It’s been over a year since we were first contacted by members of the community advising that four half century old monkey pod trees on SKR were fated for immediate removal by County Government, which had the ways and means to do so . Some guys said ain’t it a shame that they were to be knocked down, and that they just won’t let them be. But a small vocal group said knocked...
Read MoreUPDATE Councilman Don Couch advised the KCA last evening (4/17/12) that it would be next to impossible to build anything at this corner due to required permitting issues. Earlier this month, Mayor Arakawa advised the KCA that the County had no interest in purchasing it to prevent commercial building. UPDATE: While Kihei only experienced some showers in the afternoon/evening of Tuesday (3/6/12)...
Read MoreJust one week after the KCA Street Tree Committee requested the board transmit a stong request to Mayor Arakawa for a needed action to restore the ground cover and irrigate the area around those notorius Monkey Pod Trees, now refered to as the Money Pod Quartet or MPQ, along S Kihei Rd, a large crew from the County’s Department of Public Works took action first thing on Wednesday, 7/20/11....
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10/17/17 #kihei You may recall this latest version of the refurbished visitor development by Hilton was expected to break ground JAN 2016, then JAN 2017 and now JAN 2018. Time will tell. But this morning this brave man was trimming many of the towering Coconut Palms along the North Kihei shoreline with fierce tradewinds blowing. Will the “new” Maui Lu keep him...
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8/11/17 #kihei Yes the devastation continues along the Pi’ilani Highway, and as the chopping and hacking of trees was exacerbated today, so did the volume of communications to us. Guys here are some pictures from late Friday morning. As we previously reported, to the best of our understanding this action is not being taken by the State, but by the Homeowners Association (HOA) officials of...
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UPDATE County Council Votes in Favor!! (1/16/15) Second a final vote by Council was unanimous this morning, so now move to Mayor Arakawa for signature (12/19/14) This morning the last County Council of...
Read MoreUPDATE 10/19/13. Parking lot is now open while the roadwork continues. In answer to inqueries we had about “missing” trees, it is our understanding that about 15 Shower trees were removed in the last weeks on Kilohana Drive as well as some of the large Monkeypods from Keaweakapu Beach Parking lot. Suppossed reason is they were atop the water line. We believe there are plans to...
Read MoreThe original impetus for this committee’s creation was the County’s plan to chop down what has now become the Monkey Pod Quartet in front of the Schooner Resort on SKR. It is generally considered this action was stopped by the community’s outcry, at least for almost a year. Several months ago Street Tree committee member Marilyn Colvin, with commiittee support, began the...
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