HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 01062015 - C.33RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute a contract with the California
Department of Food and Agriculture for the exclusion and control of the light Brown Apple moth in an amount not to
exceed $27,534, for the period of October 1, 2014 through September 30, 2015.
FISCAL IMPACT:
No County match. This agreement reimburses the department for an amount not to exceed $27,534 for quarantine
response and regulatory enforcement activities. This amount has been anticipated in the department budget.
BACKGROUND:
The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) was first detected in Contra Costa County in March 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 State 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.
APPROVE OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY
ADMINISTRATOR
RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD
COMMITTEE
Action of Board On: 01/06/2015 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: 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: January 6, 2015
David J. Twa, County Administrator and Clerk of the Board of Supervisors
By: Chris Heck, Deputy
cc:
C. 33
To:Board of Supervisors
From:Chad Godoy, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:January 6, 2015
Contra
Costa
County
Subject:14-0490-SF Pest Exclusion - LBAM Regulatory
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:
No impact.