TO:
Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
THROUGH:
Bruce Moe, City Manager
FROM:
Stephanie Katsouleas, Public Works Director
Veronica Rodriguez, Maintenance Manager
SUBJECT:Title
Receive Report on City of Manhattan Beach Pesticide Management Practices, Consider Recommendations by the Sustainability Task Force, and Provide Direction (Public Works Director Katsouleas).
a) RECEIVE REPORT
b) DISCUSS AND PROVIDE DIRECTION
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Recommended Action
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that City Council receive this report regarding the pesticide management practices used by the City of Manhattan Beach, consider the recommendations made by the Sustainability Task Force regarding future pesticide product use, and provide direction to City staff.
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FISCAL IMPLICATIONS:
There is no fiscal impact with receiving this report. However, should City Council direct staff to modify the City's current pesticide management practices, up to an additional $117,200 annually may be needed to implement those changes.
BACKGROUND:
The City of Manhattan Beach maintains a variety of infrastructure and open space facilities that routinely require pesticide management for the control of pests. These facilities encompass 48 acres of parkland, the 21-acre Veterans Parkway greenbelt, street and parkway medians, parking lots, downtown and sidewalk streetscape, 43 buildings and structures, the sewer system, and various sports fields, some of which are owned by the Manhattan Beach Unified School District.
"Pesticides" is a generic term that encompasses a wide variety of products and applications to control various pests, including:
? Insecticides for insects
? Herbicides for invasive plants and weeds
? Rodenticides for rodents (rats, mice, or gophers)
? Bactericides for bacteria
? Fungicides for fungi
? Larvicides for larvae
Historically, the City and its maintenance contractors have applied these types of pesticides to ...
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