2012/08/28 City Council Agenda
Mission Statement
"We Care for Our Residents by Working Together to
Build a Better Community for Today and Tomorrow."
City ofRohnert Park + 130 Avram Avenue + Rohnert Park, California 94928
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ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Rohnert Park Financing Authority (RPFA)
Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission
JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, August 28, 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 CouncillRPFA agendas and minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
www.rpcitv.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 Rohneli 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).
SIMUL T ANEOUS MEETING COMPENSATION DISCLOSURE (Government Code S 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 oftime 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 ]30 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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1. CITY COUNCIL/RPFA JOINT REGULAR MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL
CALL
(Ahanotu _ Belforte _ Callinan_Stafford __ Mackenzie ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. 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
1. Green Music Center Grand Opening, Traffic Operational Plan
2. Six-month Traffic Analysis
B. Department of Public Works- Performing Alis Center Program Update
C. City Manager- 50th Am1iversary Update
4. SSU STUDENT REPORT
By Bernadette Butkiewicz, Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU ASI)
Legislative Representative
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 - August 14, 2012
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated August 28,2012
2. Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission/Demands for
Payment dated August 28,2012
3. RPFA - Cash Report for Month Ending July 2012
4. Housing Successor Agency - Cash Report for Month Ending July 2012
5. Redevelopment Successor Agency - Cash Report for Month Ending July 2012
6. Annual Report of Co-sponsorship and Fee Waivers FY 2011-2012
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2012-97 Authorizing and Approving the City of Rohnert Park's continued
commitment to open Government and compliance with the Ralph M.
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Brown Act during the State of California's three-year suspension of
state mandates as contained in AB 1464 and SB 1006
2. 2012-98
Authorizing and Accepting Caltrans Right-of-Way Relinquishment
Council MotionlV ote
7. PROPOSED BUSINESS LICENSE ORDINANCE AMENDMENT DISCUSSION
Discussion and direction regarding a proposed change to the municipal code exempting
community service program vendors from business license fees.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comment
C. Council Discussion/Direction
8. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE RECREATION FEE SCHEDULE FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICES FACILITIES, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS
Discussion and direction regarding proposed adjustments to the community facilities user
fee schedule for use and participation in community service events, programs, and
facilities.
A. Staff RepOli
B. Public Comment
C. Council Discussion/Direction
9. TEFRA PUBLIC HEARING (NOT BEFORE 6 PM)
Approving the issuance of bonds by the Independent Cities Finance Authority with respect
to the Rancho Feliz Mobile Home Park and the Las Casitas De Sonoma Mobile Home
Park.
A. Staff Report
B. PUBLIC HEARING
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2012-99 Approving the issuance of bonds by the Independent Cities
Finance Authority.
a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
(Ahanotu _ Belforte _ Callinan_Stafford _ Mackenzie ~
10. ST ANDING 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. Waste & Recycling, 8/22 (PS/AA)
B. Liaison Reports
1. Chamber of Commerce, 8/21 (PS)
2. Sonoma County Waste Management Agency, 8/23 (McArthur)
C. Other Reports
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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.
12. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
As an agenda item for a future meeting: Consideration of proposal to utilize
Community Impact Reports as part of City approval of new commercial
developments over 25000 square feet. (Mackenzie)
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: Gold Ridge School Property, 1455 Golf Course Drive (APN No. 160-400-
055)
City Negotiator: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager
Negotiating parties: City of Rohnert Park and Robert Haley, Superintendent, Cotati-
Rohnert Park Unified School District
Under Negotiation: Price and Terms
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 de ending on the ace at which the meeting
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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.
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) 588-2227 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.)
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
], Carrie Willis, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the
August 28,2012, Joint Regu]ar Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/RPF A was posted and available for
review on August 23, 2012, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 A vram A venue, Rohnert Park, California 94928.
The agenda is also available on the City web site at www.rpcitv.or2,
Executed this 23th day of August, 20]2, at Rohnert Park, California.
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Carne Willis, Deputy City Clerk