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Civic issues
Topics getting the most attention in Maui County public meetings, ranked by how frequently they come up.
Youth-led Commission on Children and Youth
A Maui High School student testified with 56 signatures for turning the Commission on Children and Youth into a youth-led body, giving young people a standing voice in county decisions. Council Member Johnson voiced support.
Kulamalu Park stairway injury and missing railing
A woman fractured her hip at Kulamalu Park in Pukalani after reaching for a railing that wasn't there on a stairway landing. The park was privately built, dedicated to the county in 2011, and met code then — but no repairs have been made since the 2024 accident, and kids use those stairs regularly for Pop Warner football.
County Parcel Adjacent to Kihei Police Station — Passive Park vs. Housing
About 140 undeveloped acres next to the Kīhei police station could become a passive park protecting rare wiliwili dryland forest and cultural sites — but Housing is preparing an affordable-housing RFP for the same land. The committee paused for the administration to weigh in.
Public campgrounds in South Maui
The 'support public campgrounds' policy has sat in three county plans for years with nothing to show for it. The committee kept it — with an asterisk marking it as redundant-but-wanted — after CPAC Chair Rob Weltman and members tied it to unhoused residents and lost traditional beach camping.
Public shoreline and beach access
As shoreline parcels get walled off, the plan now pushes for unobstructed public walkways and beach access, with wetlands protection carved into its own policy — plus questions about the old 'government beach reserve' in Kīhei where homes have encroached.