Proposed updates to Maui County’s Community Development Block Grant-Disaster Recovery Action Plan are available on the Hoʻokumu Hou website.

In accordance with federal regulations, a public notice for the county’s first substantial amendment to the Action Plan was posted online Jan. 16. The public comment period is open through Feb. 17.

The public notice and comment form are all available at www.hookumuhou.mauicounty.gov.

Proposed updates include adding the reimbursement of homeowners’ pre-application costs as an eligible activity to the Single-Family Homeowner Reconstruction Program, allowing the county to concurrently serve construction and reconstruction applicants and reimbursement-only applicants.

Other updates would allow the county to directly construct, market and sell single-family homes under the Single-Family New Construction Program, and add the Strategic Voluntary Mitigation Buyout Program to the Mitigation Set-Aside, allowing the county to acquire high hazard-risk properties.

Additionally, $5.44 million could be reallocated from administration funds to a newly created planning program.

Comments and questions regarding the amendment may be submitted online at www.hookumuhou.mauicounty.gov, by email to cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov or by mail.

Send comments via the mail to the County of Maui, Office of Recovery, c/o CDBG-DR, 200 S. High St., Wailuku, HI 96793.

Comments can also be made in-person at the Lahaina Resource Center at 325 Keawe St., Suite 102B, Lahaina, or Kakoʻo Maui Resource Center at 153 Kamehameha Ave., Suite 101, Kahului.

To request an accessibility accommodation, email cdbg-dr@mauicounty.gov or call (808) 270-6267. Translation of the public notice may be requested by calling (808) 865-4007.