• MVRA lived another year – four out of five board members were new
• Hired and Trained, Executive Director, Jen Russo
• Created and Launched new Website – www.mauivacationrentalassociation.org
• 19 STR permits granted, 29 B&B permits granted
• Total: 229 STR permits, 156 B&B permits
• Total net difference from 2018 to 2019: 7 STR permits and 17 B&B permits - What this means is 14 B&B permits and 12 STRH permits were closed out, not renewed or expired without renewing during 2019. 
• Published newsletters and updates to membership
• Created private Facebook group page and MVRA Facebook page
• Advocacy, Testimony, Meetings, Alliances
• 9 County Council meetings
• All Planning Commission meetings either attended in person or reviewed video/tape record
• 12 Testimonies presented in person or written in
• 6 County Council meetings attended
• 1 Board of Variances and Appeals attended
• 1 Annual Community Council of Maui meeting attended and presented
• 1 Meeting with AirBnB, 1 presentation at Community Council of Maui
• 4 Planning Committee meetings attended
• All Community Plan meetings attended or reviewed
• 2 Mayor’s Press Conferences attended
• 4 Community Association meetings attended.
• 10 MVRA Board meetings
• Went from 0 to 60 paying members
• Helped to keep Paia/Haiku STR’s renewable and existing applications (already in the pipeline) viable
• Helped to lessen property tax rate increase from proposed $15/$1000 assessed value to $10.

• New rule instituted mandating renewal applications be submitted 60 days or more prior to permit expiration date. 
• Reduced cap for STR permits in Paia/Haiku area from 88 to 55
• Lost ability to apply for STR permit within the Shoreline Management Area in Paia/Haiku district.
• Molokai passage through Planning Committee (by unanimous vote) of an STR cap of Zero, and a sunset for existing permits in as few as 90 days. First Reading at full Council, tomorrow (Friday, February 7, 2020). 

• Modify or stop current and near future legislation threatening existing STR renewals
• Modify or stop reduction of STR’s in the Lahaina Historic District to zero  
• Set up Tour of STR’s and B&B’s for Council Members, Mayor
• Continue meeting with legislative representatives, Mayor, Planning
• Engage Kapuna in every district
• Investigate legality of current and proposed legislation that may threaten STR renew-ability
• Be a pro-active voice in CPAC (Community Plan) process
• Advocate for less bureaucracy by opposing the creation of Community Advisory Committees to the Planning Commission
• Continue to create a repository (on website) for member and guest use:
• Maui Cultural / Historical education
• Environmental education and tips
• Ocean Safety
• Local Customs
• Be the authority on STR and B&B data
• Taxes remitted by district
• Actual number of bedrooms/units offered
• Send press releases to news outlets

• 4000-8000 second homes that may look like vacation rental use as owners and their families utilize the home.

• We need to dispel the myth that vacation rental homes are creating a housing issue, when most of these homes will not convert to housing;

• Public relations about safety, community and other benefits of vacation rentals

• Create a free affiliate level of membership for the employees of vacation rentals, like the handymen, housekeepers, and landscapers. To expand the membership to build a coalition of people that the changes to the vacation rental laws would be affected.

• Use social media to get our messages across

• Create ads on social media that say the dollar amounts of how much the RPT tax totals are

• Letters to the editor campaign: Have people to write letters to the editor

• Public opinion: opposers of the vacation rental industry do not care about the economics, they care about the culture. Honor their history and their feelings

• Create a scholarship fund for Native Hawaiians

• Do a PR spread on Bed and Breakfast and Short Term Rental Homes

• Do more events throughout the year

• Let people report issues in their neighborhoods to MVRA, and have MVRA file RFS with planning

• In 2019 quarters 1 through 4, ZAED Inspectors issued more than 180 Notices of Warning and more than 80 Notices of Violation.

• The Notices of Violation have resulted in ZAED collecting $50,000.00 in fines from TVR violations issued throughout the 2019 calendar year, with others still pending or being litigated that total in excess of $300,000.00 in additional fines.

• At the end of 2019, there were 379 permitted STRH and B&B homes, making the highest possible total of illegal properties being 230‐304. A total of 1,217 non‐exempt ads, assuming each property lists on 2 platforms, indicates 609 properties; subtracting 379 permitted operations leaves 230 non‐compliant properties.  Assuming an average of 3 platforms per property results in approximately 27 unique properties illegally advertising at the end of 2019.