City Council

6. CONSIDERATION OF ENHANCED WEED ABATEMENT IN FOUR\nIDENTIFIED HIGH PRIORITY AREAS AND CREATION OF A PILOT\nPROGRAM ALLOWING RESIDENTS TO PERFORM ADDITIONAL WEED\nABATEMENT ON PUBLIC PROPERTY THROUGH A NO FEE PERMIT\nRecommendation: Staff recommends that the City provide direction to\nstaff on the following concepts related to preemptive weed abatement in\nresponse to recent fires around the southland and resident requests: 1.\nProposal by Fire Grazers, Inc.to conduct weed abatement activities\nutilizing goats in four Extremely High Priority Areas in the City for a cost\nnot to exceed $67,133.85; and 2. Pilot Program for residents to apply for\na no-fee permit to conduct weed abatement in City Parklands\nStaff Report