Aloha All, 

As promised, we attended two meetings regarding Bill 9. Following is an overview of both events. 

1. The TIG (temporary investigative group) of the Maui County Council met on Tuesday 10/14/25 and reported its preliminary ideas. In short, they realized that eliminating 6,500 private vacation rentals could be financially devastating to all of the citizens of Maui. They preliminarily suggested that many of the Vacation Rental condos and homes could be changed to a type of hotel zoning which they described would be zoned H-3 and H-4. TIG Report or Exhibit Two of that report listed many units that could possibly be omitted from Bill 9’s Minatoya List. If you would like to receive that list, email us at dad@MauiRealEstate.NET or Call Bob at 808-283-9456 to receive that list as it is extensive and we promised this would be a short newsletter. 

2. The Maui Vacation Rental Association held a gathering of over 200 Citizens on Wednesday 10/15/25. There was a short presentation regarding the TIG report. It was emphasized that this report was not part of any Bill only recommendations for the County Council to consider. There are several issues besides TIG’s suggestions which are not part of the Bill. Additionally, changing zoning would take an extremely long time and might not be approved, two of the TIG members that approved TIG are adamantly for Bill 9 of which one stated Bill 9 would have to be approved before the Suggestions (converted into a Bill) would be approved and of course, it would have to go through all the layers. Additionally, Mayor Bissen, who might not be re-elected, might veto it. 

3. A third meeting where there will be Council Members present is expected to be called to occur sometime next week. If you want to be informed about that meeting let us know. 

It is extremely important for EVERYONE to let their feelings be known to the County Council. If you need the emails for all 9 Council members just ask dad@mauirealestate.net . Remember even if you do not own a vacation rental, this will effect Maui’s Economy.