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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 02022010 - SD.4RECOMMENDATION(S): 1. ACCEPT the 2009 Annual Report on the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program; and 2. DIRECT staff to report to the Transportation Water & Infrastructure Committee in 2010, as recommended by the Transportation Water & Infrastructure Committee. FISCAL IMPACT: None. BACKGROUND: The County Board of Supervisors adopted an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Policy in November 2002. The Board adopted the policy in response to a report published in March 2001 by the County’s Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board (PEHAB). An Integrated Pest Management Task Force was established to look at the County’s use of pesticides and ways of reducing them through the use of IPM. In January APPROVE OTHER RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE Action of Board On: 02/02/2010 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER Clerks Notes: VOTE OF SUPERVISORS AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor Gayle B. Uilkema, District II Supervisor Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor Susan A. Bonilla, District IV Supervisor Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor Contact: Randall Sawyer, 335-3210 I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown. ATTESTED: February 2, 2010 David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors By: June McHuen, Deputy cc: Tasha Scott, Barbara Borbon, Tanya Drlik SD. 4 To:Board of Supervisors From:William Walker, M.D., Health Services Director Date:February 2, 2010 Contra Costa County Subject:Annual Report on the Integrated Pest Management Program BACKGROUND: (CONT'D) 2009, an IPM Coordinator was hired and in November 2009 the Task Force was dissolved and the IPM Advisory Committee was formed to take its place. At the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee meeting on December 14, 2009, the IPM Coordinator presented her report on the progress of the County’s IPM program. The report contains the accomplishments of the Departmental IPM Programs, the IPM Task Force and the IPM Coordinator for 2009 and lists the priorities for each for 2010. The report was accepted by the Committee and referred to the Board.