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Development

4 Dec 2020

New & Noteworthy: Koʻolau Loa Plan; Aquarium Collecting

by Teresa | posted in: December 2020, Development, Fisheries, New & Noteworthy | 0

Koʻolauloa Plan Advances: On November 19, the Zoning and Planning Committee of the Honolulu City Council voted to adopt a revised Sustainable Communities Plan for the windward Koʻolauloa area that limits Hawaiʻi Reserves, Inc., which manages the land in Laʻie … Continued

Patricia Tummons, Teresa Dawson
1 Nov 2020

Guest Ranch in North Kohala Gets Approval to Continue Operations

by Teresa | posted in: Agriculture, Development, November 2020, Tourism | 0

Last month, the Hawai‘i County Leeward Planning Commission voted unanimously to approve the application of Kupunakane Ranch, LLC, dba Puakea Ranch, to run a hotel on 14.9 acres of land in the state Agricultural District in North Kohala. Plans call … Continued

Patricia Tummons
1 Jul 2020

Court Upholds Lana‘i Resort’s Use Of High-Level Aquifer for Irrigation

by Teresa | posted in: Development, July 2020, Water | 0

The Hawai‘i Supreme Court has upheld the decision of the state Land Use Commission in a dispute over water on Lana‘i that goes back three decades, allowing the use of brackish water from the island’s high-level aquifer to be used … Continued

Patricia Tummons
31 Aug 2019

Court Rules Largely Against Plaintiff In Lawsuit Over Kahala Resort Permit

by Teresa | posted in: Board Talk, Development, September 2019 | 0

For the last two years, David Kimo Frankel has tried to get the Department of Land and Natural Resources and its board to stamp out what he saw as illegal commercial use of a state beachfront parcel rented since the … Continued

Teresa Dawson
1 Apr 2015

Committee Tables Malaekahana Development, City Council Chair Awaits a New General Plan

by Teresa | posted in: April 2015, Development | 0

The bill that would keep the urban growth boundary at Malaekahana where it is will die if the Honolulu Department of Planning and Permitting (DPP) doesn’t release at least a draft O`ahu General Plan this month or the next. On … Continued

Teresa Dawson
31 Jan 2015

Hawai`i Supreme Court Throws Out Koa Ridge Approval

by Teresa | posted in: Development, EH-XTRA | 0

(Posted December 23, 2013) The Land Use Commission’s approval of a controversial O`ahu housing development known as Koa Ridge has been tossed out by the state Supreme Court. In an opinion written by Associate Justice Paula A. Nakayama and signed … Continued

Patricia Tummons
31 Jan 2015

Federal Judge Knocks Down Kaua`i Limit on New Visitor Units

by Teresa | posted in: Development, EH-XTRA, Tourism | 0

Posted 07/11/2013  U.S. District Judge Leslie E. Kobayashi has determined that Kaua`i County’s limit on new transient accommodation units – or TAUs – is the result of “an improper zoning initiative and … is invalid.” Kobayashi made the ruling in … Continued

Patricia Tummons
31 Jan 2015

Appeals Court Sides with Lanaians for Sensible Growth

by Teresa | posted in: Development, EH-XTRA, Water | 0

Posted 08/28/2012  The Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation has won again. On August 24, the Intermediate Court of Appeals found that the citizens’ group Lanaians for Sensible Growth (LSG) — a client of the NHLC — can appeal a 2010 Land … Continued

Teresa Dawson
30 Jan 2015

`Aina Le`a Seeks to Raise Capital Through Stock Sale

by Teresa | posted in: Development, EH-XTRA | 0

Posted 07/30/2012  The developer of 62 acres of land near Waikoloa, Hawai’i, has registered its intentions to raise some $37.5 million in capital through a public offering of stock. The registration was made with the Securities and Exchange Commission on … Continued

Aina Lea, Patricia Tummons
30 Jan 2015

University Refrains From Clearing Old Haleakala Astronomy Facilities

by Teresa | posted in: Development, EH-XTRA | 0

Posted 05/04/2012  “This project is not simply removing foundations. It’s jackhammering, pouring concrete, and making a lot of noise,” Native Hawaiian Legal Corporation (NHLC) attorney David Kimo Frankel told the state Board of Land and Natural Resources at an April 27 … Continued

Teresa Dawson

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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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