Kauai Planning Commission Schedules March 10 Public Meeting at Lihue Civic Center
Kauai's Planning Commission held a Special Management Area hearing March 10 at Lihue Civic Center, with written testimony accepted by email or mail.
The Kauaʻi Planning Commission convened a public hearing March 10 at the Līhuʻe Civic Center's Moikeha Building, Meeting Room 2A-2B, on 4444 Rice Street, opening agency proceedings under the county's Special Management Area rules to anyone wishing to weigh in on items listed on the commission's posted agenda.
The session began at 9:00 a.m., or shortly thereafter, and was held pursuant to Kauai County Code Chapter 8, Hawaii Revised Statutes Chapters 92 and 91, and the Rules of Practice and Procedure of the County of Kauai Planning Commission. The legal framework governing the hearing covers both open meetings requirements and contested case procedures, placing the proceedings squarely within the county's formal land-use review process for coastal and special management areas.
Written testimony was accepted for any item on the agenda. The commission required that submissions include the writer's name or pseudonym, their position, title, and organization if representing one, and the specific agenda item being addressed. Residents could submit written comments by email to planningdepartment@kauai.gov or by mail to the County of Kauaʻi Planning Department, 4444 Rice Street, Suite 473, Lihue, Hawaiʻi 96766.
Timing mattered for those who wanted their comments reviewed before deliberations. Written testimony received by the Planning Department at least 24 hours before the meeting was posted to the Planning Commission's website ahead of the session. Testimony arriving after that cutoff was retained as part of the official record, but the commission could not guarantee commissioners would have time to review it before the hearing.
The public notice published ahead of the meeting carried an advisory noting that interested parties should consult the Planning Commission Agenda for March 10 for final determination of the meeting location, suggesting that room assignments can sometimes shift between notice publication and the meeting date. The Moikeha Building room designation of 2A-2B was the location identified in the published notice.
The Planning Department can be reached at (808) 241-4050 or planningdepartment@kauai.gov for questions about the commission's agenda, testimony procedures, or upcoming hearing dates.
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