2012/08/14 City Council Agenda
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ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Rohnert Park Financing Authority (RPFA)
JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, August 14,2012
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 second and fourth Tuesdays of each month at 5:00 p.m. in the
Council Chamber. City CouncillRPF A agendas and minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
www.mcitv.org.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: CouncillRPF 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 Councilor 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 ofRohnert Park at, or prior to the public hearing(s).
SIMULTANEOUS MEETING COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE (Government Code ~ 54952.3):
Members of the City Council receive no additional compensation as a result of convening this joint
meeting of the City Council and the Rohnert Park Financing Authority.
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 AT THE END OF THIS AGENDA
ANNOUNCEMENT: Please turn off all pagers, cellular telephones and all other communication
devices upon entering the Council Chamber. Use ofthese devices causes electrical interference with
the sound recording and TV broadcast systems.
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
distJibuted will also be made available for inspection at City Hall during regular business hours.
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
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1. CITY COUNCILlRPFA JOINT REGULAR MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL
CALL
(Ahanotu_ Belforte_ Callinan_ Stafford_ Mackenzie_)
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PRESENTATION
A. 50th Anniversary Update
B. Sonoma Mountain Business Cluster Update
C. Sonoma Clean Power Presentation Report on the Feasibility of Community Choice
Aggregation in Sonoma County
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 afuture agenda for Council consideration.
A. Department of Public Safety- Identity Theft Program overview
B. Department of Public Works- Restoration of the Friendly City Sign
C. Department of Development Services- Northwest Specific Plan Progress Update
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 and/or the Rohnert Park Financing Authority and Successor Agency to the
Community Development Commission, 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/RPF A Joint Regular Meeting - July 24, 2012
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated August 14, 2012
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2012-93 Authorizing and Approving the Plans & Specifications for the 2012
Sidewalk Access Ramp ADA Upgrades Project No. 2012-02 and
A warding the Contract to Wildcat Engineering
2. 2012-94 Award Contract for Janitorial Maintenance for Various City
Facilities
Council MotionN ote
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7. DISCUSSION OF FEDERALLY FUNDED (CMAQ) PROPOSED PROJECTS AND
RECEIVE COUNCIL DIRECTION
Discussion and direction on proposed street projects to be submitted for federal funding,
the outreach related to those projects, and development of a Complete Streets Resolution.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comment
C. Council Discussion/Direction
8. APPROVAL OF THE DESIGN GUIDELINES FOR COMMERCIAL, MIXED-USE,
AND MULTI-FAMILY BUILDINGS
Approve and Adopt Design Guidelines for Commercial Mixed Use and Multi-Family
Buildings in Rohnert Park.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comment
C. Resolution for Adoption:
I. 2012-95 Approving and adopting the Design Guidelines for Commercial
Mixed Use and Multi-Family Buildings in Rohnert Park
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
9. BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
A. Council consideration of nominations and appointments to advisory bodies for
unexpired terms:
1. Sister Cities Relations Committee - three (3), two-year terms, expiring December 31,
2013 ("at large" nominations and appointments)
a. Public Comment
b. Council nomination/discussion/action
2. Mobile Home Park Rent Appeals Board - one (1), two-year term, expiring December
31, 2012 (nominations by Vice Mayor Stafford)
a. Public Comment
b. Council nomination/discussion/action
10. STANDING 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
1. Mayors and Council Members 8/9 (JM)
2. Waste & Recycling 8/6 (PS/AA)
B. Liaison Reports
1. Sonoma County Transportation Authority/Regional Climate Protection Authority
(SCTA/RCPA) (JM/AA)
2. Health Action Committee (AA)
3. Successor Agency Oversight Board 7/27 (JM)
4. Russian River Watershed Association 7/26 (JM)
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C. Other Reports
1. Nanami Horiuchi fi"om Rohnert Park's Sister City, Hashimoto City, Japan, visited
the week of August 6, 2012
11. 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.
A. Response to sales tax extension inquiry
12. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
13. 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.
14. CLOSED SESSION
A. Recess to Closed Session in Conference Room 2A to Consider:
1. CONFERENCE WITH REAL PROPERTY NEGOTIATORS (Government Code
954956.8)
Property: Foxtail Golf Course, 100 Golf Course Drive (APN Nos. 143-280-021,
143-280-045 143-280-061, 143-280-075, 143-280-078, 143-360-046, 143-360-047,
143-360-048, 143-360-049, 160-010-003, 160-010-021, a portion of 160-010-026,
160-040-054, 160-040-055, 160-040-056, 160-050-049, 160-050-050, 160-050-051,
160-050-052, and 160-070-005.)
City Negotiator: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager
Negotiating parties: City of Rohnert Park and Tom Isaak, President, Rohnert Park
Golf, LLC (CourseCo, Inc.)
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
B. Reconvene Joint Regular Meeting Open Session In Council Chamber
C. Mayor's Report On Closed Session (Government Code 9 54957.1)
15. 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. Any item raised by a member of the public which is not on the agenda 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.
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person to assist you while attending this City Council meeting, please contact the City Clerk's Office at
(707) 588-2227 at least 72 hours prior to the meeting to ensure arrangements for accommodation by the
City. Please notifY the City Clerk's Office as soon as possible if you have a visual impairment requiring
meeting materials to be produced in another format (Braille, audio-tape, etc.)
CERTIFICA TION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, JoAnne Cun'ie, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the August
]4,20]2, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City CouncillRPF A was posted and available for review
on August 9, 2012, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928. The
agenda is also available on the City web site at www.rpcitv.org,
Executed this 9th day of August, 2012, at Rohnert Park, California.
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nne CUrrie, CIty Clerk