2025/08/12 City Council Resolution 2025-059 RESOLUTION NO. 2025-059
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROHNERT PARK
APPROVING AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE A FIRST
AMENDMENT TO EXCLUSIVE AGREEMENT TO NEGOTIATE BETWEEN THE
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK AND CENTERCAL PROPERTIES LLC FOR THE
DEVELOPMENT OF 6400 STATE FARM DRIVE AND AUTHORIZE THE CITY
MANAGER TO CONTINUE NEGOTIATIONS WITH CENTERCAL PROPERTIES
WHEREAS,the City is the owner of an approximately 29.88-acre parcel of real
property, commonly known as 6400 State Farm Drive in Rohnert Park, California(Assessor
Parcel Number 143-051-072-000, as depicted on the County Assessor's Parcel
Map)("Property"); and
WHEREAS, City issued a Request for Qualifications ("RFQ") for development of the
Property on November 1, 2023, and following review of all submissions to the RFQ, determined
that CenterCal Properties, LLC ("CenterCal") would be best suited to develop the Property; and
WHEREAS, the City and CenterCal entered into an Exclusive Agreement to
Negotiate("ENA") on October 22, 2024, and approved as Resolution 2024- 092, in order to
set forth the terms under which the Parties will enter into an exclusive relationship to
negotiate in good faith a detailed non-binding term sheet with respect to the Project ("Term
Sheet") which, if negotiations are successful, will be presented to the City Council for
approval prior to the expiration of the Preliminary Stage of the Negotiating Period, as
defined in the ENA; and
WHEREAS, if the City Council approves the Term Sheet prior to the expiration of
the Preliminary Stage of the Negotiating Period, the Agreement also establishes procedures
and standards for the good faith negotiation and drafting of a comprehensive proposed
Disposition and Development Agreement ("DDA"), consistent with the Term Sheet, during
the DDA Stage of the Negotiating Period, as defined in the ENA; and
WHEREAS, pursuant to the authority provided in Section 3.3 of the ENA, and
based on substantial progress by the Parties with respect to the negotiation of a Term Sheet,
the City Manager extended the Preliminary Stage of the Negotiating Period beyond its
initial 150 calendar day period, to August 18, 2025; and
WHEREAS, the Parties require approximately two and one-half months more time,
to October 31, 2025, to be able to finalize a Term Sheet for presentation to the City Council
and accordingly any further extension of the Preliminary Stage of the Negotiating Period
requires the approval of the City Council;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE
CITY OF ROHNERT PARK THAT IT DOES HEREBY FINDS AS FOLLOWS:
1. The City previously certified and approved an Environmental Impact Report ("PDA
EIR")prepared in accordance with the requirements of the California Environmental
Quality Act("CEQA") and a Mitigation Monitoring and Reporting Plan("PDA
Resolution 2025-05 ft
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MMRP"), in connection with the approval of the Central Rohnert Priority
Development Area Plan("PDA Plan") and the Station Center Subarea and
Downtown District Amenity Zone ("DDAZ") which encompasses and governs land
use of the Property.
2. The ENA anticipates that CenterCal Properties will pursue land use entitlements
that are consistent with the PDA Plan and the DDAZ and any development
resulting from the execution of the ENA will be subject to the provisions of the
PDA MMRP.
3. Reliance on the PDA EIR for purposes of approval of this First Amendment to
Exclusive Agreement to Negotiate ("First Amendment") is appropriate at this time
as there are no substantial changes to the project contemplated by the First
Amendment, no substantial changes to the circumstances under which the project
contemplated by the First Amendment is undertaken, and there is no new
information of substantial importance, which was not known at the time the PDA
EIR was certified, which would otherwise require the preparation of a subsequent
EIR or supplement to the PDA EIR in accordance with CEQA Guidelines Section
15162 and 15163, respectively.
4. Furthermore, as provided in Sections 5 and 9 of the ENA,the land use entitlements
required for any development of the Property remain subject to further CEQA
review, the City retains all discretion in accordance with the law to evaluate the
environmental impacts of any proposed development on the Property proposed by
CenterCal to the extent not adequately addressed in the PDA EIR, and nothing in
the First Amendment modifies or changes the requirements outlined in Sections 5
and 9 of the ENA; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
that a First Amendment To Exclusive Agreement To Negotiate between the City of Rohnert
Park and CenterCal Properties, LLC for the development of 6400 State Farm Drive, in the
form attached hereto as Exhibit A and extending the Preliminary Stage of the Negotiating
Period to October 31, 2025, is hereby approved; and,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Rohnert Park
that the City Manager is hereby authorized to execute and to take all actions necessary to
continue to implement the ENA , as amended by this First Amendment to Exclusive
Agreement to Negotiate, on behalf of the City of Rohnert Park.
DULY AND REGULARLY ADOPTED BY THE CITY OUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF ROHNERT PARK ON this 12th day of August, 2025.
CITYO ' 'O D 'TPARK
Gera d .yor
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ATTEST:
Sylvia Lopez Cuevas, City Clerk
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Resolution 2025-051
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