Ms. Julia Ham Tashima is working for Planning Solutions as a Planner and has been with the firm since 2008.  She has conducted field work and has been responsible for preparing reports and data summaries for those efforts.  Projects on which she has worked on include those related to environmental planning/environmental impact assessment, habitat conservation planning, environmental permitting, permit compliance, public outreach, and alternative energy project investigations.  

Her professional expertise includes: 

• Land Use Permits, including:

  • Special Management Area (SMA)

  • Conservation District Use (CDUP)  

• Environmental Impact Analysis 

• Ecological Monitoring 

• Permit Compliance Tracking and Reporting

• Facility Monitoring Plans and Tracking

Ms. Tashima’s educational credentials consist of: 

• Bachelor of Art (BA), University of California, Los Angeles

Her work experience, starting from the most recent, includes: 

• Planner, Planning Solutions, Inc. – Honolulu, Hawai‘i

• Executive Assistant, Honolulu Community Action Program – Honolulu, Hawai‘i

• Human Resources Manager, Pictage, Inc. – Torrance, California

• Office Manager/Legal Secretary, Alexander & Yong – Los Angeles, California

Selected projects Ms. Tashima has been responsible for or involved in, include:

• Caltech Submillimeter Observatory Decommissioning Project, Maunakea, Hāmākua, Hawaiʻi

• Environmental Assessment for Waiʻaha Well B Project, Waiʻaha, Hawaiʻi

• Environmental Assessment for the Ota Well Project, North Kona, Hawaiʻi

• Environmental Assessment for the Honouliuli Wastewater Treatment Plant Biogas Project, Honouliuli, Oʻahu

• Land Authorizations for Long-Term Continuation of Astronomy on Maunakea; EIS, Island of Hawai‘i

• Long-Term Habitat Conservation Plan: Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative, Kaua‘i

• KIUC Habitat Conservation Plan: Management of Minimization/Mitigation Project Implementation, Kaua‘i

• Environmental Impact Statement for the Hoakalei Master Plan Update Project, ‘Ewa Beach, O‘ahu 

• Facility Lighting Study and Analysis, Hawai‘i Electric Light Company, Island of Hawaiʻi  

• Facility Lighting Study and Analysis, Hawaiian Electric Company, O‘ahu

• Environmental Assessment for Keawakapu Reef Project, Keawakapu, Maui

• Environmental Assessment/Environmental Report for KIUC’s Anahola Solar Project, Kaua‘i

• Environmental Report for Upper Waiahi Powerhouse Expansion Project, Waiahi Stream, Kaua‘i

• Environmental Assessment for HECO Kahe Generating Station 2011 Projects, O‘ahu

• Environmental Impact Statement Preparation Notice and EIS for Haseko Lagoon, ‘Ewa, O‘ahu

• Identification and Assessment of Solid Biofuel Delivery Options, Waiau, Hawai‘i

• Protected Seabirds Site Monitoring Protocols & Procedures for KIUC, Kaua‘i

• Environmental Assessment for Kaua‘i Lagoons Resort’s Habitat Conservation Plan, Kaua‘i 

• Master Plan and Environmental Assessment for Kīholo Bay State Park Reserve, Island of Hawai‘i

• Conservation District Use Permit Application for TMT Telescope, Mauna Kea, Island of Hawai‘i

• Kaua‘i Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan for County of Kaua‘i, Kaua‘i

• Kaua‘i Seabird Habitat Conservation Plan for KIUC, Kaua‘i

• Environmental Impact Statement (NEPA) for Gray’s Beach Restoration, Waikīkī, O‘ahu

• Environmental Assessment and Conditional Use Permit for Honua Biomass Gasification and Electrical Power Generation Facility, ‘Ewa, O‘ahu

• Environmental Assessment for the HELCO Power Line/Access Road for the Ahualoa Well Development, Island of Hawai‘i

• Environmental Assessment for the Hala‘ula Exploratory Well, Island of Hawai‘i

• Environmental Assessment for the Kapulena Well, Island of Hawai‘i

• Environmental Assessment for the ‘Ōla‘a  Production Well & Reservoir, Island of Hawai‘i

• Environmental Impact Statement and CDUP Application for Kaheawa Wind Power II, Maui

• Habitat Conservation Plan for KIUC, Kaua‘i

• Zoning and Use Permit Applications for Princeville Well No. 5, Kaua‘i