Agmt20 United States Dept. of Agriculture, USDA-APHIS-WS Agreement Packet 2020

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(7/2019 version) APHIS -WS Agreement Number: 20 -73 -06 -0255 -RA APHIS -WS Account Code (WBS): AP.RA.RX06.73.0267 (optional) Cooperator Number: COOPERATIVE SERVICE AGREEMENT between THE CITY OF REDWOOD CITY PUBLIC WORKS SERVICES DEPARTMENT (COOPERATOR) and UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE ANIMAL AND PLANT HEALTH INSPECTION SERVICE (APHIS) WILDLIFE SERVICES (WS) ARTICLE 1— PURPOSE The purpose of this Cooperative Service Agreement is to remove of California Ground Squirrels from the Redwood Shores levee that runs parallel to Redwood Shores Parkway from Holly Street to the treatment plant off Radio Road. Removal efforts are to help alleviate damage to property and burrowing in levees which weakens the integrity of the levee caused by California Ground Squirrels. Efforts will be made by assigned personnel to reduce the population of California Ground Squirrels from the above-mentioned levee in San Mateo County, California. ARTICLE 2 — AUTHORITY APHIS -WS has statutory authority under the Acts of March 2, 1931, 46 Stat. 1468-69, 7 U.S.C. §§ 8351-8352, as amended, and December 22, 1987, Public Law No. 100-202, § 101(k), 101 Stat. 1329-331, 7 U.S.C. § 8353, to cooperate with States, local jurisdictions, individuals, public and private agencies, organizations, and institutions while conducting a program of wildlife services involving mammal and bird species that are reservoirs for zoonotic diseases, or animal species that are injurious and/or a nuisance to, among other things, agriculture, horticulture, forestry, animal husbandry, wildlife, and human health and safety. ARTICLE 3 - MUTUAL RESPONSIBILITIES The cooperating parties mutually understand and agree to/that: 1. APHIS -WS shall perform services set forth in the Work Plan, which is attached hereto and made a part hereof. The parties may mutually agree in writing, at any time during the term of this agreement, to amend, modify, add or delete services from the Work Plan. 2. The Cooperator certifies that APHIS -WS has advised the Cooperator there may be private sector service providers available to provide wildlife damage management (WDM) services that the Cooperator is seeking from APHIS -WS. 3. There will be no equipment with a procurement price of $5,000 or more per unit purchased directly with funds from the cooperator for use on this project. All other equipment purchased for the program is and will remain the property of APHIS -WS.