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Page 1 of 3 Item #4 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT March 4, 2025 Fire TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING: ADOPT A RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT WEEDS, DIRT, RUBBISH, AND REFUSE UPON OR IN FRONT OF SPECIFIC DESCRIBED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY CONSTITUTE PUBLIC NUISANCES AND THAT THEY BE ABATED, AND SET A PUBLIC HEARING FOR APRIL 15, 2025, REGARDING THE ABATEMENT SUMMARY The Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) Weed Abatement Program is a critical fire prevention program. The goal of the program is to prevent the loss of life and property due to uncontrolled wildfire in the urban/wildland interface through a working partnership between property owners and LPFD. Staff will begin notifying property owners upon adoption of the resolution. Abatement not completed by property owners prior to May 31, 2025, will be subject to enforcement by the City's contractor. RECOMMENDATION Adopt a resolution declaring that weeds, dirt, rubbish, and refuse upon or in front of specific described properties within the city constitute public nuisances and that they be abated. Set a public hearing for April 15, 2025, regarding the abatement of these nuisances and order the abatement thereof by May 31, 2025. BACKGROUND In Pleasanton, the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) combats fire hazards resulting from the overgrowth of grasses, weeds, shrubbery, and trees through the LPFD Weed Abatement Program. This program has been established in compliance with Government Code sections 39560-39588. The LPFD Weed Abatement Program’s goal is to establish a fire-safe community through property owners’ voluntary compliance with the LPFD’s weed abatement standards. Weed abatement involves the following steps, the first of which is addressed in the resolution that accompanies this agenda report: 1. Inspection, Declaration of Nuisance, and Notification: Identify parcels that are or may become hazardous due to an overgrowth of grasses, weeds, shrubbery and trees and/or the presence of dirt, refuse and rubbish. Identified properties are presented to the City Council. The City Council reviews the list and declares that some or all of the parcels are public nuisances requiring abatement. The City Council may also find and declare that weeds on specified parcels are seasonal and recurrent nuisances. Property owners are given notice to abate the nuisance on their properties. 2. Protest Hearing and Order to Abate: The City Council hears and considers all objections to the abatement proposed and then orders abatement by a contractor. Page 12 of 56