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Page 1 of 3 Item #5 CITY COUNCIL AGENDA REPORT April 15, 2025 Fire TITLE: PUBLIC HEARING: RECEIVE ANY PROTESTS AND ADOPT A RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2025 WEED ABATEMENT PROGRAM AND AUTHORIZE THE ABATEMENT OF WEEDS, RUBBISH, DIRT, OR REFUSE UPON OR IN FRONT OF CERTAIN DESCRIBED PROPERTIES WITHIN THE CITY OF PLEASANTON SUMMARY On March 4, 2025, as part of the 2025 Livermore-Pleasanton Fire Department (LPFD) Weed Abatement Program, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-010 declaring that weeds, dirt, rubbish and refuse on or in front of specified properties constituted a public nuisance, ordering the abatement thereof, and setting a public hearing to hear objections to the proposed abatement. The purpose of this public hearing is for the City Council to hear and consider objections and order that the weeds be abated by a contractor. RECOMMENDATION Public Hearing: Receive any protests and adopt a resolution to approve the 2025 Weed Abatement Program and authorize the abatement of weeds, rubbish, dirt, or refuse upon or in front of certain described properties within the city of Pleasanton. BACKGROUND The weed abatement program, provided in Government Code Sections 39560 - 39588, establishes a mechanism for ensuring the removal of weeds, dirt, rubbish and refuse on specified properties that constitute a public nuisance. All the owners of properties included in the attached Exhibit A have been mailed a notice to abate the nuisance on their parcels. In cases where there was an insufficient mailing address, the notice was posted conspicuously on the property. The notice included the public hearing date of April 15, 2025, and the deadline of May 31, 2025. Applicable weed abatement standards were also included depending upon which type of parcel was identified. Parcels have been categorized into three areas: agricultural, parcels within the Wildland-Urban interface, and all others falling outside these two categories. DISCUSSION At this hearing, the City Council is charged with considering the proposed abatement on the enumerated properties. Staff recommends the City Council overrule any objections or amend the list of properties to be abated, and order the abatement. The City Council should then adopt the attached resolution, as amended (if at all), that orders a contractor to abate the weeds on the properties attached in Exhibit A. After this hearing, fire inspectors will survey each parcel listed for compliance. A contractor will abate the weeds if abatement has not occurred by May 31, 2025. If related litigation (e.g., an abatement warrant) is required, the property owners will be responsible not only for the Page 48 of 223