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2011/04/26 City Council Agenda City of Rohnert Park + 130 Avram Avenue + Rohnert Park, California 94928 PHONE: (707) 588-2227+ FAX: (707) 588-2274 + WEB: www.rocitv.ore: ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL Community Development Commission Rohnert Park Financing Authority JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, April 26, 2011 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/RPFA Agendas and Minutes may be viewed at the City's website: www.rvcitv.or!! Council/CDC/RPFA may discussand/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 1m 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 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 Chamber 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 - Michael Diaz, Student, Waldo Rohnert Elementary School 3. SSU STUDENT REPORT By Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. .(SSU ASI) Legislative Representative 4. PRESENTATION OF MAYOR'S PROCLAMATIONS A. Recognizing and Honoring RanchoCotate Cougars Varsity Wrestling Team as North Bay League Champions. B. Recognizing 1st Week in Mayas Affordable Housing Week C. Recognizing Mayas National Building Safety Month D. Recognizing May lih as Bike to Work Day 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. Update of Public Safety Sponsored Activities by Public Safety Director Masterson B. Budget Fiscal Year 2010/11 - 3rd Quarter 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, 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 - April 12, 2011 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 March 2011 4. CDC Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending March 2011 5. RPFA Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending March 2011 C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption: 1. 2011-31 Adopting a Social Media Policy 2. 2011-32 In Opposition to the Governor's Realignment Proposal to Shift Adult Parole Programs, Services and Supervision from the State to Local Governments D. Approving Letters of Support for AB 579 (Mobilehome Parks) and SB 444 (Land Use) 8. APPEAL HEARING - Application for Conditional Use Approval from Tareq Alrehani for a tobacco store at 540 Raley's Towne Centre No. 23 - Consideration of an appeal of the Planning Commission denial of a tobacco store at 540 Raley's Towne Centre No. 23 (File No. PL2011-:0014UP) A. Staff Report B. PUBLIC HEARING C. Council discussion/direction 9. ELECTRONIC FREEWAY SIGN - Consideration of Awarding Bid Proposal to N2 Holdings, Inc. to design, build and market an advanced digital outdoor advertising system for operation of the electronic freeway sign located on the west side of Commerce Boulevard and adjacent to Highway 101 A. Staff Report B. Public Comments C. Resolution forAdoption: 1. 2011-33 Awarding Bid Proposal to N2 Holdings, Inc. to Design, Build, and Market an Advanced Digital Outdoor Advertising System and Authorizing the City Manager to Enter into a Related Lease Agreement with N2 Holdings, Inc. a. Council motion/discussion/vote 10. ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK FOUNDATION Consideration of establishing the City of Rohnert Park Foundation as a 501 (c )(3) organization for the purpose of benefiting the community at large and raising funds in connection with the development of civic projects within the City A. Staff Report B. Public Comments C. Resolution for Adoption: 1. 2010-34 Supporting the Establishment of the City of Rohnert Park Foundation as a 501(c)(3) Non-Profit Corporation and Authorizing the City M&nager to Take All Actions Necessary to Legally Establish the Foundation a. Council motion/discussion/vote 11. SISTER CITIES RELATIONS COMMITTEE MATTER - Consideration of sponsorship or waiver of fees for Sister Cities' Committee fundraising event 1. Staff report 2. Council discussion/direction 12. FEASIBILITY STUDY FOR ALTERNATIVE ROHNERT PARK SMART STATION LOCATION - Consideration of Feasibility Study for the Alternative Rohnert Park Sonoma Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) Rail Station location near Rohnert Park Expressway 1. Staff report 2. Council discussion/direction 13. CDC ITEM -FACADE IMPROVEMENT AND COMMERCIAL REHABILITATION LOAN PROGRAM - Consideration of this Program to assist the Economic Development/Job Creation Program of the City A. Staff Report B. Public Comments C. CDC Resolution for Adoption: 1. 2010-04 Approving the Fayade Improvement and Commercial Rehabilitation Loan Program for the Rohnert Park Redevelopment Project Area and Directing Staff to Prepare a Service Agreement for Program Administration by the Sonoma County Community Development Commission ("SCCDC") a. CDC motion/discussion/vote 14. 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 1. Library Advisory Board, 4/19/11 mtg. (AA) 2. Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund (REM IF) Quarterly Meeting, 4/14/11 (GG) 3. Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate Protection Authority (SCT AlRCP A), 4/25/11 mtg. (JM) 4. Other, if any C. Other Reports 1. Mayors' and Councilmembers' Association, 4/14/11 mtg. (AA/JM/GB) 2. Association of Bay Area Governments (ABA G) General Assembly, 4/14/11 (JM) 3. Sonoma County/City Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG), 4/18/11 mtg. (PS) 4. Other, if any 15. 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. 16. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL, informational items, ifany 17. PUBLIC COMMENTS 18. RECESS TO CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER: A. PUBLIC EMPLOYEE PERFORMANCE EV ALUA TION (Government Code 954957) Title: City Attorney B. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code 954956.8) 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 19. RECONVENE JOINT REGULAR MEETING OPEN SESSION 20. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CITY COUNCIL CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~ 54957.1) 21. 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. 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 26, 20]], Joint Regular Meeting of the RohnertPark City Council/CDC/RPFA was posted and available for review on April 2], 20] ], at Rohnert Park City Hall, ] 30 A vram A venue, Rohnert Park, California 94928. The agenda is also available on the City web site at www.rpcitv.orl!, Signed this 2] sl day of April, 20 I], at Rohnert Park, California.