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2010 Maui Tomorrow Supports SB 244
Feb. 1, 2010 Senate Joint Committee, Energy & Environment, Water, Land, Agriculture & Hawaiian Affairs Regarding: SB 2441Title: RELATING TO ENDANGERED SPECIES Report Title: Endangered Species; Felony; Private Right of Action Dear Senators: Maui Tomorrow Foundation, Inc. supports SB 2441 which establishes the intentional or knowing taking of an endangered species as a class C […]
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Housing Issues
Maui Tomorrow is working with the County Council and the State to increase the availability of affordable housing for our reasidents. Maui has one of the highest cost of housing of any state in the U.S. With wages much lower than required to qualify for loans, this has created a huge housing gap for Maui […]
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Sprecks Sand Replentishment Project Fails
The Maui News By HARRY EAGAR, Staff Writer July 25, 2010 SPRECKELSVILLE – An innovative and privately funded beach replenishment project on Stable Road has been suspended early. Neighbors to the west, who say their beach has been eroded, call it a complete failure, while the hui that tried bringing in offshore sand admits to […]
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Draft EA for Strawberry Guava Eradication
The Hawai’i Department of Agriculture has posted a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) for the release of a natural predator (Tectococcus ovatus, a Brazilian scale insect) for the sustainable management of strawberry guava in Hawai’i. This action is proposed to mitigate the impacts of strawberry guava on native forests, the water supply, and agriculture. The draft […]
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Agricultural Zoning
Agricultural Zoning The conversion of good agricultural land into gated communites or luxury estates is a problem for island residents. The loss of farmland and the exclusive nature of luxury development threatens our island way of life. This $2mil Luxury Gated House is build on 4 acres of ag land
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2009 News Summary
Interisland Cable Survey Report Completed The State of Hawai‘i has announced the completion of the Interisland Cable Project Ocean Floor Survey. The survey indicates that placement of undersea electrical transmission cables is physically possible between the islands of O‘ahu, Maui, Moloka‘i, and Lana‘i. The cable is an integral part of a proposed Interisland Wind project […]
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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 […]
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Maui Island Plan Documents Through 2009
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 […]
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Makena Archives Through 2009
Maui has a good General Plan We Should Follow It ACT BEFORE APRIL 7 Your Voice is needed! Wailea 670 is doing a Environmental Impact Statement The first step is an “EIS Preparation Notice” (EISPN) that the public can comment on. Deadline for comments is April 7. If you had concerns during the hearing process, […]
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2009 Housing News
Harbor Lights Condos Isle luxury projects in limbo over financing Keaka, Everett Dowling’s development company, was at the Maui Planning Commission last week to seek an amendment to permits for its Maluaka project to drastically downsize the project from 71 luxury condominiums to 13 lots plus recreational facilities. The commission favored it, also praising Dowling […]
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