Kihei Community Association | Maui, Hawaii

Planning Commission OK’s special use permit request mauka of Pi’ilani Highway in South Kihei by 5-1 vote 7/25/17 #kihei After a contentious stand-off just two weeks ago, did you think this would be easy? With the absence of Commissioner Tina Gomes this morning, some guys did. With grumblings that she should have recused herself from […]

7/19 /17 #kihei The first day (7/19/17) of the scheduled two day State Land Use Commission (LUC) meeting began right on time at 2:00 PM, and almost immediately began taking public oral testimony, including KCA’s five-member team addressing some insufficiencies of the proposed final environmental document (FEIS). We did not catch every testifier, but caught […]

7/24/17 We have a suggestion for worst, near Ohukai;  See pix             7/21/17 #kihei Which would you say is the worst segment of South Kihei Road (SKR) to walk or cycle? We just had our public meeting on the community plans on Tuesday evening. The Kihei-Makena Plan from 1998 http://www.co.maui.hi.us/documentcenter/view/1712 […]

#kihei #community #maui #mayor #makena Monday evening, 7/17/17 at 6:00 PM, this month’s Alliance of Maui Community Associations (Alliance)  commenced with KCA in the minority for the first time this year with a single rep, while Haiku had a covey. Additionally the overall attendance was greatly reduced from June (when Kaniela Ing and Shan Tsutsui […]

UPDATE 7/22/17  The next meeting on August 9, 1:30 PM will in fact be in Kihei at the Community Center on Lipoa. We do not know who will  attend besides KCA. Also of note to those concerns with trees, the County is looking for a new County Arborist to replace  David Sakoda. 7/12/17 #kihei What […]

UPDATE 7/20/17   LUC vote unanimous say NO to FEIS   UPDATE 7/20/17  Day one pau;  nearly four hours of public testimony, with VAST majority against acceptance of FEIS. Back at 8:30 AM Thursday for deliberations and maybe decisions.  See  Thursday Morning’s Maui News Report July 20, 2017    ‘Megamall’ may be in the past but […]

7/18/17. #kihei  As a proactive move DPW cleared this beach front culvert at Ohukai Road at SKR to allow storm drain to quickly empty at the beach and the water and all it contains into the kai. Good for the road, not so much the coral reef system.

UPDATE 7/22/17 You see here what is the present situation as guys are using the park (on a Saturday) and the grass still looks very good             UPDATE 7/8/17 PARK CLOSED         UPDATE: 7/5/17.  Well just when we though we have clear information on this project’s required closure information, […]

7/19/17 #kihei Last evening’s meeting with County Planning Department’s senior long range planning duo of Jen Maden and Pam Eaton, offering a slide presentation on the Community Plan update process, and legislative comments from Councilor Kelly King retained the interest and generated numerous comments from about 65 attendees, including Planning Director Will Spence. KCA believes […]

BUT NO GO TO MATERIALS RECYCLING (FOR NOW) 7/11/17 #kihei We commend the County Planning Department for two actions:  First the decision to relocate the Planning Commission meeting today from the usual close quarters to the roomy Cameron Center Auditorium to accommodate the expected (but not realized) large turnout.  The other is a sharing of […]