SIMI VALLEY : Tumbleweed Cleanup Cost $1,300 in 1993
Simi Valley property owners who failed to remove tumbleweeds and other debris from their properties cost the city more than $1,300 in 1993, according to a staff report to be presented today to the City Council.
The city plans to bill the owners for the cleanup.
Each fall, the city inspects all vacant parcels to determine which ones contain an overgrowth of tumbleweeds, also known as Russian thistle.
Last year, 230 properties were identified, and owners were sent letters asking them to voluntarily remove the tumbleweeds, which often break free in Santa Ana winds and blow through streets and residential areas.
All but one eventually removed the weeds.
The city, which spent $1,363 sending out the warnings and cleaning up the property, will bill owners who were late in cleaning up and those who failed to do so at all for the cost of the program.
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