Coachella Valley Mosquito and Vector Control District

Board of Trustees Meeting

January 8, 2008

 

 

Agenda Item:  Informational Item

 

Semi-annul research reports from University of California Riverside and Davis for FY 2007/2008.

 

Background:

 

The District provides research grants to the University of California Riverside and UC Davis. UC Riverside research projects include a study on the possibility of using different bio-control agents, such as tadpole shrimps, for mosquito control; seasonality and abundance of eye gnats in agricultural and urban habitats, and the influence of water quality and wetland management on mosquito and other nuisance insects’ production in treatment wetlands.   UC Davis research projects include monitoring of mosquito-borne viruses and evaluation and optimizing of mosquito vector species control.

 

Fiscal Impact:

 

The research grants were approved for FY 2007/2008 and are posted in the budget as Account #8510.1.600 in an amount of $217,569.  The semi-annual payment (total - $98, 784.50) will be distributed as:

 

  1. UC Riverside – Dr. M. Mulla - $19,000
  2. UC Davis – Dr. Reisen - $41,866.50
  3. UC Riverside – Dr. Walton - $27,918
  4. UC Riverside – Dr. Platzer - $10,000.00

 

 

The semi-annual payment is about 45% of the approved research budget. Amount remaining for the research budget is $118,784.50.