Combined, these projects provided well over 700 units of affordable housing for Maui residents before the fire. While these projects were an important supply of housing for Maui, there remains a great need for additional housing units to meet demand. This program supports the reconstruction of these projects, and where feasible, expansion to include additional units and/ or new affordable housing projects to meet the continuing and growing need. The actual level of affordability is unknown at this time, though it is likely to be set at similar levels as the projects were pre-fire. These projects are identified as a “program” to signify the great need for affordable housing, and to, at a minimum, match the unit number and affordability levels of the former units.

This program intends to replace and expand affordable housing by reconstructing the following 10 projects that were lost in the wildfires.

One State-owned property:

• Front Street Apartments (142 units)

Two properties owned by the Hawai’i Public Housing Authority:

• David Malo Circle (18 units)
• Piʻilani Homes (42 units)

Three County-owned properties:

• Komohana Hale (20 units)
• Lahaina Crossroads (20 units)
• Ka Hale A Ke Ola (94-unit homeless resource center)

Three properties owned by private nonprofit organizations:

• Hale Mahaolu Eono (35 units) that is jointly financed by U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA)
• Lahaina Surf (112 units) (financed by HUD)
• The Weinberg Court (62 units)

An additional project was privately held, but financed through LIHTC, issued by the State and federal governments:

• Kaiāulu O Kupuohi (89 units)

As 10 projects are included in this program, each project will experience individual roadblocks. Ongoing management will be required for as long as the units are in use. If expanded, additional property acquisition and funding will be required for construction of the units.

This project includes the creation of a cultural corridor and the restoration of Malu ʻUlu o Lele, Mokuʻula and the Loko o Mokuhinia Complex. A cultural corridor along the coast will restore, honor and protect culturally significant sites from Mokuʻula to the King’s Loʻi Kalo—including other sites such as, Loko o Nalehu, Loko o Kaluaʻehu and Hale Piula. Restoration of the three areas will create a sustainable and vibrant cultural space that remembers and highlights Hawaiian history, restores Lahaina’s natural wetland coastal ecosystem and cultural historical sites, supports the well-being of the Lahaina community, and, with the planting of ‘ulu trees throughout Lahaina, reduces urban heat index and provides a potential food source for generations to come. Benefits of this project include community healing, wetland and habitat restoration, restoration of Native Hawaiian places of historical and spiritual significance, flood mitigation and control, fire risk mitigation through green breaks and water breaks, increase in water flow and groundwater recharge, and a buffer between the ocean and the town to mitigate hazards of sea level rise, shoreline erosion and waves.

Restoration of Mokuʻula and Mokuhinia will require collaboration and communication between the community and government agencies across County, State and federal levels. Restoration will require several years for planning and implementation, so funding needs will be ongoing. Additionally, restoration will have interdependencies with other recovery efforts like the reconstruction of the town, watershed restoration and water and stream flow, so timing and coordination will be key in the planning phase.

This project creates a Lahaina Memorial that honors the lives of loved ones lost and the experiences of survivors and community members. The Lahaina Memorial will serve as a healing space for the community to gather, remember, and reflect. Planning for the memorial will heavily involve community members and survivors and will also serve as a step in the healing process for the community. The location choice and design of the memorial will be community-led to ensure that the space properly honors those lost and serves as an appropriate long-term space for the community.

Challenges include funding, consensus among community and finding a location in Lahaina.

This project includes multiple phases and components, listed as follows, to restore recreational and commercial activity.

• Reconstruction of Harbor Fuel System
• Bathymetric survey and debris removal
• Removal and replacement of mooring anchor blocks, steel and concrete piles
• Repair of loading pier
• Assessment and repair of water system leaks
• Dredging of harbor and Mala boat ramp
• Replacement of Front Row piers and dinghy dock
• Reconstruction of inner and outer marginal wharfs

This project consists of work in water which requires careful environmental permitting and review.

This project includes studies and assessments to provide data about the current state of energy infrastructure and evaluate opportunities to improve resilience, redundancy and independence. These studies and assessments will produce projects for implementation that the County can promote to achieve more resilient power and energy systems in West Maui.

This project requires coordination with Hawaiian Electric.

This project is intended to ensure communication networks are redundant and reliable during emergencies. The project includes a series of facility upgrades and new installations that will provide for increased coordination and communication between and among County departments, first responders, nongovernmental organizations, and the public. The projects will expand radio and cellular capacity, close gaps in existing communication channels, increase public warning and information sharing, and improve overall emergency response capabilities as a result.

Many of the upgrades and new equipment will be located in remote areas of the island, adding complexity to implementation efforts.

This project will create an affordable program and administrative space in West Maui for nonprofit and government organizations to provide health, education and human services to wildfire survivors. It is meant to be a multipurpose center for resilience, mental health assessment and therapy, as well as a community resource gathering space. Services and activities range from quiet walks, gardening and conversations, to group activities like kanikapila, lei making, variety of classes, and social and community gatherings. There will also be healing help, from lomilomi to emotional support or professional therapists and many different opportunities to talk story.

This project is dependent on construction and timelines for renovations. Construction costs are somewhat variable and are consuming a large amount of the allocated budget. There is a limitation to 5 years for the identified interim space per the landowner.

This project is to develop a new public collector roadway that will be aligned east of, and roughly parallel to, Honoapiʻilani Highway (approximately 2 miles) with two travel lanes and additional turn lanes at major intersections. Utilities including drainage, water, sewer, power, telephone, and television will be installed or upgraded. The Kuhua Street extension may include the proposed West Maui Greenway multiuse path.

Land acquisition for right of way and construction permitting will need to be obtained.

There is a need to jump start economic revitalization in the Lahaina Business District. The proposed groupings of sprung steel structures can provide large covered spaces that can handle a wide variety of uses, as well as be repurposed when no longer necessary for this current project. The structure can be erected quickly, providing Lahaina businesses an accessible location and residents a place of community.

Potential locations for where the market will live are being considered, but land acquisition is still required. Funding is also necessary to the success of this project.

The project involves the construction of a four-lane, controlled access, bypass highway between Keawe Street and Honokowai, a distance of approximately 5 miles. The bypass will extend northward from its terminus at Keawe Street as it passes to the east of the Kāʻanapali Resort and then proceed in a northwesterly direction until it reaches Honokowai, south of Mahinahina Gulch. The minimum right of way width will be 150 feet. A Kāʻanapali Connector will be located to the north of the Lahaina Civic Center and will be approximately 1 mile in length.

This project is reliant on land acquisition for right of way and requires the Environmental Impact Statement to be updated. The State DOT is currently prioritizing adjustments to existing infrastructure and is not currently planning to engage in projects for new construction / new capacity. This project is on the State’s Transportation Improvement Program, however it is not listed as a priority project and does not have a timeline.

The MEMA Advancement Program is composed of four major areas of emphasis:

1. ‍Emergency Services Infrastructure: Upgrades in emergency services communications and situational awareness infrastructure, data collection, management and dissemination to support policy making, resource allocation and incident support. These systems will also provide key inputs to public information and advisory notices during incidents to include response and recovery.
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2. Emergency Services Staffing: Create a MEMA Reserve (on-call paid) and MEMA Volunteer (on-call unpaid) program to
   provide MEMA with staffing during activations. Creation of a MEMA Reserve would provide Incident Management Team (IMT) support to unified and area commands within the County while a MEMA Volunteer Corps could assist with incident support in the Emergency Operations Center to backfill civil service personnel.
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3. ‍Shelters, Resilience Centers and Assembly Areas: Building upon previous efforts, suitability analyses will be updated and needs analyses generated for sheltering utilizing both County and Department of Education facilities under various scenarios. Additionally, sites for resilience centers and assembly areas will be identified with associated support requirements under various contingencies.
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4. Community Engagement: In addition to ongoing community education and preparedness activities, implementing a comprehensive social media strategy utilizing social media monitoring for situational awareness, can provide emergency alert and other relevant information to affected communities during response and recovery and a renewed emphasis on recruitment and training of Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) and Radio Amateur Civil Emergency Service (RACES).
   

A stable civil service cadre is a critical requirement in executing the proposed program.

A complete architectural assessment should be completed on surviving buildings and structures listed in the 1974 nomination form, as well as other buildings and structures that contribute to the NHLD that were eligible for listing on the national register of historic places prior to August 8, 2023 wildfires. Hawaiian Kingdom history will also be proposed as another period of significance. Archaeological surveys, Traditional Cultural Properties (TCP) studies and oral history reports will document the rich history of Lahaina. TCP studies should include new and existing oral histories reports, as well as an ethnography. These assessments and studies will be used to update the NHLD nomination for submittal and consideration by the National Park Service (NPS).

In response to the fire, NPS has developed a Section 213 report of the National Historic Preservation Act. This report contains NPS recommendations relating to the NHLD. The County is reviewing it to identify alignment and/or inconsistencies which may require updating County Code.

This project includes a suite of planning, design and construction activities to improve and expand the recycled water distribution infrastructure in West Maui. It will improve, repair and rehabilitate old pipelines, ditches and reservoirs, as well as construct new distribution pipelines, laterals, meters, and other appurtenances to service non-potable water needs from Honokowai to Kāʻanapali. It will expand customer base and usage of recycled water, may potentially provide irrigation to support replanting of native vegetation for erosion control in the impact area and may provide irrigation to a potential firebreak mauka of Lahaina.

1. ‍Expansion of Lahaina Recycled Water Distribution Improve, repair and rehabilitate old pipelines, ditches and reservoirs already in place‍
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2. Kāʻanapali Resort R-1 Water Distribution System Expansion System expansion to add distribution to Kāʻanapali Aliʻi, Kāʻanapali Beach Hotel, Maui Marriott, Westin Maui, Whaler’s Village, Whaler, Kāʻanapali Royale, Outrigger Maui Eldorado, and Sheraton; total estimated peak R-1 demand of 282,300 gallons per day
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3. Honokowai R-1 Water Distribution System
   Design, permitting, management and construction of new R-1 distribution pipelines, laterals, meters and other appurtenances within Honoapiʻilani Highway, Lower Honoapiʻilani Road and Kāʻanapali Shores Place
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4. Lahaina Recycled Water Force Main Assessment, design, permitting for the rehabilitation/replacement of an existing 6,700-foot force main, construction of a second force main, pump station, access road and supporting utilities/improvements

Potential challenges could include permitting and access, as some components are planned to impact privately-owned land. This may result in additional projects to complete, beyond those captured in this project.

This project will be a comprehensive rebuild plan for Lahaina focusing on business centers, public lands, circulation and mobility, and Front Street. This plan will build upon the West Maui Community Plan, incorporating the National Historic Landmark District (NHLD) guidelines, the West Maui Community Corridor Plan and West Maui Greenway Plan. The proposed project will be more specific than previous plans, identifying areas for mixed-use development, parks, housing, transit hubs, and public facilities. It will be completed over multiple phases and may include subordinate plans, including visions for Front Street, public lands and parks. The project will require extensive community engagement, including direct coordination with landowners. Following the completion of the Rebuild Lahaina Plan, the County may initiate code changes and rezoning to implement the plan as necessary.

Other priority projects included in the LTRP may overlap with the Rebuild Lahaina Plan including:

• National Historic Landmark District Update
• Infrastructure Assessment and Improvements Studies
• Building Resilience Incentives
• Rebuild West Maui Senior Center
• Street Connectivity and Extensions
• Stormwater Resilience and Flood Risk Management
• Wildfire Risk Reduction and Mitigation
• Community Facilities
• Harbor Restoration
• West Maui Greenway
• Water Source Development
• Creation of a Cultural Corridor
• Preservation, Revitalization and Reconstruction of Historic and Cultural Spaces

This project will rebuild the West Maui Senior Center with the potential to expand in order to provide more services. The senior center served as a central hub of activity for seniors in Lahaina to learn and grow through a variety of programs. There were charity events, such as food and clothing donation drives, and nonprofits working with kūpuna and keiki to create care packages for the homeless. The senior center also had public health benefits, such as a variety of fitness classes, including yoga, hula, cardio and tai chi. There were creative and enriching activities in addition to these wellness benefits, such as sewing classes, line dancing, art classes, movie nights, and cooking classes. The variety of classes offered not only benefits the kūpuna but also creates more work opportunities for instructors.

Funding, infrastructure, zoning limitations, possible redesign of this area, and the desire to have senior services centralized at another location are current concerns for this project. This project will coordinate with the Rebuild Lahaina Plan.

This project will revegetate Lahaina with native plants and culturally appropriate plants to restore the burned landscape, increase resilience, beautify the town, increase storm water infiltration and groundwater recharge, and provide food and material sources for the community. It will educate the community about native plants and resilient landscaping. This project includes key efforts such as:

• Establish new nurseries in Lahaina moku to grow plants to revegetate the town
• Establish biosecurity protocols and quarantine areas in new nurseries
• Establish and expand composting facilities in Lahaina for waste diversion and generation of mulch for revegetation, soil restoration, and erosion control
• Reforest the middle watershed area surrounding Lahaina to turn the unproductive invasive grasslands into thriving forested and agriculture areas; Reforest the Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) lands in upper mauka Lahaina
• Implement other reforestation projects led by organizations across Lahaina, Kula, Olinda, and Pūlehu.

This project is dependent on providing water supply to land areas mauka of Lahaina. This project is also dependent on the pace of rebuilding residential and commercial properties, as landscaping activities usually occur towards the end of a construction project.

Drainage Master Plan Update (to address localized flooding in urbanized areas of Lahaina) and preliminary design for the flood control project (retention basins and diversion channels mauka of Lahaina). This project is supported through U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Natural Resources Conservation Service’s (NRCS) Watershed and Flood Prevention Operations Program. The County Department of Public Works (DPW) is the local sponsor with Stantec as contractor. The project is currently working on a supplementary environmental impact study since the original Environmental Impact Statement was written in the 1980s, and a hydrologic and hydraulic study. Once studies are completed, USDA NRCS and DPW will discuss the data, needs and how the Lahaina Watershed can address the needs through feasible conservation practices, either structural or non-structural.

This project aligns with the current effort to develop a watershed management plan for Kahoma and Kaua’ula watersheds. Currently there is a lack of sponsorship for NRCS projects. The current contract NRCS has is for roughly $1.4 million, but additional funds are needed. This project will have to compete nationally for design funding.

This project will provide necessary fire evacuation connectivity on various roads to better support and facilitate public safety in the future. It would consist of a phased approach that would require land acquisition and road improvements for a variety of identified locations where streets do not meet current fire codes, cul-de-sacs are substandard and connections are missing. Streets included are:

• Aki Street Connector
• Papalaua to Aki Street Connector
• Kaakolu Street to Lahaina Bypass
• Kanakea Loop to Lahainaluna Road
• Kuhua Street Extension to Komo Mai
• Dickenson Street Extension
• N. Hakau Place to Lahaina Bypass

Wahikuli Connectors to Cane Haul Road/ West Maui Greenway:

• Fleming Road
• Wahikuli Road
• Malanai Street

Land acquisition for right-of-way, environmental assessment and construction permitting is needed.

This project involves the creation of a Wai and Watershed Recovery Working Group for Lahaina and Kula moku comprised of various County, State, federal, and local community groups to discuss wai and watershed recovery current efforts and future needs. This project involves management planning for the watersheds of Lahaina moku, including Wahikuli, Kahoma, Kauaʻula, Launiupoko, Olowalu, Ukumehame, Papalaua, and Pohakea. It also involves community water planning in Lahaina moku for ecosystem function, water supply for community needs and watershed restoration activities.

Many government agencies, local community groups and private landowners need to work together for holistic mauka to makai recovery and long-term success. Wai and water supply and its potential use and/or purpose are at the core of many long-term recovery projects. Urban development and natural resources stewardship is another challenge; development requires land and water, which places strain on natural resources and activities like reforestation, conservation, agriculture and food security, restoring stream flow, and recharging the groundwater aquifer. Oftentimes, funding for studies, planning and implementation is limited as economic benefits of wai and watershed planning are not recognized.

This project will expand water use and availability by increasing access to existing ground water sources and establishing new connections to the County’s potable water system. The project includes the following components:

1. ‍Honokowai Tunnel Intake and Transmission Line
   The project would provide a new potable water source by constructing a horizontal tunnel and skimmer well to capture groundwater in Honokowai Valley. No further treatment would be required. The Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) has determined that water from the tunnel does not impact stream flows, as stream flows for Honokowai Valley are generated farther upstream. Project benefits include diversification of source, redundancy within the system and provides a lower-cost source alternative than drilling a new well.
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2. ‍Lahaina Wells Development
   The project will include development of two well fields in the Launiupoko aquifer and two well fields in the Honolua aquifer to provide additional supply to the Lahaina area to ensure adequate water supply.

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Uncertainty over water use permit allocations from Department of Land and Natural Resources (DLNR) CWRM to accommodate new water source development in West Maui, requiring further coordination. There are also private property concerns.

This project includes several multidisciplinary actions to reduce and mitigate wildfire risk for the town and increase community resilience and preparedness for future fires, as mentioned in the County’s Hazard Mitigation Plan:

• Work across County, State, federal, community, and private groups to establish a green break and/or fire break at the WUI around Lahaina
• Update and implement actions in the current West Maui CWPP, Upcounty Maui CWPP and South Maui CWPP

Challenges including funding, cross-coordination among agencies to establish a green break/fire break and long-term maintenance of the green break/fire break, political and community buy-in for new policies, and the identification of leadership for project implementation.

Building off the County of Maui Department of Agriculture 2024-2028 Strategic Plan, this recovery project involves the creation of a plan to develop and prioritize agriculture initiatives for Lahaina moku’s agriculture, farms, food systems, and ecosystems.

Goals of the plan include:

• Developing a regional sustainable and diversified agriculture industry
• Supporting local farming initiatives and building economic resilience
• Ecosystem restoration and stewardship to support community health
• Improving food security and access to healthy food

Key example efforts include:

• Supporting emergency feeding needs
• Supporting the recovery of damaged farms
• Establishing new agriculture and agroforestry industry areas return former plantation lands to agriculture production
• Building agriculture infrastructure such as cold and dry storage

This project is related to revegetating and reforesting Lahaina, as efforts to plant food crops and fruit trees will contribute to long-term local community food security. Challenges include: lack of funding; the need for collaborative strategies with community, private landowners, businesses, and government agencies; political, community, and tourist industry buy-in; conflict between tourism and agriculture as an alternative economic industry; lack of water supply and infrastructure in regions surrounding Lahaina; and the current ecological landscape and climate of Lahaina.

This program would identify a general work scope for a new real estate program within the Department of Public Works, determine human capital needs to adequately staff the department and conduct a hiring program to fill the identified needed positions. It would also establish general levels of expertise necessary for administering a real estate and financing program.

Understanding how this program fits within the current County administrative structure, including operationally, and existing management personnel, is currently the biggest identified roadblock.

This project would promote the implementation of higher building codes for rebuilt residential and commercial buildings. The initial incentive would be the increased resilience from the current codes to the higher ones. This project will showcase that, for each hazard type,  higher codes increase resilience and reduce hazard vulnerability. Additional incentives would be developed by appropriate partners. This project is distinct from the “mitigation fund for homeowners.”

Implementation would require the coordination between various agencies including the Department of Finance, Department of Public Works and County Council. Project needs to be further developed and discussed with appropriate partners.

These projects are separate and independent, and neither have definitive locations or designs as of the publishing of this plan. The first is the permanent school replacement for King Kamehameha III which involves the identification of a permanent site to build a replacement for King Kamehameha III Elementary School. The second is the Lahaina Public Library replacement, which will identify a new site for the library. This project also involves discussions and planning for the long-term use of the ‘āina in the original facility locations for community benefit. King Kamehameha III Elementary School and the Lahaina Public Library are both currently located along the Lahaina coast on Native Hawaiian culturally significant sites. The community has expressed interest in establishing a cultural corridor encompassing the ʻāina of these sites to serve cultural practitioners, provide opportunities for community education, rewrite the narrative of these spaces, and elevate the visitor experience in correct cultural management practices.

For the replacement of King Kamehameha III Elementary School, locating a new school will require direct community outreach to families of former student along with staff and the general public. Schools have a profound impact on the community, and thus should be carefully located to serve students safely and with easy pedestrian and vehicular access. The Lahaina Public Library replacement will require community input and planning. It should be centrally located and easily accessible to all residents of Lahaina and West Maui. Planning for the long-term use of the ‘āina of the original facility sites will require County-State coordination and community outreach to cultural practitioners, generational families and residents of Lahaina. This project will coordinate with the Rebuild Lahaina Plan.

This project will include the following key activities:

• Monitor, measure and report potentially harmful substances in the environment: Air, Ash and Debris, Beach Sand, Coastal Sediment, Coastal Waters, West Maui Temporary Debris Storage (TDS) Site, and County Parks’ Soil Testing and other facilities and locations as requested and relevant to recovery
• Create and maintain a Maui Environmental Data Portal to present, interpret and explain monitoring data in lay terms using narrative and data visualization tools. Suitable for adaptation to future incidents
• Prepare Comprehensive Environmental Monitoring and Sampling Plan
  

Challenges include having sufficient resources to continue monitoring activities (field sampling and analysis), participation of partner agencies and organization in the provision of data, IT system requirements, and data governance and quality will require regular monitoring.

The project will require ongoing reviews and inputs from Environmental Management Division (EMD) and the Hazard Evaluation and Emergency Response (HEER) Office staff for planning of monitoring activities and review and reporting of analytical data. It will also require Hawaiʻi Department of Health Communications Office reviews and IT teams support for the webpage to ensure ongoing compliance with Hawaiʻi Office of Enterprise Technology Services requirements.

This project includes four State recovery projects:

• ‍Maui Comprehensive Economic Development Implementation Fund Provide targeted funding to priority infrastructure, workforce and economic development projects identified by the forthcoming Maui Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) implementation plan.
• Prioritizing Maui Business for Innovate Hawaiʻi Tech and Innovation Grants Hawaiʻi Technology Development Corporation (HTDC) prioritized Maui tech and manufacturing business with grant assistance when applying for competitive grant program administered by Innovate Hawaiʻi. This is a competitive grant focusing on economic impacts for the State.‍
• Small Business Training for Tech and Manufacturing
  HTDC prioritized Maui tech and manufacturing business with grant assistance when applying for competitive grant program administered by Innovate Hawaiʻi. This is a competitive grant focusing on economic impacts for the State.‍
• Ecommerce Training Program
  HTDC prioritizes helping impacted tech and manufacturing business with digital business ecommerce training and implementation. Program resources have been allotted for Maui companies if they need assistance.

The CEDS was completed in 2023 prior to the Maui Wildfires by the Maui Economic Development Board (MEDB). In the aftermath of the Maui Wildfires, MEDB in conjunction with the County of Maui Office of Economic Development (OED) is developing a CEDS implementation plan to identify actionable projects and programs in a post-wildfire economic environment.

This project includes development of an environmentally conscious green workforce and creation of green job opportunities for a sustainable Hawaiʻi and Maui—to provide economic opportunities for local people to stay and live in Maui while also restoring the environment. Key goals of this project include diversification of economy, beyond tourism, towards a circular sustainable economy; return of thriving agriculture industry to Lahaina; increase accessibility and create jobs in conservation, agriculture, environmental science, regenerative tourism, and climate change resilience; create educational programming, career pathways, and mentorship programs for youth to transition from elementary to high school, to college, to careers; create a workforce of local people who can do the natural resources restoration work and maintenance for Lahaina and Maui in the coming years; and create regenerative pono tourism practices through programming, incentives, education, and policy.

This project is connected to activities involving revegetation, reforestation, watershed management, and agriculture, as investment into those sectors will stimulate green workforce development and job opportunities.

The gap analysis will build off the ongoing Childcare and Behavioral Health Services Gap Analysis being performed by the University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, whose purpose is to conduct a succinct gap analysis of childcare and behavioral health services for fire-impacted individuals as part of Hulihia’s Lahaina Revitalization Project. Their analysis aims to identify existing services, assess their adequacy and determine areas of need to inform strategic planning and resource allocation. It will assess the current landscape of childcare and behavioral health services available to fire-impacted individuals in the Lahaina area, identify gaps and deficiencies in existing services based on community needs assessments and provide quantifiable data to Hulihia to be mapped using data visualization tools. Once gaps are identified, this project will work to address them.

This project is dependent on the findings of the gap analysis conducted by Hulihiaʻs Center for Sustainable Systems, University of Hawaiʻi Maui College, and the outcome of the work resulting from that gap analysis.

These programs will continue to expand ongoing projects and efforts already in place to assist residents experiencing financial concerns. Homeowners displaced by the wildfires will be eligible for these redeveloped programs. Programs will be open to homeowners displaced by the wildfires and will build off the Maui Homeowner’s Assistance Fund (MHAF), which is a COVID-19 assistance program designed to provide mortgage and other qualified housing expense assistance now being offered to homeowners displaced by the August 2023 wildfires. It includes the ʻOhana Assistance Program, which launched July 1, 2024, to provide grants to County homeowners up to $100,000 to defray the cost of design and construction of an attached or detached ʻohana unit to owner-occupied grant applicants.

Continuation and expansion of the programs will require additional funding sources. County staff and project partners will be necessary to effectively manage programs and grant requirements.

The project includes various analyses that take a holistic view of the current infrastructure in place and evaluate future infrastructure needs in and around the impact area, ultimately identifying improvements necessary to implement the community’s vision for recovery. These assessments and studies evaluate the development and redevelopment opportunities of County-owned land in Lahaina to support decision- making and will include an assessment of the impacts of sea level rise on various rebuilding scenarios. Based on the findings of the site analyses and potential redevelopment opportunities, land use modifications may be identified (e.g. zone changes). These efforts build on goals, policies and implementation actions identified in the West Maui Community Plan. The individual studies include roadways, drainage, water, sewer, electrical and telecommunication systems.

Coordination with Rebuild Lahaina Plan, aggregating data and interagency coordination.

This project will create an inter-island ferry system that would deliver public transportation between Maui, Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi to improve access to resources for remote locations. It would provide increased resilience and could serve as evacuation and transportation of goods and services in the event of an emergency. Additionally, the ferry system would retain revenue from fares within County, rather than private corporations. There would be lower construction disruption and costs compared to building bridges, trains and tunnels.

This project is dependent on the findings of the feasibility study currently being conducted that is set to be completed in February 2025. There was a feasibility study conducted in 2017 for the State Department of Transportation about inter- and intra- island ferry systems. They evaluated an intra-County system between Maui and Molokaʻi to restore the service absent since Sea Link ceased its operations in 2016 as part of the study. From the study: ”An intra-island ferry system, or an intra-County system between Maui and Molokaʻi, will link two points on a single island or within a County that would primarily accommodate commuters which may also alleviate traffic congestion.” Also in the study: ”The anomaly among these four ferry systems is the Maui-Molokaʻi intra-County system. The market study results align with the other prospective routes, but the anecdotal comments from all participants accentuate a very real need for this service to be restored.” The County Ferry
Feasibility Study’s public engagement conducted two rounds of engagement including a survey (1,704 responses) and a total of 16 workshops held in July/August (155 participants) and October 2024 (120 participants). Overall, there was broad support for ferry service to Lānaʻi and Molokaʻi, though concerns existed about environmental and tourism impacts, vessel suitability and connections to ground transportation. Preferences included later Lānaʻi return trips, an interest in both Maʻalaea and Lahaina as Maui ports, lower fares than air travel, and improved baggage handling. Skepticism surrounded Seaglider technology. Regarding Maui terminals, Lahaina (upon reopening) was favored, while Kahului was deemed unsuitable. Proposed amenities received general support.

This project will update the capacity of water infrastructure in Lahaina by improving pipeline and facility deficiencies to meet current hydraulic criteria to address low fire flow residual pressures in the water system. The County’s Department of Water Supply identified the most critical capacity deficiencies in the water system to be insufficient storage and undersized waterlines. Priority projects to mitigate deficiencies include:

1. Construction of a new 1.7-million-gallon water storage tank to increase Lahaina’s water system’s storage from 4.4 million gallons to 6.1 million gallons
2. Small-diameter pipeline upgrades to correct hydraulic deficiencies and improve fire flow
3. North-south transmission main upgrades to improve the conveyance of water from north of the Lahaina system to south of the system

This project addresses the infrastructure upgrades necessary to meet capacity needs, but water source development is also a critical component of addressing capacity deficiencies. This will require collaboration with the Commission on Water Resource Management (CWRM) to secure the necessary water use permit allocations to accommodate new water source development in West Maui.

The Department of Health Services DCMP connects survivors with case managers to assess and address their needs and offers services to all survivors who are impacted by the Maui wildfires, regardless of their FEMA eligibility or application status. Since being launched on March 14, 2024, the DCMP has helped more than 3,800 individuals, currently providing crucial services for nearly 1,400 survivor households with a capacity to serve approximately 3,000 households at a time. The period of performance runs through August 10, 2025.

Four community-based organizations have been awarded the opportunity to participate:

• Catholic Charities Hawaiʻi
• Family Promise Hawaiʻi
• Family Life Center
• Aloha House

The DCMP has created two branches to best serve survivors:

• The Screening, Eligibility and Outreach Care Navigator Branch (SEOCN) which connects with survivors, determines eligibility for the program and enrolls them
• The Disaster Case Manager (DCM) branch, which assists survivors to develop a unique and comprehensive recovery plan, and then connects them with referrals and resources that are right to meet their needs

They have partnered with Saint Vincent Depaul (SVDP), the leading national expert in disaster case management services. Constraints include finding additional funding sources and available trained staff.

This project will increase the reliability of the Lahaina water system’s ability to meet fire flow requirements and have backup supplies by targeting the most severe infrastructure vulnerability and risks within the system. The highest priority projects include:

• Replacement of non-functional fire suppression system at Lahaina Water Treatment Facility
• Rehabilitation of exposed raw waterline and finish waterline at the Lahaina Water Treatment Facility
• Installation of permanent on-site emergency generators and upgrade of outdated motor control systems at Kanahā Wells #1 and #2 and Waipuka Wells #1 and #2
• Replacement of outdated backwash filter necessary for water treatment
• Installation of Mahinahina Water Treatment Facility backup well to provide backup supplies for up to 6 months
• Installation of emergency generator at backup well site at the Mahinahina Water Treatment Facility

A resilient and hardened water supply system is essential to restoring the community, creating jobs and building a resilient future. This project will also support the County’s Department of Water Supply in fulfilling its core mission of reliably delivering safe drinking water for generations.

This project will honor the culture and history of Lahaina by partnering with Lahaina community members, supporting government agencies, historic property owners, and community groups involved in historic and cultural preservation and restoration. This project includes key efforts such as:

• Preservation and/or reconstruction of historic buildings in Lahaina lost to the fire
• Creation of a museum in Lahaina to share the history of Lahaina with the community and visitors
• Establishment of a multicultural center for community members to gather and celebrate culture and heritage
• Recording oral histories from survivors and residents of Lahaina and Kula to capture their experiences and memories before the fire, the day of, and after the fire
• Possible feasibility study to designate Lahaina as a National Heritage Area

Gaining consensus between groups, identification of leadership, funding, economic viability, and long-term funding and maintenance. Additionally, there are competing opinions on post-contact building/site restoration, shoreline management area (SMA) requirements, updated shoreline setbacks, and other land use controls for Front Street’s redevelopment.

This project will make enhancements to the existing wastewater infrastructure in Lahaina, including planning, design and construction of a proposed gravity sewer system to service approximately 231 households, currently serviced by cesspools. The EPA is providing direct technical assistance to support the County, including the County Department of Environmental Management, Department of Public Works and others, as needed, by developing documents necessary for construction. The intent of this technical assistance is to deliver the project “shovel-ready” to the County for construction implementation. The EPA’s Technical Assistance period of performance is approximately 18 months from contract award date.

Lack of funding for construction at the time of writing, compliance with State and federal cross cutters, and applicable County regulations are current roadblocks to implementation of this project. Additional efforts will be needed to incorporate the EPA’s sewer project into a parallel U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) project in the same vicinity, making sure the designs are prepared in collaboration and navigating the rebuild at the same time as the County is asking for EPA to assist with retainment of easements.

The WMBC is an initiative of the County’s Office of Economic Development (OED), serving as a hub for collaboration and business support. Through partnerships with County departments, organizations and nonprofits, the WMBC provides services and resources to help businesses thrive. While most services are free, some specialized support may incur fees.

Key Services:

• Business Coaching: Personalized advising to tackle unique business challenges
• Workshops and Training: Covering financial planning, marketing, e-commerce, and disaster preparedness
• Networking Opportunities: Facilitating connections among businesses, vendors and community collaborators
• Resource Hub: Centralized access to grants, loans and market research

Access Options:

• Virtual or in-person appointments via Maui Nui Strong’s website
• Walk-in consultations, subject to availability

With modern infrastructure and enhanced services, it will become a vibrant hub for collaboration, innovation and growth. Proposed features include dedicated office space, a multi-functional training room to fit 15 to 40 attendees, private meeting rooms, co-working area, a resource library, an innovation incubator, pop-up showcase area, and consignment opportunities. The future WMBC will be a purpose-built facility designed to meet the evolving needs of West Maui’s business community.

The WMBC currently operates within the County’s Office of Recovery – West Maui at Lahaina Gateway. While the location offers accessibility, operational challenges hinder the full potential of its support services:

• ‍Inflexible Scheduling: Limited shared spaces reduce the ability to host workshops or events at convenient times
• ‍Space Constraints: Insufficient room for group training, networking, and community events
• ‍Privacy Concerns: High traffic and minimal soundproofing hinder confidential consultations
• ‍Distractions: Open layouts affect the professional environment needed for meaningful business discussions

The West Maui Greenway is a proposed 25-mile multiuse trail that will connect Ukumehame to Līpoa Point. It will provide a safe, multimodal transportation option to using the Honoapiʻilani Highway and act as an alternative evacuation route accessible to vehicles in an emergency, as well as a fire and fuel break for fire protection. Welcoming people of all ages and abilities who walk, bike, or use assisted mobility devices, the West Maui Greenway was identified as a priority project in numerous previous planning efforts. The Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization received federal funding and produced the West Maui Greenway Plan (September 2022) which developed a preferred route alignment, breaking the corridor into seven segments and trail types. This project focuses on Phase 1 which includes Segments 3, 4, and 5 from Lahaina Civic Center to Launiupoko Beach Park (5.25 miles).

Other priority projects included in the LTRP may overlap with the West Maui Greenway including:

• Rebuild Lahaina Plan
• Street Connectivity and Extensions
• Wildfire Risk Reduction and Mitigation
• R-1 Recycled Water Expansion

This project will provide construction funding and land acquisition for a Critical Access Hospital in West Maui that will include 25 acute and sub-acute beds, five emergency room (ER) bays and three operating rooms (ORs). It is being lead privately by the West Maui Hospital Foundation.

The project needs funding for construction and backing from a hospital group to make it a reality.