I along with my partner David Bruce are the owners of the property at 16 E Waipuilani Rd in Kihei. I would like to comment regarding our single family home that has been unfairly targeted as a wetland and kindly but firmly ask that we be removed from this map as consideration as a "wetland". I have listed below the reasons we have been unfairly targeted and should not be on this map or any wetlands list.
This property is NOT vacant land. There is a single family home on this lot with a tenant residing there for many years.
The only reason this lot has been targeted as a "wetland" is because a few neighbors so adamantly fought against our efforts to build 28 affordable workforce housing units during the entitlement process in 2020-2022 and began calling us a "wetlands" to the county officials. The neighbors simply did not want affordable workforce housing next door to them! Shameful! Their efforts were successful and we were denied permission to build much needed affordable housing in Maui!
We received an Army Corp of Engineers report in 2021 that clearly states our property is NOT a wetland. ACE is the authority defining entity.
This lot is surrounded by walls on 3 sides.
This lot is 100% surrounded by single family homes.
NO runoff onto or off-of the site. NO flooding on the site except during HEAVY rains when it floods everywhere.
We (the owners) have not been contacted by any consultant and no consultant has been on the property.
We have a preliminary approved 4 lot subdivision in hand! This land is zoned for this use and we are working on the conditions currently.
Our email with Council Member Gabe Johnson's staff and ADEPT Committee in February of this year confirmed that we were to be removed from consideration as wetlands and yet we are still on this map?
There is absolutely no reasoning nor rationale to this designation! See the proposed map below and note this property is the ONLY one of the surrounding parcels to be targeted.
This unfortunate targeting of our property on Waipuilani Rd has caused a significant financial burden to us. We should not be penalized even further for simply trying to provide the beginnings of some MUCH needed housing to the people of Maui. Thank you for your understanding.
I along with my partner David Bruce are the owners of the property at 16 E Waipuilani Rd in Kihei. I would like to comment regarding our single family home that has been unfairly targeted as a wetland and kindly but firmly ask that we be removed from this map as consideration as a "wetland". I have listed below the reasons we have been unfairly targeted and should not be on this map or any wetlands list.
This property is NOT vacant land. There is a single family home on this lot with a tenant residing there for many years.
The only reason this lot has been targeted as a "wetland" is because a few neighbors so adamantly fought against our efforts to build 28 affordable workforce housing units during the entitlement process in 2020-2022 and began calling us a "wetlands" to the county officials. The neighbors simply did not want affordable workforce housing next door to them! Shameful! Their efforts were successful and we were denied permission to build much needed affordable housing in Maui!
We received an Army Corp of Engineers report in 2021 that clearly states our property is NOT a wetland. ACE is the authority defining entity.
This lot is surrounded by walls on 3 sides.
This lot is 100% surrounded by single family homes.
NO runoff onto or off-of the site. NO flooding on the site except during HEAVY rains when it floods everywhere.
We (the owners) have not been contacted by any consultant and no consultant has been on the property.
We have a preliminary approved 4 lot subdivision in hand! This land is zoned for this use and we are working on the conditions currently.
Our email with Council Member Gabe Johnson's staff and ADEPT Committee in February of this year confirmed that we were to be removed from consideration as wetlands and yet we are still on this map?
There is absolutely no reasoning nor rationale to this designation! See the proposed map below and note this property is the ONLY one of the surrounding parcels to be targeted.
This unfortunate targeting of our property on Waipuilani Rd has caused a significant financial burden to us. We should not be penalized even further for simply trying to provide the beginnings of some MUCH needed housing to the people of Maui. Thank you for your understanding.