To: Board of Supervisors
From: Planning and Building Department
Agenda Section: Departmental
SUBJECT:
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Allocation of $400,000 in Additional Funds for Code Enforcement Nuisance Abatement Costs in Budget Unit 1100269 and Supplemental Budget. 4/5 Vote Required.
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RECOMMENDATION(S):
Recommendation
That the Board of Supervisors:
1. Review and confirm the Code Enforcement priorities for nuisance abatement cases along with the anticipated costs for the remainder of the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
2. Approve allocation of $400,000 additional funds for the Code Enforcement nuisance abatement budget to cover the costs of prioritized for the remainder of the 2021-2022 fiscal year. 4/5 vote required.
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SOURCE OF FUNDING:
The initial funding for nuisance abatement comes from the General Fund, however, per Humboldt County Code section 351 et seq., the abatement costs are recovered through assessment of costs against the property.
DISCUSSION:
The Board of Supervisors is being asked to review and confirm the priorities for project-ready nuisance abatement cases along with their anticipated costs and to allocate funds to the Code Enforcement budget to cover the anticipated costs for the remainder of the 2021-2022 fiscal year.
Background
In fiscal year 2021-2022 the Board of Supervisors allocated $500,000 for the purposes of conducting abatements on properties where the property owner is unwilling or unable to abate the public nuisance(s) and violation(s) on their property. So far, the county has conducted abatements on two properties. The first came at a cost of approximately $40,000 in the current fiscal year. The second was a much larger project involving the demolition of a 17-unit, 7 building motel and fire-damaged, defunct gas station. The project involved several phases and costs are anticipated to be approximately $390,000. These two projects have used most of the $500,000 originally allocated.
There is approximately $72,000 left in the bud...
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