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MEMORANDUM
TO: The Honorable Board of Supervisors
FROM: Steven Hajik, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
DATE: November 6, 2018
SUBJECT: Adopt Resolution Approving Agreement No. 18-0250 with the State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture and Authorizing the Execution of the Contractor Certification Clause and Signatures for Insect Trapping Activities for FY 2018-19
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
I would like to ask the Board to adopt the attached Resolution approving an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for the trapping and detection of certain exotic insects in Lake County from July 1, 2018 through the June 30, 2019. The agreement amount is $23,179.
This is a joint federal (USDA), state and county program which can detect early infestations of various exotic insects. The USDA provides funding for the state, and state then distributes a portion of those funds to the counties. The counties are responsible for implementing the exotic insect trapping program. The traps being deployed are meant to detect the following exotic insects: Japanese Beetle, Gypsy Moth, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Melon Fly, and Oriental Fruit Fly.
The program begins on May 1st and ends on October 31st. the following traps are currently deployed in Lake County: 46 Japanese Beetle, 92 Gypsy Moth, and 103 Fruit Fly traps. All traps must be checked and serviced bi-weekly. Lake County employs two Extra Help Trappers to deploy/check the traps and the state supervises the counties. There have been no detections during my tenure as an Agricultural Commissioner.
This program is critical to Lake County's agricultural industry. Without a detection program, pears and grapes would not be able to be shipped to other parts of the country or internationally due to quarantine requirements. If your Board does not approve this Agreement, CDFA (state) will be forced to operate the program in Lake County and the proposed Agreement wi...
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