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Home My WebLink About2024-06-30 PL-INT-2024-008120 Jill Raznov Category PL.7 DeVera, Ashley From: Jill Dana Raznov <jdraznov@gmail.com> Sent: Sunday, June 30, 2024 2:55 PM To: Planning Internet Mail Subject: Competitive Selection Process (HRS Sec. 103D-304) Attachments: COH public procurement letter 2024.pdf; Jill D. Raznov C.V. 2024 (updated).pdf Aloha Director Kern: Please see my attached Statement of Qualifications and Expression of Interest and enclosed CV, pursuant to the June 1, 2024 Notice to Providers of Professional Services for the 2024-2025 fiscal year. My C.V is enclosed with my Statement. Thank you for the opportunity to be of service and for your consideration. I hope you are getting to have some fun and relaxation this summer. take good care. Mahalo, Jill Jill D. Raznov, Esq. Owner - A Bridge to Communication, LLC providing Mediation, Facilitation & Neutral Services P.O. Box 836 Hilo, Hawaii 96721 (808) 778-8992 abridgetocommunication.com AND Of-counsel Law Offices of Yeh& Kim, LLLC 101 Aupuni street, Suite 217 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 yehandkim.com The information contained in this email is intended only for the personal and confidential use of the named recipients. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient or the intended recipient's designated agent, you have received this email in error, and any review, dissemination, distribution or copy of this email is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by email or telephone and delete the original message. Thank you. "We but mirror the world. All the tendencies present in the outer world are to be found in the world of our body. If we could change ourselves, the tendencies in the world would also change. As a man changes his own nature, so does the attitude of the world change towards him. This is the divine mystery supreme. A wonderful thing it is and the source of our happiness. We need not wait to see what others do."— Mahatma Gandhi 2 Jill D. Raznov, Esq. Owner and Principal P.O. Box 836, Hilo, Hawaii 96721 A Bridge to Communication,LLC (808) 778-8992 f;tt jdraznov@gmail.com http://abridgetocommunciation.corn June 29, 2024 Sent via email at planning(a?hawaiicounty.gov Zendo Kern, Planning Director Planning Department, County of Hawaii 101 Pauahi Street, Suite 3 Hilo, Hawaii 96720 Re: Statement of Qualifications and Expression of Interest(HRS§io3D-3o4) Aloha Mr. Kern: Pursuant to the Notice to Providers of Professional Services, dated June 1, 2024, I wish to provide professional services to the County of Hawaii, Nanning Department for fiscal year 2024-2025. My specific focus in the competitive selection process is in the following categories: PL.3) Community Planning (Community Organizing, Public Participation, Meeting Facilitation); PL.7) Community Planning (Land Use Hearing Officer); and PL.8) Community Nanning (Mediation Services) I have been a licensed Hawaii attorney since 2003, concentrating since 2012 in land use,real property,business transactions, contracts and association governance. I trained as a volunteer mediator in 2006 at the Mediation Center of the Pacific(MCP)in Honolulu and have mediated as a volunteer with Kuikahi Mediation Center(KMC) in Hilo since 2015. I have taken numerous professional trainings,most recently and notably,the highly regarded 42-hour"Mediating the Litigated Case" offered by Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University in March 2021 and the Advanced Mediator Skills and Professional Development Symposium offered by the Mediation Center of the Pacific, and the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution,Appellate Mediation Program in June 2024. In September 2021, I was awarded a contract with KMC to mediate for the Landlord-Tenant Eviction Mediation Program(LTEMP), created and funded in August 2021 under House Bill 1376 (Act 57, amending the Hawaii Landlord-Tenant Code, Section 521-68, Hawaii Revised Statutes). This law arose in response to the Statewide eviction moratorium enacted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Although Act 57 expired in August 2022, appropriated funds remained to expand the program into the Landlord-Tenant Mediation Program(LTMP), and my contract was renewed through July 2024. I am also listed as a mediator and facilitator with MCP's Access ADR program. In January 2022 I launched A Bridge to Communication, LLC, providing private professional mediation,facilitation and neutral services. I am the sole member of this business. I also continue to practice law as Of Counsel with the Law Offices of Yeh&Kim, LLLC in Hilo. The firm partner is Ronald Kim,who may be reached via email at: rkim@yehandkim.com and via phone at: (8o8) 961-0055. Please review my attached CV and website at http://abridgetocommunication.com to learn more about my background and qualifications. Recent mediations include: 1) Monthly mediations for the LTEMP and LTMP with KMC from August 2021 to present. Julie Mitchell is the Executive Director of KMC and may be reached via email at: JuliePhawaiimediation.org and by phone at: (8o8) 935-7844 ext. 5. 2) A mediation for the Planning Department, COH,which is ongoing and involves multiple Zendo Kern, Planning Director Page 2 unrepresented petitioners and local attorney Randy A.Vitousek III for the applicant,who may be reached via email at: rvitousekPcades.com and by phone at: (808)521-9345. 3) Monthly volunteer mediations for KMC. 4) A private mediation for attorneys Michael J. Matsukawa and Emil Macasinag and their clients in late 2022,which led to a signed MOA in early 2023 and a signed settlement agreement in April 2024. Mr. Matsukawa may be reached via email at: kapuluPmsn.com and by phone at(808)329-1385. Mr. Macasinag may be reached via email at emilPjungvassar.com and by phone at(808) 326-4852. 5) A private mediation with MCP's access ADR program in early to mid-2023.Tracey Wiltgen is the Executive Director of MCP and may be reached via email at traceyPmediatehawaii.org and via phone at(808) 521-6767. Please feel free to request any additional information you require. Thank you kindly for your time and attention to this matter. I look forward to hearing from you soon. Very truly yours, O. ,n JILL D. RAZVIC,ESQ. Encl./ JILL D. RAZNOV, ESQ. P.O. Box 836, Hilo, Hawaii 96721 808-778-8992 jdraznov@gmail.com EXPERIENCE—LAW Of Counsel, Yeh & Kim, LLLC (fka Yeh & Moore), Hilo, Hawaii—July 2012 to present Real property, land use,transactions, administrative law, condominium and homeowner association governance and civil litigation. Solo Practitioner,Jill D. Raznov, Esq., Attorney at Law, Hilo, Hawaii—January 2011 to present General practice. Staff Attorney, The Legal Aid Society of Hawaii, Hilo, Hawaii — October 2007 to April 2010 Legal assistance and representation of indigent clients in family, landlord-tenant, child welfare and consumer matters. Associate, Ning, Lilly&Jones, Honolulu, Hawaii— November 2004 to October 2007 Complex commercial litigation. Law Clerk, The Honorable Richard W. Pollack*, First Circuit Court, Honolulu, Hawaii—2003 to 2004 Researched and drafted memoranda, orders,findings and conclusions of law; assisted the Court and the public. * Now Justice, Retired, Hawaii Supreme Court Associate,The Nature Conservancy, Honolulu, Hawaii—Summer 2002 Researched and drafted memoranda; prepared land purchase agreements; participated in native reforestation in the Waianae and Koolau mountain ranges. Associate, Department of Health, Wastewater Branch, Honolulu, Hawaii—Summer 2001 Researched and drafted memoranda and consent decrees; investigated and reported on environmental violations. EXPERIENCE—MEDIATION/ARBITRATION Owner/Principle, A Bridge to Communication, LLC—established January 2022 Providing mediation, conflict resolution, facilitation and neutral services. Independent Contractor Mediator, Landlord-Tenant Mediation Program, Kuikahi Mediation Center, Hilo, Hawaii—August 2021 to July 2024 Independent Contractor Mediator and facilitator,Access ADR program, Mediation Center of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii—March 2022 to present Volunteer Mediator, Kuikahi Mediation Center, Hilo, Hawaii—2015 to present Volunteer Arbitrator, Court Annexed Arbitration Program,Third Circuit Court, Hawaii—2014 to present Volunteer Mediator, Mediation Center of the Pacific, Honolulu, Hawaii—2005 to 2007 Jill D. Raznov—CV Page 2 EXPERIENCE—OTHER Jewish Community Services of Hawaii, Honolulu, Hawaii (remote position)—October to March 2024 Case Manager and Community Outreach Liaison Elementary School Teacher, Temple Beth Emanuel, Honolulu, Hawaii —January 2002 to May 2003 Hebrew and Jewish Studies. Recycling Education Program Coordinator, Green Team, San Jose, California— 1998 Developed and presented recycling programs to school-age youth and adult ESL students; conducted tours of company recycling plant. Substitute Elementary and Middle School Teacher, Girard College, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—1996 to 1997. Scholarship-based, inner-city, private boarding school. Wilderness Adventure Course Instructor, Project USE,TREK Program, Red Bank, New Jersey—1995 to 1996. Co-led and facilitated 30-40-day wilderness adventure courses for adjudicated youth in the Appalachians and throughout New England and the East Coast. Experiential Education Teacher, Nature's Classroom, Charlton, Massachusetts —January to June 1995 Co-led and facilitated three-to-five-day interdisciplinary, experiential, and environmental programs throughout New England. Intern, Audubon Society, Environmental Education Center, New Hope, New Jersey—Summer 1993 Co-led, facilitated and prepared educational workshops, activities and displays. EDUCATION University of Hawaii at Manoa,William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii Juris Doctor- Environmental Law Certificate—May 2003 Officer, Environmental Law Society—January 2002 to May 2003 University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Bachelor of Arts, English Literature—December 1994 Bucks County Community College, Bucks County, Pennsylvania Matriculated—Spring 1992 Outward Bound, Leadville, Colorado—Winter 1994 Wilderness and mountaineering experiential, education program. George Washington High School, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania H.S. Diploma—1988 Longacre Expeditions, Fort Collins, Colorado—Summer 1987 Wilderness and mountaineering experiential, education program. Jill D. Raznov—CV Page 3 COMMUNITY SERVICE Director/Officer, Governing Board of Directors, Hawaii Academy of Arts and Science, Pahoa, Hawaii— April 2015 to September 2023 Pro-Bono Attorney, Self Help Center, Third Circuit Court, Hilo, Hawaii—2013 to present Director/Officer, Board of Directors, Ahava 'Aina, Hilo, Hawaii—August 2017 to August 2020 Jewish synagogue and community center. Community Organizer, Puna Eruption, Pahoa, Hawaii—2018 Organized and presented two insurance forums regarding disaster claims with government officials, other attorneys, public adjusters, FEMA, and United Policyholders. Director, Board of Directors, Puna Community Medical Center, Pahoa, Hawaii —2013 to 2014 Director, Board of Directors, Neighborhood Place of Puna, Pahoa, Hawaii—2008 to 2012 Instructor, Kids First, First Circuit Court, Honolulu, Hawaii —2005 to 2006 Co-led Family Court educational program for children of divorce. Community Organizer, Surfrider Foundation, Santa Cruz, California—1998 to 1999 Organized and co-led beach cleanups and community events. Writing Instructor, Rodriguez Branch Public Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—1997 to 1998 Established and led creative writing workshops for school-age youth. Literacy Tutor, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania—1992 to 1993 Neighborhood outreach literacy project serving both school-age youth and adults. HONORS/AWARDS/ RECOGNITIIONS Certificate of Service, issued by the Judiciary, State of Hawaii, in recognition of community service as a volunteer attorney, Hilo Self Help Center, Third Circuit Court—June 7, 2024,June 8, 2023, May 24, 2022 and January 8, 2018 Certificate of Appreciation, issued by the county of Hawaii, in recognition of community service as a volunteer attorney, Hilo Self Help Center, Third Circuit Court— May 24, 2022 Certificate of Appreciation, issued by the Supreme Court, State of Hawaii, in recognition of community service as a volunteer mediator, Kuikahi Mediation Center—March 22, 2018 and February 19, 2016 Certificate of Service, issued by the Judiciary and House of Representatives, State of Hawaii, in recognition of community service as a volunteer attorney, Hilo Self Help Center,Third Circuit Court—June 14, 2013 Diversity Fellowship in Environmental Law, University of Hawaii at Manoa, William S. Richardson School of Law, Honolulu, Hawaii —Spring 2002 Jill D. Raznov—CV Page 4 Honu Scholarship, Public Interest Environmental Law Conference, Eugene, Oregon—2003 PUBLICATIONS and SPEAKING ENGAGEMENTS Contributing Legal Writer, Big Island Chronicle —2014 to 2015 "Disaster Recovery and Relief"—February 2015 issue "Tenant Law in Hawaii"—March 2014 issue * Additional articles no longer available in print Speaker/Presenter, "Mindfulness In Mediation: A Guide For Mediators To Cultivate More Awareness, Creativity, Openness And Ease In The Mediation Room", Mediator Open Forum, Kuikahi Mediation Center— December 7, 2024. SIGNIFICANT TRAININGS "Advanced Mediator Skills and Professional Development Symposium", one-day online training offered by the Mediation Center of the Pacific and the Center for Alternative Dispute Resolution, Appellate Mediation Program,June 2024 "Mediating the Litigated Case", 42-hour online training offered by Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution, Caruso School of Law, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California—March 2021 "Domestic Mediation", 16-hour online training offered by Kuikahi Mediation Center and the Honorable Mimi DesJardins—February 2021 "Brilliant Bystander", "Unconscious Bias"and "Linguistic Reframing", 16-hour online training offered by Kuikahi Mediation Center and Kimberly Dark—January 2021 PROFESSIONAL LICENSES AND MEMBERSHIPS Member, Conflict Resolution Alliance, Honolulu, Hawaii—2021 to present Member, Alternative Dispute Resolution Section, Hawaii State Bar Association—2020 to present Member, Mediate.com —2021 to present Member, Hawaii State Bar Association—2003 to present Bar License-admitted to practice before all Hawaii State Courts and the United States District Court for the District of Hawaii—2003 to present SKILLS Zoom platform for mediation, meetings, workshops and conferences Basic working knowledge of Microsoft applications (Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint) Non-Violent Communication (NVC) INTERESTS Surfing, Yoga, Homesteading/Farming/Gardening, Cooking/Baking, Meditation, Singing/Dancing/Music