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1996/03/05 City Council MinutesRohnert Park City Council Minutes Adiourned Reyular Meedne - March 5, 1996 The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met this date in adjourned regular session commencing at 6:00 p.m. in the City Offices, 6750 Commerce Boulevard, Rohnert Park, with Mayor Flores presiding. CALL TO ORDER: The adjourned regular session was called to order at approximately 6:32 p.m. CLOSED SESSION: Mayor Flores advised that a closed session commenced this evening at 6:00 to discuss the two real estate negotiations as listed on the agenda attachment. This included authorizing the purchase offer. on Valley Village Mobile Home Park. ROLL CALL Present: (4) Councilmembers Eck, Reilly, Spiro and Mayor Flores Absent: (1) Councilmember Gallagher Staff present for all or part of the meeting: City Manager Netter, City Attorney Flitner and Assistant City Manager Leivo. ACKNOWLEDGING THE CITYMANAGERICLERK'S REPORT.• The City Manager /Clerk's report on the posting of the agenda was acknowledged. RESOLUTIONS FOR CONSIDERATION. • City Manager Netter referenced the resolutions provided for Council's consideration. He noted that a portion of the claim represented in Resolution No. 96 -38 was submitted for January 1995. That portion was not timely filed and, therefore, will be rejected for late filing. The balance of the claim will be rejected under the normal procedures. Resolution Nos: 96 -35 PROCLAB41NG MARCH 10 -16, 1996 "GIRL SCOUT WEEK" 96 -36 REJECTING CLAIM OF HAMO SEGA, C/O JOSEPH R. PASSALACQUA, ESQ.(re. Public Safety incident) 96 -37 REJECTING CLAIM OF THOR LINDROOS (re.alleged flood damage to vehicle) 96 -38 REJECTING CLAIM OF SUE ALLEN (re.alleged flood damage) 96 -39 REJECTING CLAIM OF JUANITA BANEULOS (re.alleged flood damage to vehicle) 96 -40 REJECTING CLAIM OF GREGORY CASEY MOORE VIA ALLSTATE INSURANCE COMPANY, SUBROGATION DEPT. (re.alleged flood damage) 96-41 REJECTING CLAIM OF F. ROBERT & JOANN SOTELO (re. alleged flood damage) Upon motion by Vice Mayor Eck, seconded by Councilman Reilly, and unanimously approved, with the absence of Councilwoman Gallagher, Resolution Nos. 96 -35 through 96 -41 as outlined on the meeting's agenda, were consecutively and separately adopted. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 2) March 5,1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. PRESENTATION TO GIRL SCOUTS of resolution proclaiming "Girl Scout Week" Maro10 -16, 1996 On behalf of the entire City Council, Mayor Flores expressed appreciation for the beneficial efforts of the Girl Scouts and shared contents of the resolution for this presentation to the Girl Scouts. Debbie Bailey, Girl Scout Co- Director for the local area, explained the variety of Girl Scout ranks represented by the numerous Girl Scouts attending the Council meeting. She expressed appreciation for the special recognition extended to the Girl Scouts from the City Council. LETTER FROM HOME FIELD USA (previously referred to as Sporthaus applicant) City Attorney Flitner reviewed contents of his letter dated February 23, 1996 explaining concerns related to this item. He responded to Council questions. Discussion included varied Council opinions pertaining to the situation of the financing versus the lease; the need to consider the best use of such City land which included possibilities like recent communications with Raiders for a training camp; and comparisons with the Wine Center package requiring disclosure of investors. Bob Fischer, representing Home Field USA, displayed a model of the restructured proposal, reviewed background experience related to other developments, shared contents of above - referenced letter especially related to the need for establishing a lease prior to securing any type of federal financing, and responded to Council questions. Discussion concluded upon motion by Councilman Reilly, seconded by Vice Mayor Eck, and unanimously approved with the absence of Councilwoman Gallagher, recognizing that the original proposal has changed in name, structure and purpose ki.e. now with the possible inclusion of youth programs), not to extend the binding agreement but to include the merits of the new Home Field USA proposal along with consideration of other possibilities for best use of designated City land, and for representatives of Home Field USA to meet with Council Committee comprised of Mayor Flores and Councilwoman Spiro to review their restructured proposal for consideration and recommendations to the full Council. Further acknowledgment included Vice Mayor Eck commenting that he thought the Council would be totally in its legal right at this time to do an RFP, if so desired, and as a public agency, decide what it wants to do with the designated City land. City Attorney Flitner signified agreement. Vice Mayor Eck leaves /returns Vice Mayor Eck left the Council chamber, during review of the next agenda item, at approximately 7:14 p.m. and returned at approximately 7:17 p.m. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 3) March 5,1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. RANCHO ADOBE FIRE PROTECTION DISTRICT - Proposals - City Manager Netter referenced the staff report dated February 12, 1996 updating Council on the status of this item which included: *to begin immediately to formulate joint training_ programs; *Director of Public Safety and Rancho Adobe representatives to meet regarding a formal proposal and amendment to expand the automatic aid agreement; *the District Board to consider authorizing collaboration with the cities of Rohnert Park and Cotati to prepare a joint communications proposal for Dispatch Services; and *several options to consider for sufficient ambulance provisions for the area. Assistant City Manager Leivo responded to Council inquiry that with the exception of the joint training program which has already been implemented, the other three items will be brought back for Council review and consideration. UNSCHEDULED PUBLIC APPEARANCES. Mayor Flores stated that in compliance with State Law (The Brown Act), citizens wishing to make a comment may do so at this time. Under legislation of the Brown Act, in most cases, the Council cannot handle an item without agendizing. To ensure accurate recording, "Speaker Cards" are provided at the entrance of the Chamber and persons speaking under unscheduled public appearances are requested to submit completed cards to the recording clerk. Mayor Flores acknowledged speaker cards presented at the February 27 meeting by Paul Stutrud and Charles Kitchen and deferred to this adjourned regular meeting. Mr. Stutrud and Mr. Kitchen were not present at this meeting. Cindy Walsh, 4409 Glacier Ct., reviewed continued construction concerns related to her home and responded to comments made at the previous Council meeting to further explain reasons for their request for settlement from the builder. She requested a copy of the final City Building Official's report as it was not provided to her along with the Morton - Phillips inspection report given to her at the previous Council meeting. Discussion included confirmation that both of the referenced building inspection reports are available to residents upon request at no charge, as signified at the previous Council meeting, and that the City Building Official's final report would be provided to Ms. Walsh as requested. -- Council agreed with recommendation by Vice Mayor Eck, to put it on record, that a letter should be written to Condiotti Enterprises stating the Council would like to see them move ahead toward resolving the construction concerns of Ms. Walsh's home, which represents the limitation of the City Council's involvement in such matters. Also, there should be a time limit set for discussion of such matters during Council meetings as it is inappropriate to review private matters or potential litigations in the public forum. Linda Branscomb, 6585 Commerce Blvd. #188, expressing concern commented to look very carefully at the new Sporthaus facility (Home Field USA) proposal. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 4) March 5,1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. COUNCIL COMMITTEE REPORTS. 1. Hospital/Health Care proposals (Gallagher /Spiro) -- City Manager Netter commented that the Council Committee for this item needed to set a time and date to meet with HCA representatives. Due to the absence of Councilwoman Gallagher, the scheduling of this Committee meeting was deferred. 2. Raiders (Eck/Flores) -- The Council Committee gave a slide presentation regarding the various aspects of the Raiders' interest for a training camp location which included: •listing the Raiders' needs; •listing advantages and disadvantages of several locations being considered, i.e. Peroni Property (land north of the Red Lion Inn) Sports City (10 acres behind Press Democrat) City Stadium Site (10 acres off Redwood Drive) Sonoma State University (on eastern border of City); and •listing questions from the City Mayor Flores reviewed additional updated information distributed at the Council meeting listing other hotel location possibilities, investor discussions with Dr. James Henley, confirmation dates to Raiders due to other commitments on their part being the optimum bases of March 12 and the last opportunity of March 26; as well as listing the necessary elements for the Raiders' training facility. Discussion included the Council Committee of Mayor Flores and Vice Mayor Eck and City Manager Netter responding to Council questions related to this item. 3. Mayors' & Councilmembers' Discussion Group- -Vice Mayor Eck reported on this item as follows: a) Meeting of February 22, 1996 -- Vice Mayor Eck referenced the working document on subregional issues previously reviewed by the Council and explained the desire for each city to somehow come to agreement on what would be their choices of the top ten issues, from which the results would be considered and combined. Vice Mayor Eck advised, just so Council is aware, that ABAG would be moving forward on these issues. He asked if Council wanted to make any kind of attempt to respond with at least four priorities. Discussion included varied Council opinions related to this item and concluded in agreement that each Councilmember would pick ten top items from the referenced document to present at the next Council meeting. b) Urban Growth Boundaries (UGB's) - Board of Supervisors Ad Hoc Committee to meet with Working Group - March Agenda. Supervisors Tim Smith and Ernie Carpenter were appointed as the ad hoc Board Committee to meet with city representatives toward preparation of a ballot measure for consideration at the Board's June 4 meeting. 4. Golf Course (Gallagher /Spiro) -- Councilwoman Spiro reported on the recent Golf Course Committee meeting. The 30 -60 -90 day Mountain Shadows maintenance plan was reviewed regarding what has been done and what will be done. It was a very successful and productive meeting with residents and representatives of the Golf Course attending. American Golf, with the new management, is working on a process found to be very rewarding, including renovations to the new club house. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 5) March 5, 1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. Another Golf Course Committee meeting will be scheduled in a couple of months. City Manager Netter added that consideration is being given to having the next meeting in the evening at the golf course. 5. Sewer/Water Advisory Committee -- Vice Mayor Eck reported as follows: (1) the City project is essentially done and a pressure test will be done. He recommended having a ceremony when they turn on the spigot; (2) a particular dam for storage has been abandoned temporarily, which is a critical issue up in the foothills as it was going to be very beneficial for agricultural purposes; and (3) the aquifer test ran into some problems as it was going to take more wells to get the water into the ground than to get it out, so it will not be possible to get enough wells to store the water. SONOMA COUNTYLOCAL AGENCY FORMATION COMMISSION ( LAFCO) Proposed Policies affecting agricultural lands -- City Manager Netter explained the notice received from LAFCO, as reviewed in the Council Meeting Memo, regarding proposed LAFCO policies affecting agricultural lands. The proposed policies affect lands currently in the Williamson Act Agricultural Preserve Contract. A public hearing will be held on March 7, 1996 by LAFCO to consider these policies. City Manager Netter pointed out that these new policies may present a problem for the City of Rohnert Park if it considers moving its sphere of influence during the 20 year General Plan review. The policy would be more in line if it restricted annexations, but not sphere of influence, amendments, or changes. Mr. Netter asked if the Council wanted to consider a letter addressing this issue and recommending changes in the proposed language. City Manager Netter and City Attorney Flitner responded to Council questions related to this matter. Discussion included differing Council opinions on this item and concluded upon motion by Councilwoman Spiro, seconded by Mayor Flores, and unanimously approved with the absence of Councilwoman Gallagher, to send a letter to LAFCO expressing the need for more time to thoroughly review and analyze the proposed policies and indicating that Council's concerns are specifically related to the matter of local control. SHOPPING CART PROGRAM - Six Month Update on Implementation of Ordinance City Manager Netter reviewed the staff report from Angela Fogle, Accountant /Auditor, updating Council on the success of this program resulting in substantially decreased abandoned shopping carts in the community. He also reviewed letter dated February 20, 1996, from the signified Five Store Managers regarding the Five Storewide Program to pick up carts and asking to be exempt from fees. This could be accomplished by removing the sentence "this provision shall apply equally to exempt and non - exempt shopping cart owners" from Ordinance 595, which would give the City Manager complete discretion to exempt store owners from fees who have implemented an effective shopping cart pick -up program. Staff recommends Council's authorization to re -draft the ordinance to present to Council for formal changes. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 6) March 5,1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. PUBLIC COMMENTS: Mayor Flores invited public comments at this time which were submitted on speaker cards or other written and/or verbal communications expressing support or opposition to this item as follows: Robin Bleckwehl, Chamber of Commerce, 5000 Roberts Lake Road, (from comments on speaker card submitted at last week's regular City Council meeting of February 27 and which remaining agenda items were deferred to this adjourned session) -- signified that the Government Advisory Committee of the Chamber of Commerce supports the wording change to Section 5.30.020 of City Ordinance 595. Also, as new president of the Chamber of Commerce, was introducing herself to City Council Members. Earl Du Sombre, 6073 Dawn Dr., reviewed background toward implementation of the five -store shopping cart retrieval plan, explaining that he and another person have been hired to do the cart retrievals. He said the program is working well and further explained complexities involved with this effort, including Rohnert Park getting carts from neighboring communities which is the result of young people with nothing to do and usually takes place through the night. Because of this situation, the abandoned shopping carts will increase extensively during the summer. They have not heard of anyone actually getting fined, so far, for such misuse or abuse of the carts, and recommended enforcement of the designated $100 fine to help curb the problem. City Manager Netter and City Attorney Flitner responded to Council questions related to this item. City Manager Netter confirmed the City has been acting as spearheader of the public awareness and educational aspects of this issue. City Attorney Flitner reviewed the process for amending the ordinance including consideration of a public hearing. He explained that some ordinances are more strictly enforced than others and believed the above speaker was correct about the need to apprehend the offenders of abandoned shopping carts and proceed with compliance of the terms of the ordinance. Katherine Collins, 828 Lilac Way, referred to having a shopping cart stolen from her place of business which she reported accordingly. As a smaller business, she has to keep close track of such property. Shopping carts are expensive and taking them is theft. She asked Council previously to enforce this ordinance and continues to do so. Discussion included varied concerns expressed by Council related to this matter and concluded in agreement not to amend the ordinance and that the businesses should be given the opportunity to extend the efforts of private enterprise, like the example given of putting the carts back inside the stores instead of leaving them outside. Council concurred to send a letter to the store owners complimenting the progress of efforts to date and encouraging them to keep up the good work. The businesses should get involved with the public awareness and educational program including covering the costs of same. The City Manager was requested to discuss enforcement of the ordinance with Public Safety. Council agreed to proceed with terms of the existing Ordinance 595 and to revisit this item in six (6) months. COMMUNICATIONS: Communications per the attached outline were brought to the attention of the City Council. No action was taken unless specifically noted in these minutes. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 7) March 5,1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. Councilman Reilly referenced staff report of March 1, 1996 from Director of Recreation Pekkain and asked about concerns expressed therein regarding the recent meeting of the Disabled Program Committee. City Manager Netter responded that the particular situation was appropriately handled by staff related to a resident seeming to be upset and leaving the meeting. Council was provided this staff report for informa- tional purposes in the event that someone might call the Councilmembers. MATTERS FROM/FOR COUNCIL: 1. Sonoma County Crushers Opening Night Ticket Needs, 7:00 p.m., Fri., May 17,1996- -Mayor Flores announced this item and reminded Council to submit RSVP's to the City Manager. 2. Sonoma County paratransit Coordinating Committee (PCC) - Appointing a representative to fill vacancy left by Michael McMurtrey (term expires 6/97) -- Council signified it was not aware of any interest in this vacancy and recommended placing a notice in the Voice. 3. North Coast Rail Authority - Selection of a City representative - any Councilmember interested? Notify NCRA by March 22, 1996 -- Councilmembers Eck and Spiro expressed interest in this item but signified that the morning meeting time presented a scheduling problem. Council agreed this may also present a problem for other cities and directed a responding letter be sent to NCRA regarding same. 4. League of Calif. Cities' North Bay Division Meeting, Vallejo, Thurs., March 7, 1996- -Mayor Flores announced this item and reminded Council to let the City Manager know if any Councilmember planned to attend. 5 &6. Forming/Supporting a small business advocacy mechanism & Creating an independent Economic Development Commission -- Councilman Reilly combined his comments recommending the above items listed on the agenda. He referenced discussion with small business representatives and reviewed reasons for the interest in creating an independent Economic Development Commission separate from the Chamber of Commerce because of differing needs and thinking that the Chamber does not meet the needs of everyone. Discussion concluded in Council concurrence for Council Liaison Members Eck and Spiro to relay the small business concerns to the Chamber of Commerce, specifically, Vice Mayor Eck for the Chamber of Commerce and Councilwoman Spiro for the Chamber's Economic Development Committee. In respect of the new Director recently hired by the Chamber and the need to allow sufficient time to become familiar with relevant concerns of the area, Council agreed to wait until its first meeting of the month in three months, June 11, 1996, to schedule this item on the agenda for further discussion. In the interim, consideration can be given to a more active role by the City toward efforts that would be beneficial to small businesses. Councilman Reilly further emphasized that his above - reviewed recommendation is not to reflect negatively on the Chamber as there is no agency that provides 100% to all agencies, and there is a lot of space for additional businesses that could increase City revenues. Mayor Flores commented it could be called the Small Business Advocacy. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 8) March 5,1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. 7. Child I.D. Program- expand program, etc. -- Councilman Reilly referenced approaching the Mayors' & Councilmembers Association for this worthwhile project and recommended sending a letter over the Mayor's signature to legislators urging support of this effort, as well as supporting more of the Child I.D. Program days in different cities. Council agreed. 8. Consideration of 4 /5th vote re. extended meetings -- Council reviewed differing concerns regarding whether or not Council meetings should be extended beyond the 10:00 p.m. adjournment time sufficiently to complete scheduled agenda items, as compared to having Council meetings every Tuesday night in order to finish the agenda. Various suggestions were also made toward the possibility of more efficient timing factors for the Council meetings, such as, signifying a time certain for unscheduled as well as scheduled public appearances; Council waiting to make responding comments at the end of public hearings versus during public hearing; and/or consider scheduling separate meetings for public hearings anticipated to be lengthy. Discussion included a motion by Councilman Reilly, seconded by Mayor Flores, to discontinue the 4 /5ths vote requirement to extend Council meetings and signifying the majority vote sufficient to do so. - -A motion was made by Councilwoman Spiro, seconded by Vice Mayor Eck, to table this item until Councilwoman Gallagher is present to participate in the vote, failed with Councilman Reilly and Mayor Flores dissenting. -- The original motion herein to discontinue the 4 /5ths vote requirement for meeting extensions, was approved, with Councilwoman Spiro dissenting. 9. Small Business local preferential -- Councilwoman Spiro and Vice Mayor Eck acknowledged it had come to their attention, as Council Liaison Members for the Chamber of Commerce, that some of the businesses are unaware of the preferential percentage to local businesses. Councilwoman Spiro recommended sending a letter to the Chamber asking them to send a letter to all the businesses advising of the City's small business preferential policy. -- Council agreed. -- City Manager Netter responded to Council inquiry that he thought the referenced percentage was 1% and he would review the policy for confirmation. 10. Proposition 199 re. phase out of mobile home rent control issue -- Councilwoman Spiro referenced previous Council action expressing opposition to this proposition. Another citizen was recently asking for Council's support of same. Vice Mayor Eck responded he thought there were two Council resolutions opposing Proposition 199 and suggested Ms. Spiro respond to such citizen requests by sending copies of the resolutions). 11. Citizens Academy interest in SWAT team and canine unit -- Councilwoman Spiro reviewed the interest expressed in this item during a recent Citizens Academy meeting she attended and asked about possibilities for Rohnert Park. City Manager Netter explained the process of being the Director of Public Safety's responsibility to review and recommend public safety programs that are the most effective and beneficial for the particular needs of the community. Discussion concluded with Mayor Flores summarizing comments that Councilwoman Spiro should discuss the matter further with the City Manager to obtain his perspectives. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 9) March 5, 1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. 12. Hazardous Waste Management appointment -- Councilman Reilly said he would like to send a letter signifying his interest in this appointment. Mayor Flores agreed to submit Councilman Reilly's name for consideration of the appointment as requested. CITYMANAGER'S REPORT.• Sonoma Racquet Club property line /Golf Course fence location regarding proposed bike path -- City Manager Netter explained this item per his memorandum provided to Council with attached map and backup material. The Bicycle Advisory Committee has proposed the designated tie -in for the bike path and the Sonoma Racquet Club residents have indicated strong opposition. -- Discussion concluded upon motion by Vice Mayor Eck, seconded by Councilman Reilly, with Councilwoman Spiro dissenting due to concern about safety of bicyclists, to proceed with efforts to work with the property owners toward installing the fence and bike path, was approved. 2. Golf Course trees -- City Manager Netter shared contents of memorandum dated February 13, 1996 from Finance Director Harrow recommending the purchase of 27 palm trees for the purpose of being the 150 yard markers on the City's North and South golf courses. Council expressed the preference for landscaping alternatives to be more consistent with redwoods of the area declining the purchase of palm trees for the golf courses. 3. REMIF matters: a) Report on REMIF annual meeting January 1996 -- City Manager Netter referenced informational material provided to Council on this item. He explained the modification to REMIF's risk transference policy due to insurance market conditions, difficulty of small contractors to obtain insurance, and budget constraints. Under the old policy, the liability insurance of a contractor seeking to do business with the city, was expected to have a Best rating of A VII or higher. The modified standards of Best ratings for contractors' insurance will be acceptable to B+ X. Each entity is expected to attempt to obtain the highest ratings possible to provide the maximum amount of protection for REMIF and its member entities. Council concurred. b) REMIF refund -- City Manager Netter reviewed handout provided to Council signifying a refund to the City for Workers' Comp and Liability programs. 4. Spreckels Performing Arts Center on the Internet YAW -- City Manager Netter reviewed the staff report on this item advising that Spreckels Performing Arts Center went online October 1995. Mr. Netter acknowledged that Kim Scott, in the City's Engineering Department, was instrumental in this effort and did a great job. Council expressed appreciation for this accomplishment. 5. Spring Clean Up - April 12 -22, 1996 -- City Manager Netter announced the scheduling of this annual effort and advised that appropriate notices would be distributed. 6. MultiVision resolution of audit issues -- City Manager Netter referenced letter dated Febru 3' 13 1996 from MultiVision Cable TV. He explained that Angela Fogle, Accountant/ Auditor for the City, has been working for a number of weeks with MultiVision concluding in resolving all the previously signified items of concern. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes ( 10) March 5,1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. 7. Sewer Capacity - Amendment No. 4- Proposed revisions /Santa Rosa Subregional Sewerage System - -City Manager Netter explained the City has received some additional information on the proposed Amendment No. 4 on capital fees. Based on the EIR, which is subject to change, the draft form makes the indication on preliminary numbers of a reduction to 3.2 mgd., signifying that Rohnert Park may be the hardest hit with the possibility of the previously reviewed .808 mgd. dropping to .21 mgd. City Manager Netter further reviewed related concerns including the realization that this reduction would not be sufficient to even provide for commitments of the existing city limits which were reviewed extensively at last week's Council meeting. Staff will be working with Santa Rosa regarding concerns of the Subregional Agreement. It may be possible to have a report on this ready for next week's Council meeting. 8. Building Department staffing need -- City Manager Netter confirmed his authorization to add a part -time employee in the Building Department due to increased activities and needs of the department, as outlined in the memorandum from Director of Public Works/City Engineer/Building Official Brust. A recruitment will be done for this job description for the part-time position not to exceed 20 hours per week and with no benefits at this point. 9. Creekside Middle School Services Agreement -- City Manager Netter explained that minor revisions are forthcoming in this agreement following the County Counsel's review. Due to the revised agreement in process, the City Attorney will prepare a resolution for the next Council meeting agenda rescinding Resolution 96 -12 which was Council's previous approval of the agreement. During this delay, the existing joint agreement between Rohnert Park and Santa Rosa for any necessary services to the area will be sufficient. The revised agreement with the approval of Council Counsel is expected very soon. 10. MOA - Draft Joint Agreement for North Area -- City Manager Netter reported that the draft MOA for the north area between Rohnert Park city limits and Mountain View Avenue with the City of Santa Rosa and County of Sonoma is anticipated to be completed soon. Mr. Netter commented that some of the homeowners in the north area are getting anxious about this item, and staff will work towards completing a working draft. CIT'YATTORNEY'S REPORT.• City of Alhambra vs. Ikemkto request for amicus support - City Attorney Flitner explained this item opposing the use of local property to satisfy state obligations. Support of this amicus brief would be at no cost obligation to the City of Rohnert Park. Upon motion by Councilwoman Spiro, seconded by Vice Mayor Eck, to support the above - reviewed amicus brief, was unanimously approved. Rohnert Park City Council Minutes (11) March 5, 1996 Adj.Reg.Mtg. 2. City of San Francisco vs. Stacy request for amicus support -- City Attorney Flitner explained this item related to contractors with false claims and recommended the amicus support. Upon motion by Councilman Reilly, seconded by Vice Mayor Eck, to support the above - reviewed amicus brief, was unanimously approved. St. Benevidas vs.Cities -- City Attorney Flitner explained this mediation/arbitration case scheduled for the end of March. He recommended the City's participation which would prevent the need for Rohnert Park to proceed separately. Upon motion by Vice Mayor Eck, seconded by Councilwoman Spiro, directing the Mayor to sign the designated document for the City's participation in the above - reviewed matter, was unanimously approved. MISCELLANEOUS ITEM. ° Rohnert Park Symphony Board request for meeting City Manager Netter explained this request for a meeting with the Mayor and possibly one other Councilmember. Mayor Flores and Vice Mayor Eck signified agreement to meet with Symphony representatives at 3:00 p.m., Thursday, March 14, 1996, City Hall conference room. Vice Mayor Eck requested a representative from the Chamber of Commerce also be invited to this meeting. ADJOURNMENT. Mayor Flores adjourned the meeting at approximately 9:40 p.m. 1 0 ". /I � )�� _ /,, /1, Depu Ci Jerk jh 10 , MOM