(July 9, 2004) -- 5th district Councilwoman Jackie Kell has agendized the following item for the July 13 City Council meeting:
"In light of the recent discovery of dead birds and live mosquitoes being found in Long Beach, I would ask that the Mayor and City Council be given a report on the City's current efforts to deal with the spreading West Nile Virus threat. Additionally, I would ask that the report also include how the City is working with other local agencies since this is a regional matter."
LBReport.com has separately learned that officials of the Greater Los Angeles County Vector Control District, which handles mosquito abatement in roughly half of LB (north of PCH, east of Lakewood Blvd., meaning nearly all of Councilwoman Kell's district) have also been advised of the agenda item and invited to participate.
The item is number 12 on the City Council agenda, although the Mayor and Council are free to take items out of order if they wish.
Recent LBReport.com coverage:
West Nile Virus Watch:
LB Dept. Of Health Received Multiple ELB Resident Reports Re Standing Water In Untended Swimming Pool; Didn't Return Phone Calls; Didn't Refer Reports To County Vector Control And Didn't Ensure Follow Up
ELB Neighbors Now Say They've Got Mosquitoes En Masse, Can't Be Outside At Dusk And Just Found A Dying Crow
Incident Follows Other Reports of Standing Water in ELB Streets, Gutters
First LB West Nile Virus Infected Mosquitoes Found Vicinity Heartwell Park
West Nile Virus Warning Signs To Be Posted in El Dorado, Heartwell Parks
Two New West Nile Virus Dead Crows From LB (90807 & 90804) + Three From Lakewood (90712 and 90713) + Two From Hawaiian Gardens (90716)
LBUSD Administrators Alerted to West Nile Virus Prevention Tips
Dead Crows, Possibly West Nile Virus Infected, Increasingly Visible in Cerritos
West Nile Virus Warning Signs Posted @ Lakewood Golf Course & Bolivar Park in Lakewood
Ground Zero For West Nile Virus: See Maps Showing WNV Totals & Recent WNV-Infected Dead Birds
It's Here: Dead Crow w/ West Nile Virus ID'd in LB; Residents Again Urged to Take Precautions
ELB Email to LBReport.com Cites Add'l Standing Water
More WNV Infected Crows in Cerritos...And First CA 04 Human Case in San B'dino County
West Nile Virus Expert Says We're In Midst Of Largest Mosquito-Borne Virus Outbreak in North American History & Biggest West Nile Virus Outbreak Ever Documented in the World
Editorial: Biting Back: Our Suggestions Re WNV in LB
