UPDATE 8/24/20 So we see it was just one month ago, we all became aware that these seven proposed charter amendments would be on the ballot in November. The ballots will likely be mailed out in mid October with advice to mail in completed ones as soon as possible. Are you ready to vote on them? The seven are listed below UPDATE 7/24/20 This afternoon the full...
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5/21/20 #kihei The County Council’s Planning and Sustainable Use (PSLU) Committee on May 20 reviewed a request to change the Kihei-Makena Community Plan (KMCP) to allow more extensive residential development on a parcel that is part of the last remaining wetlands in North Kihei. While two committee members expressed concern at allowing the community to influence potential changes to...
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4/02/20 #kihei Since the volume of vehicles traveling on the local streets and highways is way down, this is a good time to work on the roads. Recently, Kihei Community Association reported on drain repair work for Keonekai Road. Similar work is planned for Auhana Road, a short stretch between between Paulele Place and Halona Street, beginning Monday, April 6. Kanani Road seems to be an...
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12/24/19 #kihei Just when you thought the county legislature was pau for the year, a “special’ meeting was announced at the end of the day last Friday, 12/20/19. We are hearing that numerous residents, not only from our district, are planning to attend this afternoon meeting to express support for Chair King wearing green attire. Of course this meeting agenda was published...
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Public Hearing at the MACC, but No DOE 4/4/19 #kihei The Land Use Commission hearing on Wednesday, April 3rd was once again a review of the condition imposed on the State Department of Education (DOE) by the LUC to have a safe off-grade crossing for walkers and bicyclists. The meeting started with public testimony. The Kihei Community Association reiterated again that the safety of children...
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UPDATE 3/15/19 Unanimous approval for confirmation today and onto full Council possibly next Friday. But that still leaves the DPW and Housing waiting for the mayor’s offering who is next. UPDATE 3/12/19. While many expected a decision by the Council’s GET Committee this morning on nominee Don Guzman, because the item was set last on the agenda, and the...
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“If you chose not to decide, you still have made a choice,” Getty Lee of Rush in Free Will. 2/21/19 #kihei #luc #megamall Yesterday at 1:00 pm at the Alexa Higashi Meeting Room at the MACC, the State Land Use Commission (LUC) commenced their umpteenth meeting on the matter since the LUC allowed then owner Kaonoulu Ranch the use change from agriculture to a plan to establish a...
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1/24/19 #kihei It took all day for over seventy attendees, including community representatives from the KCA, to testify before the first Governance, Ethics and Transparency (GET) committee meeting yesterday. The topic under discussion was the appointment of seven administrative department directors for the new administration. We noted quite a number of county employees participating,...
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1/2/19 #kihei Commencing at 2:00 PM this afternoon the organizational meeting for the newly elected Council, opened by the newly elected mayor Mike Victorino, offered about 17 public testifiers (2017 had almost 80 we recall) presenting their mana’o on the agenda items. The final testifier was a wahine from Molokai, Nicole Wallace, who happens to be the mother of new Council...
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12/24/18 #kihei For the past several years, the Maui County Council has not scheduled a meeting between Christmas Day and New Years’ Day. Yet outgoing Council Chair Mike White has scheduled two meetings in Council Chambers, on the same day, Thursday 12/27/18, starting at 9:00 AM. Now, the Council meeting last week Friday on 12/21 was what one might interpret as the final meeting for 2018....
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KAHO’OLAWE ISLAND RESERVE COMMISSION; EDUCATION AND OPERATIONS CENTER UPDATE 11/27/18 We were pleased this morning to note the Maui Planning Commission unanimously approved KIRC’s request for an SMA permit for the project to proceed. Moreover, the fact that the Commission agreed with our concern about the proposed parking lot by adding a condition that it be...
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9/14/18 #kihei Mr Harry Lake, of KOA Partners, the newest representative of Sarofim Reality, will lead a presentation starting at 6:30 PM this Monday at St Teresa Church Hall. It is our understanding the meeting’s purpose is to introduce his team to the South Maui community, explain the current status after the unanimous rejection by the State Land Use Commission last year of the...
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Still three to five years before moving into affordable homes 8/15/18 #kihei This afternoon our Design Review Committee chair Randy Wagner brought the meeting to order at 2:00 PM to hear the latest update on the South Kihei Honua’ula (formerly named Wailea 670 although it is not in Wailea) proposed project. KCA business member Munikeyo Hiraga, (MH), represented by Gwen Hiraga and...
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Stakeholders meet with representative to hear what is being considered for future development on lands 6/28/18 #kihei We were included with a number of concerned stakeholders to hear a proposed update from Harry Lake of Koa Partners, the stated representative of Sarofim Realty, this afternoon at the Akaku, Maui Community Media, upstairs conference room. His firm is working in...
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6/5/18 #kihei UPDATE KCA testified for our requested crosswalk on SKR this afternoon at Chair Cochran’s IEM committee, and it was passed unanimously 6/2/18 #kihei. So we are walking along that short pleasant area of SKR makai shaded by the long challenged grove of Monkey Pod trees; you know the ones the mayor is always trying to remove and blames them for every...
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This morning’s meeting had a new tenor 5/24/18 #kihei This morning we participated at the Maui Metropolitan Planning Organization’s (MPO) Planning Board meeting at 9:00 AM. It has been several months since we were last able, going back to the fall of 2017. We participated in the initial meeting just over two years ago...
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UPDATE 2/17/18 Postponed now until WED 2/21. The measure , now SB3095 SD1 was weakened when approved on 2/14. Our new testimony asks that the community alerts are reinstated. What does yours say? UPDATE 2/16/18 THE BILL WILL BE AT THE NEXT SENATE JOINT COMMITTEE, .EDU/WAM, ON TUESDAY 2/20 AT 10:00 AM. You can submit testimony online at ...
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Meeting this afternoon with “new players” looks for direction for the future of the huge plot mauka of highway 2/2/18 #kihei KCA was invited, along with South Maui Citizens For Responsible Growth, (SMCRG) Maui Tomorrow (MT) and the Kula Makai Aha Moku to meet with representatives of Koa Partners of Dallas, Texas. CEO Harry Lake and VP Jhevasse Mitchell met with the...
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8/2/17 UPDATE FINALLY GROUNDBREAKING ANNOUNCED. Parks & Rec has advised that 9:00 AM on Aug 31 at the site in the NE corner of our community park (next to the school) official groundbreaking for the looong waiting gym will take place. 5/9/17 UPDATE At this morning’s second and FINAL hearing, once again, WE TESTIFIED and unanimous support by...
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