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Pattern Energy Community Meeting on Big Wind
Big Wind Community Meeting hosted by Pattern Energy June 21 at the Maunaloa Community Center, 5:30 – 7 p.m.; June 22
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Wailea 670 Conditions Compliance Review
Monday June 13 1:30pm County Council Chamber compliance review for Wailea 670’s 30 unilateral conditions of zoning
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Life of the Land Wants Alternatives to Big Wind
HECO continues to promote TINA (There Is No Alternative) to Big Wind. HECO has even refused to evaluate alternatives that they themselves were advocating for just months ago. Life of the Land has filed a Motion to Intervene in PUC Docket 2011-0112. The docket was opened so that HECO could acquire nearly $4M of ratepayer […]
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Urban Design Board to Hear Auwahi Wind Farm Road & Transmission Line
JUNE 7, 2011, TUESDAY
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Planning Department Conference Room
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Interisland ferry system is a good idea but Superferry is not the answer
The May 20 editorial is surprising in its simplistic endorsement of the Superferry’s return, this time with gambling and alcohol added. Talk about a bad mix. Let’s remember that this vessel was already known for its high rate of seasickness with each crossing, and its high diesel fuel consumption made it uneconomical and hardly in […]
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Save Makena Skim Board Contest
If you love Makena, join the fun Saturday June 11th at third entrance, Oneloa Beach. The 4th annual Save Makena skim board contest goes from 8am til 2pm. Plenty prizes, ono grinds from Flatbread & Lulu’s and a chance to find out what’s up with Makena. Sponsored by Hawaii Amateur Skim Board League, Maui Skimmers, […]
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Planning Commission FONSI on Kanaha Building
The Planning Commission granted a finding of no significant impact on the environmental assessment for the proposed 6 story office building and parking garage slated for land adjacent to Kanaha Pond and Wildlife Refuge. The Planning Commission found no significant impact despite: The building is in an area which will become innundated with the projected […]
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Council OKs Purchase of 4 acres Kulamalu Affordable Housing
The Maui County Council Budget and Finance Committee gave its recommendation Wednesday to purchase 4 acres in Kulamalu for affordable housing. The council voted 8-0 to endorse a plan to spend $3.8 million from the county’s Affordable Housing Fund on the land and to authorize Mayor Alan Arakawa to negotiate a purchase. The measures are […]
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Mayor Arakawa Event in Lahaina
Mayor Alan Arakawa will hold a “County on Your Corner” event Sat May 28 from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday at the Lahaina Cannery Mall, outside of Starbucks.
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KCA Hears About Maui Island Plan
Using a PowerPoint presentation, retired professor Dick Mayer raised a number of issues that he thought the KCA should consider. Although he participated in the GPAC process that created the Maui Island Plan, he emphasized that he was speaking as an individual. “I am not a resident of Kīhei,” he said. “I live in Kula. […]
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