2011/06/14 City Council Agenda
City of Rohnert Park. 130 AvraID Avenue. Rohnert Park, California 94928
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ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Community Development Commission
Rohnert Park Financing Authority
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
REVISED AGENDA
Tuesday, June 14,2011
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.rocitv.orll
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
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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 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 _ Callinan_Mackenzie _ Stafford _ Belforte ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. 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.
4. . RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL-ANTICIPATED LITIGATION-Significant
. exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code ~54956.9:
Two cases (Government Tort Claims presented by Jeffrey Murray and Ling Murray on
file at the City Clerk's office)
5. RECONVENE JOINT REGULAR MEETING OPEN SESSION IN COUNCIL CHAMBER
6. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~54957.1)
7. SSU STUDENT REPORT - By Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU
ASI) Legislative Representative, Amanda Burke, Community Affairs Senator
8. 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 Sandy Litzie, Part-Time ManagementAnalyst, by City Manager Gonzalez
B. Introduction of Rebecca Zito, Part-Time Management Analyst, by Director of Public
Works & Community Services McArthur
9. 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 24, 2011
2. City-CDC-RPF A Joint Regular Meeting - May 24, 2011
B. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2011-44 Approving and Adopting the Plans and Specifications for the 20 11 Various
Streets Overlays, Project No. 2010-09, Awarding the Contract to Ghilotti
Bros., Inc. and Authorizing the City Manager to Execute the Contract
Documents
2. 2011-45 Rejecting the Claim of Richard Miller (re: alleged auto damage from
asphalt)
3. 2011-46 Honoring Judy Hauff, City Clerk, on the Occasion of Her Retirement
C. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment
2. CDC Bills/Demands for Payment
10. CITY-WIDE PEDESTRIAN AND TRAFFIC SAFETY REVIEW - Consideration of
recommendations for City-Wide Pedestrian and Traffic Safety Improvements including along
Snyder Lane and the intersection of Rancho Verde Circle and Rohnert Park Expressway
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction/action
11. WEED ABATEMENT PROTEST HEARING - Consideration of Abatement of Weeds
Constituting a Nuisance within the City of Rohnert Park and hold protest hearing for same
A. Staff Report
B PUBLIC HEARING
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2011-47 Ordering the City Manager to Abate Weeds Constituting a Nuisance within
the City
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
12. REVIEW OF PROPOSED BUDGETS FOR FISCAL YEAR 2011/12
A. Staff Report for:
1. Enterprise Funds/Sewer, Water and Refuse
2. CDC Budget
3. Five Year Capital Improvement Plan (CIP)
4. Proposed Financial Policies
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction
13. 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 HEARING
C. Ordinance for Adoption: Waive Full Reading and Adopt 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
14. 2010 URBAN WATER MANAGEMENT PLAN (UWMP) - Consideration of Adopting
the City's 2010 Urban Water Management Plan including Community Water Use Targets for
2020 and authorizing filing with the California Department of Water Resources
A. Staff Report
B. PUBLIC HEARING
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2011-48 Adopting the City of Rohnert Park 2010 Urban Water Management Plan and
Authorizing Its Filing with the California Department of Water Resources
a; Council motion/discussion/vote
15. . JOINT POWERS AGREEMENT FOR HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ACTIVITIES
Council consideration of approval to continue participation in the Joint Powers Agreement
for Housing and Community Development Activities for the 2012/2014 renewal cycle
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2011-49 Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a Letter of Intent to Remain a
Participant in the Joint Powers Agreement for Housing and Community
Development Activities for the 2012/2014 Renewal Cycle
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
16. WILFRED DOWDELL SPECIFIC PLAN REIMBURSEMENT FEE - Consideration of
Proposed Wilfred Dowdell Specific Plan Reimbursement Fee per Government Code 65456
and Rohnert Park Municipal Code 17.06.450 to recover the costs of preparation, adoption,
and administration of the specific plan, including CEQA costs
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction
17. 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. Ad Hoc Committee Reports
1. Education Committee, 5/31/11 (GB/PS)
2. Other, if any
C. Liaison Reports
1. Redwood Empire Municipal Insurance Fund (REMIF) Board of Directors, 6/9/11 (GG/JC)
2. Other, if any
D. Other Reports
1. Mayors' and Councilmembers' Association, 6/9/11 mtg. (JM/AA)
2. Other, if any
18. 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.
19. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL, informational items, if any
20. PUBLic COMMENTS
21. ADJOURNMENT of City Conncil-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 tobe 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 ther~m.
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Terri GriffIn, Deputy City Clerk for the City of RohnertPark, declare that the foregoing revised agenda for the
June 14,2011, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDC/RPFA was posted and available
for review on June 10,2011, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 AvramAvenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928.
The agenda is also available on the City web site atwww.rpcitv.orl?:,
Signed this 10th day of June, 2011, at Rohnert Park, California.
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