HomeMy WebLinkAbout2017-06-27 Game Managaement Advisory Commission Agenda Wilfred M.Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor v + `° Barbara J.Kossow
I, ° Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai i
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
Tuesday,June 27, 2017
6:30 PM to 8:30 PM
Hawai'i County Building West Hawai'i Civic Center
Council Chambers Mayor's Conf. Rm., Bldg. C, 2nd FL
25 Aupuni St., Suite 1401 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy
Hilo HI 96720 Kailua-Kona HI 96740
AGENDA
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES-April 2017
3. APPROVAL OF ADDENDUM AND/OR SUPPLEMENTAL AGENDA
4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC
5. COMMUNICATIONS
A. FINANCIAL(BUDGET) REPORT
B. LEGISLATIVE REPORT: State Game Management Advisory Commission
C. PRESENTATION:
1. Jon Sabati—Newly Elected Chair of the Hawaii State Game Management Advisory
Commission. Opening Statements and Goals for the Commission.
2. Ryan Kohatsu— Newly Installed East Hawaii Commissioner. Opening Statement and
vision.
3. Anthony Sylvester II, past chair of GMAC, on need for reliable venue for scholastic
shooting sports, 4H, and Boy Scouts.
County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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4. James Cogswell Department of Forestry and Wildlife
i. Big Island Game Management Plan—Draft Revisions for Review
ii. State Game Management Advisory Commission implementation and
processes. Discussion on how we work together?
iii. Game Rules Update—concerns such as 1200 foot pounds being required (44
mag e.g.) not legal but in a pistol, is legal. Muzzle loader bore diameter vs.
projectile(sabot)
6. ORDER OF BUSINESS
A. OLD BUSINESS
1. County of Hawai'i Shooting Range
i. Update on Resolution
ii. Site Selection—Commissioner Jim O'Keefe
2. Update of USFWS meeting of June 19th, 2017 with GMAC and State Commission
members present
B. NEW BUSINESS
1. Commission Members Get Together
2. Shooting Range Community Outreach—How the Public can help in this effort.
3. Establishing an outreach to 4H, Boy Scouts,Schools to make available a County
Supported venue for those shooting sports activities (a shooting range related
activity)
7. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
A. What is Game Management Plan? Must have substantive discussion for role of Federal,
State and County
B. Improving Communications with Hunters
C. District Meetings
8. ANNOUNCEMENTS
9. NEXT MEETING SCHEDULED July 25, 2017
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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.
Anyone wishing to discuss an item that does not appear on the agenda should call the commission
secretary at 323-4444 or email donna.urban-higuchi@hawaiicounty.gov to have the subject placed on
the next available agenda.
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 1401, Hilo, HI,
and
• West Hawai'i 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 Hawai'i County Clerk within five days
of becoming a lobbyist. {Articlel5,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."
THOMAS H. LODGE, CHAIRPERSON
GAME MANAGEMENT ADVISORY COMMISSION