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Oak Park MAC recommends in-fill planting and questions Round-Up use on CSA #4 landscaping
Summary
The Oak Park MAC voted 4-0 to recommend an end-of-year in-fill planting program for western Oak Park and debated discontinuing Round-Up on CSA #4 plantings; the contractor said Round-Up use is county-licensed and largely confined to medians and sidewalk cracks.
The Oak Park Municipal Advisory Council voted 4-0 on June 24 to recommend an end-of-fiscal-year in-fill planting program for the western portion of Oak Park.
During the Standing Landscape Committee update, Deena Parry urged discontinuing the use of Round-Up on plantings maintained by County Service Area (CSA) #4, citing community concerns. Greg Epstein of Enhanced Landscape, the contractor that maintains CSA #4 areas, responded that the county licenses the product’s use and that in practice the contractor confines Round-Up applications mainly to street medians and limited sidewalk crack treatments. He also described a planned in-fill planting program for western Oak Park, which the MAC recommended by motion (mover: Alon Glickstein; seconder: Robert von Schneidau) and a 4-0 vote.
Chad Skopp said the Rancho Simi Recreation and Park District (RSRPD) is conducting a pilot study of alternative products to Round-Up; the MAC was told the results of that pilot will be presented at a future committee meeting.
The MAC’s recommendation is advisory; implementation and any changes to contractor practices require county or CSA #4 staff action and confirmation of acceptable alternative treatments.
