She also wants the developers to donate a park as a condition for the project's approval.

Anderson's proposals came Wednesday afternoon as the council's Land Use Committee meeting resumed deliberations on the proposed 1,400-unit Honua'ula project on 670 acres in Wailea. The committee on Monday took 6 1/2 hours of public testimony at a meeting at the Kihei Community Center before the meeting was recessed until Wednesday.

Committee Chairman Mike Molina said the developer's representative, Charlie Jencks, was open to Anderson's proposals to have the 250 units of the required 700 affordable units be built offsite following the council's approval of the project.

Molina said Anderson will work with his committee's staff to put her conditions in writing.

The affordable housing condition, one of 33 proposed for the residential project district, was the only one discussed at the three-hour meeting Wednesday afternoon. Molina recessed the meeting until 4:30 p.m. Monday, to reconvene in the Council Chambers in the Kalana O Maui building.

When the meeting resumes on Monday, Molina said, he is planning to discuss conditions relating to education fees, dry land forest and transfer of ownership issues.

During the discussion Wednesday, Council Member Jo Anne Johnson raised concerns about having the affordable units placed outside of the project.

Molina said the issue of having affordable housing separated from the development was also questioned by public witnesses in previous meetings.

As part of the project district request, Jencks has told committee members that the developer will build 250 affordable units in north Kihei prior to beginning construction in Wailea. The affordable housing project is proposed on 13 acres in a light-industrial site mauka of the Piilani Highway and near Ohukai Street.

Jencks also vowed that Honua'ula would provide 700 affordable units, in line with the county's Residential Workforce Housing Policy, which requires 40 percent to 50 percent of new residential projects to be affordably priced – depending on the prices of the market-priced homes in the project.

In August, a lawsuit challenging the constitutionality of the county housing policy was filed in U.S. District Court by lawyers for two South Maui projects. Noting the suit, Council Vice Chairman Danny Mateo asked Jencks if he would still be willing to commit to the policy no matter what the outcome.

Jencks said he would still comply with the policy.

Wednesday's session was a continuation of the committee's deliberations on the project and the first since the committee heard 77 people testify at the special meeting held Monday night in Kihei.

Since July, the Land Use Committee has been continually meeting on the Honua'ula request for zoning changes and a project district amendment to the Kihei-Makena plan.

Project plans include 1,400 housing units, a private golf course and commercial space.