2010/11/09 City Council Agenda
City of Rohnert Park + 130 Avram Avenue + Rohnert Park, California 94928
PHONE: (707) 588-2227 + FAX: (707) 588-2274 + WEB: www.rpcitv.ore:
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Community Development Commission
Rohnert Park Financing Authority
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday, November 9, 2010
Joint Regular Meeting - Open Session: 5:00 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 5:00 p.m. in the Council Chamber.
City Council/CDC/RPF A Agendas and Minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
www.rvcitv.orf!
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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possible if you have a visual impairment requiring meeting materials to be produced in another
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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 oftime 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 Thursday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting at City
Hall, located at 130 A vram Avenue. Any writings or documents subjeGt 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.
ANNOUNCEMENT: Please turn off all pagers, cellular telephones and all
other communication devices upon entering the council Chambers because of
electrical interference with the sound recording and TV projection systems.
5:00 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 Lillie Hottel, 6th Grade Student,
John Reed Elementary School
3. SSU STUDENT REPORT - By Amanda Kosty, Sonoma State University Associated Students,
Inc. (SSU ASI) Legislative Representative
4. PRESENTATIONS - None
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.
A. Recognition of Public Safety Volunteers
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.
A. Approval of Minutes for:
1. City-CDC-RPF A Joint Regular Meeting - October 12, 2010
2. City-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting - October 26,2010
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment
2. CDC Bills/Demands for Payment
3. City Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending August 2010
4. CDC Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending September 2010
5. RPFA CashlInvestments Report for Month Ending September 2010
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2010-124 Authorizing and Approving a Master Agreement with North Fork
Associates for On-Call Planning Services
D. Ordinance for Adoption: Waive Reading and Adopt Ordinance:
1. No. 828 Amending Section 13.40.030, Sewer Capacity Charge Collection, of Chapter
13.40, Sewer Capacity Charge, of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
E. Approving Cancellation of December 28, 2010 City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular
'Meeting for City Council-Community Development Commission-Rohnert Park Financing
Authority due to holidays
8. 2010 CALIFORNIA BUILDING CODE - Consideration of Introduction of Ordinance
Adopting 2010 California Building Standards Code; Introduction of Ordinance Repealing
Rohnert Park Municipal Code Title 14, Sustainability; Resolution Setting a Public Hearing
for same; and Resolution Repealing Previously Adopted Rohnert Park Green Building
Standards and Guidelines
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Ordinance for Introduction: Waive Full Reading and Introduce Ordinance by Reading Title:
1. No. 829 Adopting the 2010 California Building Standards Code by Reference,
Amending Chapter 15.04 (General Provisions and Penalties), Chapter 15.08
(Building Code), Chapter 15.16 (Electrical Code), Chapter 15.20 (Plumbing
Code), and Chapter 15.24 (Mecbanical Code) of Title 15, and Adding
Chapter 15.10 (Residential Code), Chapter 15.22 (Energy Code), and
Chapter 15.26 (Green Building Standards Code) to Title 15, "Buildings and
Construction," of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
D. Ordinance for Introduction: Waive Full Reading and Introduce Ordinance by Reading Title:
1. No. 830 Repealing Title 14 (Sustainability) of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
E. Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2010-125 Setting a Time and Place for a Public Hearing for Proposed Adoption, By
Reference, of the 2010 Edition of the California Building Standards Code
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
2. 2010-126 Repealing Green Building Standards and Guidelines as Set Forth III
Resolution Nos. 2005-224, 2006-67, 2007-30, and 2009-109
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
9. CLOSURE OF CITY HALL LAST WEEK OF DECEMBER - Consideration of closing
City Hall from December 27 through 31, 2010
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
10. 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.
A. Standing Committee Reports, if any
B. Liaison Reports, if any
C. Other Reports, if any
11. 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.
12. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL, informational items, if any
13. PUBLIC COMMENTS
14. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER:
1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code S54956.8) ,
a. Property: 1455 Golf Course Drive (Assessor's Parcel number 160-400-055)
City Negotiator: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager
Negotiating parties: City ofRohnert Park and J. Wade Roach, Chief Financial Officer,
Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
15. RECONVENE JOINT REGULAR MEETING OPEN SESSION
16. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~ 54957.1)
17. 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 nON OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Terri Griffin, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the November 9,
2010, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDC/RPFA was posted and available for review on
November 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.rpcitv.org.
Signed his 5th day of November, 2010, at ~hnert Park, California.
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