2013/12/10 City Council MinutesMINUTES OF THE JOINT REGULAR MEETING
OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
City Council
Rnhnert Park Financing Authority
Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission
Tuesday, December 10, 2013
Rohnert Park City Hall, Council Chamber
130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California
1. CITY COUNCIL /RPFA/RPD /SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE CDC JOINT
REGULAR MEETING - CALL TO ORDER /ROLL CALL
Mayor Stafford called the joint regular meeting to order at 5:00 pm, the notice for which being
legally noticed on December 5, 2013.
Present: Pam Stafford, Mayor
Joseph T. Callinan, Vice Mayor
Amy O. Ahanotu, Council Member
Gina Belforte, Council Member
Jake Mackenzie, Council Member
Absent: None.
Staff present: City Manager Jenkins, City Attorney Kenyon, City Clerk Buergler,
Director of Public Works and Community Services McArthur, Director of Public Safety
Masterson, Interim Finance Director Walsh, Senior Analyst Atkins, Technical Services
Division Manager Mazzanti, Lieutenant Bates, Lieutenant Strouse, Deputy City Engineer
Barnes, Senior Engineering Technician Pedroncelli, and Accounting Supervisor Kwong.
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Junior Garfia and Anthony Garfia, Marguerite Kahn Elementary
Students.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
None.
4. CONSENT CALENDAR
A. Approval of Minutes for:
1. City Council /RPFA /Successor Agency Joint Regular Meeting November 26, 2013
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2013
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing Authority /Successor Agency Page 2 of 3
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills /Demands for Payment dated December 10, 2013
2. Successor Agency to the CDC Bills /Demands for Payment dated December 10,
2013
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2013 -164 Authorizing an Amendment to a Purchasing and Sale /Closing
Agreement with Redwood Equities Investments, LLC (APN 143-
040 -125, 126, and 127)
2. 2013 -165 Authorizing and Approving Contract Change Orders No. 2 and No. 3
for Rohnert Park Expressway Overcrossing Slurry Seal, Sign and
Striping Project GMOOI with Central Valley Engineering & Asphalt,
Inc.
3. 2013 -166 Authorizing and Approving the Purchase of One (1) New Backhoe
Loader for the Department of Public Works — Water Division
4. 2013 167 Authorizing and Approving the Tr-ansfeF and Pur-ehase of an Existing
2004 — Baekhoe from the Water Fund to the -Gen fal Fund --k-OM
Division (PULLED by staff)
5. 2013 -168 Authorizing and Approving the Third Amendment to the Consultant
Services Agreement with Dudek for Biological and Permitting
Services in Connection with the Dowdell Avenue Extension Project
6. 2013 -169 Approving the Second Amendment to the Agreement between the
Cities of Sonoma County and the County of Sonoma for a Joint
Powers Agency to Deal with Waste Management Issues
ACTION: Moved /seconded (Mackenzie / Ahanotu) to approve the Consent Calendar.
Motion carried by the following unanimous 5 -0 vote AYES: Ahanotu,
Belforte, Mackenzie, Callinan, and Stafford NOES: None. ABSTAIN:
None. ABSENT: None.
5. CEREMONY FOR INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 2014
A. Reflection 2013
1. Year's Highlights (slide show)
PowerPoint presentation.
2.
Mayor
on 2013.
3. Council Members' Comments
Vice Mayor Callinan, Councilmembers Ahanotu, Mackenzie, and Belforte
commented on 2013.
B. Presentation to Mayor
1. Presentation to Mayor Pam Stafford for 2013 Year as Mayor
Vice Mayor Callinan presented Mayor Stafford with memento of the past year
and thanked her for her service.
City of Rohnert Park Joint Regular Meeting Minutes December 10, 2013
for City Council/Rohnert Park Financing Authority /Successor Agency Page 3 of 3
C. Installation of City Council Officers for 2014
1. Mayor Callinan
2. Vice Mayor Ahanotu
Outgoing Mayor Stafford presented the gavel to Rohnert Park's former City Manager
and Mayor Pete Callinan, Joseph Callinan's father. Pete Callinan presented the gavel
to incoming Mayor Callinan. Mayor Callinan assumed the gavel and seated the City
Council.
D. Vision 2014
Mayor's Comments
Mayor Callinan called for a. moment of silence for retired Public Safety Officer
Gerald Vincent.
Mayor Callinan reflected on the history of Rohnert Park and expressed his vision
for 2014.
2. Council Members' Comments
Vice Mayor Ahanotu, Councilmembers Stafford, Mackenzie, and Belforte
expressed their vision for 2014.
3. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Jessica Jones representing Sierra Club Sonoma Group stated they stand united with
Sonoma County Conservation Action in supporting the single use plastic bag ban. Jones
read a letter written jointly by the two entities endorsing Sonoma County Waste
Management Agency policy that would regulate single use carryout bags and eliminate
single use plastic bags. They request Rohnert Park support the 2 "d amendment to the joint
powers authority.
6. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Callinan adjourned the joint regular meeting at 6:28 pm. Refreshments followed
the regular meeting.
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