Maui Island Plan to be considered in community meetings throughout Maui
WAILUKU, Maui, Hawaii -- After unveiling the draft Maui Island Plan in a meeting in the Council Chamber last month, the Maui County Council’s Planning Committee will conduct a series of additional meetings throughout the island this month, Committee Chair Sol P. Kaho`ohalahala announced today.
The draft Maui Island Plan is one of the major components of the County’s current General Plan update, Kaho`ohalahala said. He noted that the Planning Committee has completed its work on the draft Countywide Policy Plan, the initial component of the General Plan update, and that the Council will conduct a public hearing on that document in January.
The draft Maui Island Plan is available for review online at: www.mauicounty.gov/maui-island-plan. Having already convened in the Wailuku-Kahului Community Plan Area, with a December 14 meeting in the Council Chamber, the Planning Committee will now meet in Maui’s five other community plan areas, Kaho`ohalahala said.
These meetings will enable the Department of Planning to make presentations on the Maui Island Plan that focus on the potential impacts for the respective community plan areas, Kaho`ohalahala said. Testimony will be accepted, but no legislative action will be taken.
Pursuant to Chapter 2.80B of the Maui County Code, the Maui Island Plan will establish growth boundaries for the first time. The deadline to enact the Maui Island Plan is Oct. 18, 2010.
“The Maui Island Plan is one of the most important documents the Council will consider this term,” Kaho`ohalahala said. “I urge Maui residents to study the draft Maui Island Plan, testify before the Planning Committee and tell Council members where and how the island should grow in the coming decades.”
The Planning Committee will meet on Monday at 6 p.m. at the Lahaina Civic Center within the West Maui Community Plan Area. The Planning Committee will next visit the Paia-Haiku Community Plan Area with a meeting on Jan. 19 at 6 p.m. at the Haiku Community Center.
On Jan. 20 at 6 p.m., the Planning Committee will meet within the Makawao-Pukalani-Kula Community Plan, at the Mayor Hannibal Tavares Community Center. Next, the Planning Committee will meet at the Kihei Community Center, within the Kihei-Makena Community Plan Area, on Jan. 25 at 6 p.m.
The series of community meetings will conclude at Helene Hall in the Hana Community Plan Area on Jan. 28 at 6 p.m. The Planning Committee will then return to the Council Chamber for decision-making meetings starting in February.
The meetings are open to the public. Meeting agendas are available on the Planning Committee website. To receive meeting agendas via e-mail, please complete the on-line subscription form on the County website at www.mauicounty.gov. For more information, please contact the Planning Committee staff.
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Telephone: (808) 270-7768 (Committee Chair Kaho‘ohalahala) (808) 270-7663 or (808) 270-7668 (Committee staff)Fax: (808) 270-7848 (Committee Chair Kaho‘ohalahala) (808) 270-7686 (Office of Council Services)Web: www.mauicounty.gov/committees/PC/ (Planning Committee)E-mail: sol.kahoohalahala@mauicounty.us (Committee Chair Kaho‘ohalahala) pc.committee@mauicounty.us (Committee staff)