Surfers: Kahului Harbor Surf Break to Be Destroyed

Please show up at the Governor's Advisory Council meeting and oppose cruise ships and the Superferry destroying the Kahului Harbor surf break. This break is one of the only ones our young people in Kahului can walk to.

DOT plans on spending 1/3 of a BILLION dollars to build a dock on the west side of Kahului Harbor.

This dock is for the Superferry and the Cruise ships.

Better we just tell them to get out of Kahului Harbor for a number of reasons:

This appears to wipe out the surf break.

Kahului Harbor is part of the ceded lands and as such it is wrong to destroy a 1,000 year tradition of surfing for cruise ships which according to the Maui Cruise Ship Task Force Report do us very little good economically and bring many negatives including traffic and sewage dumped in our ocean.

This will also have a negative impact on our small boat harbor as parking is taken over by the 3,000 people on the cruise ship and the up to 900 people twice a day on the Superferry.

The alternative is to give priority to freight using our existing docks or to expand toward the sewage treatment plant.

Advisory Board agenda follows.

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Governor's Neighbor Island Community Advisory Council
Thursday, January 17, 2008
5:00 p.m.
Cameron Center, Auditorium
95 Mahalani Street, Wailuku

Call to Order-
1. Kathryn Ghean, John Henry, Barbara-Ann Keller, Carl Lindquist, Lori Ululani Sablas, Madge Schaefer - Chair, Kalei Sombelon -Vice Chair, Shan Steinmark, Gail K. Takeuchi Governor's Maui Liaison, George Kaya, ex-officio, staff members Shermane Chu, Tessie Manrique

Minutes – November 15, 2007
2. Agenda items.
3. Ione Godsey, Public Housing Supervisor at Maui Asset Management Project,
a. to discuss Hawaii Public Housing projects on Maui.

Michael Formby, Deputy Director of Harbors Division, Brennon Morioka,
a. Acting Director of Transportation; will do a presentation on the Harbor
Modernization Plan (HMP).

4. Public Testimony

5. New Business

6. Announcements – Next meeting February 21, 2008, to be held at the Lahaina Civic Center.

7. Adjournment

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MINUTES. WRITTEN TESDTIMONY AND/OR INFORMATION IS WELCOME.

FOR INFORMATION CONTACT GOVERNOR'S LIAISON OFFICE: 2264 AUPUNI STREET, SUITE 1, WAILUKU, HAWAII, HAWAII 96793; PHONE: 243-5796; FAX 243-5049; e-mail: mauigov@hawaii.gov