NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING
MOLOKAI PLANNING COMMISSION

The Molokai Planning Commission for the County of Maui hereby gives notice that it will conduct a hearing on September 9, 2009, commencing at 12:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as is practicable in the Meeting Hall, Mitchell Pauole Center, Kaunakakai, Molokai, on the following:

SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA USE PERMIT

1. MR. BRENNON MORIOKA, Director, DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION requesting a Special Management Area Use Permit for the proposed Kawela Bridge Replacement project including the demolition of the existing Kawela Bridge and construction of a new bridge measuring 56 feet in length and 28 feet in width to improve hydraulic capacity at Milepost 5.110 to Milepost 5.118 at TMK: 5-4-001, TMK: 5-4-001: 027 and 023, Kawela, Island of Molokai. (SM1 2009/0002)

The subject public hearing will be conducted in accordance with the Hawaii Revised Statutes, the Maui County Code, and the Rules of the Molokai Planning Commission. Information pertaining to the subject application are on file at the Maui County Department of Planning, 250 South High Street, Wailuku, Maui; the Office of the County Administrator, Mitchell Pauole Center, Kaunakakai, Molokai; and the Molokai Public Library, Kaunakakai, Molokai.

All testimony regarding the subject applications may be filed prior to the date of the hearing by providing 15 copies of said written testimony to the Department of Planning or may be presented at the time of the hearing.

Petitions to intervene shall be in conformity with Section 12-301-25 of the Rules of Practice and Procedure for the Molokai Planning Commission and shall be filed with the Commission and served upon the applicant no less than ten (10) days before the first public hearing date. Filing of all documents to the Commission is c/o the Maui Planning Department, 250 South High Street, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 and P.O. Box 526, Kaunakakai, Hawaii 96748. The deadline for the filing of a timely petition to intervene is August 25,2009.

Those interested persons requesting accommodation due to disabilities, please call the Department of Planning at 270-7735 or 1-800-272-0117 (Molokai) or 1-800-272-0125 (Lanai) or notify the Maui County Department of Planning in writing at 250 South High Street, Wailuku, Maui, Hawaii 96793 at least six (6) days before the scheduled meeting.