Julia Ham Tashima

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Ms. Julia Ham Tashima is the newest member to Planning Solutions and has been working at the firm as a Junior Planner 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, and alternative energy project investigations.

Her professional expertise includes:

  • Land Use Permit Applications
  • Environmental Impact Analysis
  • Ecological Monitoring

Her educational credentials consist of:

  • B.A. Art, University of California, Los Angeles

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

  • Jr. Planner, Planning Solutions, Inc. – Honolulu, Hawai‘i
  • Executive Assistant, Honolulu Community Action Program – Honolulu, Hawai‘i
  • Human Resources Manager, Pictage, Inc. – Torrance, California
  • Legal Secretary, Alexander & Yong – Los Angeles, California

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

  • Conservation District Use Permit Application for TMT Telescope, Mauna Kea, Island of Hawai‘i
  • Environmental Assessment for the HELCO Power Line/Access Road for the Ahualoa Well Development, Island of Hawai‘i
  • Environmental Assessment and Conditional Use Permit for Honua Biomass Gasification and Electrical Power Generation Facility, ‘Ewa, O‘ahu
  • 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 (NEPA) for Gray’s Beach Restoration, Waikīkī, O‘ahu
  • 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