2024/03/27 City Council Special Meeting Agenda"We Care for Our Residents by Working Together to
Build a Better Community for Today and Tomorrow."
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN THAT THE ROHNERT PARK CITY COUNCIL
WILL HOLD A SPECIAL MEETING
on Wednesday, March 27, 2024
Open Session: 5:30 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: CITY OF ROHNERT PARK CONFERENCE ROOM 2A
Address: 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, CA 94928
PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The Rohnert Park City Council welcomes your attendance, interest and
participation at this special meeting. Closed Session Meetings are not televised or broadcasted.
PUBLIC COMMENTS: Provides an opportunity for public comment on items listed on the agenda (limited
to three minutes per appearance with a maximum allowance of 30 minutes with time limits subject to
modification by the City Council in accordance with the adopted City Council Protocols). Please fill out a
speaker card prior to speaking.
Members of the public may also provide advanced comments by email at publiccomment@rpcity.org
Comments are requested by 3:00 p.m. the day before the meeting, but can be emailed until the close of the
Agenda Item for which the comment is submitted. Email comments must identify Agenda Item Number 2
in the subject line of the email. The emails will not be read for the record but will be provided to
Council. Please note that all e -mails sent to the City Council are considered to be public records and
subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.
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 deadlinesspecified 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 Section 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.
CITY COUNCIL STRATEGIC PRIORITIES: The Rohnert Park City Council adopted the following
strategic priorities for 2023-2024 (listed below in no particular order):
1. Progress on Downtown 6. Police/Community Relations and Accountability
2. Financial Health 7. Housing for All
3. Infrastructure, Maintenance and Beautification 8. Attract and Retain Staff
4. Provide Equitable Services to All 9. Memorable Community Experiences For All
5. Complete General Plan and Integrate Climate
Change
1. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Elward_____Rodriguez_____Sanborn______Giudice______Adams_____)
2. CLOSED SESSION
A. Public Comments
B. Recess to Closed Session to Consider: CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS -
Government Code Section 54957.6: Agency designated representative - Mark Wilson of Burke,
Williams, & Sorenson; Employee Organizations: Rohnert Park Employee’s Association (RPEA);
Rohnert Park Public Safety Officers Association (RPPSOA); Rohnert Park Public Safety Managers
Association (RPPSMA); and Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU) Local 1021
C. Reconvene Joint Special Meeting Open Session and Report on Closed Session (Government Code
§54957.1)
3. 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, please refer to page 1 for
more details on submitting a public comment. 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: A paper copy 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, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert Park, California 94928. Electronic 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 https://www.rpcity.org/city_hall/city_council/meeting_central.
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 be made available for inspection at City Hall
and on our website at the same time. Any writings or documents subject to disclosure that are provided to
the City Council during the meeting will be made available for public inspection during meeting and on our
website following the meeting.
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Sylvia Lopez Cuevas, City Clerk, for the City of Rohnert Park, declare that the foregoing agenda was
posted and available for review on March 26, 2024, at Rohnert Park City Hall, 130 Avram Avenue, Rohnert
Park, California 94928. The agenda is also available on the City website at www.rpcity.org Executed this
26 day of March, 2024, at Rohnert Park, California.
Sylvia Lopez Cuevas
Office of the City Clerk