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6.2.A. - Page 1 REPORT To the Honorable Mayor and City Council From the City Manager September 19, 2011 SUBJECT Resolution Adopting Updated Integrated Pest Management Policy. RECOMMENDATION By resolution, adopt an updated City Integrated Pest Management Policy in compliance with the requirements of provision C.9 of the Municipal Regional Stormwater Permit (MRP) BACKGROUND In 2003, the City adopted Resolution No. 14566 establishing an integrated pest management (IPM) policy in accordance with the State's 1999 stormwater requirements to develop performance standards for municipal pest management. The 2003 policy was based on a template developed by the San Mateo Countywide Water Pollution Prevention Program (Countywide Program) and was adopted by most jurisdictions in the county. The San Francisco Bay Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board) adopted a municipal regional stormwater permit (MRP) in October 2009, requiring the city and each of the other 75 public agencies covered by the MRP to implement pesticide control programs to minimize reliance on pesticides that pose a threat to water quality and require IPM in municipal operations and on municipal property (MRP Provision C.9). The City was required to submit its existing IPM policy to the Water Board as part of its annual stormwater report in September 2010. Water Board staff indicated in a February 10, 2011 memorandum that the policy adopted by San Mateo jurisdictions did not meet the MRP's requirements because it was expressed as recommendations and not requirements. In addition, the existing 2003 version of the IPM policy lacked specificity about the hierarchical decision - making process and multi -step approach that should be used to control pests and, only where and when needed, address problems using the least toxic pesticides. In May 2011, Water Board staff expressed its intent to issue Notices of Violation to municipalities that did not adopt updated IPM policies. In response to these reported deficiencies, the Countywide Program's Parks Maintenance and IPM Work Group developed an updated version of the model IPM policy, incorporating input from both the San Mateo County Agricultural Commissioner and Water Board staff.