October 2018 PDF
October 2018
Contested Case Request Halts Attempt To Condone Commercial Use at Kahala
In February 1967, officers with the Kahala Hilton Hotel Company signed an agreement with the state that allowed for the hotel’s creation of a public beach and swimming area fronting what is now the Kahala Hotel & Resort in south … Continued
New & Noteworthy: NELHA, Hu Honua
NELHA Tenant Exits: Cellana, the company that wanted to produce biofuel from algae, has abandoned its six-acre facility at the Natural Energy Laboratory of Hawai`i Authority (NELHA) in Kona. To get out from under its debt of roughly $280,000 in … Continued
Water Commission Roundup: DHHL Water Reservations, West Maui IIFS, Kawa Stream
On September 18, the state Commission on Water Resource Management approved groundwater reservations for the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL) totaling more than 13 million gallons a day (mgd) and spanning 20 aquifers across the islands of Lana`i, Kaua`i, … Continued
Sen. Thielen: Use of Kahala Land Needs an Environmental Review
“It’s not that I don’t like ResortTrust. You just got the potato at the end of the game,” Board of Land and Natural Resources member Keone Downing told the company’s representatives on September 14. “One potato, two potato, three potato, … Continued
BLNR Moves to Buy Dole Land At Helemano, ‘Warts and All’
On September 14, the state Board of Land and Natural Resources approved the purchase of 2,800 acres of conservation and agricultural lands in Wahiawa from Dole Food Company, Inc., for $15 million. The lands are slated for a variety of … Continued
Waikoloa Highlands Told to Defend Project At October LUC Meeting
“The Waikoloa Highlands project you see today is unusual.” In this way did Steve Lim, attorney for the developer, prove himself master of the understatement. Lim made the comment to the Land Use Commission at its meeting of September 6, … Continued