Politics & Government

Preview on Tuesday, June 14 City Council Meeting

The meeting begins tonight at 5 p.m. at City Hall.

Tonight the City Council meeting begins with a closed session agenda item — where the council will get a look at two . The item is expected to take about 15 minutes; then the meeting will convene to open session.

The council tonight will also hear a report from W-Trans, a Santa Rosa-based engineering firm commissioned to do a traffic study on Snyder Lane. The study released late last week, outlines a set of street safety problems that the report indicates should be rectified by the city, including some temporary and permanent fixes to the intersection of Medical Center Drive and Snyder Lane, where Ling Murray was struck and her daughter Calli was killed.

Also tonight, Rohnert Park residents who wish to protest a city ordinance that requires residents and commercial property owners to remove weeds from their premises, can come forward to speak. 

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Another agenda item, in which the city is expected to award a street repaving project to Ghilotti Bros., Inc. for $587,827, will consider whether or not to stripe in bike lanes on Camino Colgeio — part of the repaving project.

In a special meeting last night, the city and the Bicycle Advisory Committee heard from residents on what conclusions could be reached about the community's concerns — which centered around pedestrian safety and loss of residential parking spots.

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Tonight the council will also hear a report on the preliminary 2011-2012 budget, which was presented last week. In it, City Manager Gabe Gonzalez seeks to establish a rule that would not let reserve funds be used to fill general fund gaps. An overview the finances of the sewer and water fund will also be presented, and the council is expected to get an update on redevelopment monies — which remain influx.

 Darrin Jenkins, the director of development services, tonight will also present an urban water management plan, in which the city will set forth a plan to keep pace with the statewide goal of reducing water use 20 percent by the year 2020.

Finally, according to a staff report, the city of Rohnert Park paid $345,000 for an environmental review for the Wilfred/Dowdell Specific Plan, which was annexed to the city in 2009. Now, they're seeking reimbursement fees to be collected from developers and property owners when they develop their properties. 

Stay tuned Wednesday for a roundup of Tuesday night's meeting.


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