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2011/05/10 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.orf! ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL Community Development Commission Rohnert Park Financing Authority JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA Tuesday, May 10,2011 Joint Regular Meeting - Open Session: 5:00 p.m. MEETING. LOCATION: CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBER 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California The Robnert 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.Orfl 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 . Robnert Park Financing Authority of the City of Robnert 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 Robnert 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-ta e, 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 subjectto 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 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 3. SSU STUDENT REPORT By Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU ASI) Legislative Representative 4. PRESENTATIONS A. Proclamation Supporting the 350 Home and Garden Challenge, May 14 & 15,2011 B. Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund (REMIF) Update by Mark Ferguson, General Manager 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. Introduction of New Code Compliance Officer, Douglas Hearn B. EarJ:h Day Extravaganza Recap C. Performing Arts Center 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 tha~ 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 26, 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. 2011-35 Approving a Lease Agreement with Girl Scouts of Northern California for Use of the Scout Hut 2. 2011-36 Granting the Appeal of Planning Commission Decision to Deny a Conditional Use Permit for a Tobacco Store Located at 540 Raley's Towne Centre No. 23 8. CAMINO COLEGIO PAVING PROJECT - Consideration of Adding Class II Bike Lanes along Camino Colegio from Southwest Boulevard to East Cotati Avenue A. Staff Report B. Public Comments C Council discussion/direction 9. 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. Water Issues, 5/5/11 mtg. (GB/JM) B. Liaison Reports 1. Russian River Watershed Association Board of Directors, 4/28/11 mtg. (PS) 2. Sonoma County. Transportation AuthoritylRegional Climate Protection Authority (SCTAlRCPA), 5/9/11 mtg. (JM) C. Other Reports, if any 10. 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. 11. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL, informational items, if any 12. SEWER SERVICE CHARGES - Consideration of Adopting a New Rate Structure and Rate Plan for Sewer Service Charges A. Staff Report B. PUBLIC HEARING-Opportunity to hear public comment and receive written protests on proposed new rate structure and rate plan for sewer charges necessary to sustain City sewer operation 1. Open Public Hearing 2. Public comments 3. Close public hearing C. Report from City Clerk on written protests received D. Council discussion E. Council consideration of adoption of new rates (if there is no majority protest) L Ordinance for Introduction: Waive Full Reading and Introduce Ordinance by Reading Title: a. No. 837 (Uncodified) Adopting a New Rate Structure and Rate Plan for Sewer Service Charges a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote 13. PUBLIC COMMENTS 14. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCK ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER: A. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code ~54957.6) Agency designated representative: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager Rohnert Park Employees' Association (RPEA) Rohnert Park Public Safety Officers' Association (RPPSOA) Service Employees' International Union (S.E.I.U.) Local 1021 Confidential and Management Units 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 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 emer enc item under said Government Code and ma take action thereon CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA I, Terri Griffm, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the May 10,2011, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDCIRPFA was posted and available for review on May 5, 2011, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928. The agenda is also available on the City web site atwww.rpcitv.orl?:, Signed this 5th day of May, 2011, at Rohnert Park, California.