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<br />Game Management Advisory Commission <br />County of Hawai’i <br />Minutes – Draft <br /> <br />Meeting Date: January 21, 2025 <br />Time: 9:00 am to 11:00 pm <br />Place: Zoom and In-Person 25 Aupuni Ctr., Ste. #1501, Hilo HI <br /> <br />1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: <br /> District 1 - Robert Duerr, in person <br /> District 2 – Taysen Wong Chong, in person <br /> District 3 – Rhon Leomana Turalde, Present, in person <br /> District 4 – Brian Ley – Present, in person <br /> District 5 - Vacant <br /> District 6 – Vacant <br /> District 7 – Vacant <br /> District 8 – Cortney Okumura – running late <br /> District 9 – Justin Ackerman – Present via Zoom <br /> Quorum Established with 5 in attendance. <br /> Commissioner Okumura joined at 10:10 am, via Zoom <br /> <br /> STAFF: Inha Kandatsu-Kang Deputy Attorney, Corporation Counsel – in person <br /> Barbara Kossow, Administrative Specialist – via Zoom <br /> <br />2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: December 17, 2024 <br /> <br />Action: <br />A motion was made by T. Wong-Chong to accept the minutes of <br />December 17, 2024. Second is by B. Ley. Motion carried by pole vote <br />voice with 5 yes, and C. Okumura excused. <br /> <br /> 3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: None. <br /> <br />4. COMMISSIONER REPORT BY DISTRICT: <br /> <br />RD: R. Duerr, District – 1, Concerns is the County Plan for 2040. The Sierra Club – in following <br />this bill there’s some real problems. They talk about sustainability but there’s no place <br />for fishers, hunters or gatherers, and especially there’s no provision for access. This was <br />brought up by the Sierra Club. The Sierra Club has documented that in the plan of 2019 <br />there was access for mauka and makai, for gathering and for hunting and fishing and <br />1 <br /> <br /> <br />