Mahalo to those who attended or send comments to the recent General Plan committee meeting on March 14. The Council Committee DID hear our message and adopted a chart of Growth Boundaries & land use planning forms that included “a separate, defined Country Town” designation, renamed as “small town” (this is because many council members […]
Council Rejects Spence’s Revision of General Plan
The General Plan Committee of the Maui County Council voted 8-0 to reject revisions to the directed growth element of the Maui Island Plan offered by Maui County Department of Planning Director Will Spence. The revision proposal stirred controversy because it removed the details which put “teeth” into the Maui Island Plan, and engendered much […]
Video – Maui Island Plan
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DeNaie on Maui Island Plan
Lucienne De Naie, a policy analyst for Maui Tomorrow and a former candidate for Maui County Council, spoke to the Rotary Club of Maui giving reasons why she favors adoption of the Maui Island Plan. She was a member of the original 25 member General Plan Advisory Committee. “One size does not fit all,” she […]
Wed Mar 14 – Maui Island Plan Directed Growth Plan
The Maui County Council’s General Plan Committee will review the Directed Growth Plan for the Wailuku-Kahului region in a special meeting on March 14, at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber. The region is contained in Chapter 8 of the draft plan, and includes proposed rural and urban growth boundaries for the area.
Planning Director Claims He Isn’t Gutting Maui Island Plan
Maui News by Ilima LoomisPlanning Director Will Spence said Friday that his efforts to simplify the Maui Island Plan have been misunderstood by critics as an attempt to gut the document. Spence said that he was a strong supporter of ideas like greenbelts and growth boundaries, and that his proposal for the Maui Island Plan […]