2014/02/25 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)
Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission (CDC)
JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, February 25, 2014, Open Session: 5:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: CITY HALL - COUNCIL CHAMBER
130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California
This meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council is dedicated in honor and remembrance of
former City Treasurer, from 1968 -1976, Robert H. Sheehan, who passed away February 2, 2014.
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).
RIGHT TO APPEAL: Judicial review of any city administrative decision pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure
Section 1094.5 may be had only if a petition is filed with the court no later than the deadlines specified in
Section 1094.6 of the California Code of Civil Procedure, which generally limits the time within which the
decision may be challenged to the 90th day following the date that the decision becomes final.
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: Provides an opportunity for public comment on items not listed on the agenda, or on
agenda items if unable to comment at the scheduled time (limited to three minutes per appearance and a 30
minute total time limit, or allocation of time determined by Presiding Officer based on number of speaker
cards submitted). PLEASE FILL OUT A SPEAKER CARD PRIOR TO SPEAKING
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.
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1. CITY COUNCIL/RPFA /SUCCESSOR AGENCY JOINT REGULAR MEETING -
CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Belforte Mackenzie Stafford _ Ahanotu Callinan )
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
By Mena Khiobouakham, Monte Vista Elementary Student
3. PRESENTATIONS
A. Mayor's presentation of a Proclamation: Recognition and Honor be Conferred upon
David Lee and DK Landscaping for supporting the Boys & Girls Club
4. 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.
5. CONSENT CALENDAR
All items on the Consent Calendar will be considered together by one or more action(s)
of the City Council and /or the Rohnert Park Financing Authority and Successor Agency
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 /RPFA /Successor Agency Joint Regular Meeting February 11, 2014
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. Annual Review of Complete Streets Achievements Report
2. City Bills /Demands for Payment Dated February 25, 2014
3. Successor Agency to the CDC Bills /Demands for Payment Dated February 25,
2014
4. Housing Successor Agency- Cash Report for Month Ending January 2014
5. Successor Agency- Cash Report for Month Ending January 2014
6. RPFA- Cash Report for Month Ending January 2014
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2014 -016 Authorizing and Approving a First Amendment to Design
Professional Services Agreement with URS for Traffic Signal
Coordination, Traffic Analysis and Implementation for Rohnert Park
Expressway and Golf Course Drive, Project GM003
2. 2014 -017 Authorizing and Approving a Consultant Services Agreement for
Professional Audit Services with Macias Gini and O'Connell LLP
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3. 2014 -018 Authorizing and Approving an Employment Agreement between the
City of Rohnert Park and Mark Walsh for Finance Director Services
and Confirming the Appointment of Mark Walsh as City Treasurer
Council Motion/Vote
6. FY 2013 -14 MID -YEAR FINANCIAL REVIEW, UPDATES, AND BUDGET
AMENDMENT REQUESTS
A. FY 2013 -14 Mid -Year General Fund Review
1. Mid -Year Review
i. Revenues
ii. Expenditures
2. Public Comments
3. Council Discussion
B. FY 2013 -14 General Fund Budget Amendment Requests
1. Staff Report
i. Revenue Amendments
ii. Departmental Appropriation Amendments
iii. Service Increases
2. Public Comments
3. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2014 -019 Approving the Budget Adjustments for Fiscal Year 2013/2014
a. Council motion /discussion /vote
C. Graton Mitigation Program Budget Mid -Year Update
1. Staff Report
2. Public Comments
3. Council Discussion
D. Approval and Authorization of Hiring, Adding to the Budget, and Increasing an
Appropriation for a Part -Time Technical Advisor Position— Fire Services
1. Staff Report
2. Public Comments
3. Resolution for Adoption:
1. 2014 -020 Authorizing City Staff to Hire a Part Time Technical Advisor
Position — Fire Division, Approving Addition of the Position in the Budget and
Authorizing an Increase in Appropriations
a. Council motion /discussion /vote
7. PROPOSED AMENDMENT TO THE RECREATION FEE SCHEDULE FOR
COMMUNITY SERVICES FACILITIES, EVENTS, AND PROGRAMS
Discussion and direction regarding proposed Community Facility and Activity Fee
Increases and Direction Regarding Amendment of the Community Facility User Fee
Schedule
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A. Staff Report
B. Public Comment
C. Council discussion /direction
8. PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE ROHNERT PARK SIGN REGULATIONS
Discussion and direction of proposed amendments to Rohnert Park Municipal Code
Chapter 17.04 (definitions) and 17.27 (signs)
A. Staff Report
B. Public Comment
C. 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
1. Education Committee, 2/19 (Stafford /Callinan)
B. Liaison Report
1. Mayors and Council Members and City Selection Committee, 2/13 (Callinan)
2. Library Advisory Board, 2/18 (Ahanotu)
3. Russian River Watershed Association, 2/20 (Stafford)
C. Other Reports
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
Persons wishing to address the Council on any Closed Session 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.
13. ADJOURNMENT
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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.)
AGENDA REPORTS & DOCUMENTS: 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 at City Hall
located at 130 Avram Avenue, during regular business hours, Monday through Friday from 8:00 am to 5:00
pm. 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.
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, JoAnne Buergler, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the
February 25, 2014, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council /RPFA was posted and available
for review on February 20, 2014, 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,
xecuted this 20th day of February, 2014, at Rohnert Park, California.
JoAnne M. Buerg er, City C erk