2013-06-17 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – June 17, 2013 Chair Sylvester: Update on Hawaii Administrative Rule Changes to Chapter 124. So, pertaining to the proposed amendment changes to HR Chapter 124, does the Chair hear a motion to identify the parts of or the entirety to be opposed and request a letter signed by our Mayor to the DLNR opposing said amendment changes. C. Bailey: Yes, Chair. Chair Sylvester: Do I hear a motion? C. Bailey: Yes, Chair. D. Yoshina: Second. Chair Sylvester: OK. There is a second. And it is moved and seconded that we identify parts of or the entirety to be opposed and request the letter signed by our Mayor to the DLNR opposing said amendment changes. The floor is open for discussion. Please identify what parts or its entirety. [Pause] Cleon? C. Bailey: Chair can we like schedule [unclear] excuse me – yes, Chair – [unclear] a mistake and there was already an ad hoc committee generated toward HAR 124 – it was Paul and Tom Lodge and Francis – has that been dissolved? Chair Sylvester: Yeah. C. Bailey: As far as getting to issues under this 124 – where they can collect information from different entities on what they oppose in partial or entirely. I mean, I can give you some issues myself – I didn’t think we were going to address this in detail, except maybe we’d establish some sort of committee to collect this information, but if I had to give you an answer now – there’s issues right off the bat with non- representation from the Big Island representative – Robert Pacheco – who sits on the board. Every time they have a rule or an amendment change – he’s not there at the public hearings to actually, you know, to get input and receive feedback from the public. And that’s just a general issue with this amendment rule change for 124, without this representation on the board. Some of the other issues or they added words in their definition – they gave a definition 15