Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Koren J. Widdel, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
Subject: Agreement (#22-1694-032-SF) with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the detection and trapping of regulated insect pests that can significantly affect agricultural crops and the environment for FY 2023-24 in an amount not to exceed $681,121.99
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the detection and trapping of regulated insect pests that can significantly affect agricultural crops and the environment for FY 2023-24 in an amount not to exceed $681,121.99.
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BACKGROUND:
On December 1, 1981, this Board approved the first agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) to initiate the insect Pest Detection Trapping Program. The agreement has been renewed each year. The statewide insect pest detection trapping program protects the agricultural industry, home gardens, and the environment by providing early detection of exotic state regulated pests that may be introduced into California.
DISCUSSION:
The County will receive $681,121.99 under agreement #22-1694-032-SF as reimbursement for personnel hours expended on Exotic Pest Detection Trapping Program activities during FY 2023-24. San Mateo County pest detection program staff place and monitor 540 Mediterranean fruit fly traps, and 4,272 other pest traps per year (e.g. Japanese beetle, Spongy moth, Oriental fruit fly, and Melon fly). The insect traps are placed throughout the County on residential and rural properties and are serviced at regular intervals from April through November. In the past five years, Pest Detection staff have intercepted Oriental fruit flies, which resulted in delimitation surveys where it was determined there was not a breeding population.
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