HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 07082014 - C.56RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or his designee, to sign the Memorandum of
Understanding with the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) to provide
reimbursement of $6,372 to the department for certain non-mandated pesticide use reporting activities for the period
of July 1, 2014 to June 30, 2015 as recommended by the Agricultural Commissioner.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Agricultural Department will be reimbursed $6,372 for activities related to pesticide use reporting
BACKGROUND:
In 1990, the State mandated that all agricultural pesticide usage be reported through county agricultural
commissioners to the CA Dept. of Pesticide Regulations (CDPR). The use of pesticides by pest control businesses
and the agricultural use of restricted pesticides were already required to be reported in the same manner.
The CDPR subsequently contracted with county agricultural commissioners to input the data from these reports into a
database and to submit the data to CDPR monthly.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 07/08/2014 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: July 8, 2014
David Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 56
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Vincent L. Guise, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:July 8, 2014
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:MOU between CA Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Assn (CACASA) and the Agricultural Commissioner of
CCC
BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)
In 2011, through the joint efforts of CDPF and CACASA, a new computer program was installed in the offices of all
county agricultural commissioners which improved the permit process for restricted pesticides, issuance of operator
identification numbers and the submission of pesticide use reports. This new program provided the capability of
centralized data submission and allows on-line entry of the data by those required to submit pesticide use reports.
The CDPR no longer offers individual data submission contracts to counties and has contracted with CACASA to
provide the data storage, software and data communication infrastructure for the reporting of pesticide use data.
CACASA has simplified the overall process of the data submission contracts and is providing the online program
support to maintain the enhanced reporting capabilities.
In order to ease the transition from county personnel inputting the data to the user of the pesticide inputting the data,
CACASA is providing funding to counties during the transition period, in return for county agricultural
commissioners' efforts to provide on-going data input and training to submitters of data to use the new online
submission program.
CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:
A negative vote would cause the department to lose revenue for the pesticide use reporting program,
CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:
None