Aloha! We support the long overdue implementation and enforcement of our Maui Island Plan, 2030 and our community plans. Over tourism is destroying the environment and degrading the lives of our communities. Please take actions........Mahalo! Christel and John Blumer-Buell, Hana.
please ask that the proposed bill be immediately implemented and modified to include all of Maui County, and not just South and West Maui. Otherwise development of visitor accommodations will just shift to the rest of the county creating further problems in other areas.
Please use your good judgement in protecting Maui and finding a workable balance between tourists & locals...
This is your responsibility!! If you don't act with this goodwill and love of Maui... resources will be drained, beaches will be ruined,
Use your higher judgement...not greed!!!
please ask that the proposed bill be immediately implemented and modified to include all of Maui County, and not just South and West Maui. Otherwise development of visitor accommodations will just shift to the rest of the county creating further problems in other areas.
The existing Maui Plan said the visitor limit should be 50,000. In 2019 there were times we had 75,000 visitors here. What is the point of setting Plans if they are ignored. Entitlements in South Maui are allowing every square foot of land to be built upon. Congestion is untenable for residents like ourselves. lWhen will enough be enough? Please pass a moratorium on new hotel/condo construction especially for Kihei/Wailea. Dave and Mary Reader 2531 S. Kihei Rd.
I am a home owner and resident of Kihei. I strongly support this bill for a moratorium on visitor accommodations. Our quality of life and the fragile state of the our environment are at stake. We should not be subjected to being the tourist capital of the world!
Good morning, my name is Molly Jacobson and I am a Kihei resident. I fully support this bill, however, I think it should cover all of Maui. I also think it should apply to projects that are in progress. We are at a crisis point and we must give the island a break from growth. We should be building affordable homes and shoring up our infrastructure. And if developers want to build, they should be mandated to build for the people, first. We are killing the golden goose.
Hello, Councilpersons and committee members,
My name is David Dorn a Kihei Resident and co-founder of SaveKihei.Org a community group.
I support this bill for a moratorium on Hotel and VA building, and it should be for 10 years and be island-wide. We actually need a general moratorium on all building (with the exception of affordable housing and infrastructure).
There is way too much building going on, and it is pushing our population to breaking point. Estimates say that soon there will be 250 thousand people driving around on Maui every day. This horrendous number is because of increasing tourism and people moving here from the mainland. This is not a natural population increase from locals having children. Can you imagine how horrible that will be. We will be worse off than Waikiki. And it is happening right before our eyes.
We need this moratorium to stop unchecked growth, which will create problems going forward. We need this moratorium to send a clear message to the planning department about what kinds of developments we need right now. The planning department will keep approving Hotels and Visitor Accommodations indefinitely without any clear directives and rules with teeth.
Please protect and preserve Maui from overtourism. It is already too crowded and edging out the residents and destroying our land and sea. Moratorium should include the whole island and county.
I fully support the MORATORIUM ON VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS DEVELOPMENT. It should be expanded to include all of Maui County. Furthermore, there should be a limit on the number of visitors allowed.
I fully support the bill to halt any further visitor accommodations, for all of Maui, not just the Southside and Westside. We need to take care of our land and resources to ensure longevity.
I SUPPORT of the proposed "MORATORIUM ON BUILDING PERMITS FOR VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS (CARE-50),” I also ask that the proposed bill be modified to include ALL of Maui County and not just South and West Maui. Further tourism development needs to stop, Maui already has enough tourism housing. This continued development only continues to erode the Maui beauty.
I 100% endorse and support the Visitor Accommodation Moratorium bill. I have sent hundreds of families to Maui over the 40 years in the tourism industry. I saw what Maui was in the 70's, anything south of Lipoa was dirt road! Maui has enough tourism loding, maybe too much already. Leave the rest of Maui to Maui residences! Mahalo nui loa! Michael Byrne
Aloha! We support the long overdue implementation and enforcement of our Maui Island Plan, 2030 and our community plans. Over tourism is destroying the environment and degrading the lives of our communities. Please take actions........Mahalo! Christel and John Blumer-Buell, Hana.
please ask that the proposed bill be immediately implemented and modified to include all of Maui County, and not just South and West Maui. Otherwise development of visitor accommodations will just shift to the rest of the county creating further problems in other areas.
Please use your good judgement in protecting Maui and finding a workable balance between tourists & locals...
This is your responsibility!! If you don't act with this goodwill and love of Maui... resources will be drained, beaches will be ruined,
Use your higher judgement...not greed!!!
please ask that the proposed bill be immediately implemented and modified to include all of Maui County, and not just South and West Maui. Otherwise development of visitor accommodations will just shift to the rest of the county creating further problems in other areas.
The existing Maui Plan said the visitor limit should be 50,000. In 2019 there were times we had 75,000 visitors here. What is the point of setting Plans if they are ignored. Entitlements in South Maui are allowing every square foot of land to be built upon. Congestion is untenable for residents like ourselves. lWhen will enough be enough? Please pass a moratorium on new hotel/condo construction especially for Kihei/Wailea. Dave and Mary Reader 2531 S. Kihei Rd.
I support this bill. No more hotels
I would love to see Maui remain small scale in relation to Oahu. Please don’t let greed and money cloud the local vibe that makes Maui so great!
I am a home owner and resident of Kihei. I strongly support this bill for a moratorium on visitor accommodations. Our quality of life and the fragile state of the our environment are at stake. We should not be subjected to being the tourist capital of the world!
Good morning, my name is Molly Jacobson and I am a Kihei resident. I fully support this bill, however, I think it should cover all of Maui. I also think it should apply to projects that are in progress. We are at a crisis point and we must give the island a break from growth. We should be building affordable homes and shoring up our infrastructure. And if developers want to build, they should be mandated to build for the people, first. We are killing the golden goose.
Hello, Councilpersons and committee members,
My name is David Dorn a Kihei Resident and co-founder of SaveKihei.Org a community group.
I support this bill for a moratorium on Hotel and VA building, and it should be for 10 years and be island-wide. We actually need a general moratorium on all building (with the exception of affordable housing and infrastructure).
There is way too much building going on, and it is pushing our population to breaking point. Estimates say that soon there will be 250 thousand people driving around on Maui every day. This horrendous number is because of increasing tourism and people moving here from the mainland. This is not a natural population increase from locals having children. Can you imagine how horrible that will be. We will be worse off than Waikiki. And it is happening right before our eyes.
We need this moratorium to stop unchecked growth, which will create problems going forward. We need this moratorium to send a clear message to the planning department about what kinds of developments we need right now. The planning department will keep approving Hotels and Visitor Accommodations indefinitely without any clear directives and rules with teeth.
Please support this moratorium.
I think that it should also include all of Maui.
Support
Please protect and preserve Maui from overtourism. It is already too crowded and edging out the residents and destroying our land and sea. Moratorium should include the whole island and county.
I fully support the MORATORIUM ON VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS DEVELOPMENT. It should be expanded to include all of Maui County. Furthermore, there should be a limit on the number of visitors allowed.
I support the moratorium on visitor accommodations development and
I also support expanding it to include all of Maui.
It is Pono
I fully support the bill to halt any further visitor accommodations, for all of Maui, not just the Southside and Westside. We need to take care of our land and resources to ensure longevity.
Please include all of Maui in the moratorium on visitor accommodations and development. Maui is being overbuilt and overtourism needs to halt.
I SUPPORT of the proposed "MORATORIUM ON BUILDING PERMITS FOR VISITOR ACCOMMODATIONS (CARE-50),” I also ask that the proposed bill be modified to include ALL of Maui County and not just South and West Maui. Further tourism development needs to stop, Maui already has enough tourism housing. This continued development only continues to erode the Maui beauty.
I 100% endorse and support the Visitor Accommodation Moratorium bill. I have sent hundreds of families to Maui over the 40 years in the tourism industry. I saw what Maui was in the 70's, anything south of Lipoa was dirt road! Maui has enough tourism loding, maybe too much already. Leave the rest of Maui to Maui residences! Mahalo nui loa! Michael Byrne