The Maui County Council’s Disaster Recovery, International Affairs, and Planning Committee scheduled a June 3, 2026 meeting to receive presentations from the Department of Planning, University of Hawai‘i Sea Grant, and Dr. Charles “Chip” Fletcher on shoreline erosion impacts to coastal properties. The agenda notes the Committee may also discuss policy approaches to mitigating sea level rise, climate change, and related issues, but that no legislative action will be taken at this session. This indicates the County is in an information-gathering and policy development phase around coastal erosion, climate adaptation, and resilience for shoreline properties. Vendors in coastal engineering, hazard modeling, resilience planning, and related consulting or technology can anticipate future needs for studies, adaptation plans, design standards, and implementation projects once policy directions are set. Early conversations should focus on helping Planning and Council translate scientific presentations into implementable mitigation strategies, tools, and capital programs rather than pitching a specific product for this meeting.

Meeting is explicitly informational with no immediate legislative action, signaling an early-stage p...