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From: rterry@hawaii.rr.com
Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2023 6:44 AM
To: Planning Internet Mail
Subject: Response to Notice to Providers of Professional Services
Attachments: ProfServGeom2County Botany-Wildlife 23-24.pdf, ProfServGeom2CountyEIS
23-24.pdf, Resume Geometrician 2022.pdf
Please see the attached submittals, and thank you for the opportunity to provide our firm's
credentials to the County of Hawaii.
RON TERRY, PH.D., PRINCIPAL
Geometrician Associates
GEO
ETR IC IAN
Integrating Geographic Science and Planning
(808) 969-7090
10 Hina Street
Hilo HI 96720
Visit us at geometricianassociates.com
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geometrician
ASSOC IAT ES , LLC
integrating geographic science and planning
phone: (808) 969-7090 10 Hina Street Hilo Hawaii 96720 rterry@hawaii.rr.com geometric ianassociates.com
June 15,2023
Zendo Kern,Director
Hawaii County Planning Department
planningkhawaiicolMly.gov
Dear Mr.Kern:
This letter is to request to be placed on the County of Hawai`i's list of Providers of Professional Services in PL.2: Botany
(Botanical or Floral Survey) and PL.13 Wildlife Biology(Fauna Survey)for the fiscal year 2023-2024. Please see the
attached resume for required information. For quick reference,please refer to the following:
Name of firm: Geometrician Associates LLC(ph. 808-969-7090)
Principal place of business: Island ofHawai'i
Location of all its offices: 10 Hina Street,Hilo HI 96720
Age of firm: 31 years
Average number of employees,past 5 yrs: 1
Education and training: [See resume]
Names and phone number(808)of five clients:
Bruce Meyers,Okahara&Associates, 961-5527 Tanya Rubenstein,DLNR 587-0027
Ken Kawahara,Akinaka&Associates, 836-1900 William L.Moore Planning, 987-7336
Kurt Inaba,County DWS, 936-7704 Allan Simeon,DPW Engineer, 961-8324
Experience in Recent Projects:
Biological Reports for Environet/U.S.Army Corps,Lalamilo (10)2013-23
Hawaiian Hawk Surveys for County DPW Puu Noho&Laupahoehoe Culverts(2020-23)
Flora-Fauna Studies(7)forHawai`i County PONC lands(P&R)2014-21
Hawaiian Hawk Surveys for William Meurer Property(2020)
Flora-Fauna Studies for Shipman Lands Change of Zone (WH Shipman)2019
Biological Studies for 6200 Cross-Island Line (HELCO)2018
Biological Report for DHHL South Point Lands 2018
Biological Report for DHHL Honomu Lands(DHHL)2018
Biological Report for Sanford Services Quarry CDUA 2013-16
Wetlands Investigations for Saddle Road(Okahara/DOT/FHWA)2009-10
La`1`6pua Endangered Species Preserve Management Plan (DHHL) 2009
Biological Survey,Haena State Park (PBR Hawaii) 2009
Botanical and Wetlands Studies for Maku`u Offsite Water System(DHHL)2004
Wetlands Studies for Keaukaha DHHL lots(DHHL)2004
Thank you for your consideration of my firm.
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Ron Terry,Principal, Geometrician Associates, rterry@hawaii.rr.com
geometrician
ASSOC IAT ES , LLC
integrating geographic science and planning
phone: (808) 969-7090 10 Hina Street Hilo Hawaii 96720 rterr�(cbhawaiixr.com geometricianassociates.com
June 15,2023
Zendo Kern,Director
Hawaii County Planning Department
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Dear Mr.Kern:
This letter is to request to be placed on the County of Hawai`i's list of Providers of Professional Services in the
field of(PL.5)Community Planning Environmental Planning/EA/EIS) for the fiscal year 2023-2024. Please
see the attached resume for required information. For quick reference,please refer to the following:
Name of firm: Geometrician Associates LLC(ph. 969-7090)
Principal place of business: Island of Hawaii
Location of all its offices: 10 Hina Street,Hilo HI 96720
Age of firm: 31 years
Average number of employees,past 5 yrs: 1
Education and training: [See resume]
Names and phone number of five clients:
Bruce Meyers,Okahara&Associates, 961-5527 Tanya Rubenstein,DLNR 587-0027
Ken Kawahara,Akinaka&Associates, 836-1900 William L.Moore Planning, 987-7336
Kurt Inaba,County DWS, 936-7704 Allan Simeon,DPW Engineer, 961-8324
Experience in Recent Projects:
EAs(3)for Hilo Medical Center 2020-2023
EA for Upolu Well and Agricultural Park(Department of Agriculture)(2022)
EAs(25)for Single Family Residences in Conservation District(2000-2023)
EAs(2)for Kolekole Gulch Park and Magic Sands Beach Parks(County P&R)2020
EA for Kona Historical Society Gallery(KHS)2019
EA for Alii Culvert Replacement(County DPW)2018
EAs(3)for Kauai Bridge Project(Kauai DPW)2017-19
EA for Hanapepe-Eleele Water System Improvements(Kauai DWS)2017
EIS(343/NEPA)for Saddle Road Extension(Hawai`i DOT and FHWA) 2017
EA for Kuawa Street New Sports Fields(P&R)2016
EA for Kekaha Kai State Park Phase II(DLNR-State Parks)2015
EA for Piihonua Reservoir/Transmission Line(DWS)2015
EA for Kapiolam Street Extension(County of Hawaii DPW)2012
EA for Drainage Improvements at Kawa(Hawai`i State DOT)2012
EA for Ka`u Forest Reserve Management Plan (DLNR)2012
EAs(2)for UH Hilo Student Housing and Water Well projects(UH)2011
NEPA SEIS for Saddle Road(HDOT-FHWA)2010
EA for Hilo Bayfront Trails Project(County R&D)2010
EA for Villages 1,4& 5 of La`1`6pua(DHHL)2007
Thank you for your consideration of my firm.
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Ron Terry,Principal,Geometrician Associates, rterry@hawaii.rr.com
GEOMETRICIAN ASSOCIATES, LLC
Integrating Geographic Science and Planning
MAIL: 10 Hina Street, Hilo, Hawaii 96720
PHONE: 808-969-7090
e-mail: rterry@hawaii.rr.com
PERSONNEL:
Ron Terry, Ph.D. Principal Environmental Assessment, Biological Survey
Arlene Terry, A.A. Staff Clerical
ASSOCIATED CONTRACTORS:
Patrick Hart, Ph.D. Botany and Ornithology
ASM Affiliates, Inc. Archaeology and Cultural Studies
Layne Yoshida, B.A. Botany
Jen Lawson, B.S. Botany
CONSULTING SPECIALTIES:
Environmental Preparation of NEPA& State Environmental Assessments, Environmental Impact
Analysis: Statements, Conservation District Use Permits, Special Management Area Permits, and Other
Government Permit-Related Impact Documents. Primary Research in Biology, Wetlands,
Geology, and Historical Documents, Visual Impact Assessment
RECENT CLIENTS:
Okahara and Associates, Inc. Federal Highway Administration
CH2M Hill Honolulu Board of Water Supply
Ormat Inc. KAI Hawaii
Kamehameha Schools URS Corp.
Hawaii County Public Works Department W.H. Shipman Ltd.
GSI Pacific, Inc. Belt Collins
Akinaka and Associates, Inc. Hawaii County Parks & Rec. Department
Parker Ranch Hawaii County Office of Housing
Hawaii State Parks Division Battelle
Lanihau Properties, LLC Kauai Department of Water Supply
Hawaii Division of Forestry&Wildlife R.M. Towill Corporation
Hawaii Electric Light Hawaii County Dept. of Env. Management
Hilo Medical Center Aloha Green, Inc.
Cades Schutte Fleming&Wright Sunstone Realty Partners
Stantec Cardno
Taylor Guitars Nathan Myhrvold
SELECTED PROJECTS:
➢ Environmental Assessment (EA) for Hilo Medical Center Medical Office Building (HMC, in prep.)
➢ EA for Upolu Well and Agricultural Park (Department of Agriculture, in prep.)
➢ EA for Honalo Marshalling Yard Park (Department of Agriculture 2022)
➢ EAs (25) for Single Family Residences in Conservation District (2000-2022)
➢ EA for Hale Ola O Mohouli Affordable Housing Project (OHCD 2021)
➢ EAs (2) for Kole1<ole Gulch Park and Magic Sands Beach Parks (County P&R 2020/2021)
➢ EA for Lalamilo 10 MG Reservoir (Hawaii DWS 2021)
➢ EA for HMC Oncology and Rural Telehealth Center (HMC 2020)
➢ EA for Kalo1<o Affordable Housing (Hawai`i OHCD, 2019)
➢ EA for Kohala Shoreline Development (2019)
➢ Biological Surveys for UXO Assessment/Removal (GSI Pacific and U.S. Army Corps, 2013-19)
➢ Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for Saddle Road Extension (NEPA) (FHWA, 2017)
➢ Biological Surveys for Hawaii Electric Cross-Island Transmission Line (2018)
➢ Seven Environmental Assessments (EAs) for Single Family Homes in Conservation District (2014-20)
➢ EA for Ali`i Drive Bridge Replacement ( Hawaii DPW, 2017)
➢ EA for Hanapepe-Eleele Water System Improvements (Kaua`i DOW, 2017)
➢ EA for Palila Forest Discovery Trail (State DLNR, 2016)
➢ EA for Puuopae Bridge Replacement (Kaua`i DPW, 2016)
➢ EA for Ku1<uihaele County Park Improvements (Hawai`i P&R, 2016)
➢ EA for Kuawa Street Sports Fields (2016)
➢ EA for DHHL Non-Potable Water System at Hono1<aia (2016)
➢ EA for Honaunau Rodeo Arena Improvements (2016)
➢ EA for Napu`u Water Inc. Solar Facility (2015)
➢ EA for Ke1<aha Kai State Park Phase 11 Improvements (State DLNR, 2015)
➢ EA for Piihonua Reservoir and Transmission Waterline (2014)
➢ EA for Kapahi Bridge, Kauai (2014)
➢ EAs for Single-Family Residences (4) in Kona and Puna (2013-14)
➢ EA for Ali`i Drive Shoulder Improvements, Kona (Hawai`i DPW, 2014)
➢ EA for Kona Bay Estates Robinson Pool (2013)
➢ EA for Ka`ohe Fire Diptanl<s (2013)
➢ EA for Ka`u Forest Reserve Management Plan (State DLNR, 2012)
➢ EA for Kapiolani Street Extension (Hawai`i DPW, 2012)
➢ South Hilo Landfill Feasibility Analysis (with SAIC) (Hawai`i DEM, 2012)
➢ EA for UH Hilo Water Well (201 1)
➢ EA for Monk Seal Rehabilitation Facility (20 1 1)
➢ EA for UH Hilo Student Housing (201 1)
➢ Supplemental EIS for Saddle Road Improvements (NEPA) (FHWA, 2010)
➢ EA for DHHL Pu'ul<apu Hybrid Water System (2009)
➢ EA for Palani Well No. I (Hawai`i DWS, 2009)
➢ EA for Big Island Carbon (2009)
➢ EA for Kalo1<o Transitional Housing Project Unit (Hawai`i OHCD, 2009)
➢ EA for Village 2 of La`i`opua DHHL Housing (NEPA) (2009)
➢ EA for Upgrades to Hawaii County Recycling/Convenience Centers (Hawai`i DEM, 2009)
➢ EA for Additions to Hawaii County Baseyards (Hawai`i DPW, 2009)
➢ Special Management Area Permit, Lahaina Civic Center Water Improvements (Maui P&R, 2009)
➢ Endangered Species Plant Preserve Management Plan, Keala1<ehe (DHHL, 2008)
➢ EA for Kona View Estates Subdivision (2008)
➢ EA for Pua1<o Emergency Road (2008)
➢ EA for Amy Greenwell Garden Visitor Center (2008)
➢ EIS for County Ocean View Recycling/Convenience Center (Hawai`i DEM, 2008)
➢ EA for Ha1<alau Forest NWR Kona Forest Unit (NEPA) (USFWS, 2008)
➢ EA for Villages 1, 4 & 5 of La`i opua DHHL Housing (2007)
➢ EA for County Purchase of Rice Property, Waipio (Hawai`i Finance, 2007)
➢ EA for Waikoloa Emergency Road (Hawai`i DPW, 2007)
➢ EA for County Reed's Bay Beach Park Improvements (Hawai`i P&R, 2007)
➢ Botanical Study for Sale of County Lands, Paauilo (Hawai`i Finance, 2006)
➢ EA for ARC of Hilo Facilities Expansion (NEPA) 2006)
➢ EA for South Hilo Sanitary Landfill Expansion (Hawai`i DEM, 2005)
➢ EA for Pohoiki Bypass (Hawai`i DPW, 2005)
➢ EA for County La'aloa Street Extension (Hawai`i DPW, 2004)
➢ EA for State Kahikinui Forest Restoration, Maui (State DLNR, 2004)
➢ Environmental Report, Keauhou Mauka Lands, Kamehameha Schools. (2004)
➢ Botanical and Wetlands Study for DHHL Maku`u Hawaiian Homes Offsite Water System (2004)
➢ EIS for County East Hawaii Regional Sort Station (Hawai`i DEM, 2004)
➢ EA for Hawaiian Homes Housing, Kapolei, Oahu (NEPA) (2003)
➢ EA for Kulani Correctional Facility Wastewater (State Corrections, 2003)
➢ EIS for Puainako Extension (NEPA) (Hawai`i DPW, 2000)
➢ EA for Mohouli Road Extension (NEPA) (Hawai`i DPW, 2000)
➢ EA for Kawailani Street Improvements (NEPA) (Hawai`i DPW, 2000)
BIOGRAPHY:
Ron Terry, Ph.D., earned a B.A. in Geography in 1980 from the University of Hawaii at Hilo. Supported by
a National Science Foundation grant, he received a Ph.D. from Louisiana State University, also in Geography, in
1988. He was Assistant Professor of Geography at the University of Hawaii at Hilo from 1987-1992. During
his professorship he began his consulting business, and started full-time consulting in 1992. He remained an
Affiliate Professor at UH-Hilo and continues to occasionally lecture. He has been active on various State
boards and commissions related to environmental science, including the Marine and Coastal Zone Management
Advocacy Council (MACZAC), to which he was appointed by Governor Cayetano in 2000 and served on till
2008; the Mauna Kea Management Board, to which he was appointed for two terms from 2004-2012; and the
State's Environmental Council, to which he was appointed in February 2016 by Governor David Ige and where
he helped lead revision of the State's EIS Administrative Rules. Terry has also served on the UH-Hilo
Chancellor's Advisory Council and Chancellor Selection Committee, as well as the boards of the award-
winning journal Environment Hawaii and the Nahelehele Dry Forest Working Group.
COMMUNITY PRO-BONO PROJECTS:
An important component of Geometrician Associates' work is pro bono projects, including the following:
➢ Prepared Forest Stewardship Grant for Ha'ola, Inc., (Panaewa Hawaiian Home Lands Community
Association), 1998
➢ Special Permit for Edith Kanakaole Cultural Learning Center, Keaukaha, 2000
➢ Assisted Kua O Ka La Charter School in obtaining permits, 2002
➢ Assisted Hawaiian farmers in Hamakua to confirm farming rights in Conservation District, 2006
➢ Conducted EA for Kamoleao Laulima Community Resource Center Incubator Kitchen, 2009
➢ Prepared SMA Permit Application for creation of Kaipalaoa Bayfront Park, 2012
➢ Prepared Biological Assessment for Na Kalae Wa`a Property, North Kohala, 2015
➢ Prepared SMA Assessment for Ka `Umeke Charter School Relocation, 2019
➢ Prepared Section 7 Endangered Species Act Consultation for Hilo Bayfront Trails Phase 2, 2022