The West Maui Community Plan Advisory Committee (CPAC) met for many months in 2019, and worked very hard to update the plan to reflect the community’s desire to prioritize truly affordable housing while preventing sprawl and overdevelopment of the visitor industry. In particular, much effort was put into making the wording of the plan unambiguous […]
Maui Tomorrow Foundation Strongly Supports the Proposed Charter Amendment Establishing a County Department of Agriculture
Now that a pandemic has halted tourism, we see the folly of overreliance on the visitor industry. Our existing agricultural system is NOT providing enough locally grown food. There are many reasons for that, but the bottom line is this: if imports stop, we will be out of food in just a matter of days. […]
LUC Portion of Mega Mall Case Resolved, Community Must Stay Involved
Mahalo to all who testified at today’s Land Use Commission hearing on the Kaʻonoʻulu Ranch case. Over the last 8 years, we have been gratified by all the support we have received from the community in our efforts to enforce the law and make the developers comply with the terms of their original 1995 permit. […]
KA‘ONO‘ULU RANCH / KĪHEI MEGA-MALL UPDATE: PLEASE ATTEND A HEARING ON JULY 8TH
We heard you in 2012 when a huge mall was proposed for the open land just south of the Shell station in North Kihei. At the time, public officials said it was “already decided.” Maui Tomorrow and allies took action and went to the State Land Use Commission (LUC). We asked them to decide if […]
Summary of Maui Tomorrow’s Comments on the Draft Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Hotel Wailuku
Since the proposed Hotel Wailuku project will have many significant impacts on the environment, an Environmental Assessment is not appropriate, and an Environmental Impact Statement is required instead. Following are some of the document’s failures to disclose significant impacts: The document fails to disclose all historic properties that may be affected. The proposed off-site sewer […]
Draft Environmental Assessments: Significance Criteria
Here are the significance criteria to consider when reviewing a proposed development’s Draft Environmental Assessment for adequacy: An action shall be determined to have a significant effect on the environment if it may: Irrevocably commit a natural, cultural, or historic resource; Curtail the range of beneficial uses of the environment; Conflict with the State’s environmental […]