Housing and Land Use Committee (HLU)


Meeting agendas and documents


Voting Members:

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

Duties:

  • Amendments of State land use district boundaries, the General Plan, community plans, and zoning ordinances.
  • Other land use entitlements requiring Council review and approval, such as Conditional Permits, and all overlay districts.
  • Land use ordinances, except items relating to improving disaster recovery.
  • Affordable or residential workforce housing programs, including expedited approvals of housing projects under Chapter 201H, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and related State land use district boundary amendments; and under Chapter 2.97, Maui County Code.
  • Amendments to the Residential Workforce Housing Policy and other affordable housing ordinances.
  • Sea-level rise, shoreline erosion, managed retreat, deforestation, drought, wetlands, carbon emissions, pollution, and other related contributors to climate change.
  • Oversight of the Department of Planning and Department of Housing.
  • Implementation of the following General Plan objectives:
    • Expand Housing Opportunities for Residents.
    • Promote Sustainable Land Use and Growth Management.

Contact Information:

HLU.committee@mauicounty.us

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