2016/12/13 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) 794-9248 ♦ WEB: www.rpcity.org
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
Rohnert Park Financing Authority (RPFA)
Successor Agency to the Community Development Commission (CDC)
JOINT REGULAR MEETING AGENDA
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
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/RPFA agendas and minutes may be viewed at the City's website:
www.Mcity.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 DISCLOSURls (Governinent 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
(Ahanotu _ Callinan_ Stafford _ Mackenzie _ Belforte
2. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
Led by Ellen Giunchigliani's 1`/2"d grade class from University Elementary at La
Fiesta with Introductory Rohnert Park Song
3. PRESENTATIONS
4. DEPARTMENT HEAD BRIEFING
5. 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.
6. 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, November 22,
2016
2. City Council Special Meeting, December 7, 2016
B. Acceptance of Reports for:
1. City Bills/Demands for Payment dated December 13, 2016
2. Successor Agency to the CDC Bills/Demands for Payment dated December 13,
2016
3. RPFA- Cash Report for Month Ending October 2016
4. Housing Successor Agency- Cash Report for Month Ending October 2016
5. Successor Agency- Cash Report for Month Ending October 2016
6. City- Cash Report for Month Ending October 2016
C. City Council Resolutions for Adoption:
1. 2016-113 Accepting the Development Impact Fee Report for Fiscal
Year July 1, 2015 through June 30, 2016
2. 2016-114 Endorsing the Redwood Drive and Commerce Boulevard
Sidewalk Ramp ADA Upgrades Project for Submittal of an
Application for FY 2017-18 Community Development Block
Grant Funding
3. 2016-115 Amending the City Council Protocols
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4. 2016-116 Accepting the Rohnert Park Expressway Phase 1 and Phase 2
Utility Improvements and Directing Related Actions
D. Authorize the City Manager To Execute a Letter of Support for Sonoma
County's Initiation of a Railroad Quiet Zone
E. Approve a Letter Requesting Revisions to Sonoma County's Proposed
Cannabis Regulations and Authorize the Mayor to Sign
F. Formation of a Council Ad -Hoc Committee to Review City Commission,
Committee, and Board Member Terms of Office
Council MotionNote
7. CEREMONY FOR INSTALLATION OF OFFICERS FOR THE YEAR 2017
A. Installation of Councilmembers Elect
1. Certificates of Appointment as if Elected
2. Administration of Oaths of Office
B. Reflections 2016
1. Year's Highlights (slide show)
2. Councilmembers' Comments
3. Mayor's Comments
C. Presentation to Mayor Gina Belforte for 2016 Year as Mayor
D. Installation of Mayor Mackenzie and Vice Mayor Stafford for 2017
E. Vision 2017
1. Mayor's Comments
2. Councilmembers' Comments
ADJOURNMENT
REFRESHMENTS FOLLOWING THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING
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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, Caitlin Saldanha, Deputy City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the
December 13, 2016, Joint Regular Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/RPFA was posted and available
for review on December 8, 2016, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avraam Avenue, Rohnert Park, California
94928. The agenda is also available on the City web site at www.rpcity.ora,
Exeted,th�day ol"Decemhcr,'?[116, at Rohnert Park, California.
Caitlin Saldanha, Deputy City Clerk