2010/02/09 City Council Agenda
City of Rohnert Park + 130 Avram Avenue + Rohnert Park, California 94928
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ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Community Development Commission
Rohnert Park Financing Authority
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday, February 9,2010
Joint Regular Meeting - Open Session: 6:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBER
130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California
The Rohnert Park City Council welcomes your attendance, interest and
participation at its regular city meetings scheduled on the
2nd and 4th Tuesdays of each month at 6:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber.
City Council/CDC/RPFA Agendas and Minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
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Council/CDC/RPF A may discuss and/or take action on any or all of the items listed on this agenda.
If you challenge decisions of the City Council, the Community Development Commission, or the
Rohnert Park Financing Authority of the City of Rohnert Park in court, you may be limited to raising
only those issues you or someone else raised at public hearing(s) described in this Agenda, or in
written correspondence delivered to the City of Rohnert Park at, or prior to the public hearing(s).
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PUBLIC COMMENTS: For public comment .on items listed or not listed on the agenda, or
on agenda items if unable to speak at the scheduled time (limited to three minutes per
appearance and a 30 minute total time limit, or allocation of time based on number of speaker
cards submitted) - PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD PRIOR TO SPEAKING -
*SEE NOTE ON LAST PAGE OF THIS AGENDA
Copies of all staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to each item of business referred to on the
agenda are available for public inspection by I I :00 a.m. the Friday before each regularly scheduled City Council
meeting at City Hall, located at 130 A vram A venue. Any writings or documents subject to disclosure that are
provided to all, or a majority of all, of the members of the City Council regarding any item on this agenda after the
agenda has been distributed will also be made available for inspection at City Hall during regular business hours.
6:00 p.m.
1. CITY COUNCIL, CDC & RPFA JOINT REGULAR MEETING - Call to Order/Roll Call
(Belforte _ Breeze_Callinan _ Mackenzie_Stafford ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Led by Bai Hui Spencer, 5th Grade Student,
Thomas Page Elementary School
3. SSU STUDENT REPORT - Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. Student
Report by Jesse Schwartz, SSU ASI Legislative Representative
4. PRESENTATIONS
1. Rohnert Park Chamber of Commerce Quarterly Report
5. CITY MANAGER / CITY ATTORNEY / DEPARTMENT HEAD BRIEFINGS
This time is set aside for City Staff to present a verbal report to the full Council on the
activities of their respective departments. No action may be taken except to place a particular
item on a future agenda for Council consideration.
1. Stadium Lands Surplus Lands Sale - Update
6. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Persons wishing to address the Council on any consent Calendar item or on City business not
listed on the Agenda may do so at this time. Each speaker will be allotted three minutes.
Those wishing to address the Council on any report item listed on the Agenda should submit
a "Speaker Card" to the City Clerk before announcement of that agenda item. Speakers are
asked to speak directly into the podium microphone so comments may be heard and recorded.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
All items on the consent calendar will be considered together by one action of the City
Council, the Community Development Commission, and/or the Rohnert Park Financing
Authority, whichever is applicable, with ROLL CALL VOTE due to an Ordinance
listed for adoption, unless any Council Member or anyone else interested in a consent
calendar item has a question about the item.
1. Approval of Minutes for:
a. City & CDC Joint Special Meeting - January 26, 2010
b. City-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting - January 26,2010
2. Acceptance of Reports for:
a. City Bills/Demands for Payment
b. CDC Bills/Demands for Payment
3. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
a. 2010-11 Rejecting the Claim of Juel Bortolussi (re: Injuries from fall on alleged
uneven sidewalk)
b. 2010-12 Identifying Locations Prohibiting the Use of Skateboards, Roller Skates, In-
Line Skates, Coasters, Scooters, and Other Similar Devices on Certain City-
Owned Property
4. Ordinance for Adoption:
a. No. 819 Repealing and Replacing Chapter 10.70, Skateboards, to Title 10, Vehicles
and Traffic, of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
8. REVIEW OF FY2009-10 SERVICE LEVELS AND BUDGET
1. Council discussion/direction/action
9. REPORT FROM AD HOC REVENUE ENHANCEMENT COMMITTEE (AB/JM)
1. Discussion and Determination Regarding Placement of Revenue Measure on Ballot
2. Discussion regarding direction to staff to. prepare Declaration of Fiscal Emergency and
Resolution Calling for an Election
10. MOBILE HOME PARK RENT APPEALS BOARD APPOINTMENT
Council consideration of appointment to Mobile Home Park Rent Appeals Board for two-
year term expired December 31, 2009 (Breeze nomination)
1. Council nomination/discussion/action
11. STANDING COMMITTEE / AD HOC COMMITTEE / LIAISON REPORTS
This time is set aside to allow members of the Council serving on Council subcommittees or
on regional boards, commissions or committees to present a verbal report to the full Council
on the activities of the respective boards, commissions or committees upon which they serve.
No action may be taken except to place a particular item on a future agenda for Council
consideration.
1. Standing Committee Reports, if any
2. LiaisonReports, if any
3. Other Reports, if any
12. COMMUNICATIONS
Copies of communications have been provided to Council for review prior to this meeting.
Council Members desiring to read or discuss any communication may do so at this time. No
action may be taken except to place a particular item on a future agenda for Council
consideration.
13. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
1. Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund (REMIF) Board of Director's Annual
Training Meeting, 1/28-1/29110 (GB)
2. Consideration of earlier meeting start time (PS)
a. Council discussion/direction
3. Calendar of Events
4. City Council Agenda Forecast
5. Other informational items, if any
14. PUBLIC COMMENTS
15. ADJOURNMENT of City Council-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting
NOTE: Time shown for any particular matter on the agenda is an estimate only. Matters may
be considered earlier or later than the time indicated depending on the pace at which the meeting
proceeds. If you wish to speak on an item under discussion by the Council which appears on this
agenda, after receiving recognition from the Mayor, please walk to the rostrum and state your
name and address for the record.
- PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD PRIOR TO SPEAKING -
Any item raised by a member of the public which is not agendized and may require Council
action shall be automatically referred to staff for investigation and disposition which may
include placing on a future agenda. If the item is deemed to be an emergency or the need to take
action arose after posting of the agenda within the meaning of Government Code Section
54954.2(b), Council is entitled to discuss the matter to determine if it is an emergency item
under said Government Code and may take action thereon.
CERTIFICA TION OF POSTIN~ OF AGENDA
I, Terri Griffin, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park; declare that the foregoing agenda for the February 9,
2010, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDC/RPFA was posted and available for review on
February 5, 2010, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928. The agenda is
also available on the City web site at www.rpcifv.on!:,
Signed this 51h day of February, 2010, at Rohnert Park, California.