The Planning Committee received a presentation from John David Beutler from Calthorpe Associates on new urbanism, smart growth, form-based zoning codes and environmental sustainability. He showed images from other nations on various types of urban forms and their direct effects on how people utilize spaces. Most important, he showed images about urbanism in Maui County. […]
WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – Exchange students from Miyakojima City, Japan visited the Maui County Council Chamber today for a crash course on policy-making and poi pounding. The Maui County Council’s presiding officer uses a pohaku ku’i, or “poi pounder,” in place of the traditional gavel. Council Vice-Chair Robert Carroll welcomed the group and entertained several […]
The Maui County Council congratulated Seabury High School student Reese Guzman for placing third in the Girls 10-12 division of the Optimist International Junior Golf Championships held in Florida this summer. Reese was the top American finisher in her age division and competed against representatives from other countries. She finished third place in this international […]
Councilmember Don Guzman’s opening remarks at the Aug. 20 Council meeting. This month we celebrate the 50th anniversary of our country’s most important political speeches of the century, which was delivered before a quarter of a million Americans on the steps of the Lincoln Memorial at our nation’s capital. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s “I […]
At its meeting today, the Maui County Council received copies of grant-award letters supporting County programs for vital senior services, Council Chair Gladys C. Baisa announced. The Arakawa Administration transmitted a grant-award letter from the State Executive Office on Aging providing the County with federal funds to help fulfill the objectives of the County’s Office […]
The council chairs of Hawaii’s four counties met Aug. 9 in Honolulu to discuss matters of common interest, and we pledged to continue to regularly meet. As administrators of municipal legislative bodies, the chairs face common issues. The ongoing discussions will allow for the chairs to consult with each other while sharing stories of success […]
A bill prohibiting new time share units or time share plans in hotel districts was deferred at the Planning Committee meeting last Thursday. As presiding Chair of the committee, I am all about finding balance. After hearing the members, I agree that more study is needed and further input from the community is required before […]
Viewpoint: Auditor should review post office case Published on The Maui News July 13, 2013 By DON COUCH I heard a joke recently about how Congress can only do two things: Nothing and overreact. It is beginning to feel like the Maui County Council is headed in the same direction. Members are overreacting to the […]
For Immediate Release: Aug. 8, 2013 Press Release by: Councilmember Stacy Crivello Chair, Housing, Human Services, and Transportation Committee Public input sought for review of Residential Workforce Housing Policy WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii – The Housing, Human Services, and Transportation Committee is scheduled to review Chapter 2.96, Maui County Code, also known as the Residential Workforce […]
For Immediate Release: Aug. 8, 2013 Press Release by: Gladys C. Baisa, Council Chair www.mauicounty.gov/baisa Council Chair welcomes Supreme Court opinion endorsing Council procedures WAILUKU, MAUI, HAWAII – Council Chair Gladys C. Baisa welcomed today’s 80-page opinion by the Supreme Court of Hawaii in Kanahele v. Maui County Council as a validation of the Council’s […]
