It is unfortunate that the quiet title process of forcing families to sell their ancestral lands continues in Hawaii in this day and age, however that is the result of legal action taken by Maui Land & Pineapple Co. over the last five years to quiet the title of a very small parcel of land […]
Maui Island Plan must go forward
By Dick Mayer Our Maui County Council has been working for the past two years to complete our first comprehensive Maui Island Plan. Council members have worked hard and are now set to finalize a most important part of the plan – the directed growth chapter which will describe the urban and rural growth boundaries […]
OPINION: Giganta Mall – Son of Superferry
Susan Halas writing for Maui Now has a round up of pros and cons on Kihei’s soon to be outlet mall. Interesting take here.
Planning Dept “Simplifying” Maui Island Plan
Planning Director Will Spence said Thursday that the changes he’s proposing to the Maui Island Plan would simplify [it]… …A number of community advocates questioned Spence’s proposed changes, saying he was overriding years of work by groups like the General Plan Advisory Committee and Maui Planning Commission in creating the earlier draft. “It makes a […]
Lucienne De Naie Explains Maui Island Plan
…The council elected in 2008 took up the Maui Island Plan, but only got as far as Chapter 7 before their terms expired. Incoming General Plan Committee Chairwoman Gladys Baisa (her predecessor, Sol Kaho‘ohalahala, was turned out of office in 2010) decided to start over. As a result, the council’s General Plan Committee has finally […]
Council to Review MIP Growth Boundaries
The Maui County Council’s General Plan Committee will conduct an informational meeting on growth boundaries included in the draft Maui Island Plan on Feb. 2 at 1:30 p.m. in the Council Chamber