HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 10152013 - C.37RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to amend a contract with the California
Department of Food and Agriculture increasing the amount by $29,693 for a new total not to exceed $40,935, for
"Pest Exclusion EQR Program" for the period of October 1, 2012 through September 30, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
Approval of this agreement will provide a new total of $40,935 revenue for the Department to fulfill the requirements
of the agreement. Agreement is fully funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA). No
county match of funds is required .
BACKGROUND:
The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) was first detected in Contra Costa County on March 7, 2007 and
subsequently the county has become generally infested. As multiple detections of LBAM continued, the California
Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) proposed emergency adoption of Section 3434, Light Brown Apple
Moth Interior Quarantine, eventually adding the entirety of Contra Costa county. The United Stated Department of
Agriculture (USDA) issued a Federal Domestic
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 10/15/2013 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED OTHER
Clerks Notes:
VOTE OF SUPERVISORS
AYE:John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II
Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III
Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV
Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V
Supervisor
Contact: 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: October 15, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 37
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Vincent L. Guise, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:October 15, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Agreement #12-0527-SF Amendment 1 Pest Exclusion EQR Program
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Quarantine Order (DA-2007-42), regulating the interstate movement of host material from the infested areas of
California and Hawaii. This regulation requires all nurseries, green waste facilities, community gardens and harvested
host plant commodities within the infested areas be issued a quarantine compliance agreement and be inspected every
30 days.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
Loss of revenue to the department and failure to meet state madates. This would also negatively impact the county's
nursery industry and some growers as they would not be able to meet the requirements to ship host material to
non-infested areas outside the county.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None