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Land Use

4 Mar 2021

U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bridge ʻAina Leʻa’s Claim of Taking

by Teresa | posted in: Land Use, March 2021 | 0

The U.S. Supreme Court has laid to rest, once and for all, the claim of Bridge ʻAina Leʻa that the state of Hawaiʻi owes it money for a temporary taking. That “taking” claim arises from the Land Use Commission’s 2011 … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Kehalani Developer Disputes Claim Of a Promised Community Center

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021, Land Use | 0

Much of the Land Use Commission’s attention focused on the apparent inability and unwillingness of the Wailuku Plantation and its owner, Vernon Lindsey, to fulfill conditions of a 1990 district boundary amendment. However, RCFC Kehalani, LLC, which assumed obligations under … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Owner of Piʻihana Property Ignored LUC, County Conditions

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021, Land Use | 0

When Vernon Lindsey and his Wailuku Plantation, LLC, purchased the property that was part of the 1990 boundary amendment petition, the property consisted of seven discrete legal parcels, part or all of which were within the petition area. Among them … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Feb 2021

Hawaiʻi County Folds on Demand For New EIS For ʻAina Leʻa Housing

by Teresa | posted in: February 2021, Land Use | 0

Less than a month after the inauguration of Hawaiʻi County Mayor Mitch Roth, his nominee for planning director, Kendo Zern, has reversed the county’s long-standing position that work on the long-stalled ʻAina Leʻa project would not be allowed until a … Continued

Patricia Tummons
4 Jan 2021

New & Noteworthy: Big Island Dairy; Lanikai Land Grab

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, January 2021, Land Use | 0

Big Island Dairy: The cows are gone and the site has been cleaned up, at least to the satisfaction of the state Department of Health. The Big Island Dairy near O‘okala, on the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, has been … Continued

Patricia Tummons
4 Dec 2020

Board Talk: Trash Hauler Faces Fine; East Maui Water Permits Renewed

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, December 2020, Land Use, Pollution, Water | 0

Land Board Fines Trash Hauler $62,000 for Leaving Full Roll-Offs On State Land Being contrite might have helped, but John Guinan, Jr., owner of The Trash Man, LLC hauling company, chose to fight. He ended up with a fine nearly … Continued

Teresa Dawson
4 Dec 2020

ʻAina Leʻa Update: From State Court, To County Planners, to U.S. Supreme Court

by Teresa | posted in: December 2020, Land Use | 0

For years, the various owners of land in South Kohala where the ʻAina Leʻa development is proposed have struggled to move forward with their plans. The problems they have faced related to permitting and entitlements, but also to finances. The … Continued

Patricia Tummons
4 Dec 2020

Big Plans for Foreign Investment In Dairy Operations Run Aground

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, December 2020, Land Use | 0

It has been more than a year since the Big Island Dairy in Oʻokala, along the Hamakua Coast of the Big Island, shut down. The closure followed a series of disastrous spills of manure into streams that outraged residents and … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Sep 2020

Strife Over Honokohau Boatyard Shift Lingers More Than 2 Years After Auction

by Teresa | posted in: DLNR, Land Use, September 2020 | 0

Last month, Environment Hawai‘i reported on a $423,000 settlement the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved to resolve several damage claims brought by its lessee, Pacific Marine Partners, LLC. The company had won a 10-year lease at public auction in the … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Sep 2020

Waikoloa Mauka Project Now Subject of FBI Investigation, Developer Says

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Land Use, September 2020 | 0

Danny Julkowski threw himself on the mercy of the Leeward Planning Commission of Hawai‘i County last month. And as sympathetic as the commissioners were to his plight, their mercy was more limited. Julkowski was asking the commissioners to recommend that the … Continued

Patricia Tummons

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In This Issue

  • March 2021 PDF March 4, 2021
  • Commission Pressures BWS to Meet Proposed Heʻeia Stream Flow Standards March 4, 2021
  • Study Maps Areas Where Fishers and False Killer Whales Overlap March 4, 2021
  • New & Noteworthy: Waikoloa, Kern, and Dairy Drama March 4, 2021
  • Agribusiness Agency Explains Reasons Behind Slow Progress in Utilizing Lands March 4, 2021
  • Board Talk: Aquarium Collecting Violations, Kawailoa Wind Farm, and Kauaʻi Tower Dispute March 4, 2021
  • U.S. Supreme Court Rejects Bridge ʻAina Leʻa’s Claim of Taking March 4, 2021

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