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HomeMy WebLinkAboutRD.1 PBR Hawaii & Associates, Inc.Response to Notice to Providers of Professional Services Fiscal Year 2024 June 2023 Submitted to: Research & Development County of Hawai‘i Submitted by: Economist Submitted by: Response to Notice to Providers of Professional Services Fiscal Year 2024 June 2023 Submitted to: Research & Development County of Hawai‘i Economist June 29, 2023 VIA EMAIL: chresdev@hawaiicounty.gov Mr. Douglass Adams Director Department of Research & Development County of Hawai‘i 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 1301 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 SUBJECT: LETTER OF INTEREST FOR PROFESSIONAL ECONOMIST SERVICES FOR FISCAL YEAR 2024 Dear Mr. Adams: In response to the “Providers of Professional Services for FY2024,” PBR HAWAII is pleased to present the attached Statement of Qualifications for the following services: RD.1: Economist Based on the description provided and PBR HAWAII’s extensive experience in economic and fiscal impact assessment, community planning, master planning, physical planning, and conceptual subdivision design, we believe that our technical expertise demonstrates our capability to perform the necessary functions in a timely and cost-efficient manner. We appreciate the opportunity to submit our qualifications and look forward to working with the County of Hawai‘i Department of Research and Development. We are confident that PBR HAWAII can provide the technical expertise necessary to satisfy your planning and design related requirements. Sincerely, Vincent Shigekuni Senior Vice President Attachment P250601-1 ltr Firm Background Name of Firm or Individual, Principal Place of Business and Location of All of its Offices PBR HAWAII & Associates, Inc. is a multi-7 certified ® Market, fiscal, and economic analyses Land planning and urban design, incl -- Regional and community planning, -t - Environmental planning and entitlements, Landscape architecture, -ts, cultural landscapes, sustainable landscape Graphic design, Hawaiian cultural sustainable design concepts - - - - Economic and Fiscal Impact Assessment t - The Age of Firm and its Average Number of Employees over the Past Year - 8 - - 7 7 - 8 - 1 - – – Capacity to Complete the Work in the Required Time - i ful - ed- principal-in- - ted are Resumes ANN MIKIKO BOUSLOG | PHD DIRECTOR OF LAND ECONOMICS & REAL ESTATE Dr. Bouslog has over 30 years of experience in market assessment, economic and fiscal impact analysis, entitlement, and strategic planning for large or complex developments throughout Hawai‘i and around the Pacific. As Project Director at PBR HAWAII since 2015, Dr. Bouslog has led multiple efforts to support affordable housing initiatives throughout the state, preparing market studies, economic and fiscal impact assessments, 201H applications, infrastructure and other development impediment analyses, and support of rezoning or Interim Planned Development-Transit (IPD-T) permits on O ahu. Her practice areas also span infrastructure finance, market and economic aspects of TOD and regional initiatives on O‘ahu; business planning for community and conservation-oriented facilities; resort and visitor industry consultation. Recent and ongoing Hawai i island projects have addressed Office of Housing & Community Development’s Kamakoa Nui Master Planned Community, Kamoleao Community Center, Kea‘au Town Center, Waimea Town, Waikoloa Beach Resort, and Mauna Kea Resort. Prior to joining PBR HAWAII, Dr. Bouslog served as Forest City Hawaii’s development manager for the $770 million Kamakana Villages, a 2,200-home master planned community in partnership with the State of Hawai‘i, Housing Finance and Development Corporation. At Forest City, she also supported entitlement initiatives for a 19-megawatt solar farm in Kunia, O‘ahu. Prior professional ventures include founding and operating Mikiko Corporation, a real estate and economic advisory firm, and serving as Director of KPMG’s Hawai‘i Real Estate and Hospitality Consulting practice. In these capacities, Dr. Bouslog directed services for prominent government, resort, and community developments such as the U.S. Navy (Ford Island and bulk dispositions), U.S. Army (Residential Communities Initiative), Department of Hawaiian Home Lands, Koa Ridge, Mauna Lani Resort, Waikoloa Beach Resort, Ho‘opili, as well as projects in Japan, South Korea, Malaysia, Saipan, Guam, and Palau. In 2013-14, she helped organize a 10+ party mediation to address a proposed critical habitat designation in West Hawai‘i, resulting in beneficial agreements between area landowners and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. Dr. Bouslog has acted as expert witness numerous times, before State and County agencies as well as in Circuit Court. In April 2016, her testimony before the Hawai‘i State Land Use Commission regarding Koa Ridge was cited in the Hawai‘i Supreme Court decision that upheld the project’s LUC redistricting. EDUCATION Ph.D. in Demography/Sociology, 1985 Cornell University MA in Sociology with minor in City & Regional Planning, 1981 Cornell University BA in Urban Studies, 1977 Stanford University PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS Rate Commission, City and County of Honolulu Commissioner Lambda Alpha International, Aloha Chapter Board Member; Former President, Aloha Chapter; Former Asia/Pacific Regional Vice President; Former Western U.S. Assistant Vice President East-West Center Foundation Former Board Member Community Housing Fund at Hawai i Community Foundation Former Director Urban Land Institute, Hawai‘i Chapter Former UrbanPlan Chair & Mgt. Committee Kamehameha Schools’ for-profit subsidiaries including Bishop Holdings Corporation, Kamehameha Investment Corporation, KUKUI, Inc. and Pauahi Management Corporation Former Director on each entity Client References Names and Phone Numbers of up to Five Clients Who May Be Contacted, Including Two for Whom Services Were Rendered During the Preceding Year - - OliverMcMillan -1890 -7770 -1111 Relevant Project Experience Any Promotional or Descriptive Literature Which the Individual or Firm Desires to Submit Liliha Civic Center Master Plan & Iwilei Infrastructure Master Plan, O‘ahu Transit- - Mana‘olana Place, O‘ahu - t – - Halewaiolu Senior Residence - Economic & Fiscal Impact Assessment, O‘ahu - Preliminary Market and Business Overview for Hakuhia, O‘ahu -acre 1500 Kapi‘olani Blvd Redevelopment, O‘ahu - – - , O‘ahu - -priced - -Fiscal, O‘ahu - -- Sky Ala Moana Redevelopment, O‘ahu -public uses were addressed in will include phases is Transit-lama and ‘ - - the impacts - level rise c Moanalua Kai The Hidden Costs of Parking in Hawai‘i -