HomeMy Public PortalAboutResolution - 03-44- 20031210 - Support Mosquito Assessme RESOLUTION No. 03-44
RESOLUTION OF THE MIDPENINSULA REGIONAL
OPEN SPACE DISTRICT SUPPORTING THE
PROPOSED NORTH AND WEST COUNTY
MOSQUITO AND DISEASE CONTROL ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT AND DIRECTING THE RETURN OF THE
MAIL BALLOTS WITH A"YES" VOTE
WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District currently protects the
public health and welfare by controlling mosquitoes and other disease carrying insects and
rodents, and regularly testing for and responding to diseases carried by insects and rodents such as
Encephalitis, Hantavirus, Dog Heartworm, West Nile Virus, Plague and Lyme disease; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District currently does not
provide its mosquito and disease control services in the North and West County; and
WHEREAS, the San Mateo County Mosquito Abatement District is proposing to expand
its mosquito and disease control services to include the North and West County; and
WHEREAS, as codified in the health and Safety Code Section 2001 et seq.:
(a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
(1) California's climate and topography support a wide diversity of biological
organisms.
(2) Most of these organisms are beneficial, but some are vectors of human disease
pathogens or directly cause other human diseases such as hypersensitivity,
envenornization, and secondary infections.
(3) Some of these diseases, such as mosquitoborne viral encephalitis, can be fatal,
especially in children and older individuals.
(4) California's connections to the wider national and international economies increase
the transport of vectors and pathogens.
(5) Invasions of the United States by vectors such as the Asian tiger mosquito and by
pathogens such as the West Nile virus underscore the vulnerability of humans to
uncontrolled vectors and pathogens.
(b) The Legislature further finds and declares:
(1) Individual protection against the vectorbome diseases is only partially effective.
(2) Adequate protection of human health against vectorbome diseases is best achieved
by organized public programs.
(3) The protection of Californians and their communities against the discomforts and
economic effects of vectorborne diseases is an essential public service that is vital
to public health, safety, and welfare.
(4) Since 1915, mosquito abatement and vector control districts have protected
Californians and their communities against the threats of vectorborne diseases.
(c) In enacting this chapter, it is the intent of the Legislature to create and continue a
broad statutory authority for a class of special districts with the power to conduct
effective programs for the surveillance, prevention, abatement, and control of
mosquitoes and other vectors.
(d) It is also the intent of the Legislature that mosquito abatement and vector control
districts cooperate with other public agencies to protect the public health, safety,
and welfare. Further, the Legislature encourages local communities and local
officials to adapt the powers and procedures provided by this chapter to meet the
diversity of their own local circumstances and responsibilities.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Board of Directors of Midpeninsula
Regional Open Space District that the Board supports the creation of the North and West County
Mosquito and Disease Control Assessment District, and that the Board hereby directs the General
Manager the return of the North and West County Mosquito and Disease Control Assessment
District mail ballots with a"Yes" vote.
RESOLUTION No. 03-44
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the Board of Directors of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space
District on December 10, 2003, at a Regular Meeting thereof, by the following vote:
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AYES: N. r-lanko, K. N.c tz, J. Cyn, L. H"zett, M. Davey, P. Siemenz, D. Littte
NOES: None
ABSTAIN: None
ABSENT: None
ATTEST: ` APPROVED:
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Sec ary esident
bard of Directors Board of Directors
I, the District Clerk of the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District, hereby certify that
the above is a true and correct copy of a resolution duly adopted by the Board of Directors of
the Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District by the above vote at a meeting thereof duly
held and called on the above day.