Maui Tomorrow Foundation encourages community members who live in South Maui, Pā’ia, and Ha‘ikū to sign up to join their regional Advisory Committees to the Maui Planning Commission. This is a wonderful opportunity to be heard and make a positive impact, right where you live. Deadline to apply is August 23rd at 4:30pm.

The Maui County Council is seeking applications from South Maui and Pā’ia-Ha‘ikū residents for two new advisory committees to the Maui Planning Commission. The committees will serve the Kihei-Makena and Paia-Haiku community plan areas, providing recommendations to the planning commission on land use, housing development and other planning issues. Each advisory committee must have at least one member with demonstrated expertise in Native Hawaiian traditional and customary practices and another with a background in conservation, natural resources or climate change.

Here is the link to the application form: https://mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/6353/Board–Commission-Application?bidId=

Applications can be emailed to great.committee@mauicounty.us with a reference to “GREAT-33” for the South Maui Advisory Committee or “GREAT-34” for the Pā’ia-Ha‘ikū Advisory Committee. Applications can also be mailed, faxed or dropped off as noted on the bottom of the forms.

For more information about what participation in these committees entails, you can read the County ordinance here. Per this ordinance, to be eligible for appointment as a member of an advisory committee, a person must be a resident of the relevant community plan area for a period of at least twelve consecutive months immediately preceding the person’s appointment.

Maps of the community plan areas available on the Department of Planning’s website.