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Home My WebLink AboutRESO 101351 300_20231120_ab Resolution No. 10135 Resolution of Intention of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance and Setting February 26, 2024 for a Public Hearing for Objections to Proposed Weed Abatement R E C I T A L S A.Weeds, as defined in Section 8.08.010(b) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, are anticipated to develop during calendar year 2024 upon streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private property within the City of Palo Alto sufficient to constitute a public nuisance as a fire menace when dry or are otherwise combustible, or otherwise to constitute a menace to the public health as noxious or dangerous. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. Weeds, as defined in Section 8.08.010(b) of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, which are anticipated to develop during calendar year 2024 upon streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private property within the City of Palo Alto, are hereby found and determined to constitute a public nuisance. Such nuisance is anticipated to exist upon some of the streets, alleys, sidewalks, and parcels of private property within the City, which are shown, described, and delineated on the several maps of the properties in said City which are recorded in the Office of the County Recorder of the County of Santa Clara, reference in each instance for the description of any particular street, alley, or parcel of private property being hereby made to the several maps aforesaid, and, in the event of there being several subdivision maps on which the same lots are shown, reference is hereby made to the latest subdivision map. SECTION 2. THEREFORE, IT IS ORDERED that the said public nuisance be abated in the manner provided by Chapter 8.08 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code: i.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that a public hearing shall be held on the 26th day of February, 2024, at the hour of 5 pm, or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, at the Council Chambers of the Civic Center of said City, at which the Council shall hear objections to the proposed weed abatement of such weeds and give any objections due consideration; ii.IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Fire Chief of the City of Palo Alto is directed to give notice of the public hearing in the time, manner and form provided in Chapter 8.08 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code. // // DocuSign Envelope ID: 082EEBF0-1FDB-42A9-BEB5-CCB8DE7ADBBF 2 300_20231120_ab SECTION 3. Unless the nuisance is abated without delay by the destruction and removal of such weeds, the work of abating such nuisance will be done by the County of Santa Clara Department of Agriculture and Resource Management Office on behalf of the City of Palo Alto, and the expenses thereof assessed upon the lots and lands from which, and/or in the front and rear of which, such weeds shall have been destroyed and removed. SECTION 4. The City Council of Palo Alto adopts the determination of Santa Clara County, as the lead agency, that the Weed Abatement Program is categorically exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines section 15308. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: December 4, 2023 AYES: BURT, KOU, LAUING, LYTHCOTT-HAIMS, STONE, TANAKA, VEENKER NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: __________________________ _____________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: __________________________ _____________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager _____________________________ Fire Chief _____________________________ Director of Administrative Services DocuSign Envelope ID: 082EEBF0-1FDB-42A9-BEB5-CCB8DE7ADBBF Certificate Of Completion Envelope Id: 082EEBF01FDB42A9BEB5CCB8DE7ADBBF Status: Completed Subject: DocuSign: Resolution 10135 - Weed Abatement Source Envelope: Document Pages: 2 Signatures: 6 Envelope Originator: Certificate Pages: 2 Initials: 0 Vinhloc Nguyen AutoNav: Enabled EnvelopeId Stamping: Enabled Time Zone: (UTC-08:00) Pacific Time (US & Canada) 250 Hamilton Ave Palo Alto , CA 94301 Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Record Tracking Status: Original 12/5/2023 4:45:05 PM Holder: Vinhloc Nguyen Vinhloc.Nguyen@CityofPaloAlto.org Location: DocuSign Security Appliance Status: Connected Pool: StateLocal Storage Appliance Status: Connected Pool: City of Palo Alto Location: DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Aylin Bilir Aylin.Bilir@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant City Attorney Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 73.202.206.61 Sent: 12/5/2023 4:47:34 PM Viewed: 12/5/2023 4:51:45 PM Signed: 12/5/2023 4:52:31 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Kiely Nose Kiely.Nose@CityofPaloAlto.org Assistant City Manager/CFO City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Uploaded Signature Image Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 12/5/2023 4:52:32 PM Viewed: 12/7/2023 1:54:44 PM Signed: 12/7/2023 1:56:16 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Geo Blackshire Geoffrey.Blackshire@CityofPaloAlto.org Fire Chief Fire Services Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 12/7/2023 1:56:17 PM Viewed: 12/7/2023 3:55:34 PM Signed: 12/7/2023 3:55:43 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Ed Shikada Ed.Shikada@CityofPaloAlto.org Ed Shikada City of Palo Alto Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None) Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 12/7/2023 3:55:45 PM Viewed: 12/11/2023 10:52:34 AM Signed: 12/11/2023 10:52:42 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Signer Events Signature Timestamp Lydia Kou Lydia.kou@cityofpaloalto.org Council Member Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 24.130.158.24 Sent: 12/11/2023 10:52:44 AM Viewed: 12/11/2023 11:06:45 AM Signed: 12/11/2023 11:07:06 AM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign Mahealani Ah Yun Mahealani.AhYun@CityofPaloAlto.org Interim City Clerk Security Level: Email, Account Authentication (None)Signature Adoption: Pre-selected Style Using IP Address: 199.33.32.254 Sent: 12/11/2023 11:07:08 AM Viewed: 12/12/2023 3:16:41 PM Signed: 12/12/2023 3:16:47 PM Electronic Record and Signature Disclosure: Not Offered via DocuSign In Person Signer Events Signature Timestamp Editor Delivery Events Status Timestamp Agent Delivery Events Status Timestamp Intermediary Delivery Events Status Timestamp Certified Delivery Events Status Timestamp Carbon Copy Events Status Timestamp Witness Events Signature Timestamp Notary Events Signature Timestamp Envelope Summary Events Status Timestamps Envelope Sent Hashed/Encrypted 12/5/2023 4:47:34 PM Certified Delivered Security Checked 12/12/2023 3:16:41 PM Signing Complete Security Checked 12/12/2023 3:16:47 PM Completed Security Checked 12/12/2023 3:16:47 PM Payment Events Status Timestamps