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City of San Leandro <br />Meeting Date: June 5, 2017 <br />Staff Report <br />Agenda Section:File Number:17-281 CONSENT CALENDAR <br />Agenda Number:8.N. <br />TO:City Council <br />FROM:Chris Zapata <br />City Manager <br />BY:Cynthia Battenberg <br />Community Development Director <br />FINANCE REVIEW:Not Applicable <br />TITLE:Staff Report for an Ordinance to Amend Title 1, Chapter 12 of the San <br />Leandro Municipal Code Relating to “Citation - Violations” and Title 3, Chapter <br />2 of the San Leandro Municipal Code Relating to Weed Abatement <br />SUMMARY AND RECOMMENDATIONS <br />The City is commencing a Community Care initiative to uphold community standards related <br />to the appearance and maintenance of land, real property, and real property improvements, to <br />beautify and maintain the City’s aesthetics, and address blight and illegal construction. To <br />these ends, staff recommends that the City Council waive first reading and introduce an <br />Ordinance to amend certain sections of Chapter 1-12 related to enforcement of the Municipal <br />Code, and Chapter 3-2, the Weed Abatement Ordinance. <br />BACKGROUND AND ANALYSIS <br />On March 20, 2017, the City Council provided direction to staff to transfer code enforcement <br />responsibilities related to the City’s Community Preservation Ordinance (SLMC Chapter 1-12), <br />Weed Abatement Ordinance (SLMC Chapter 3-2) and the Zoning Code from the San Leandro <br />Police Department Community Compliance Section to the Community Development <br />Department. $1,000,000 was allocated for start-up costs and funding of a two-year enhanced <br />Community Care program. The goal of the initiative is to rebuild the City’s resources to <br />beautify the City by addressing aesthetic issues and maintaining land and real property to the <br />community’s standards as established by the Municipal Code, throughout the City. <br />Operations for this component of the Community Care initiative are scheduled to start in <br />Summer 2017 with the hiring of a Code Enforcement Supervisor and two Code Enforcement <br />Officers. A timeline of the roll-out of services follows: <br />April 20th Code Enforcement Supervisor & Code Enforcement Officer job description <br />updates to Personnel Relations Board <br />April 24th Administrative Enforcement Revisions to Muni Code to City Council Rules <br />Page 1 City of San Leandro Printed on 5/30/2017 <br />143