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Home My WebLink About2024_01_16 Game Management Advisory Commission Agenda Cortney Okumura, Mitchell D. Roth Vice Chair Mayor Leomana Turalde Brian Ley Deanna S. Sako Robert Duerr Managing Director Austin Griffey Natalie Reynolds Robert H. Command Justin Ackerman Deputy Managing Director Abraham Antonio County of Hawai‘i Game Management Advisory Commission 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603  Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720  (808) 961-8211  Fax (808) 961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C  Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740 (808) 323-4444  Fax (808) 323-4440 AGENDA DATE: Tuesday, January 16, 2024 TIME: 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM PLACE: 25 Aupuni St., Puna Conference Rm., #1501, Hilo, HI 96720 This meeting will be held through a combination of some board members being physically present at the meeting location and some members participating in an interactive video conference through Zoom. Members of the public may provide remote oral testimony by Zoom or at the public location noted above. The ICT link for the meeting is: https://www.zoomgov.com/j/1616712826?pwd=MXEzVU5hcUQwRkd5ZXZPUWN5UzdmZz09 Meeting ID: 161 671 2826 Passcode: 008744 One tap mobile +16692545252,,1616712826# US (San Jose) +14154494000,,1616712826# US (US Spanish Line) Dial by your location +1 669 254 5252 US (San Jose) +1 415 449 4000 US (US Spanish Line) +1 669 216 1590 US (San Jose) +1 646 964 1167 US (US Spanish Line) +1 551 285 1373 US +1 646 828 7666 US (New York) Meeting ID: 161 671 2826 Find your local number: https://www.zoomgov.com/u/aduKF3bBGq STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC: The Commission will accept both written testimony and oral testimony. All written testimony will be a part of the permanent record and must be submitted either to 1) Barbara.Kossow@hawaiicounty.gov 2) facsimile to (808) 323-4440, or 3) mail to Game Management Advisory Commission, nd 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C, 2 FL, Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740. Oral testimony can be provided at the beginning of the meeting, when the respective agenda is called, or at the sole discretion of the Chair. County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: (9:00 am) 2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: October 17, 2023, November 21, 2023, and December 19, 2023 3. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS: 4. COMMISSIONER REPORT BY DISTRICT: 5. PRESENTATION: a. Phil Fernandez, President Hawaii Fishermen's Alliance for Conservation and Tradition Inc. (HFACT), presenting on Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resource’s Holomua Marine Initiative 6. NEW BUSINESS: a. Review of 2024 Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Dates. b. Review of Outstanding GMAC Letters and Reports. c. Nominations and Elections of GMAC Chair. d. Review drafted Letter in Opposition to DLNR fencing in the PIHA area, Commissioner Abraham Antonio 7. ANNOUNCEMENTS: a. Next meeting will be on February 20, 2024, at 9:00 am to 11:00 am at the 25 Aupuni Street. Puna Conference Room, #1501, Hilo HI 96720. 8. ADJOURNMENT: (11:00 a.m.) Executive Session: The Game Management Advisory Commission anticipates it may convene in one or more executive sessions regarding the above matters listed on the agenda, pursuant to HRS Sections 92-4 and 92-5 (a)(4), for the purpose of consulting with the Board’s attorney on questions and issues pertaining to the Commission’s powers, duties, privileges, immunities, and liabilities. A 2/3 vote pursuant to HRS Section 92-4 is necessary to hold an executive session. Executive session is closed to the public. Anyone wishing to discuss an item that does not appear on the agenda should call the commission secretary at 808-323-4444 or email Barbara.Kossow@hawaiicounty.gov to have the subject placed on the next available agenda. Note: A meeting held by interactive conference technology shall be automatically recessed for up to 30 minutes to restore communication when audiovisual communication cannot be maintained with all members participating in the meeting or with the “in-person” location identified in this agenda. The meeting may be in-person when either audiovisual communication is restored, or audio-only communication is established after an unsuccessful attempt to restore audiovisual communication. If it is not possible to reconvene the meeting as provided in this subsection within 30 minutes after an interruption to communication, then the meeting shall be automatically terminated. County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Anyone who requires an auxiliary aid or service, other reasonable modification, or language interpretation to access this meeting please contact the Office of the Mayor at 808-961-8211 or 808-323-4444 as soon as possible, but no later than five (5) working days prior to the meeting date, to arrange for accommodations. Board Packet: Pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes Section 92-7.5, the board packet provided to members of this board for this meeting is available for public inspection forty-eight 48) hours before the meeting date during regular business hours at the Hilo Office of the Mayor, 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603, Hilo, Hawai’i, and at the Kona Office of the Mayor, 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Hwy., Bldg C, Kailua-Kona, Hawai’i. Notification Sign-Up: Members of the public can sign-up for email notifications for information from Game Management Advisory Commission on the Hawai‘i County website, hawaiicounty.gov, under Boards and Commissions, tab “Sign Up for Boards and Commission Email Notifications”, and fill out the e-form. Link: https://www.hawaiicounty.gov/our-county/boards-and-commissions/sign-up-for-boards- and-commissions-email-notifications Notice to lobbyists: If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawaiʻi County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. \[Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaiʻi County Code.\] A lobbyist means “any individual engaged for pay or other consideration who spends more than five hours in any month or $275 in any six-month period for the purpose of attempting to influence legislative or administrative action by communicating or urging others to communicate with public officials.” \[Chapter 2, Article 15, Section 2-91.3(a)(6), Hawaiʻi County Code.\] Registration forms and expenditure report documents are available at the Office of the County Clerk-Council, 25 Aupuni Street, Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720. CORTNEY OKUMURA, VICE CHAIRPERSON, GAME MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.