June 30, 2010 Mahalo for this opportunity to offer comments on the Draft EIS for this project on behalf of the six hundred members of Sierra Club Maui Group. Sierra Club has offered input to this project since its expansion to 670 acres in the late 1980’s. We have long felt that the sensitive characteristics […]
Planners streamline permit processes
Trimming expected to pay off when economy picks up The Maui News December 20, 2009 By CHRIS HAMILTON, Staff Writer For the past year, at the direction of Mayor Charmaine Tavares, the county Department of Planning has quietly been working to streamline and update the county’s out-of-date code into a new era of "smart-growth" and […]
Review of State EIS Process
This report was prepared pursuant to Act 1, Session Laws of Hawaii 2008, which requested that the University of Hawaii conduct this study of the environmental review system and develop legislative recommendations for modernizing Hawaii’s system of environmental review. Download the PDF file here. The first half of the Report includes introductory and background sections, […]
Planning Committee completes review of Countywide Policy Plan 2030
Monday, November 16, 2009 Councilmember Sol P. Kaho`ohalahala, Chair, Planning Committee WAILUKU, Maui, Hawai`i -– Maui County’s vision for the next 20 years is coming into sharper focus – and it includes a diversified economy, sustainable environmental practices and recognition that the Hawaiian culture is "a vital force in the lives of residents.” The Countywide […]
Maui Island Plan Documents 2008
Here is the Draft of the Maui Island Plan that will be reviewed by the Maui General Plan Advisory Committee (GPAC). On the maps, note that the red lines around several of the urban communities are the proposed "Urban Growth Boundaries". You can go also directly to the County web site for active links: www.mauicounty.gov/index.aspx?NID=1120 […]
In Law We Trust
Can environmental legislation still protect the Commons? December 19, 2004 by Mark Dowie With privatization of natural resources sweeping the country like a new dance, it’s time to polish up a venerable legal weapon: the Public Trust Doctrine. Excerpt: In the early 1900s, a company known as Waiahole Water constructed an elaborately engineered ditch and […]