2012/02/14 City Council Agenda
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City of Rohnert Park. 130 Avram Avenue. Rohnert Park, California 94928
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ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
ROHNERT PARK FINANCING AUTHORITY
JOINT REGULAR MEETING
AGENDA
Tuesday, February 14,2012
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 m.ay 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 COMPENSA nON 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 alI staff reports and documents subject to disclosure that relate to each item of business referred to on the
agenda are available for public inspection on the Friday before each regularly scheduled City Council meeting at
City HalI, 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/Rohnert Park Financing Authority
February 14,2012
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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 I RPFA JOINT REGULAR MEETING - Call to Order/Roll Call
(Ahanotu _ Belforte _ Callinan_Stafford _ Mackenzie ~
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Mayor Mackenzie
3. DEDICATING A MOMENT OF SILENCE
Mayor's dedication of a moment of silence in memory of Jim Gerrans (February 19, 1937 -
December 10,2011); former volunteer of the Rohnert Park Department of Public Safety.
4. PRESENTATIONS
A. Mayor's Proclamation Honoring Sandy Lipitz, Director of Administrative Services, on the
Occasion of Her Retirement
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, 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/CDC/RPFA Joint Regular Meeting - January 24,2012
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City BillsIDemands for Payment dated February 14,2012
2. CDC Bills/Demands for Payment dated February 14,2012
3. City Cash/Investments Report for Month Ending December 2011
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City CouncillRohnert Park Financing Authority
February 14, 2012
Page 3 of 4
7. PURCHASING PROGRAM
Consideration of introduction of an Ordinance Repealing and Replacing Chapter 3.04
(Purchasing Program), of Title 3 (Revenue and Finance), of the Rohnery: Park Municipal
Code.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Ordinance for Introduction: Waive Full Reading and Introduce Ordinance by Reading Title:
1. No. 843 Repealing and Replacing Chapter 3.04 (Purchasing Program), of Title 3
(Revenue and Finance), of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
8. ZONING CODE AMENDMENTS
Consideration of Introduction of an Ordinance Amending Chapter 17 (Zoning) of the Rohnert
Park Municipal Code.
A. Staff Report
B. PUBLIC HEARING
C. Ordinance for Introduction: Waive Full Reading and Introduce Ordinance by Reading Title:
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
a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
9. SISTER CITIES RELATIONS COMMITTEE APPOINTMENTS
Council consideration of nominations and appointments to the Sister Cities Relations
Committee for two, 2-year terms expiring December 31, 20 13 (at large nominations).
a. Council nominations/discussion/action
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 serve. No action may be taken.
A. Standing Committee Reports
1. Economic Development Committee meeting - 2/7 (Belforte/Callinan)
B. Liaison Reports
1. Sonoma County Transportation Authority Meeting - 2/6 (Mackenzie)
2. Water Advisory Committee - 2/6 (Mackenzie)
3. Russian River Watershed Association - 2/7 (Mackenzie/Stafford)
C. Other Reports
1. REMIF Annual Board Meeting - 1/26-27 (Callinan)
2. Sonoma County/City Solid Waste Advisory Group ~ 1/26 and 2/9 (Stafford)
3. Metropolitan Transportation Commission Meeting - 2/8 (Mackenzie)
4. City Selection Committee Meeting - 2/9 (Mackenzie)
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.
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing Authority
February 14, 2012
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12. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
13. PUBLIC COMMENTS
14. CLOSED SESSION
A. RECESS TO CLOSED SESSION IN CONFERENCE ROOM 2A TO CONSIDER:
1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (Government Code 954957.6)
Agency designated representatives: Gabe Gonzalez, City Manager;
Employee organizations:
a. Service Employees' International Union (SEIU)
b. Rohnert Park Employees' Association (RPEA)
c. Management Unit and Confidential Unit Outlines
2. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL- ANTICIPATED LITIGATION
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Section 54956.9:
(One case).
15. ADJOURNMENT
**NOTE: Time shown for any particular matter 6nthe 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 podium and state your name
and address for the record. Any issue raised by a member of the public not listed on the agenda that
may require Council action, shall be referred to staff for assessment which may result in the item
. being placed ona future agenda. If the item is deemed to be an emergency, or if 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 avisual 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
February 14,2012, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/RPFA was posted and available for
review on February 9, 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.orl!,
Execut this 9th day of February, 2012, at Rohnert Park, California.
Carol Adams, Interim City Clerk
021412 AGENDA-JT REGULAR MTG OF CITY COUNClL/RPFA