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2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Action: A motion was made by S. Mendes to accept <br />the January 19, 2021 minutes. Seconded by K. Umeda. Motion, carried <br />unanimously. <br />3. FINANCIAL REPORT: Action: A motion was made by B. Ley to accept the <br />Financial Report. Seconded by K. Umeda. Motion carried unanimously. <br />4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: None <br />5. PRESENTATION: <br />a. Maurice Messina, Director of Parks and recreation will provide an update <br />on COVID procedures at the Trap Range. <br />b. Richard Hoeflinger of the "On Target" gun club will speak on related <br />topics. <br />RH: Well, before I begin this (power -point) presentation I need to say <br />something. I made this presentation several years ago before this group <br />and since then I've heard of various and sundry people talking about gun <br />range here and a gun range there and we're gonna do this and we're gonna <br />do that and what I have come to conclude is everybody has a definition of <br />what a gun range is, OK, so I don't know what you think and I want to make <br />sure you understand. And our objective, as I go through this presentation — <br />remember what our original objective was — and I'll read it: pursuant to <br />recognized design standards — develop a safely operated, publically <br />accessible, multi -venue target shooting facility to meet the express <br />shooting needs of Hawaii Island residents. And that's what this is about. So <br />there's all kinds of other people had different ideas in mind like what a <br />range is — that's ours. So I'm gonna go through this quickly cause I think <br />you've seen a lot of this stuff before. This presentation was originally given <br />in 2015 —there has not been much of significance in any regard since then. <br />Over % million registered firearms in Hawaii county. 1.3 guns per resident. <br />I'm sure that's substantially higher now with all more recent sales in <br />firearms. Again, this is — these are all old numbers, you know, five years ago <br />or so. There's the number of firearms in Hawaii. This is a fact — target <br />shooting is the fastest growing US participating sport — more people shoot <br />targets than play soccer, basketball, or [unclear]. We looked at who are the <br />PA <br />