Well, the disaster recovery international affairs and planning committee meeting of 20 September 16, 2026, come to order.

The time is now 9 02 a.m.

Uh this is the recessed reconvened meeting of September 15, 2026.

If everyone can please silence their cell phones or other noise-making devices that would help our cause members in accordance with the sunshine law.

Next up, we have Councilmember Tom Cook.

Aloha Kakayaka.

Um working from my home in KA today, and um feeling under the weather, but ready for today's meeting.

But um, I'm alone in the story.

Next up, we have member Gabe Johnson, aloha kakayaka.

Aloha, and good morning, Chair, Council members, committee members.

I'm here and ready to work.

Thank you.

Thank you.

And next up, we have Council Chair Alice Lee, aloha kakahyaka.

Aloha chair.

I'm home alone in my workspace.

And if you go to Tonga this uh weekend, you can say Malu Olele.

Um Council Member Kiani Rawlins Fernandez, Malo Olele, and Aloha Kakayaka.

I'm at my private residence alone in this room.

Uh, my minor aged daughter is homesick from school, so she's with me, just not in the same room right now, but she may be walking around.

Um, yeah, that's everything.

Thank you.

And next up, we have Councilmember Shane Sinancy.

And Councilmember Yukile Sui Mara is excused.

This meeting of the Disaster Recovery International Affairs and Planning Committee meeting of the Maui County Council is located on the traditional Aina of the Kanaka OEB, who never ceded their sovereignty to the United States.

We recognize that her Majesty Queen Lili Okolani yielded the Hawaiian kingdom to the U.S.

in the rest under threat of violence to avoid the bloodshed of her people.

We further recognize that Hawaii remains an illegally occupied nation state by the U.S.

As documented in a 2021 scholarly article for the National Lawyers Guild Review by Andrew Reid, a junk professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law.

Generations of Kanaka Maui and their knowledge systems have sustainably cared for Hawaii and continue to do so.

We are grateful to occupy this space and learn the ways in which we can contribute.

As a committee, we seek to support the very strategies that the indigenous people of Hawaii are using to protect their land and their communities and commit to dedicating time and resources to working in solidarity.

From the Department of Planning, we have Planning Director Jackie Takakura and Long Range Division Planner Karen Komkovich from the Department of Public Works.

We have Director Dordy Molina from the Department of Transportation.

We have Transportation Planner Planner Julia Meinhart from the Department of Housing.

We have Director of Housing Remy Mitchell.

From Department of Parks and Work Parks and Recreation, we have CIP project coordinator William Frampton.

From Department of Management, we have Executive Assistant Noah Jackson from Corporation Council.

We have Deputy Corp Council Nahulu Nunokawa as well as Deputy Corp Council Michael Hopper with us in person.

The other resources we have is South Maui CPAC Chair Rob Weltman and South Maui CPAC Vice Chair Daniel Canahele.

These resources were already designated under Rule 18A on September 15th.

We also have DIP committee staff with us this morning.

Oh, and we also have Deputy Director Kikai Robinson from Department of OEV resources online as well.

As a reminder, oral testimony on DIP 25 was closed on September 15th, 2026, but written testimony will continue to be accepted.

We have one item on today's agenda, DRIP 25 Bill 108 2026, a bill for an ordinance, amending section 2.80B.070 Maui County Code to adopt the updated South Maui community plan to get us in the right mindset and by request of our South Maui CPAC Vice Chair.

I'll start us off with the South Maui Vision Statement Draft.

South Maui's beaches, coastal waters, and wetlands are restored and thriving with affordable housing close to good jobs and a variety of transportation options, including safe walking and biking paths lined with trees.

The region's businesses, parks, and neighborhoods are connected, maintaining the small town lifestyle.

Cultural resources are protected and celebrated, enhancing South Maui's sense of place.

So that's to get us in the mood.14, page 37 of the draft plan.

In the um Maui Island Plan, Countywide Policy Plan, and also in the South Maui Community Plan.

As planning gave us the presentation on Monday night, we know the hierarchy of plans.

And if we can um if people can bust out their attachment 10A, and go to page 10 of attachment 10A.

And if we can um if people can bust out their attachment 10A, and go to uh page 10 of attachment 10A, and we'll also be cross-referencing that with page 36 of your draft plan.

So we're we're looking at attachment 10A, page 10, and South Maui draft plan page 36, and focusing in on policy 2.2.5.

Um, it was pointed out by our legislative attorney that this um policy is pretty near the same in the South Maui community plan, which says support the creation of public campgrounds within the region.

That was one of my favorites.

Then we go to countywide policy plan G3A, which says identify and encourage the establishment of regulated and environmentally sound campgrounds.

Then we go to the Maui Island Plan 663D, which says facilitate the development of well-managed non-commercial campgrounds throughout the islands.

So I just wanted to get your feedback.