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<h1 align="justify" style="margin: 1px 5px"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2" color="#000000">
Preface</font></span><!--mstheme--></font></h1>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">The
Town of Needham recognizes that public agencies should be a model of
environmentally responsible practices. Employing an integrated pest
management (IPM) policy allows the Town to accrue the financial benefits
of planning, prevention and responsible management, while reducing the
use of pesticides that pose a health risk to people directly through
breathing, drinking, ingesting or skin absorption of toxic products or
via delayed exposures from contaminated soil, food, air, water utensils,
and toys.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"> </p>
<p style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><font color="#000000">
<font size="1" face="Verdana">The Town of Needham has already introduced
IPM principles into its parks, landscaping and building maintenance
programs. The purpose of developing an IPM policy is to formalize and
institutionalize the current practices dating back many years and to
provide general guidance in the creation of integrated pest management
policies and site-specific plans in compliance with the requirements of
the </font><font size="1"><span style="font-family: Arial"><em>
<span style="font-family: Verdana">Act to Protect Children and Families
from Exposure to Harmful Pesticides</span></em></span></font><font size="1" face="Verdana">,
Chapter 85 of the Acts of 2000.</font></font></p>
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<h2 style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099">
<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">Needham IPM Policy</font><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">The
Town of Needham will commit to IPM principles and practices and
incorporate them into all landscape maintenance and building maintenance
and construction work. This policy will apply to work by contractors
hired by the Town as well as to work done by town employees.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"> </p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099">
<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">IPM Defined</font><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">IPM is
a problem-solving approach to landscape and building management designed
to prevent and control undesirable weeds, insects, fungi and rodents.
IPM relies on the use of site-specific information about environmental
conditions and the dynamics of human characteristics and activities, and
pest biology and behavior to prevent, resist and control pests that
interfere with the purpose and use of a particular site. When a pest
has exceeded a predetermined threshold at a particular site, all
appropriate pest control strategies are employed including modifying the
habitat, modifying maintenance practices, modifying user behavior, and,
if all else fails, using pesticides as a last resort, and only within
specific guideline for least toxic selection and use.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"> </p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099">
<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">Pests Defined</font><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">Pests
are undesirable plants, insects, fungi and rodents. Common examples in
the landscape are grubs, chinch bug, crabgrass, knotweed, and a variety
of plant diseases. Insects, weeds, and fungi can become a significant
problem on our athletic fields and other public grounds. They can
destroy or overtake large areas of turf resulting in lack of
playability, large renovation costs, and unsafe conditions for players.
Common pests in buildings are ants, lice, cockroaches, termites, mice
and other rodents that thrive when food and other conditions are
available. They can create hygiene and safety problems, cause damage to
building structures and, if nothing else, cause a nuisance.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099">
<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">IPM Policy Goals</font><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">The
goal of Needham's IPM Policy is to promote the health, safety, quality
and sustainability of public buildings and landscapes and maximize the
enjoyment and use of public buildings and grounds for functional,
recreational (both active and passive) and ornamental purposes. The
goals of this policy are to:</font></span></p>
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<ol>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Require all pesticide
applicators to be certified and licensed.</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Ensure that all
support and supervisory personnel receive training and continuing
education on the use of pesticides.</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Reduce the use of
pesticides through common sense principles of IPM, to the point of
no pesticide use whenever possible and practical.</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Provide healthy, high
quality and sustainable buildings, parks and public open spaces.</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Prevent the
contamination of buildings, soil, air, and water and protect people
(especially children and other vulnerable populations), animals and
beneficial plants and insects from toxic exposures.</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Assure cooperation and
communication between town departments by setting standard operating
procedures for the control of pests. </font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Recognize and support
the programmatic and economic impact of changes in procedures and
processes that may be required to meet these goals</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Establish a formal IPM Committee with representation from the boards
and committees that approved the policy. This committee will meet
annually or as needed. This committee is not meant to supersede the
individual committees at each school required under the Child
Protection Act.</font></span></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><b>
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></b></p>
<h2 style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099">
<font face="Verdana" size="2" color="#000000">IPM Practices</font><!--mstheme--></font></h2>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">The
Town of Needham will develop site-specific building and landscape
maintenance plans for all sites, which will incorporate pest prevention
and control measures. These plans will specify site-assessment
protocols, testing methods, and the timing and/or type of maintenance
practices, require the monitoring of site conditions and pest
populations, and establish pest thresholds; recommend how to educate
users or modify user behavior (including modifying public access,
traffic or use patterns), define record keeping requirements, with
school building reports that are consistent with Section IV of School
Committee policy EBAB and evaluation criteria, establish conditions for
building re-occupancy after pesticide or herbicide application; enable
the use of expert assistance and resources to solve problems; and, if
determined to be necessary, identify the conditions for use of
pesticides. </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">
<font size="2">IPM</font></span></b><span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2">
</font><b><font size="2">Selection Guidelines:</font></b></span></font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">The
Town will develop guidelines for considering all appropriate
intervention options, including changes in cultural, mechanical,
physical, biological and chemical measures, or no action. Criteria for
selecting pest control interventions commensurate with these guidelines
shall, in order of priority, be or provide:</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<ol>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Least toxic to people,
beneficial insects and plants and the aquatic environment.</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Most species-specific.</font></li>
<li>
<h3 style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><!--mstheme--><font color="#330099">
<font color="#000000"><span style="font-weight: normal">
<font face="Verdana" size="1">Highest level of anticipated
effectiveness.</font></span></font><!--mstheme--></font></h3>
</li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Greatest need for
ongoing use and maintenance of field or facility.</font></li>
<li>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">Timely coordination
and scheduling with the Park & Recreation Department and the schools
to ensure safest use of all fields or facilities.</font></li>
</ol>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><b>
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2" color="#000000">Use of
Pesticides for Aesthetic Purposes:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">The
Town of Needham supports limiting pesticide use for aesthetic purposes.
The Town recognizes that the safe use of playing fields to prevent
injuries from recreational and organized team activities may require the
use of chemicals. Any chemicals used will follow the IPM application
and notification guidelines as outlined in this Policy and in the
Children�s Safety and Protection Act. </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><b>
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="2" color="#000000">
Restrictions on the use of Pesticides and Herbicides:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" align="justify" style="margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">As referenced under the
principals of The Children�s and Families� Protection Act and as part of
each schools plan the application of any pesticide or herbicide may be
performed only by certified applicators. If a pest situation is deemed
an emergency an emergency waiver form should be submitted to the Needham
Health Department to determine if the single use waiver is warranted.</font></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"> </p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px"><b>
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font color="#000000" size="2">IPM</font><font color="#000000" size="2">
Implementation:</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">For
IPM to be successful in the schools and other town buildings and fields,
it must be supported by administration, building and field maintenance
staff, custodial staff, teachers, students and parents. Through
training and education, and with strong administrative support, town
employees, teachers, staff and students must understand and be required
to comply with site-specific rules and regulations designed to deny
pests access to food and shelter. Failure to comply could result in
unnecessary infestations and potentially require the use of pesticides
to mitigate the problem. Maintenance, custodial and cafeteria staff
must understand and support the principles of IPM and adhere to
site-specific guidelines relating to pesticide approval, use and
notification guidelines. All must understand that pests may be present
while the source of a problem is identified and eliminated.</font></span></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText" style="text-align: justify; margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000"> </font></p>
<p class="MsoBodyText2" align="justify" style="margin: 1px 5px">
<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">The Municipal Building
Maintenance Board, the Department of Public Works and the School
Department principals will keep copies of their site-specific plans
available for public review. Copies of plans will also be filed with
the Needham Health Department and the MA Department of Food and
Agriculture. The Needham Health Department will serve as the liaison for
questions from the community.</font></p>
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<font face="Verdana" size="1" color="#000000">
<span style="font-weight: normal"> </span></font></p>
<p class="MsoCommentText" align="justify" style="margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin: 1px 5px">
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000"> </font></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin: 1px 5px">
<font color="#000000"><font size="1" face="Verdana">Approved by:</font></font></p>
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<font color="#000000"><b><span style="font-family: Verdana">
<font size="1">Needham Board of Health 6/14/02</font></span></b></font></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham School Committee 6/18/02 </font></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham Municipal Building Maintenance Department 6/18/02</font></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" align="justify" style="margin: 1px 5px"><b>
<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham Park and Recreation Department
6/25/02 </font>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham Board of Selectmen 6/25/02</font></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham Conservation Committee 6/27/02 </font></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham Permanent Public Building Department
7/08/02 </font></span></b>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham Library Board of Trustees 7/09/02</font></span></b></p>
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<span style="font-family: Verdana"><font size="1" color="#000000">
Needham Council on Aging Board of Directors 9/05/02</font></span></b><!--mstheme--></font></td>
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