CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
MEETING DATE: AUGUST 5, 2015
PREPARED BY: Anthony Eulo, Program Administrator/Community Services
APPROVED BY: City Manager
TITLE
2015 WEED AND BRUSH ABATEMENT PROGRAM ASSESSMENT REPORT - PROGRAM CHARGES (SUPPLEMENTS ADDED IN ATTACHMENTS)
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RECOMMENDATION(S)
RECOMMENDATION
1. Open/Close Public Hearing;
2. Adopt Resolution A Ordering the Final Report on the 2015 Weed and Brush Abatement Program Assessment Report - Program Charges be Transmitted to the Santa Clara County Assessor's Office and that Liens be Posted Against the Properties on the Report, excluding Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) struck out of the attached list;
3. Adopt Resolution B Ordering the Final Report on the 2015 Weed and Brush Abatement Program Assessment Report - Program Charges be Transmitted to the Santa Clara County Assessor's Office and that Liens be Posted Against the Properties on the Report, excluding Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) struck out of the attached list; and
4. Adopt Resolution C Ordering the Final Report on the 2015 Weed and Brush Abatement Program Assessment Report - Program Charges be Transmitted to the Santa Clara County Assessor's Office and that Liens be Posted Against the Properties on the Report, excluding Assessor Parcel Numbers (APN) struck out of the attached list.
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COUNCIL PRIORITIES, GOALS & STRATEGIES:
Ongoing Priorities
Enhancing public safety
Protecting the environment
REPORT NARRATIVE:
Since 1995, the City's Hazardous Vegetation Management Program has been administered through a contract with Santa Clara County. The County's Department of Agriculture & Environmental Management - Weed Abatement Division identifies properties in Morgan Hill with hazardous vegetation and/or weeds/brush and notifies the property owners. The property owners are given a specific timeline to remove the vegetation, and if they do not, a contractor, selected by the County, removes the vegetation. T...
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