I oppose the current location of the Haiku fire station.
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Hawaiʻi is in an usually form of occupation. There are avenues of resolution, the County of Maui Council needs to just lean in and be an agreeable party to lawfyl remedy.
If not now, when? If not this, what?
This is an issue that is over a century overdue attention.
Please seek an alternative for Haiku Fire Station that does change agricultural zoning and does not displace lineal descendants.
Please expedite these efforts and hold not the concerns of land tenancy as a reason to delay the needed fire safety facilities for the Haiku area.
Attn: Housing and Land Use Committee
Subject: HLU-17, Bills 89, 90 and 91 (2026), Parcel Rezoning for Development of Ha‘iku Fire Station
POSITION: SUPPORT
Aloha kākou Chair and Members,
My name is Bradley Liu and I have been with Maui Fire Dept for 13 years. I write to you in support of the aforementioned bills regarding the rezoning of a county parcel that is proposed for the future use of a fire station. As a born and raised Maui resident and member of MFD, the need for another station and its value to our community is obvious. Many other have echoed those sentiments and provided valuable experiences to give a “why”.
As a native Hawaiian, I am sensitive to native rights and land claims. I have witnessed firsthand family members stand up for kuleana lands and fight to prove their rights. These can be lengthy processes that require time and money. While I am in full support of verifying ownership claims on land parcels, neither the time or money needed to verify those things eliminates the current need for a fire station and additional emergency services in the community that improve safety and well being of residents and visitors.
As a current plan reviewer for the Maui Fire Dept., I have some insight to the actual purposes of the bills…..rezoning of a portion of the parcel/changing the land use designation. The process of changing from AG zoning to RURAL/QUASI PUBLIC should not serve as bureaucratic red tape for something as significant as improved emergency services in the community. The specific rezoning proposal of these bills would provide the needed LUD for the development of a fire station. For any contested ownership claimants, it would actually improve structural development potential in the future should any contested titles come to fruition. As such, it seems counterintuitive to delay rezoning that could continue momentum towards improved emergency services. If residents that oppose this bill provide contested titles and are successful in claims, the newly proposed zoning would allow them the ability to build more homes for their ‘ohana. Regardless of the side of the fence you stand on, I am having a hard time seeing a reason as to why this should be delayed for any reason. Changing the zoning of the land right now does not impact contested claims and the process that ensues…..it simply designates the land as needed should development of a fire station happen in the future.
Mahalo for taking the time, and regardless of the outcome, we appreciate the council’s willingness to hear our voice in coming to a decision.
I oppose the current location of the Haiku fire station.
Hawaiʻi Transitional Government offers knot untying in situations like this.
For more info visit this website:
htglaw.info
Hawaiʻi is in an usually form of occupation. There are avenues of resolution, the County of Maui Council needs to just lean in and be an agreeable party to lawfyl remedy.
If not now, when? If not this, what?
This is an issue that is over a century overdue attention.
Please seek an alternative for Haiku Fire Station that does change agricultural zoning and does not displace lineal descendants.
Please expedite these efforts and hold not the concerns of land tenancy as a reason to delay the needed fire safety facilities for the Haiku area.
Sincerely, Faith Chase
Attn: Housing and Land Use Committee
Subject: HLU-17, Bills 89, 90 and 91 (2026), Parcel Rezoning for Development of Ha‘iku Fire Station
POSITION: SUPPORT
Aloha kākou Chair and Members,
My name is Bradley Liu and I have been with Maui Fire Dept for 13 years. I write to you in support of the aforementioned bills regarding the rezoning of a county parcel that is proposed for the future use of a fire station. As a born and raised Maui resident and member of MFD, the need for another station and its value to our community is obvious. Many other have echoed those sentiments and provided valuable experiences to give a “why”.
As a native Hawaiian, I am sensitive to native rights and land claims. I have witnessed firsthand family members stand up for kuleana lands and fight to prove their rights. These can be lengthy processes that require time and money. While I am in full support of verifying ownership claims on land parcels, neither the time or money needed to verify those things eliminates the current need for a fire station and additional emergency services in the community that improve safety and well being of residents and visitors.
As a current plan reviewer for the Maui Fire Dept., I have some insight to the actual purposes of the bills…..rezoning of a portion of the parcel/changing the land use designation. The process of changing from AG zoning to RURAL/QUASI PUBLIC should not serve as bureaucratic red tape for something as significant as improved emergency services in the community. The specific rezoning proposal of these bills would provide the needed LUD for the development of a fire station. For any contested ownership claimants, it would actually improve structural development potential in the future should any contested titles come to fruition. As such, it seems counterintuitive to delay rezoning that could continue momentum towards improved emergency services. If residents that oppose this bill provide contested titles and are successful in claims, the newly proposed zoning would allow them the ability to build more homes for their ‘ohana. Regardless of the side of the fence you stand on, I am having a hard time seeing a reason as to why this should be delayed for any reason. Changing the zoning of the land right now does not impact contested claims and the process that ensues…..it simply designates the land as needed should development of a fire station happen in the future.
Mahalo for taking the time, and regardless of the outcome, we appreciate the council’s willingness to hear our voice in coming to a decision.
Bradley Liu
Lieutenant - Fire Prevention Bureau