2011/04/12 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, April 12, 2011
Joint Regular Meetirig - 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/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).
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 130 Avram Avenue. 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 ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE - Natalie Jones, Student, Waldo Rohnert Elementary School
3. SSU STUDENT REPORT
By Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU ASI) Legislative Representative
4. PRESENTATIONS
A. Sonoma County Budget Presentation by 2nd District Supervisor David Rabbitt
B. Sonoma County Tourism Bureau Quarterly Report
C. Mayor's Presentation of a Proclamation proclaiming April 22, 2011, as Children's
Memorial Day in Memory of Children Who Have Died by Violence
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. Report on Water System Annual Inspection
B. Announcement of Earth Day Extravaganza
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, 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-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting - March 22,2011
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment
2. CDC Bills/Demands for Payment
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2011-28 Awarding a Contract for Independent Audit Services To Vavrinek, Trine,
Day & Co., LLP
2. 2011-29 Authorizing the Purchase of a Replacement Dump Truck for the Public
Works Department
D. Acceptance of3rd Quarterly Report FY 2010/2011 on City Council Travel Expenditures
E. Approving Letter Supporting Public Interest Energy Research (PIER) Program
8. SOCIAL MEDIA - Review of legal and policy considerations in using social media sites for
public communication and dissemination of information and consideration of the draft Social
Media Policy and City Facebook page
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction
9. WATER CONSERVATION - Consideration of Baseline, Targets, and Compliance Year
Urban Per Capita Water Use for the Implementation of the Water Conservation Act of2009
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction
D. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2011-30 Authorizing and Approving a Letter Agreement Between and Among the
Cities of Santa Rosa, Rohnert Park, Sonoma, Cotati, Petaluma, Town of
Windsor and North Marin Water District, Marin Municipal Water District
and Valley of the Moon Water District for Establishing a Regional Alliance
to Comply with SP X7 -1, the Water Conservation Act of 2009
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
1. Economic Development, 4/5/11 mtg. (GB/PS)
2. Other, 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
A. Update on Tier I-Residential and Non-Residential Voluntary Measures to Supplement the
2010 Edition of California Building Standards Code (Cal Green)
1. Council discussion/direction
B. Other informational items, if any
13. PUBLIC COMMENTS
14. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER:
A. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code S54956.8)
Property: Described as a generally 60-foot wide city-owned right-of-way bound by
Enterprise Drive on the south, railroad tracks on the east, Rohnert Park Expressway on
the north and State Farm Insurance property on the west
City Negotiator: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager
Negotiating parties: City of Rohnert Park and John Lackey, Interim Real Estate Manager, for
Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART)
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
15. RECONVENE JOINT REGULAR MEETING OPEN SESSION IN COUNCIL CHAMBER
16. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~ 54957.1)
17. ADJOURNMENT of City Council-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting
NOTE: Time shownfor 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. I f you wish to speak on an item under discussion by the Council which appears onthis
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.
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Terri Griffin, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the
April 12, 2011, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDC/RPFA was posted and
available for review on April 7, 2011, 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 this ]'" day of April, 2011, at Rohnert Park, California.
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