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CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON ALAMEDA COUNTY, ALAMEDA RESOLUTION NO. 05 -061 RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT THE COSTS FOR WEED ABATEMENT FOR PROPERTY OWNED BY UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD ARE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND LIEN IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTIES AND APPROVING THE SUPPLEMENTAL COST ACCOUNTING REPORT FOR THE 2005 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, 2005, the City of Pleasanton City Council adopted Resolution No. 05-012, which declared as a public nuisance all weeds, rubbish or 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 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; 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, at its meeting of 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, as more particularly set forth in Exhibit "A", attached thereto; and WHEREAS, prior to the City Council's meeting on July 19, 2005, Union Pacific did not abate the weeds on some of its property and the City's contractor was not able to complete the abatement of the weeds on these parcels; and