Council of the County of Maui

Agenda — 40 items

1. 1 PAGE BREAK
2. 2 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 7:33
3. 3 OPENING REMARKS: ▶ jump to 9:40
4. 4 COUNCILMEMBER TOM COOK
5. 5 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 12:31
6. 6 TESTIMONY ON CEREMONIAL RESOLUTIONS
7. 7 CEREMONIAL RESOLUTIONS:
8. 8 "CONGRATULATING KUMU HULA IOLA BALUBAR ON 50 YEARS OF HULA EXCELLENCE" Reso 25-213
9. 9 PRESENTATION OF WRITTEN OR ORAL TESTIMONY ▶ jump to 13:57
10. 10 COMMITTEE REPORTS:
11. 11 Special Committee on Real Property Tax Reform
12. 12 Recommending FIRST READING of Bill 170, CD1 (2025), to establish an income-based real property tax credit of up to $10,000 for qualified homeowners whose prior year’s real property taxes exceed: 1) two percent of household income; or 2) the minimum tax in the annual budget ordinance, subject to eligibility conditions. CR 25-83
13. 13 Recommending FIRST READING of Bill 171, CD1 (2025), to extend temporary real property tax relief for Lahaina properties that remain unoccupiable or under active rebuild after the August 2023 wildfires by: 1) extending the real property tax exemption through June 30, 2028, for properties that meet the required location and status criteria; and 2) continuing the tax year 2024 exemptions through December 31, 2028, for properties whose improvements were destroyed, damaged, or made inaccessible by the August 2023 wildfires. CR 25-84
14. 14 Recommending FIRST READING of Bill 169, CD1 (2025), to preserve attainable housing by: 1) allowing the Director of Finance to consider shared-equity deed restrictions when assessing real property; and 2) setting clear standards to ensure similar properties receive fair treatment. CR 25-85
15. 15 PAGE BREAK
16. 16 Water and Infrastructure Committee
17. 17 Recommending FIRST READING of Bill 160, CD1 (2025), to authorize the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement with various governmental entities on O‘ahu, Kaua‘i, and Hawai‘i Islands for the Wai Maoli: Fresh Water Initiative. CR 25-86
18. 18 RESOLUTIONS:
19. 19 "AUTHORIZING ACCEPTANCE OF A DONATION OF 372 WATER BOTTLES FROM 100% KAMAʻAINA LLC, TO HELP WITH RECOVERY FROM THE AUGUST 2023 MAUI WILDFIRES, UNDER SECTION 3.56.030, MAUI COUNTY CODE" Reso 25-219
20. 20 "APPROVING PROPOSALS FOR INCLUSION IN THE 2026 HAWAIʻI STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES LEGISLATIVE PACKAGE" Reso 25-220
21. 21 "REFERRING TO THE LANAʻI, MAUI, AND MOLOKAI PLANNING COMMISSIONS A PROPOSED BILL TO AMEND TITLE 19, MAUI COUNTY CODE, TO ESTABLISH A NEW CHAPTER ON JOINT USE DEVELOPMENT" Reso 25-222
22. 22 ORDINANCES:
23. 23 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 10.48.040, MAUI COUNTY CODE, TO PROHIBIT PARKING ON A PORTION OF AHEAHE PLACE, PUKALANI, HAWAIʻI" Bill 175 (2025)
24. 24 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, APPENDIX A, PART I, DEPARTMENT OF POLICE, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION HIGHWAY SAFETY GRANTS, INCREASE APPROPRIATION BY $495,000" Bill 179 (2025)
25. 25 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, GRANTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT AND TECHNOLOGY, SOUTH MAUI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, NEW CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR LOKAHI PACIFIC FOR KULANIHAKOʻI HIGH SCHOOL ACTIVITIES IN THE AMOUNT OF $15,000" Bill 180 (2025)
26. 26 ORDINANCES - SECOND AND FINAL READING:
27. 27 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, INCREASING ESTIMATED REVENUES, BOND/LAPSED BOND BY $1,100,000, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, WAILUKU-KAHULUI COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, AND APPENDIX C, DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT, WAILUKU-KAHULUI COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, NEW APPROPRIATION FOR 60 SOUTH CHURCH STREET BUILDING RENOVATIONS OF $1,100,000" Bill 136, CD1 (2025)
28. 28 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING ORDINANCE 5818 (2025), RELATING TO THE ISSUANCE OF GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI ISSUANCE, SALE AND DELIVERY OF SAID BONDS (DEPARTMENT OF MANAGEMENT)" Bill 137, CD1 (2025)
29. 29 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, INCREASING ESTIMATED REVENUES, OTHER INTERGOVERNMENTAL BY $64,469,830, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, COUNTYWIDE, AND APPENDIX C, DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, COUNTYWIDE, NEW APPROPRIATION FOR $64,469,830 FOR COUNTYWIDE WILDFIRE DISASTER RELIEF PROJECTS" Bill 150, CD1 (2025)
30. 30 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AUTHORIZING THE MAYOR OF THE COUNTY OF MAUI TO ENTER INTO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT FOR A LOAN FROM THE STATE OF HAWAII’S DRINKING WATER STATE REVOLVING FUND FOR COUNTYWIDE WILDFIRE DISASTER RELIEF PROJECTS, FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET ORDINANCE" Bill 151 (2025)
31. 31 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, APPENDIX A, PART I, DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT BLOCK GRANT (CDBG) PROGRAM, COUNTY-OWNED SENIOR AFFORDABLE RENTAL HOUSING PROJECT: NĀ HALE KŪPUNA OPERATIONS, INCREASE APPROPRIATION BY $51,151" Bill 152 (2025)
32. 32 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, MOLOKAI ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, ENVIRONMENTAL, AND CULTURAL PROGRAMS, DELETING KA HALE HOAKA LLC, AND INSERTING HUI O KUAPĀ" Bill 172 (2025)
33. 33 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, UPDATING THE CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR THE MAKAWAO RODEO PARADE AND MAKAWAO HALLOWEEN EVENT TO MAKAWAO RODEO PARADE AND MAKAWAO HOLIDAY 2025 LIGHT THE TOWN EVENT" Bill 173 (2025)
34. 34 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, ECONOMIC DIVERSIFICATION AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVE, UPDATING THE CONDITIONAL LANGUAGE FOR THE RISING FROM THE ASHES LLC FOR FILM PRODUCTION TO MANA MAOLI - LĀHAINĀ RISING FOR FILM PRODUCTION" Bill 174 (2025)
35. 35 PAGE BREAK
36. 36 UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
37. 37 Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee
38. 38 Recommending the following: 1. ADOPTION of Resolution 25-193, CD1, to authorize the Mayor to request that the Governor designate the proposed Nāpili Enterprise Zone on Maui Island for a 20-year period; and 2. ADOPTION of Resolution 25-194, CD1, to authorize the Mayor to request that the Governor redesignate the Greater Maui Enterprise Zone on Maui Island, with proposed adjustments, for a 20-year period. Resolution 25-194, CD1, was adopted at the 11/7/2025 Council Meeting. CR 25-72
39. 39 BOARD PACKETS, as defined in Section 92-7.5, HRS, will be electronically posted as soon as practicable. ORAL TESTIMONY. For more information on testifying, please visit https://www.mauicounty.us/teams/ Oral testimony on any agenda item will be accepted at the beginning of the meeting and prior to Council's deliberation on each section of the agenda. Testimony must pertain to items on the agenda. In the meeting controls at the top of the Teams screen, select RAISE YOUR HAND. Staff will add your name to the testifier list and will lower your hand. You may check your place in line by accessing the Testifier Log, with the link posted in Chat. When it is your turn to testify, staff will call your name and will allow you to unmute your video and microphone. State your name, if you choose to do so, and also identify the item number(s) on which you wish to testify. To testify via phone, please call in to the phone number and enter the meeting ID noted on the first page of this agenda. Follow the instructions provided on the call to raise your hand to be added to the testifier list. When it is your turn to testify, the Clerk will call the last four digits of the testifier’s phone number. You will be able to unmute yourself when called to testify. Each testifier will be allowed to speak for up to three minutes on each item. The time limits for testimony may be modified, if the modification is initiated by the presiding officer and approved by a majority of the Council; provided that a modification would apply equally to all testifiers and all items. No further oral testimony by the testifier on the item shall be permitted. An individual's request to testify may be deemed withdrawn if the individual does not answer when called to testify. If the connection between any testifier and the video conference is lost, the meeting will still continue. If a meeting participant wishes to testify anonymously, log in to the meeting with "anonymous" as your name and virtually raise your hand as described above. DECORUM. Any person who behaves in a manner that disrupts, disturbs, or impedes the orderly conduct of any Council meeting can, at the discretion of the presiding officer or a majority of present Council members, be ejected or banned from Council meetings. If participating remotely, participants may be muted or dropped from the meeting for breaking decorum. Examples of disruptive behavior include, but are not limited to: heckling, shouting, use of profanity, threatening or slanderous remarks made to any member of the Council, staff, or general public. Use of the chat feature is restricted to County use only. It shall be considered a breach of decorum for members of the public to use the Chat.
40. 40 WRITTEN TESTIMONY may be submitted by e-mail to county.clerk@mauicounty.us, by fax to (808) 270-7171, or to the Office of the County Clerk, 200 South High Street, Ste. 708, Wailuku, Hawaiʻi, 96793. Written testimony should be received at least 24 hours prior to the meeting; except if a meeting will be held on a Monday, written testimony should be received by noon on the business day preceding the meeting. While the Council requests that written testimony be submitted as noted, testimony submitted after that date and time will still be accepted. Members of the public interested in information about offering testimony on an agenda item may contact the Office of the County Clerk at (808) 270-7748 prior to the meeting. INTERRUPTION IN VIDEO/AUDIO. This meeting is being conducted in accordance with Section 92-3.7, HRS. Nothing said in the meeting or included in the agenda is intended to create obligations in excess of those required under Section 92-3.7, HRS. If Teams connectivity affecting quorum is lost, Council will be in recess. It will not be considered a loss of quorum unless connectivity cannot be restored within 30 minutes. If the Teams connection is prematurely terminated, for whatever reason, please log back into the same link. If connectivity affecting quorum cannot be restored within 30 minutes, the meeting will automatically reconvene the following Tuesday at 9 a.m., using the same virtual connections, unless the Council announces a different date and time. If any Courtesy Testimony Site loses its connection to the meeting, the meeting will continue without that location, irrespective of whether a Councilmember is participating from that site. If Akakū prematurely ceases broadcasting the meeting, the meeting will continue via interactive conference technology and a recording will include archived meeting videos. DISABILITY ACCESS. Anyone requesting an auxiliary aid or service or other accommodation due to a disability should contact the County Clerk as soon as possible prior to the meeting date at (808) 270-7748 or county.clerk@mauicounty.us and allow for adequate time to fulfill the request.