Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Koren J. Widdel, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
Subject: Agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the Pierce's Disease/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Control Program
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution authorizing an agreement with the California Department of Food and Agriculture to perform trapping and exclusion inspection services of the regulated glassy-winged sharpshooter for the term of July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025 in an amount not to exceed $228,389 and designating the Agricultural Commissioner as the local public entity authorized to receive these local assistance funds.
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BACKGROUND:
The Board approved the first Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Control Program contract in FY 1999-00, and the annual agreement and the Resolution designating the Agricultural Commissioner as the local public entity has been renewed each year since. The glassy-winged sharpshooter is an insect vector for Pierce’s disease, which infects and kills grapevines, resulting in significant economic impact on the state’s wine grape industry. The goal of the Statewide Control Program is to prevent the spread of the sharpshooter from southern California and conduct research for effective treatments and controls.
DISCUSSION:
The County will receive $228,389 under agreement #23-0529-037-SF as reimbursement for personnel hours expended on glassy-winged sharpshooter activities during FY 2024-25. Staff will conduct daily inspections of incoming nursery stock shipments from infested areas of California as well as detection surveys at County nurseries and urban landscapes. This agreement incorporates the FY 2024-25 Pierce’s Disease Control Program Work Plan, which has been approved by the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).
Food and Agricultural Code Section 6046 requires the designation of a local public entity in each county to receive the Pierce’s Disease Control/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter local assistance funds. CDFA has requested that each county provide a Board resolution specifically designating the County Agricultural Commissioner as the local public entity for receipt of these contract funds and has recommended that the Agricultural Commissioner obtain authorization to enter into additional amended agreements during the remainder of FY 2024-25, to expedite funding to the County should emergency program work activities be required. Wording to that effect has been included in the Resolution.
County Attorney has reviewed and approved the resolution and agreement as to form.
PERFORMANCE MEASURE:
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Measure |
FY 2023-24 Actual |
FY 2024-25 Projected |
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Nursery stock shipments confirmed to be free of glassy-winged sharpshooter |
2,840 |
2500 |
FISCAL IMPACT:
The term of this agreement is July 1, 2024 through June 30, 2025. Revenue in the amount of $228,389 authorized by this agreement was included in the Department’s FY 2024-25 Adopted Budget. There is no Net County Cost associated with this agreement.