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Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council: BACKGROUND On March 1, 2005, as part of the 2005 LPFD's Weed Abatement Program, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 05-012, which declared that weeds on specified properties constituted a public nuisance, ordered the abatement thereof, and set a public hearing to hear objections to the proposed abatement. On April 5, 2005, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 05-017, which ordered the abatement of weeds on the parcels identified in Resolution No. 05-012 and declared that the weed abatement costs were the property owner's responsibility. On July 19, 2005, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 05-196, which (1) declared that the costs of weed abatement are a special assessment and lien imposed on specified properties and (2) approved a cost accounting report for the weed abatement program. Union Pacific Railroad owns 15 parcels that were listed on the abatement list. Prior to the City Council's meeting on July 19, 2005, Union Pacific had not abated the weeds on its parcels and the City's contractor had not been able to complete the abatement of the weeds on the property. In order to ensure that the abatement costs for all of the parcels, other than those owned by Union Pacific Railroad, were timely added to the County's 2005-2006 tax assessors roll, on July 19, 2005, staff presented the City Council a list of properties on which weeds had been abated by the City's contractor and City work crew. Since July 19, 2005, the work on the Union Pacific Railroad parcels has been completed in accordance with LPFD standards. The attached resolution includes a supplemental itemized report for the cost of weed abatement for the Union Pacific Railroad parcels throughout the City of Pleasanton. The purpose of this public hearing is for the City Council to (1) hear and consider any objections to the supplemental cost accounting report for the LPFD's 2005 Weed Abatement Program in the City of Pleasanton, (2) declare that the costs of weed abatement on the Union Pacific Railroad properties are a special assessment and lien imposed on the properties and (3) approve the attached supplemental cost accounting report for the weed abatement program. The LPFD recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution that approves the Supplemental Cost Accounting Report for the 2005 Weed Abatement Program and declares that the abatement costs are a special assessment and lien imposed on the Union Pacific Railroad properties that required abatement. FISCAL IMPACT All administrative costs involved with the Weed Abatement Program are budgeted under Account # 122-181-4344 and are reimbursable. SR:05:225