HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04012014 - C.30RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute a contract with California
Department of Food and Agriculture, to pay the County an amount not to exceed $36,237 for SF Pest Exclusion -
Light Brown Apple Moth, from January 1, 2014 through September 30, 2014.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There will be no negative fiscal impact on the department or the general fund. This agreement reimburses the
department for an amount not to exceed $36,236.09 for quarantine response and regulatory enforcement activities,
thus providing needed revenue to the Department. No County match.
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 States Department of
Agriculture (USDA) issued a Federal Domestic
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 04/01/2014 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: April 1, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 30
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Vincent L. Guise, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:April 1, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or his designee to execute Agreement #13-0481-SF
with CA Department of Food and Agriculture
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
Quarantine Order (DA-2007-42), regulating the interstate movement of host material from the infested areas of
California and Hawaii. his 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:
A negative action will result in failure to meet state mandates and reduced revenue to the department. 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:
N/A