Item A: Use of Pesticides in City Parks and Buildings

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Spinosyn A and Spinosyn D) Avid Abamectin Downtown Spider 2 gal $2,826 Flower Pots Mites Upstar Bifenthrin Emergancy Crane Fly 920 gal $1,111 Services Campus, Fire Station No 6 SuffOil-X Petroleum Oil Police Golden 1 gal Incor- Headquarters Beetle porated into yearly maint. contract Speed Zone 2-4-Emergency Broadleaf 3 gal Incor- DichlorophenoxyaceServices herbicide porated tic acid; isooctyl (2-Campus, Fire for turf into ethylhexl) ester; 3,6-Station No 6, yearly Dichloro-o-anisic Fire Station maint. acid (Dicamba); 11 contract Carfentrazone-ethyl; R(+)2(2-Methyl-4- chlorophenoxy); propionic acid (MCPP) 2. Where are the chemicals stored and what does the City do with chemicals no longer in use? Parks and Open Space staff store and mix pesticides in a centralized storage facility designed and used exclusively for that purpose. Access to the POS pesticide storage facility is limited to staff who hold a state pesticide applicator’s license. The facility has a spill containment floor, lockable storage cabinets and a regulation mixing area. Pesticides that are no longer useful are disposed of according to State and Federal law and depending on the material in question. The chemicals go to a hazardous materials handling contractor (e.g. NW Hazmat Inc.), or to Lane County’s Hazardous Waste program for disposal. Facility Management does not store pesticides. All chemicals are applied by vendors who are State licensed to handle and store pesticides at their place of business. 3. What specific chemicals are used in the Owen Rose Garden? The following fungicides are applied by the City’s contractor to the roses at the Owen Rose Garden to control the fungi that attack them: Miclobutanil (e.g. Eagle) with Supreme (dormant 3