Disaster Recovery, International Affairs, and Planning Committee (DRIP)


Meeting agendas and documents


Items List:

Voting Members:

  • Tamara Paltin, Chair
  • Nohelani U‘u-Hodgins, Vice-Chair
  • Kauanoe Batangan, Voting Member
  • Tom Cook, Voting Member
  • Gabe Johnson, Voting Member
  • Alice L. Lee, Voting Member
  • Keani N.W. Rawlins-Fernandez, Voting Member
  • Shane M. Sinenci, Voting Member
  • Yuki Lei K. Sugimura, Voting Member

 

2026 Committee Reports

CR number

Related legislation

Title

26-3

Bill 161 (2025)

BILL 161 (2025), IMPOSING INTERIM RESTRICTIONS ON NEW PRIVATE SWIMMING POOLS IN THE WEST MAUI COMMUNITY PLAN AREA (DRIP-20)

 

2025 Committee Reports

 

CR number Related legislation Title
25-74 Resolution 25-174 2025 UPDATE TO THE COUNTY OF MAUI HAZARD MITIGATION PLAN (DRIP-18)
25-73 Bill 131 (2025) CHANGE IN ZONING FROM R-1 RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT TO B-2 COMMUNITY BUSINESS DISTRICT (CONDITIONAL ZONING) FOR PROPERTY SITUATED AT 1448 FRONT STREET, LAHAINA, HAWAI’I (DRIP-16)
25-64 Bill 121 (2025) INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE HAWAI’I ARMY NATIONAL GUARD FOR INTRUSION DETECTION SYSTEM ALARM RESPONSE PROCEDURES (DRIP-15)
25-57 Bill 82 (2025) AMENDING SECTION 10.04.030, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLES (DRIP-14)
25-43 Resolution 23-163 RELATING TO PARKING FOR ELECTRIC VEHICLES (DRIP-7)
25-34 Bill 158 (2024) RELATING TO AN INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT WITH THE COUNTY OF KAUAI FOR FORENSIC TESTING SERVICES BETWEEN THE KAUAI POLICE DEPARTMENT AND THE MAUI POLICE DEPARTMENT (DRIP-6)
25-33 Bill 104 (2024) AMENDING CHAPTERS 19.04, 19.08, AND 19.29, MAUI COUNTY CODE, RELATING TO KITCHENS, KITCHENETTES, AND WET BARS; AND SECTION 19.36B.020, MAUI COUNTY CODE, TO ADD PARKING REQUIREMENTS FOR DWELLING UNITS WITH KITCHENETTES (DRIP-3)
25-30 Bill 39 (2025) RELATING TO FIRE HAZARD REMOVAL (DRIP-10)
25-4 Resolution 25-49 AUTHORIZING THE ACQUISITION OF LAND AT LIMAHANA PLACE, LAHAINA, MAUI
25-3 Bill 105 (2024) AMENDING SECTION 19.500.110, MAUI COUNTY CODE, REGARDING NONCONFORMITIES

 


Duties:

  • Sea-level rise, shoreline erosion, and managed retreat.
  • Disaster preparedness and recovery and community resilience. Oversight of related departments in that context.
  • International affairs.
  • Comprehensive community plan updates and processing procedures for the General Plan and community plans.
  • Appointments to the community plan advisory committees.
  • Land use ordinances relating to improving disaster recovery.
  • Implementation of the digital mapping project.
  • Proposals for increasing the availability and affordability of housing
  • Oversight of the Department of Fire and Public Safety, Department of Police, Maui Emergency Management Agency, and Office of Recovery, including Federal, State, and County emergency proclamations.
  • Implementation of the following General Plan objective:
    • Mitigate Climate Change and Work Toward Resilience.
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Contact Information:

DRIP.committee@mauicounty.us

Ph: (808) 270-7838
Fax: (808) 270-7686