1992/06/17 City Council MinutesRohnert Park City Council Minutes
June 17, 1992
The Council of the City of Rohnert Park met this date in
adjourned regular session at the City Offices, 6750 Commerce
Blvd. Rohnert Park, CA with Mayor Spiro presiding.
Call to Order The adjourned regular session was called to order at
approximately 4:00 p.m. by Mayor Spiro.
Roll Call Present: (4) Councilmembers Eck, Hollingsworth, Reilly,
and Mayor Spiro
Absent: (1) Councilmember Hopkins
Staff present for all orpart of the meeting: City Manager
Netter, Assistant to the City Manager Leivo, and Finance
Director Harrow.
1992 -93 Budget The Council continued discussion on the proposed City Budget
for 1992 -93 as presented by City Manager Netter.
City Manager Netter distributed a sheet listing the number of
new jobs created by the new stores on the west side. It
showed that approximately 886 new jobs were created in
Rohnert Park with approximately 369 of those jobs being
filled by Rohnert Park residents. This indicates an
astonishing 42% of those positions are being held by city
residents. A copy of the summary is attached to the original
set of these minutes.
The City Council unanimously passed $1,000 for the City's
picnic to be held in September of 1992.
City Manager Netter distributed the
State fiscal crisis and the impacts
Park. The total impact amounts
million that is from a reduction in
approximately $1.3 million and
approximately $200,000. A complete
the original set of these minutes.
nost recent update on the
to the City of Rohnert
to approximately $1.5
motor vehicle fees for
property taxes of
summary is attached to
The Council continued discussion on the request for funds by
local groups, whereby the Council approved all items as
listed in the Community Promotions detail for budget
discussions 6/17/92. This detail is attached to the original
set of these minutes. The balance to be determined was
$6,250. The Council agreed to meet with the remaining
agncies, which included the Rohnert Park Volunteer Center,
Family Services Agency, California Parenting Institute, and
the Country Family Festival. The work session is to be
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scheduled at 5:00 p.m. just prior to the July 14, 1992 City
Council meeting. Also, it was agreed that Guanella Bros.
would be reduced to $7,500 with the stipulation that Guanella
Bros. can keep the revenues generated by concessions.
The Council continued its discussion on the Lighting and
Landscaping Act of 1972 and the Community Services District
(taxing authority). The City Council was very interested in
pursuing this matter and suggested a Council work session to
formulate a presentation at an upcoming City Council meeting
to set the stage to inform the residents of this partial tax
approach. This item would be noticed a a public hearing at a
future Council meeting for input from Rohnert Park citizens.
The Council indicated this was a very important matter and
should be handled professionally with even the possibility
of creating a video tape like that created by the City of
Davis when it discussed its Landscaping and Lighting District
parcel tax.
The City Manager distributed the updated five year general
fund revenues /expenditures expense projections. The City
Council had a general discussion regarding this matter. The
reports showed that the 93 -94 budget deficit- would be
approximately $1.4 million, for 94 -95 would increase to $2.7
million, for 95 -96 would increase to $4.1 million, and
finally, for 96 -97 would increase to $5.7 million. This
projection included conservative revenue estimates and
included a CPI formula increase in its expense categories,
but did not include any new hires. The report clearly showed
that the expense growth in the near future will exceed the
revenue growth. It was the consensus of the City Council
that this matter should be set for a future work session
specifically to discuss the five year projection and what
solutions can be formulated in order to address these
problems. City Manager Netter indicated to the Council that
the City has cut expenditures and programs to the bare
minimum and the Council will have to consider some tough
decisions in the next few years which may include tax
increases such as the Lighting and Landscaping District,
increased property transfer tax, or other forms of revenue
production. In addition, the Council may have to consider
reducing and /or eliminating certain services or at least
reduce the level of service over what is currently being
provided.
City Manager Netter referenced the budget on the number of
employees per capita, sales tax revenues generated per
capita, and property tax revenues generated per capita. It
is well known that the City of Rohnert Park has the fewest
number of employees per capita and is much more efficient
compared to other local agencies that it compares itself to.
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There was some discussion on the possibility of putting new
tax items on the November ballot for the people to decide.
City Manager Netter indicated that if the Council desired
this, the information would have to be submitted by August 7,
1992 in order to meet the deadline for the November ballot.
The City Council directed staff to formulate a flyer to be
distributed in the upcoming utility bills to be mailed on
July 1st with information regarding the State fiscal crisis
and the impacts on the City of Rohnert Park. The flyer would
specifically request letters to be sent to local legislators
opposing the State's reduction of city revenues.
Parks & Recreation City Manager Netter distributed the capital projects priority
Commission listing as formulated by the Parks and Recreation
Commission. priorities on The Council decided to hold this
matter over to be discussed capital projects at mid -year,
possibly February or March of 1993. City Manager Netter
indicated this was not a high priority, as the budget is so
bare -bones that all capital projects are being deferred at
this time.
General Plan The Council continued discussion on the General Plan Update
Update and the timng of Phase II. It was the general consensus of
the Council that Phase I must be completed first before the
Council considers Phase II, which includes how large Phase II
will be and when Phase II will be started. Councilman Eck
indicated he would desire the entire area to be a planned
area and not respond to individual developers. He indicated
he would like to see a full master plan of the easterly area.
Discussion continued wherein Mayor Spiro indicated she voted
Phase I on the premise that there would be a Phase II.
Councilman Hollingsworth indicated that the cost of Phase II
would have to be borne by the developers and to date he knows
of no developer willing to pay for said costs. Councilman
Hollingsworth suggested that Phase II and the timing of same
be submitted to the General Plan Committee for its discussion
and recommendation to the Council. This would include what
the committee thinks Phase II should be and when Phase II
should commence.
Adjournment There being no further items to discuss, the meeting was
adjourned at approximately 5:50 p.m. The meeting was
adjourned to the regularly scheduled meeting of June 23, 1992
at 6:00 p.m.
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