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DATE:
November 18, 2014
TO:
Honorable Mayor and City Council
FROM:
Dominic Lazzaretto, City Manager
By: Lisa Mussenden, Chief Deputy City Clerk/Records Manager
SUBJECT:
APPOINTMENT OF A DELEGATE TO THE SAN GABRIEL VALLEY
MOSQUITO AND VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT BOARD OF
TRUSTEES
Recommendation: Make 4-Year Appointment
SUMMARY
Council Member Roger Chandler has been the City of Arcadia’s representative on the
San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees (“Board”)
since 2001. Mr. Chandler’s current term of office ends December 31, 2014, which
causes the need for the City Council to make an appointment to the Board.
Appointments are for either two or four years in duration and can be anyone residing
within the community. Council Member Chandler has indicated a desire to continue
serving on the Board.
DISCUSSION
The Health and Safety Code definition of a vector is “any animal capable of transmitting
the causative agent of human disease or capable of producing human discomfort or
injury, including but not limited to mosquitoes, flies, insects, ticks, mites and rats, but not
including any domestic animal.” The purpose of the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito and
Vector Control District is to prevent new sources of vectors from developing, to control
existing populations of vectors and to abate their sources. These goals are
accomplished through education, prevention, and an integrated pest management
program.
San Gabriel Valley member cities each appoint a Delegate to serve on the Board of
Trustees of the District, as does the County of Los Angeles. The term of office for a
member of the Board of Trustees may be two or four years, at the discretion of the
appointing authority. It is not necessary for the Delegate to the Board to be an elected
official; he/she must, however, be a registered voter and a resident of the City of
Appointment to the San Gabriel Valley Mosquito
and Vector Control Board
November 18, 2014
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Arcadia. The Board meets on the second Friday of each month at 7:00am at the
District’s office in West Covina. Each Board Member receives a stipend of $100 per
meeting.
Council Member Chandler has been the City’s representative to the Mosquito and
Vector Control District since 2001 and is a former Chair of the Board. Mr. Chandler has
expressed an interest in continuing to serve on the Board as his experience with the
District and as an elected official gives him a unique and useful background in terms of
representing Arcadia.
RECOMMENDATION
It is recommended that the City Council appoint a Delegate to the San Gabriel Valley
Mosquito and Vector Control District Board of Trustees and that the term of said
Delegate be four years.