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C. 15

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Matt Slattengren
Date:	October 23, 2018

Contra

Costa

County

Subject:

Agreement 18-0299-030 Pest Exclusion - Light Brown Apple Moth Regulatory

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 10/23/2018

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Diane Burgis, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:

608-6600

I hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an action taken and entered on the minutes of the Board of Supervisors on the date shown.
ATTESTED: October 23, 2018
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in an amount not to exceed $57,813 to provide Light Brown Apple Moth quarantine response and regulatory enforcement activities for the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Agreement #18-0299-030-SF provides reimbursement for department expenses not to exceed $57,813 incurred during the period July 1, 2018 through June 30, 2019. There is no county match or funds, nor are grant monies involved. The department has anticipated and budgeted this revenue in the 18/19 budget.

BACKGROUND:

The Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) was first detected in Contra Costa County in March 2007 and subsequently the County has become generally infested. The CDFA imposed emergency adoption of Section 3434, Light Brown Apple Moth Interior Quarantine, for the entirety of Contra Costa County. The United States Department of Food and Agriculture (USDA) issued a Federal Domestic Quarantine order (DA-2007-42), regulating the interstate movement of host material from the infested areas of California and Hawaii. This regulation requires all nurseries, green waste facilities, community gardens, harvest host plants and commodities within the infested areas be issued quarantine compliance agreements and be inspected every 30 days.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

A negative response will result in the Department's failure to meet State mandates and reduce budgeted revenue. This would also negatively impact the County's nursery industry and some growers as they would not be able to meet the requirements to ship host material to non-infested areas outside the County.