2025/07/31 City Council 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 Thursday July 31, 2025
Open Session: 3:30 p.m.
MEETING LOCATION: CITY OF ROHNERT PARK COUNCIL CHAMBER
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 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). Speakers are encouraged to complete a Public Comment card and submit it to the
Clerk at the time of the meeting. This helps ensure an orderly and efficient meeting, but it is not required.
Members of the public may also provide advanced comments related only to items listed on this agenda by
email at publiccomment@rpcity.org Comments are requested by 1:00 p.m. the day of 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 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.
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.
AMERICAN DISABILITY ACT ACCOMMODATION: Any member of the public who needs
accommodations should email the ADA Coordinator at jcannon@rpcity.org or by calling 707-588-2221.
Notification at least 72 hours prior to the meeting will enable the ADA Coordinator to use her best efforts to
provide reasonable accommodations to provide as much accessibility as possible while also maintaining
public safety in accordance with the City procedure for resolving reasonable accommodation requests.
Information about reasonable accommodations is available on the City website at
https://www.rpcity.org/city_hall/departments/human_resources/a_d_a_and_accessibility_resources
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.
CITY COUNCIL GOALS: On May 14, 2024, the Rohnert Park City Council adopted the following
multi-year broad goals (listed below in no particular order):
1. Long Term Financial Sustainability 3. Planning and Infrastructure
2. Community Quality of Life 4. Organization Well Being
1. CITY COUNCIL SPECIAL MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
(Adams_____Elward_____Rodriguez_____Sanborn______Giudice______)
2. CLOSED SESSION
A. Public Comments
B. Recess to Closed Session to Consider: Conference with Agency Designated Labor Negotiators
Pursuant to Government Code §54957.6(a)
Agency Designated Representatives: Mark Wilson of Burke, Williams & Sorensen, Labor
Negotiator, Jamie Cannon, Director of Human Resources, and City Manager Marcela Piedra.
Employee Organizations:
a) Service Employees’ International Union (SEIU)
b) Rohnert Park Employees’ Association (RPEA)
c) Rohnert Park Public Safety Officers’ Association (RPPSOA)
d) Rohnert Park Public Safety Managers’ Association (RPPSMA)
e) Management Unit
f) Confidential Unit
g) Unrepresented Employees
C. Reconvene Joint Special Meeting Open Session and Report on Closed Session (Government Code
§54957.1)
3. ADJOURNMENT
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 July 30, 2025, 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
30th day of July, 2025 at Rohnert Park, California.
Sylvia Lopez Cuevas
Office of the City Clerk