HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 09132011 - C.77RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute
Agreement #11-0363-SF with the California Department of Food and Agriculture in an
amount not to exceed $32,388.90 to reimburse the County for regulatory work for the Light
Brown Apple Moth, for the period July 1, 2011 though September 30, 2011, as
recommended by the Agricultural Commissioner.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This agreement reimburses the County for expenditures incurred July 1, 2011 through
September 30, 2011 not to exceed $32,388.90.
BACKGROUND:
The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) was first detected in Contra Costa County on March
7, 2007. In addition, LBAM was also detected in five San Francisco Bay Area counties
including Santa Cruz, Solano and Monterey as well as Sonoma and Santa Barbara. As
multiple detections of LBAM continued, the Department proposed the emergency adoption
of Section 3434, Light Brown Apple Moth Interior Quarantine, adding portions of
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 09/13/2011 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
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: Roxann Crosby,
925-646-5250
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: September 13, 2011
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C. 77
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Vincent L. Guise, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:September 13, 2011
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Agreement #11-0363-SF Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) Regulatory
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Contra Costa County, as well as, areas within the other counties mentioned. On May 2,
2007 the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) issued a Federal Domestic
Quarantine Order (DA-2007-42), regulating the interstate movement of host material from
the infested areas of California and all of Hawaii. This regulation requires all nurseries,
green waste facilities, community gardens and harvested commodities within the infested
areas be issued a quarantine compliance agreement and be inspected every 30 days. On
November 8, 2007, an emergency amendment to Section 3434 became effective that
removed a quarantined area in Oakley and Danville: however new regulated areas have
been established since then in other portions of the County as LBAM continues to be
detected.
The State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture has established funding for
reimbursing the County for expenditures incurred for performing regulatory work for the
Light Brown Apple Moth, which includes implementing the Federal Domestic Quarantine
Order, and the California State Interior Quarantine, in addition to conducting emergency
response activities as a result of detections of LBAM in regulated establishments.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Failure to accept Agreement #11-0359-SF will mean that the Department will be unable to
hire employees for regulatory work for the Light Brown Apple Moth.
This may also result in harm to the State of California and other non-infested entities
through the potential artificial introduction of the pest outside of the quarantine area which
could cause substantial damage to agriculture and the environment.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None.