GREAT-10(2) COUNCIL-INITIATED CHARTER AMENDMENTS (RESOLUTION 22-119, CHARTER PROPOSAL TO ESTABLISH THE EAST MAUI COMMUNITY WATER AUTHORITY) (GREAT-10(2))
I am against government entities getting to large or confusing.. However, this is a important matter. Water belongs to the aina and its people. It should be therefore controlled, maintained and nurtured by its people. I strongly support this proposed charter amendment. Respectfully Submitted.
As a thirty-six year East Maui resident, I wholeheartedly support Resolution 22-119. It makes no sense for a most vital resource to be controlled by an off-island entity whose financial interests may be apart from the best interests of our community.
We depend more than enough on foreign entities for services to the native lands. We need to stand up for ourselves and take our natural resources under our control. Please support this effort.
I support the establishment of an East Maui Water Authority. For way too long, big corporate interests have controlled the East County water supply, often to the detriment of local farmers and fish, shellfish, and plants dependent on steady stream flow. The many and varied people who depend on this water should a place at the table.
Additionally, as a public entity, the Water Authority would be eligible for private, federal, and state funding that is not available to private corporations. Funding could be used for watershed restoration and much needed repairs to the century old infrastructure of the East Maui Irrigation system.
Please vote in favor of East Maui Water Authority. Mahalo.
“I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority. With impending climate change it is more important than ever for the citizens of Maui to have a voice on what happens to our water. It makes no sense for a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) to control the keys to our island's greatest public water resource – our East Maui Streams. Thank you for creating this resolution and doing the right thing for our community.”
“I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority. I have grown increasingly concerned over the years with our changing weather and thus changing water supply. It makes no sense for a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) to control the keys to our island's greatest public water resource – our East Maui Streams. Thank you for creating this resolution and doing the right thing for our community.”
I strongly support Resolution 22-119. With global warming and water shortages, it's increasingly important for us to responsibly manage our scarce water resources! Thank you so much.
I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority. I have grown increasingly concerned over the years with our changing weather and thus changing water supply. It makes no sense for a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) to control the keys to our island's greatest public water resource – our East Maui Streams. Thank you for creating this resolution and doing the right thing for our community.
As a third generation Maui resident I whole heartedly approve of resolution 22-119, charter proposal to establish the East maui water authority - Let’s give the vote to the people - It’s the right thing to do.
Noelani Vicente
Kihei
I very much support RESOLUTION 22-119. For too long, East Maui water has been controlled by large scale agriculture, with aging, inefficient water transport systems leading to wasted water. Commercial users have had to use the lions share of available water to irrigate their crops, leaving smaller farmers, Hawaiian Homesteads, watershed ecosystems, and local communities without adequate access to life giving waters. The establishment of this community water authority is an important step towards restoring community based management of our resources and bringing stewardship back into the hands of the people of Maui. The last thing we need right now is a foreign-entity controlling our water supply for the next 30 years, which seems likely to happen if we don't pass this resolution. Thank you council for helping the people of Maui!
I strongly support RESOLUTION 22-119 to create an East Maui Water Authority. With increasingly uncertain weather, it makes absolutely no sense to grant a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) 30 years control of Maui's largest public water supply. Especially when public records show they're already wasting at least 50% of what they take right now. We need our water usage decisions made by our local communities, and I am so thrilled that the council is finally trying to correct this massively broken system. Let's bring our priorities back in line - putting locals before foreign corporations. I urge you strongly to pass this resolution now!
Thank you for considering allowing the citizens of Maui to decide on this issue that affects everyone on the island. It is imperative for the future of our island that we not only restore the ditch system using State and Federal funds but that we address the small water cycle of our islands. Unless we address the dessertification of our island we will not have enough rain to fill up our irrigation ditches.
I support putting this issue to a vote of the people,
Char O'Brien, Haiku
I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority.
It is essential to have this stewardship over any foreign and for-profit corporation. We must protect and safeguard our island.
This Resolution 22-119 is critical for the betterment of our natural resources which impacts everyone in the region and on island.
I firmly believe the County of Maui must take this vital step to secure its / our own long-term water management and be liberated from the dependency on private, commercial and/or third-party operators who aren’t committed to integrity and resource conservation.
An East Maui County Authority would uphold the primary intention of Aloha ‘Āina with ethical water management and conservation.
Mahalo!
Miranda Seeton
Citizen of Maui
Local Business Owner
East Maui residents should be able to have greater control over how water in their communities is distributed, rather than letting large corporations with little interest in local communities control our water
RE: Proposed Charter Amendment on Planning Commissions
Great Committee: GREAT-10(3) Reso 22-144
Aloha Councilmember,
I have attached a clearer version of the proposed charter amendment on planning commissions. I believe it will clarify several items that the present version leaves unclear.
The following are a the changes that I am recommending:
1. The role and purpose for having a Maui County Planning Commission, as distinct from the district planning commissions.
2. The method by which the members of the Maui County Planning Commission will be selected.
This would give our community the water it needs to grow Taro and other needed crops for our community. This is the just and right thing to do to give the water to the people to grow what we need to take care of our families. Please vote yes on this bill. We have been without water long enough. It's time to give us back the water in our streams, for our crops, and to bring back the Opaekala'ole and have a healthy eco-system again. Please do the right thing for the people who depend on this water and for the health of our communities. Mahalo and God Bless
I am against government entities getting to large or confusing.. However, this is a important matter. Water belongs to the aina and its people. It should be therefore controlled, maintained and nurtured by its people. I strongly support this proposed charter amendment. Respectfully Submitted.
As a thirty-six year East Maui resident, I wholeheartedly support Resolution 22-119. It makes no sense for a most vital resource to be controlled by an off-island entity whose financial interests may be apart from the best interests of our community.
It is time to honor the streams of eAst Maui and finally give them the attention they deserve.
We depend more than enough on foreign entities for services to the native lands. We need to stand up for ourselves and take our natural resources under our control. Please support this effort.
I support the establishment of an East Maui Water Authority. For way too long, big corporate interests have controlled the East County water supply, often to the detriment of local farmers and fish, shellfish, and plants dependent on steady stream flow. The many and varied people who depend on this water should a place at the table.
Additionally, as a public entity, the Water Authority would be eligible for private, federal, and state funding that is not available to private corporations. Funding could be used for watershed restoration and much needed repairs to the century old infrastructure of the East Maui Irrigation system.
Please vote in favor of East Maui Water Authority. Mahalo.
“I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority. With impending climate change it is more important than ever for the citizens of Maui to have a voice on what happens to our water. It makes no sense for a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) to control the keys to our island's greatest public water resource – our East Maui Streams. Thank you for creating this resolution and doing the right thing for our community.”
Give water rights back to the people of Maui. No corporation should be able to control that.
“I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority. I have grown increasingly concerned over the years with our changing weather and thus changing water supply. It makes no sense for a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) to control the keys to our island's greatest public water resource – our East Maui Streams. Thank you for creating this resolution and doing the right thing for our community.”
Yes, I fully support the Resolution 22-119. It's time to put an end on foreign corporations having control over Maui's greatest resource.
I strongly support Resolution 22-119. With global warming and water shortages, it's increasingly important for us to responsibly manage our scarce water resources! Thank you so much.
I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority. I have grown increasingly concerned over the years with our changing weather and thus changing water supply. It makes no sense for a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) to control the keys to our island's greatest public water resource – our East Maui Streams. Thank you for creating this resolution and doing the right thing for our community.
As a third generation Maui resident I whole heartedly approve of resolution 22-119, charter proposal to establish the East maui water authority - Let’s give the vote to the people - It’s the right thing to do.
Noelani Vicente
Kihei
I very much support RESOLUTION 22-119. For too long, East Maui water has been controlled by large scale agriculture, with aging, inefficient water transport systems leading to wasted water. Commercial users have had to use the lions share of available water to irrigate their crops, leaving smaller farmers, Hawaiian Homesteads, watershed ecosystems, and local communities without adequate access to life giving waters. The establishment of this community water authority is an important step towards restoring community based management of our resources and bringing stewardship back into the hands of the people of Maui. The last thing we need right now is a foreign-entity controlling our water supply for the next 30 years, which seems likely to happen if we don't pass this resolution. Thank you council for helping the people of Maui!
I strongly support RESOLUTION 22-119 to create an East Maui Water Authority. With increasingly uncertain weather, it makes absolutely no sense to grant a foreign corporation (PSP/Mahi Pono) 30 years control of Maui's largest public water supply. Especially when public records show they're already wasting at least 50% of what they take right now. We need our water usage decisions made by our local communities, and I am so thrilled that the council is finally trying to correct this massively broken system. Let's bring our priorities back in line - putting locals before foreign corporations. I urge you strongly to pass this resolution now!
Dear GREAT committee members,
Thank you for considering allowing the citizens of Maui to decide on this issue that affects everyone on the island. It is imperative for the future of our island that we not only restore the ditch system using State and Federal funds but that we address the small water cycle of our islands. Unless we address the dessertification of our island we will not have enough rain to fill up our irrigation ditches.
I support putting this issue to a vote of the people,
Char O'Brien, Haiku
I am writing in strong support of Resolution 22-119 and the creation of the East Maui Water Authority.
It is essential to have this stewardship over any foreign and for-profit corporation. We must protect and safeguard our island.
This Resolution 22-119 is critical for the betterment of our natural resources which impacts everyone in the region and on island.
I firmly believe the County of Maui must take this vital step to secure its / our own long-term water management and be liberated from the dependency on private, commercial and/or third-party operators who aren’t committed to integrity and resource conservation.
An East Maui County Authority would uphold the primary intention of Aloha ‘Āina with ethical water management and conservation.
Mahalo!
Miranda Seeton
Citizen of Maui
Local Business Owner
Aloha,
Thank You for this proposal. It is very important to our community and residents.
East Maui residents should be able to have greater control over how water in their communities is distributed, rather than letting large corporations with little interest in local communities control our water
RE: Proposed Charter Amendment on Planning Commissions
Great Committee: GREAT-10(3) Reso 22-144
Aloha Councilmember,
I have attached a clearer version of the proposed charter amendment on planning commissions. I believe it will clarify several items that the present version leaves unclear.
The following are a the changes that I am recommending:
1. The role and purpose for having a Maui County Planning Commission, as distinct from the district planning commissions.
2. The method by which the members of the Maui County Planning Commission will be selected.
This would give our community the water it needs to grow Taro and other needed crops for our community. This is the just and right thing to do to give the water to the people to grow what we need to take care of our families. Please vote yes on this bill. We have been without water long enough. It's time to give us back the water in our streams, for our crops, and to bring back the Opaekala'ole and have a healthy eco-system again. Please do the right thing for the people who depend on this water and for the health of our communities. Mahalo and God Bless