Council of the County of Maui

Agenda — 35 items

1. 1 PAGE BREAK
2. 2 ROLL CALL ▶ jump to 6:33
3. 3 OPENING REMARKS: ▶ jump to 8:50
4. 4 COUNCILMEMBER TOM COOK
5. 5 PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE ▶ jump to 9:57
6. 6 TESTIMONY ON CEREMONIAL RESOLUTIONS ▶ jump to 12:07
7. 7 CEREMONIAL RESOLUTIONS:
8. 8 "EXTENDING CONDOLENCES TO THE FAMILY OF THE LATE NATALIE 'TASHA' KAMA" Reso 25-212 ▶ jump to 20:12
9. 9 PRESENTATION OF WRITTEN OR ORAL TESTIMONY ▶ jump to 77:07
10. 10 COMMITTEE REPORTS:
11. 11 Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee
12. 12 Recommending the following: 1. FIRST READING of Bill 136, CD1 (2025), to amend the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, by: 1) increasing Estimated Revenues for Bond/Lapsed Bond by $1,100,000; 2) adding a new Capital Improvement Project appropriation, entitled “60 South Church Street Building Renovations,” in the amount of $1,100,000; 3) adding the project and description to Appendix C; and 4) adjusting the totals accordingly; and 2. FIRST READING of Bill 137, CD1 (2025), to amend the Fiscal Year 2026 general obligation bond authorization ordinance by adding an appropriation for the Department of Management, Wailuku-Kahului Community Plan Area, Government Facilities, entitled “60 South Church Street Building Renovations,” in the amount of $1,100,000. CR 25-79 ▶ jump to 91:53
13. 13 Recommending FIRST READING of Bill 152 (2025), to amend the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, Appendix A, Part I, to: 1) delete the appropriation for Community Development Block Grant Program; and 2) increase the appropriation for County-owned Senior Affordable Rental Housing, Project: Nā Hale Kupuna Operations, by $51,151. CR 25-80
14. 14 Recommending the following: 1. FIRST READING of Bill 150, CD1 (2025), to amend the Fiscal Year 2026 Budget, by: 1) increasing Estimated Revenues for Other Intergovernmental by $64,469,830; 2) adding a new Capital Improvement Project appropriation, entitled “Countywide Wildfire Disaster Relief Projects,” in the amount of $64,469,830; 3) adding the project and description to Appendix C; and 4) adjusting the totals accordingly; and 2. FIRST READING of Bill 151 (2025), to authorize the Mayor to enter into an intergovernmental agreement for a loan from the State of Hawaiʻi’s Drinking Water State Revolving Fund, not to exceed $64,469,830, to finance Countywide Wildfire Disaster Relief Projects. CR 25-81
15. 15 RESOLUTIONS:
16. 16 "APPOINTMENT OF A MEMBER TO THE COMMISSION ON CHILDREN AND YOUTH FOR THE COUNTY OF MAUI" The purpose of this resolution is to consider the appointment of Cayla Rae Kutaka to the Commission on Children and Youth for a term expiring on March 31, 2026. Reso 25-204 ▶ jump to 97:39
17. 17 "APPROVING AN EXEMPTION FROM A REQUIREMENT OF SUBSECTION 3.35.070(B), MAUI COUNTY CODE, FOR THE KAIĀULU O LĀNAʻI AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT" Reso 25-211
18. 18 ORDINANCES:
19. 19 "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) ▶ jump to 102:26
20. 20 "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) ▶ jump to 103:47
21. 21 "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) ▶ jump to 105:16
22. 22 PAGE BREAK
23. 23 ORDINANCES - SECOND AND FINAL READING:
24. 24 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 16.25.201, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO IMPROVEMENTS TO PUBLIC STREET" Bill 110, CD1, FD1 (2024) ▶ jump to 110:09
25. 25 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE TO CHANGE ZONING FROM R-1 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO B-2 COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT (CONDITIONAL ZONING) FOR 14,467 SQUARE FEET AT 1448 FRONT STREET, LAHAINA, HAWAIʻI, TAX MAP KEY (2) 4-5-013:012 (MOKU ROOTS)" Bill 131, CD1 (2025) ▶ jump to 111:39
26. 26 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING SECTION 3.48.565, MAUI COUNTY CODE, TO SIMPLIFY THE PROCESS FOR ADOPTING REAL PROPERTY TAX RATES AND TIERS" Bill 147, CD1 (2025)
27. 27 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 12.52, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO ENCROACHMENTS ON PUBLIC RIGHTS-OF-WAY" Bill 156, CD1 (2025) ▶ jump to 116:32
28. 28 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, INCREASING ESTIMATED REVENUES, LICENSES/PERMITS/OTHERS, BY $350,000, CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS, DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, MAKAWAO-PUKALANI-KULA COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, APPENDIX A, PART II, GENERAL EXCISE TAX FUND, AND APPENDIX C, DEPARTMENT OF WATER SUPPLY, MAKAWAO-PUKALANI-KULA COMMUNITY PLAN AREA, INCREASING THE APPROPRIATION FOR UPPER KULA TRANSMISSION IMPROVEMENTS BY $350,000" Bill 166 (2025)
29. 29 "A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2026 BUDGET, OFFICE OF THE MAYOR, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM, DELETING THE APPROPRIATION FOR THE PROFESSIONAL GOLFERS’ ASSOCIATION FOR THE SENTRY TOURNAMENT IN THE AMOUNT OF $100,000, AND DEPARTMENT OF HUMAN CONCERNS, HUMAN CONCERNS PROGRAM, GRANTS AND DISBURSEMENTS FOR SUBSTANCE ABUSE PREVENTION AND TREATMENT, NEW APPROPRIATION FOR ALOHA HOUSE DORMITORY OF $100,000" Bill 167 (2025)
30. 30 PAGE BREAK
31. 31 UNFINISHED BUSINESS:
32. 32 Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee
33. 33 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 ▶ jump to 117:40
34. 34 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.
35. 35 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.