Kula agricultural park committee setup and duties

A. There is established a Kula agricultural park committee, administratively attached to the department of agriculture and consisting of the following nine members: 1. One representative: agricultural lending or banking community. 2. One representative: Maui County farm bureau. 3. One representative: agricultural trade organization. 4. One representative: tenant of the Kula agricultural park. 5. One representative: College of Tropical Agriculture and Human Resources, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa. 6. Director. 7. One council member. 8. One representative: general public. 9. One representative: Maui County chapter of Hawaii Farmers Union United. No more than three committee members may hold a financial interest in a lot within the Kula agricultural park. B. The council member must be appointed by the council for a term concurrent with the council member's term of office. The director's term is concurrent with the director's term of office. The remaining members of the committee must be nominated by the mayor, approved by the council, and serve staggered terms of five years. C. The committee is advisory and must make recommendations to the director, mayor, and council on matters pertaining to the Kula agricultural park and on the design of future agricultural parks. ( Ord. No. 5879 , § 2, 2025; Ord. No. 5495 , § 3, 2023; Ord. No. 5420 , § 2, 2022; Ord. 4336, § 1, 2016 ; Ord. 3491 § 1, 2007: Ord. 3133 § 2 (part), 2003)