2023_08_15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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SW: Just a point of order, do you want to do a motion to accept your report? We’ve already entered discussion. RD: Motion to accept report. BL: Second. AA: Robert Duerr made a motion to accept his report Brian Ley made a second any discussion? RD: I think our report should get more board base it should go to council but we can also inform State and Federal officials. I think quite frankly that representative Jill Tokuda and others in the US Congress would be interested in GMAC and what we are doing and I think also legislators some of which have been real supporters should also get copies of reports from GMAC so they understand what’s going on. This can happen in 2 ways, one way once the report is put into public record, which is this commission, then a member of the public or member of the press, or a GMAC commissioner not having being a GMAC official, and stating so, can now let the public and other officials and other people know as to what is going on. AA: As per our charter we only send these reports to the mayor and county council. Now at this time I shall hand over to our Corporation Counsel SW: Deputy Silva Won Deputy corporation counsel – I just wanted to underscore for the commission that according to the Charter, just as the chair was stating. This particular quarterly report is required by the Charter to be provided to the County Council as well as the mayor because the mayor is overseeing this particular commission. As far as - Anything that can be considered lobbying, this commission acting as commission -- needs to be weary of since your specifically you’re not specially you’re not allowed to do. However, is the activity of providing this to county council is specifically outlined in our charter that is good to go. As far as sharing public information and public things are on the website. That is open to the public any person has an interest in them they can go the county website to get this report as well as all other GMAC written reports. The want to look at the oral reports they’re going to have to review the minutes. But I would caution the commission doing from trying to direct any grassroots lobbying through testimony. (In audible) RD: Doesn’t it state the commission can inform State, Local, and Federal agencies? SW: Yes, and you do that through your letters. RD: Would informing, once it goes to the Mayor and County Council, would it be within the code that the reports could be provided to State? SW: No, no… RD: So, you’re saying the reports cannot be provided to State and Federal officials. 29