In regards to item EACP-17(14) would like to echo and support Kia‘i Kaua‘ula and postitive comments made about the creation of cultural overlays. As any technical needs grow in this area of development you should be assured that the community will support this. It is clear the state has not fulfilled their responsibilities with its overseeing capacity of State Historic Preservation Department and anything Maui County can do to support affirmative duties should be supported. Additional post presentation comment: Amazing, informative, hopeful. Kudos to all who saw the importance of creating this position.
As a Launiupoko Irrigation Company rate-payer, I and many of my neighbors, wholeheartedly oppose LIC’s exploitation of county ordinance loopholes to avoid state review for the purpose of installing a miles-long pipeline to deliver water to the development in which we live. Although we may complain about water shortages, very few of us are bulk producers on this Ag land. The water company was able to avoid applying for permits, but there should be a process in place for applying for an exemption. Dr. Alan Downer of SHPD has written that Maui County has discretion to involve SHPD even in the absence of a permit trigger. Even if I’m inconvenienced by applying for an exemption to dig a waterline in my own lot, it’s an acceptable trade off if it means a massive waterline won’t be allowed to trench through multiple historical and pre-contact burials with zero regulatory oversight. I also urge the County to be proactive in correcting their inventory of old government roads, such as Mill St in the waterline route, in the interest of public trust. A private developer should not be able to seize control of a public road the way ex-Public Works director David Goode allowed West Maui Land to do a few years ago. A government road can only be closed or abandoned by a vote of the full County Council. There are multiple County ordinances recognizing Mill St as a regulated government road despite Goode’s denials.
In regards to item EACP-17(14) would like to echo and support Kia‘i Kaua‘ula and postitive comments made about the creation of cultural overlays. As any technical needs grow in this area of development you should be assured that the community will support this. It is clear the state has not fulfilled their responsibilities with its overseeing capacity of State Historic Preservation Department and anything Maui County can do to support affirmative duties should be supported. Additional post presentation comment: Amazing, informative, hopeful. Kudos to all who saw the importance of creating this position.
As a Launiupoko Irrigation Company rate-payer, I and many of my neighbors, wholeheartedly oppose LIC’s exploitation of county ordinance loopholes to avoid state review for the purpose of installing a miles-long pipeline to deliver water to the development in which we live. Although we may complain about water shortages, very few of us are bulk producers on this Ag land. The water company was able to avoid applying for permits, but there should be a process in place for applying for an exemption. Dr. Alan Downer of SHPD has written that Maui County has discretion to involve SHPD even in the absence of a permit trigger. Even if I’m inconvenienced by applying for an exemption to dig a waterline in my own lot, it’s an acceptable trade off if it means a massive waterline won’t be allowed to trench through multiple historical and pre-contact burials with zero regulatory oversight. I also urge the County to be proactive in correcting their inventory of old government roads, such as Mill St in the waterline route, in the interest of public trust. A private developer should not be able to seize control of a public road the way ex-Public Works director David Goode allowed West Maui Land to do a few years ago. A government road can only be closed or abandoned by a vote of the full County Council. There are multiple County ordinances recognizing Mill St as a regulated government road despite Goode’s denials.