Aloha.

Will the Agriculture Diversification Environment and Public Transportation Committee meeting of May twenty first, twenty twenty-six please come to order.

The time is now nine o seven.

Good morning, everyone.

Members, in accordance with the sunshine law.

If you're not in the council chamber, please identify by name who, if anyone is in the room, vehicle, workspace with you today, and minors do not need to be identified.

Also, please see the last page on the agenda for information on meeting connectivity, and remember to all silence all cell phones.

And uh joining us today is a committee member Kanoi Batangan, Aloha council member.

Aloha Kakahakakako.

Aloha.

And then followed is a committee member Tom Cook, Aloha Councilmember.

Hello, good morning.

There's uh currently no toastifiers in the key office, but we have staff on here.

Great, thank you for that.

And aloha, we have Councilmember uh Tamara Palton.

Aloha, Kakako, shooting live and direct from the council chambers.

Okay, thank you.

Vice Chair Shane Senancy is excused today.

Uh Chair Lee, we're looking forward to her joining us today, and Councilmember U Hodges will be joining us shortly.

Non-voting committee members are always welcome.

That would be Councilmember Rollins Fernandez and Council Member Sugemura.

Uh, from the administration today, we have Department of Transportation Director Mark uh Takamari, uh, from the Department of Environmental Management today.

We have Deputy Director Michael Peterson.

And also from the Environmental Protection and Sustainability Manager, we have Cecile Powell, the from the Department of OEV resources.

We have Deputy Director Kakai Robinson.

We have Budget Director Leslie Milner, Office of the Corporation Council, Deputy Corporation Council Rifesnyder.

Am I pronouncing your name correctly?

Great.

All right.

And without objection, I'll designate our administrative administration personnel as resources under Rule 18A of the rules of the council.

Do there's subject matter expertise related to these matters on the agenda?

Any objections, members?

All right, thank you for that.

Uh, we also have some more resources resources today.

We have uh Kayla Kutaka, Chair, uh Commission on Children and Youth.

Aloha and welcome.

Well, without objection, I will now date uh designate Chair Kutaka as a resource under rule eighteen a due to her expertise with the talking is teaching public awareness campaign, which includes advertising and county bus uh county transit buses.

Any objections for okay, no objections.

We now have adept committee staff uh with us this morning, so good morning.

On the agenda members, we have two items, and that's Bill 13 2026, County Transit Bus Advertising Adepth or Parentheses Adept 6.

Climate change impacts on Maui County, and that's adept one, parentheses 10.

The committee may consider whether recommend passage of Bill 13 2026 with or without revisions and other related actions.

The other item is informational only and no legislative action will be taken.

And thank you all for being here today, members.

Let's begin with public testimony on both items of the agenda.

Staff, are there any testifiers today?

Chair, there are currently no testifiers signed up.

Would you like me to do a final call?

Sure.

Does somebody would like to testify in the chamber?

Please let staff know.

Or Microsoft Teams, please raise your hand.

This is final call three, two, one.

Chair it appears that nobody wishes to testify at the beginning of the meeting.

Okay, well, at this time, if there's anyone wishing to testify on this item, you just last call for that, raise your hand, and I don't see anybody.

So members, if there's no one else or no one wishing to testify, I'll proceed on the agenda.

And that's our first item of the day is Bill 13 2026, County Transit Bus Advertising Adept 6.

Members, the proposal from the administration updates Title 11 regarding rules for advertising on the Maui bus and county bus passes.

Through advertising, the county can earn some revenue, but more importantly, as we increase ridership in our county transit system, this is an opportunity for the county and its partners to get the word out about initiatives and programs.

That's why today we have Chair Kutaka with us from the County Commission on Children and Youth, and they helped to initiate the action through today through their advocacy for the talking is teaching campaign by the Hookai Hoy Kaika partnership, which is now being displayed on the Maui bus.