2012/03/13 City Council AgendaMission Statement
"We Care for Our Residents by Working Together to
Build a Better Community for Today and Tomorrow."
City of Rohnert Park ♦ 130 Avram Avenue • Rohnert Park, California 94928
PHONE: (707) 588-2227* FAX: (707) 792 -1876 ♦ WEB: www.rpcitv.org
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Rohnert Park Financing Authority (RPFA)
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday, March 13, 2012
Joint Regular Meeting — 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 Council or 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 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
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
March 13, 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.
1. CITY COUNCIL / RPFA JOINT REGULAR MEETING - Call to Order /Roll Call
(Ahanotu_ Belforte Callinan Stafford_ Mackenzie_
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Jeremiah Jaensch, Monte Vista Elementary School Student
3. SSU STUDENT REPORT
By Amanda Burke, Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU ASI) Legislative
Representative
4. PRESENTATIONS
Proclamations for Outstanding Community Service:
Bicycle Advisory Committee Years of Service
1. Carson Williams 5
Mobile Home Parks RAB
1. L. Kurt 1.6
2: Barbara Utter 6
Parks and Recreation Commission
1. Nick Aronis 5
2. Bonnie Black 5
Planning Commission
1. David Armstrong 5
Senior Citizens Advisory Commission
1. Alice Hawker 6
Sister Cities Relations Committee
1. Faith Adam 10
2. Susan Harrow 25
3. Olga Senyk 5
4. Samantha Skinner 5
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 a
future agenda for Council consideration.
A. Department of Public Safety
1. 2011 Part I Crimes (Acting Director of Public Safety Jeff Taylor)
B. Community Services
1. Community Services Programs Update (Community Services Supervisor Nelle
Seidenspinner)
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing Authority
March 13, 2012
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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 - ROLL CALL VOTE REQUIRED
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:
1. City Council /RPFA Joint Regular Meeting — February 28, 2012
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills /Demands for Payment dated March 13, 2012
2. CDC Bills /Demands for Payment dated March 13, 2012
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2012 -29 Approving a Change in the Salary Range for City Clerk from 88M to 94M
2. 2012 -30 Rejecting the Claim of Tim Bliss
D. Ordinance for Adoption:
1. No. 844 Amending Title 17 (Zoning) of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code to
Implement Housing Programs Required in the City of Rohnert Park
General Plan Housing Element
Council motion /roll call vote
(Ahanotu Belforte Callinan Stafford_ Mackenzie )
8. PAYMENT OF INTEREST ON SECURITY DEPOSITS
Consideration of Introduction of an Ordinance Repealing Chapter 9.71 (Payment of Interest
on Security Deposits) of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments.
a. Council discussion /direction
9. 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
B. Liaison Reports
1. Water Advisory Committee — 3/5/12 (Mackenzie /Belforte)
2. Sonoma County Transportation Authority — 3/12/12 (Mackenzie /Ahanotu)
C. Other Reports
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting. Agenda
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing Authority
March 13, 2012
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10. 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.
11. MATTERS FROM /FOR COUNCIL
12. PUBLIC COMMENTS
13. 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.
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
I, Carol Adams, Interim City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the March 13,
2012, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/RPFA was posted and available for review on March
8, 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.rpcity.org,
Exec -d this 8`h day of March, 2012, at Rohnert Park, California.
Carol Adams, Interim City Clerk
031312 AGENDA -JT REGULAR MTG OF RPCITY COUNCIL -RPFA