I am a long time resident of Kihei and a registered Maui County voter. Please approve the creation of H3/H4 zoning as soon as possible so the working people of our county can continue to provide services to these vacation rentals. After creation of the zoning please move properties listed in Exhibit 2 of the TIG into the new zoning created. This is a promise the council made when passing Bill 9. Please deliver on your promise so jobs can continue to be available.
Bill 88 sends the message that major land-use laws on Maui are no longer stable. The County spent years debating Bill 9, held hearings, passed the ordinance, and created a phased timeline, only to immediately begin building exceptions and new zoning pathways before implementation even occurs. That destroys public trust, prolongs market uncertainty, and tells residents, investors, and property owners that every major housing law in Maui is now negotiable after political pressure is applied.
The County already passed Bill 9. Instead of letting the courts resolve the legal challenges, this Council now wants to spend years burning taxpayer money on hearings, rezonings, community plan amendments, legal reviews, staff reports, lobbying battles, and political carve-outs just to recreate the same transient rental system under a different zoning label.
If the County is truly worried about revenue loss, then focus on offsetting the revenue loss through budgeting, tax policy, and economic planning. Stop wasting public time and taxpayer dollars building an entirely new bureaucratic loophole process to undermine a law the County already adopted.
I am writing in support of the creation of H3/H4 zoning as an option for selected condominium complexes. The Council’s own Temporary Investigative Group already identified characteristics of condominium complexes that made them unlikely to be of use as affordable workforce housing for local residents. It makes sense to re-zone these complexes into H3/H4 zoning and continue to receive the benefits of tourism-related jobs and economic boost, GET/TAT and property tax revenue, and the provision of a more affordable alternative to expensive hotels for our visitors (both tourists and friends and family of residents).
Aloha HLU Committee. When you hear testifiers say they are tax payers and homeowners please ask the follow up if they are residents in A1 or A2 zones. 6% of residents own in these zones and do you know how many are residents? Please do not strip away hope from these residents who just want to see their homes return to what a normal home should be. Don't let the continental investor/extractors monopolize the conversation. Please see who is testifying about their residence. HOA and AOAO change their documents regularly. Just because they want to extract thaose absurd TVR profits does not seem to compare to the residents. People of Profits. There is no shortage of visitor accommodations. Please keep visitors out of our residential areas. Please.
Aloha Council,
I am submitting testimony in favor of Bill 88, establishing H-3 and H-4 hotel districts. Through historical documentation and testimony for the past 2 years, it is quite clear, that many of the properties that would be considered for this new designation, were originally built and marketed to off island buyers and not intended to be "employee" or "affordable" housing. It has been shown in marketing materials, original building documents, HOA declarations and CC&R documents, that they were built for the purpose to welcome second home owners and visitors. Additionally, even persons in support of Bill 9, have established that many of the properties that would be in line for this zoning, are clearly operating as "condo-hotel" complexes in a variety of ways. And it is quite clear that many of those properties are in no way "affordable" with their exorbitant HOA dues and insurance policies that they must carry.
Mahalo for your time and consideration.
I am a long time resident of Kihei and a registered Maui County voter. Please approve the creation of H3/H4 zoning as soon as possible so the working people of our county can continue to provide services to these vacation rentals. After creation of the zoning please move properties listed in Exhibit 2 of the TIG into the new zoning created. This is a promise the council made when passing Bill 9. Please deliver on your promise so jobs can continue to be available.
Many Mahalos!
Bill 88 sends the message that major land-use laws on Maui are no longer stable. The County spent years debating Bill 9, held hearings, passed the ordinance, and created a phased timeline, only to immediately begin building exceptions and new zoning pathways before implementation even occurs. That destroys public trust, prolongs market uncertainty, and tells residents, investors, and property owners that every major housing law in Maui is now negotiable after political pressure is applied.
The County already passed Bill 9. Instead of letting the courts resolve the legal challenges, this Council now wants to spend years burning taxpayer money on hearings, rezonings, community plan amendments, legal reviews, staff reports, lobbying battles, and political carve-outs just to recreate the same transient rental system under a different zoning label.
If the County is truly worried about revenue loss, then focus on offsetting the revenue loss through budgeting, tax policy, and economic planning. Stop wasting public time and taxpayer dollars building an entirely new bureaucratic loophole process to undermine a law the County already adopted.
I am writing in support of the creation of H3/H4 zoning as an option for selected condominium complexes. The Council’s own Temporary Investigative Group already identified characteristics of condominium complexes that made them unlikely to be of use as affordable workforce housing for local residents. It makes sense to re-zone these complexes into H3/H4 zoning and continue to receive the benefits of tourism-related jobs and economic boost, GET/TAT and property tax revenue, and the provision of a more affordable alternative to expensive hotels for our visitors (both tourists and friends and family of residents).
Aloha HLU Committee. When you hear testifiers say they are tax payers and homeowners please ask the follow up if they are residents in A1 or A2 zones. 6% of residents own in these zones and do you know how many are residents? Please do not strip away hope from these residents who just want to see their homes return to what a normal home should be. Don't let the continental investor/extractors monopolize the conversation. Please see who is testifying about their residence. HOA and AOAO change their documents regularly. Just because they want to extract thaose absurd TVR profits does not seem to compare to the residents. People of Profits. There is no shortage of visitor accommodations. Please keep visitors out of our residential areas. Please.
Aloha Council,
I am submitting testimony in favor of Bill 88, establishing H-3 and H-4 hotel districts. Through historical documentation and testimony for the past 2 years, it is quite clear, that many of the properties that would be considered for this new designation, were originally built and marketed to off island buyers and not intended to be "employee" or "affordable" housing. It has been shown in marketing materials, original building documents, HOA declarations and CC&R documents, that they were built for the purpose to welcome second home owners and visitors. Additionally, even persons in support of Bill 9, have established that many of the properties that would be in line for this zoning, are clearly operating as "condo-hotel" complexes in a variety of ways. And it is quite clear that many of those properties are in no way "affordable" with their exorbitant HOA dues and insurance policies that they must carry.
Mahalo for your time and consideration.