Re-elect Alice Lee for
Maui County Council

35 years serving Maui County

Alice Lee has served as the County Council Member for Wailuku-Waiheʻe-Waikapū over the past 5 years and has held the position of Maui County Council Chair since 2020. She is known for her fairness, openness and willingness to find common ground on diverse and difficult issues and is tenacious in her efforts to seek sustainable solutions in a cooperative, coordinated and inclusive manner.

1989-1999: Served on Maui County Council as a resident of Pukalani/Makawao

  • Chair the of Housing, Human Services & Parks Committee for 2 years

  • Chair of the Budget Committee for 4 years

  • Elected the first female Council Chair in 1996

  • Chair of the Infrastructure Committee for 2 years

1999-2007: Served as the Director of the Department Housing and Human Concerns

2007-2016: Appointed to various boards and commissions and started a non-profit 501C3, named New Leaf Ranch, a residential facility to help primarily newly released male parolees reintegrate into the community

2019-Current: Serving on Maui County Council as a resident of Wailuku

  • Again elected Council Chair and has been serving in that capacity for nearly 5 years, the only female Council Chair to serve in that capacity in two different decades

Our Focus

Housing Access

The ‘Ohana Assistance Program: expediting new housing opportunities

Alice Lee introduced the legislation to create the ‘Ohana Assistance Program to facilitate more housing for Maui residents. Under the ‘Ohana Assistance Program, the County of Maui will provide grants of up to $100,000 to help build accessory-dwelling units. And by providing funding to have pre-approved and registered building plans for ohanas available through this program, they will be easier, cheaper, and faster for property owners to build– particularly for those displaced by the fires.

Wildfire Recovery

Community input critical for council’s recovery efforts

Alice Lee introduced Resolution 23-194, “Relating to Developing a Comprehensive Recovery and Resiliency Plan in Response to the Island of Maui’s Tragic Wildfires of August 2023,” with the intention of gathering information and feedback from Maui residents, experts and disaster-relief organizations and agencies.

Additional Important Issues

  • Provided funding to have pre-approved and registered building plans for several sizes of ohanas. The Office of Recovery has $100,000 to contract with a Maui-based architectural firm to create these plans; this will make it easier, cheaper and faster for property owners, particularly those displaced by the fires, to build ohana units because the building plans will be registered to save applicants the time and expense of hiring architects and getting preliminary building permit approval.

  • Created the “Women’s Reintegration Program” that is administered through Maui Economic Opportunity. The $348,000 initial grant started this program to help reintegrate female inmates into the community once they are released by finding them temporary housing, which is often a primary obstacle for them to getting jobs, developing stability and establishing financial security.

  • Provided a total of $40,000 over two years to Maui Economic Opportunity to provide internet access and training in remote communities and to connect low-income households with subsidized/free internet and tablets. This will allow these communities to have broader educational, employment, social and civic opportunities.

  • Added $250,000 for the Department of Water Supply to conduct a feasibility study and management or business plan so that the County and the new East Maui Water Authority can fully understand their role as compared with current authority of other County and State agencies.

  • Provided $150,000 to HILT to renovate an existing historic home at the Waihee Refuge into a Cultural Learning Center. This will not only rehabilitate and reuse an underused structure, it will also allow HILT to expand its cultural programs.

  • Earmarked $325,000 for the Department of Public Works to hire a consultant to prepare a feasibility study and preliminary design for various traffic relief measures, including a dedicated right-turn lane from Waiale Road onto Kuikahi Drive, traffic signal adjustments, traffic calming measures (such as speed bumps), roundabouts, bike lanes and sidewalks on Waiale Road in Wailuku.

  • Earmarked $5,000,000 from the Managed Retreat Revolving Fund for the Lahaina Community Land Trust for the acquisition of property in Lahaina.

  • Dedicated $15 million from the Affordable Housing Fund for the Pulelehua project in West Maui that will provide 800 – 1000 workforce housing units and has already broken ground, provided that Certificates of Occupancy are issued within 30 months of the grant agreement being executed.

  • Allocated $212,000 for Maui Economic Opportunity to create and administer the “Maui Displaced Workforce Development Program” to extend 100 temporary jobs in West Maui through June 30, 2025 to help with recovery from the wildfires; a federal grant currently funds the program and will expire in October/November of this year.

  • Increased funding from $321,000 to $600,000 for the Maui Soil/Water Conservation Service for a Comprehensive Stormwater Management and Drought Resiliency Plan for Upcountry Maui (which includes East to South) which will help them leverage further federal funding opportunities.

Register to Vote

Council Chair Alice Lee is running for the Wailuku-Waiheʻe-Waikapū residency seat of District 3. However, every Maui resident can vote for all County Council Districts.

Let’s get to know each other.

Get in Touch or Make a Donation

Every donation is greatly appreciated in this journey to continue serving our community. Please use the form on the right to get in touch with us with any questions you may have.

Donations can also be made directly to:
Friends of Alice Lee
P.O. Box 1606 Kahului, HI 96733

Questions? You can contact us by emailing FriendsOfAliceLee@gmail.com

‘CULTIVATING CARE’ TOPIC OF ‘IMI PONO CONTEST FOR MIDDLE, HIGH SCHOOLERS

The contest is the brainchild of Maui County Council Member Alice Lee and has featured the themes of the dangers of vaping in 2023, COVID-19 prevention in 2021, reimagining Maui County in its inaugural year in 2020. ‘Imi Pono means “to search for the right way.”