Helber Hastert & Fee
Helber Hastert & Fee
Pacific Guardian Center, Makai Tower
733 Bishop Street, Suite 2590
Honolulu, HI 96813
USA
Phone: +1-808-545-2033
Email: info@hhf.com
Fax: +1-808-545-2050
Thomas A. Fee, AICP
Principal
Thomas Fee joined Helber Hastert & Fee in 1985, became a principal in 1990, and has served as president of the company since 2002. His major areas of expertise include master plans and land use concept plans, bike/pedestrian transportation plans, environmental assessment/impact studies, and major entitlement applications.
Mr. Fee’s ongoing project responsibilities include master planning and entitlement services for several mixed use/residential development projects, environmental impact studies, and a range other land use studies. Recent and ongoing private-sector projects include the Kapolei Commons rezoning and Mehana at Kapolei Design Guidelines projects on Oahu and the Wailea Resort concept studies and the Kapalua Coastal Trail plan on Maui. Public-sector projects include the Kilo Wharf Extension EIS on Guam, the long range development plan for Maui Community College, and environmental assessments for both the renovation of a Mauna Kea observatory and the Komohana Agricultural facility on the Hawaii Island.
Mr. Fee received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics (Urban Economics) and a Master of Urban and Regional Planning degree from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. He began his interest in land planning through real estate appraisal for which he received training from the American Institute of Real Estate Appraisers and a State of Hawaii Real Estate Brokers License. Mr. Fee became a member of the American Institute of Certified Planners (AICP) in 1985. His early planning experience included a staff position with the State House of Representative’s General Planning Committee and an intern position with the former State Department of Planning and Economic Development.
Mr. Fee is a past president of the Hawaii Chapter of the American Planning Association. He is active in other professional organizations including the Urban Land Institute, Hawaii Association of Environmental Professionals, and the environmental and planning committees of the Hawaii Chamber of Commerce. In addition, Mr. Fee serves on the city’s Department of Planning and Permitting Design Advisory Committee, the Hawaii Bicycling League board of directors, and is a past chairman of his Neighborhood Board. He also supports the American Youth Soccer Organization as a referee instructor.