#land use commission

Gov. Josh Green today announced the appointments of: (L to R) J. Elise Hannigan to the Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board (HTSB); Cyrus Johnasen to the state Land Use Commission; and Kristen Lum Brummel to the Hawaiʻi Teacher Standards Board.

Gov. Josh Green announced several appointments and interim appointments to state boards and commissions, including the appointment of Makai Freitas to the University of Hawaiʻi Board of Regents.

A mixed-use development proposed for 40 acres of former sugarcane land near Pāʻia won committee approval Wednesday, moving a project that would bring up to 170 homes, commercial businesses, a medical clinic and a public parking lot to the next stage of a years-long entitlement process.

Pūlama Lāna’i, the management company owned by billionaire Oracle founder Larry Ellison, wants to rezone about 170 acres to urban land and build nine villas and five more spa units for Sensei Lāna’i.

Developers have filed an environmental impact statement preparation notice for the Hoʻonani Village mixed-use development proposed for 1,600 residential apartment units near the old Puʻunēnē sugar mill on 166 acres off of Hansen Road in Kahului.

The project is planned for a 165-acre parcel in Puʻunēnē, located between the old Puʻunēnē sugar mill and the Puʻunēnē Shopping Center.

The Maui County Council’s Water Authority, Social Services and Parks Committee has recommended full Council confirmation of Jonathan Likeke Scheuer as the Hawaiian Homes Commission representative to the East Maui Regional Community Board.

Attorney General Anne Lopez is applauding the Hawaiʻi Supreme Court’s unanimous decision of Rosehill v. State of Hawaiʻi, Land Use Commission, where the court held that farm dwellings in the agricultural district cannot be used as short-term vacation rentals under Hawaiʻi law.

Public comments are due July 8 for an environmental impact statement preparation notice for Mākena Mauka, a proposed 1,041-acre, master-planned residential community located within the Mākena Golf & Beach Club in South Maui.

A final environmental impact statement and finding of no significant impact has been completed for the $16 million Pi‘ilani Highway overpass project.

Gov. Josh Green, M.D., has named several community and business leaders to a number of important state boards and commissions. Among them are Maui residents Bruce Uʻu to the Land Use Commission, Carol Reimann to the Hawaiʻi Housing Finance and Development Corporation, Wesley Lo to the Board of Education, Elaine Yamashita to the Early Learning Board and Nathaniel Oswald to the Board of Agriculture.

The Hawai‘i Department of Education published a draft environmental assessment Friday, reaching a project review milestone and paving the way for a planned $16 million pedestrian overpass spanning Pi‘ilani Highway.

Gov. Green appoints Circuit Court Judge and important boards and commissions positions. Appointees include positions as a First Circuit Court Judge, and members to the Ethics Commission, Campaign Spending Commission and Hawaiʻi Tourism Authority.

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court issued a decision supporting the state Land Use Commission’s position on the issuance of special permits for overnight camps on prime agricultural land.

The opening of the new Kūlanihāko‘i High School campus in Kīhei is delayed due to outstanding issues related to requirements for a grade-separated pedestrian crossing across the Pi‘ilani Highway to access the campus.

The Land Use Commission unanimously approved Waikapū Properties’ petition to amend conditions now covered by a public-private partnership between the County of Maui and the developer.

As the clock ticks toward the planned opening of the new Kūlanihākoʻi High School in January, the state Department of Education held an open house on proposed permanent and temporary solutions for pedestrians to cross Piʻilani Highway.

The Hawai’i State Department of Education did not show up to a Maui Council committee meeting to discuss the pedestrian highway crossing to the new high school in Kīhei that is supposed to open in just four months.

Construction of the upper campus of the beautiful new Kīhei High School is expected to finally be completed enough to open in January for a small inaugural class of ninth graders, but the lack of a state-mandated grade-separated crossing may delay the opening.

In 2019, the developer entered into a settlement agreement with project opponents. Because of that settlement agreement, the state Land Use Commission increased the number of workforce housing units in the project from 280 to 400. The department reports that the developer has taken the position that Maui Oceanview, LP, should receive 120 workforce credits for the increase in units that resulted from that agreement.