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C. 48

To:	Board of Supervisors
From:	Matt Slattengren
Date:	September 10, 2019

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Costa

County

Subject:

CA Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association Memorandum of Understanding FY 2019/20

APPROVE	OTHER
RECOMMENDATION OF CNTY ADMINISTRATOR	RECOMMENDATION OF BOARD COMMITTEE

Action of Board On: 09/10/2019

APPROVED AS RECOMMENDED

OTHER

Clerks Notes:

VOTE OF SUPERVISORS

AYE:

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

ABSENT:

John Gioia, District I 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: September 10, 2019
David Twa,

BY:	, Deputy

RECOMMENDATION(S):

APPROVE and AUTHORIZE the Agricultural Commissioner, or designee, to execute a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU), which has an indemnification obligation, with the California Agricultural Commissioners and Sealers Association (CACASA) for the County to accept an amount not to exceed $6,372 to preform pesticide use reporting activities for the period July 1, 2019 through June 30, 2020.

FISCAL IMPACT:

The Agriculture Department will be reimbursed in an amount not to exceed $6,372 for activities related to pesticide use reporting. There is no county match of funds nor grant monies involved.

BACKGROUND:

The California Department of Pesticide Regulation (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 date. 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 inputting the data, CACASA is providing funding to counties during the transition period, in return for County Agricultural Commissioner efforts to provide on-going data input and training to those who submit data to the new online submission program.

The MOU includes a mutual indemnification provision, which requires each party to indemnify and hold the other party harmless for all liabilities, claims, and damages arising out of the performance of the MOU to the extent the liabilities, claims, or damages are caused by the negligence or the intentional acts of wrongdoing by the indemnifying party or its agents or employees.

CONSEQUENCE OF NEGATIVE ACTION:

A negative action would cause a loss in revenue to the Department for the pesticide use reporting program.