HomeMy WebLinkAbout2018-10-23 Game Management Advisory Commision Agenda
Wil Okabe
Managing Director
Harry Kim
Mayor
Barbara J. Kossow
Deputy Managing Director
County of Hawai ʻ i
Office of the Mayor
25 Aupuni Street, Suite 2603 Hilo, Hawaiʻi 96720 (808) 961-8211 Fax (808) 961-6553
KONA: 74-5044 Ane Keohokalole Hwy., Bldg. C Kailua-Kona, Hawaiʻi 96740
(808) 323-4444 Fax (808) 323-4440
MEETING NOTICE
Hawaiʻi County
Game Management Advisory Commission
Via Videoconferencing Hilo to Kona
October 23, 2018
6:30 – 8:30pm
Hawaiʻi County Building West Hawaiʻi Civic Center
nd
Council Chambers Mayor’s Conf. Rm. Bldg. C, 2 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 (6:30 pm)
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES – September 24, 2018 meeting
3. BUDGET REPORT
4. STATEMENTS FROM THE PUBLIC ON AGENDA ITEMS
-Statements from the public will be taken throughout the meeting.
5. OLD BUSINESS
a. Discussion on Charter Commission – GMAC letter to Charter Commission with
suggested changes.
b. Gun Range Working Group and Government Affairs Committees-update.
c. Traditional and Cultural Gathering rights and Fishing issues – Formation of
committees.
d. Powers of the committees.
e. GMAC-Discussion on Message to the public.
f. Request a vote on including Non-Commission Members to Committees.
g. Election next meeting for Chair, Vice Chair
h. Fill Open Committees
County of Hawaiʻi is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.
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6. NEW BUSINESS
a. Travel Budget
7. COMMITTEE REPORTS
8. COMMISIONNERS’ REPORTS BY DISTRICT
9. ADJOURNMENT (8:30 pm)
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 Hawaiʻi Revised Statutes (hereinafter “HRS”) §92-3.5, the Hawaiʻi
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:
Hawaiʻi County Building, Council Chambers, 25 Aupuni Street, First Floor, Suite 1401, Hilo,
HI, and
West Hawaiʻi Civic Center, Mayor’s Conference Room, Building C, Second Floor, 74-5044
Ane Keohokālole 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 Hawaiʻi County Clerk within five days of becoming a lobbyist. {Article15, Section 2-
91.3(b), Hawaiʻi 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
County of Hawai`i is an Equal Opportunity Provider and Employer.