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July 23, ~592
THE HONORABLE CIT, C01'NCII,
Palo Alto, california
Public B.arin~: Weed Abatement Char~
Members of the Council:
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The purpose of this public hearing is to receive objections from a~fected
property owne~s of proposed assessments related to completed weed
abatement 'Work.
Baekqro\.lnd
The ~ire Marshal's Office tOl"' santa Clara County administers the contract
for weed abatement within the City of Palo Alto, in accordance with an
aqreement between the City and county.
On November 4, 1991, in accordance with Chapter 8.08 of the Palo Alto
Municipal Code, City Council declared weeds to be a nuisance and ordered
that the nuisance be abated. A Public Hearing was held on December 2,
1991, for the ohjections to the proposed destrUction or removal of the
weeds.
Once the above steps had been taken, the county Fire Marshal's Office
instructed its contractor to abate weeds on City and private properties
within Palo Alto. That work has now been completed. property owners
were notified the first 'Week in November 1991 that weeds 'Were to be
abated by March 1, 1992, either by the Olrlners, or by the county. If the
property owne:cs chose to have the County abate the weeds, the abatement
charges were levied against the respective properties as an assessment by
the county ASEessor. Those not abating the. weeds 'Were since infont'.e.d by
the County of the costs for destroying and removing the weeds.
The Fire Department has published the necessary notice of this hearing in
the Palo Alto WeeJo::IY~ The cost report by the county Fire Marshal's
Office has been posted in the council Chambers for ten d~ys prior to this
hearing.
CUrrent Action Required
Property own~rs may object to the charges for weed abatem9nt being levied
against their properties. The charge consists of the contractor's cost
plus 65 percent adrninistrati va c-h;,i.i:"ges, in accordance la'i th Palo Alto' 5
cantract with Santa Clara County~
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. The County Fire Marshal's Office ~ill be present at th~ pUblic he8~ingr
with the records of weed abatement that has takeo pla~e. Should there be
any modifications in the proposed assessments as a result of the hearing,
changes in the assess:nent spread wi] 1 be necessary 4 .Zt..fter these
recalcu13tions are completed, the assess~ent will be submitted to the
county Assessor for entry on the next t~x roll upon which general city
taxes are to be collected.
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Staff recomtllends that Council con:r~rm the assessments completed for 'Weed
abatement by adopting the attached Resolution.
Respectfully submitted,
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Pirs Chief
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PHILIP CONSTANTINO
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Attachment:
CI!R 330:92
Resolution
Assessment Rolls
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RESOWTION NO.
RESOWTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PALO ALTO
CONFIRMING WEED ABATEMENT REPORT AND ORDER.NG COST
OF ABATEMENT TO BE A SPECIAL ASSESSMENT OF THE
RESPECTIVE p3,OPERr-IES HEREIN DESCRIBED
WHEREAS, the Council of the City of Palo Alto has
her~tofora declared .eeds growing on certain properties ~ithin the
city to be a public nuisance by Resolution No. 7036, cated Novembe~
4, 1991, and
WHEREAS, the Council on December 2, 1991, did adopt
Resolution NO .. 7050 ther·S'by orderinq the .... eed nuisance abated: and
WHEREAS, subsequent to the giving of said notice, the Fire
Chief, through his Administrator, the Santa Clara county Fire
Marshalls Office, has caused to be abated the weeds on th~ herein
described properties; and
WHEREAS, the Fire Chief, thr.ough his Administr-ator, the
Santa Clara County Fire Marshal's Office, has tiled his report and
assessment list for weed ~batement as provided by law and a hearing
has been duly sat and noticed, for objections to said report and
assessment list and tor confirmation: and
it.ZiEREAS, the Council has duly considered the report and
assessm~nt list and any objections thereto;
NOW, THEREFORE, the city Council 0-the City of Palo Alto
does hereby RESOLVE as follows:
SECTION 1.. The report and assessment list is in all
respects complete and corre~t and ls hereby confirmed. The amounts
of the cost for atlating the nuisance 3re confirmed and those
remaining unpaid, as shown on Exhikiit '~Afi attached hereto and
incorporat~d herein t shall constitute special assessments against
the respective parcels of land and are a lien on th~ property for
the amount of th.e respective assessment ..
SECTION 2. All written or oral protests or objections to
said report and assessment list are overruled or denied.
SECTION J. The unpaid assessments shown en Exhibit -A
shall be entered upon the 1992-93 tax roll against the pa~cels of
land and shall be collected at the same time and in the same manner
as general City taxes, he subject to the same interest and
penalties, and be subject to the same p40cedure and sale in case of
delinquency.. All laws and ordinances applicable to the levy,
collection, and enforcement of city taxes are hereby made
applicable to this special assessment.
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SECTION 4. The City Council, by adoption of the ~!oresaid
Res>!lution No .. 7036, adopted a Negative Declar:ation for this
project~ No furthel." environmental as::»€ssmcnt is required.
INTRODUCED AND PASSED:
A'lES:
NOES:
1<..BSTENTIONS:
".'M'EST: APPROVED:
City Clerk Mayor-
APPROVED AS TO FORM: City Manager
Senior Assistant city Attorney Director of Finance
Fire Chief
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