To: Board of Supervisors
From: Agricultural Commissioner
Agenda Section: Consent
SUBJECT:
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Approval of Cooperative Agreement No. 20-0506-020-SF Sudden Oak Mortality Regulatory Program Contract in the Amount of $19,477.41
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Approve Cooperative Agreement No. 20-0506-020-SF known as the Sudden Oak Mortality Regulatory Program contract with the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA);
2. Authorize the Chair to sign the original agreement, and direct the Clerk of the Board to return the signed agreement to the Agricultural Commissioner's office for further processing; and
3. Grant a waiver from the provisions of the Nuclear Free Ordinance
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
CDFA
DISCUSSION:
The request for a waiver from the provisions of the Nuclear Free Ordinance is requested since the State of California will not modify its cooperative agreements to accommodate local ordinances. The Agricultural Commissioner's Office receives annual subventions from CDFA to offset the local costs of enforcing certain state-mandated programs. Cooperative Agreement No. 20-0506-020-SF provides funding to Humboldt County for the Sudden Oak Mortality Regulatory Program.
First identified in the mid-1990s, Sudden Oak Death (SOD) is a disease of oak trees caused by an invasive plant pathogen, Phytophthora ramorum. SOD currently occurs in coastal California counties from Monterey to Humboldt and in a small portion of southwest Oregon. Since its identification, the SOD pathogen is estimated to have killed millions of oak and tanoak trees. In addition to oaks, more than 100 other plant species are susceptible to the pathogen, but most suffer only minor damage limited to leaf spots or twig dieback. There are currently more than 120 plants regulated as hosts for SOD, many of which are important to the wood products and plant horticulture industries.
To facilitate commerce for these industries, H...
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