2012/10/23 City Council Agenda
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ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Rohnert Park Financing Authority (RPFA)
Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission (CDC)
JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, October 23, 2012
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 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.rpcity.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 co~espondence
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delivered to the City of Rohnert Park at, or prior to the public hearing(s). ,
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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)
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*SEE NOTE AT THE END OF THIS AGENDA
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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
October 23, 2012
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1. CITY COUNCIL/RPFAlSUCCESSOR AGENCY JOINT REGULAR MEETING-
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Ahanotu _ Belforte _ Callinan_Stafford _ Mackenzie ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PRESENTATION
A. Mayor's Presentation of a Proclamation recognizing and honoring Sergeant David
Welch on the occasion of his retirement
B. Presentation by U.S. Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey to the City of the Official
Congressional Record Commemorating Rohnert Park's 50th Anniversary
C. Mayor's Presentation of a Proclamation Observing October 24, 2011, as United
Nations Day
4. DEPARTMENT HEAD BRIEFING
A. Budget FY 201212013 1 st Quarter Update
1. Financial Update - Budget Revenue and Expenditure Report
2. Strategic Plan - Implementation Action Plan Update
B. ICMA CPM 101 - Performance Measurement Report
C. Retiree Medical Actuarial Valuation Report
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 CouncillRPF A/Successor Agency Joint Regular Meeting October 9, 2012
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated October 23,2012
2. Redevelopment Successor Agency Bills/Demands for Payment dated October 23,
2012
3. City - Cash Report for Month Ending September 2012
4. RPFA - Cash Report for Month Ending September 2012
5. Housing Successor Agency - Cash Report for Month Ending September 2012
6. Successor Agency to the CDC - Cash Report for Month Ending September 2012
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October 23, 2012
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C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2012-120 Authorize and Award the Purchase of LED Lights for the Stage and
Auditorium Upgrade of the Spreckels Performing Arts Center and
Award the Purchase to the Lowest Bidder in the Amount of $40,494
to DTE Grip and Electric
2. 2012-121 Authorize the Submittal of an Application for the Home Instead
Senior Care Foundation Grant in the Amount of$25,000 to Fund the
Purchase of aNew Van for the Senior Center
3. 2012-122 Amending the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program Budget and
FY 2012-13 CIP Budget to add Business Park Drive and Labath
Avenue Improvements Project and Update the Wilfred A venue
Widening Project
4. 2012-123 Authorizing and Approving a Second Amendment to Land Lease
Agreement with Sprint Spectrum Reality Company, LP for a
Telecommunications Tower Located at Benicia Park, 7471 Santa
Barbara Drive (APN 143-160-008)
D. City Council Ordinance for Adoption:
1. 849 Adoption of Ordinance Amending Section 5.04.060 of the Rohnert
Park Municipal Code: "Exemptions" of Title 5, "Business Licenses-
General Provision"
Council Motion/Roll Call Vote
7. CONSIDERATION AND APPROVAL OF A WAY FINDING SIGN PROGRAM
Recommendation by the City's Economic Development Committee to the City Council
for Review and Approval of a Way Finding Program along Rohnert Park Expressway and
Commerce Boulevard
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2012-124 Approving a Way Finding Program along Rohnert Park
Expressway and Commerce Boulevard
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
8. COMMUNITY IMPACT REPORTS
Discussion of proposal to utilize Community Impact Reports as part of City approval of
new commercial developments over 25,000 square feet
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction
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9. AMENDMENT OF SOLID WASTE FRANCHISE AGREEMENT WITH
ROHNERT PARK DISPOSAL INC.
Council direction regarding amending the solid waste franchise agreement with Rohnert
Park Disposal, Inc. to transfer billing and rate setting obligations and adjust the franchise
fee
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Council discussion/direction
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 senJe. No action may
be taken.
A. Standing Committee Reports
B. Liaison Reports
1. Mayors & Councilmembers Association, 10/11 (JM/AA/GB)
2. Chamber of Commerce, 10/16 (PS)
3. Waste & Recycling, 10/16 (PS/AA)
4. Library Advisory Board, 10/16 (AA)
C. Other Reports
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
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. 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
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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
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CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, JoAnne Buergler, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the October
23,2012, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City CounciVRPF A was posted and available for review
on October 18,2012, 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.ore:,
Executed this 18th day of October, 2012, at Rohnert Park, California.
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f3Anne M. Buergler, City Clerk