2018/04/25 City Council Agenda PacketMission 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.ora
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPECIAL MEETING
will be held on Wednesday, April 25, 2018
Open Session: 6:00 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: COMMUNITY CENTER — MULTI -USE ROOM
5401 Snyder Lane, 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.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
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devices upon entering the Council Chamber. Use of these devices causes electrical interference with
the sound recording and TV broadcast systems.
City of Rohnert Park Joint Special Meeting Agenda April 25, 2018
for Rohnert Park City Council Page 2 of 2
1. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Ahanotu _ Belforte_ Mackenzie _ Callinan _ Stafford —)
2. INFORMAL TOWN HALL MEETING
A. General Plan Overview
B. Questions & Answers on Current Issues in Rohnert Park
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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.
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that relate to each item of business referred to on the agenda are available for public inspection at City
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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
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CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, JoAnne M. Buergler, City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda for the April
25, 2018 Joint Special Meeting of the Rohnert Park City Council/RPFA/CDC Successor Agency was posted
and available for review on April 20, 2018 at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park,
California 94928. The agenda is also available on the City web site at www.rpcitv.org,
Executed this 20' day of April, 2018 at Rohnert Park, California.
JoAnne M. Buergler, City Clerk
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If Rohnert Park could do one thing differently to improve, what
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Homelessness/Panhandling
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If Rohnert Park could do one thing differently to improve, what
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Improved Code Enforcement 60
More Economic Development 54
Crosswalk Safety/Street Lights 54
Community Events/Recreation Programs 53
Affordable Housing/ Lower Rent 49
Improve Service/Better Notifications 47
New Infrastructure/Neighborhood Upgrade 47
Public Safety Operations/ Conduct 45
Creek Path Improvements 41
Local/Independent Businesses 40
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last update in 2090, much has changed in the
city and the region. Yiith this General Plan
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