HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 12102013 - C.27RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or his designee, to execute Agreement #13-0353-SF
Light Brown Apple Moth - Regulatory with California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in the amount
not to exceed $3,925 to perform and provide quarantine response and regulatory enforcement activities for the
California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in compliance with the requirements for the period October
1, 2013 through December 31, 2013.
FISCAL IMPACT:
This agreement reimburses the department up to $3,925 to support inspection and enforcement activities on behalf of
the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in Contra Costa County. There is no cost share
requirement nor grant money and the revenue from this agreement has been anticipated in the departmental FY13/14
budget.
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
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 12/10/2013 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: December 10, 2013
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: June McHuen, Deputy
cc:
C.27
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Vincent L. Guise, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:December 10, 2013
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:Agreement #13-0353-SF Light Brown Apple Moth Program - Regulatory
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
adoption of Section 3434, Light Brown Apple Moth Interior Quarantine, eventually adding the entirety of Contra
Costa County. 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 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:
Failure to accept Agreement 13-0353-SF will mean that the department will not have the revenue necessary to meet
state mandates and would impact the county's nursery industry and growers, as they would not be able to meet the
requirements to ship host material to non-infested areas outside the county. The department would lose administrative
overhead that is of benefit to the departments operational budget.
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None