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Maui County will be acquiring a 7-acre parcel in Kula that houses the community center and other public use facilities.

Maui County Council members gave initial approval Tuesday to their version of the county’s fiscal 2025 budget.

After decades of leasing Kula land from the Von Tempsky family for County of Maui facilities, such as the community center, the County of Maui has negotiated terms to acquire the land beneath the community center and adjacent facilities for public use in perpetuity, according to an announcement today by Mayor Richard Bissen. Budget, Finance, and Economic Development Committee Chair Yuki Lei Sugimura will propose funding for the acquisition at the first reading of the Fiscal Year 2025 Budget on Tuesday, May 21, 2024.

On Wednesday night, members of the Upcountry community gathered to discuss a possible public-private partnership aimed at incrementally building one to four water wells in Kula, Maui.

I strongly oppose any type of development of the old Von Tempsky property. The state can’t even afford to take care of Polipoli State Park and they want to