TO: Board of Supervisors
FROM: Tracy Cleveland - Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures
REPORT BY: Jaspreet Faller - Staff Services Analyst II
SUBJECT: Public Hearing to Consider any Objections or Protests, and to Adopt a Resolution Imposing Assessments on Behalf of the Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District
RECOMMENDATION
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PUBLIC HEARING 9:00 AM - Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District
Agricultural Commissioner/Sealer of Weights and Measures requests the following actions to the Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District (District):
1. Open Public Hearing to consider any objections or protests with respect to the assessments proposed for the District for Fiscal Year 2023-24; and
2. Close Public Hearing and adopt a Resolution authorizing and levying assessments for Fiscal Year 2023-24 on qualifying properties in the District.
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
In August 2002, the Napa County Winegrape Pest and Disease Control District (District) obtained authorization from owners of property containing one or more acres of planted vineyards ("qualifying property owners") to levy an assessment of up to $20 per acre to fund the detection, prevention, and treatment of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter and Pierce's Disease through partially funding the Napa County Glassy-winged Sharpshooter workplan.
In 2006, qualifying property owners voted to expand the scope of the District to include activities to control other winegrape pests in addition to Glassy-winged Sharpshooter and Pierce's Disease. Currently the District collects assessments for funding a Vine Mealybug control program, and an Enhanced Detection Trapping/Research program as well as a portion of the Glassy-winged Sharpshooter prevention and detection program. In 2022, the district was reauthorized for an additional five years until March 26, 2027. This public hearing is to consider objections or protests to the proposed assessment. The resolution imposes an ass...
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