WAILUKU, Hawaii – Eight committee reports will be considered at Friday’s Council meeting for passage on first reading. The meeting starts at 9 a.m. in the Council Chamber. Committee report 14-117: LAND ACQUISITION ALTERNATIVES FOR A COUNTY SERVICE CENTER The Council previously adopted the Budget and Finance Committee’s recommendations in Committee report 14-111. The resolution […]
Cesspool meeting update as of Oct. 15, 2014: The public hearing tonight at 6 p.m. in the Council Chamber is arranged by the Hawaii State Dept. of Health. Officials say only oral & written testimony will be accepted, emails will be filed but won’t be official, unless a PDF attachment of the testimony is included. […]
Published in The Maui News, September 28, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA for The Maui News The Maui County Council will consider a fast-track affordable-housing application on Friday at 9 a.m., while a council committee continues to work on overall housing strategy. The council also will begin to consider whether the unregulated, online market in […]
Testifiers at the last Water Resources Committee meeting were generally in support of waiving the minimum gross income requirement for agriculture water rates for up to six years. Watch the Sept. 17 meeting: The committee, chaired by Councilmember Michael Victorino, will continue the discussion on Wednesday, Oct. 1 at 9 a.m. Review the agenda. Water […]
WAILUKU, Hawaii – Councilmember Don Guzman’s bill to allow for the creation of agricultural conservation lots in Maui County will be considered in committee on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 1:30 p.m., he announced today. The council’s Economic Development, Energy, Agriculture and Recreation Committee, which is chaired by Guzman, will decide whether to recommend adoption of […]
Maui County Council Chair Gladys Baisa today submitted a letter to state Health Director Linda Rosen to offer comments on DOCKET NO. WWR-1-14, relating to the draft rule amendments on wastewater systems. Thank you for the opportunity to provide comments on the draft rule amendments to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Chapter 11-62, Wastewater Systems. Under the […]
KAANAPALI, Hawaii – More than 200 planners and community leaders gathered Sept. 10- 12 at the Sheraton Maui Resort & Spa for the 2014 Hawaii Congress of Planning Officials Conference, hosted by Maui County’s Planning Department. This year’s conference theme was “Shaping Hawaii for Tomorrow,” or “SHIFT,” which encouraged participants to shift mindsets to meet significant […]
WAILUKU, Hawaii – The Budget and Finance Committee, chaired by Councilmember Mike White, will meet on Tuesday, Sept. 30 at 9 a.m. to consider a budget amendment to approved grants to businesses selected under the Economic Development Revolving Fund program. No legislative action will be taken at the meeting. Review the agenda. The committee will […]
The Infrastructure and Environmental Management Committee, chaired by Councilmember Elle Cochran will meet on Monday, Sept. 29 at 1:30 p.m. to continue discussion on IEM-4, relating to bicycle safety on Maui roads. Review the agenda. The committee last met on Sept. 9. Watch the video: The committee considered fees, permitting requirements, hours of operation and […]
Published in The Maui News, September 21, 2014 By GLADYS C. BAISA for The Maui News The state Department of Health has proposed an amendment to the Hawaii Administrative Rules that would prohibit new cesspools and gradually phase out existing ones through a mandatory upgrade to a septic system upon sale of property, as recently […]
