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BACKGROUND <br /> In the City of Pleasanton, the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) combats <br /> fire hazards resulting from an overgrowth of grasses, weeds, shrubbery and trees <br /> through the LPFD Weed Abatement Program. This program has been established in <br /> compliance with Government Code sections 39560-39588. The LPFD Weed Abatement <br /> Program's goal is to establish a fire-safe community through property owners' voluntary <br /> compliance with the LPFD's weed abatement standards. <br /> Weed abatement involves the following steps, the first of which is addressed in the <br /> resolution that accompanies this agenda report: <br /> 1. Inspection, Declaration of Nuisance, and Notification. Fire inspectors survey <br /> property throughout the City and identify those parcels that are or may become <br /> hazardous due to an overgrowth of grasses, weeds, shrubbery and trees and/or <br /> the presence of dirt, refuse and rubbish. Identified Properties, Attachment 2, are <br /> included on a list that is presented to the City Council. The City Council reviews <br /> the list and declares that some or all of the parcels are public nuisances, <br /> requiring abatement. The City Council may also find and declare that weeds on <br /> specified parcels are seasonal and recurrent nuisances. Property owners will be <br /> given notice to abate the nuisance on their properties. <br /> 2. Protest Hearing and Order to Abate. The City Council hears and considers all <br /> objections to the abatement proposed and then orders abatement by a <br /> contractor. <br /> 3. Re-inspection and Abatement. LPFD inspectors re-inspect the parcels on the <br /> abatement list. If a hazard still exists and abatement hasn't occurred by the May <br /> 31st deadline set by the LPFD, the contractor abates the weeds. <br /> 4. Tax Lien. The property owners are sent an invoice for the abatement costs, plus <br /> a 100% administrative charge. Any amount not paid by the property owners is <br /> placed as a special assessment on the property owner's tax bill. <br /> Submitted by: Fiscal Review: Approved by: <br /> Jim Miguel Emily E. Wagner Nelson Fialho <br /> Fire Chief\ Director of Finance City Manager <br /> Attachments: <br /> 1. Resolution <br /> 2. Properties for Abatement <br /> Page 2 of 2 <br />