HomeMy WebLinkAboutAdopt Resolution No. 2022-43 Confirming Cost Report for Weed (6) 2000 Main Street,
Huntington Beach, CA
City of Huntington Beach 92648
File #: 22-469 MEETING DATE: 8/2/2022
REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL ACTION
SUBMITTED TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council Members
SUBMITTED BY: Al Zelinka,City Manager
VIA: Ursula Luna-Reynosa, Director of Community Development
PREPARED BY: Jimmy Hoang, Code Enforcement Supervisor
Subject:
Adopt Resolution 2022-43 Confirming Cost Report for Weed Abatement on Private Parcels
within the City for the 2022 Season
Statement of Issue:
On April 5, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2022-11 that declared weeds and rubbish
a nuisance on specific private properties. A public hearing was scheduled on May 3, 2022 for
protests and objections to the abatement thereof pursuant to Huntington Beach Municipal Code
(HBMC) Section 8.16.060.
Following the Public Hearing on May 3, 2022, and in accordance with HBMC Section 8.16.040,
proper notices to remove weeds were conspicuously posted on or in front of all properties on which
the nuisance existed. Letters were mailed to the legal owners of record, advising all such persons to
keep said properties free of weeds, as required under HBMC Section 8.16.010, or the City would
remove such weeds and charge for the work completed on private property. HBMC Section 8.16.080
authorizes an abatement lien to collect the costs associated with the abatement through the regular
property tax bill.
A total of fourteen (14) private properties failed to comply by the prescribed due date of May 25,
2022. As provided in HMBC Section 8.16, following the abatement of weeds from private vacant
parcels not cleared by the owner, a cost report of the actual costs incurred for the abatement of
weeds on private properties shall be submitted to the City Council. This report is herein provided as
Exhibit A.
Financial Impact:
A one-time special assessment totaling $7,354.50 will be charged to the Orange County property tax
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roll and reimbursed to the City's General Fund by the County of Orange as part of the ordinary
collection process. The expenses were paid out of General Fund Account No. 10060301.69505,
Weed Abatement Contracts for Repairs and Maintenance, in Fiscal Year 2021-22.
Recommended Action:
A) Adopt Resolution 2022-43 "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
Confirming the Report of the Public Works Director Regarding the Cost for Weed Abatement on
Private Property Within the City for the 2022 Season," and
B) Direct that all charges listed thereon be certified to the Orange County 2022/23 Property Tax Roll.
Alternative Action(s):
Do not approve the resolution and forego reimbursement to the City for the cost for weed abatement
services performed on 14 properties.
Analysis:
Chapter 8.16 Weed Abatement of the Huntington Beach Municipal Code includes a provision for the
removal of weeds on private property. In accordance with Section 8.16.010 Removal Required, "all
persons owning any real property in the City are required to keep their property free from weeds... or
other flammable materials that endangers the public safety by creating a fire hazard." If a property
owner does not remove the weeds or flammable materials by a prescribed time, the City Council may
order the Director of Public Works to do the work at the expense of the property owner.
Pursuant to City Council direction on May 3, 2022, the City has cleared 14 such properties. The cost
of the work totals $7,354.50 as reported on the attached 2022 Weed Abatement Cost Report in
Exhibit A of the resolution. In accordance with Government Code Section 39575, these costs must
be posted for public review prior to City Council approval. The costs were posted on the City Council
Chamber bulletin board on Friday, July 22, 2022. Excepting objections to the cost report, staff
recommends confirmation and approval of the 2022 Weed Abatement Cost Report.
Environmental Status:
The removal of weeds, refuse, and rubbish from undeveloped private properties is categorically
exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to CEQA Guidelines Section
15301(h), which exempts the maintenance of existing landscaping and native growth.
Strategic Plan Goal:
Non Applicable - Administrative Item
Attachment(s):
1. Resolution No. 2022-43 "A Resolution of the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach
Confirming the Report of the Public Works Director Regarding the Cost for Weed Abatement on
Private Property Within the City for the 2022 Season"
2. Exhibit A - List of 14 Private Parcels
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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-43
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH CONFIRMING THE REPORT OF THE
PUBLIC WORKS DIRECTOR REGARDING THE COST FOR
WEED ABATEMENT ON PRIVATE PROPERTY WITHIN
THE CITY FOR THE 2022 SEASON
WHEREAS, the Director of Public Works has posted his itemized written report showing
the cost of removal of weeds from private party lots within the City of Huntington Beach,
together with a notice of time of submission of said report, pursuant to Government Code
Section 39575; and
The time for receiving and considering said report and hearing any objections of the
property owners liable to be assessed for the abatement of said weeds was duly fixed for August 2,
2022, before this Council,
NOW, THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach does hereby
resolve as follows:
1. That the report of the Director of Public Works regarding the cost for weed
abatement on private property within the City, a copy of which is attached hereto as Exhibit "A,"
and incorporated by this reference as though fully set forth herein, is hereby confirmed and
approved.
PASSED AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Huntington Beach at a
regular meeting thereof held on the 2nd day of August , 20;2.
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Res. No. 2022-43
STATE OF CALIFORNIA
COUNTY OF ORANGE ) ss:
CITY OF HUNTINGTON BEACH )
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I, ROBIN ESTANISLAU, the duly elected, qualified City Clerk of the
City of Huntington Beach, and ex-officio Clerk of the City Council of said City, do
hereby certify that the whole number of members of the City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach is seven; that the foregoing resolution was passed and adopted
by the affirmative vote of at least a majority of all the members of said City Council
at a Regular meeting thereof held on August 2, 2022 by the following vote:
AYES: Peterson, Bolton, Delgleize, Carr, Posey, Moser, Kalmick
NOES: None
ABSENT: None
RECUSE: None
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City Clerk and ex-officio Clerk of the
City Council of the City of
Huntington Beach, California