Understanding and Complying with the New MWELO Regulations

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1 JANUARY 2016 CALIFORNIA LANDSCAPE CONTRACTORS ASSOCIATION EAST BAY CHAPTER January 13 Dinner Meeting: Understanding and Complying with the New MWELO Regulations The new MWELO uses a watershed approach that not only saves water, but now includes a comprehensive approach to sustainable landscaping. All new developments with landscape areas greater than 500 square feet are now subject to the MWELO restrictions including: Mandatory use of low water plants Increased irrigation efficiency Median strips must be free of lawn and require mulch and compost Water Experts, David Silva (CLCA) and Peter Estournes (Gardenworks Inc.) will help you understand the MWELO changes, and help you complete the new MWELO application process. WHEN: Wednesday, January 13th at 6 p.m. WHERE: Zone 7 Water Agency 5997 Parkside Dr., Pleasanton COST: Includes catering by the award winning Licensed2Grill Gourmet Food Truck. CLCA Members $35 registered and paid by January 8, 2016, or $45 at the door. Non-Members $45 RSVP: Above: Gore/Hale Residence by Past the Gate, winner of the Small Residential Installation Award at the CLCA East Bay Chapter Beautification Awards in June 2015.

2 Qualified, Trusted, Recognized: Get Landscape Industry Certified in 2016 Associate your company with our brand to set yourself apart in today s competitive green industry. The Landscape Industry Certified Technician program seeks to recognize proficiency in the landscape workforce, upgrade the status of the landscape professional and provide the public with a means of identifying qualified landscape professionals. Benefits Of Certification Validate your landscape skills, professionalism and commitment to safety. Stand out from others in the company and in the industry, and create opportunities for career advancement. Meet minimum job requirements. Persons passing a Certification Test will receive a certificate, identification card, logo items and recognition on NALP's Honor Wall. Employer Benefits of Certification Give your company a competitive edge and the opportunity to sell more services by advertising that you have certified employees on staff. Show professionalism and expertise when you display credentials in your marketing efforts with logos/decals/certificates. Meet minimum job requirements in bids and RFPs that require a certified technician. Your company will be listed in our Find a Company with Landscape Industry Certified Technicians page Written Test Dates February 3, p.m. Landscape Industry Show, Ontario, CA Registration Deadline: January 20 February 26, p.m. Gachina Landscape Mgmt., Menlo Park, CA Registration Deadline: February 12 August 4, :30 p.m. Green Acres Nursery, Folsom, CA Registration Deadline: July 22 September 30, p.m. Buckeye Ranch, Petaluma, CA Registration Deadline: August 29 December 9, p.m. CLCA Headquarters, Sacramento, CA Registration Deadline: December Hands-on Test October 1, 2015 All Day Buckeye Ranch, Petaluma, CA Registration Deadline: August 29 2 January 2016 CLCA East Bay Chapter

3 UPCOMING EVENTS JANUARY 13 Understanding the new MWELO regulations. See page 1. JANUARY-FEBRUARY Bay Friendly Training and Qualification for Maintaining Landscapes. Four-session training program taught by leading experts in stormwater management, soil health, irrigation, plant care, integrated pest management, and more. Tuesdays 1/19, 1/26, 2/2, and 2/9 from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. in Oakland. Register online at FEBRUARY 3-4 Landscape Industry Show in Ontario, CA. For info or to register FEBRUARY 3 12 p.m. Landscape Industry Certified Written Test at the Landscape Industry Show, Ontario. clca.org/certification/index.php Registration deadline January 20. FEBRUARY 11 NorCal Show, San Mateo Expo Center, San Mateo. FEBRUARY 26 1 p.m. Landscape Industry Certified Written Test at Gachina Landscape Mgmt. in Menlo Park. clca.org/certification/index.php Registration deadline February 12. The East Bay Chapter Thanks Our 2015 Partners for Success Gold - $1500 Two Dinner Tickets to the Beautification Awards Banquet and sponsorship of a prestigious Judges or Sweepstakes Award plaque. Four Tickets to the Baseball Event (includes tailgate party). Two Tickets to the Winery Tour. Free Admission to Three Dinner Meetings of your choice during the year. Silver - $1000 Two Dinner Tickets to the Beautification Awards Banquet and Sponsorship of an Award plaque for one of 16 possible categories. Two Tickets to the Baseball Event (includes tailgate party). Two Tickets to the Winery Tour. Free Admission to Two Dinner Meetings of your choice during the year. Bronze - $750 One Dinner Ticket to the Beautification Awards Banquet and Sponsorship of an Award plaque for one of 16 possible categories. One Ticket to the Baseball Event (includes tailgate party). One Ticket to the Winery Tour. Free Admission to One Dinner Meeting of your choice during the year. All Partners Receive Company Name recognition in the chapter s monthly newsletter, Inside Scoop and the mid-monthly electronic newsletter E-Scoop. Company event promotion in electronic newsletter, E-Scoop. Company Name recognition at every event, logo on table-tents or event fliers, Company logo on the chapter website and event announcements. For more information, or to become a sponsor, call Laura Leuer at (510) Todd Gerrow Guard Rd. (916) Lodi CA tgerrow@agsod.com (800) Growers of Quality Bluegrass, Fescue & Bermuda Sod January

4 Update Your Labor Law Posters In California, all employers must meet workplace posting obligations. The Department of Industrial Relations requires employers to post information related to wages, hours and working conditions in an area frequented by employees where it may be easily read during the workday. Additional posting requirements apply to some workplaces. For a list of available safety and health postings, visit the Cal/OSHA publications page ( Several publications were either updated or added late last year, so it s time to update your Labor Law posters. CLCA makes it easy to get up to date with laminated 25.5 x 39.5 posters that include all recommended state and federal notices. Order yours today in English or Spanish at CLCA members $34 (plus tax & shipping) Non-members $44 (plus tax & shipping) Posters are rolled and shipped in a tube. Water Management Certification Homeowners and businesses alike are feeling the pinch more than ever from increased water rates, and fines for water waste (especially from noticeable runoff). The demand on landscape contractors to provide more efficient water management is the highest it s ever been. To help landscape contractors and other green industry professionals meet this growing demand, CLCA introduced its Water Management Certification Program in the summer of This program is designed as a practical, profitable solution with a simple goal: to train water managers to provide customers with good to excellent landscape appearance using the right amount of water based on plant requirements. There will be a training and Water Manager Certification Test given March 15 in San Jose at the Santa Clara Valley Water District. clca.org/water-pro//index.php Volunteers Needed The NorCal Landscape and Nursery Show, co-hosted by CLCA, will be at the San Mateo Expo Center on February 11, CLCA is looking for volunteers who can donate at least 4 hours of their time to help with setup and/or running of the show. Volunteers get snacks, free parking, CLCA s copious appreciation and the feeling of doing something good as a team. If you are interested in helping out, please use the online sign up form at If you are unable to volunteer, we would still love to have you attend the show, so please mark your calendar and join us on February 11! WHOLESALE, LLC JEREMY CRYDERMAN TERRITORY MANAGER - EAST BAY/CENTRAL VALLEY 6901 BRADSHAW ROAD, SACRAMENTO, CA / FAX: / / jcryderman@villagenurseries.com 4 January 2016 CLCA East Bay Chapter

5 president s message What CLCA Means to Me By Calvin Craig CLCA East Bay Chapter President As I begin my service as chapter president this year I want to thank all the attendees and volunteers who made last year a success. I hope to build on that momentum in the coming year. Personally, I have learned a great deal and continue to learn through my involvement with CLCA. I have made numerous valuable connections and now feel I am able to give back through my accumulated knowledge and experience. My first exposure to CLCA was seeing all the CLCA logo in the yellow page ads and on the trucks of other landscaping firms in my area. It always seemed to be the more professional and quality oriented companies displaying the logo. I also noticed the CLCA award winners featured in the newspapers. Though I went to college for horticulture at Cal Poly SLO and gained valuable knowledge, there was a lot I did not learn at school such as employee issues, customer service and marketing. Working for a few of the more reputable contractors both in construction and design I noticed that many were strong in some areas such as horticulture or hardscape and weak in others such as irrigation or customer service. The one contractor I worked for who seemed to really have it together and was successful was Roger Fiske our state President in He also authored The Landscape Standards Book, and I can attest to the fact that he had high standards that appealed to his high-end clientele. He also fought for expansion of the scope of the C-27 license. This inspired me to join CLCA. Like many of you I glanced at the newsletter and attended a meeting occasionally if it sounded interesting. Meeting my friendly competition, commiserating over common issues, comparing notes and discussing exciting jobs etc., was all very helpful. Being judged in our awards ceremony gave valuable feedback from my peers and helped my company promote itself as award winning. The largest gain was participating in the business development group called Red to Black to Green where we hired top consultants as instructors as well as dealt with issues as a group. This allowed me to hone my skills, learn a lot about managing a landscape business and doubled my income while making my clients happy. As a part of this I was required to attend 3 chapter board meetings. What I found was a really cool, sharp and devoted mix of people committed to the common goal of having an organization that promoted professionalism in landscaping, facilitated networking and was simply fun and rewarding. Since then I have been active on the board. That is my story, but this is not about me or the current board of directors. We are here to serve you and need your participation for this organization to serve as best as it can. Some people come to learn, some to socialize and many of our more experienced members enjoy giving back and sharing their knowledge. Please come to whatever event sparks your interest, and if you can put in a couple extra hours per year to help on a committee or be a speaker at an event that would be great. Or perhaps, you re ready to put in a little more by volunteering a few hours a month to participate on the board. Whatever level of commitment you can manage, I m sure you will find it to be a rewarding experience. We plan to send out a survey to see how we can best serve your wants and needs this year. Please fill it out or give me or any board member your feedback so we can all benefit from it. Our first event of the year is on January 13 when we will have two CLCA experts on water management speaking on Understanding and Complying with the New MWELO Regulations. I hope you will be able to attend this important meeting. Our water woes will not be going away anytime soon, so it s best to keep on top of what s going on. January

6 CLCA East Bay Chapter Address 3130 Balfour Rd., Ste. D #215 Brentwood, CA East Bay Chapter Board of Directors IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT PETER ROSEN (510) Dynamic Designs peter@dynamicdesigns.us PRESIDENT CALVIN CRAIG (925) Calvin Craig Landscaping calvincraig@comcast.net PRESIDENT-ELECT ROXY WOLOSENKO (925) Roxy Designs roxy@roxydesigns.net TREASURER STACEY NERISON (650) Gachina Landscape Management snerison@gachina.com SECRETARY JORDAN TELFORD (925) Horizon jordan.telford@horizononline.com DIRECTOR-MEMBERSHIP ERIC SANTOS (925) Valley Crest Co. esantos@valleycrest.com DIRECTOR-EVENTS ASSOC. MEMBER REPRESENTATIVE SPONSORSHIP CHAIR KEVIN KOHL (415) Ewing kkohl@ewing1.com EXECUTIVE ADMINISTRATOR LAURA LEUER (510) lleuer@comcast.net fax (866) NEWSLETTER PRODUCTION JERRIE BEARD (530) Jerrie Beard & Associates fax (530) jsb@beardassociates.com East Bay Chapter Monthly Board Meetings Board meetings are held on the 1st Thursday of the month at 4:00 p.m. (some exceptions). Check the calendar for locations. The CLCA East Bay Chapter newsletter is published monthly. Copy and advertising deadlines are the 10th of the month preceding publication. Materials may be mailed to: Jerrie Beard & Associates, PO Box 7, Pollock Pines, CA Or to: jsb@beardassociates.com. For information on advertising and rates, contact Jerrie Beard at (530) CLCA State Headquarters 1491 River Park Drive, Ste. 100 Sacramento CA (916) (800) (916) Fax hq@clca.org 2016 CLCA State Executive Board Visit Past CLCA State Presidents from the East Bay Chapter 1996 John Redmond Jr Roger D. Fiske 1978 Joe Tanouye East Bay Past Chapter Presidents Past chapter presidents who are still members of the East Bay chapter Peter Rosen Tim Hendricks 2011 DeeAnn Schuttish Nate Silin Barry Minor 2006 Gregory Wrenn, Rick Martens, CLT 2005 Dennis Brewer Rick Martens, CLT Gregory Wrenn 1999 Rob Solomon CLT, CLP Dave Wolkenhauer, CLT 1996 Diane McNally 1995 Dan Berger, CLT 1994 Craig Hutchinson 1993 Steve Schlitt 1992 Matt Schiller 1991 Robert Battinich 1990 John Redmond 1989 Jim Kwiat 1988 Thomas Raeth John Nishizawa 1985 Thomas A. Adan 1984 David Burnley 1983 Don Young 1982 David Gutru 1981 Joe Tanouye J. Warren Thurston 1979 Peter Rumore 1978 Pat Nichols 1977 Joe Korematsu 1976 Chuck Rich East Bay Chapter Life Members Congratulations and Thank You to the following CLCA East Bay Chapter Members for their continued support for over 25 years. Roger Fiske Jeffrey Jones George Sunayama Thomas Raeth Ken Gerlack Joe Korematsu Jack Rydman CLCA East Bay Chapter Contractor s Honor Code The CLCA East Bay Chapter exists to support Contractor s AND their employees. To successfully meet this objective, and encourage the involvement of all levels of the landscape industry, the Board of Directors is committed to supporting the following Contractor s Honor Code: The solicitation, recruitment of, or attempt to hire another Contractor s employees while attending any CLCA function is strictly prohibited. Partner with EBMUD as Water Management Professionals The East Bay Municipal Utilities District has several opportunities for landscape water management professionals to become involved with outdoor water conservation in the community. They also provide resources on sustainable landscaping and plant use that can be useful in your business. Landscape Advisory Committee (LAC) EBMUD hosts a monthly meeting for a range of professionals related to sustainable landscaping and outdoor water conservation. Find out more at Call for Workshop Presenters EBMUD is currently seeking qualified presenters and workshop facilitators in the area of sustainable gardening and outdoor water conservation. For more information, please see the Presenters and Workshop Facilitators Request for Information at Resources When in drought, save the trees! Lawns are turning golden in the drought or being transformed into drought-tolerant landscapes. EBMUD applauds these efforts, with one note of caution: let the lawn go, not the trees. Download the Caring for Trees in Drought Guide ( and learn how to maintain trees even in drought. NEW! View and Search View all of the plants from EBMUD's beautiful, award-winning plant book, Plants and Landscapes for Summer-Dry Climates, with this easy-to-use, searchable site hosted and managed by the book s photographer, Saxon Holt. Browse by plant type (i.e. shrub, tree, perennial) or search by plant name, genus, or by generic garden terms, such as flower or path. Visit California Plant Database Do a search and create your own list of low water-use plants with this user-friendly tool for finding plants well-suited to the Bay Area s summer-dry climate. Visit Gardening Events EBMUD workshops, classes by cooperating community organizations, and other events will keep you up to date on the latest tips, techniques, and resources for sustainable, waterefficient gardening. Visit the EBMUD website at for more details on these and other programs. 6 January 2016 CLCA East Bay Chapter

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