The Land Use Commission site visit to Eclipse’s Pi’ilani Promenade occured August 2nd See more photos at the Kihei Community Association
Council Votes to Take Honolua/Lipoa Out of Preservation
Mahalo to the hundreds who wrote email testimony in support of keeping Lipoa point in preservation. Mahalo also to council members Elle Cochran, Don Couch and Bob Carroll for supporting the community’s desire to see Lipoa point kept in preservation. Unfortunately, council member Mike White of Makawao made a motion to remove Lipoa Point from […]
State Fights for Power Over Land Developers
Sophie Cocke at Civil Beat has written an article on the Land Use Commission’s power to revert zoning to Ag when developers violate their conditions and change the project. This has big implications for the Giganta Mall (Pi’ilani Promenade) in Kihei: “Hawaii’s attorney general is fighting back against a recent decision by a Big Island […]
Tamara Paltin’s Honolua Testimony
Aloha Chair Baisa and General Plan Committee members, The Save Honolua Coalition was formed as a result of the General Plan process. In January of 2007, a much different version of Maui Land & Pineapple Co. submitted conceptual plans for a luxury golf course, 40 home sites and a surf park/cultural area at Honolua. Much […]
Biologist: Olowalu Project Threatens Reef
“Fertilizer can get washed down,” she told me. “Silt is an issue. When that silt gets suspended, it reduces the amount of sunlight the coral receives. Over and over, that reduces the ability of the coral to grow and be healthy.”
Board of Variances Dismisses MT Appeal on Megamall
An appeal before the County Board of Variances and Appeals, brought by Maui Tomorrow Foundation, South Maui Citizens for Responsible Growth and Daniel Kanahele, appealing the Director of the Department of Public Works’ decision to issue mass grading permits for the Pi’ilani Promenade, was heard today, July 27th, 2012. The Board of Variances and Appeals […]