off, Karen
From: Ford, Brenda
Sent: Wednesday, November 23, 2011 2:37 PM
To: Eoff, Karen
Subject: redistricting
Aloha Karen,
I thought that I should provide written comments from the Monday Redistricting meeting to
follow up on my comments.
1. The disconnected islands of census blocks need to be corrected. One area of concern is
in the center of the island along the district boundaries of 3, 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. Tiny
triangles of "floating" census blocks are easily missed in this location.
2. Waikii area in district 9 is a finger projection into district 8. While the Pohakaloa Base
has historically been in district 8, to reach it, a person must be on Saddle Road. Driving
from district 8 into district 9 to reach Saddle Road and then exiting district 9 back into
district 8 does not conform to the criteria of being able to reach any point in the district
via roads in that same district. This is easily rectified by placing the area south and east
of Saddle Road on the west side of the island into district 9. There are very few if any
permanent residents in the center of the island so the maximum numbers won't be
violated, but this action will eliminate breaching the criteria.
3. Kealakekua Bay State Park — there are many serious problems in the park. Assigning
the census block that starts from Cook's Monument going west then north through
Hokuli`a subdivision will cause a problem in keeping one point of contact on the council
for these major problems. While it would be nice to have the shoreline belonging to
Hokuli`a remain with the rest of the subdivision, there are no house lots along the
Hokuli`a shoreline. No people will be impacted by replacing this census block with the
state park, and the problems in the park can be dealt with more effectively.
Mahalo.
Brenda J. Ford
Council Member
Hawai'i County Council
District 7 - Central Kona
Office 4 (808) 323 -4277
Fax 4 329 -4786
bfordgco.hawaii.hi.us
COMM. 53.3
11/23/2011