Residents hatched plan to turn sugar land to community uses
| • | West Maui may get hospital |
| • | Map: The Ka'anapali 2020 project |
By Christie Wilson
Advertiser Neighbor Island Editor
LAHAINA, Maui — Ka'anapali Development Corp. is preparing to implement a master plan devised with the help of community volunteers for 1,154 acres of former sugar land.
The developer is seeking comments for a draft environmental impact statement for the Ka'anapali 2020 project. Comments should be submitted by Oct. 8 to: • Ka'anapali Development Corp., 10 Ho'ohui Road, Suite 305, Lahaina 96761 • Munekiyo & Hiraga Inc. (consultant), 305 S. High St., Suite 104, Wailuku 96793 • Maui County Department of Planning, 250 S. High St., Wailuku 96793 • The Office of Environmental Quality Control, 235 S. Beretania St., Suite 702, Honolulu 96813.
The Ka'anapali 2020 project would build 2,810 single- and multi-family homes on land above the resort.
Public comment welcome
There would be sites for a hospital, school, healing center, golf course, parks, open space, cultural center and mixed commercial uses, according to documents submitted to the state Office of Environmental Quality Control.
The land is owned by the developer's affiliates: Pioneer Mill, Amfac Property Investment Corp., Amfac Property Development Corp. and Amfac/JMB.
The development will need various land-use approvals and public hearings, including a state district boundary amendment from agriculture to urban, a county zoning change and a community plan amendment.
An environmental impact statement also is required by the county because of the project's scope and size.
Amfac's Pioneer Mill last harvested sugar in 1999, leaving residents to worry about the fate of thousands of acres of former agricultural land.
After Amfac officials admitted they had erred in previous West Maui development decisions, the developer sponsored a Ka'anapali Future Search Conference involving about 100 community volunteers to help the company plan the future of about 3,000 acres of former sugar-cane land around the Ka'anapali resort.
Out of that effort came the Ka'anapali 2020 Project Development Area Plan.
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