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June 30,2024
<br /> Mr.Zendo Kern
<br /> Planning Director
<br /> Planning Department,County of Hawaii,
<br /> 101 Pauahi Street,Suite 3
<br /> Hilo, Hawai'i 96720
<br /> Re:Community Planning Professional Services(PL.4) "Opticos has been
<br /> (Community/Regional Plans,General Plan,Climate Adaptation) very helpful in
<br /> Statement of Qualifications working with us to
<br /> clarify and define
<br /> Dr. Mr. Kern, what Smart Growth
<br /> means to the island
<br /> Opticos Design,Inc. is pleased to submit our qualifications for professional services to of Kaua'i. They
<br /> Hawaii County for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. have been able to
<br /> clearly translate the
<br /> We are an urban design, planning, and architecture firm whose passion is creating vibrant, "generic" Smart
<br /> healthy, and sustainable places. In business since 2000,we maintain offices in Berkeley, Growth ideas into
<br /> California and Chicago, Illinois with 24 employees led by three principals.Our nationally
<br /> creative, culturally
<br /> recognized team of architects, urban designers, and planners bring extensive experience specific ideas and
<br /> planning, designing,and implementing plans at all scales,from regional visions and approaches to
<br /> general plans to neighborhood and transit-oriented area plans for both public and private guide our future
<br /> sector clients. Our work includes a body of relevant projects completed or underway
<br /> planning and coding
<br /> in Kaua'i County, including three community plans, 3 Form-Based Codes,and ongoing projects. We are
<br /> assistance with implementation of the I<aua'i General Plan.As a California-certified small about to start work
<br /> business,we devote a high percentage of senior staff time to every project,and seek to with them on two
<br /> build upon our experience to create new solutions unique to the place and the client. different Community
<br /> Our specific services reflected in our qualifications include: Development Plans
<br /> General Plans and Regional Plans and some Form
<br /> At the regional and community-wide scale,we work to establish policy that promotes Based Coding
<br /> Smart Growth patterns,the preservation of open space and agriculture,and the work, and we are
<br /> preservation and creation of walkable communities oriented to pedestrians, bicyclists, very excited about
<br /> and transit.We work to integrate Place Types into jurisdictional land use frameworks that working with them."
<br /> can help organize and establish policy for walkable places. Relevant projects include
<br /> Place Type strategies for Beaufort County, South Carolina, Memphis,Tennessee, Honolulu, Mike Dahilig
<br /> Hawai'i, and Cincinnati,Ohio; rural growth strategies in Charleston County, South Carolina Director,Kaua'i County
<br /> and California's Coachella Valley; and our ongoing work in Kaua'i County. Department of Planning
<br /> Community Plans for Small Towns and Rural Communities
<br /> Since our firm's inception,we have devoted a substantial portion of our work to
<br /> completing community-scaled plans for small towns and rural communities.This work
<br /> has included over two-dozen community-driven plans in rural communities—ranging in
<br /> population from 1,400 to 50,000 residents—addressing various issues specific to
<br /> rural environments, including social equity, economic sustainability,walkability and
<br /> connectivity. In addition we've completed award-winning community plans for South
<br /> I<aua'i,and West Kaua'i towns and Plantation Camps.
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