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<br />Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting <br />Minutes – July 15, 2013 <br /> Phil Fernandez <br /> Glennon Gingo <br /> Barbara Dalton, Governor’s Liaison <br /> Marni Herkes <br /> <br /> <br />APPROVAL OF MINUTES: <br /> <br />Chair Sylvester entertained a Motion to approve the Minutes of July 15, 2013, <br />GMAC meeting. <br /> <br />ACTION: D. Yoshina moved to approve; seconded by M. Bartell, and carried <br /> <br />unanimously by voice vote. <br /> <br /> <br />STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: <br /> <br /> <br />There were none. <br /> <br />However, Chair Sylvester recognized Phil Fernandez who did not have a <br />comment on the agenda items but submitted a written introduction. <br /> <br /> <br />REPORTS OF SPECIAL COMMITTEES <br />: <br /> <br /> <br />1. REPRESENTATIVE ONISHI ON STRATEGIES TO INCREASE MONIES TO <br />THE WILDLIFE REVOLVING FUND <br /> <br /> Rep. Onishi stated the following: <br /> <br /> <br /> He supports GMAC efforts and will help to continue to develop the <br />plans and to provide funding so that our resources can be managed <br />efficiently. He shares similar concerns to provide a balance between <br />GMAC efforts to look at conservation and endangered species <br />protection but also at the same time trying to provide opportunities for <br />hunters and other people to be able to have access to the land to do <br />hunting and fishing. <br /> <br /> <br /> Puuanahulu Range – funding earmarked to go into the revolving fund <br />– partly to manage the Range and partly to the resource fund. What’s <br />the projection in terms of the cost? Range will be privately run. Lease <br />payments should be going into this fund. So once that is created this <br />is supposed to be the proto-type for ranges on every island. There are <br />plans or specifications to hire staffing. However, if there isn’t enough <br />money or there’s no position established, legislation may be <br /> 2 <br /> <br />