Agriculture, Diversification, Environment, and Public Transportation Committee (ADEPT)


Meeting agendas and documents


Items List:

Voting Members:

  • Gabe Johnson, Chair
  • Shane M. Sinenci, Vice-Chair
  • Tom Cook, Voting Member
  • Alice L. Lee, Voting Member
  • Tamara Paltin, Voting Member
  • Yuki Lei K. Sugimura, Voting Member
  • Nohelani Uʻu-Hodgins, Voting Member

Duties:

  • Public transit and public interisland transportation within the County and within the State.
  • Protection, preservation, and enhancement of the environment, including recycling, watersheds, and wetlands but excluding energy issues.
  • Prevention of deforestation, drought, carbon emissions, pollution, and other related contributors to climate change.
  • Ecology, including the relationships between animals, plants, and other living organisms with their physical surroundings.
  • Conservation and protection of agricultural lands, promotion of diversified agriculture, increasing agricultural self-sufficiency, and assuring the availability of agriculturally suitable lands.
  • Workforce development and economic diversification.
  • Farm dwellings and agricultural water, excluding rates and fees for agricultural water.
  • Oversight of the Department of Agriculture, the Environmental Protection and Sustainability Division of the Department of Environmental Management, and the Department of Transportation.
  • Implementation of the following General Plan objectives:
    • Diversity Transportation Options.
    • Protect the Natural Environment.

Contact Information:

ADEPT.committee@mauicounty.us

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