SMX2026-00042 and SM62026-00004: Special Management Area Minor Permit, 25 Maunaloa Highway, Kaunakakai Ahupuaʻa

County file: SMX2026-00042, SM62026-00004
On the agenda: Molokaʻi Planning Commission, Friday, Sept. 11, 2026, 11:00 AM: item A.1 under “A. CONTESTED CASES” · agenda
What the commission did, as its Summary Minutes, September 11, 2026 Special Meeting print it: It was moved by K. Sagario; Seconded by D. Kelly; then unanimously. VOTED: To Approve (Assenting: Z. Lindo; K. Bishaw-Juario; K. Sagario; H. Place; D. Kelly) · minutes
Who decides: On Molokaʻi the planning commission decides SMA minor permits (Molokaʻi Planning Commission SMA rules, § 12-302-14). Who decides what
Valuation, as printed: $60,000
Community plan area: Molokaʻi
On the Ledger's watch since: Sept. 19, 2026

The item, in the county's words

SPECIAL MANAGEMENT AREA (SMA) MINOR

MS. LISA KETTLEY of Tetra Tech, Inc. and MR. CLIFFORD MIYAKE of Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link, LLC, on behalf of THE STATE OF HAWAIʻI, requesting a Special Management Area Minor Permit for an Archaeological Inventory Survey (AIS) to satisfy State Historic Preservation Division requirements for the proposed Hawaiian Islands Fiber Link (HIFL) Project at the Molokaʻi cable landing site, located at 25 Maunaloa Highway, Kaunakakai Ahupuaʻa, Island of Molokaʻi, Hawaii; TMK: (2) 5-3-001:003 (SMX2026-00042) (SM62026-00004) (Valuation $60,000) (R. Liles)

The county's documents: Staff Report · PowerPoint presentation · Exhibits

Copied from the county's agenda as posted in its Agenda Center and read Sept. 19, 2026. The wording, names and numbers are the county's; the agendas also print a Hawaiian translation, which is not copied here. The Ledger has not reviewed the staff report or other materials and takes no position. Agenda items are subject to cancellation, the agendas say; to testify, follow the instructions on the agenda.