RECOMMENDATION(S):
APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding with the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) to accept an amount not to exceed $3,186 to provide pesticide use reporting activities for the period January 1, 2018 through June 30, 2018.
FISCAL IMPACT:
The Agriculture Department will be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed $3,186 for activities related to pesticide use reporting. There is no county match of funds nor grant monies involved. The amount has been anticipated and budgeted for FY 17/18.
BACKGROUND:
The California Department of Pesticide Regulations (CDPR) no longer offers individual data submission contracts to counties and has contracted with CACASA to provide the data storage, software and data communication infrastructure for the reporting of pesticide use data. CACASA has simplified the overall process of the statistical submission contracts and is providing the online support to maintain the enhanced reporting capabilities. In order to ease the transition from County personnel input to input by the user of the pesticide, CACASA is providing funding to counties during the transition period to provide interim data input and training.
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