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Home My WebLink About2014-02-24 Game Management Advisory Commission Agenda Walter K.M. Lau Managing Director William P. Kenoi Mayor Randall M. Kurohara Deputy Managing Director County of Hawai‘i Office of the Mayor  25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawai‘i 96720 (808) 961-8211 Fax (808) 961-6553  KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C Kailua-Kona, Hawai‘i 96740  (808) 323-4444 Fax (808) 323-4440 MEETING NOTICE Hawai’i County Game Management Advisory Commission Via Videoconference (Hilo and Kona) Monday February 24, 2014 6:30pm Hawai’i County Building West Hawai’i Civic Center Council Chambers Mayor’s Conf. Rm., Bldg C., 2 FL nd 25 Aupuni St., Suite 1401 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy. Hilo HI 96720 Kailua-Kona HI 96740 AGENDA I.Call to Order II.Roll Call III.Introduction of Commission Members and Guest Speaker DOFAW Administrator, Lisa Hadway IV.Approval of Minutes: September 23, 2013 and November 25, 2013 V.Public Testimony on Agenda Items VI.Reports/Special Committee/Presentation 1. DOFAW Administrator, Lisa Hadway: County of Hawai‘i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Because of GMAC’s responsibility to advise various governmental agencies on sustainable subsistence hunting and fishing, as well as protect traditional cultural gathering rights, GMAC is particularly interested in learning the status of: The proposed amendment changes to Hawaii Administrative Rules, Title 13, Subtitle 5, Part 2, Chapter 124, Indigenous Wildlife, Endangered and Threatened Wildlife, and Introduced Wild Birds. a) GMAC has especial interest in knowing more about the purpose of the proposed amendments listed below and what is the status of these changes? Amend section 12-124-2 "definitions" to provide definitions for the terms "Introduce" and "Release" and amend the definitions of Introduced wildlife" "Injurious" and "Wildlife". Amend Section 13-124-3 "prohibited activities" to prohibit the transport and release of introduced wildlife. b) Update on the DOFAW Game Management Program Development: DRAFT CONCEPTUAL PLAN. c) Time frame for DLNR Chairperson William Aila to return to Hawai’i County and speak with our resource users. d) Actual locations and total acreage to be fenced and ungulates are to be removed per the Watershed Protection Plan. e) DLNR’s recent press release: Can you explain the difference between “doubling the acreage of protected watershed forests in a decade” to the 140,000 acres now being managed to conserve Hawaii’s forest which will be increased to more the 480,000 acres by the time projects currently funded are completed? f) The implementation of the Watershed Initiative Plan states that DLNR and our partners are employing more efficient management techniques. Why resource users are not considered a “partner” in this plan or any other plan? VII. Unfinished Business: 1. A motion to accept our legislative testimony for HB1901, HB1902, HB1903, HB1904 HB1905, HB1907, SB2511. VIII.New Business: 1. A motion to submit a formal request asking Dr. Bill Walsh of the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources to attend one of our upcoming meetings to discuss: http://westhawaiitoday.com/news/local-news/brief-big-island-state-2-5-14 IX. Future Meeting Dates:  Monday, March 24, 2014 6:30pm  Monday, April 21, 2014 6:30pm County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. X. Announcements: XI. Adjournment: Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawai‘i Revised Statutes (hereinafter “HRS”) §92-3.5, the Hawai‘i County Game Management Advisory Commission will be conducting this Committee meeting via videoconference. Game Management Advisory Commission members will be present at the following location(s), where the public is invited to participate:  Hawai’i County Building, Council Chambers, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1402, Hilo, HI, and  West Hawai‘i Civic Center, Mayor’s Conference Room, Building C, Second Floor 74-5044 Ane Keohokālole Highway, 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 961-8211 as soon as possible, but no later than five (5) working days prior to the meeting date, to arrange for accommodations. If you are a lobbyist, you must register with the Hawai‘i County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawai‘i County Code. “A lobbyist is any individual who is 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.” ANTHONY H. SYLVESTER II, CHAIRPERSON GAME MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION BOARD MEMBERS: District 1 Willie-Joe Camara District 2 Dwayne D. “Ike” Yoshina District 3 Anthony H. “Tony” Sylvester, II District 4 Paul E. Bueltmann District 5 Tom H. Lodge District 6 Kenneth “Kalani” DeCoito District 7 Robert “Rob” White District 8 Mark C. Bartell District 9 Vacant County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.