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File #: 24-4486    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Discussion Item Status: Passed
File created: 11/25/2024 In control: BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
On agenda: 12/17/2024 Final action: 12/17/2024
Title: HEARING on the itemized costs of abatement for property in unincorporated Contra Costa County, located at 3121 Ranch Lane, Oakley, California (Barnes, Casey J. & Chelsea R, Owner). (Jason Crapo, Conservation and Development Department)
Attachments: 1. Before and After Photos, 2. Itemized Abatement Costs
To: Board of Supervisors
From: John Kopchik, Director, Conservation and Development
Report Title: Costs of Abatement at 3121 Ranch Lane, Oakley, California
?Recommendation of the County Administrator ? Recommendation of Board Committee


RECOMMENDATIONS:

OPEN the hearing of the costs of abating a public nuisance on the real property located 3121 Ranch Lane, Oakley, California, Contra Costa County (APN 031-033-001).

RECEIVE and CONSIDER the attached itemized report on the abatement costs and any objections thereto from the property owner or other persons with a legal interest in the property; and CLOSE the hearing.

DETERMINE the costs of all abatement work and all administrative costs to be $17,832.04.

ORDER the itemized report confirmed and DIRECT that it be filed with the Clerk of the Board of Supervisors.

ORDER the costs to be specially assessed against the above-referenced property and AUTHORIZE the recordation of the Notice of Abatement Lien.


FISCAL IMPACT:
No net fiscal impact. The costs as determined above will be added to the tax roll as a special assessment on this property and will be collected at the same time and in the same manner as ordinary County taxes are collected.


BACKGROUND:
Contra Costa County Ordinance Code Article 14-6.4 and California Government Code Section 25845 authorize the recovery of abatement costs in public nuisance cases, the recordation of a Notice of Abatement Lien, and inclusion of abatement costs on the tax roll as a special assessment, upon approval of the Board of Supervisors.

The Notice to Secure and Maintain a Vacant Structure was posted on the above-referenced property for vacant property with overgrown vegetation, garbage and debris and was serviced on the property owner and all persons known to be in possession of the property by certified mail on May 16, 2024.

The property owner did not file an appeal of the Notice to Secure and Maintain a Vacant Structure. The County Abatement Officer abated the nuisance...

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