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Council adopts annual weed-abatement report and confirms abatement tax liens
Summary
The Fire Department presented its annual weed-abatement program (≈9,000 inspections during declared fire season); council adopted the resolution confirming itemized abatement costs and allowed the city to recover abatement costs as liens where property owners did not comply.
Assistant Fire Marshal Jared McDaniel presented the Santa Rosa Fire Department’s annual weed-abatement report, summarizing the department’s inspection and abatement process during the declared fire season. Staff said the department conducts roughly 9,000 inspections annually; property owners receive a notice to comply, followed by reinspection and a violation notice, and if parcels remain out of compliance the Fire Department may abate using an approved contractor and recover costs from parcel owners.
Council opened the public hearing and heard comments from volunteers and residents stressing the need for vegetation management in priority areas. Councilmember McDonald moved adoption of the resolution confirming the itemized abatement report; the motion was seconded and passed on a recorded vote (6–0). Staff noted there was no immediate fiscal budget impact in the adoption but that costs for contractor abatement are recoverable and recorded as tax lien if necessary.
