The state and the U.S. Coast Guard will hold a community meeting to present a security plan for the resumption of port calls by American Safari Cruises to Molokai.

It’s set for 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Jan. 17, at Mitchell Pauole Community Center in Kaunakakaki. 

Here are excerpts from an Abercrombie administration press release:

American Safari Cruises will resume its port call into Kaunakakai Harbor on Saturday, January 21, 2012. The company cancelled its port calls last month in response to community concerns. Since then, Molokai residents and officials have held meetings to discuss the future of tour operations in Kaunakakai. Department of Land and Natural Resources Chairman William Aila has been actively participating in those discussions on behalf of the state. 

“I am pleased that we have settled the situation with American Safari Cruises, which could not have been achieved without the coming together of all the concerned parties,” said Chair Aila. “This meeting is the next step in keeping an open dialogue with the community.”