HomeMy WebLinkAbout20-1742RESOLUTION NO.20- 1742
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF DENTON, A TEXAS HOME-RULE MUNICIPAL
CORPORATION, AUTHORIZING THE USE OF RISK LEVEL 5 CONTROL MEASURES
PURSUANT TO THE CITY’S MOSQUITO SURVEILLANCE AND RESPONSE PLAN
2020 SEASON; AND, DECLAR[NG AN EFFECTIVE DATE.
WHEREAS, in 2002, the City’s Department of Environmental Services and Sustainability,
at the direction of City Council, drafted and implemented the Mosquito Surveillance and
Response Plan (the “Plan”) which is reviewed before each mosquito season and updated
accordingly; and
WHEREAS, the objectives of the Plan are to: (1) provide guidelines and information on
mosquito populations, prevalence of diseases – particularly West Nile Virus (“WNV”), and
control strategies; (2) provide a systematic approach for using mosquito sampling and human
disease data to establish risk levels; (3) establish actions that will be undertaken for each risk
level; (4) provide City staff and elected officials with a decision-support system; and (5) set forth
the roles and responsibilities of City staff and elected officials; and
WHEREAS, the City Council find that the City has now entered risk level 5 – a public
health alert – which was triggered by the confirmation of two human cases of WNV within the
City; and
WHEREAS, the control measures, described and defined by the Plan for risk level 5,
include the ground-based application of targeted mosquito adulticides by the City should the
City Council approve the use of the same by resolution; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds it to be in the best interest of the public’s health to
authorize the ground-based application of targeted mosquito adulticides in accordance with the
Plan for risk level 5; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF DENTON HEREBY
RESOLVES :
SECTION 1. The above referenced findings are adopted and incorporated into this
Resolution.
SEC’TION 2. The ground-based, targeted application of mosquito adulticides in
accordance with the risk level 5 of the Mosquito Surveillance and Response Plan – Season 2020,
is authorized so long as the City of Denton shall be in risk level 5 during the 2020 mosquito
season
SECTION 3. This Ordinance shall become effective immediately upon its passage and
approval.
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, the ordinance was passed and approved
Aye Nay Abstain Absent
Mayor Chris Watts:
Gerard Hudspeth, District 1 :
Keely G. Briggs, District 2:
Jesse Davis . District 3 :
John Ryan, District 4:
Deb Armintor, At Large Place 5 :
Paul Meltzer, At Large Place 6:
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PASSED AND APPROVED this the \?) day of Sq\f .w\\>er . 2020
CHRIS WATTS. MAYOR
ATTEST:
ROSA RIOS, CITY SECRETARY
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APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
AARON LEAL, CITY ATTORNEY
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