Elle Cochran Report on Development Projects

One of my biggest concerns rests with the all-too-common occurrence of developers requesting Community Plan Amendments, especially while we are currently in the process of updating them. We are not enforcing the Community Plans that we already have, and even worse, we are undoing the hard work of previous councils

Councilman Victorino to Repeal “Show Me the Water”

See Maui News article Victorino’s Water Availability Bill: WR-8  (Repeals “show me the water”) To find  out what the obscure code references mean, go to this easy to use Maui County Code site Mike Victorino’s Water Second Water Bill: WR-9

2 Superferries May Go to Navy

The Virginian-Pilot     Monday, November 21, 2011 Navy hopes to gain two Hawaiian superferries By Robert McCabehttp://hamptonroads.com/2011/11/navy-hopes-gain-two-hawaiian-superferries NORFOLK The Navy wants the two Hawaiian superferries docked at Lamberts Point in Norfolk. The Navy “is working with the U.S. Maritime Administration to permit the transfer of the two high-speed vessels, formerly Hawaii

Foundation Names Lana’i Big Wind Site Historical

The site of a massive proposed wind farm in West Lanai where hundreds of archaeological and cultural sites have been identified has been named one of the state’s “most endangered historic places” for 2011 by the Historic Hawaii Foundation. Read more at the Maui News

Sempra Renewables Press Release

San Diego-based Sempra Generation, developers of solar, wind and natural gas energy projects, recently formed Sempra Renewables, a subsidiary to oversee its planned 21-megawatt Auahi Wind project in southeastern Maui, according to spokesman Scott Kreider. The project is currently under review by federal agencies, Maui County and the state. Pending

Trees Please

Trees Please at Baldwin Beach, a project of Maui Tomorrow Foundation in partnership with the Maui Film Festival, will celebrate Prince Kuhio Day on Monday, March 26th with a call for volunteers to join in a clearing of green waste and branches from a designated area at Baldwin Beach. Hand

Malama Our Watersheds

Trees Please – Join Us to Beautify North Shore Parks

Maui Tomorrow Foundation has partnered with the Maui Film Festival on the “Trees Please” project. This effort, to raise funds to replant native trees at Baldwin Beach Park, has begun with the screening in October of three films at Maui Arts & Cultural Center’s Castle Theater. The films, “George Harrison,

Flood Forum Kihei Nov 18th

The Maui Nui Marine Council PresentsThe Kokua Ka’ono’ulu ProjectWorking together to minimize flooding in north Kihei:“A Mountains to the Sea Approach” Please join us on November 18th from 5-7:30pm at the Hawaiian Islands Humback Whale NOAA SanctuaryModerator: Robin Knox Expert Speakers: Reef health, sustainable land use, contemporary watershed management traditional

Awahi Wind Farm County Permits Approved

From Maui News The Maui Planning Commission unanimously approved permits Tuesday for Auwahi Wind Energy to build and operate eight 428-foot-tall wind turbines on Ulupalakua Ranch land. Two dozen people testified on the proposed special use and special management area permits, and none were opposed to the project, according to