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THE CITY OF b~ <br /> <br />pL£A$ NTON ci~, Council <br /> o Staff Report <br /> <br /> July 19, 2005 <br /> Fire Department <br /> <br />SUBJECT: WEED ABATEMENT ASSESSMENTS FOR 2005 <br /> <br />STAFF RECOMMENDATION: <br /> Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution <br /> declaring that the costs for weed abatement, including administrative costs, <br /> are a special assessment and lien imposed on the properties requiring <br /> abatement and approving the Cost Accounting Report for the 2005 Weed <br /> Abatement Program. <br /> <br />SUMMARY: The purpose of this public hearing is for the City Council to hear and <br /> consider any objections to the cost accounting report for the Livermore- <br /> Pleasanton Fire Depadment's 2005 Weed Abatement Program in the City <br /> of Pleasanton and to declare that the abatement costs are a special <br /> assessment and lien imposed on the properties requiring abatement. The <br /> attached resolution includes an itemized report showing the cost of weed <br /> abatement on a lot-by-lot basis throughout the City of Pleasanton. Because <br /> the weeds on these parcels were not voluntarily abated by the property <br /> owners, the weeds were abated by a contractor hired by the City. The <br /> Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Depathuent recommends that the City Council <br /> adopt the attached resolution that approves the Cost Accounting Report for <br /> the 2005 Weed Abatement Program and declares that the abatement costs <br /> are a special assessment and lien imposed on the properties requiting <br /> abatement. <br /> <br /> Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: <br /> <br /> BACKGROUND <br /> On March 01, 2005, as part of the 2005 Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Depmiment's Weed <br /> Abatement Program, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 05-012, which declared that <br /> weeds on specified properties constituted a public nuisance, ordered the abatement thereof, and <br /> set a public hearing to hear objections to the proposed abatement. On April 05, 2005, the City <br /> Council adopted Resolution No. 05-017, which ordered the abatement of weeds on the parcels <br /> identified in Resolution No. 05-012 and declared that the weed abatement costs, including a <br /> 100% mark up charge for administrative costs, are the responsibility of the property owner. <br /> <br /> SR05:196 <br /> <br /> <br />