2026-04-29 GMAC Minutes Final Draft

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At Game Management Advisory Commission County of Hawaii Minutes (Final draft) Meeting Date: April 29, 2026 Time: 9:00 a.m. Place: Zoom and In-Person 25 Aupuni Ctr., Ste. 1501, Hilo HI TWC: The GMAC meeting will come to order. Today is Tuesday,April 29,2026,at 9:09 a.m.and this meeting is being held in the Puna conference room at Hilo County Building and on Zoom.Just a reminder for those who are in person, please turn your cell phones silent or off,and for everyone in the Zoom. Please mute your microphones until you are called. Anyone who willfully disrupts this meeting may be kicked out and removed. Mahalo. Agenda item number 1. Roll call by districts as follows. 1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL: District 1 - Robert Duerr(12131126)—Aye- In-person District 2—Taysen Wong Chong(12131127)—Present—In-person District 3—Kapono Kuikahi(12131130)-Aye—In-person District 4—Vacant District S-Vacant District 6—Vacant District 7—Abel Aquino(12131126)—Aye,via Zoom District 8—David Okumura (12/31/30)—Present,via Zoom District 9—Justin Ackerman (12131128)—Present,via Zoom Quorum established,6 in attendance. STAFF:William Jarrett Deputy Attorney, Corporation Counsel, in-person: Barbara Kossow,Administrative Specialist, Mayor's Kona Office,via Zoom TWC: Housekeeping rules, please make sure your cell phones are turned off or on sign-in mode.To all of us who are attending here in person, please remember to speak in the microphone when you speak, so your statements can be recorded and transcribed. Under HRS 92-3 of the Sunshine Law,GMAC may remove any person who willfully disrupts a meetingto prevent or compromise the conduct of the meeting. All persons appearing before the GMAC are reminded to conduct themselves in a courteous manner. Testimonies.Those in person, if you'd like to testify, please fill out the public statement registration form.To those on Zoom, if you would like to testify on an agenda item, please provide your name and identify which item you would like to testify on. Questions from the public,for those on Zoom,you may pose the question in the Zoom chat. For those in person, you may write your question on the public statement registration form. Please note that your questions may or may not be asked at the discretion of the chair.The 1