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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: May 20, 2009 AGENDA ITEM:
DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Ann Sullivan, City Clerk DIRECTOR: Dave Anderson
SUBJECT: Recognition and Award for Reduction of Pesticide Use
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
Listen to a short presentation from Kelly Carroll, Manager of West Valley Clean Water Program
and receive IPM (Integrated Pest Management) Award.
REPORT SUMMARY:
Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program in Santa Clara County was one of
four organizations recognized and honored as a 2008 IPM Innovator by the Department of
Pesticide Regulation (DPR). The other three Honorees are based in Fresno, San Francisco, and
the City of Davis in Yolo County. These organizations are being honored for their emphasis on
integrated pest management, a combination of natural and preventive strategies and pesticides less
toxic than traditional treatments.
DPR Director, Mary-Ann Warmerdam, stated these IPM Innovators are role models for change
from traditional pest control to a combination of strategies that reduce or eliminate toxic
pesticides.
The Santa Clara Valley Urban Runoff Pollution Prevention Program was created in response to
the San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board’s focus on storm water pollution
prevention to improve water quality in South San Francisco Bay. Santa Clara County, the Santa
Clara Valley Water District, San Jose and 12 other communities recognized the benefits of
addressing storm water issues on a countywide basis and signed a memorandum of agreement to
manage storm water runoff as an association. In 1990, the association received the first municipal
storm water permit in the nation from the Regional Water Quality Control Board.
More information about the program is available at www.scvurppp.org.
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FOLLOW UP ACTION:
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ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Posting of the agenda.
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