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r 41 pLEASANTONo SUBJECT: City Council Staff Report April 4, 2006 Fire Department Weed Abatement Program for 2006 STAFF RECOMMENDATION: Adopt the attached resolution that declares weeds, rubbish and refuse on specified properties constitute a public nuisance, orders the abatement thereof, and sets a public hearing to hear objections to the proposed 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 the LPFD. Fire inspectors evaluate property throughout the City and identify properties that do not comply with the LPFD's weed abatement standards. Those parcels that do not comply this year are listed in an attachment to this staff report. LPFD recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution declaring the weeds and rubbish on these parcels to be a public nuisance, order the abatement of the weeds and rubbish and set a public hearing for any objections to the proposed abatement. Honorable Mayor and Members of the Council: BACKGROUND In the City of Pleasanton, the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) combats fire hazards resulting from an 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. SR 06:068 Page 1 of3