2012/09/11 City Council Agenda
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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, September 11, 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 Council/RPFA agendas and minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
www.rpcity.org.
PUBLIC HEARINGS: Council/RPFA 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 of Rohnert 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 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
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devices upon entering the Council Chamber. Use of these 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
distributed will also be made available for inspection at City Hall during regular business hours.
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing Authority/Successor Agency
September 11, 2012
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1. CITY COUNCILIRPFAlSUCCESSOR AGENCY JOINT REGULAR MEETING -
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Ahanotu_ Belforte _ Callinan_Stafford _ Mackenzie ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Kylie Lunders, Evergreen Elementary School student
3. DEDICATING MOMENT OF SILENCE IN MEMORY OF 9/11
4. PRESENTATION
A. Proclaiming Saturday, September 22,2012 Russian River Cleanup Day
B. 50th Anniversary Update
5. STUDY SESSION: PLACEMAKING- CENTRAL ROHNERT PARK
Discussion of Placemaking in Central Rohnert Park, including the planning efforts to
implement the FOCUS Grant-Priority Development Area Grant (PDA Grant), SMART
Station (SMART) and State Farm property revitalization, and potential transportation
projects consistent with Metropolitan Transportation Commission's One Bay Area Grant
program
A. Staff Presentation
1. FOCUS Grant - Priority Development Area
2. State Farm Revitalization
3. SMART Station
4. Potential Transportation Projects
B. Questions
C. Public Comments
D. Council Discussion/Direction
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.
7. 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 Special Meeting - August 22, 2012
2. City Council/RPF A/Successor Agency Joint Regular Meeting - August 28, 2012
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated September 11, 2012
2. City - Cash Report for Month Ending July 2012
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C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2012-100 Approving Amendment of the Conflict ofInterest Code (Biennial
Review of the Conflict of Interest Code)
2. 2012-101 Authorizing and Approving Agreement with Sonoma County for
Election Services
3. 2012-102 Approving the Job Descriptions and Salary Ranges for Utility Billing
and Revenue Manager, Accounting Supervisor, and Accountant
4. 2012-103 Approving, Authorizing, and Directing Execution of a Release of
Supplemental Regulatory Agreement and Declaration of Restrictive
Covenants Relating to the Rancho Feliz Mobile Home Park
5. 2012-104 Authorizing and Approving Agreement with the State of California,
California Technology Agency for Providing Internet Service to the
City's Data Network
D. RPF A Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2012-01 Approving, Authorizing, and Directing Execution of (A) Directions
to Redeem Prior Bonds Issued by the Authority to Assist in
Financing the Rancho Feliz Mobile Home Park and the Las Casitas
de Sonoma Mobile Home Park (Together, the "Projects") and (B)
Releases of Certain Regulatory Agreements and Declarations of
Restrictive Covenants Recorded on the Projects in Connection with
the Issuance of the Prior Bonds
Council MotionN ote
8. PUBLIC HEARING (NOT BEFORE 6PM) ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO
BUILDING PLAN CHECK AND INSPECTION FEE SCHEDULE AND
PLANNING FEE SCHEDULE
Consideration of approving new fees, minor adjustments, and administrative corrections
to Building Plan Check and Inspection Fee Schedule and Planning Fee Schedule
A. Staff Report
B. Public Hearing
C. Resolution for Adoption
1. 2012-105 Approving Amending Building Plan Check and Inspection Fee
Schedule and Planning Fee Schedule
a. Council Motion/DiscussionN ote
9. PUBLIC HEARING (NOT BEFORE 6PM) ADOPTION OF AMENDMENTS TO
CERTAIN PROPOSED COMMUNITY FACILITIES USER FEE SCHEDULE
Consideration of approving adjustments to the Community Facilities User Fee Schedule
for use and participation in community service events, programs, and facilities
A. Staff Report
B. Public Hearing
C. Resolution for Adoption
1. 2012-106 Approving the Modified Recreational Facility Rental and Program
Fee Schedule and Superseding Resolution 2010-27
a. Council Motion/DiscussionN ote
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10. SONOMA COUNTY LIBRARY COMMISSION AD HOC COMMITTEE
APPOINTMENT
Council consideration of City representative appointment to the Sonoma County Library
Commission Ad Hoc Committee to review the Joint Powers Agreement
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comment
C. Council Discussion/Direction/Action
11. 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 Report
1. Waste & Recycling, 9/11 (PS/AA)
B. Liaison Reports
1. Health Action Committee, 9/7 (AA)
C. Other Reports
12. 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.
13. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
14. 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.
15. CLOSED SESSION
A. Recess to Closed Session in Conference Room 2A to Consider:
1. Conference with Legal Counsel- Anticipated Litigation.
Significant exposure to litigation (Cal. Gov't Code section 54956.9(b)(1)): (Two
cases).
B. Reconvene Joint Regular Meeting Open Session In Council Chamber
C. Mayor's Report On Closed Session (Government Code S 54957.1)
16. 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 endin on the ace at which the meetin
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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.
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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, Carrie Willis, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the
September 1 I, 2012, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/RPF A was posted and available
for review on September 6, 20 I 2, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 A vram A venue, Rohnert Park, California
94928. The agenda is also available on the City web siteat www.rpcitv.on!,
Executed this 6th day of September, 2012, at Rohnert Park, California.