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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />JULY 3, 2018 <br />TITLE: <br />PUBLIC HEARING — RECOVERY OF <br />UNCOLLECTED COSTS FOR ABATEMENT <br />OF DANGEROUS AND ABANDONED <br />BUILDINGS AND APPROVAL OF <br />APPROPRIATION ADJUSTMENT <br />(STRATEGIC PLAN NO. 5,4) <br />4 <br />r <br />CITt MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />❑ As Recommended <br />❑ As Amended <br />❑ Ordinance on 1s' Reading <br />❑ Ordinance on 2n1 Reading <br />❑ Implementing Resolution <br />❑ Set Public Hearing For <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Adopt a resolution affirming the Fiscal Year 2017-2018 Dangerous and Abandoned Building <br />Program Report and authorize the transmittal of uncollected Dangerous and Abandoned <br />Building charges to the office of Auditor -Controller, County of Orange. <br />2. Approve an appropriation adjustment recognizing $28,332.87 in the Special Repair and <br />Demolition Fund revenue account (no. 12116002-53507) for fiscal year 2018-19 and <br />appropriating the same in the expenditure account (no. 12116540-62300). <br />DISCUSSION <br />The City's Dangerous and Abandoned Building (DABS) Program has proven to be an effective <br />tool to abate dangerous and abandoned structures that create an attractive nuisance and may <br />harbor illegal activity. The abatements are accomplished by boarding up the structures and in <br />some cases demolishing the building. Property owners are notified and given 2 to 30 days to <br />abate the illegal conditions. If the property owner does not correct the violations within the <br />required timeframe, the City through its contractors, will perform the work. All property owners <br />have been notified of the outstanding abatement costs and the scheduling of this public hearing. <br />Each year, the City finds it necessary to seek legal recourse in order to recover the uncollected <br />costs, which include staff related costs, expended for abatement of dangerous and abandoned <br />properties. The City maintains a detailed account of all costs incurred in the abatement of the <br />public nuisance pursuant to the municipal code. The outstanding charge for work performed on <br />six parcels is $28,332.87 (Exhibit 1). The property owner information is provided in Exhibit 2. <br />The most effective method of collection is to submit these charges to the office of the County <br />Auditor/Controller in order that they may be placed as a lien on the property tax rolls. Charges <br />must be submitted to the County of Orange by their deadline of August 10, 2018. <br />75A-1 <br />