Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAbout2015-09-21 Game Management Advisory Commission AgendaWilliam P. Kenoi Mayor County of H awa i i Walter K.M. Lau Managing Director Randall M. Kurohara Deputy Managing Director Office of the Mayor 25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 • Hilo, Hawaii 96720 • (808) 961-8211 • Fax (808) 961-6553 KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C • Kailua-Kona, Hawaii 96740 (808) 323-4444 • Fax (808) 323-4440 MEETING NOTICE Hawai'i County Game Management Advisory Commission Via Videoconferencing Hilo to Kona Monday, September 21, 2015 6:30pm Hawai'i County Building Council Chambers 25 Aupuni St., Suite 1401 Hilo HI 96720 AGENDA I. Call to Order: (6:30PM) II. Roll Call: III. Announcements and Introductions: IV. Approval of Minutes: V. Budget Report: VI. Public Testimony on Agenda Items: VII. Discussion: West Hawai'i Civic Center Mayors Conf. Rm., Bldg. C, 2nd FL 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy Kailua-Kona HI 96740 a. Colonel Peterson, Pohakuloa Training Area (PTA) Commander (if available), on progress towards the various community outreach goals, hunting and potential long term relationships with our communities. b. Sunshine Law - Executive Meetings via teleconference due to geographic considerations? c. Draft Meeting Rules - Rules of meeting conduct for receiving public testimony, notification of meetings and agenda items, etc., published minutes summaries, reports. County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Agenda September 21, 2015 Page 2 d. Mayor's support for Legislative Agenda - HB104 recognition of our game animals as resources; Families Afield - Apprentice License for hunting. Are there other important Legislative Agenda items to consider? e. Mayor's support for Outdoors Promotion, hunting, hiking, fishing, family awareness and participation; Venue Options include Trap and Skeet, Hakalau (Hunting, Fishing, Farming - Lease), Family Hunting Fishing Days around the Island. Pohakuloa Public Participation Animal Removal and Recovery Efforts - Report by Ryan Kohatsu. g. Invite DLNR to the October meeting to explain where, why and how Wildlife Revolving Fund and Pittman -Robertson monies are spent here in Hawaii. ■ What benefits do we receive from these expenditures? ■ What and how does Pittman -Robertson money benefit the game mammal and game bird resources here in Hawaii? ■ What does our Wildlife Revolving Fund money do to benefit game resources here in Hawaii particularly game mammals. ■ Resource Management - finding out what we have and where we have it is the only way we can begin to manage our game resources. There is no consistent history that we are aware of, on the Big Island anyway, that this has been done since the 1970's. ■ Should GMAC push for an Audit of DLNR or at the very least, the Wildlife Revolving Fund? VIII. Unfinished Business: IX. New Business: X. Committee Reports: XI. Commissioners Report by District XII. Next Meeting Date: October 19, 2015 Place to be announced. XIII. Adjournment: (8:30PM) 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. County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer. Game Management Advisory Commission Meeting Agenda September 21, 2015 Page 3 Notice is hereby given that pursuant to Hawaii Revised Statutes (hereinafter "HRS") §92-3.5, the Hawaii 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 1401, Hilo, Hawaii, and • West Hawaii Civic Center, Mayor's Conference Room, Building C, Second Floor 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Highway, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii; or Council Conference Room A If audio stream between Hilo and Kona is lost for more than a short period of time, the meeting will be terminated. 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 323-4444 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 Hawaii County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article15, Section 2-91.3(b), Hawaii 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." THOMAS H. LODGE, CHAIRPERSON GAME MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION BOARD MEMBERS: District 1 Willie -Joe Camara District 2 Dwayne D. "Ike" Yoshina District 3 Ryan Kohatsu District 4 Naniloa Pogline District 5 Thomas H. Lodge District 6 Kenneth "Kalani" DeCoito District 7 Vacant District 8 Mark C. Bartell District 9 Jonathan Bartsch County of Hawaii is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.