CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: FEBRUARY 1, 2017
PREPARED BY: Anthony Eulo, Program Administrator/Community Services Department
APPROVED BY: City Manager
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RESOLUTIONS AUTHORIZING THE SANTA CLARA COUNTY CONSUMER AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY TO ABATE WEEDS
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
1. Open/Close public hearing;
2. Adopt Resolution "A" authorizing the County Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency to Abate Weeds, excluding Parcel Numbers struck out of the attached list; and
3. Adopt Resolution "B" authorizing the County Consumer and Environmental Protection Agency to Abate Weeds, excluding Parcel Numbers struck out of the attached list.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing public safety
Protecting the environment
REPORT NARRATIVE:
On December 7, 2016, the Council adopted Resolution 16-193 declaring hazardous vegetation growing in the City of Morgan Hill to be a public nuisance. The Resolution further established February 1, 2017 as the date for a public hearing on properties proposed for inclusion in the 2017 Hazardous Vegetation Program. Program notices (as attached) have been mailed to property owners in Morgan Hill whose properties have been identified as having, or potentially having, a problem with hazardous vegetation. In addition, notices of this public hearing have been published in the newspaper per Government Code Section 39566. The purpose of this hearing is to allow property owners to object to having their property in the 2017 Hazardous Vegetation Management Program and to have the City Council consider these objections. The list of properties in the Program has been posted at City Hall for over ten days prior to this public hearing.
The City controls the growth of hazardous vegetation under the authority set out in Chapter 8.20 of the Morgan Hill Municipal Code and in Government Code Sections 39560 and following. The City has a contract with the Santa ...
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