Maui Weekly reports: On the face of it, it would seem they are “different,” and in fact, every expert witness the developers called to testify during the two days of testimony only accentuated the differences. The 1995 plan has no resemblance to the 2012 plan, except that they are both zoned M-1…. Witnesses called by […]
EIS Filed for Leiali’i
The Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for the Villages of Leiali’i Affordable Housing Project was published in the Oct. 23 Environmental Notice, the state Office of Environmental Quality Control’s bi-monthly publication. The 1,033-acre West Maui development is located in the Wahikuli ahupua’a on ceded lands owned by the State of Hawaii and the Hawaii Housing […]
PLDC Meeting
The Public Lands Development Corporation meeting will be televised live on Akaku November 13th at10:30am. (Meeting is on Oahu)
Summary of Public Lands Development Corporation Law
Information on Act 55 By Donna Wong, Hawaii Thousand friends In the 2011 legislative session Senator Donovan Dela Cruz introduced SB 1555, which created Act 55 the Public Land Development Corporation (PLDC). SB 1555 snuck through the legislature with only 3 public hearings including only 1 hearing on the exemption language. Act 55: […]
Megamall Differences Between proposal and project “profound”
Jesse Souki, director of the state Office of Planning, rebutted the County’s argument that the Pi’ilani Promenade Megamall is in compliance with County rules. Souki said: “It is about whether the proposed project is substantially compliant with the Findings of Fact, Conclusions of Law, and Decision and Order issued over 17 years ago on February […]
SIERRA CLUB LAUNCHES PLDC REPEAL CAMPAIGN
HONOLULU, HAWAII – Today the Hawaii Chapter of the Sierra Club, the state’s largest environmental grassroots organization with over 12,000 members and supporters, unveiled a campaign to repeal the Public Lands Development Corporation (PLDC). Based on the concerns raised by thousands of worried residents, the Sierra Club is encouraging legislators to publicly commit to repealing the […]