2011/01/11 City Council Minutes
MINUTES OF THE JOINT REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
City Council
Community Development Commission
Rohnert Park Financing Authority
Tuesday, January 11,2011
Rohnert Park City Hall, Council Chamber
130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California
1. CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Mayor Belforte called the City CouncillCDC/RPF A joint regular meeting to order at 5:00 p.m.
Present: Gina Belforte, Mayor
Jake Mackenzie, Vice Mayor
Amy Ahanotu, CounCil Member
Joseph T. Callinan, Council Member
Pam Stafford, Council Member
Staff present: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager; Michelle Marchetta Kenyon, City Attorney;
and Judy Hauff, City Clerk.
PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Led by Joshua Hirschmann, 6th Grade Student,
John Reed Elementary School.
2. MA YOR'S OPENING COMMENTS FOR THE NEW YEAR - By Mayor Belforte.
3. SSU STUDENT REPORT - By Cameron Baxter, Speaker of the Senate, Sonoma State
University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU ASI) Legislative Representative
4. CITY MANAGER I CITY ATTORNEY I DEPARTMENT HEAD BRIEFINGS
City Manager Gonzalez provided introductory comments on each of the following items.
A. Introduction of Sergeant Jason Krauss by Acting Public Safety Director Amato
B. Introduction of New Deputy Chief Building Official, Greg Adams by Director of
Development Services Jenkins
C. Santa Rosa Plain Groundwater Basin Planning Workshop, Rohnert Park City Hall,
Wednesday, January 12,2011,6:30-9:00 p.m. reviewed by Director of Development
Services Jenkins
D. Senior Center Open House for new carpet installed via "adopt a carpet square" fundraiser,
Wednesday, January 12,2011,4:00 p.m. - Director of Public Works and Community
Services McArthur introduced Supervisor Schieberl for review ofthis item.
ADDITIONAL ITEM:
LED & Induction Lighting Demonstration Project reviewed by Director of Public Works
and Community Services McArthur and Public Wor~s Project Manager Chung.
E. Project Forecast January -June 2011 by City Manager Gonzalez
F. Update on Governor's Budget Proposal by City Manager Gonzalez. Discussion included
Council concurrence on the need to be actively in touch with legislators in Sacramento
and the need to meet with local representative as soon as possible and requested the City
Manager to prepare a report back to Council on the availability of redevelopment funds in
terms of bond proceeds and tax increment funds and the list of projects previously
presented to Council along with a timeline on when some of these can be done.
5.. PUBLIC COMMENTS - Mayor Belforte invited public comments at 5:47 p.m.
1. Morgan Cummesky, resident and daughter of Kate Weber, shared comments on crosswalks.
2. Kate Weber, resident, shared comments on pedestrian safety.
3. Larry Resnick, resident, shared questions for the Sewer Stakeholders Committee as a
proponent of Measure L.
4. Christal Barquero, resident, shared comments on public street safety.
6. CONSENT CALENDAR
Mayor Belforte pulled Item No. 6.B.1 on City Bills. .
A. Approval of Minutes for:
1. City Special Meeting - December 7, 20 1 0
2. City-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting - December 14; 2010
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
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. 201l-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 l, 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 of Olisaemeka 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 20 10/20 11 on City Council Travel Expenditures
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Mackenzie/Stafford) and carried unanimously to approve
the Consent Calendar items with the exception ofltem No. 6.B.1 (City Bills)
Item removed from the Consent Calendar for discussion:
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Stafford/Mackenzie) and carried unanimously with Mayor
Belforte recused on payment to Stanley Steamer listed on page 16 of City
Bills, to approve City Bills/Demands for Payment as submitted.
7. AFFORDABLE HOUSING LINKAGE FEE for NONRESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
Economic Stimulus Action: Review of the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee for Nonresidential
Development
A. Staff Report by Director of Development Services/City Engineer Jenkins
B. Public Comments - Mayor Belforte invited public comments for this item at 6:07 p.m.
1. Ken Blackman, Santa Rosa, representing Redwood Equities, expressed approval of
repealing the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee per staff recommendation reviewed for
this item.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Callinan/Stafford) and carried 4 - 1 dissenting (Mackenzie),
as recommended by staff, to proceed with preparation of an ordinance repealing
the Affordable Housing Linkage Fee program.
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 by Director of Development Services/City Engineer Jenkins
B. Public Comments - Mayor Be1forte invited public comments for this item at 6:24 p.m.
1. Ken Blackman, Santa Rosa, representing Redwood Equities, expressed support of
repealing the Public Art Ordinance per staff recommendation reviewed for this item.
2. Robin Miller, resident, Chair of the Cultural Arts Commission, expressed support of
lowering the Public Art Fee to Yz% rather than eliminating it.
3. Memo distributed at the dais from Ronald Breeze of the Rohnert Park Cultural Arts
Commission, expressed support of the public art ordinance with 1 % fee.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Mackenzie/Stafford) failed 2 - 3 dissenting (Ahanotu,
Callanan and Belforte) to adopt option #4 of the staff report to amend the
municipal code to add a provision allowing the city council to suspend the
public art fee section of the municipal code by resolution.
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Callinan/Ahanotu) carried 4 - 1 dissenting (Mackenzie) to
approve option # 1 as recommended by staff to repeal the public art ordinance
and accompanying resolution.
RECESSED: Mayor Belforte recessed this meeting at 6:40 p.m.
RECONVENED: Mayor Belforte reconvened this meeting at 6:45 p.m. with
all Council Member present.
9. BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
A. Council consideration of nominations and appointments to advisory bodies for terms
expired December 3l, 20 1 0
1. Bicycle Advisory Committee - Five two-year terms: Council CONCURRED with
. the new appointment of Daniel Hopley (Stafford nomination) and re-appointment of
Creighton Bell (Mackenzie nomination) for two-year terms to expire December 31,
2012. Council CONCURRED to direct staff to advertise for the remaining three
vacancies (Ahanotu, Belforte and Callinan nominations).
2. Cultural Arts Commission - Two four-year terms: Council CONCURRED to direct
staff to advertise for these two vacancies (Ahanotu and Stafford nominations).
3. Mobile Home Park Rent Appeals Board-Two two-year terms: Council CONCURRED
with the re-appointments of Jason Merrick (Stafford nomination) and Kurt Engelhart
(Mackenzie nomination) for two-year terms to expire December 31, 2012.
4. Parks & Recreation Commission - Five two-year terms: Council CONCURRED with
the re-appointments of Nick Aronis (Stafford nomination), Michael Bird (Callinan
nomination), Gerald Griffin (Mackenzie nomination) and Chris Borr (Belforte
nomination), and with the new appointment of Bonnie Black (Ahanotu nomination) for
two year terms to expire December 31,2012.
5." Planning Commission - Five two-year terms: Council CONCURRED with the
re-appointments of David Armstrong (Stafford nomination) and John Borba (Callinan
nomination) and with the new appointments of Susan Adams (Ahanotu nomination),
Susan Hayden (Mackenzie nomination) and Gerard Giudice (Belforte nomination) for
two year terms to expire December 31,2012.
6. Senior Citizens Advisory Commission - Five two-year terms: Council CONCURRED
with the re-appointments of Elaine Sampson (Stafford nomination), Janie Hawker
(Ahanotu nomination), and Marion Ackerman (Mackenzie nomination) for two year
terms to expire December 31, 2012. Council CONCURRED to direct staff to advertise
for the remaining two vacancies (Callinan and Belforte nominations).
7. Sister Cities Relations Committee - Five two-year terms (At Large): Council
CONCURRED with the at large re-appointments of Faith Adam, Dennis
McCormack, Olga Senyk,and Timothy Wandling for two year terms to expire
December 31, 2012.
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: Council CONCURRED to direct
staff to advertise for this vacancy (Mackenzie nomination).
C. Council consideration of amending Rohnert Park Municipal Code, Chapter 2.24, Cultural
Arts Commission to make changes for synchronization with other City Commissions/
Committees/Boards including changing the term of office from four years to two years
. ACTION: Moved/seconded (Stafford/Mackenzie) and carried unanimously to approve
the preparation of an ordinance as recommended by staff amending the Rohnert Park
Municipal Code to change the term of office for the Cultural Arts Commission from four
years to two years.
10. MARIN/SONOMA MOSQUITO & VECTOR CONTROL DISTRICT APPOINTMENT
of Rohnert Park Citizen Representative
ACTION: Moved/seconded (Stafford/Mackenzie) and carried unanimously to approve the
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 a four-year
term to Expire December 31,2014.
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
for~es and liaison roles - Council CONCURRED with these assignments for 2011 as
distributed and reviewed by Mayor Belforte and CONCURRED with changes to the list
(copy attached to original set of these minutes) as follows:
STANDING COMMITTEES - REMOVED Transportation Issues;
AD-HOC COMMITTEES - CHANGED General Plan Implementation TO Development
Agreement with Mayor Belforte's appointments of Council Members Stafford and Callinan;
and
LIAISON APPOINTMENTS TO OTHER COMMITTEES - Mayor Belforte
SWITCHED the appointments for the Library Advisory Board FROM Liaison Callinan and
Alternate Ahanotu TO Liaison Ahanotu and Alternate Callinan as requested by Council
Member Callinan.
Council CONCURRED with recommendation by Vice Mayor Mackenzie to formally
request a legal. opinion from the City Attorney regarding how the Council can deal with
future Golf Course matters because of four Council Members living in the vicinity of the golf
course and posing a conflict of interest on issues coming forward.
12. STANDING COMMITTEE / AD HOC COMMITTEE / LIAISON REPORTS
A. Standing Committee Reports - None
B. Ad Hoc Committees
1. Education Committee-CRPUSD/SSU - Mayor Belforte and Council Member Stafford
reported on the January 3rd meeting with Sonoma State University.
C. Liaison Reports - None
D. Other Reports
1. Vice Mayor Mackenzie advised he was planning to accept an invitation from Sonoma
State University to talk about SSU and community involvement on January 26th.
2. Vice Mayor Mackenzie reported on the January 10th meeting of the Water Advisory
Committee.
13. COMMUNICATIONS - None
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 by City Manager Gonzalez
ACTION: Council CONCURRED to schedule a special meeting for a closed session
on this item on January 24th at 5:00 p.m. and schedule a closed session on
this item at the end of the Ja~uary 25th regular City CounCil meeting.
B. Other informational items
1. Vice Mayor Mackenzie reported on (1) the Regional Climate Protection Authority
Ribbon Cutting Ceremony by the newly seated Board of Supervisors he attended this
afternoon for the new 1.4 Mega Watt Direct Fuel Power Plant in the Sonoma County
complex, and (2) the Sonoma County Board of Supervisors meeting he attended this
morning with the Swearing In Ceremony and formal seating of the new Board of
Supervisors and announcing 2011 liaison assignments.
2. Mayor Belforte called attention to (1) the need for shelter for the homeless population
due to the cold weather and requested the City Manager to follow up on this, and
(2) recent letter from John Dell'Osso of the RCHS Project Graduation Committee
requesting waiver of fees for use of the Callinan Sports Center for this year's event on
June 3rd. City Manager Gonzalez advised staff is looking at possibilities.
15. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Mayor Belforte invited public comments at 7:40 p.m. No one responded.
Council Member Callinan recused himself from discussion of the closed session item
scheduled next on the agenda due to a conflict of interest having property within 500 feet of
the property to be discussed and left the meeting at 7:40 p.m.
16. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A
Mayor Belforte recessed the meeting to closed session at 7:42 p.m. to consider:
1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code ~54956.8)
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
Mayor Belforte reconvened this meeting at 8:20 p.m. with all Council Members present
except Council Member Callinan.
18. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~ 54957.1)
Mayor Belforte advised there was nothing to report from the closed session.
19. ADJOURNMENT of City Council-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting
Mayor Belforte adjourned this meeting at 8:21 p.m.
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