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HomeMy WebLinkAboutStaff Report 6381 City of Palo Alto (ID # 6381) City Council Staff Report Report Type: Action Items Meeting Date: 1/11/2016 City of Palo Alto Page 1 Summary Title: Public Hearing on Objections to Weed Abatement and Adoption Title: PUBLIC HEARING: on Objections to Weed Abatement and Adoption of Resolution Ordering Weed Nuisance Abated From: City Manager Lead Department: Fire Recommendation Staff recommends that Council hold a public hearing to hear and consider any objections to the proposed destruction and removal of weeds, and adopt the attached Resolution (Attachment A) ordering the abatement of weed nuisances in the City of Palo Alto. Executive Summary The City of Palo Alto contracts with Santa Clara County Agriculture and Resource Management to remove and destroy weeds, as defined in Chapter 8.08 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code. This hearing allows all those affected and listed on the County’s 2016 Weed Abatement Program Commencement Report (Attachment B) to be heard and have their objections and comments considered by Council before the Council adopts a Resolution ordering the abatement of weed nuisances in the City. Background The Council adopted Resolution 9569 on December 14th, 2015 and declared weeds to be a nuisance and ordered the abatement of that nuisance as called for in Chapter 8.08 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code. The Resolution provided for a public hearing date of January 11th, 2016 and required notice to interested property owners and the public. Updated fees associated with the Weed Abatement Program are included as Attachment C. Discussion The Santa Clara County Department of Agriculture and Resource Management administers the contract for abatement of weeds within the City of Palo Alto. Upon notification of the City Council’s December 14, 2015 action declaring weeds to be a nuisance and ordering abatement thereof, the Department of Agriculture and Resource Management took proper steps to notify City of Palo Alto Page 2 each property owner by mail of the proposed weed abatement action on respective properties and posted, on the public notice bulletin board, a list of the properties affected. The Department of Agriculture and Resource Management has furnished copies of the property listing to the City Clerk and the City Fire Marshal. The City Clerk also posted and published notice of the hearing as required. At this public hearing, property owners may appear and object to the proposed weed destruction or removal. After the hearing and consideration of any objections, the Council may allow or overrule any or all objections. If objections are overruled, the Council is deemed to have acquired jurisdiction to proceed with abatement of weed nuisances upon Council Adoption of the attached Resolution. The County will be asked to perform the abatement work to destroy and remove any weeds. Resource Impact All Charges for the weed abatement services are included as a special assessment on bills for property taxes levied against the respective lots and parcels of land, which are considered liens on these properties. Policy Implications This procedure is consistent with existing City policies and Chapter 8.08 of the Municipal Code. Environmental Review Santa Clara County has determined the Weed Abatement Program to be Categorically Exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA guidelines Sections 15308. Attachments:  Attachment A: Resolution - Ordering Weed Nuisance Abated (PDF)  Attachment B: 2016 PA Commencement Report (PDF)  Attachment C: 2016 PAL Notice Price (PDF) Attachment A {date] sh ________1 Resolution No. _____ Resolution of Intention of the Council of the City of Palo Alto Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance and Setting January 11, 2016 for a Public Hearing for Objections to Proposed Weed Abatement R E C I T A L S A. On December 14th, 2015, the Palo Alto City Council adopted Resolution No. 9569 declaring weeds to be a nuisance and setting January 11th, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter may be heard, in the Civic Center as the time and place for a hearing of objections to the proposed destruction and removal of weeds; and B. In accordance with said Resolution, notice of such hearing was given in the manner provided by law, as appears from the affidavits on file in the Office of the City Clerk; and C. All persons desiring to be heard were given an opportunity to be heard, and all matters and things pertaining to said weed abatement were fully heard and considered by this Council. NOW, THEREFORE, the Council of the City of Palo Alto does RESOLVE as follows: SECTION 1. Any and all objections to the proposed destruction and removal of such weeds are overruled. SECTION 2. The Fire Chief hereby is ordered to do all things necessary and authorized in Chapter 8.08 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code to abate such nuisance, or cause the same to be abated by contract with the County of Santa Clara. // // // // // // // Attachment A {date] sh ________2 SECTION 3. The County of Santa Clara as lead agency has determined that this project is exempt from the provisions of the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) under CEQA Guidelines Section 15308 as an action by regulatory agencies authorized by state or local ordinance to assure the maintenance, restoration, enhancement, or protection of the environment. INTRODUCED AND PASSED: AYES: NOES: ABSENT: ABSTENTIONS: ATTEST: __________________________ _____________________________ City Clerk Mayor APPROVED AS TO FORM: APPROVED: __________________________ _____________________________ Assistant City Attorney City Manager _____________________________ Fire Chief _____________________________ Director of Administrative Services 2016 WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM COMMENCEMENT REPORT CITY OF PALO ALTO EXHIBIT A ll19 931 2s8 I J5 435 2225 425 739 780 3 t0l 3085 609 3489 315 Situs APN AV 003-21-063 sT 003-34-006 RD 120-02-017 sr 120-27-463 AV 124-49-429 sr 124-20-AA1 AV 124-31-427 AV 127-34-101 DR 127-35-030 RD 127-53-007 RD 127-53-008 AV 132-A4-1A2 sT 132-05-108 AV 132-32-A29 AV 132-32-037 RD 132-32-054 1 32-33-050 AV 132-34-012 AV 132-34-425 AV 132-34-032 BLV132-34-050 132-41-472 13246-107 FIFE GUINDA MIDDLEFIELD RAMONA SEALE ALMA STANFORD COLORADO CLARA MIDDLEFIELD MIDDLEFIELD ASHTON COWPER OLIVE OLIVE PAGE MILL NO SITUS FERNANDO MATADERO MATADERO PARK CURTNER EL CAMINO JUE KENNETH R GOUYET ALBERT AND CALISA C EQUITY SMART INVESTMENTS LP KODA ROSS K TRUSTEE BOWERS THOMAS A TRUSTEE & ET LEE STEPHEN AND YVETTE C NICHOLLS MAzuE L TRUSTEE HUANG HSING Y ETAL BANQUE RAYMOND J FISHER LLC WINDY HILL PV 3 LP DOROTHEA DIANA MC CALLEY RODEzuCK C ET AL SMITH BOYD C AND JILL J TRUSTEE SI 43 LLC HOHBACH REALTY CO LP AT&T Communications ATT: Richard S. 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LLC WEAKLAND ALAN TRUSTEE & ET AL PO BOX 2967 335 PANORAMIC WAY 2238 COLUMBIA ST P O BOX 51177 2195 COLUMBIA ST 1I35 HOPKINS AVE 1380 MIRAVALLE AVE 3747 LAGLTNA AVE 403 I AMARANTA AVE 795 CEREZA DR 4175 ALTA MESA AVE 2422 GALLUP DR 673 MAYBELL AVE 28IO BLENHEIM AVE 1OI CALIFORNIA AVE STE 150 PORTOLA RD 35OO DEER CREEK RD 4208 RUTHELMA AVE 295 W CHARLESTON RD 262WHITCLEM DR 3289 SOUTH CT PO BOX 1667 5I5 S FLOWER ST FLOOR 25 TX CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA CA 77252-2967 94704 94306-0000 94303 94306-1233 94301-343s 94024-5744 94306-262s 94306-3103 94306-3145 94306-3931 95051-t212 94306-3817 94063 941r1 94025 94304 94306-4109 94306-4128 94306-41t2 94306-2951 94302 90071 AV AV DR AV CT AV AV LN RD RD AV RD DR RD AV CT 46 records of 54 Santa Clara County \ileed Abatement Program Page2 Situs APN 2016 WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM COMMENCEMENT REPORT CIry OF PALO ALTO EXHIB¡T A 4103 4t l0 890 900 2946 3l l1 RD RD LN LN RD DR DR DR OLD TRACE OLD TRACE MOCKINGBIRD MOCKINGBIRD OLD ADOBE ALEXIS ALEXIS ALEXIS 175-20-078 '175-20-080 175-24-082 175-24-083 175-2t-092 182-44-404 18243,418 182-43-034 CTTY/STATE PALO ALTO PALO ALTO PALO ALTO PALO ALTO LOS ALTOS PALO ALTO PALO ALTO SAN FRANCISCO 94306 94306-3727 94306-3719 94306-3119 94022 94304-1301 94304-1306 SMITHWICK ALTON D AND URSULA DHALIWAL JASMINE TRUSTEE JOSHI VIVEK TRUSTEE & ET AL LIVINGSTON DANIEL S TRUSTEE GROVE ANDREW S AND EVA R HV/ANG CHERNG-DAW AND BI- CABACCAN JOSELITO C HWA GEORGE AND EILEEN PO BOX 60065 4I IO OLD TRACE RD 890 MOCKINGBIRD LN 9OO MOCKINGBIRD LN I71 MAIN ST #278 2946 ALEXIS DR 3III ALEXIS DR 29 VENTRIS RD B-4 9/F CA CA CA CA CA CA CA 54 records of 54 Santa Clara County Weed Abatement Program Page 3 Attachment A (over) TRA 06 Notice to Destroy Weeds NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that on December 14, 2015, pursuant to the provisions of Section 8.08.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, the City Council passed a resolution declaring that all weeds growing upon any private property or in any public street or alley, as defined in Section 8.08.020 of the Palo Alto Municipal Code, constitute a public nuisance, which nuisance must be abated by the destruction or removal thereof. NOTICE IS FURTHER GIVEN that property owners shall without delay remove all such weeds from their property, and the abutting half of the street in front and alleys, if any, behind such property and between the lot lines thereof as extended, or such weeds will be destroyed or removed and such nuisance abated by the County authorities, in which case the cost of such destruction or removal will be assessed upon the lots and lands from which, or from the front or rear of which, such weeds shall have been destroyed or removed and such cost will constitute a lien upon such lots or lands until paid and will be collected upon the next tax roll upon which general municipal taxes are collected. All property owners having any objections to the proposed removal of such weeds are hereby notified to attend a meeting of the Council of said City, to be held in the Council Chambers of the City Hall at 250 Hamilton Ave., Palo Alto, California, on Monday, January 11, 2016 at 6:00 p.m., or as soon thereafter as the matter can be heard, when their objections will be heard and given due consideration. Attachment C (over) The language and format for this notice is required by California Health and Safety Code Sections 14891 Et. Seq. PALO ALTO WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM SCHEDULE January 11, 2016 Public hearing to consider objections to Abatement List. April 30, 2016 PARCEL ABATEMENT DEADLINE Parcel must be free from hazardous vegetation by this date or Inspector will order abatement. July/August 2016 Assessment Hearing date to be scheduled by City Council. 2016 COUNTY WEED ABATEMENT FEES Properties in the Weed Abatement Program, you will be responsible for an annual inspection fee of $55.00 per parcel. Please be advised that the property owner of any parcel found to be non-compliant on or after the April 30th deadline will be charged an inspection fee of $440.00 and the property will be scheduled for abatement by the County contractor. If you complete the abatement work before the County contractor performs the abatement, you will not incur further charges. Should the abatement work be performed by a County contractor, you will be assessed the contractor’s charges plus a County administrative fee of $335.00 per parcel. 2016 COUNTY CONTRACTOR’S WEED ABATEMENT PRICE LIST A) Disc Work** PARCEL SIZE: 1st Disc + 2nd Disc = Total Discs 0-12,500 sq.ft. $170.00 $114.41 $284.41 12,501sq.ft.- 43,560sq.ft. $192.66 $170.00 $362.66 Larger than 1 Acre $339.99 $119.00 $458.99 (PER ACRE) ** It is required that parcels be disced twice a year. The cost for the first discing is higher due to additional work normally required during the first discing. B) HANDWORK $5.10 PER 100 sqft C) FLAIL 6 Foot Mower $5.67 PER 1000 sqft MOWING 12 Foot Mower $5.67 PER 1000 sqft D) LOADER WORK $45.34 PER HOUR E) DUMP TRUCK $45.34 PER HOUR F) BRUSH WORK $8.51 PER 100 sqft G) BOOM MOWING $5.67 PER 1000sqft G) DUMP FEE 100% Added to orders with debris removal at 100% of the dump site charge. *Please note this program does not offer herbicide application as a method of abatement.