Title
Urging the Washtenaw County Road Commission to reduce herbicide use through Adoption of a Comprehensive Roadside Vegetation Control Plan Based on Best Environmental Management Practices
Staff
Prepared by Councilmember Smith
Body
Whereas, persistent herbicides can remain active in the environment for long periods of time, potentially causing soil and water contamination and adverse effects to other plants, animals, and humans; and,
Whereas, every year the Washtenaw County Road Commission conducts its Roadside Vegetation Control Program to help keep the roadside clear of vegetation by boom mowing and spraying of a mixture of herbicides along rural county road right-of-ways, covering one-quarter of the county each year; and,
Whereas, the Washtenaw County Road Commission has no jurisdiction within the City of Ann Arbor so no spraying will take place within the City;
Therefore be it resolved, that the Environmental Commission recommends that City Council urge the Washtenaw County Road Commission to develop a comprehensive roadside vegetative management plan based on best environmental management practices.