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Home My WebLink AboutRE_ Weed Abatement and Pest Management at Tres Hermanos Ranch.msgCAUTION: This message originated outside of our City of Diamond Bar network. Please use caution with links and attachments unless you recognize the sender's address and know the content is safe. If you have any questions about this message, please contact our Help Desk at (909) 839-7082. Thanks Ben and Dan Stay strong and safe Troy From: Ben Montgomery <bmontgomery@chinohills.org> Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:25 AM To: 'Dan Fox' <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov>; Troy Helling <THelling@cityofindustry.org> Cc: Bing Hyun <BHyun@cityofindustry.org>; Joshua Nelson <JNelson@cityofindustry.org> Subject: RE: Weed Abatement and Pest Management at Tres Hermanos Ranch Hi Guys, My Public Works Director likes the weed abatement / pest management plan too. Thanks for taking a comprehensive approach to improve each program and lower costs. I don’t have anything that requires a meeting. Ben From: Dan Fox <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov <mailto:DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:19 AM To: Troy Helling <THelling@cityofindustry.org <mailto:THelling@cityofindustry.org> > Cc: Ben Montgomery <bmontgomery@chinohills.org <mailto:bmontgomery@chinohills.org> >; Bing Hyun <BHyun@cityofindustry.org <mailto:BHyun@cityofindustry.org> >; Joshua Nelson <JNelson@cityofindustry.or g <mailto:JNelson@cityofindustry.org> > Subject: RE: Weed Abatement and Pest Management at Tres Hermanos Ranch I do not. Daniel Fox | City Manager City of Diamond Bar 909.839.7010 From: Troy Helling <THelling@cityofindustry.org <mailto:THelling@cityofindustry.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 11:18 AM To: Dan Fox <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov <mailto:DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov> > Cc: Ben Montgomery <bmontgomery@chinohills.org <mailto:bmontgomery@chinohills.org> >; Bing Hyun <BHyun@cityofindustry.org <mailto:BHyun@cityofindustry.org> >; Joshua Nelson <JNelson@cityofindustry.or g <mailto:JNelson@cityofindustry.org> > Subject: Re: Weed Abatement and Pest Management at Tres Hermanos Ranch CAUTION: This message originated outside of our City of Diamond Bar network. Please use caution with links and attachments unless you recognize the sender's address and know the content is safe. If you have any questions about this message, please contact our Help Desk at (909) 839-7082. Dan I believe so unless you or Ben have something important. Thanks Troy Sent from my iPhone On May 13, 2020, at 11:11 AM, Dan Fox <dfox@diamondbarca.gov <mailto:dfox@diamondbarca.gov> > wrote: Hi Troy, Looks fine to me as well. Appreciate all your efforts. On a side note, are we still planning to cancel the meeting next week? Thanks, Daniel Fox | City Manager City of Diamond Bar 909.839.7010 From: Ben Montgomery <bmontgomery@chinohills.org <mailto:bmontgomery@chinohills.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 9:16 AM To: 'Troy Helling' <THelling@cityofindustry.org <mailto:THelling@cityofindustry.org> >; Dan Fox <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov <mailto:DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov> > Cc: Bing Hyun <BHyun@cityofindustry.org <mailto:BHyun@cityofindustry.org> >; Joshua Nelson <JNelson@cityofindustry.org <mailto:JNelson@cityofindustry.org> > Subject: RE: Weed Abatement and Pest Management at Tres Hermanos Ranch CAUTION: This message originated outside of our City of Diamond Bar network. Please use caution with links and attachments unless you recognize the sender's address and know the content is safe. If you have any questions about this message, please contact our Help Desk at (909) 839-7082. Hi Troy, This looks reasonable to me. I’m going to have my Public Works Director look at it too in case he has any comments since he’s familiar with our weed abatement program. Ben From: Troy Helling <THelling@cityofindustry.org <mailto:THelling@cityofindustry.org> > Sent: Wednesday, May 13, 2020 8:06 AM To: Dan Fox <DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov <mailto:DFox@DiamondBarCA.Gov> >; Ben Montgomery <bmontgomery@chinohills.org <mailto:bmontgomery@chinohills.org> > Cc: Bing Hyun <BHyun@cityofindustry.org <mailto:BHyun@cityofindustry.org> >; Joshua Nelson <JNelson@cityofindustry.org <mailto:JNelson@cityofindustry.org> > Subject: Weed Abatement and Pest Management at Tres Hermanos Ranch Dan and Ben Josh worked on weed and rodent control strategy and has a couple of recommendations for your consideration. Here is our recommendation. The City of Industry (and I believe Diamond Bar) has a General Services Agreement (GSA) with LA County that allows us to utilize all of their various divisions and departments to supplement the city and our staff. To that end we have used their Weed Hazard and Pest Management Bureau of the Los Angeles County Department of Agricultural Commissioner/Weights and Measures to clear grass, weeds, and/or brush in compliance with the Los Angeles County Fire Code on various properties the city owns including historically also at Tres Hermanos. I have attached our most recent GSA. They have used mowers to mow down the weeds within approximately 100 feet of any structures along the property lines of Tres Hermanos. The attached quote for $17,234 covers the yellow parcels in the mapping at the end of the PDF. These are in LA County. For the parcels in San Bernardino we used a combination of goats for one month in the steeper areas and the San Gabriel Conservation Corp to trim the weeds on the westerly side of the property up against the Diamond Bar residents. In August last year we added around $6,000 of mowing by the county south of Grand. I need to confirm if all these invoices were paid by the Authority or by the City of Industry, but my intent would be for the Authority to pay those this year either way. For the easterly property line up against Chino Hills homes, last year Chino Valley Fire Department didn’t realize we had cattle grazing and once we told them that they didn’t require the weed abatement. The other thing to note is that there aren’t structures right up against Tres Hermanos in Chino Hills like there is in Diamond. We can contact them and see if they still feel the same in light of the cattle grazing. Having the cattle grazing has saved a significant amount of costs through the years. Otherwise the clearing they are requesting could be a very significant cost we haven’t had to incur in the past. This could be a result of the fire there last summer. One thing we have never explored until this year was to use county also for the pest management at the dam and around the structures. We are currently using Janus Pest Control. They charge $900 every other week in the summer months and monthly in the winter months for a total of 17 visits per year at $850 per visit for $14,450 per year. When we asked Janus to give us a quote to handle pest management around the structures, their quote was $1,650 per month which included weekly visits. We didn’t explore if some months could be less but that would come out to $19,800 per year if that continued every month. The attached quote from the county is $24,965 for both the structures and the dam and includes weed control in addition to the pest control. So we would like to stop using Janus at Tres Hermanos to save at least $10,000 per year especially if you consider the weed control there. We also are more comfortable using the county. I discussed the GSA with Tracy and she has recommended that the Authority seek to sign their own GSA with LA County, but in light of the timing for this summer, I am requesting that the City of Industry be able to utilize their GSA this year as well as our contracts with the goat company and the San Gabriel Conservation Corp to complete this work. The City of Industry would then bill the authority for those costs. The hope would be that those three entities contract directly with the authority over the next 6-9 months for next year’s work. If you are okay with that and my approach above I will sign all the paperwork with the county as the City of Industry and bill the authority subsequently. Please let me know what you think Thanks Troy