Maui County Council
WAILUKU, WAIHEE, WAIKAPU  DISTRICT

Age: 62
Occupation: Farmer, Natural Farming Consultant
Years lived in area: 62

Education:
St. Anthony Grade School, Wailuku
Kamehameha Schools, Kapalama -Diploma, 1972
Hastings College, Nebraska – BA in Biology and Physical Education 1977

Experience:
Work Experience
Current: Natural Farming Consultant, Hoku Nui Farm

Past:
•Hui Malama Learning Center Career Development Educator •Kamehameha Schools Kulia I Ka Pono Program
•MEO Director of Youth Services (includes MEO YouthBank and MEO AmeriCorps)
•Kihei Youth Center Executive Director

Skills
•JADAM Organic Farming Certification
•Cho Global Natural Farming Certification
•MEO 4 Core Business Certification,
•Ka Ipu Kukui Fellow
•Hawaiian Homes Leadership Team
•Hawaii Farmers Union United West Maui Mauna Kahalawai Chapter Founding President
•Hawaiian Indigenous Natural Agriculture (HINA) Founding President
•Kihei Canoe Club Past President

Campaign Statement

“ITʻS COMMUNITY AND PEOPLE FIRST”
Alika is committed to delivering and addressing the vital issues that affect the people of Maui County: from protecting our natural resources, especially our drinking water, to addressing theissue of providing truly affordable homes for local family residents, to increasing economic development in the areas of agriculture and the “green collared” job/career opportunities. He strongly believes that we must continue to embrace the Maui values that keeps Maui Nō Ka ʻOi.

In doing so, we must always maintain our islandʻs ownuniqueness and its own authenticity of culture at all times.

Vision
*Housing

– We must provide “truly affordable housing” opportunities that will stop the displacement of young local resident families migrating away from Maui. We propose that a committed team of individuals representing all sectorsof the community be convened with the sole purpose of solving and finding a “truly affordable housing strategy” for this community. From a county perspective, we must address the current ordinances that are possibly contributing to and affecting the high housing costs. Plans shall address an affordable “family rental housing plan”; where young local resident families will be able to “baby-step” their way toward home ownership via rentals, then establishing savings and financial credit towards a down payment for home ownership.

Other housing plans shall include “low coststarter homes” community packages. Another area of housing concerns is to

also address the needs of our senior citizens and their housing needs through additional senior housing rentals.

*Agriculture
– I strongly believe that Maui’s future growth opportunities rest in the area of agriculture. We have evolved to the state of importing 90% of food consumption. I believe that we must commit to the increased production of food to feed the people. We must lower our island imports. I propose a 0 net import food production match. In other words, whatever we are importing, can we grow it? If we are importing a million pounds of bananas from Ecuador, why not increase our production to meet that need. Or if we are importing mangoes from Chile, why can’t we increase the production of mangoes from Maui and eliminate that? These important “green collared” jobs are focused in the opportunities of new jobs and careers related to the agriculture industry.

*Health of people
– The role of a local government should always be addressing the health and welfare of the people first, before the economic gains of the corporations. Always addressing, first and foremost, is safe drinkingwater that is available to all, and always making sure we have an adequate supply. We need to interpret our State Motto in such a way as to preserve our natural resources for our future generations’ sustenance.

*Infrastructure
– The state of the county properties (parks, community centers, pools, buildings, and roads) need
to be maintained and, if need, upgraded to suit our growing population.

Campaign contact
www.alikaatay.com
info@alikaatay.com
(808)268-2996