SANTA ROSA CITY COUNCIL AGENDA AND SUMMARY REPORT
REGULAR MEETING
CITY HALL, 100 SANTA ROSA AVENUE
MARCH 15, 2011

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3:30 P.M. (COUNCIL CHAMBER)

1. 1 CALL TO ORDER AND ROLL CALL

2. CLOSED SESSION - NONE

3. STUDY SESSION

3.1 2 SMART RAIL LINE GENERAL STATUS REPORT AND REVIEW OF THE PROPOSED OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE FACILITY

The purpose of this study session is to allow the Sonoma-Marin Area Rail Transit (SMART) to provide a general status report and to review the site for the proposed Operations and Maintenance Facility (OMF) south of Todd Road and just west of Highway 101 on the east side of SMART's existing rail right-of-way. No official actions need to be taken by the City at this time.

4:00 P.M. (CITY COUNCIL CHAMBER)

4. 3 ANNOUNCEMENT OF ROLL CALL

5. 4 REPORT, IF ANY, ON STUDY AND CLOSED SESSION(S)

6. PROCLAMATIONS/PRESENTATIONS

6.1 5 PRESENTATION - RAMSAR DESIGNATION OF THE LAGUNA DE SANTA ROSA WETLAND COMPLEX

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AGENDA ITEMS: Except for public hearing items, comments from the public will be allowed on all agenda items at the time each item is called. Comments on public hearing items may be made when the hearing is opened.

PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA ITEMS: Comments from the public on non-agenda items will be heard under Agenda Item 14.

7. STAFF BRIEFINGS

This time is reserved for City staff to brief the Council on departmental issues of interest. No action will be taken on these matters except to possibly place a particular item on a future agenda for Council consideration.

8. 6 APPROVAL OF MINUTES

1. March 7, 2011 City Council Special Meeting and City Council/Redevelopment Agency Special Joint Meeting

2. March 8, 2011, Regular Meeting

9A. MAYOR'S/COUNCILMEMBERS’ REPORTS

7 1. STATEMENTS OF ABSTENTION BY COUNCILMEMBERS

2. 8 MAYOR /COUNCILMEMBERS’ REPORTS

3. REPORTS BY MAYOR/COUNCILMEMBERS REGARDING VARIOUS AGENCY MEETINGS ATTENDED (IF NEEDED)

• Sonoma County Transportation Authority (SCTA)
• Sonoma County Water Agency (SCWA) - Water Advisory Committee
• Solid Waste Advisory Group (SWAG)
• Other

9B. 9 CITY MANAGER'S/CITY ATTORNEY’S REPORTS

10. 10 CONSENT ITEMS

10.1 RESOLUTION - SPEED LIMIT ON THIRD STREET, E STREET TO MONTGOMERY DRIVE

This resolution, recommended by the Public Works Department, repeals the intermediate speed limits on Third Street between E Street and Montgomery Drive, thus reducing the speed limit to 25 mph per California Vehicle Code Sections 22352 (a) (2) (A).

11. REPORT ITEMS

5:00 P.M.

11.1 11 PUBLIC HEARING - WEED AND RUBBISH ABATEMENT PROGRAM

BACKGROUND: On February 15, 2011, Council declared, by resolution, weeds and rubbish as a public nuisance. The second procedure is to publish a notice of a public hearing, at which time a person or persons may voice an objection to the Weed and Rubbish Abatement Program. After hearing any or all protests, the Council, by resolution, may grant or overrule any protest and authorizes the Fire Department to abate the nuisances.

RECOMMENDATION: It is recommended by the Fire Department, that Council, by resolution, grant or over rule any protests and authorize the Fire Department to abate the nuisances.

11.2 12 PUBLIC HEARING - FEDERAL SECTION 5310 GRANT APPLICATION FOR THE PURCHASE OF TWO ACCESSIBLE PARATRANSIT BUSES

BACKGROUND: The City of Santa Rosa has contracted with MV Transportation for the provision of complementary, ADA Paratransit services since November 1, 2002. This service has provided as many as 51,000 rides to ADA eligible passengers in a one year period and was selected as the CalACT Outstanding Paratransit Program for 2010. Santa Rosa Paratransit extended its Paratransit service area to include the Earl Baum Center for the Blind, which now accounts for nearly 10% of the total annual rides performed, in July 2005. Given the growing senior and disabled population in the City and Roseland, City staff projects that demand for Paratransit services will only continue to increase in the coming years.

RECOMMENDATION: The Santa Rosa Department of Transit recommends that Council, by resolution, authorize (1) the submittal of a Federal Section 5310 grant application for the acquisition of two accessible Paratransit buses and (2) the appointment of the Director of Transit as the authorized agent to execute any actions necessary for this application, the acceptance of these funds, and the completion of the project.

12. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS (AND POSSIBLE COUNCIL ACTION)

13. [IF NEEDED] - ANNOUNCEMENT OF ADDITIONAL CLOSED SESSION ITEMS(S), ADJOURNMENT TO CLOSED SESSION(S), RECONVENE TO OPEN SESSION, AND ANNOUNCEMENTS, IF ANY

14. 13 PUBLIC COMMENTS ON NON-AGENDA MATTERS

This is the time when any person may address the Council on matters not listed on this agenda, but which are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council. Each speaker is allowed three minutes. To address the Council you are requested to complete the yellow Speaker’s Card and give it to the City Clerk.

15. ADJOURNMENT OF MEETING

*Did not appear on the preliminary agenda.
**Quasi-judicial or adjudicative action.

UPCOMING MEETINGS
March 18 Council and Board/Commission Ethics Training

March 22 NO COUNCIL MEETING

March 29 Study Session - Joint City Council and Planning
Commission Annual Review of the General Plan
Study Session - Taxi Cab Regulations
Consent - Highway 101 Bicycle and Pedestrian Bridge Project Initiation
Document (PID) Regional Measure 2 Safe Routes to Transit
Funding Agreement
Consent - North Santa Rosa Station Area Specific Plan Consultant
Contract
Report - Charter Review
Public Hearing - Elnoka Village EIR Certification Appeal (continued
from March 8, 2011)

April 5 Study Session - Citizen Request Management / 311 Program
Briefing - Regional Climate Protection Authority Program Update:
Energy Upgrade California and RESCO (Renewal Energies for
Secure Communities)
Report - Council Emerging Issues
Public Hearing - Villas Rezoning

April 12 NO COUNCIL MEETING

April 19 Public Hearing - Mitigated Neg. Dec. for Creek Stewardship Volunteer
Program (continued from March 8, 2011)
Pending:

Briefing - Sonoma County Senior Olympics
Report - Bayer Neighborhood Park Home and Gardens Master Plan
Report - Campaign Debt Retirement Ordinance
Report - Museum on the Square Easement
Public Hearing - Taxi Cab Regulations Ordinance

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