Special Notice / Hearing: None__
Vote Required: Majority
To: Honorable Board of Supervisors
From: Koren J. Widdel, Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer
Subject: Amendment to Agreement (#24-0469-009-SF) with the California Department of Food and Agriculture for the Pierce's Disease/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Control Program for 2026-27
RECOMMENDATION:
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Adopt a resolution:
Authorizing an amendment to Agreement #24-0469-009-SF with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (“CDFA”) to perform trapping and exclusion inspection services for the regulated glassy-winged sharpshooter to increase CDFA’s maximum reimbursement amount by $221,537 for a new total amount not to exceed $569,915, and to extend the term of the agreement through September 30, 2027; and
Designating the County Agricultural Commissioner as the local public entity authorized to receive these local assistance funds.
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BACKGROUND:
In 1999, this Board first approved an agreement with California Department of Food and Agriculture (“CDFA”) to initiate the Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Control (“PD/GWSS”) Program, through which the CDFA reimburses the County for the costs of trapping and inspection activities that prevent the introduction of glassy-winged sharpshooter and Pierces’s disease. 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 agreement between the County and CDFA designates the Agricultural Commissioner as the local public entity authorized to receive these local assistance funds and has been renewed each year since.
Consistent therewith, on or about September 23, 2025, this Board, through Resolution No. 081423, authorized Agreement #24-0469-009-SF (the “Agreement”) with CDFA to fund the Pierce’s Disease/Glassy-winged Sharpshooter Control Program in San Mateo County, through which County staff prevent the ...
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