2011/05/24 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, May 24, 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:
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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).
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*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.
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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 OrderIRoll Call
(Ahanotu _ c!allinan _ Mackenzie_Stafford _ Belforte ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. SSU STUDENT REPORT - By Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU
ASI) Legislative Representative, Amanda Burke, Community Affairs Senator
4. PRESENTATIONS
A. . Proclamation to Rancho Cotate Winners of Video Contest (1 st & 2nd Place)
B. Rebuilding Together Report by Diane Broadhead
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
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 Joint Special Meeting - May 10, 2011
2. City-CDC-RPFA Joint Regular Meeting - May 10,2011
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City BillslDemands for Payment
2. CDC BillslDemands for Payment
3. City Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending April 2011
4. CDC Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending April 2011
5. RPF A Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending April 2011
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2011-37 Establishing the Appropriations Limit for the City of Rohnert Park for the
2011-12 Fiscal Year Pursuant to Article XIII B of the California
Constitution
2. 2011-38 Declaring Weeds to be a Nuisance and Providing for Weed Abatement
Pursuant to Government Code Sections 39560 Through 39588; Article 2 -
Alternative Procedures for Weed and Rubbish Abatement and Setting
Public Hearing
3. 2011-39 Authorizing and Approving a Design Professional Services Agreement with
Questa Engineering Corporation for the Copeland Creek Bike Path
Reconstruction, City Project No. 2010-08
4. 2011-40 Approving the Agreement with California Public Employer Retiree System
(CaIPERS) to Provide California Employer's Retiree Benefit Trust
(CERBT) Services, Appointing the City Manager as Plan Administrator and
Authorizing the Plan Administrator to Execute All Related Documents to
Facilitate the Funding, Investment Management and Administration of Other
Post EmploymentBenefits (OPEB)
D. Approving Letter of Opposition for Senate Bill 34 California Water Resources
Investment Act of 20 11
8. Ordinance for Adoption:
Waive Reading and Adopt Ordinance (introduced May 10,2011)
A. No. 837 (Uncodified) Adopting a New Rate Structure and Rate Plan for Sewer
Service Charges
1. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
9. CALIFORNIA BUILDING STANDARDS CODE (Cal Green) - Consideration of
Adoption of Tier 1 Residential and Non-Residential Voluntary Measures to Supplement the
2010 Edition of California Building Standards Code, Cal Green Appendix A4 and A4 Tier 1
Level for Residential and Non-Residential New Construction
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Ordinance for Introduction: Waive Full Reading and Introduce Ordinance by Reading Title:
1. No. 838 Amending Chapter 15.26 (Green Building Standards Code) of the Rohnert Park
Municipal Code to Adopt, By Reference, Appendix A4 and A5 Tier 1 Level of
the 2010 California Green Building Standards Code <
a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
D. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2011-41 Setting a Time and Place for a Public Hearing for Proposed Adoption, By
Reference, of Appendix A4 and A5, Tier 1 Level of the 2010 Green Building
Standards Code
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
10. CLASS II BIKE LANE INSTALLATION ON WEST SIDE OF CAMINO COLEGIO
Consideration of the installation of a Class II Bike Lane along Camino Colegio with the
elimination of parking on the west side of Camino Colegio from Southwest Boulevard to
East Cotati Avenue to accommodate the Class II Bike Lane
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2011-42 Approving Installation ofa Class II Bicycle Lane on the West Side of
Camino Colegio
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
11. AMENDED AND RESTATED DEFERRED PAYMENT PLAN AGREEMENT FOR
SEWER CAPACITY CHARGES - Consideration of Resolution Authorizing Execution of
an Amended and Restated Deferred Payment Plan Agreement for Sewer Capacity Charges for
S(;fasons Pizzeria Sports Bar and Grill
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2011-43 Approving an Amended and Restated Deferred Payment Plan Agreement for
Sewer Capacity Charges for Seasons Pizzeria Sports Bar and Grill (563
Rohnert Park Expressway West)
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
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
1. Sonoma County/City Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG), 5/16 mtg. (PS)
2. Senior Citizens Advisory Commission, 5/19 mtg. (PS)
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 ona future agenda for Council
consideration.
14. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL, informational items, ifany
15. PUBLIC COMMENTS
16. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE 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
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.
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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 Griffm, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the
May 24, 2011, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDCIRPFA was posted and
available for review on May 19, 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 19th day of May, 2011, at Rohnert Park, California.
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