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C. 63

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Chad Godoy, Director of Agriculture/Weights & Measures
Date:	September 13, 2016

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Costa

County

Subject:

Agreement #16-0379-SF Sudden Oak Death (SOD) 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:

646-5250

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):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute a contract with California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) in an amount not to exceed $65,642 to provide enforcement the requirements of the Sudden Oak Death Program, on behalf of the CDFA, for the period July 1, 2016 through June 30, 2017.

FISCAL IMPACT:

Approval of this agreement will provide revenue for the Department to fulfill the requirements of the agreement. Agreement is fully funded by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) for an amount not to exceed $65,642. There is no county match of funds nor does this involve grant money. These funds have been anticipated for the FY16/17 year's budget.

BACKGROUND:

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) is the lead agency for a Multi-Agency Task Force known as the California Oak Mortality Task Force (COMTF), which was formed to develop a coordinated effort to address what is called Sudden Oak Death. Due to CDFA's responsibility under the COMTF and its statutory authority to establish quarantines, CDFA must enter into a cooperative agreement with impacted counties in order to comply with the requirements of Assembly Bill 62 (Migden). The role of the county Department of Agriculture is to perform regulatory inspection activities, to issue compliance agreements and to do related work that will assure affected business including plant nurseries, firewood dealers, tree services, green waste and compost facilities, etc. are in compliance with regulations designed to stop the spread of this disease to non-infested areas of the state, country and foreign countries. CDFA reimburses the county for all costs involved in this program up to $65,642.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

Failure to accept Agreement #16-0379-SF will mean that the Department will not be reimbursed by the California Department of Food and Agriculture and will need to use department general fund monies to perform regulatory enforcement activities related to Sudden Oak Death.

CHILDREN'S IMPACT STATEMENT:

None