2020/01/06 City Council Agenda Packet
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING NOTICE AND AGENDA
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT A SPECIAL MEETING
will be held on Monday, January 6, 2020
Open Session: 5:00 pm
* PLEASE NOTE THE CHANGE IN MEETING LOCATION *
The Special Meeting will convene at City Council Chambers, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert
Park, California. The Meeting will recess to and later reconvene in
Conference Room 2A for a report on Closed Session
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.
Contact the Office of the City Clerk, 707-588-2227 or cityclerk@rpcity.org for more information regarding
the Rohnert Park City Council or any item on the agenda. City Council agendas, minutes, and meetings may
be viewed at the City’s website: www.rpcity.org on the meeting central page.
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 listed on this agenda (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.
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.)
“We Care for Our Residents by Working Together to
Build a Better Community for Today and Tomorrow.”
ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING January 6, 2020
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ANNOUNCEMENT: Please turn off all pagers, cellular telephones and all other communication devices
upon entering the meeting. Use of these devices causes electrical interference with the sound recording and
TV broadcast systems.
1. CITY COUNCIL/RPFA/SUCCESSOR AGENCY JOINT SPECIAL MEETING - CALL TO
ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Adams__ Belforte __ Stafford __ Mackenzie __ Callinan __)
2. PUBLIC COMMENTS
Persons wishing to address the Council on any Closed Session item 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.
3. CLOSED SESSION
A. Recess to Closed Session in Conference Room 2A to Consider:
Conference with Legal Counsel – Significant Exposure to Litigation pursuant to Government
Code §54956.9(d)(2): (One Case)
B. Reconvene Joint Special Meeting Open Session in Conference Room 2A and Report on Closed
Session (Government Code §54957.1)
4. ADJOURNMENT
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.
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, Sylvia Lopez Cuevas, Assistant City Clerk for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda was
posted and available for review on January 2, 2020, 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.
Executed this January 2, 2020 at Rohnert Park, California.
Sylvia Lopez Cuevas
Office of the City Clerk