RESOLUTION NO. 2025-044
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FONTANA, CALIFORNIA, ADOPTING STATEMENT OF UNPAID EXPENSES FOR WEED ABATEMENT AND IMPOSING A LIEN AGAINST PROPERTY FOR PAYMENT WHEREAS, the City of Fontana (“City”) has conducted its weed abatement program pursuant to the Fontana City Code, Section 27-1 et. seq.; and WHEREAS, at its meeting on June 24, 2025, the City Council discussed and considered all expenses and other costs of abatement which have remained unpaid to date, as specified in the Statement of Unpaid Expenses for Weed Abatement, on file with the City Clerk for public review and incorporated herein by reference (“Statement”); and WHEREAS, the City Council has read or heard and considered all evidence and testimony presented to it with respect thereto; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Fontana, California, as follows:
Section 1. Recitals. The above recitals are true, correct and by this reference incorporated herein.
Section 2. Findings/ Approvals. All expenses and other costs noted on the Statement which remain unpaid to the City as of June 24, 2025, shall constitute a lien upon the real property against which the nuisance was abated, and shall be collected in any lawful means available to the City Section 3. Findings/ Approvals. The City Clerk is directed to file for recording a "Notice of Lien for Weed Abatement" with the Office of the Recorder for San Bernardino County after June 24, 2025, against those real properties listed on the Statement for any expenses and other costs noted on the Statement which remain unpaid to the City Section 4. The Auditor/Controller shall include the amount of the expenses on the bills for taxes levied against the real property against which the expenses have been imposed, and the same shall be collected in the same manner and together with the general taxes for the County of San Bernardino, and shall be subject to the same penalties, interest and collection.
Section 6. Effective Date. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
Section 7. Severability. If any provision of this Resolution or the application of any such provision to any person or circumstance is held invalid, such invalidity shall not affect other provisions or applications of this Resolution that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this Resolution are severable. The City Council declares that it would have adopted this Resolution irrespective of the invalidity of any particular portion of this Resolution.
Section 8. Certification. The City Clerk shall certify to the adoption of this Resolution.
Section 9. Custodian of Records. The documents and materials that constitute the record of proceedings on which this Resolution is based are located at the City Clerk’s office located at 8353 Sierra Avenue, Fontana, CA 92335. The custodian of records is the City Clerk.
APPROVED AND ADOPTED this 24th day of June, 2025.
READ AND APPROVED AS TO LEGAL FORM:
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City Attorney
I, Germaine Key, City Clerk of the City of Fontana, and Ex-Officio Clerk of the City Council, do hereby certify that the foregoing resolution is the actual resolution duly and regularly adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting on the 24th day of June, 2025, by the following vote to wit:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
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City Clerk of the City of Fontana
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Mayor of the City of Fontana
ATTEST:
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City Clerk
Resolution No. 2025-044