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30-Day Comment Period Extended for Pu‘unani EISPN
You now have until February 6, 2014 to send in your comments on the Pu’unani Sub-division EIS Preparation Notice. Your emphasis should be on asking questions and raising issues that the Environmental Impact Statement should consider and address. Issues like: drainage, view planes, schools at all levels (pre-school, elementary, middle, and high), traffic, water sources, […]
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Maui Island Plan Implementation Chapter to Go Before Council
On an upcoming Council agenda Draft Bill to Adopt MIP Implementation Chapter Chapter 10 Transmittal MIP Draft Chapter 10 Final Clean Formatted MIP Draft Chapter 10 Final Redline Appendix A Maui GPAC IRD Recommendations Long Range Implementation Maui PC Recommendations Long Range Implementation Planning Dept May 2010 Long Range Implementation
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Elle Cochran Proposes Pesticide Disclosure Bill
Elle Cochran has proposed to the Maui County Council a bill similar to the Kaua’i pesticide disclosure bill that will require disclosure of what pesticides are being applied, notice of proposed spraying and buffer zones around schools, etc. You can read the bill here. She is waiting for the bill to be scheduled in Councilmember […]
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Proposed Kahoma Village
The Maui County Council’s Land Use Committee announced a public hearing and site inspection in which it will consider the proposed Kahoma Village Project in West Maui. The project is proposed for fast-track approval under a statute that promotes affordable housing. The council’s 45-day deadline to reach a decision on the application is on Feb. […]
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Interisland Cable Meeting
Is the interisland electric cable in the public interest?
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Jeff Stark Opinion: Plans for Maui Trash
Reprinted from Maui Weekly: Anaergia Plan Morphs Again Most of the changes are significant and add, modify or remove major components. December 26, 2013 Jeff Stark – Chair, Maui Recycling Group Public Education Committee , Maui Weekly On Sunday, Dec. 8, the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) ran a full-page paid advertisement in The Maui […]
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Pu’ulani Subdivision EIS Comments Needed
The proposed Puʻunani Subdivision Development is seeking preliminary input from residents. This is an opportunity for members of the public to list concerns and issues which they want the Environmental Impact Statement to address. Things like traffic, water, green/open space, parks, views, impacts from other developments (A&B’s Waiale, Waikapu Town Development, Kehalani and Maui Lani’s […]
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GMOs: The Uprising on Moloka‘i
A Presentation by Walter Ritte and Mercy Ritte. Pa’ia Community Center.
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Mayor Signs MOU with Monsanto
See the pdf. County of Maui, Hawaii Memorandum of Understanding between Monsanto Company and The Mayor’s Office County of Maui I, PARTIES The parties to this Memorandum or understanding (MOU) are Monsanto company (Monsanto) and the Mayor’s Office, County of Maui, hereinafter referred to individually as ”Party” and collectively as ’’the Parties. II PURPOSE The […]
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Maui Tomorrow Challenges Rock & Brews Permit
According to Maui News:On July 19, Wailuku attorney Isaac Hall filed an appeal with the Maui Planning Commission asserting that the Planning Department should not have granted Rock & Brews Paia building a minor SMA permit and that pushed the cost above the $500,000 level that requires the project developers to submit to a full […]
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