2012/10/09 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 (RPFA)
Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission (CDC)
JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, October 9, 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/RPF A agendas and minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
www.rpcitv.org.
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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).
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Members of the City Council receive no additional compensation as a result of convening this joint
meeting of the City Council and the Rohneti Park Financing Authority.
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*SEE NOTE AT THE END OF THIS AGENDA
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City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing Authorityl..S'uccessor Agency
October 9, 2012
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1. CITY COUNCIL/RPFA/SUCCESSOR AGENCY JOINT REGULAR MEETING-
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Ahanotu_ Belforte _ Callinan_ Stafford_Mackenzie-->
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Annabella Duccini and Kyralynn Neilsen, John Reed Elementary School
students
3. PRESENTATION
A. Mayor's Presentation of a Proclamation Proclaiming October 2012 as Domestic
Violence Awareness Month in Rohnert Park
B. Certificates of Recognition of the 50th Anniversary Event Sponsors and Organizers
4. SSU STUDENT REPORT
By Bernadette Butkiewicz, Sonoma State University Associated Students, Inc. (SSU
ASI) Legislative Representative
5. DEPARTMENT HEAD BRIEFING
A. Department of Public Works & Community Development: Friendly City Sign Update
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 (?fthat
agenda item.
7. CONSENT CALENDAR
All items on the Consent Calendar will be considered together by one action (?f the City
Council and/or the Rohnert Park Financing Authority and Successor Agemy 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 Council/RPF A/Successor Agency Joint Regular Meeting September 25,
2012
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated October 9, 2012
2. Successor Agency to the CDC Bills/Demands for Payment dated October 9, 2012
3. City - Cash Report for Month Ending August 2012
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2012-116 Authorize and Approve Amended and Restated Grant of Storm
Drain Easement Agreement, NBC Pminers, LLC, Relating to the
Chipotle Building (APN 143-051-073)
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing A utllOrityl..S'uccessor Agency
October 9, 2012
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2. 2012-118 Rejecting the Claim of Carol D. Doney
Council MotionN ote
8. ORDINANCE FOR INTRODUCTION AMENDING SECTION 5.04.060 OF THE
ROHNERT PARK MUNICIPAL CODE "EXEMPTIONS" OF TITLE 5,
"BUSINESS LICENSE - GENERAL PROVISIONS"
Introduce of Ordinance proposing to exempt cetiain vendors from business license fees
A. Staff RepOli
B. Public Comment
C. Ordinance for Introduction: Waive full reading and introduce Ordinance by
Reading title: An Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
Amending Section 5.04.060, "Exemptions" of Title 5, "Business Licenses-
General Provisions", of the Rohnert Park Municipal Code
1. No. 849 Authorizing an amendment to Chapter 5.04 of the Rohnert Park
Municipal Code exempting certain vendors from business license
fees
a. Council motion/discussion/roll call vote
(Ahanotu_ Belforte_ Callinan_ Stafford_ Mackenzie-->
9. BOARD / COMMISSION / COMMITTEE APPOINTMENT
Council consideration of an "at large" nomination and appointment of one (1), two-year
term, expiring December 31,2012 to the Sister Cities Relations Committee.
A. Staff RepOli
B. Public Comments
C. Council nomination/discussion/action
10. PUBLIC HEARING (NO EARLIER THAN 6PM) Application by Danny Nakash
for Certificate of Convenience- Taxi Permit for Raz Taxi and Limousine Services
Determine if a Certificate of Public Convenience (Taxi Pennit) should be issued to
Danny Nakash d.b.a. Raz Taxi and Limousine Service
A. Staff RepOli
B. Public Hearing
C. Resolution for Adoption
1. 2012-117 Finding the Public Convenience and Necessity for Danny Nakash
d.b.a. Raz Taxi and Limousine Services to provide taxicab service
in Rohnert Park
a. Council MotionlDiscussionN ote
11. STANDING COMMITTEE / LIAISON REPORTS
This time is set aside to allow Council members serving 011 Council committees or 011
regional boards, commissions or committees to present a verbal report on the activities
C?fthe respective boards', commissions or committees on which they serve. No action may
be taken.
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Agenda
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing A utllOrityl..S'uccessor Agency
October 9, 2012
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A. Standing Committee Reports
B. Liaison Reports
1. Russian River Watershed Association BOD, 9/27 (JM/PS)
2. SCTA/RCPA, 10/8 (JM)
3. Chamber of Commerce BOD, 9/18 (PS)
4. Golf Oversight Committee, 10/2 (PS)
C. Other Reports
12. COMMUNICA TIONS
Copies (?fcoml1/1/J/ications have been provided to COl/J/cilfor review prior to this
meeting. Council Members desiring to read or discuss any communication may do so at
this time. No actionl7lay be taken except to place a particular item on aflfture agenda for
Council consideration.
A. Letter from Y oshiyuki Kinoshita, Mayor of Hashimoto City, Japan congratulating the
City on its 50th Anniversary
B. Director of Public Works & Community Services McArthur's response to Maurice
Fredericks question about ownership/maintenance of trees fronting 6950 Commerce
13. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL
A. Scheduling of future agenda item regarding expiring terms of City of Rohnert Park's
boards, commissions, and committees
1. Council discussion/direction
14. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Persons wishing to address the Council on any Consent Calendar item or on City
business not listed 011 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 announcemeJlt qfthat
agenda item.
15. CONSIDERA TION AND APPROVAL OF LEASE AGREEMENT BETWEEN
THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK AND ROHNERT PARK GOLF LP
(COURSE CO, INC.) FOR THE OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF THE
CITY'S TWO 18-HOLE GOLF COURSES (FOXTAIL GOLF COURSE)
Adopt a Resolution authorizing and approving a lease agreement with Rohnert Park Golf
LP (Courseco, Inc.) for the operation and maintenance of Foxtail Golf Course
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comments
C. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2012-119 Authorizing and Approving Foxtail Golf Course Lease Agreement
by and between the City of Rohnert Park and Rohnert Park LP, A
California Limited Partnership
a. Council motion/discussion/vote
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for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing A utllOrityl..S'uccessor Agency
October 9, 2012
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16. CLOSED SESSION
A. Recess to Closed Session in Conference Room 2A to Consider:
1. Conference with Legal Counsel - Anticipated Litigation
Significant exposure to litigation pursuant to subdivision (b) of Government Code
S 54956.9: (One case)
2. Personnel Matters (Government Code S 54957)
Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Title: City Manager
3. Personnel Matters (Government Code S 54957)
Public Employee Performance Evaluation - Title: City Attorney
B. Reconvene Joint Regular Meeting Open Session In Council Chamber
C. Mayor's Report On Closed Session (Government Code S 54957.1)
17. ADJOURNMENT
*NOTE: Time shown for any paliicular 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.
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CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
L JoAnne Buergler, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the October
9, 2012, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City CouncillRPF A was posted and available for review
on October 4. 2012. at Rohnert Park City Hall. 130 Avram Avenue. Rohlle11 Park. California 94928. The
agenda is also available on the City web site at www.l1lcih'.on!:.
Executed this 4th day of October. 2012. at Rohlle11 Park. California.
JoAnne M. Buergler. City Clerk