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Palos Verdes Estates council directs limited herbicide use and asks staff to craft IPM plan
Summary
After a 90‑day pause on herbicides, the Palos Verdes Estates City Council directed staff to adopt a restricted, map‑based approach (option 2a) for limited herbicide application and to work toward an integrated pest‑management policy and contract alignment.
The Palos Verdes Estates City Council on Jan. 14 directed staff to implement a restricted, map‑based herbicide program and to develop an integrated pest‑management (IPM) plan for future contracts. The motion — moved by Mayor Pro Tem Lozaro and seconded by Council member Quinn — adopted option 2a from staff’s presentation, which allows herbicide use only in narrowly defined areas where pedestrian access is limited and manual maintenance is impractical.
Public Works Director Oscar Antion described four options for the landscape maintenance contract…
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