#villages of lealii

The devastating Lahaina wildfire consumed two homes at the Villages of Leialiʻi homestead, which consists of 104 residential lots.  They were among the 2,207 structures damaged or destroyed in the Lahaina wildfire.

This version of Maui Nowʻs letters includes discussion about drainage for repeat flooding areas, lack of effort to find Mauiʻs missing persons, Villages of Lealiʻi development, discrimination by TSA at Kahuli Airport pre-check, Makawao fire, longtime visitors upset about recent lack of “Aloha Spirt,” radical idea to get rid of Axis deer and more.

Councilmember Tamara Paltin has introduced a resolution for Friday’s council meeting, urging Mayor Michael Victorino to grant water and sewer credits to the Department of Hawaiian Homelands for homestead and agricultural lots in Lahaina.

The FEIS states that the project site consists of ceded lands, the sale of which became the center of legal disputes, and stalled the project after it was first initiated in 1988. the state intends to lease the properties or otherwise handle them in conformity with laws governing ceded lands as outlined in Act 176 (which was signed into law in July 2009, and requires a community meeting, appraisal, and two-thirds vote approval of each house of the Legislature to convey State land in fee simple to third parties).