HomeMy WebLinkAboutREP EMC 018 09/23/2008 2006-2008REPORT OF THE
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT
DATE: September,23, 2008 Re: Comm. 1438.1/Res. 743-08
PLACE: Council Chambers
Ben Franklin Building
Hilo, Hawaii
TIME: 1:00 p.m.
Council Chair and Members
Hawaii County Council
Hilo, Hawaii 96720
Your Committee on Environmental Management, to which was referred Resolution 743-08
reports as follows:
Resolution 743-08 was transmitted from Council Member Bob Jacobson, via Communication
No. 1438.1, dated August 28, 2008, introducing a resolution to support the protection and
recovery of the Hawaiian Monk Seal.
The purpose of this resolution is to support the protection and recovery of the Hawaiian Monk
Seal, by urging the Federal Administration and Congress to adequately fund the Main Hawaiian
Island Monk Seal Response and the Incidental Aquatics Division with a $1 million annual
budget.
Keiko Bonk, Hawaii Program Director for the Marine Conservation Biology Institute in
Hawaii, gave a brief presentation urging Committee Members to support the resolution that asks
for the Federal Administration and Congress to provide adequate funding and for the tour
counties of Hawaii to partner with the appropriate Federal and State agencies to develop public
awareness of the Hawaiian Monk Seal and develop a program for regulating human-seal
interactions at State/County beaches and parks frequented by the Hawaiian Monk Seal.
For informational purposes, Committee Member Yagong voted "kanalua" then "no."
Your Committee on Environmental Management is in accord with the purposes and intent of
Resolution 743-08, and recommends its <Idoption.
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AYES NOES A&E EJC
FORD x
H IGA x
HOFFMANN x
IICEDA x
JACOBSON x
NAEOLE x
PILAGO
YAGONG x
YOSIi1MOT0 x
Respectfully submitted,
COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMI3N"I'AL
MANAGEMI?NT
BOB JACOB O , CE-IAIR
MC RLPOR'1'O~(Z,~
ADOPTED: TT