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<br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PLEASANTON <br /> <br />ALAMEDA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA <br /> <br />RESOLUTION NO. 06 -054 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT THE COSTS FOR WEED ABATEMENT, <br />INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ARE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT <br />AND LIEN IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTIES REQUIRING ABATEMENT AND <br />APPROVING THE COST ACCOUNTING REPORT FOR THE 2006 WEED <br />ABATEMENT PROGRAM <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the weed abatement program of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department is <br />administered pursuant to Government Code sections 39560-39588; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at its meeting of April 4, 2006, the City of Pleasanton City Council adopted Resolution <br />No. 06-020, which declared as a public nuisance all weeds, dirt, rubbish, and refuse upon <br />or in front of certain described properties within the City of Pleasanton as more <br />particularly set forth in Exhibit "A", attached thereto; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, on May 2, 2006, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 06-027, which ordered the <br />abatement of weeds, dirt, refuse, and rubbish on the parcels identified in Resolution No. <br />06-020 and declared that the abatement costs, including a 100% mark up charge for <br />administrative costs, are the responsibility of the property owner; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, those properties that were not voluntarily abated by the property owners were abated by a <br />contractor for the City of Pleasanton; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, an itemized report, attached hereto as Exhibit A, showing the cost of abatement for each <br />parcel was presented to the City Council at a public hearing on July 18,2006; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting on July 18,2006, no objections to the cost accounting report <br />were made and the City approved the cost accounting report for the abatement program; <br />and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code provides that the abatement costs, <br />including the administrative costs for enforcement, are recoverable and constitute a <br />special assessment against the parcels that are abated; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code further provides that after the <br />assessment is made, unless an exception applies, a lien attaches on the parcel upon <br />recordation of the order confirming the assessment and the lien shall be included on the <br />property owner's regular tax bill for the parcel requiring abatement; and <br />