Maui Local Gov News

14/03/2023

Maui Planning Commission tomorrow 3/14 Grand Wailea contested case for parking lot and other improvements. 377 burials have been unearthed at this hotel

07/03/2023

GREAT Committee today at 1:30pm, authorizing special counsel and a settlement for injury from a sign post in sidewalk

28/02/2023

28/02/2023

Today the Housing and Land Use Committee is reviewing HALE MAHAOLU KE KAHUA which is controversial because of title issues and claims of ownership by a Native Hawaiian family with family graves on the land

21/02/2023

Maui County Council GREAT committee reviewing appointees Tues Feb 21st

17/02/2023

Maui County Council meeting Friday the 17th of February. Vice chair election, workforce housing deed restrictions (which was vetoed by Victorino but could be overridden), Trinette Furtado nominated for Cost of Government Commission

14/02/2023

Maui Planning Commission Feb 14th! Kilohana Makai project across from Mana Kai in Kihei, and Hope Builders office space at Maui Business Park

02/02/2023

This Friday at Maui County Council is the appointment of Moana Lutey to County Clerk, a symbolic resolution to ask the state to continue allowing midwives to provide services, and a bill to allow condo owners to convert from hotel to residential, among other things

27/01/2023

HEWA LOA what happened yesterday at the Kauaʻi Planning Commission hearing RE the former Coco Palms Hotel site, Wailuanuiahoʻāno?

We lost. We lost our Petition for Declaratory Order requesting they make a determination that the permit granted 8yrs ago had lapsed (ended), was not valid and they needed to reapply, to current code and environmental and cultural standards. **Background the permits were reissued via unconstitutional special legislation to allow it to be rebuilt based on the expired Iniki Ordinance (used to allow people to rebuild post storm). The abuse of this ordinance, 30 years later, based on 50 year old environmental and cultural assessment and laws.

This Petition request is based on the process and a Watanabe ruling that if there was no finding of substantial progress after a 2 year period, then the permits lapsed.

The developer plans to start construction in the coming few weeks to start the building of a 350+ room hotel on a royal cemetery and the historic, Queen Debra Kapule's, inland fishponds that are critical agricultural infrastructure for Kaua’i.

Important promises are already being broken. The developer never met with community, they are entirely focused on monetary profit, to max their return on this sacred Hawaiian cultural and environmentally sensitive, native wetland habitat. You can hear them say it for themselves in the arguments, it all about economics.

Another promise, the developers (accidentally) told us, they don't have intentions of removing a specifically agreed building they promised in Oct (the front wooden dangerous structure). The developers stated, clear as day, that building, being non compliant, wont be demo'd or they wont be able to rebuild it. Nor were they willing to consider working with existing setbacks and current development requirements.

We stand steadfast that any rebuild based on hotel permits from 50 year old cultural and environmental requirements, and the 30 year old Iniki Ordinance, is unjust, immoral, unacceptable and illegal.

Again, the developer plans to start construction in the coming few weeks to build a hotel. We don't know exactly where we go from here, but I know we aren't giving up.

27/01/2023

Tomorrow, Friday the 27th of January 2023, the Council is taking up the Cultural Overlay Bill and the Workforce Housing Deed Restrictions bill. Both are among the most imoortant bills of the previous council term, but were vetoed by former mayor Victorino. The council can override with 6 votes. Appointments are also on the agenda including the controversial appointment to County Clerk of the former Corporation Counsel attorney who wasn't reappointed by Mayor Bissen

19/01/2023

TODAY at 2pm the Hawai'i Supreme Court will hear the oral arguement for Noelani Ahia vs Alice Lee regarding alleged election shenanigans and voter disenfranchisement

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02/01/2023

Civil Service Commission meets on Wednesday the 4th on Bluejeans 140 699 275 with collective bargaining on the agenda

30/12/2022

First Maui County Council meeting of 2023. Appointments for Council Services and County Clerk are on the agenda. The previous head of Corporation Council, Moana Lutey, is the nominee for Clerk

14/12/2022

Tomorrow Wednesday Dec 14th, PSLU Committee discussing the Greg Brown House investigation

11/12/2022

Friday Dec 16th County Council meeting. Several important bills including Planting Plan for trees and Cultural Overlay

11/12/2022

Friday Dec 16th 9am public hearing on Cultural Overlay Bill concurrent with council meeting

11/12/2022

Thursday Dec 15th 1:30pm county archaeologist discussing Cultural Overlay at Ag and Public Trust committee

11/12/2022

Maui County Council Wednesday Dec 14th CARE commitee discussing the county climate resiliency plan

09/12/2022

Cultural Overlay Bill public hearing will be on December 16th at 9am

01/12/2022

There will be several important bills and appointments at Maui County Council on Friday including the Cultural Overlay bill

18/11/2022

Many bills at Council November 17th, including deed restrictions to keep affordable housing affordable for 20 years, and the cultural overlay to map cultural resources and help protect them during development

16/11/2022

Maui County Council PSLU November 16th, change in zoning for Maui Ocean Center and a bill about electric vehicle charging stations

13/11/2022

Tuesday Nov 15th, GREAT Committee reviewing 3 nominations by Mayor Victorino. Ashley Otomo (Otomo Engineering) and Ricky Sanches (plumber) appointed to Urban Design Review Board. Blaine Apo (trucker and snack food manufacturer) appointed to Planning Commission

13/11/2022

Monday Nov 14th 1:3pm the Council HCP Committee is getting updates and reports. One is on the current conditions for the unsheltered people on Holomua Road in Pa'ia

13/11/2022

Stay tuned for local government news and analysis for Maui County and other islands too!