AGRICULTURAL COMMISSIONER - K. OVERSTREET

Approve State contract, 18-0697-000-SA, for hemp registration and regulatory activities, from April 30, 2019 through June 30, 2020, for a total contract value of $2,000.00.

SBC FILE NUMBER: 1.1

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) wishes to contract with County of San Benito to perform registration and regulatory activities for the industrial hemp program.  These activities include application review and issuance to commercial growers and seed breeders; enforcement activities in regards to noncompliant, nonregistered growers and outreach as necessary.

The request lists a maximum agreement amount of $2,000. This was chosen simply because all contracts must contain some dollar figure.  Since it is unclear how much registration fee revenue will be generated and how much counties will actually invoice, the $2,000 limit was chosen basically as a place holder.  Once contracted activities begin and CDFA observes the program actually operating, CDFA will seek to amend the contracts in order to reimburse all the registration funds based on what is observed.  CDFA still intends to reimburse the counties for all expenses found in the scope of work up to the actual limit of available registration funds.

The work is performed by existing staff.  The anticipated revenue has been budgeted in the Agricultural Commissioner's Budget for FY 2019/2020.

1. Approve Contract 18-0697-000-SA between the California Department of Food & Agriculture and the County of San Benito for hemp registration and regulatory activities, from April 30, 2019 through June 30, 2020, Total contract value is $2,000.00.

2. Authorize the Agricultural Commissioner – Sealer of Weights and Measures to sign the contract.