South Maui Community Plan

Read testimony from biologist Tova Callender urging a 100-foot buffer along South Maui gulches to protect against flooding, erosion, and polluted runoff, and to enable trails and native plantings.

Calling from Kahului, he said he speaks for poor South Maui residents, echoed Vernon Kalanikau's point that Hawaiian input should come first in the plan, and complained that access to participation feels limited to the wealthy.

He discussed his personal audit of money flows related to wildfire and the South Maui Plan, alleging white-collar crime connections running from Upcountry to Kīhei.

A testifier identifying with the Royal Patented Kingdom of Ko Hawaiʻi Pae ʻĀina opposed all development in South Maui, claiming defective land title and that heirs of royal patented lands were never notified.

Pushed back on Mayer's fiscal critique, arguing a plan isn't a budget, that vacant housing complicates unit-to-population math, and that recycled R-1/R-2 water and living near Wailea jobs could ease water and traffic pressures.

Rambled testimony touching on Kalanikau's presentation, the ahupuaʻa system, redistricting, and grievances about access to the meeting process.

Called in by phone; criticized the Corporation Counsel office, urged open government, and said he wants to hear plans for Kīhei's houseless population.

Said the plan identifies 8,000+ new units (vs. 3,700-6,100 projected residents), lacks a legally required financial plan, barely addresses water, and urged clean-energy requirements for desal. Also flagged the outdated Wailea Golf Plan.

Demanded specific infrastructure cost accounting for taxpayers, citing Wailea 670 infrastructure debts, shoreline erosion near the Kam I treatment plant, no adequate evacuation route, and contradictions with county policy — comparing the plan's effort to the Titanic.

Strongly opposed the 'rush to judgment,' alleged a councilmember conflict of interest, and asked where the detailed affordable/workforce housing and unhoused plans are.