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RESOLUTION NO. <br />RESOLUTION DECLARING THAT THE COSTS FOR WEED ABATEMENT, <br />INCLUDING ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, ARE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT AND <br />LIEN IMPOSED ON THE PROPERTIES REQUIRING ABATEMENT AND <br />APPROVING THE COST ACCOUNTING REPORT FOR THE 2007 WEED <br />ABATEMENT PROGRAM <br />WHEREAS, the weed abatement program of the Livermore-Pleasanton Fire <br />Department is administered pursuant to Government Code sections 39560- <br />39588; and <br />WHEREAS, at its meeting of March 20, 2007, the City of Pleasanton City Council <br />adopted Resolution No. 07-099 which declared as a public nuisance all weeds, <br />dirt, rubbish, and refuse upon or in front of certain described properties within the <br />City of Pleasanton as more particularly set forth in Exhibit "A", attached thereto; <br />and <br />WHEREAS, on April 17, 2007 the City Council adopted Resolution No. 07-105, <br />which ordered the abatement of weeds, dirt, refuse, and rubbish on the parcels <br />identified in Resolution No. 07-099 and declared that the abatement costs, <br />including 100% mark up charge for administrative costs, are the responsibility of <br />the property owner; and <br />WHEREAS, those properties that were not voluntarily abated by the property <br />owners were abated by a contractor for the City of Pleasanton; and <br />WHEREAS, an itemized report, attached hereto as Exhibit A, showing the cost <br />of abatement for each parcel was presented to City Council at a public hearing <br />on July 17, 2007; and <br />WHEREAS, at the City Council meeting on July 17, 2007, no objections to the <br />cost accounting report were made and the City approved the cost accounting <br />report for the abatement program; and <br />WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code provides that the <br />abatement costs, including the administrative costs for enforcement, are <br />recoverable and constitute a special assessment against the parcels that are <br />abated; and <br />WHEREAS, section 39577 of the California Government Code further provides <br />that after the assessment is made unless an exception applies, a lien attaches on <br />the parcel upon recordation of the order confirming the assessment and the lien <br />shall be included on the property owner's regular tax bill for the parcel requiring <br />abatement; and <br />