Memorandum
Date: July 15, 2025
To: The Honorable Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Katherine VanDerWall, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
Subject: Adopt Resolution Approving Amended MOU Between County of Lake and Lake County Resource Conservation District for Management of Goatsrue in Lake County for July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2027, in the Amount of $72,716.00
Executive Summary:
We do not have the resources to oversee and manage the Goatsrue eradication project based on current staffing levels. The Agriculture Department has been awarded grant funding from CDFA for this project in which the Lake County Resource Conservation District (LCRCD ) is listed as a contractor/consultant. This MOU is needed with the LCRCD to maintain eradication efforts. This noxious weed is found in the Scotts Creek Watershed and is one of two known locations in the state.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has identified Goatsrue as an “A” rated weed. An “A” rating is a pest of known economic or environmental detriment and is either not known to be established in California or it is present in a limited distribution that allows for the possibility of eradication or successful containment.
Should the board approve this resolution, please have the chair sign, and return one original copy of the MOU, one copy of the board resolution, and return them to the Department of Agriculture for processing. A signed complete copy will be returned for your records.
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Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution Approving Amended MOU Between County of Lake and Lake County Resource Conservation District for Management of Goatsrue in Lake County for July 1, 2023, through December 31, 2027, in the Amount of $72,716.00