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1c Mosquito Control in ParksQTY*0F AdmMisb'aUofl Ph(me: 952.227.1100 Fax: ~ :~"/'.1110 8ulldMg I~ectlons Phone: 952.227.1160 Fn: 952.227.1160 Phm'~: 952.227.1140 Fax: 952.227.1110 Park & Recreation Pho~: 952.227.1120 Fax: 952.227.1110 Piaflnlng & Natural Resources I~,,one: 952.227.1130 Far 952~27.1110 Poblic Works 1591 I~Ro~ ~ 952.227.1300 Fax: 952.227.1310 Seelm' Centre' Phone: 952.227.1125 Fax: ._CL~ ';~7~ .1110 Web Site w~..ci.ctmlassaLrm.us TO: FROM: Todd Gerhardt, City Manager Todd Hoffman, Park and Recreation Director DATE: November 26, 2002 SUB J: Mosquito Control within City Parks On October 22, 2002, thc Park and Recre, afion Commission reviewed thc city's existing policy concerning spraying for adult mosquitoes in city parks. This review was ordered by thc City Council upon concluding a discussion on mosquito control on September 23, 2002. This discussion was prompted by a presentation made by Mr. Jim Stark, Public Information Manager for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. Increased publicity concerning the mosquito-borne disease La Crosse Encephalitis raised thc public's interest in mosquito control this past summer. BACKGROUND On August 24, 1992 thc Chanhasson City Council approved the following recommendation from thc Park and Recreation. Commission. regarding mosquito control in city parks: I. In regard to larval control briquettes, allow their use to continue providing notification of treatment ai'eas and times are provided. 2. In regards to aduit, mosquito control chemicals (cold fogging), to eliminate their use and to re-evaluate thc program in-the fall of 1993. 3. The practice of MMCD helicopters landing, taking off and loading in city parks is prohibited. 4. That staff and thc city actively pursue other measures of controlling mosquitoes, such as volunteer groups who are willing to remove breeding site containers, possibly plugging tree cavities, and whatever else can be done from a community standpoint to control mosquitoes without chemicals. A follow up discussion regarding tree hole mosquitoes (the lacrosse encephalitis mosquito) resulted in allowing MMCD to test for thc "tree hole" mosquito in city parks, ff populations warranted, the application of approved treatment substances only will be allowed upon. thc city being notified, the area for' treatment having been conspicuously posted 24 hours prior to treatment, and that the Park and Recreation Director be contacted prior to testing to allow for observation of the testing. Todd Gerhardt, City Manager November 26, 2002 Page 2 The review of the program in November of 1993 resulted in no changes to the policies that had been established the previous year. RECENT CORRESPONDENCE Recent correspondence concerning the activities of the MMCD, in addition to an e-mail from Mr. Rivkin is also attached. STAFF COMIVIE~ Some conclusions I reached in 1992 concerning mosquito control have not changed. More mosquitoes live to carry out their life-cycle in the metropolitan area than are ever killed by the MMCD on an annual basis. Reducing the mosquito population by the number that the MMCD does kill or prevent from hatching, reduces to some degree, the likelihood that you will be annoyed or bitten by mosquitoes. Given the infrequeney of chemical applications being made in the early 1990's, banning their use in city parks seemed inconsequential. ,RECOMMENDATION Spizale moved, Happe seconded that the Park and Recreation Commission recommend that the City Council rescind the city's current policy and permit control of adult mosquitoes in city parklands to resume. Also, direct staff to take appropriate measures to notify the public through means available that this program is re-instituting, when applications are going to take place, information about how to be added to the notification list and where the information's going to be posted. All voted in favor, except Atkins who opposed, and the motion carried with a vote of 5 to 1. g:~parkRh~nosquitocontrolmemo Park and Rex: Commission - October 22, 2002 Kelly moved, O'Shea seconded that the Park and Recreation Commission table action on e]Jmhlatizlg lee rink~ at neighborhood parks and directing staff to establish a method to better quantify usage. All voted in favor and the motion carried nnanlmously. ' Franks: Todd, some marching, Todd and Jerry, some marching orders there. Hoffman: We will also quantify the dollars, or the expenses... Todd Hoffman explained to Ted Koltes the action taken by the Park and Recreation Commission. REVIEW CITY POLICY CONCE~G SPRAYING FQR ADULT MOSQU1TOE~ IN CITY PARK~. Franks: I'm operating under the assumption that all of us have taken time to review the material that's been presented to us. Todd, if you would take some time to hit the high points and then we'll move forward. Hoffman: I will hit the highlights and I am glad that I made the, what I consider to be the popular recommendations on this item because I think it will go much more smoothly. Fa'St of all I'm going to hand out something that I received in today's mail. It's the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District 2001 Operating Review and Plans for 2002. The Mosquito Control District is a special tax authority so you'll see that on your taxes. Just a side note. I saw them out checking today for mosquitoes. I didn't 'know why but they were scooping and just to make sure they're all dead. This issue, the file for this issue is about this thick. You would not have believed the amount of public testimony that this body took, received back in 90, what were the years. 1991. It turned into a debate over Mosquito Control District in public spaces. Not just mosquito control in the'city of Chanhassen, and I won't go into that in entire detail but I'll just hit the highlights. So the Mosquito Control. District was out here' on September 23~ to address the .City Council. The minutes of that meeting are attached. The council, With good reason, is concerned about the health concerns with the mosquito disease that we have now .on the topic of conversation on the topic of conversation sO, the council as-ked the park commission to review the city's current policy of not permitting the spraying of chemicals for adult mosquitoes in city parks. There is no ban on spraying the briquettes or the corn cob granulars in these parks, and those briquettes or granulars go in the wet areas and they change the chemistry of the larval mosquito and they never hatch. Adult mosquitoes, or adultricide, this is where they go through with the logger. It was quite popular I think, you know we all remember the, going through the neighborhoods with these large loggers. They don't do that quite as much anymore, but they specially hit the times when there are neighborhood, or community celebration. The.4~ of July or a county fair, those type of things. In '91 we had a complaint where they sprayed for adult mosquitoes in Lake Ann Park. They sprayed improperly. It left a residue. They sprayed too close to the lake, so there were two things going on. They had a complaint that two residents became sick from the residue left from the adult mosquito spray, and then the second one is that they sprayed illegally or not within the label precautions of the chemical. So they were fined for that. They paid that. fine. Complied with that and said they would not, they trained their applicators and they wouldn't do that any longer. But then Mr. Rivkin convinced the commission and the council at that time that there was some sense of health risk associated with the chemical itself and it's reaction it had on him and his son, and that risk was greater than the risk of having'these adult mosquitoes being treated in the parks. So then we have the resulting debate. What really stood out in that is that there was ,,'er3, few times, I think in the previous, I've got the statistic in here. They sprayed like 7 times, and so the commission or the council said, so what's the big deal. We ban adult mosquito control. They've only sprayed here 7 times in the last half a dozen years anyway. It's not going :. · . , : -. . · Park and Rec Commission - October 22, 2002 to be a big deal. So in '92 you have the action taken by the city council. Items 1 through 4. larval control 'can remain. Adult mosquito control eliminate the air use and re-evaluate the program. They shall not land or take their helicopters off at the parks. The staff actively pursue other methods for controlling mosquitoes. Follow-up discussion was taken place and again no changes made in the policies established the previous year. Had a recent correspondence concerning the activities in addition to e-mails from Mr. Rivkin also attached, so here we are 10 years later. Mr. Rivkin continues to say that the Metropolitan Mosquito Control and mosquito control in general is all evil. Mosquito Control says, in these times, especially with encephalitis and the other things that these mosquitoes are threatening us with, that we should be doing more. Staff comments. These are the conclusions I reached in '92 and they've not changed. And this is just a common sense stuff. More mosquitoes live to carry out their life cycle in the metro area than are ever killed by this mosquito control on an annual basis. We're talking a vast majority of these mosquitoes live. They get around the briquettes. They get around the granulars. They get around the adult fogging and they're out there looking for us. But reducing the mosquito population by the number that the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District does kill, or prevents matching, reduces to some degree, we don't know what that is. The likelihood that you will be bitten by a mosquito. So you are doing some good. And then given the infrequency of the chemical appellations made in the early 90's, banning their use seemed inconsequential. However today, and this is based, this is where my recommendation comes frorm In :92 it seemed reasonable to debate the effectiveness of spraying for adtfit mosquitoes, versus in the public parks, but with the increased threat of the West Nile Virus and diseases that we have going on, I'm recommending the commission recommend the City Council rescind the city's currant policy and permit control for adult mosquitoes in city parklands to resume. With that motion I guarantee that you will see an extraordinary amount of adult spraying in our parks next year because Metropolitan Mosquito Control is going to want to come back into Chanhassen and give us a presence again because they really felt kind of like the orphan child in Chanhassen. That not very many people cut them out but Chanhassen, the Minnesota River Valley, National Wildlife Refuge did. Hennepin Parks does not allow adult mosquito controlling, and just so you know what their, those are hatural resource based organizations and their reason.for doing this is because mosquito larva is the basis in the food chain for many living creatures so those organizations say, yeah we understand the health risk, but we also, as a natural resource organization, understand that we need to allow these life cycles to continue so they don't spray for adults or allow the larval control to take place. Franks: Thank you Todd. What I'd like to do is open this up for any quick questions that any of the commissioners may have for Todd. Spizale: One question. These two people the only people that have ever had problems? Hoffman: That have come forward to the city, yeah. But there's tons of litanies of testimony about the people that became ill from these chemicals. Spizale: But these are the only problems we've ever had in our community? Hoffman: Yes. That have been responded. Spizale: In a period of how much time? Ever right? Hoffman: Well for the past dozen years .... so you don't have any recent case studying. Prior to that, these are the...I'm aware of. 26 Park and Rec Commission - October 22, 2002 Spizale: That's all I have. Franks: Thanks. Commissioner Happe. Happe: Has Mr. Rivkin stayed in touch with you on this Todd or? Hoffman: Yeah, thus the recent e-mail that you have in your packet. Happe: Yeah, that's what I was just n'ying. I thought I saw. I'I1 save my comments. Franks: Okay, great. Well Amy, we'll move onto you. O'Shea: I don't really have any. Franks: Okay. Throughout that whole time since '91, they've continued with the briquettes, correct7 Hoffman: Yes. Franks: And how many areas, park areas have they treated with those briquettes? I know that they do the wetlands out at Lake Susan. Hoffman: I don't 'know for sure. They keep their own records. They do Rice Marsh Lake, Lake Susan, there's a variety of areas that I don't have those. I don't have those numbers for you, for those areas. Franks: Now when I was reading the minutes of the park commission meeting, it appeared as if · the spirit of their various motions on this issue was to have this, this mosquito control reviewed on an annual basis. For sure in '93 it was to be reviewed, but there was some discussion that it continue to come in for review, but it appeared that didn't happen. Do we happen to know what the average portion of the allocation to the Mosquito Control District is from the average price house in Carver County? Do we happen to know that? I know they talked about it back in the old minutes what the cost was. We're still paying into the mosquito control. Hoffman: Correct. Absolutely. Happe: What? Franks: We're all paying. Every house in Chanhassen, as a part of their .tax burden is funded for mosquito control in Carver County which is including adulticide. Hoffman: There was talk about in '91, there's no getting out of the program unless the entire county. Franks: Well it looks like it takes legislative action on the state level to get out of the program. So we're locked into the program. So in a sense we've been, well that's comments so I'll move on. Commissioner Kelly. Kelly: I don't have. The only question I have is, I read in the, is it true that we are the only city in the 7 county metro area? Okay. So from this comment in the minutes. Park and Rec Commission - October 22, 2002 Hoffman: Is incorrect. Kelly: Was incorrect. Alright. Hoffman: Over stating. Kelly: Okay. Atkins: Does the adult mosquito control involve spraying? Hoffman: Yes. Atkins: And would this be for all the parks? Hoffman: No. Traditionally this would go into the high use areas, Lake Ann, Bandimere, Lake Susan, City Center, and then most communities, or many communities would call them and schedule one for the day before the 4th of July. The day before the fireworks. Day before another special event, so they come out. The Metropolitan Mosquito Control is an independent governmental agency. They come out and they operate on. their own means and. by their own methods,' and then we can influence them by giving a phone call and saying here's some dates we'd like to see, and they typically try to accommodate you in those areas, and those requests. Atkins: And your basic reason for wanting us to rescind this current policy is because of the development of the West Nile Virus? I-Ioffinan: And all the fears that go along with it. Atkins: That's all. Hoffman: Seeing that there's no other questions, let's bring this back to the commission for comments. Since you just ended up Commissioner Atkins, we'll just start with you. ' Atkins: Oh I'm a big tree hugger and I really don't like spraying anything around so I'll have to listen to some of your comments. I'm pretty opinionated about that. Franks: Why don't you give us 5'our opinion. Let's hear it. Atkins: Well I'm, chemical control of weeds even, anything pest control really rubs me the wrong wa), so I have to hear more about this. Franks: Okay. Tom. Kelly: I think for me at least West Nile hit home when I heard about the person in Chaska being diagnosed this summer with having West Nile, so it was no longer a Louisiana or Alabama issue where it first came up and it has now come up north here and so I think I'm in favor of adult spraying just for the fear of, of not eradicating West Nile but maybe limiting it's spread and the spread of other diseases that those little mosquitoes carry. That's it. Franks: There's some things that I found interesting in the park commission minutes from July 28, 1992. One is that there's a quote by, it's Harold Trende I think is talking, and suggesting that allergists stated that people allergic to ragweed could'eXhibit cross sensitizatib/i,~ould exacerbate 28 Park and Rec Commission - October 22, 2002 · . ~.~..~ · respiratory diseases like astluna. It's very interesting that my son, who is allergic to ragweed, and has asthma, reacts when they aerial drop the granules for the...and so I happen to be in a family where we're directly affected by these chemicals that are dropped into our city. What we do is we're on a notification list that when they are coming by to do their applications we stay inside. And that has been perfectly satisfactory once we figured out what was going on, and it's cemdnly my opinion that the risks of some of these mosquito borne illn '.e~ses are far more danffewus than telling my son that we need to slay inside for an afternoon. And ~o whereas in 1991-92-93 when they were not looking in the face of the spread of some of ~ diseases, you know it's probably prudent for them to lake that course of action. I think times have changed now. The situation is altered to the point where as long as application is done per hbel and according to the protocol of their agency, which is something I think as a city we, staff needs to keep a close eye on, that it seems like a good idea to do it since we're paying for it anyway. And I've heard a lot of comments about mosquitoes at the 4~' of 1uly celebration actually being an incredible nuisance. So since we're paying for that celebration as well, I think that we should do what we can to make our parks as enjoyable as possible. Commissioner O'Shea. O'Shea: My comment would be, I think perception rules and with the threat of West Nile Virus being so close, that the perception would be negative if someone contracted West Nile Virus and knew that we were not doing something as a city to prevent it. Again I know you don't know where you catch it, but I think if there was an outbreak in Chanhassen I'd feel better knowing that the city did as much as they could to prevent it from happening at least in our city' parks. So I do, and again with Chair Franks comment, I agree. Notification'needs to be carried out successfully to people that do have, that do react to it or want to stay away from it because they fear the chemical. But I do think it needs to be brought back in. Franks: Thank you. Dave. Happe: I agree with Commissioner O'Shea. In reading through the notes from the past commissions that dealt with this, it was requested but actually declined that it become a permanent ban. That was supposed to be reviewed on an annual basis. Unfortunately Mr. Rivkin at the time had a serious medical problem, but that medical problem it seems was caused by an improper application of the chemicals at .that time. There have been other cities that had a similar ban and my understanding is, at least in some of those cases that similar bans have been rescinded and I agree with Chairman Franks. Our taxpayers are paying for this service and I will be in support of spraying for mosquitoes. Spizale: And I would also be in support of spray because I think we can all enjoy our parks a little bit more knowing that it's just a little bit safer out there so I would agree. Happe: Chair Fran 'ks, I'd also just mention that the only information that I have was based on my reading of this packet. I did try to contact Mr. Rivkin. He wasn't available for a conversation prior to this so. Franks: Appreciate that effort. I also made some, indicate efforts this morning to actually speak with some agents in the mosquito control district and of course they took the opporttmity to lobby about re-instituting their services to the city of Chanhassen quite strongly, and I found them to be fairly persuasive so. Jack, anything? Spizale: No. Park and Rec Commission - October 22, 2002 Franks: Before we wrap up I just found it.interesting in the park commission minutes from 1992 again that the comments of Al Klingelhutz beginning on page 5, and indicating that he loves to garden and you can see by the color of his skin that he's out in the sun a lot and then him stating that he hasn't aged. And I remember when there was mosquito control in this area and at times we've had rains and moisture, these mosquitoes would almost pick you up and carry you away, and that was 1992 and I'll tell you in my back yard, and I'm one who loves to garden and I'm going to say I don't think I've aged either. That the mosquitoes.almost picked us up and carded us away this year. It was just incredible and anything that we can do for Al and I...maybe it's those same mosquitoes hanging around. Happe: Whoever does offer a motion on this, it'd be great if they could include a strong recommendation from the Park and Rec Commission that there be a particular emphasis placed, as Amy said, on the notification piece of it. We want to make sure that we, if we do re-instate the spraying, that we spread the word as loud and wide as we can just to make sure that everybody understands this change in policy. Hoffman: We're going to do some press release through the newspaper. That's, right there they'll post it at the entrance to the park but if you want to be on a call list, then you need to contact and they'll put })ou on a call list. Franks: You need to contact them. The other thing Todd, since there's been so much time since we've actually had this, we may need to go a little bit more out of our way to inform.the public that this is starting up again. This is-how you get on the call list. This is what's going on, and especially during those times when we might be making a request as a city for special applications in high use areas for certain events. Tournaments, 4m of July, that kind of thing, since we'll be making that request ahead of time. That we actually find some way to publish ahead of time that that will be occurring. Hoffman: We can do that through the newsletter. Web page. Franks: Through the newsletter and web page. And through the press release, inform people that that will be posted on the web page. Is there a motion? Don't be shy. It's right here. Spizale: I'll make a motion. I make a motion that we recommend that the City Council rescind the city's current policy and permit control for adult mosquitoes in city parklands to resume. And to that I will add, maybe we should come up with some type of a better, how should I say? Letting people know when the park's going to be sprayed...my motion. Franks: So are you suggesting that the staff then take appropriate measures to notify through means available that this program is re-instituting and also in addition, when applications are going to take place? Spizale: Yes. Franks: And along with that information about how to be added to the notification list. And where the information' s going to be posted. Does that clarify your notification? Spizale: I think that's perfect. Franks: Alright. Is there a second to that motion? 30 Park and Rec Commission - October 22, 2002 Happe: Second. Franks: The motion's been moved and seconded. Spizale moved, Happe seconded that the Park and Recreation Commission re~mmend that the City Council rescind the city's current policy and perml, t imntrol of adult mosquitoes in city parklands to resume. Also, direct staff to take appropriate measures to notify the public through means available that this program is re-instituting, when applications are going to take place, information about how to be added to the notification list and where the information's going to be posted. All voted in favor, except Atkins who opposed, and the motion carried with a vote of 5 to 1. Franks: What I'd like to do then is correct the record that Commissioner Atkins has. voted in the negative on the motion and would you like to state your reasons for doing that, if you choose. Atkins: No thank you. Franks: Okay. The motion carries. RECREATION PROGRAM REPORTS: 2002 HALLOWEEN PARTY. Franks: Jerry, are you filling in for Corey? Ruegemer: I will. Franks: Alright. Well we'd like you to do that. Hoffman: He represents him at time. C0rey doesn't purposely not show up here, but he's not assigned to this meeting so Mr. Ruegemer represents Covey here.. Ruegemer: I am his voice. Franks: Well you can let Covey know sometime that we certainly WoUldn't mind seeing him here at our meetings, when he has the time to show up for us. Ruegemer: I'm sure he would enjoy seeing all of you.. Just to give you a real quick verbal update on the Halloween party. We did re-nm the flyers, since we had talked last time. They had been distributed to the schools. We purchased candy last weelc Everything is, not a whole lot of hard candy Rod. Thank you. We have a lot of the key club members, about 30 people helping out with various games and hay fides and a lot of that sort of thing but just wanted to' offer up the volunteer list again. We've still looking for some costume characters in the kind of friendly hallway so to speak, and don't worry about a costume. We have plenty of costmn~ to go around so if anybody's interested in that. Volunteers will need to be there around 4:45 at the Chart Rec Center, and we will provide food for you in the form of pizza, sandwiches, something like that to be determined so, just wanted to let everybody know kind of where we were on that event.' I'll pass around the sheet. I know we had talked about this last time and if anything has changed in )'our schedules and you'd like to put your name on the list to join the festivities, we certainly would appreciate that so I will pass the list. Dave looks eager. Park and Rec Commission - October 22, 2002 Franks: It's a fun time. O'Shea: Jerry, would you, if you need to move me, I'm on there. Ruegemer: ...and you can certainly hold onto that volunteer list until after the meeting if you'd like to. Does anybody have any questions on that? I just want to give everyone kind of a brief update as to where we were at this point. Franks: And you're moving Half Pint and Oscar to the back... Ruegemer: We are moving further and further away from that bleacher area. Franks: And you are set using cones and tape or something to create a safety area. Ruegemer: A safe zone if you will. Franks: Alright. Or something. Ruegemer: Any other questions? Franks: Are you having the costume characters on boih sides of the center hallway? Ruegemer: What would you like to see Rod? Franks: Well it does create some congestion actually. If the costume characters it might, well you might want to take a look and a have a contingency plan. Ruegemer: Our nmnbers are down a bit but we certainly can have a plan B and C. Atkins: Can I wear my own costume? Ruegemer: Certainly. Franks: Oh absolutely. Atkins: It's not scary but it's cool. Franks: Great. And how many hay wagons? Ruegemer: Two. Franks: Two, good. And out the back door? Ruegemer: Yeah, go out that north door. Franks: And is there someone assigned for crowd control? Ruegemer: We're going to have Boy Scouts. Hoffinan: And some adults. 32 CITYOF CHANHAS EN 7790 F,.~ket Boule~rd POBox147 C",~,~ssen. L'gJ 55317 Administration 1~.:~ 952..2271;03 F~c 952.227.1110 Building Inspections ?.."-: .~227.11~0 Fa,,. [-,52 227. T173 Engineering =.-:,".~: ,952.227 :.~,-- ~:.,2~7' 117,.~ Finance ;. .; :',~:...,,,'.' .,. :-..'--.~;: ':.':'7 ~'" Park'& Recreatian -~, ::_ "27 .... :-.--.. :- [: ,,.'.. :.' _ ~. · ? C:_ :-.' _-" '. -'..'c: ::, .::.: ":7 .... Planning & lialural Resources 7-_- ~. .:.5" L~7 "' ~.-~: Public Wo~ !5~,: ,;'--. ~'-~.- .:r:-~...c5.'2 ;_27 ;~.... Senior Center P'.:' ~: ~2 22711.;5 ga,: c_.52 ~7.111..1 Web Site MEMORANDUM TO: Park and Recreation Commission. FROM: Todd Hoffman, Park and Recreation Director DATE: October 4, 2002 SUBJECT: Review City Policy Concerning Spraying for Adult Mosquito's in City Parks On September 23, 2002, Mr. Jim Stark, Public Information Manager for the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District (MMCD), addressed the City Council. The minutes from that presentation are attached. Upon conclusion of discussion that evening, the City Council asked that the Park and Recreation Commission to review the city's current policy of not permitting the spraying of chemicals for adult mosquito control in city parks. The file from 1991/92 concerning this topic is quite extensive. To assist the Commission in your review, I will break the process down into manageable sections. TItE COMPLAINT AGAINST SPRAYING FOR ADULT MOSQUITO'S (1991) Mr.. Eric Rivkin, a Chanhassen resident complains that he and his son became ill frorfl co.ming in contact with chemicals intended for adult mosquito control. Mr. Rivkin filed a complaint with the State Department of Agriculture alleging improper use of pesticides by the Metropolitan Mosquito Control District. The district acknowledges its wrongdoing and pays-a $1,000.00 fine. THE RESULTING PUBLIC DEBATE OVER THE SAFETY AND EFFECTIVENESS OF MOSQUITO CONTROL As a result of this claim a yearlong debate over the safety and effectiveness of spraying for adult mosquitoes in city parklands is launched. The actual number of applications of these so-called "adultricides" ih city parks is discovered to be relatively few. It becomes apparent that What is at stake for both the MMCD and the complainant is much more than just the spraying of mosquitoes in the Chanhassen park system. The MMCD retains specialists from across the country to attend a Chanhassen Park and Recreation Commission meeting in their defense. Mr. Rivkin continues to submit documents calling into question the safety and effectiveness of the mosquito control program. Park and Recreation Commission 10/7/2002 Page 2 ACTION TAKEN BY CITY IN 1992 On August 24, 1992 the Chanhassen City Council approved the following recommendation from the Park and Recreation Commission regarding mosquito control in city parks: 1. In regard to larval control briquettes, allow their use to continue providing notification of treatment areas and times are provided. 2. In regards to adult mosquito control chemicals (cold fogging), to eliminate their use and to re-evaluate the program in the fall of 1993. 3. The practice of MMCD helicopters landing, taking off and loading in city parks is prohibited. 4. That staff and the city actively pursue other measures of controlling mosquitoes, such as volunteer groups who are willing to remove breeding site containers, possibly plugging tree cavities, and whatever else can be done from a community standpoint to control mosquitoes without chemicals. A follow up discussion regarding tree hole mosquito's (the lacrosse encephalitis mosquito) resulted in allowing MMCD to test for the "tree hole" mosquito in city parks. If populations warranted, the application of approved treatment substances only will be allowed upon the city being notified, the area for treatment having been conspicuously posted 24 hours prior to treatment, and that the Park and Recreation Director be contacted prior, to testing to allow for observation Of the testing. The reviexv of the program in November of 1993 resulted in no changes to the policies that had becn established the previous year. RECENT CORRESPONDENCE Recent correspondence concerning the activities of thc IvhMCD, in addition to an e-mail from Mr. Rivkin is also attached. STAFF COMMENTS Some conclusions I reached in 1992 concerning mosquito control have not changed. More mosquitoes live to carry out their life-cycle in the metropolitan area than are ever killed by the MMCD on an annual basis Reducing the mosquito population by the number that the MMCD does kill or prevent from hatching, reduces to some degree, the likelihood that you will be annoyed or bitten by mosquitoes Park and Recreation Commission 10/7/2002 Page 3 -:...%~ .- '5"' ....~- · ':' Given the infrequeney of chemical applications being made in the early 1990's, banning their use in city parks seemed inconsequential. RECOMMEDATION In 1992 it was reasonable to debate the effectiveness and safety of spraying for adult mosquito control in public parks. With the apparent increased threat of the West Nile Virus, I am recommending that the Commission recommend that the City Council rescind the city's current policy and permit control for adult mosquitoes in city parklands to resume. g:\park~th~nosquitoe control City Council Minutes City Council Meeting - September 23, 2002 Councilman Ayottc: Just, kind of surprised, make sure I'm reading this right. Child abuse, neglect year to date 2001,43. Year to date 2002, 12. Good things.' What's the deal? How have we acquired such a significant reduction? Sgt. Dave Potts: That's something that I would probably have to look into and get back to you on that. Not a number that jumped out at me when, when I read through these monthly deals, I don't necessarily go through every item so if you have a question like that, I'd certainly take a look into it_ Councihnan Ayottc: !'11 just send an e-mail but the other comment is generally speaking, 2002 events are goi,~g down. I mcan thc trend is in fact a positive'trend so tlmt shows some good things. Sgt. Dave Ports: Well we like to sec positive trends in our figures. Sometimes we don't have thc control over lh~m. you know we're reactionary to a large degree but. Councihnan Ayotte: Thank you. . 51avor Jansen' Anything else tb~ Sergeant Ports? C'otmcilman hyolle: NO ma'am. Nlayor .lansen: Okay. thank you. Moving on. do we have someone from the Fire Departm.cnt here this evening for an update? l don't see John or Greg or okay. So we will not neglect lhem bul we're moving on then. VlSI'rOI{ I)RESENTATIONS: I)RESENTATION ON 51ETROPOLITAN MOSQUITO CONTROl. DISTRICT SERVICES. JIM STARK. PUBLIC INFOR,~IATION ..XlANAGER. .~lay~.~r J:msen: We have a scheduled presentalion from the Mclropolitan Mosqtfito Co,ltr~i l}istrict Sen'ices. Jim Stark. Appreciate your joining t,s this evening. This is:one of those hot issues in tile cotmtt3' these days. .lira Stark: Thank yot, Nladam Mayor and council members. I didn't prepare a formal prescntatio,~ so l think what I'll do is just give you a brief history of what the organizalion does. What we do in thc City ol'Chm,ha.,c~cn and then open it t,p for any questions you might have. The Nletropolita,1 Mosqt, ito Control District was'formed in ! 958 under State Statutes. We're a mosquito abatement district that controls mosquitoes, biting gnats and monitors thc distribution of lyme disease ticks in the metropolitan area. We're actually a function of county government. We're governed by a board of 17 county commissioners. Commissioner Ishe is the Commissioner that sits on our board from Carver Cou.hty, and they direct our budget and our activities during the year. Our budget in 2001 was about $9.6 million dollars. It's a lot of money. but the area that we control mosquitoes in is very large. We control mosquitoes in an area of 2,600 square miles in the counties of Anoka, Ramsey, Hennepin, Washington, Dakota, Scott and the eastern !/3 of Carver County, so it's a pretty big job. We're primarily a regional larval control program, meaning we target immature mosquitoes while they're developing in the water. About 85 percent of our resources go towards trying to keep mosquitoes from hatching into adults and flying off in 50,000 different directions. Protection of public health is another important component of tile program. We control mosquitoes that transmit Lacrosse Encephalitis and then certainly this )'ear one of the big issues is West Nile Virus. It's a viral disease that's transmitted by mosquitoes. We're really not quite sure which mosquitoes yet in Minnesota. Primarily what City Council Meeting - September 23, 2002 we've done tlais summer is we have sampled in areas where we found positive bird reportings. We've had a lot of birds reported dead who have tested positive for West Nile Virus. We've had a number of horses in the metropolitan area that have tested positive for West Nile Virus and unfortunately we've had a few human cases of West Nile Virus. We've gone into those areas, collected a lot of the adult mosquitoes and sent them to the Minnesota Department of H~alth. We haven't identified any positive mosquitoes yet, but hopefully here in the next month or so the Department of Health will be able to look at a lot of those mosquitoes and tell us which species of mosquitoes is transmitting West Nile Virus, to go a long way towards managing those mosquito numbers. Back to the program, as I say we're primarily a larval control program but we also do adult mosquito control to reduce disease threats, but also in response to rcquests from communitics for civic events. Wc'l] also rcspond to ncighbofl~oods who identify heavy infcslafions of mosquitoes that arc kind of intcrfering with thcff outdoor activity. So I think, thc history with Chanhasscn is back in thc carly[ 990's thc city council askcd our abatement district to stop doing any adult control of mosquitocs in thc parks in thc city of Chanhassen. and I don't know ifyou're thinking ofrcconsidcring that but I'm hcrc tO ccrtainly answer :my qucslions about any aspects of thc program and I'll open up to any questions. Mayor J:mscn: Oka.v. lhallk yeti. I'nl jtlsl curious. Other commun,tics like our's, do fi~cy have similar policy, in place where y, ou'r¢ not spraying in their parks or typically are you in the community parks. .lira Stark: Well thc only other community' that had asked us not to do adult control within thc property management was klaplcwood and they rescinded that request about 3 or 4 years ago so right now thc City of Chanhasscl~ is thc only city within thc 7 COtlllty moire district that's asked t~s Dot to do control in thc property iJlcv manage. Adult mosquito control. We continue to do larval mosquilo control on thc property, that thc City ofChanhasscn mnn'~,,cs,= .. but we've riel dollC :idllJi mosquito control. hi:tx'or .l:ms,.:n: \Veil apparcr~lly tiao original rcsolt~tion was in reaction and response lo some of otn' residents, in Pact ! guess reacting and getting iii from thc spray. Do you have incidents like that? Is there an adverse affect il'someone is in co~ltact with that spraying': Jim Stark: Tiaa klinnesola Department of Health did a risk assessment oil thc two aduh control 'materials that we usc and found that minor exposure to the control material shouldn't pose a risk lO I'lt[ITl:ll'~ health. Also the legislative auditor. [l~e Minnesota Legislative Auditor did a complete kind of scientific review of om program back in 1998. Their findings were consistent with thc \Vorld Health Organization and EPA that the control materials used by thc district, if they're used according to label, don't pose a significant risk to either humans or the environment so. xx'e have n few calls from pcoplc who arc maybc hypcr sensitive and wc try to address those issues by notif'y'ing pcople. We have a notification list that if people ask us to be on thc notification list, we're happy to abide by that. We put any place that we're going to do adult mosquito control on any given day during the summer, on an information linc. A phone line. Same information is on thc web page. We havc a web site that we maintain so. We havc expanded our notification efforts in thc last few years to try to, at least allow people who have concerns about the adult control, or any part of our program, access to thc infon~ation about where a schcduicd spraying's going to happcn so. So I guess in dircct answer to your question, thesc materials have very low mammalian toxicity, and we do not get many calls from folks that have issues with health issues with thc con~rol matcrials. klayor Jansen: Okay. thank you. Any other questions council for Mr. Stark? City Council Meeting - September 23, 2002 Councilman Ayotte: We have ! 1 lakes. A lot of wetlands. And thc densest population in Carver County. In your view are wc being remiss by not allowing you in to take care of business. especially in light of the Nile Virus issue.'? Jim Stark: Well remiss is a pretty. Councilman Ayottc: Not to put you on the spot. Jim Stark: Well. and that's why I'm here. You know I work for a mosquito abatement agency, one of 800 that operate throughout the United States, and most populated areas have formalized mosquito control and one of the responses to these disease issues is adult mosquito control. We try to be proactive and try to do the larval control and try to, with Lacrosse Encephalitis, clean up tile artificial containers and tires and fill in tree holes where these mosquitoes develop. But when there arc mosquitoes out there flying around actively transmitting the virus, one of'our key components to control those mosquitoes is adult mosquito control so in my personal opinion certainly monitoring mosquitoes within 5'our park systems, and then treating mosquito species that might be vectors of those diseases is certainly a prudent thing to do so I certainly would support that. Mayor .lanson: Were you to be spraying in our parks, how frequent a basis would that be in a S1.1111111C1'? .lira Stark: Kind of depends on mosquito populations. \Vc work off of threshold levels. Wc have thresholds for certain species of mosquitoes and when adult mosquito numbers exceed those thresholds, that indicates that there is an opportunity to spray those mosquitoes. It doesn't necessarily mean that it's always going to happen. A lot ortimes we are. as I sa5'. we rely mainly on larval mosquito control. Adult mosquito control is just kind of an approach we'll use in case we miss some mosquito species or we have a vector mosquitoes in certain areas. So it'just depends on thc levels of mosquitoes throughout the summer, and the types of mosquitoes you h~,ve in tile p:,rks. .'Xlavor.lan,¢en: So an on need basis is whal i'm hearin,, you say. Jim Stark: Yeah. and there are a mm~ber o1' communities thai we will monitor th'dr heavily used parks on a regular basis and we may spray them fairly routinely, maybe 3 or 4 times during thc summer, but there are some other parks where we may only spray them when thc city calls us and says hey. we're going to have a softball tournament or we're having some kind ofcvent in that area. And certainly we could work with the city on how you want !o manage certain parks. Mayor Jansen: Okay. Councih'nan Labatt'? Councilman Labatt: Well you kind of answered it right there. If you could .maybe just kind of a little bit more indepth on what is thc adult abatement process that you usc. Is that like you know from when I was a kid in Minnetonka growing up. it was the pick-up truck driving through with a big logger emitting a plume of fog. Jim Stark: We still do that. We do adult mosquito control m'o different ways. One is with a backpack sprayer. It's what we call a barrier treatment, where we spray the synthetic pyretheroid material onto vegetation where mosquitoes harbor or rest during the daytime. Larger particles, £airly specific area that's treated. Mosquitoes come in there and come in contact with material and lhat's how lhey're controlled. The other way we do mosquito control is in the evening with a City Council Meeting -- September 23.2002 truck mounted logger. A lot of smaller littlc particles suspended in the air. When the mosquitoes fly through that mist, a very small portion of that mist is actually the insecticide but when they coinc in contact with the insecticide, that's how they're controlled. Councilman Labatt: So this would be confined.just to the city parks. I mcan we have trails that kind of have casements or cross access easements through property. Or skirting the shoulder ora road. Would you be also driving down those too? Jim Stark: Well we do adult mosquito control on private property throughout the metropolitan area. People have the right under State Statutes to ask us not to do that. Any control on their properties and we certainly abide by that request but our services have been in fairly significant dcmahd here in the last couple summers. We've had some fairly'healthy adult mosquito populations and we've had these disease issues so the vast majority of calls we get, this year well over 5.000. have been from people who are asking us to come out and either check little wetland on their property or to address adult mosquitoes that they're dealing with in their back yard so. Councilman Labatt: How many calls have you goli¢l~ i~ot IO spray? Jim Stark: Oh. we usually get about a handful ti year. So it's fairly ,ninor compared... Mayor Jansen: Not to i')Ul you on the spot but are you aware of the number ofcalls you've gotten froln Chanhassen this year to come out onto i')rivate property to spray? Or to check. .lira Stark: You know I can't. I'd have to look at our data base. l'know there have been a number o1' calls I¥om Carver County. I would just have lo look and sec which ones came fi'om C'hanhasscn or other areas. Oilc o['lhc West Nile Virus cases was in Chaska. mid I klloW lllicl' that we got a significant numl3cr ofcalls fi'om thc Chaska area to come tun and do adult mosquito c'OIi[l't~]. J c]Oll't klloW Jlow Ill[lilY oJ'IJlos¢ WOI'C fi'Oil] CJmnJlaSScn. Max or .lanson: Okay. Because at this i')oint what wc would be having a conversation around would be tile city parks, just so u.'¢'re clear. Tha['s the only i')rol')¢rly right now tha't they're restricted fi'om coming in and actually spraying, according to this resolution ihat we have. Any other questions or co;nn'~enls for Nit. Stark? C'ounciim.'m Ayott¢: ilavc you g~.l a card with your e-mail addrcs.., for tls or do you have something that we can? .lira Stark' Yeah. it's out in thc cai'. I'll bring it I,ack ill. Nlay'or Jansen: .\Ir. Gerhardt. anything to add'.) Todd Gerhardt' Yeah. Jim. do you have a public access video that you share with communities about mosquito control? Jim Stark: You know we have one but it's kind of outdated. We kind of turned over that program into a power point presentation. We're talking about re-creating that video but I certainly can look into something that you might be able to run on public access if we redo it. Todd Gerhardt: Okay. That'd be great. Mayor Jansen' Well we appreciate your coming and sharing that information with us this evening so that we can maybe better make a decision as to what to do with our city parks. 10 City Council Meeting - September 23. 2002 Jim Stark: Okay. Mayor Jansen: Thank you very much. Jim Stark: Thank you. Todd Gerhardt: Mayor. Council members. If you'd like, I would suggest that the Park and Recreation Commission review this and provide a recommendation to the cotmcil on future spraying in tile parks or not. Councihnan Boyle: Todd. when was that resolution passed'? Do you recall? Mayor Jansen: '92. Todd Gerhardt: '92 I think. Mayor Jansen: '!992. Actually attached to the packet is tile letter t,at Mr. Hoffman drafted and to tile Villager addressing tile resident who was concerned. That we weren't doing any mosquito control, and itl flint it did. and the explanation being we do allow in the mosquito control. It's jr, st otlr public parks that it ,,,,'as restricted from. I would be supportive of Mr. Gcrhardt's suggestion to have the Park and Rec Commission take a look at it. since it is our city parks and have that come up through tile system. Quickly. Todd (icrh:u'dt: Sure. .~lavor .lanson: Thouuh I was eoine to say thou,,h hopefully we've had maybe cold enoueh we.'~lher illill we've knocked some t)l'iheln down. But yeah. so ifwe could. Todd (icrhardt: No. we're going to have wm'm wcalher through tile end of December. Guarantee i~. I.'ntil that libmr3"s roofed. .Xlayor .l:mscn: [ was going to sa3'. because we have a library alld a trail to linish. Okay. so moving on. Under visitor presentations, lhe cfuncil does have time that if there is anyone in the :,udience with an issue that they x~ ould like to bring forward to the council's attention, you can certainly' approach tile podium at this time and state your name and address for the record. \Ve just ask that we try to keep those comments then within about a 5 minute period, and if it is something that we need to have staffaddrcss as ~'~r as getting back to you. we don't put them on tile spot here this evening but have them get back to you at a later time. So go ahead and approach the podium Mr. Smith. Don Smith: i'm back. I want to bring )'our attention again, in the newspaper that you're up for a vote on tile City Council for a tenant versus a landlord. ' Mayor Jansen: And not to interrupt you but if you could, just for tile record. I know I introduced you by name but ifyou could. Don Smith: Oil. Don Smith. Chanhassen Estates, 8812 Erie Avenue. Mayor Jansen: Thank you. Il The Complaint Metro po ! i!an .M osq u ito COntrol. D str ct agrees Mosquit°, tO'Pay. $1000 for improper. spraying at Lake Ann Park By ~~ ~plc ' ~ deem ~t As · rcsttlt of improperly applied mosquito pesticide et Lake Ann Park last June., thc Mctfo~liten Mosquito Control District (MMCD) has paid · $10(X) fine end agreed not to commit the violation again. On luna 12, 1991, after visiting Lekc Ann Park with his two children, _('~h_ m nhasfm~41 r~sidcnt Eric Rivkin filed s confi~Icntig complaint with the stat~ D~pernncnt of ^griculturc alleging thc improper use of l~sgcides by thc - MMCD. Thc ]vFmnesota Department of Agriculture (MD?,) h~ enforcement oversight over thc aFplication of pes- ticides. On Dec. 6, 1991, after months of investiRation and discussions, thc MMCD acknowledged the violations 'and ·weed to pay a $1000 fmc and "to refrain from committing thc viola- tion" aU~i~ according to MDA docu- ments. Additional]y, a rcpre~ntativc of the MMCD was ordered to sleek on "the im~ of complying with thc Minnesota Pesticide Lev,," at thc group's pe~ticiclc recert~icetion work- shop held this last Feb., using thc Chenha_~en incident as a ce~-st~dy. "I hope they've learned their les- son," said RivMn, 40, a ~lf-cmployed b,tqlncss consultant, adding thc hc rcm·ins skeptical of thc MMCD. lerz~ end thc ces~ wes close! on Feb. 26, 1992. "My kids and I were playing Fris- be, c at Lake Ann Park when I noticed an odor. I started feeling nauseous end got a headache. I traced thc szncll to oily stuffon leaves. Wc went home ~vkin tel·ted. '" Accce'ding to givkin, his son, S~an, Eric Rlvkin stands atnld the prairie grasses In his yard tast summer, shortly after the mosquito-spray- lng Incident at Lake Ann Park left him and his young son feeling fl]. (Mia photo) · 7, suffered imm _s(m,'lar symptoms. 'Scan was dlrry and hsd to lic boy usually doesn't take naps on p,mrr~r clays. - Patrick Kelly, an MDA fnvcsttgator, visited ~ Ann Park oa. Sun~ 13, discovering ~i~nce of spn0~g MOSQbTrO to page ? ited the MMCD and th~ pesticide used th l~rkat was Punt 57-OS, a general~product icuesigned to control adult mosquitoes. y noted that this pesticid~ is proved for recreational areas, parks and woodlands. However, state pesticide reguh- tions do not allow treatment within 100 fcct of water.'Thb r~gulation is de~igucd to prevent thc pesticide flora draining or drifting into water eausc of its potential harmful effect on ~,.~= Thc. warning label on Punt 57-OS says, "This pesticide fs highly toxic to.fish. Do not apply to any body of water or wetlands... Drift nod mn:. off fi.om treated areas may be haztrd- ous to aquatic organisms in treated }icily introduced photographic' evidence of. a pan fish spawning area near treated vegetation. · " Based 'on its dcicrmination of the .~dgCDed facts, th~ MDA informed thc that it was prepared to file · civil suit in I-Icnnepin County District Court, arguing that the MMCD used ":, pesticide in a manner that is incon- sistent with a label or labeling..." H .owcver, thc MMCD a~ced with thc findings in. the Complaint and thc -remedies outlined b~ thc MDA, end- ing thc threat of thc civil law suit. 'In essence, whmt happened fs that a seasonal employee was spraying off thc back of an all-terrain vehicle, l-lc thronlcd down to make · turn but did' not turn off tho si?ray·r,' explained Ross Green, pubhc mfonnsdon di-.~ ream of thc MMCD. "We didn't do ft correctly. We've since stepped up'our observation so that this won't happen Thursday, March 19, 199~ -- Chanhasaen Villager-.. Page 7 ! ! Bill proposed requiring advanced warning of spraying l. a related action, State Rep. B~cy Kelso, a third term DFI..~r who reprints Chanhas.sen, Prior Sh~ope. e ~d Savage, has wr/uen a bill that would r~lui~e the cornmis- sion~r of agrJcull'ure lo eslablish rules to provide "pmentially affected sons ~odce of spraying." Her bili would also r~xluir¢ tha~ signs be in and around thc trea~¢d areas warn- f~g against the potential health haz- ards for people and pets exposed to the rcsiok~al pesticides. Cuncndy, there is ~o ~,,'ancc notification or posdn~ rcquircm¢nt.s. '~h¢ bill did not receive a hcarins in the Agriculture Committee," Kelso ~.aid. "I-Iow~cr, I am commi~ed to th¢.~ p~o~isior~s ~caus¢ I believe people have a right to ]mow when possibly hanOI pesticides are ~tng used." Kelso indicat~ that she would eith¢~ offer a revis~ version of her bill ~s an ~endment to ano~er bill, or she would ~eint'roduc¢ it nc= scs- sion. "The c~mmit'tee chair said that this bill ~g~t lx controversial and t~e time to study," Kelso e.~latn~. But she as.~rtcd that the bill is reason- able and ,,vou]d not ~use any undue incon,,'enienc~, and consealuendy would receive a fair .hearing. "I know that quite a few ~oplc arc s. cnsitivc to pesticides. These provisions wc~ address their needs," I~lso noted. According to a consorgum of concerned groups, indudinl[ th~ Si- ~ Club, Minnesota Herbi~de Coa- lition and the Izaak W~Itoa Lea~e., at least 1:5 percent of gl resMents are chemically sensitive, aod many people can become seriously ill from expo- sure to mosquito pesticides. These groups have been circulat- ing information shuts which support the prior-notification role, the posting of notices and a minimizing of the use oi' pesticides in public places. Without waiting for pas.sage of K~Iso's bill, Todd Hoffman, C'han- hasstn Park and Rfc'marion Director, has contacted the MMCD to discuss advance nbtification before the spray- ing s~aso~ begins. "We rant to know in advance when they will be spaying in Chan- h~" Hoffman said. "We al.so want signs posted noti~'~g citizens of th~ treated areas." Hoffrnan noted that the city does not have the rtsourc:s to monitor trcatrnent in order to guarantee that aL! spraytng regulaHons are observed without prior not. cation. "We simply are not tn a posiHon to monitor ali the other governmental agencies active tn Chanhassen. But now that we are aware of theseprob- 'Ierns, our ears have been perked up," Hoffrnan observed. Hoffman said that with proper, advance nod. ficat~ork it would be much easier to have a Community Service Officer or other city employ~ visible when mosquitoes are l~[ng treated on public property. Rivkin has insisted that, regard- less of the legtslation, he has informed the MMC'D that he wants to be noti- fied before treatment ts done in Chan- hasscn and parts of the Minnctonka al'ca, Mosquito district admits to spraying near lake Bills aim to change district's operations By Matthew Zlatnlk Despl~ instructions to the contrary, anti-mosquito cheml¢_~t~ werel~aY~A~m at water's edge of in At the threat of gotn~ to court, the Metropolitan Mosquito Con- trol District (M:MCD) admired last month that it improperly applied pesticides near the lake The acknowledgement of the violation came after the Min- Agriculture (MDA) investi~ted a June 12, 1991, complaint by a Chanhassen man. The MMCD paid a $1,000 f'me, and an MMCI:) official said the violation was because of employee error. said he and his son became sick after being in Lake Ann Park after the park was sprayed with Punt, a chemical used by the MM(3:) to kill adult mosquitos. used by the MMCD for nuisance- mosquito control in the seven- county, 3,000-square-mile metro are ' used to spread the pesticides. Chemical briquets are also ptaced in underwater breeding areas to kill mosquito larvae, marion about controlling disease-bearing mosquitm by destroying their breeding funded by a metrowide property-tax levy. A bill in- troduced by. Sen..C, en Olsen, IR- ~S: To 6 MOs-quitos .... From ~ 1 district's taxln~ authoritY, and opem~. At T.~k~.Ann Park, an MDA investifator found that .Puntwas stnayed on trees at water's ed~ '~Xy toxic" .to ~ Accad~ to tim U.S~ Environmental Pro- tedion Agency, Punt should not be/md wi~n 100 feet of water, beea wh .e~e be w~..,'.' saki ~..., Ore~ tmblie-informatlon .eoor- steps to ma~e sure It wouldn't happen again." Contrd District paid a $1,000 session presentation about what went wrong, the possible eh- avoid future mistakes. found that the emp~ees had violated, the MMCD's lO0-foot limit set for uMng pestiddes near water. the MMCD for about two yea~ he said. Last year chiming that the district Is inef- fective and violates its own rules on pestic/de applleatio~ He said he and his 7-year-old son __loeb_ me nauseated and had went home, and Rivkon caned the Iktmrtment of ~ture, noting that he had seen tree leaves with a shtw subzlmlce mi who iI x0o-foot limit, the MDA report was use of a pesticide in a man- ' to stop othir mesqul~ NURSING NOTES: ~,, i , i ii i ' DOCTOR NOTES: PRIMARY ~ PRIMARY W DOCTOR CLINIC II I Il I I I[ MD ORDERS SIGN SIGN OFF MD ORDERS OFF i i i I' i i i i i i .... .... . , . dT LMP /CT ~,LLERGIES 4EDS NAME: .~//~_~ AGE: 4.,//C.3 N O.: I,.~a:,,] -, ~/'"/'F I Auto Accident ID Daytime/Evening Phone(s) Workman's Comp. D Th, i~ 4(~ve~,;"-oid m_~-~ ~.~ ir, a ~.?k~=~.V~*-',-~-''~.., ~c,- 4 k~rs a+t~r it greither4 had t~-mm sprm'),c~ for ~m:souito c~tro! with mn ins~ticide. ~>:F~.'ri~,cad ~-~,tCtS~T,~Dra! h~adec~ mild light~ad~ne~s ~nd mild nausea sub~Au~t to t;~ ex~[re. HE~ sbra~r~d ~,d chmng~ clotk~. ~ returnsd . to tkc~. park t~ay for 1-1/2 k~,rs to di~uss tPm ex~u~e with a o++icial ~:d ~d r[~zurr~ce of his syrup.s. F~SI~ ~: ~eral ap~are~c~: T~ ~ti~,t d~ not aocear : n_r~m~ bilaterally. F~{. D'TRs unc~fortab!e. Eyes Fu~d~.copic ex~, is ~ are 2-3+ bilaterally. Tkmre is no treater. T~ ~ti~r~t ~s a noel gait. Tk~ n~k is supple. ~: I di~cus~ t~ ~ti~t ~i,t:~ Rt~sty at F'cis~ ~trol. ~nepin Co_~nty. ~ stat~ t~t ~u~t ~, w~'s ~in ingr~i~t is ~r~mthrin end 2,2~i~,thyl cyclopro~incar~xolate is not extr~mly ~xic. statc~ that no treab~t ~s r~uir~ at this ti~. T~ d~ri~ sympt~,s ~cur u~ally ~ly with oral ing~ti~. T~ ~ti~t is'advis~ to ~ske ~re ~ ~d s~r~ ~d c~g~ clothing since ~ ~s z  to the pesticide. No otf~r treatment is given at this time. The patient feels that signs skc~ld be placed in the park to state'd.~ an insecticide. has b=-en sprayed and people $ho. tld be cautioned~ esoecially asthma~ concerning the pre.~ence of tbs in=_~cticide~ concur with t~~ R: 6/14/91 · .I, ~/.t~t~a. ~,~..~, ,.,.,~:..~ .... .,.. -;-~.. '7 ,-?.:'- ""'-' ............ , ..... Final Diagnosis '".,'_~.~-.',~ ~,.,>~,'.'~';'~2-,2;::;.~ .... :.,'.:.::'.,4,~:.'~.~ ~, -~'~;:,.,,~,., ~.: -": /... [ '..'~. "-'J '-.Jl~'~"~ P '~ n.' '~ ~;- .....'"- ,:, . .,..'.,-..;;~-~.~.-'.'.*.:;' .r'~'s..~..c.%oe_.~,~( .pc~u._ .re,.~.z.,~j. ID. ~.;.~,~=~x..l_,. ,,.,' '" ; ':' ':; "~'-': ~:-'"'~':= ="~;'"~'-' .... ";'"" ' '"';;J':':'-:~' ~,'~"' -' :" .... : '.'"~ · ... . . . ..,'.'-:.. >:. · .,.,.:.;., ...... -. .:".~,;~.t +' '% ..,.-~".':':~:-~ , ';,..~ . · " '" " " · ~C~01¢1/~; .-5'J '":r,;= .':-", ...... ..:.. · ,--~.'.- ; -' ....:' ' ';:'" .'-~' - .'~: ....'. · ...... '1 NURSING NOTES: DOCTOR NOTES: DOCTOR CLINIC · i MD ORDERS SIGN MD ORDERS SIGN OFF OFF iR,no .LERGIES Daytime.:Eve~ing Phone(s) Auto Accident Workman's Comp. This 7-vear-old bo./' wa~ in tk~ park yesterday fcr'4 P~urs, shortly a~tmr it Pad ~__~-m._.'-, Epray~ ~or ~ui~ wi~ ~ ~~cide. 'Fb end his +at,mr ex6~ri~r.c~d fr~tal t~c~ral ~ada~P~ lightk~e~n~s~ ~d nausea, all mil~ sy,T, pt~. His s~,pt~m r~olv~ a+ter ~ ~s ~ end ~.d s~r~. TPmy v~t ~ck to t~ pe~k +or 1-1/2 ~rs ~ay to'talk a~t t~ problem. ~)ith tPm park administrator.' 8ymp~ r~ur~. T~ ~~cide ~s Ft,nt ~, who's ~in ingr~i~t is ~r~thrin ~d ~ lis~ a~ve. F;-.'(~:S2.:~_ EXPM: Eyes: ..c:,~.dc~copic exam is normal. FEF~t_. The neck is ~.uc-_~._n: N~n'~.e.-,d~r. D,~ are 2+ bilaterally. The patie~..t's gait · . is nor'.~:al. Ft_A.N: I discus-c~-d the patient with Rusty at Poison C~ntrol~ H~nnepin Cc~r, ty. He stated that no treatment was required. The permethrin can cccasic~ally caLve the symptc~s that they experienced, ~t usually ~nly wkmn ingested by mouth. He will push fluids and use Tylenol for his hm__--~ache. Kb is advised to cl-~-ncje clothes and s,hower following his visit to t~z. park tcday. R: 6/14/91 T: 6/!7/91 '" ~ ''"' '~ '' "' ~:'"~'~"--''- ' - -.'.''~"=~" '~"'~m"-'~b "~"~m ''~(~ ~'" ~ '~' -='~' ...:l...,,~., ........ .., '?:'-~'"":>~ * :"':,~~'-A,,~~ ~' :...._.~, . s l....,~.. .... ] -.~ ..... '-, ~ ,'"-: ->.'_ . ..~ ~,~".~ .=~ '.. · .~_.-,~._~_""~. ~ ?,~,,..,. .,.. . ~-',, ~_~.,r. ,.~ ~ ..... su-r-~ .~.: ~/-'~'~'~y-.-.%.",;?.,.::~."-~ -,;... ..... ;..., '"" ' ';' ........ ' ' ' ' ' ........... ' ' ';~,-~"'_~ '~;.~:-I ·. · · "... ! .-~' ~..... . ,o,~ ... -'- '. '- ,~' · '" ~ -I~.'-' ' · ..I.-~,, ~r~' z- , . , .'~'~' . - ~.'~'. · ~:.. · . %..-'- . . . - . - . IGENT .;,~': .;:; :':.:,:~P,~.,,..::;~;:~.,~'~.'~';-' c.'~;,;~.;~.-;-;.'-.'.~ I ..mrl "~..- ?'.?'- ,~' -.] "" 'r' ~ '"'-'-'"'"~ ' ·' ''.~,',-..r,r--.~,.. -.. ' ',[-.' '' ..~' o;.?~.'g'" " .'.'.-~'.. -"a- .... .:,:. . . .;. . . .... , · .-: . ....,... ,,.., .... .- ~ .- . ...... ::,,.~,~,~. . .~..,,..~r..~,.~...~,. :~; .--, .;.:: ._-.? :::~..-.C~tak~104~O, ...~. ~.~.-~...~-.';...,.,. - CJI[JqClXrlI&L ~ , E::I~ON COMPANY, U.S.A. ,~r C'E~CEN'mAUAiI,,t. ,' ' P.O. 80X ~80 _ } , o~=~o, o~ ~xxo, colorflo, ~ ~,.m~. ~ ~ .(404) 448-7123 , , MATERI~ '$AF~Y DATA 5H[~ EXXON COMPANY, U,5,A, DATE ZSSUED: SUPERSEDES DATE: P.O. BOX 2180 HOUSTON, TX 77252-2180 A. IDENTIFICATION AND EMERGENCY INFORMATION 1t/07/88 o5/o2/88 PRODUCT NAHE A;DMATZC 1OO CHEHXCAL NAHE Petroleum Solvent PRaI~JCT APPEARANCE AND ODOR Clear water-white liquid Aromattc hydrocarDon odor EHERGENCY TELEPHONE NUMBER (713) 656-3424 PRODUCT CAS NUHEER 64742-g5-6 B. COMPONENTS AND HAZARD INFORMATION " ~13NPDNENTS This ~ro~uct can be deftned aa: Llg~t aromatic solvent naphtha (petroleum)' CAS NO. OF APPROXZNATE COMPONENTS CONCENTRATZDN 64742-95-6 Zt conslsts predominantly of C8-C10 &rqm~tlc ~¥drocar~ons, primarily C9. " " This proauct contains: Xyiene 1330-20-7 ormatto~. '"' "' )' ''" '~' · · . See Section H for eddttlon~l Environmental Znformatton. ':' ' . ·. i. , .~ .. ~-~ , HAZARDOUS NAT£R~ALS ~DENT~FZCATZON SY[TEN Health Fll~&~tllty Reactivity I 2 O Recommended ~y E~xon " ; '" EXPOSURE LZHZT FOR TOTAL PRODUCT BASZS 50 ~pm (245 mg/m3) for ~n Recommende~ by Exxon B-hour C. PRIMARY ROUTES OF ENTRY AND EMERGENCY AND FIRST AID PROCEDURES EYE CONTACT Zf splaa~e= into t~e eyes. flus~ vtt~ clear ~ater for IS mtnutel ar unttl Irritation su=staes. Zf Irritation persists, call a p~ystctan. · ' Zn case af skin contact, ~emave any contamtneted ~lot~tng ~nd ~asn 8Rtn ~ho~oughly vtth soap · , ZNHALATZDN Z¢ overcome ~y vaoor, remove f~om ex~osur~ sn~ call ~ physician immediately. Zf ~rqBt~1ng is 1~egular or h~s stopped, start ~esuscttatlon, aamtntstsr oxygen, if ~valleDle. 14 $-02770~Yn'(0011 ARD~ATX¢ 100 e HEALTH-AND HAZARD INFORMATION ! i, ii VARZA~XL.TrY ~ONIZ XND~VXI~IALA ' ~lt~' .~u~les ~ve .~n t~t ~ pe~rol~ '~ro~ons a~ ~nthett~ l~r~cants ~o.e -: EFPE~S OF OV~OSURE (Si~ ~ ~t~ ~ ~~). Ht~ vapor concentratto~ (greater t~n aDproxl~ely 1~ ~) ire t~ttattnO ~o t~e ~e. o~hmr cmn~rai nmrv~l lyltmm effect, t~lu~lng ~mmth. .NATURE OF HAZARD AND TOXZCZTY ZNFORMATZI~ Product contacting the eyes may cause eye Irritation. Protect has a 1dy or,er of acute oral an~ darnel toxicity, but minute amounts aspirated tnto the lungs du~ing Ingmmtion or vomttlng may c~use mll~ ~o severe, pulmonary.injury.and possibly ~eath. · This proctuct ts Judged to have an acute oral LDSO (rat) greeter than 5 g/kg of body vetght. lad an a~ute dermal LO50 (rabbit} greater than 3.16 g/kg Of bogy wetg~t.. PRE-EXZ~i'ZNG HEDZCAL CONOZTZON5 I¢1tZC~1 HAY BE AGGRAVATED BY EXPOSURE Pe~rOleum Solvents/Petroleum Hydrocarbons - lktn contac~ may ag2rava~e an extsttng dsrutttts. , · , , F. PHYSICAL DATA . . The roi loving data ar~ appeextmate or t~tcei values a~ s~l~ ~t ~a usa~ for 'p~t~a ~es ! gn pu~oses. BOZLZNG R~G~ ' . Approximately 152-168'C (306-335'F) SPEC:FZC GRAVZTY (15.0 C/15.5 C) 0.B72 120 Essentially neutral POUR, C:ONGEALZNG OR ~ELTZNG POZNT Less t~an -18'C (O'F) Pour Potnt ~y AST~ D g7 VZ$~SZTY 0.78 cP · 25'C AST~ D 445 VAPOR PRESSURE Less t~an.lO nm Hg · 25'C ASTM O 287g -' VAPOR DENSZTY (AZR.~ 1~. ' A~roxtme~$1y 4.1 · . PERCE]'~' VOLATZLE BY VOLUME IOO ~ 1 atm. and 2S'C (7T'F) EVAPORATZON RATE · 1 ATM. AND 25 C'(TT F) (n-BUTYL ACETATE · 1) o., SOLUBZLZTY XN VAT~R · 1 ATM. A~D 25 C iTT F) Negltgl~iel less t~an O.i~ G. REACTIVITY i This product is steele and v111 not react violently v~th voter. Hazardous polymerization ut11 not occur, lvotd contact ult~ strong oxidants such as ltqutd.c~lortne, concentrated oxygen, sodium hypoc~lorite or calcium hypoc~Iorlte. PAGE: DATE ZSS~EO: 11/bT/aa SUPERSEDES DATE: OS/02/BB AROMATZO 100 ml m · i i i i i · i i · nj i · I I Il I i i I l J. TRANSPORTATION AND OSHA RELATED LABEL INFORMATION Il I I m I I J I I TRA~SPORTATZOH ZNCXDENT ZNFORMATZON For further tnformstton relative to spt11, resulting from trensDorte~ton tnctdente, refer to la,alt DeparTment of Transportation Emergency ResDonse GutdeOook for Hazarooue Ma~erlale ]nctden~s. DOT P 5800.3.. DOT ZD~TZFZCATZON hUMBER UN 1255 OSHA REGUZRED LABEL ZNFORHATZON %n compliance wt~h hazard end right-to-know requirements, the following OSHA Hazard Warntngs. - snoula bi found on a label, bill of ]aatng or Invoice accompanying t~t, ehtpment. DANGERI COMBUSTZBLE ..' - Nots: ProDuct la~el v~11 contaln a~dtttonal non-OSHA rel~te~ Information. ac~r~cy ar ~11~Dlllty, an~ Exxon s~ail ~t ~e 11~ie for any loss or damage arising out of ~e usa the~af. The Infection and ~o~ndatlons a~ off~ for the user/s consideration and examination, and tt is the user's ~sponslblltty to satisfy Itself that they a~ ~ttz~ie an~ co~le~e for %dentlftcat~on Syst~ (~ZS) an~ H~tonll inclu=~ ~y Exxon Co=any, U.S,A, Info.arian.. The ratings reco~nde~ FOR AODZT%ONAL ZNFORMATZON ON HEALTH EFFECTS CONTACT: DXRECTOR OF %NDUSTRXAL HYGZENE EXXON COMPANY, U.S.A. P. O. BOX 2180 ROOM 3157 HOUSTON, TX 77252-2180 (713) 656-2443 FOR OTHER PRODUCT %NFORMATION CONTACT: MANAGER, MARKETZNG TECHNZCAL SERV%CE$ EXXON COMPANY, U.S.A. P. O. BOX 2180 ROOM 2355 HOUSTON, TX 77252-2180 (713) 656-5949 ! 45-(:1277~MWHO021 DATE ZSSUED: 11/07/88 SUPERSEDES OATE: 05/02/88 PAGE: 5 ·