Excerpted from an article by Ilima Loomis Maui News The state would purchase 65 acres in Waikapu for a major new Central Maui park complex, under a proposal being discussed Friday by the Board of Land and Natural Resources in Honolulu. The state Legislature appropriated $9 million in bonds for the project earlier this year, […]
Waiale EIS
A final environmental impact statement has been released for A&B Properties’ 2,550-home, 545-acre development in Central Maui. The final documents can be found online at the state Office of Environmental Quality Control website. 2011-11-23-FEIS-Waiale-Volume1 2011-11-23-FEIS-Waiale-Volume2 According to the office’s Environmental Notice newsletter, project plans call for residential communities, including single-family and multifamily dwellings, to be […]
Council Delays Maui Island Plan Yet Again
From an article at Maui News County Council members decided unanimously Thursday to hold off from taking up the potentially controversial land use portion of the Maui Island Plan. Staff from the county Department of Planning made several changes to the bill before Thursday’s meeting, and those changes had not been posted in time for […]
Kahoma Housing Devel. Approved
From a Maui News article by Chris Hamilton The County Council approved resolutions Friday that allow the fast-tracked, 68-unit Kahoma affordable housing development to move ahead in West Maui. The vote was 7-2 on the nearly 17-acre project that will be mauka of Honoapiilani Highway and makai of the planned route for the Lahaina bypass. […]
Victorino’s Repeal of Show Me the Water Delayed
From the Maui News The County Council Water Resources Committee heard public testimony Tuesday on proposed changes to the “Show Me the Water” ordinance, but the panel deferred action. Committee Chairman Mike Victorino has called for changes to the ordinance that has required developers to show they have water available for project plans. Victorino’s proposed […]
Maui Island Plan: Land Use Chapter Under Attack?
At the December 1st meeting, the General Plan Committee will be making decisions on the Maui Island Plan, Land Use Chapter (chapter 7). The Maui Island Plan is a co-creation between the community & local government. The drafting of the Plan has been an involved process spanning several years. ★The Land Use chapter sets policy […]