RESOLUTION NO. _____________

BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, COUNTY OF SAN MATEO, STATE OF CALIFORNIA

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RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING EXECUTION OF THE MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING AUTHORIZING PARTICIPATION IN THE SAN MATEO COUNTY WEED MANAGEMENT AREA

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RESOLVED, by the Board of Supervisors of the County of San Mateo, State of California, that

WHEREAS, it is in the public interest to prevent the introduction, establishment, and spread of non-native, invasive weed species into the County's parks, open space, rangeland and agricultural areas; and

WHEREAS, infestations of noxious weeds threaten the economic value and natural resources of public and private lands throughout the County and can be controlled through integrated pest management techniques; and

WHEREAS, the California Food and Agricultural Code, Division 4, Part 4, Chapter 1, Article 1.7 (commencing with Section 7270) authorizes the formation of local weed management areas for the purpose of managing and eradicating noxious weeds; and

WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer Division, the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Division, and the San Mateo County Department of Public Works are currently engaged in weed management efforts and can benefit from participation in a local weed management area; and

WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Weed Management Area Memorandum of Understanding establishes a local weed management area by and among the County of San Mateo, the California Department of Food and Agriculture, California Department of Parks and Recreation, Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, San Francisco Public Utilities Commission-Water Department, California Department of Transportation (Caltrans), San Mateo County Farm Bureau, Stanford University Jasper Ridge Biological Preserve, Friends of Edgewood Natural Preserve, San Francisquito Creek Watershed Council, Pescadero Conservation Alliance, Pennisula Open Space Trust, California Native Plant Society, the University of California Cooperative Extension, and the San Mateo County Resource Conservation District; and

WHEREAS, there has been presented to this Board of Supervisors for its consideration and acceptance a Memorandum of Understanding for the San Mateo County Weed Management Area, reference to which is hereby made for further particulars; and

WHEREAS, this Board has been presented with a form of such a Memorandum of Understanding and said Board has examined and approved same as to both form and content and desires to enter into same; and

NOW THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY DETERMINED AND ORDERED that the Board of Supervisors of San Mateo County hereby approves the participation of the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer Division, the San Mateo County Parks and Recreation Division and the San Mateo County Department of Public Works in the San Mateo County Weed Management Area; and

IT IS FURTHER RESOLVED AND ORDERED that the President of this Board is authorized and directed to sign the San Mateo County Weed Management Area Memorandum of Understanding and that the Board of Supervisors hereby delegates to the Agricultural Commissioner the authority, on behalf of the County, to execute any documents necessary to implement the San Mateo County Weed Management Area Memorandum of Understanding, to seek grant funding for local weed projects, and to enter into any amendments to the Memorandum of Understanding that do not involve the expenditure or commitment of County funds.

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