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Rohnert Park Financing Authority
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
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MEETING LOCATION: CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBER <).
130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California
Tuesday, January 11,2011
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The RohnertPark 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/RPFA Agendas and Minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
www.rpcitv.or!!
CounCiI/CDC/RPFA 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).
DISABLED ACCOMMODATION: If you have a disability which requires an interpreter or
other person to assist you while attending this City Council meeting, please contact the City
Clerk's Office at (707) 588-2225 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to ensure arrangements
for accommodation by the City. Please make sure the City Clerk's Office is notified as soon as
possible if you have a visual impairment requiring meeting materials to be produced in another
format (Braille, audio-tape, etc.)
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 Thursday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting at City
Hall, located at ] 30 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.
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
(Ahanotu _ Callinan_Mackenzie _ Stafford _ Belforte ~
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Led by Joshua Hirschmann, 6th Grade Student,
John Reed Elementary School
2. MAYOR'S OPENING COMMENTS FOR THE NEW YEAR
3. SSU STUDENT REPORT
By Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU ASI) Legislative Representative
4. 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. Introduction of Sergeant Jason Krauss
B. Introduction of New Deputy Chief Building Official, Greg Adams
C. Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Basin Planning Workshop, Rohnert Park City Hall,
Wednesday, January 12,2011,6:30-9:00 p.m.
D. Senior Center Open House for new carpet installed via "adopt a carpet square" fundraiser,
Wednesday, January 12,2011,4:00 p.m.
E. Project Forecast January - June 2011
F. Update on Governor's Budget Proposal
5. 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.
6. 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, 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 Special Meeting - December 7,2010
2. City-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting - December 14, 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 November 2010
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2011-01 Authorizing and Approving Task Order No. 2011-01 with Winzler & Kelly,
Inc. for Professional Services for Environmental Cleanup of Corporation
Yard (600 Enterprise Drive)
2. 2011-02 Accepting the Development Impact Fee Report for Fiscal Year July 1,2009
through June 30, 2010
3. 2011-03 Authorizing and Approving a License Agreement with the Rohnert Park
Piranha Swim Team for Use of Honeybee Pool
4. 2011-04 Rejecting the Claim ofOlisaemeka Eze (re: alleged police action)
5. 2011-05 Rejecting the Claim of Ramona Mendez (re: alleged damage to vehicle from
tree limb)
D. Acceptance of 2nd Quarterly Report FY 2010/2011 on City Council Travel Expenditures
7. AFFORDABLE HOUSING LINKAGE FEE for NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Economic Stimulus Action: Review of the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee for Nonresidential
Development
A. . Staff Report
B. . Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction/action
8. PUBLIC ART ORDINANCE - Review of the Public Art Ordinance which levies a 1 % fee
on certain new development projects for public art
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction/action
9. BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
A. Council consideration of nominations and appointments to advisory bodies for terms
expired December 31, 2010
1. Bicycle Advisory Committee - Five two-year terms
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
2. Cultural Arts Commission - Two four-year terms (Ahanotu and Stafford nominations)
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
3. Mobile Home Park Rent Appeals Board - Two two-year terms (Mackenzie and Stafford nominations)
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
4. Parks & Recreation Commission - Five two-year te'rms
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
5. Planning Commission - Five two-year terms
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
6. Senior Citizens Advisory Commission - Five two-year terms
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
7. Sister Cities Relations Committee - Five two-year terms (At Large)
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
B. Council consideration of nomination and appointment to advisory body for term to expire
December 31, 2012
1. Cultural Arts Commission - One four-year term (Mackenzie nomination)
a. Council nomination/discussion/action
C. Council consideration of amending Rohnert Park Municipal Code, Chapter 2.24, Cultural
Arts Commission to make minor changes for synchronization with other City
Commissions/Committees/Boards including changing the term of office from four years
to two years
1. Council discussion/direction/action
10. MARIN / SONOMA MOSQUITO & VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT
Consideration Of Re-appointment of Paul Libeu to Serve as the Rohnert Park Citizen
Representative on the Board of Trustees for the Marin/Sonoma Mosquito & Vector Control
District for either a Two-year Term to Expire December 31, 2012, or a Four-year Term to
Expire December 31, 2014
A. Council discussion/direction/action
11. CITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS FOR YEAR 2011
Mayor's Appointments to City Council Committee and Liaison Assignments for 2011 with
Council confirmation of Council Member assignments to outside agencies, committees, task
forces and liaison roles
A. Council discussion/direction/action
12. 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
13. 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 011 a future agenda for Council consideration.
14. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
A. Scheduling Labor Relations Closed Sessions - Consideration of schedule for closed
sessions on employee labor relations issues
1. Staff report
2. Council discussion/direction/action
B. Other informational items, if any
15. PUBLIC COMMENTS
16. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER:
1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code S54956.8)
Property: 1455 Golf Course Drive (Assessor's Parcel number 160-400-055)
City Negotiator: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager
Negotiating parties: City of Rohnert Park and J. Wade Roach, Chief Financial Officer, Cotati-
Rohnert Park Unified School District
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
17. RECONVENE JOINT REGULAR MEETING OPEN SESSION IN COUNCIL CHAMBER
18. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~ 54957.1)
19. 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.
CERTlFICA TlON OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Terri Griffin, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the
January, 11, 2011, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDC/RPFA was posted and
available for review on January 6, 20 I 1, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 A vram A venue, Rohnert Park,
California 94928. The agenda is also available on the City web site at www.rllcitv.orl?:,
Signed this 6th day of January, 20 I 1, at Rohnert Park, California.
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