Category: Government

Why can’t we get the North South Collector Road across Kihei or just in North Kihei?

  3/17/24 HAPPY SAINT PATRICK’S DAY!  Do we need the luck of the Irish to get the missing segments constructed?   While the North-South Collector Road (NSCR) plan addressed in the 1998 community plan was to extend across the entire Kihei sub area,  we are just examining the next two phases between Waipuilani and Ka‘ono‘ulu.  For over a decade various County...

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Mayor Bissen Delivers State of the County Address 3/15/2024

  3/16/2024 #kihei #mayor #maui #government While not specific to South Maui, Mayor Bissen touched on a number of issues of great concern to our area in his State of the County address at an almost full Maui Arts & Cultural Center on March 15, 2024: Investing in the North-South Collector Road Cracking down on short-term rentals to make more of them available to Maui residents,...

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South Maui District Rep on the Maui Planning Commission

  3/9/24 #kihei Do you recall when you voted (you DID vote, right??) in the last (2022) election, there were some proposed Maui County Charter amendments? One that passed overwhelmingly that November Day became part of the current charter. https://www.mauicounty.gov/DocumentCenter/View/139187/CHARTER—January-2023 It says: “Each planning commission shall exercise its powers,...

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Need to Remove Debris from Kīhei Beaches

  2/19/2024 #kihei #beach #debris Guest post from Dr. Mary Trotto After the storm in January, piles of debris came down the mountain and ended up on our beaches in Kihei. Last year we had a similar event  and a similar dumping of upcountry debris on our beaches.  At that time, after a number of emails I was told that the State had jurisdiction over our beaches but there is an...

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Council Member Cook Presents South Maui Town Hall 2/29/2024

  2/17/2024 #kihei #tomcook #townhall From Maui Now: Council Member Thomas Cook announced today that he will be hosting a South Maui community town hall at 6 p.m. on Feb. 29 at the Maui Economic Development Board’s Malcolm Center. Cook said the meeting is a collaboration with county departments and other agencies to provide South Maui residents with updates on several policy objectives....

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It is a different source, but North Kihei gets yet more flooding

  2/8/24 #kihei North Kihei cannot get a break from flooding. At least this time the flooding is clean water, not the “mud flood” stormwater variety, but as it gushes over the road on to private property, you do not want it in your home.  And it wastes a lot of potable water when a major pipe bursts. The County has asked South Maui to conserve water for 24 hours due to the...

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Talk Story on Our Food Systems

  2/7/2024 #kihei #community #foodsystems From the Maui County Department of Agriculture: You are formally invited to join the Department of Agriculture’s Community Talk Story Sessions to develop the Maui County Food and Nutrition Security Plan. From February through March 2024, the Maui County Department of Agriculture will host Community Talk Story Sessions in each residential area...

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King resigns from Board of Directors to run for So Maui Seat on County Council

1/17/23   KCA director Kelly King has resigned from the KCA board to avoid any conflict as she announced she is running to reclaim her South Maui seat on the County Council.  After three terms she  chose  not to run for reelection, as she considered running for State Legislator, but on last possible day, she filed for the office of the Mayor, but was unsuccessful.   Now...

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Maui MPO announces Vision 0 week next month

  1/23/24 #kihei   For immediate release: Jan. 23, 2024   Press release by: Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) Pam Eaton, Executive Director mauimpo.org   Transportation safety is a priority for South Maui’s Vision Zero Week in February   KIHEI, Maui – The public is invited to participate in a series of events for South Maui’s Vision Zero Week on February 12...

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Tuesday, March 19 - 6:30 pm
ProArts Playhouse, Azeka Makai
1280 S. Kihei Road

Meet Maui Mayor Richard Bissen

Among the topics to be discussed:

Flood Mitigation

Fire Prevention

The North-South Collector Road

As always, we will be collecting donations for the MAUI FOOD BANK.  They can stretch a dollar like no one else so checks sealed in envelopes are also welcome.

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