Title
MORATORIUM ON EXPORTING SAND AND THE MAUI INLAND SAND RESOURCE QUANTIFICATION STUDY (IEM-33)
Description
The Committee is in receipt of the following:
1. County Communication 17-214, from the Mayor, relating to a moratorium on exporting sand and referencing the Maui Inland Resource Quantification Study originally transmitted in February 2006, identifying a potential life-span of five to seven years for mining of inland sand and exporting of sand to Oahu; and
2. County Communication 17-215, from Councilmember Alika Atay, relating to sand and aggregate mining and export in Maui County.
3. Correspondence dated May 30, 2017 to the Department of the Corporation Counsel transmitting a proposed resolution entitled “REFERRING TO THE LANAI, MAUI AND MOLOKAI PLANNING COMMISSIONS A DRAFT BILL AMENDING CHAPTER 19.04, MAUI COUNTY CODE, ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON MINING, EXTRACTION, STOCKPILING, OR EXCAVATION OF INLAND SAND.” The purpose of the proposed resolution is to refer to the planning commissions a draft bill entitled “A BILL FOR AN ORDINANCE AMENDING CHAPTER 19.04, MAUI COUNTY CODE, ESTABLISHING A MORATORIUM ON MINING, EXTRACTION, STOCKPILING, OR EXCAVATION OF INLAND SAND.” The purpose of the draft bill is to establish a two-year moratorium on the mining, extraction, stockpiling, and excavation of inland sand.
Status
The Committee may consider whether to recommend adoption of the proposed resolution on first reading, with or without revisions. The Committee may also consider other related action.