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C.153

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	TRANSPORTATION, WATER & INFRASTRUCTURE COMMITTEE
Date:	September 13, 2016

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Costa

County

Subject:

Mid-Year Public Input Report on the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/13/2016

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

John Gioia, District I Supervisor
Candace Andersen, District II Supervisor
Mary N. Piepho, District III Supervisor
Karen Mitchoff, District IV Supervisor
Federal D. Glover, District V Supervisor

Contact:	Tanya Drlik (925) 335-3214
cc:	Tanya Drlik

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: September 13, 2016
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

RECEIVE the Mid-Year Public Input Report on the Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Program.

FISCAL IMPACT:

None.

BACKGROUND:

The Board of Supervisors adopted an Integrated Pest Management (IPM) Policy in November 2002. The Board adopted the policy in response to a report published in March 2001 by the County’s Public and Environmental Health Advisory Board. An Integrated Pest Management Task Force was established to look at the County’s use of pesticides and ways of reducing them through the use of IPM. In January 2009, an IPM Coordinator was hired and in November 2009, the Task Force was dissolved and the IPM Advisory Committee was formed to take its place.

BACKGROUND: (CONT'D)

The annual IPM report typically includes updates on legislation, the accomplishments of the IPM Programs, IPM Task Force, and the IPM Coordinator, and lists the priorities for each for the following year.

At the Transportation, Water and Infrastructure Committee (TWIC) meeting on July 14, 2016, the IPM Coordinator presented a mid-year report on the status of the County’s IPM program, specifically regarding input on the program from the public. The report has a much narrower scope, only documenting issues and concerns raised by the public and the County's response. TWIC received the report and directed staff to bring the information to the full Board of Supervisors.

As seen in the attached report, the IPM Program continuously tracks concerns and issues in an ongoing format that allows the program coordinator to document issues and responses over time. With each subsequent report, new issues are highlighted using redline/strikeout format.

The next full IPM report will be sent to the Board of Supervisors in Spring 2017.