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Council Member (Makawao-Haiku-Paia)· 2025-01-02 - 2027-01-01

Nohelani Uʻu-Hodgins

Maui County

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Term ending Jan 1, 2027.

Voice

Meetings spoken in
82
Total speaking time
11:30:54
Avg per meeting
8:26
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Top issues during term (20)(Development)

high→Sep 2026[20]

Infrastructure Priority for 100% Affordable and Workforce Housing

Requirements add costs to housing projects, which Chair Lee warns could make homes less affordable.

medium↑Sep 2026[15]

Honua'ula (Wailea 670) fire station and retention basin overlap

high↓Jul 2026[15]

Kīpūola Kauhale — Maui's first kauhale community

Cost estimate tripled from $10,000 to $30,000 per unit, funded by county and state sources.

high↑Oct 2026[13]

Lānaʻi Project District 2 (Kōʻele) zoning change (Bills 24 and 25, 2024)

high↓Aug 2026[13]

First-time homebuyer program reach

$92.5 million of the recovery fund is dedicated to helping survivors buy existing homes, up to $600,000 each.

medium↑Apr 2026[11]

Piilani Promenade subdivision bond and drainage questions

$6 million in lapsed bond proceeds redirected to prosecutorial facility renovations.

medium↓Sep 2026[10]

Wailea Golf mapping and the Chan proposal

high↑Oct 2026[10]

Piilani Promenade land-use conflict with LUC order

An approximately $20 million cash subdivision bond for road and infrastructure improvements remains held by the county, per former Public Works Director David Good.

critical↓Mar 2026[9]

Maui Long-Term Wildfire Recovery Operations

$1.6 billion in federal CDBG-DR funds drive the rebuild, with $950 million in unfunded infrastructure needs still being pursued.

critical↓Jan 2026[9]

Lahaina rebuild and affordable housing funding

Testimony cited median-income households unable to cover mortgage, HOA, insurance, and utility costs exceeding $4,900 per month at shoreline condos, and fire-survivor housing programs ending August 31.

high↓Apr 2026[6]

Pāʻia Sugar Mill Redevelopment — Community Plan Amendment and Change in Zoning

The applicant said the 20% open space requirement (about 4 acres) is a financial burden but asked for flexibility to hold revenue-generating events on it; industrial land carries some of the county's highest property tax rates.

high↓Sep 2026[6]

North Kīhei Mauka residential designation

The designation could enable thousands of future homes in Kīhei Mauka, with infrastructure costs borne later by the county and developers.

medium↓Sep 2026[6]

Wailea Golf Course plan discrepancy

high↓Sep 2026[5]

Growth concurrency and impact fees

Ballard estimated taxpayers effectively subsidize development's cumulative impacts on roads, water, police and fire.

medium↓Oct 2026[5]

Central Maui base yard industrial expansion with 100-foot gulch buffers

critical↓Aug 2026[5]

Bill 9 carve-outs: hotel rezoning referrals for apartment-district TVRs

Owners testified buildings like Hale Kai O Kīhei are underinsured by at least $5 million with flood insurance costing roughly $10,000 per unit per year, while critics say hotel zoning locks in visitor revenue instead of housing.

high↓Aug 2026[5]

Huey Road subdivision fire hydrant and deferral agreement controversy

Another $75,000 of taxpayer money, pushing the case's legal budget to $1 million, with billings already exceeding what was appropriated.

medium↓Sep 2026[5]

Housing outside flood hazard zones

medium↓Sep 2026[5]

Duplex/ADU action struck — residents can now legally add units

high↓Sep 2026[5]

Workforce housing policy conflicts with Chapter 2.96

Conflicting requirements could add legal fees and delay workforce housing projects by months.

Decisions during term (5)

Recorded while Uʻu-Hodgins was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.