2014-09-15 Game Management Advisory Commission Minutes

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Hawaii Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Minutes – September 15, 2014 – the possession of loaded firearms or other implements except by law enforcement officers and developed, populated or concentrated use areas is prohibited. There were in kim chee. This needs to be addressed and Mauna Kea Recreational Park be specifically allowed by language that goes into the law for the County to be allowable, otherwise, the County by not changing that is going to exclude each and every hunter that would go up there and so much as want to utilize the restrooms. There’s been talk of – when you rent the cabin – if you’re gonna stay up there and hunt over night which has been traditional since the park was utilized as a state park. I heard a rumor that if a state allows this county or other people to run a park the conditional uses are not supposed to be eliminated. I did not find any paperwork on that. Maybe more research can be done to back that statement up when, but I don’t have it right now, unfortunately. But I would again ask this commission to please immediately, and not later, approach the County Council and the Mayor to allow the usage of the cabins with firearms. And we cannot have it with just licensed hunters if in fact the Puuwaawaa Target Range goes into effect and becomes available. If a visitor comes and they decide they want to try out the new range in Hawaii and decide, hey, what a great thing to stay at the park, let’s not prohibit them from having such an occasion, so that is something that I would ask this commission to support in getting something through, please. Thank you. Chair Lodge: Any other comments… K. Marks: Good evening gentlemen. I’m Kerri Marks from Kaumana city. I would also like to comment on the minutes, but I can’t because I’ve never seen them. I will make the same comment I made at the last meeting and at least two meeting before this – that the minutes are not posted on the website. We’d like to see the minutes posted on the website before the meeting so we can all comment on them. For this entire year, you have one meeting posted, since February, and that’s the only one I can comment on. Other than that there’s no minutes. Beyond that, there’s no nothing on the website. Last time we saw maps, you have some resolutions here, why don’t you post those too? Scan them, make them PDFs and post those too, so that we can all see them and we can share ‘em and other people can see ‘em too. So please post them on the website before so we can comment tonight. And I have a comment on the Mauna Kea Park – dogs are okay, for sure, I checked with the Mayor’s office and for sure it’s an inland park that only applies to beach parks with the dogs but you have to check on the guns so – told them make sure the guns are OK and if it’s not, I’m sure that we can get that passed through County Council no problem because you have support on the County Council. So that’s all I wanted to say. Let’s clear that up for sure, check with Ilihia, but for sure you can have dogs up there. And I was just up there this weekend, it’s lovely. Mahalo. A summary of the minutes and agendas will be made available on the County website as well as at the Hilo and Kona mayor’s offices. 6