2011/10/25 City Council Agenda
City of Rohnert Park. 130 Avram Avenue. Rohnert Park, California 94928
PHONE: (707) 588-2227. FAX: (707) 792-1876 . WEB: www.rocitv.ore
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Community Development Commission
Rohnert Park Financing Authority
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday, October 25, 2011
Joint Regular Meeting - Open Session: 5:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBER
130 A vram 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.
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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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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)
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*SEE NOTE AT THE END 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 broadcast 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
Led by Josh LaBoy, 6th grade student, Marguerite Hahn Elementary School
3. PRESENTATIONS
A. Update on the Sonoma County Water Agency's Drainage Maintenance and Creek
Restoration Program by Michael Thompson, Assistant General Manager - Business
Operations
B. Mayor's Presentation of a Proclamation Recognizing the Month of October as
DollarWI$E Youth: Planning for the Future
4. CITY MANAGER / CITY ATTORNEY / DEPARTMENT HEAD BRIEFINGS
This time is set aside for City Staff to present a verbal report to the 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. Public Safety Message for Halloween
B. Public Safety Annual Report regarding Use Permits for Alcoholic Beverage
Establishments
C. Update regarding Citizen Relationship Management (CRM) System (Reach Rohnert Park)
D. Update regarding Strategic Plan Process and Workshop scheduled for November 5, 2011
5. 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.
6. 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 Council/CDC/RPF A Joint Regular Meeting - October 11, 2011
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated October 25,2011
2. CDC Bills/Demands for Payment dated October 25, 2011
3. City Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending August 2011
4. CDC Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending August 2011
5. RPF A Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending August 2011
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2011-99 Authorizing and Approving a Consultant Services Agreement with
Environmental Science Associates (ESA) for Preparation of
Environmental Documents for the Northeast Specific Plan Area
2. 2011-100 Supporting HR 192 (Woolsey) the Gulf of the Farallones and Cordell
Bank National Marine Sanctuaries Boundary Modification and Protection
Act
3. 2011-101 Rejecting Claim for Damages: Isabel Roa Del Valle
D. Approval of Letter in Support of Sonoma County Water Agency River Parkways Grant
Application for Colgan Creek Channel Restoration Project
E. Approval of Cancellation of December 27, 2011, City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular
Meeting due to holidays
7. ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM AND PRIORITIES
Consideration and direction to staff regarding priorities for the Goals, Objectives and
Strategies of the Economic Development Program
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction
8. TEMPORARY DEBRIS BOX SERVICES
Consideration of all matters relating to the City Council's authorization of haulers to provide
temporary debris box and roll-off services, including but not limited to: (a) rescission of the
award for an exclusive single-provider agreement with Rohnert Park Disposal under
Resolution 2011-88, (b) award of short term agreements on substantially similar terms to the
agreement with existing haulers, and (c) rejection of all proposals and direction to the City
Manager to begin negotiations for agreement(s) for temporary debris box services on the
open market.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2011-102 Rescinding Resolution No. 2011-88, Which Awarded a Franchise
Agreement for Exclusive Temporary Debris Box and Roll-Off Collection
Services to Rohnert Park Disposal, Inc.
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
2. 2011-103 Authorizing the Adoption of Short-Term Agreements with Existing
Haulers
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
3. 2011-104 Rejecting All Proposals and Directing the City Manager to Negotiate
Agreement(s) for Temporary Debris Box Services on the Open Market and
Bring Back Recommended Agreement(s) to the City Council for Approval
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
9. STANDING COMMITTEE / AD HOC COMMITTEE / LIAISON REPORTS
This time is set aside to allow Council members serving on Council committees or on
regional boards, commissions or committees to present a verbal report on the activities of the
respective boards, commissions or committees on which they serve. No action may be taken.
A. Standing Committee Reports
B. Liaison Reports
1. Association of Bay Area Governments Fall General Assembly, 10/13 (JM/PS)
2. Sonoma County Mayors' and Councilmembers' Association meeting, 10/13 (GB/AA)
3. Library Advisory Board meeting, 10/18 (AA)
4. Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors meeting, 10/18 (PS)
C. Other Reports
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
A. Update regarding event held adjacent to Rohnert Park city limit (4260 Snyder Lane)
I. Council discussion/direction
12. PUBLIC COMMENTS
13. CLOSED SESSION MATTERS
A. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER:
1) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - EXISTING LITIGATION
(Subdivision (a) of Government Code section 54956.9)
Concerned Citizens of Sonoma County, et al. v. City of Rohnert Park/Rohnert Park
Disposal, Inc., et al. Sonoma County Superior Court No. 250536
2) CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL - ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code
section 54956.9: one case
B. RECONVENE JOINT REGULAR MEETING OPEN SESSION IN COUNCIL
CHAMBER
C. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~ 54957.1)
14. ADJOURNMENT
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.
CERIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Terri Griffm, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the October 25,
2011, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/CDC/RPFA was posted and available for review
on October 20, 2011, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928. The
agenda is also available on the City web site atwww.rocity.or2,
Executed this 20th day of October, 20 II, at Rohnert Park, California.
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