Office of Planning and Sustainable Development

• Registration | Continental Breakfast | Informational Tables

9:00 am

• Welcome, Leo Asuncion, AICP, CZM Planning Program Manager, State Office of Planning

9:00 am

• Introductory Remarks, Jesse Souki, Director, State Office of Planning

9:10 am

• Permitting & Tools at the County Level
  • Common Permitting Issues
    • Joseph Alueta, Administrative Planning Officer, Department of Planning, County of Maui
    • County of Hawaii – Planning Department
      • Robert ‘Bobby’ Command, Deputy Director
    • County of Kauai — Planning Department
      • Dale Cua, Regulatory Planning Chief
      • Ka’aina Hull, Regulatory Planner
    • County of Maui — Department of Planning
      • Jeffrey Dack, Current Planning Supervisor, (Environmental Planning), Current Planning Division and
        Carolyn Cortez, Supervising Planner, Zoning & Enforcement Division
    • City & County of Honolulu — Department of Planning & Permitting
      • Bruce McClure, Plans Examining Engineer and
        Anne Lau, Chief, Zoning Plans Review Branch

10:20 am

• Permit Open House | Networking

11:20 am

• Permitting & Tools at the State Level
  • Department of Land & Natural Resources
    • William Tam, Deputy Director, Commission on Water Resource Management
  • Department of Health — Environmental Health Administration
    • Gary Gill, Deputy Director
    • Andy Matsumoto, Environmental Information Manager
  • Department of Business, Economic Development & Tourism
    • Rodney Funakoshi, AICP, Planning Program Administrator, State Office of Planning
    • Robert Hines, Renewable Energy Permitting Specialist, Hawaii State Energy Office

12:20 pm

• Box Lunches  |  Break

12:30 pm

• Permitting Issues from the Trenches: Perspectives from Seasoned Permit Planners
  • Paul Luersen, AICP, Senior Environmental Planner, CH2M Hill and
    Jeffrey Overton, AICP, LEED-AP, Principal, Chief Environmental Planner,Group 70 International, Inc.

1:05 pm

• Closing Remarks
  • Jesse Souki, Director, Office of Planning

Workshop Presentations

Participating Agencies and Speaker Biographies

                                      Agency Websites, Handouts & Resources

State of Hawaii Office of Planning https://planning.hawaii.gov/

State of Hawaii Department of Health https://health.hawaii.gov/

State of Hawaii, Hawaii State Energy Office https://energy.hawaii.gov/

County of Kauai, Department of Planning https://www.kauai.gov/Planning