Memorandum
Date: December 1, 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 Agreement No. 20-0153 with the State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture and Authorize the Execution of Post-Consumer Certification Contract and Contractor Certification Clause and Signatures for Insect Trapping in the Amount of $131,716.00 For Activities in FY 20-22
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, 2020 through the June 30, 2022.
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, Oriental Fruit Fly and Mediterranean Oak Borer.
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 and 40 Mediterranean Oak Borer 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this Agreement, CDFA (state) will be forced to operate the program in Lake County and the proposed Agreement will be withdrawn. Two or three counties have done this.
Should the Board adopt this Resolution, please have the chair sign and return one (1) copies of the Agreement, one (1) copy of the Board Resolution, one (1) copy of postconsumer-Content Certification, and one(1) copy of Contractor Certification Clauses and return them to the Department of Agriculture for processing. A signed completed copy will be returned for your records.
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Estimated Cost: ________ Amount Budgeted: _$131,716.00__ Additional Requested: ________ Future Annual Cost: ________
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Recommended Action: Adopt Resolution Approving Agreement No. 20-0153 with the State of California, Department of Food and Agriculture and Authorize the Execution of Post-Consumer Certification Contract and Contractor Certification Clause and Signatures for Insect Trapping in the Amount of $131,716.00 For Activities in FY 20-22