Memorandum
Date: June 2, 2020
To: The Honorable Moke Simon, Chair, Lake County Board of Supervisors
From: Steven Hajik, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
Subject: Adopt Resolution Approving the Amended Agreement No.19-0237 with the State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture for Exotic Pest Detection in the Amount of $38,223 for FY 2019-20
Executive Summary:
I would like to ask the Board to adopt the attached Resolution approving the amended 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, 2019 through the June 30, 2020. The new agreement amount is $38,223.00.
This is a joint federal (USDA), state and county program which can detect early infestation 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 the implementing the exotics insect trapping program. The traps being deployed are meant to detect the following exotic insects: Japanese Beetle, Gypsy Moth, Mediterranean Fruit Fly, Melon Fly, Oriental Fruit Fly, and Mediterranean Oak Borer Beetle.
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, 103 Fruit Fly, and 40 Mediterranean Oak Borer Beetle. 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.
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. This also could prevent the loss of oak trees in the county. If your Board does not approve this Agreement, CDFA (state) will be forced to operate the program in...
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