2012/05/22 City Council Agenda
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City ofRohnert Park. 130 Avram Avenue. Rohnert Park, California 94928
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ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission
RohnertPark Financing Authority (RPFA)
JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, May 22, 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.rpcitv.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 9 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
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.
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City Council/Rol1l1ert Park Financing Authority
May 22, 2012
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Please turn off all pagers, cellular telephones and all other communication
devices upon entering the Council Chamber. Use of these devices causes electrical interference
with the sound recording and TV broadcast systems.
*5:00 p.m.
(Time shown for any particular matter on the agenda is an estimate only. Matters may be
considered earlier or later than the time indicated.)
1. CITY COUNCIL / RPFA JOINT REGULAR MEETING - Call to Order/Roll Call
(Ahanotu _ Belforte _ Callinan_Stafford _ Mackenzie ~
2. 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.
3. 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, 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 May 8, 2012, RPFA Joint Regular and Special Meeting will be
deferred to the June 12,2012 Regular Meeting
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated May 22, 2012
2. CDC Bills/Demands for Payment dated May 22, 2012
3. City - Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending April 2012
4. RPFA - Cash/Investrrients Report for Month Ending April 2012
5. Housing Successor Agency - Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending April 2012
6. Redevelopment Successor Agency - Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending
April 2012
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2012-47 Authorizing and Approving a Resolution Declaring Weeds to be a
Nuisance and Providing for Weed Abatement Pursuant to Government
Code Sections 939560 through 939588; Article 2 - Alternative Procedures
for Weed and Rubbish Abatement and Setting Public Hearing
2. 2012-48 Authorizing and Approving Reimbursement Agreement with Baney
Corporation dba Oxford Suites
3. 2012-49 Authorizing and Approving First Amendment to the Agreement with
Communications Leasing Services, Inc.
4. 2012-50 Rejecting the Claim of JM2 Restaurants, Inc. by Catalano Law Group
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5. 2012-51 Authorizing and Approving an Amended Recognized Obligation Payment
Schedule for January I - June 30th 2012 Pursuant to Section 341770fthe
Califonia Health and Safety Code
4. NORTHWEST SPECIFIC PLAN
Consideration of Approval of a Consultants Services Agreement with DCE/Planning Center
to prepare the North West Specific Plan and Environmental Impact Report.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Resolution for Adoption:
a. 2012-52 Authorizing and Approving Agreement with Consultant to Prepare
Northwest Specific Plan/Environmental Impact Report
i. Council motion/discussion/vote
5. 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
a. Water Issues Subcommittee, 5/15 - Mackenzie/Belforte
1. Goals and Tasks for Water Issues Subcommittee in 2012
B. Liaison Reports
a. Sonoma County Transportation Authority, 5/14 - Mackenzie
b. Sonoma County Waste Management Agency, 5/16 - McArthur
C. Other Reports
a. Chamber of Commerce, 5/15 - Stafford
6. 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.
7. MA TTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
Council Consideration of a Letter of Opposition for Bill SB 1149 (DeSaulnier) Bay Area
Regional Commission
8. PUBLIC COMMENTS
9. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER:
A. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code 954957.6)
Agency Designated Representative: Gabriel Gonzalez, City Manager
Name of Employee Organization: Rohnert Park Employees' Association (RPEA)
10. RECONVENE JOINT REGULAR MEETING OPEN SESSION IN COUNCIL
CHAMBER
11. MAYOR'S REPORT ON CLOSED SESSION (Government Code ~54957.1)
12. ADJOURNMENT
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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.
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.)
CERTIFICA nON OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Carrie Willis, Interim Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for
the May 22, 2012, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/RPF A was posted and available
for review on May 17, 2012, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 A vram A venue, Rohnert Park, California 94928.
The agenda is also available on the City website at www;rpcitv.org,
Executed this 17th day of May, 2012, at Rohnert Park, California.
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Carrie Willis, Interim Deputy City Clerk