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TO: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
FROM: Supervisor Tom Torlahon Contra
Costa
DATE: January 30, 1990 `�` rty
SUBJECT: CONSIDER APPROPRIATION FOR GROUND SQUIRREL ABATEMENT PRGG,,R X
SPECIFIC REQUEST(S) OR RECOMMENDATION(S) & BACKGROUND AND JUSTIFICATION
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Refer to the Finance Committee to
consider the appropriation of $15, 000 for a Ground Squirrel Abatement
Program and direct the County Administrator, the Health Services
Director, and the Director of Agriculture to identify sources of
matching funds .
BACKGROUND INFORMATION: A Ground Squirrel Abatement Program
is urgently needed to respond to the health and erosion problems
caused by ground squirrels .
The Agriculture Department staff has received reports and
has observed the presence of ticks on ground squirrels . These ticks
are known to transmit lyme disease. Bubonic Plague has also been a
concern with the squirrels. Thus, the ground squirrel overpopulation
pose significant health risks.
These squirrels are also causing major erosion damage to the
levees in East County. Supervisor Schroder and I toured the East
County area last February and viewed first hand the extreme erosion
damage attributed to these squirrels .
CONTINUED ON ATTACHMENT: YES SIGNATURE:
RECOMMENDATION OF COUNTY ADMINISTRATOR RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE
— APPROVE OTHER
SIGNATURE(S)
ACTION OF BOARD ON January 30, 1990 APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED X OTHER
VG rE OF SUPERVISORS
X UNANIMOUS (ABSENT ) I HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THIS IS A TRUE
AYES: NOES: AND CORRECT COPY OF AN ACTION TAKEN
ABSENT: _ ABSTAIN: AND ENTERED ON THE MINUTES OF THE BOARD
OF SUPERVISORS ON THE DATE SHOWN.
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County Administrator
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