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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2008-08-05; City Council; 19532; Weed Abatement Cost AssessmentsCITY OF CARLSBAD - AGENDA BILL AB# 19,532 MTG. 8/5/08 DEPT. FIR WEED ABATEMENT COST A SSESSMEN TS DEPT. HEAD /CZX CITY ATTY. (§& CITYMGR. (|/— RECOMMENDED ACTION: 1. City Council to hear objections of property owners concerning costs of weed abatement activity on their properties. 2. Adopt Resolution No. 2008-223 approving the cost assessments for abatement and directing the City Clerk to file a certified copy of the Resolution with the San Diego County Auditor on or before August 10, 2008. ITEM EXPLANATION: Council's Resolution 2008-111 (Exhibit 3) dated April 15, 2008, directed staff to inspect 256 undeveloped parcels for the presence of hazardous combustible material. For those parcels found to be a public nuisance, the abatement is complete and the costs associated with it, including the City's administrative fee, are herein submitted for Council approval. The City's Weed Abatement Contractor, under the direction of the Fire Department, abated hazards on fifteen (15) parcels. Abatement was achieved primarily by means of mowing and hand labor. The contractor's fees range from $114 to $1,110 and average $501. Six (6) parcels incurred an abatement charge in excess of $500. Each parcel will be charged for the actual work performed by the City contractor, plus an administrative fee of $145. The total amount per parcel will be forwarded to the County Assessor for inclusion on the property tax bill. FISCAL IMPACT: All costs associated with the hazard abatement on privately owned parcels are recoverable. EXHIBITS: 1. 2. 3. 4. Resolution No.2008-223 Resolution 2008-091. Resolution 2008-111. Weed Abatement Accounting (Private Lots) May 15, 2008 through July 17, 2008. DEPARTMENT CONTACT: James Weigand 760-602-4661 iweig@ci.carlsbad.ca.us FOR CITY CLERKS COUNCIL ACTION: USE ONLY. APPROVED DENIED CONTINUED WITHDRAWN AMENDED •rnnn CONTINUED TO DATE SPECIFIC CONTINUED TO DATE UNKNOWN RETURNED TO STAFF OTHER - SEE MINUTES D D D D EXHIBIT 1 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-223 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, CONFIRMING THE REPORT 3 OF THE FIRE CHIEF SHOWING COST OF WEED . ABATEMENT AGAINST EACH PARCEL OF LAND IN SAID REPORT, CONFIRMING THE COST, AND PROVIDING 5 FOR COLLECTION ON THE REGULAR TAX BILL 6 WHEREAS, on April 1, 2008, this City Council adopted Resolution No. 2008-091 7 (Exhibit 2) pursuant to Government Code Sections, 39501 through Section 39588 8 declaring weeds, rubbish, and refuse on the real property described therein to be a 9 public nuisance; and 10 WHEREAS, pursuant to said resolution, a hearing was held by said City Council, 11 and thereafter said City Council adopted Resolution No. 2008-111 (Exhibit 3), directing 12 the Fire Chief to abate the nuisance by removal of the weeds, rubbish, and refuse on13 the real property described in said resolution; and 15 WHEREAS, California State Government Code Section 39560, et. Seq., requires 16 that a report of the cost of such abatement be submitted to the City Council for 17 consideration and confirmation following a public hearing, and the Fire Chief has 18 provided and attached an accounting (Exhibit 4) and has submitted his accounting to 19 the Council for confirmation; and 20 WHEREAS, said accounting is attached herein and will be considered for 21 confirmation by this Council, at which time all protests and objections will be heard, and 22 this City Council will give persons at present an opportunity to be heard in respect to ^* 0 any matter relating to said abatement work; and 25 WHEREAS, all persons desiring to be heard have been heard by this City 26 Council. 27 // 28 o? 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Carlsbad, 2 California, as follows: 1. That the above recitations are true and correct. 4 2. That the abatement work, the report submitted to this Council, and the 5 posting of the Notice of Time and Hearing on said report were duly and6 regularly performed in the manner and time required by law. 8 3. That all protects and objections, other than those heretofore allowed and 9 deleted from said report, if any, were and are hereby overruled and 10 denied. 4. That said report, a copy of which is on file in the Office of the City Clerk, and by this reference made a part hereof, is hereby confirmed, and each 13 of the amounts set forth therein are hereby assessed against the parcel of 14 real property shown with said sum and shall constitute a special15 assessment and a lien against such parcel of land.16 17 5. The City Clerk is hereby directed to forward a certified copy of this 18 resolution, together with a copy of said report to the Office of the San 19 Diego County Auditor on or before August 10, 2008. 20 „ 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 // 25 26 " 27 " 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 5th day of August. 2008, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard, Nygaard NOES: None ABSENT: None ATTEST: City Clerk (SEAL) EXHIBIT 2 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-091 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, DECLARING AS PUBLIC 3 NUISANCES, WEEDS, RUBBISH AND REFUSE UPON 4 PRIVATE PROPERTY IN THE CITY OF CARLSBAD 5 WHEREAS, weeds, rubbish and refuse exist or are likely to exist on vacant 6 parcels throughout the City, and 7 WHEREAS, said weeds rubbish and refuse because of their combustibility,8 constitute a hazard to the safety of the public and to private property during the drier 10 months of the year; 1 1 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 12 Carlsbad. California as follows: 1 . That the above recitations are true and correct. 14 2. That this Resolution, and all action taken subsequent hereto in connection 15 herewith, is taken pursuant to the provisions of California Government 16 Code Section 39560, et seq. (Article 2, Alternate Procedures under 18 Chapter 1 3, Weed and Rubbish Abatement). 19 3. Words used in this Resolution and its subsequent action in connection 20 herewith shall be defined as outlined in said code sections. 4. The City Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby declares as public 22 nuisances, weeds, rubbish and refuse upon those certain parcels of 23 private property in the City of Carlsbad described on Exhibit 3, attached 24 hereto and by this reference incorporated herein. 25 26 5. The City Council of the City of Carlsbad hereby declares its intention to 27 cause the removal of said weeds, rubbish and refuse. A public hearing 28 1 will be held in the City Council Chambers at 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive, 2 Carlsbad, California on April 15, 2008, at 6:00 p.m. to consider property 3 owners to said proposed removal of weeds, rubbish and refuse. 4 6. The City Clerk of the City of Carlsbad is hereby directed to mail written 5 notices of the proposed abatement of said nuisance to all persons owning 6 the property described in the Resolution. 8 7. The Fire Chief of the City of Carlsbad is hereby designated to perform the 9 duties imposed by the California Government Code Section 39560, et seg. 10 Upon the superintendent. // 12 // 13 // H" 15 16 17 18 " 19 20 // 21 // 22 // 23 // 24 2S" 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 1st day of April, 2008, by the following vote to wit: AYES:Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. LRRAIN&M. WOpD) City Clerk (SEAL) / J ^r 7 EXHIBIT 3 1 RESOLUTION NO. 2008-111 2 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CARLSBAD, CALIFORNIA, ORDERING THE FIRE CHIEF 3 TO ABATE NUISANCES BY HAVING WEEDS, RUBBISH 4 AND REFUSE REMOVED. 5 WHEREAS, at its meeting of April 15, 2008, the City Council did herein consider 6 all objections to the proposed removal of weeds, rubbish and refuse on certain property 7 located within the City of Carlsbad; and o 9 WHEREAS, notice of said meeting was given to hear objections if any, to the 10 proposed removal of weeds, rubbish and refuse, and at the conclusion of the hearing 11 did overrule and said objections, if any, except as follows: 12 None. 13 14 15 16 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of 17 Carlsbad, California, as follows:18 19 1. That the above recitations are true and correct, and 20 2. The City Council of the City of Carlsbad does hereby direct the Fire chief 21 of the City of Carlsbad to abate the nuisances on the identified parcels as 22 described on Exhibit 3, attached hereto and by this reference incorporated 23 herein, except as stated above, by having the weeds, rubbish, and refuse 24 thereon removed. 25" 26 27 28 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 PASSED, APPROVED AND ADOPTED at a Regular Meeting of the City Council of the City of Carlsbad on the 15th day of April, 2008, by the following vote to wit: AYES: Council Members Lewis, Kulchin, Hall, Packard and Nygaard. NOES: None. ABSENT: None. 5LAUDE A LEWIS, Mayor ATTEST: LORRAlNfe M. WOpti, City Clerk /SEAL)1-' ^ EXHIBIT 4 Carlsbad Fire Department Weed Abatement Accounting (Private Lots) May 15, 2008 through July 17,2008 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Parcel f 167-101-19 206-172-05 206-172-06 206-172-07 206-192-07 214-471-53 215-370-28 215-440-19 215-491-46-01 215-491-46-02 215-491-47-01 215-491-47-02 215-492-16-00 216-124-24-00 216-290-09 216-290-20 216-290-21 223-130-50-00 223-250-12-00 Owner Calavera Hills II, LLC Sakaraia, Daljit & Elaine Sakaraia, Daljit & Elaine Sakaraia, Daljit & Elaine BW Living Truct 08-10-88 Gutierrez, David G. Shmidt Michael Orlova Nataliya Tu, Yayu L. Craig. Lisa & Christian c/o Bob Cissna Craig, Lisa & Christian Craig, Lisa & Christian c/o Bob Cissna Craig, Lisa & Christian Stantistevan, David Olvera, Stella Muller, Mauro Abedi Family Trust Abedi Family Trust Novello, Gene & Sheila Ko Sung-Tao & Lin TOTAL Address National City, CA Orange, CA Orange, CA Orange, CA Beverly Hills, CA San Clemente, CA Van Nuys, CA Hindsdale, 11 Hollywood, CA Long Beach, CA Hollywood. CA Long Beach, CA San Diego, CA Downey, CA San Diego, CA Laguna Niguel, CA Laguna Niguel, CA Scottsdale, AZ Oak Brook, 11 Size E E E C C C B Malch 425.00 Mow S.F. Mow$ 200.00 421.60 160.00 60.00 60.00 60.00 50.00 Mow Hr 3.00 1.00 1.00 2.00 How$ 135.00 45.00 45.00 90.00 Hand Work 8.F. 7,660 7,000 5,540 4,500 16,560 5,000 4,500 10,460 11,400 11,400 21,500 21,500 3,200 11,500 3,100 1,575 1,900 1,800 29,625 Hand Work$ 275.76 252.00 199.44 162.00 596.16 180.00 162.00 376.56 410.00 410.00 774.00 774.00 115.20 414.00 111.60 56.70 68.40 64.80 1,066.50 Hand Work Hr 4 6 2 1.5 1.5 16 4 2 Hand Work$ 120.00 180.00 60.00 45.00 45.00 480.00 120.00 60.00 Rubbish Hani Rnbblsh Hani $ 60.00 120.00 contract Charges $475.76 $252.00 $199.40 $342.00 $911.16 $610.60 $322.00 $436.50 $455.00 $455.00 $819.00 $819.00 $1,110.20 $654.00 $231.60 $116.70 $128.40 $114.80 $L0605Q $9,519.62 Admin Charges $145.00 $145.OO $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $145.00 $2,755.00 Total Charges $620.76 $397.OO $344.4O $487.00 $1,056.16 $755.60 $467.00 $581.50 $600.00 $600.00 $964.00 S964.OO $1,255.20 $799.00 $376.60 $261.70 $273.40 S259.8O $1.211.50 $12,274.62 w Actual Parcels Abated 15. (see note)Average per parcel cost $501.03 Note: For Parcel Numbers 215-491-47 and 215-491-46 per the County Assessor Offices, total charges were divided by two(2) to accommodate property partnership The totalcharges were round to even cents for County Assessor Transmission Report Date/Time Local ID 1 Local ID 2 08-07-2008 7607206917 12:31:38p m Transmit Header Text Local Name 1 City of Carlsbad/Clerk Local Name 2 This document : Confirmed (reduced sample and details below) Document size : 8.5"x11" DATE: TO: FAX: City of Carlsbad FAX TRANSMISSION August 7.2008 Becky Greene (a). Property Tax Services (619>531-5168 FROM: Sheila Cobian. Deputy City Clerk Phone: 760-434-2927 Fax: 760-720-6917 PAGES FAXED INCLUDING COVER PAGE[ 2 ] CERTIFICATION OF FIXED CHARGE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS 1200 Carlsbad Village Drive • Carlsbad, California 92008-1989 • (760) 434-2808 Total Pages Scanned : 2 Total Pages Confirmed : 2 No 001 Job 461 Remote Station 6195315168 Start Time 12:31 :00pm 08-07-2008 Duration 00:00:36 Pages 2/2 Line 1 Mode EC Job Type HS Results CP14400 Abbreviations HS: Host send HR: Host receive WS: Waiting send PL: Polled local PR: Polled remote MS: Mailbox save MP Mailbox print CP Completed FA Fail TU: Terminated by user TS: Terminated by system G3: Group 3 RP Report EC: Error Correct City of Carlsbad Office of the City Clerk Records Management Department ATTACHMENT E August 7, 2008 County of San Diego Auditor and Controller Property Tax Services 1600 Pacific Coast Highway, Room 077 San Diego, CA 92101 CERTIFICATION OF FIXED CHARGE SPECIAL ASSESSMENTS This letter certifies that according to the records of the City of Carlsbad, that all assessments and special taxes are in compliance with Article XI11C and D of the Constitution of the State of California that the total number of parcels subject to Fixed Charge Special Assessments and the dollar amount by fund 2008/09 are as listed below: Fund No. 601004 Amount $12,274.02 Certified by: KateriR Assistant City Clerk 12OO Carlsbad Village Drive • Carlsbad, CA 92OO8-1989 • (76O) 434-28O8 City of Carlsbad Office of the City Clerk Records Management Department August 6, 2008 County of San Diego Auditor and Controller Property Tax Services 1600 Pacific Coast Highway, Room 077 San Diego, CA92101 REPORT CONFIRMING COST OF WEED ABATEMENT FOR COLLECTION ON TAX BILL Enclosed for your information is a certified copy of Resolution No. 2008-223 and Exhibit 4 (Weed Abatement Accounting - Private Lots), which was adopted by the Carlsbad City Council at their meeting on August 5, 2008. TZ, CMC Assistant City Clerk Enclosure 12OO Carlsbad Village Drive • Carlsbad, CA 92OO8-1989 • (76O) 434-2808