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RESOLUTION NO. 16-877 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON DECLARING THAT THE COSTS FOR WEED ABATEMENT, INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ARE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND LIEN IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTIES REQUIRING ABATEMENT AND APPROVING THE COST ACCOUNTING REPORT FOR THE 2016 WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM WHEREAS, the weed abatement program of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department is administered pursuant to Government Code sections 39560-39588; and WHEREAS, at its meeting of March 1, 2016, the City of Pleasanton City Council adopted Resolution No. 16-833 which declared as a public nuisance all weeds, dirt, rubbish, and refuse upon or in front of certain described properties within the City of Pleasanton as more particularly set forth in Exhibit "A", attached thereto; and WHEREAS, on April 19, 2016 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 16-843, which ordered the abatement of weeds, dirt, refuse, and rubbish on the parcels identified in Resolution No. 16-833 and declared that the abatement costs, including 100% mark up charge for administrative costs, are the responsibility of the property owner; and WHEREAS, those properties that were not voluntarily abated by the property owners were abated by a contractor for the City of Pleasanton; and WHEREAS, an itemized report, attached hereto as Exhibit A, showing the cost of abatement for each parcel was presented to City Council at a public hearing on July 19, 2016; and WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting on July 19, 2016 no objections to the cost accounting report were made and the City approved the cost accounting report for the abatement program; and WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code provides that the abatement costs, including the administrative costs for enforcement, are recoverable and constitute a special assessment against the parcels that are abated; and WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code further provides that after the assessment is made unless an exception applies, a lien attaches on the parcel upon recordation of the order confirming the assessment and the lien shall be included on the property owner's regular tax bill for the parcel requiring abatement; and WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting on July 19, 2016, the City Council declared that the abatement costs are a special assessment and the lien imposed on the properties requiring abatement.