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RESOLUTION NO. 12-557 <br /> A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> DECLARING THAT THE COSTS FOR WEED ABATEMENT, INCLUDING <br /> ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ARE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND LIEN <br /> IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTIES REQUIRING ABATEMENT AND <br /> APPROVING THE COST ACCOUNTING REPORT FOR THE 2012 WEED <br /> ABATEMENT PROGRAM <br /> WHEREAS, the weed abatement program of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire <br /> Department is administered pursuant to Government Code sections 39560-39588; and <br /> WHEREAS, at its meeting of March 20, 2012, the City of Pleasanton City Council <br /> adopted Resolution No. 12-510 which declared as a public nuisance all weeds, dirt, <br /> rubbish, and refuse upon or in front of certain described properties within the City of <br /> Pleasanton as more particularly set forth in Exhibit "A", attached thereto; and <br /> WHEREAS, on April 17, 2012 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 12-518, <br /> which ordered the abatement of weeds, dirt, refuse, and rubbish on the parcels <br /> identified in Resolution No. 12-510 and declared that the abatement costs, including <br /> 100% mark up charge for administrative costs, are the responsibility of the property <br /> owner; and <br /> WHEREAS, those properties that were not voluntarily abated by the property <br /> owners were abated by a contractor for the City of Pleasanton; and <br /> WHEREAS, an itemized report, attached hereto as Exhibit A, showing the cost <br /> of abatement for each parcel was presented to City Council at a public hearing on July <br /> 17, 2012; and <br /> WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting on July 17, 2012 no objections to the <br /> cost accounting report were made and the City approved the cost accounting report for <br /> the abatement program; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code provides that the <br /> abatement costs, including the administrative costs for enforcement, are recoverable <br /> and constitute a special assessment against the parcels that are abated; and <br /> WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code further provides <br /> that after the assessment is made unless an exception applies, a lien attaches on the <br /> parcel upon recordation of the order confirming the assessment and the lien shall be <br /> included on the property owner's regular tax bill for the parcel requiring abatement; and <br /> WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting on July 17, 2012, the City Council <br /> declared that the abatement costs are a special assessment and the lien imposed on <br /> the properties requiring abatement; and <br />