2013/03/25 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
SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPECIAL MEETING
will be held on
Monday, March 25, 2013 at 6:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBER
130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California
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City of Rohnert Park Special Meeting Agenda
for Ci(v Council
March 25, 2013
Page 2 of3
1. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Ahanotu_ Belforte_ Mackenzie_ Callinan_ Stafford_)
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
3. PUBLIC HEARING
APPEAL OF PLANNING COMMISSION CERTIFICATION OF THE REVISED
FINAL ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT REPORT (EIR) AND APPROVAL OF
THE SITE PLAN AND ARCHITECTURAL REVIEW AND SIGN PROGRAM
APPLICATIONS FOR WALMART STORE EXPANSION PROJECT
Cons ider Two Appeals Challengi ng the Plann ing COI11I11 ission' s Certi fication 0 f the
Revised Final EIR and approval of the Site Plan and Architectural Review and Sign
Program Applications
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Staff recommends City Council take the following
actions:
I) Consider and approve the request of the applicant to recirculate the portions of the
Draft EIR that were revised in response to the trial court decision and direct staff to
recirculate those revised portions of the Draft: EIR; and
2) Adopt Resolution 2013-049 to (1) rescind and set aside the action by the Planning
Commission on January 24, 2013 to certify the Revised Final EIR, adopt the
Mitigation Monitoring Program and Statement of Overriding Considerations, and
approve the Site Plan, Architectural Review and Sign Program for the Walmart
Expansion project and remand the project application back to the Planning
Commission for action upon completion of the recirculation of the revised portions of
the Draft EIR and completion of the Final EIR; and (2) deny the appeals as
recirculation of the revised portions of the Draft EIR negates the need to consider
further and the appeals are therefore moot.
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comment
C. Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2013-049 Setting Aside and Rescinding the Planning COI11I11 ission' s
Decisions on January 24, 2013 to Certify the Revised Final
Environmental Impact Report and Accompanying Documents
Approve a Site Plan, Architectural Review, and Sign Program for a
Walmart Expansion Located at 4625 Redwood Drive, Rohnert
Park, CA; and Denying Appeals of the Planning Commission's
Decisions as Moot
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
4. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Persons wishing 10 address the Council on City business not listed on the Agenda may do
so at this tinle. Each speaker will be a!lofted three minutes. I1wse wishing to address the
Council on any report itelll listed on Ihe Agenda should submit a "Speaker Cord" 10 the
City Clerk before announcement of that agenda item.
City of Rohne,"t Park Special Meeting Agenda
for Cizv Council
March 25, 2013
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5. ADJOURNMENT
NOTE: Time shown for any particular matter on the agenda is an estimate only. Matters may be eonsidered
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 diseussion by the Couneil which appears on this agenda, after receiving recognition
from the Mayor, pI case walk to the rostrum and state your name and address for the record. Any item raised
by a member of the publie vvhich 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 emergeney 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 determinc if it is an
emergency item under said Government Code and may take action thereon.
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CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, JoAnne Buergler, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, deelare that the foregoing agenda for the Mareh 25,
2013, Speeial Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Counei I was posted and available for review on Mareh 21, 2013, at
Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928. The agenda is also available on the
City web site at )vww,rpcitv,org,
JExeCll~~d this 2151 day of Mareh 2013, at Rohnert Park, Cali fornia.
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/ Anne M. Buerg1er, City Clerk ~-"'.