The Disaster Recovery, International Affairs, and Planning Committee (DRIP) met on Monday, September 21, 2026, from 9:04 a.m. to 4:36 p.m. (with recesses) to continue reviewing Bill 108 (2026), which would adopt the updated South Maui Community Plan. The day focused on Section 4 (Implementation and Monitoring) and some discussion of Section 3 (Growth Framework). Resource person Dick Mayer presented a detailed analysis of potential housing units, traffic impacts, water demand, and the need for a robust financial plan. The committee heard public testimony and then worked through numerous implementing actions, adopting several amendments and marking others for future review.
Will the disaster recovery international affairs and planning committee come to order? The time is now nine oh four. If everyone can please silence their cell phones or other noise making devices that will help our cause. Members, in accordance with the Sunshine Law, if you are not in the council chambers, please identify by name who, if anyone is in the room, vehicle or workspace with you today. So she's excused at this time. Do you need um somebody to help enable your camera or okay? There you go. And next up, we have council member Gabe Johnson, aloha kakayaka. Aloha, and good morning, Chair, Council members, king members. There's no testifiers here at the Nighty District Office. I'm alone on my side of the office with a snoring doggy here and ready to work. Thanks. Thank you. Next up, we have Council Chair Alice Lee. Aloha Kakayaka. Alohayaka, Chair. I'm here alone in my workspace with my little cat menagerie. If you're going to Israel, you might want to learn to say Mako We. Makoue is an informal greeting over there. Looking forward to your meeting. Thank you. Thank you. Next up, we have Council Member Kiani Rahlims Fernandez, Mako Wei, and Aloha Kakayaka. Aloha Kakayaka chair, aloha kakahyaka. My Molokainuya Hina. I'm at my private residence alone. Uh there are no testifiers at the um multi-district district office. Mahalaj. Thank you. Next up, we have uh council member Shane Senenti. Aloha. Alohae. Alohahi kako baka ikina here at my home office. I'm here by myself. There's no testifiers in Hanancher. Thank you. And last but not least, we have Councilmember Sugi Mara, Yak Makowe, and Aloha Kakayaka. Makoe and uh good morning, everybody. Looking forward to a protective meeting in the council chambers. Thank you. This meeting of the Disaster Recovery International Affairs and Planning Committee of the Maui County Council is located on the traditional island of Kanako Ivy, who never ceded their sovereignty to the United States. We recognize that her Majesty Queen Lili Okalani 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 reviewed by Andrew Reid, a junk professor of law at the University of Denver Sturm College of Law. Generations of Kanakamauli 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 varied 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 administration, the Department of Planning, we have Planning Director Jackie Takakura and Senior Planner Karen Komkovich from the Department of Public Works. We'll have Public Works Director Jordan Molina.