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Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20253 housing units ($970K)
🗳️ Election results (2 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Susan Harvey ✓ 2,438 · Laura Sparks ✓ 2,229 · Ben Ford ✓ 2,138 · George Barich 864
City Council 2020-11-03
Laura Sparks ✓ 2,493 · Susan Harvey ✓ 2,253 · Ben Ford ✓ 2,208 · Brittany Murphy 1,686
🗳️ Ballot measures (1)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure S
2024-11-05 · Passed — 2,278 yes / 1,499 no
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Community Development Director Meeting
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Community Development Director Meeting
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Community Development Director Meeting
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Community Development Director Meeting
Recent meetings
Mon Jul 20, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Thu Jul 16, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Thu Jul 16, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Mon Jul 6, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Thu Jul 2, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Hearing
Tue Jun 23, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
📹 From the video
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Okay. So, welcome everyone to the joint meeting of the Gati City Council and a successor agency to the former Gati Community Redevelopment Agency. Thank you for being here today. And we want to start with a call to order. Roll call. >> Council member Savage >> here. >> Council member Sparks >> Council member Ford >> here. >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> Mayor Lemus >> here. Okay. Okay, next we have the approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all the resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda. And we have the regular meeting minutes from the Katy City Council of June 9th, 2026. Is there any questions or corrections from council? No. Okay. So, we'll open this up for public comment and we'll go to Zoom first and this is on the minutes of the June 9th meeting. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment, please use the raise hand icon. Seeing no hands, that will end the Zoom portion of public comment. Thank you. >> Thank you. And now, if there's anyone in the room that would like to make a public comment on the meeting minutes from June 9th, please uh come forward. >> Not seeing anyone, I'll bring it back to city council. >> Move to approve the minutes. >> Thank you. Second. >> Second. Okay. All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. The next item we have is a proclamation. And today we have a pro we're proclaiming the month of July 2026 at parks make life better month. And so to start we'll start wi
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Mon Jun 15, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Jun 9, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
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Good evening. We want to welcome all of you to the joint meeting of the Kati City Council and the successor agency to the former Kat Community Redevelopment Agency. And we want to start with a call to order and a roll call. >> Council member Savage >> here. Council member Sparks >> here. >> Council member Ford >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> here. >> Mayor Lemus >> here. Thank you. Uh, next item we have is approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and or adopted under this agenda. And we have the regular meeting minutes from May there's a typo. May 26 because May 16th was a Saturday. >> It's correct on the minutes themselves though. >> On the minutes themselves are correct. So just on the agenda it's incorrect. Okay. Okay. So, any questions or anything else? No. Okay. Can we get public comment on that? We'll open up to online first. Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment on this item, please use the raise hand icon. Uh, seeing no hands on Zoom. >> Okay. Okay. In the room, is there anyone that would like to make a comment on the approval of minutes from May 26? Okay. Seeing none, uh, we'll see take a vote of the Any other questions, comments? Okay. How about a motion? >> Move to approve the minutes. Second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Thank you. And the next item, we have a proclamation uh of the city council of city Katy celebrating Junth. and we're turning that ov
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Mon Jun 1, 2026 · 11:00 AM
Community Development Director Hearing
Mon Jun 1, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue May 26, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approves garbage agreement amendment and several infrastructure items
The Council approved an amendment and term extension for the Recology garbage franchise agreement. Additional actions included approving a series of consent calendar items regarding sewer generators, road construction, and pavement preservation.
- Approved May 12, 2026 minutes as amended (5-0)
- Proclaimed June 2026 as Pride Month
- Adopted purchase of fixed generators for Quail Hollow and New Century sewer lift stations (5-0)
- Approved La Salle Avenue valve replacement construction contract with Granite Construction (5-0)
- Approved professional services agreement with Harris and Associates for pavement preservation (5-0)
- Approved letters opposing AB 1383 and SB 866 (4-0)
- Adopted Recology garbage franchise agreement amendment and term extension (5-0)
📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Remote
John Savage Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
During Roll Call, Councilmember Sparks announced that she would be participating remotely under
the just cause provisions of Government Code Section 54953.8.3(c), due to a need to recover from
surgery.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAY 12, 2026
No public comment.
Councilmember Ford noted that some of the Councilmember titles in vote counts needed to be
corrected.
RESULT: APPROVED AS AMENDED [5 – 0]
MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Sparks, Savage
Cotati City Council Minutes May 26, 2026
3. PROCLAMATIO
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Wed May 20, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Community-Police Advisory Committee Meeting
Mon May 18, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue May 12, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council adopts rezoning ordinance for TOC and SANTERO WAY districts
The council unanimously approved the prior meeting minutes. It adopted approvals for the 2026 summer movies, food festival, and National Night Out events, as well as the 2026 Chamber of Commerce music festival, each by a 5‑0 vote. The council also adopted a rezoning ordinance placing multiple parcels into the Transit Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY zoning districts, with a 5‑0 vote after Councilmember Savage recused himself.
- Approved meeting minutes (5-0)
- Adopted summer movies, food festival, and National Night Out events (5-0)
- Adopted Chamber of Commerce music festival event (5-0)
- Adopted rezoning ordinance for TOC and SANTERO WAY districts (5-0, one member recused)
📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – APR 28, 2026
No public comment.
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Sparks, Savage
NAYS: None
3. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
A. PROCLAIMING MAY 2026 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
HERITAGE MONTH IN COTATI
Cotati City Council Minutes May 12, 2026
Mayor Lemus read the proclamation. Proclamation was accepted by Grace Cheung-Schulman of
AAPIC North Bay, and Sema Sharma of Sai’s Sprouts Preschool.
B. BIKE MONTH PROCLAMATION
Councilmember Ford read the procla
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Mon May 4, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Apr 28, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council adopts rezoning plan and digital display purchase (4‑0 votes)
The City Council approved the meeting minutes and adopted all items on the consent calendar, including Sunflower Park construction improvements, a food and mobile business ordinance, the 2026 Farmers Market, and rezoning of multiple parcels to the TOC and SANTERO WAY districts. The Council also approved a purchase agreement for a new digital display to replace the marquee message board. All actions passed unanimously with a 4‑to‑0 vote.
- Approved meeting minutes (4‑0)
- Adopted Sunflower Park construction improvements (4‑0)
- Second reading of Food and Mobile Business Ordinance adopted (4‑0)
- Approved 2026 Farmers Market in La Plaza Park (4‑0)
- Second reading and adoption of rezoning multiple parcels to TOC and SANTERO WAY districts (4‑0)
- Approved purchase agreement for digital display and related software (4‑0)
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Permit Technician Carla
Duncan, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community Development
Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris Simmons
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – APR 14, 2026
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Councilmember
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Sparks
3. AGENDA REVIEW (ACTION)
No changes.
4. CITIZEN BUSINESS AND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
Any member of the public wishing to speak to the Council on any item(s) listed on the Consent Calendar or any matter(s) not listed on
the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council may do so at this time. Pursuant to the Bro
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Mon Apr 20, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Apr 14, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approved rezoning parcels to Transit‑Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY
The council approved the rezoning of multiple parcels to the Transit‑Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY zoning districts, with a 3‑to‑0 vote after Councilmember Savage recused himself. The council also introduced amendments to the Food and Mobile Business Ordinance, adopting the changes by a 4‑to‑0 vote. Additionally, the council adopted a resolution to protect community safety in the event of a significant immigration action, also by a unanimous 4‑to‑0 vote.
- Approve regular meeting minutes (Mar 24, 2026) – Adopted 3‑0
- Approve special meeting minutes (Mar 24, 2026) – Adopted 4‑0
- Adopt consent calendar items (short film festival, construction contract, AB 2596) – Adopted 4‑0
- Approve rezoning of parcels to Transit‑Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY districts – Approved 3‑0 (Savage recused)
- Introduce Food and Mobile Business Ordinance amendments – Introduced 4‑0
- Adopt resolution to protect community safety in immigration action – Adopted 4‑0
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Lieutenant Paul
Goodin, Associate Planner Autumn Buss
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
Public Comment:
Michael Ceremello
Jessica N of Cotati
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAR 24, 2026
RESULT: Approve [3 TO 0] Regular Meeting
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: Ford
ABSENT: Sparks
Cotati City Council Minutes April 14, 2026
B. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING – MAR 24, 2026
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0] Special Meeting
MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
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Mon Apr 6, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Mar 24, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approved contract for Cotati Entry Archway Monument repair
The City Council unanimously approved the March 10 minutes and adopted a proclamation for Government Finance Professionals Week. It awarded the Cotati Entry Archway Monument repair contract to Cestarollo Construction, Inc. and approved a tree‑removal permit with mitigation conditions for a development on Lund Hill Lane. Two items—rezoning of multiple parcels and a closed‑session labor negotiation—were continued to a future meeting.
- Approved March 10, 2026 minutes (3‑0)
- Accepted Government Finance Professionals Week proclamation
- Adopted contract award to Cestarollo Construction, Inc. for Archway repair (3‑0)
- Adopted tree removal permit with mitigation conditions (3‑0)
- Continued rezoning ordinance for TOC and SSW districts to April 14, 2026
- Continued closed‑session labor negotiation item to a future meeting
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Absent
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Deputy City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons, Senior Planner JP Harries
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAR 10, 2026
No public comment.
RESULT: Approve [3 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Ford, Sparks
3. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
A. GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK
Cotati City Council Minutes March 24, 2026
Public Comment:
George Barich of Cotati
Call-In Listener
Laurie Alderman of Cotati
Mayor Lemus read the proclamation. Proclamation was accepted by J
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Tue Mar 24, 2026 · 07:00 PM
Special Joint Meeting of the Cotati City Council and the Community-Police Advisory Committee
✓ Decided: Council directs staff to draft immigration safety resolution
The City Council and the Community‑Police Advisory Committee discussed potential immigration enforcement actions that could affect public safety. The Council directed staff to prepare a resolution, modeled after Sonoma County’s approach, and to coordinate with the County Department of Emergency Management. No vote tally was recorded for these directives.
- Directed staff to draft a resolution on community safety during immigration enforcement actions (no vote recorded)
- Directed staff to engage with the County Department of Emergency Management to plan collaboration (no vote recorded)
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE COTATI COMMUNITY-POLICE
ADVISORY COMMITTEE
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
7:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
M
ayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 7:23pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Remote
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Jane Lawton Committee Chair Present
Kirk Jarrett Committee Vice Chair Absent
Carol Williams Committee Member Present
Les Richardson Committee Member Present
Jeff Causbrook Committee Member Absent
S
taff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
2. PUBLIC COMMENT
Pursuant to California Government Code Section 54954.3(a), members of the public wishing to
address the Council may do so at the beginning of the special meeting, and such comments shall be
limited to the special meeting topic.
P
ublic Comment:
George Barich of Cotati
Alexa Chipman of Rohnert Park
Roberta Teller of Sebastopol
Beverly Voloshin of Petaluma
Adrienne Lauby of Cotati
Pama Lacey
Laurie-Ann Barbour of Cotati
Cotati City Council Minutes March 24, 2026
Megan Coffey
David Ergo
Laurie Alderman of Co
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Mon Mar 16, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Mon Mar 2, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
✓ Decided: Planning Commission adopts Santero Way transit‑oriented rezoning ordinance (4‑0)
The commission approved the minutes from the February 2, 2026 meeting by a 4‑0 vote. It then adopted the Santero Way and Transit Oriented Communities parcel‑specific rezoning ordinance, also by a 4‑0 vote. The Housing Element Annual Progress Report and the General Plan Annual Progress Report were filed for future discussion. The meeting adjourned at 7:30 PM.
- Approved February 2, 2026 meeting minutes (4‑0)
- Adopted Santero Way and TOC rezoning ordinance (4‑0)
- Filed Housing Element Annual Progress Report for future discussion
- Filed General Plan Annual Progress Report for future discussion
- No changes to agenda
- No public comments received
- Adjourned meeting at 7:30 PM
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MINUTES
COTATI PLANNING COMMISSION
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Monday, March 02, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Long called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Ryan Long Chair Present
Ed Gilardi Vice Chair Present
Kimberlyn Moffet Commissioner Absent
Michelle Berman Commissioner Present
Sarah Sparks Commissioner Present
Staff Present: Community Development Director Noah Housh, Permit Technician Carla Duncan,
Planning Technician Pema Sherpa
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been
stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia. This
acknowledgment does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities but
serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLIGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Minutes from February 2, 2026 Planning Commission Meeting
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Sarah Sparks, Planning Commissioner
SECONDER: Ed Gilardi, Vice Chair
AYES: Gilardi, Berman, Long, Sparks
NAYS: None
Planning Commission Minutes March 02, 2026
ABSENT:
Moffet
RECUSE:
6. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
None.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT - ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Any member of the public wi
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Tue Feb 24, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: City Council approved February 10 minutes and waived reading of agenda items
The council approved the minutes from the February 10, 2026 meeting and waived reading of all resolutions and ordinances on the agenda. The approval passed with a 3‑to‑0 vote, with Mayor Ben Ford moving and Councilmember John Savage seconding. No other actions or votes were recorded for the regular agenda items.
- Approved February 10 minutes and waiver of reading (3-0)
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, February 24, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1
.
CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Ben Ford Mayor
Sylvia Lemus Vice Mayor
Susan Harvey Councilmember
Laura Sparks Councilmember
John Savage Councilmember
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Deputy City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community Development Noah
Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris Simmons
Vice Mayor Harvey called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – FEB 10, 2026
RESULT: Approve [3 TO 0]
MOVER: Ben Ford, Mayor
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Harvey, Ford,
Savage
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Lemus, Sparks
RECUSE:
3. PRESENTATIONS
A. COTATI HISTORICAL SOCIETY PRESENTATIONIt is recommended that the City Council
receive a presentation from the Cotati Historical Society. No action will be taken.
Cotati City Council Minutes February 24, 2026
Presentation by John Dell’Osso and Ed Gilardi of the Cotati Historical Society.
Councilmembers comment.
Public Co
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Wed Feb 18, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Community-Police Advisory Committee Meeting
Mon Feb 16, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Feb 10, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council adopts traffic signalization project and approves key events
The Cotati City Council approved the minutes from the Jan. 27 meeting and adopted a proclamation for Black History Month. It approved two community events—the 2026 Rollin' Rosies Car Show and the 2026 Kids Day—in La Plaza Park. The council also adopted the mid‑year financial report and a traffic signalization project, each by a 4‑to‑0 vote. Staff were directed to develop options for unfinished projects, include the Downtown Parking Study in FY 25/26, and add a community‑police advisory item for future discussion.
- Approved Jan. 27, 2026 council minutes (4‑0)
- Adopted Black History Month proclamation (no vote recorded)
- Approved Rollin' Rosies Car Show and Kids Day events (4‑0)
- Adopted mid‑year financial report for FY 2025/26 (4‑0)
- Adopted traffic signalization project (4‑0)
- Directed staff to present options to finish and prioritize projects, include Downtown Parking Study
- Directed staff to add community‑police advisory item for future meeting
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, February 10, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Public Works/City
Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris Simmons
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – JAN 27, 2026
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Sparks
No public comment.
3. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
A. PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTATI
DECLARING THE MONTH OF FEBRUARY 2026 BLACK HISTORY MONTH
Cotati City Council Minutes February 10, 2026
Mayor Lemus read the proclamation. Proclamation was accepted by Raquel Holmes and
members of the Black Student Union at Sonoma State University.
No pub
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Mon Feb 2, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
✓ Decided: Planning Commission adopts Luv Carwash design review and approves minutes
The Commission approved the minutes from the January 20, 2026 meeting by a 5‑to‑0 vote. It then adopted a resolution approving preliminary and final design review for the Luv Carwash project at 7360 Commerce Boulevard, also by a 5‑to‑0 vote. No other matters were decided.
- Approved Jan 20, 2026 minutes (5‑0)
- Adopted Luv Carwash design review resolution (5‑0)
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MINUTES
COTATI PLANNING COMMISSION
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Monday, February 02, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Long called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Ryan Long Chair Present
Ed Gilardi Vice Chair Present
Kimberlyn Moffet Commissioner Present
Michelle Berman Commissioner Present
Sarah Sparks Commissioner Present
Staff Present: Community Development Director Noah Housh, Associate Planner Autumn Buss,
Permit Technician Carla Duncan, Planning Technician Pema Sherpa
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been
stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia. This
acknowledgment does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities but
serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLIGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Minutes from January 20, 2026 Planning Commission Meeting
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Kimberlyn Moffet, Commissioner
SECONDER: Ed Gilardi, Vice Chair
AYES: Gilardi, Moffet, Berman, Long, Sparks
NAYS: None
Planning Commission Minutes February 02, 2026
6. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
None.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT - ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Any member of th
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Tue Jan 27, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approved meeting minutes and adopted consent‑calendar resolutions (4‑0)
The City Council approved the minutes from the Jan 13, 2026 meeting with a 4‑to‑0 vote. The council also adopted the consent‑calendar items, including committee assignments, the Climate Ready Cotati Fair resolution, the Measure S oversight report, and endorsement of the Whale Tail grant application, also by a 4‑to‑0 vote. No other agenda items recorded a vote or final decision at this meeting.
- Approved Jan 13, 2026 meeting minutes (4‑0)
- Adopted consent‑calendar resolutions: committee assignments, Climate Ready Cotati Fair, Measure S report, Whale Tail grant endorsement (4‑0)
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, January 27, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1
.
CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Ben Ford Mayor
Sylvia Lemus Vice Mayor
Susan Harvey Councilmember
Laura Sparks Councilmember
John Savage Councilmember
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Deputy City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community Development Noah
Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris Simmons
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – JAN 13, 2026
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Councilmember
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Harvey, Ford,
Lemus, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Sparks
RECUSE:
3. AGENDA REVIEW (ACTION)
Mayor Lemus requested to move item 7A to after 7C. There being no objection from the Council, the
item was moved.
Cotati City Council Minutes January 27, 2026
4. CITIZEN BUSINESS AND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
Any member of the public wishing to speak to the Council on any item(s) listed on the Consen
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Tue Jan 20, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Special Meeting
✓ Decided: Planning Commission approves Ayawaska bathroom addition and elects new officers
The Commission unanimously approved the minutes from the November 17, 2025 meeting. Commissioners elected Kimberlyn Long as Chair and Ed Gilardi as Vice Chair for 2026. The Commission also adopted a design‑review resolution allowing Ayawaska restaurant to add a 400‑sq‑ft bathroom to its downtown location. All votes were 5‑0 in favor.
- Approved November 17, 2025 minutes (5-0)
- Elected Chair Kimberlyn Long and Vice Chair Ed Gilardi for 2026 (5-0)
- Adopted design review for Ayawaska restaurant bathroom addition (5-0)
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MINUTES
COTATI PLANNING COMMISSION
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, January 20, 2026
6:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Moffet called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Kimberlyn Moffet Chair Present
Ryan Long Vice Chair Present
Ed Gilardi Commissioner Present
Sarah Sparks Commissioner Present
Shelley Berman Commissioner Present
Staff Present: Community Development Director Noah Housh, Associate Planner Autumn Buss,
Permit Technician Carla Duncan, Planning Technician Pema Sherpa
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have
been stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia.
This acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous
communities but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLIGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Minutes from November 17, 2025 Planning Commission Meeting
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Shelley Berman, Planning Commissioner
SECONDER: Ryan Long, Vice Chair
AYES: Gilardi, Moffet, Berman, Long, Sparks
NAYS: None
Planning Commission Minutes January 20, 2026
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6. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
None.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT - ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATION
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Mon Jan 19, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Jan 13, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, January 13, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, Assistant City Attorney Kimia Mahalatti, City Clerk
Kevin Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons, Senior Planner JP Harries
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – DEC 9, 2025
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Sparks, Savage
NAYS: None
No public comment.
3. RECEPTION
A. RECOGNITION OF OUT -GOING MAYOR AND RECEPTION FOR INCOMING
MAYOR AND VICE-MAYOR
Cotati City Council Minutes January 13, 2026
Mayor Lemus opened the item for public comment.
Public Comment:
George Barich of Cotati
Laurie-Ann Barbour of Cotati
Adrienne L
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Tue May 13, 2025 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approved 178‑unit mixed‑use development with added conditions
The council voted 5‑0 to approve the preliminary design review, tree‑removal permit, parkland dedication, and vesting tentative map for a 178‑unit mixed‑use project north of Redwood Drive and State Route 116, adding three specific conditions. It also approved a city fee‑schedule update and adopted a resolution supporting Assembly Bill 564, each by a 5‑0 vote. The minutes from the April 22, 2025 meeting were approved unanimously.
- Approved 178‑unit mixed‑use development preliminary design review (5‑0)
- Approved city fee schedule update (5‑0)
- Adopted resolution supporting Assembly Bill 564 to halt cannabis tax increase (5‑0)
- Approved minutes from Apr 22, 2025 meeting (5‑0)
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Good evening. I'll call to order this meeting of the uh Kat City Council and the successor agency to the former Kati Community Redevelopment Agency. We'll start with a roll call. Council member Savage here. Council member Sparks here, Council Member Harvey here, Vice Mayor Lemus here, Mayor Ford here, and because of some um changes we made to the agenda policy last meeting, we're going to uh the first item of business is a public comment on non-action agenda items. So, this is an opportunity for members of the public to uh speak on any of the items on the agenda that do not have the action tag, which are the items the action ones are the ones the council will consider. So, uh, if anybody would like to speak on any of the non-action agenda items, please raise your hand. We'll start over here. Yes, Mr. Mayor. You mentioned that u you had changed some things. I thought roll call was pulled off along with the pledge of allegiance and the land acknowledgement, and I see it on here. So, I was just wondering did I was I in error that you did leave that on because I like I said I assumed that all those things had been removed. Um and at the last on your last agenda I believe the pledge of allegiance, the roll call and land acknowledgement were not on the agenda and you did them anyway. And according to government code 54954.2 two A3. No action or discussion shall be undertaken on any item not appearing on the posted agenda. That's pretty blatant. So, um I appreciate the fact that the
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, May 13, 2025
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Ford called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Ben Ford Mayor Present
Sylvia Lemus Vice Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
2. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-ACTION AGENDA ITEMS
Public Comment:
Michael Ceremello
George Barich of Cotati
Laurie Alderman of Cotati
The meeting was subsequently disrupted during the Land Acknowledgement statement, which is
read after Public Comment on Non-Action Agenda items per Resolution 2025-14, City Council
Policy 2025-02.
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – APR 22, 2025
Public Comment:
Laurie Alderman of Cotati
George Barich of Cotati
Cotati City Council Minutes May 13, 2025
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Councilmember
SECONDER: Sylvia Lemus, Vice Mayor
AYES: Ford, Lemus, Harvey, Sparks, Savage
NAYS: None
4. ANNOUNCEMENTS
A. Meeting Orientation for New Attendees/Viewers. In conformance with the Brown Act and the
adopted City Council Rules, the meeting agend
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Tue Jan 14, 2025 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
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e e e call to order this meeting of the katat city council and the successor agency to the former kadi community redevelopment agency um can we begin with a roll call please council member Rivers here council member Sparks here council member Harvey here vice mayor lus here Mayor Ford here and um if you like and are able please join us in standing for a land acknowledgement followed by the Pledge of Allegiance the city of Kat recognizes that we're on the ancestral lands of the the coast of the coastal Miwok who are the original caretakers of this area we respectfully acknowledge the indigenous peoples who have been stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge Keepers for Millennia this acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible andice for our thank you we'll move next to approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced Andor adopted under this agenda um the minutes before us are from the regular meeting of December 10th 2024 um anybody have any uh Corrections they caught okay and we'll open this up to public comment then anybody wishing to comment on the minutes of December 10th all right can we go to our Zoom attendees yes thank you Mayor Ford speaking to our Zoom attendees if you'd like to make a public comment on thi
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, January 14, 2025
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Ford called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Ben Ford Mayor Present
Sylvia Lemus Vice Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Present
Kathleen Rivers Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, Assistant City Attorney Ali Wolf, Deputy City Clerk
Kevin Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons, Associate Planner Autumn Buss
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been
stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia. This
acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities
but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTIO
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Mon Jan 13, 2025 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Special Meeting
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question I think we could do one group but I think I I def definitely want to be able to maybe we can put the other do you guys have more easel maybe we can put the other boards over here so people can see them easier I have some clip boards R down um we don't want right right well I think the the biggest thing for me um is so the for hell absolutely The Happening spot I know it's not here yet find e e for I should I'd like to call this meeting to order Carla can we have roll call please commissioner long commissioner Burman present commissioner Savage here Vice chair Moffett here chair Gard here item three land acknowledgement the city of katat recognizes that we are on ancestral lands of the kiwok who are the original caretakers of this area we respectfully acknowledge indigenous people who have been the stewards who have been stewarding and maintaining the relationship on this land as knowledge Keepers for Millennia this acknowledgement does not take the place of the authentic relationship with indigenous communities but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on the pledge allegiance i al to the flag of the United States of America and to the for it stands one nation God indivisible with liy and justice for all can I have a motion to approve the me minutes of the November 18th meeting um chairman did we get a communication from um Neil about something that need to be changed on that has that been taken care of yeah yes we did thank you for bringing that up um I
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MINUTES
COTATI PLANNING COMMISSION
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Monday, January 13, 2025
6:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Chair Gilardi called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Ed Gilardi Chair Present
Kimberlyn Moffet Vice Chair Present
John T. Savage Commissioner Present
Ryan Long Commissioner Present
Shelley Berman Commissioner Present
Staff Present: Community Development Director Noah Housh, Permit Technician Carla Duncan,
Planning Technician Eli Arreola, Deputy City Clerk Kevin Patterson
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been
stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia. This
acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities but
serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLIGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Minutes from November 18, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting
The minutes from the November 18, 2024 Planning Commission meeting were approved with
exception that the amendments suggested by Neil Hancock are implemented.
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Shelley Berman, Planning Commissioner
SECONDER: Ryan Long, Planning Commissioner
Planning Commission Minutes
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Mon Jun 17, 2024 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
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that all right the mics are live [Music] you for w for e e off sorry Carla can we have an official roll call please commissioner long commissioner Burman here commissioner Savage here Vice chair Moffett here chair gardi okay I'm going to invite everyone to stand for the land acknowledgement shy would you be so kind as to lead us in the land acknowledgement tonight I'd be honored the city of katat recognizes that we're on the ancestral lands of the coastal Miwok who are the original caretakers of this area we respectfully acknowledge the indigenous peoples who have been stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as as knowledge Keepers for Millennia this acknowledgement does not take place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on thank you aliance I pledge allegiance to the flag of the United States of America and to the Republic for which it stands one nation under God indivisible with liberty and justice for all thank you do I have an motion to approve the minutes from April 15th I'll make a motion to approve I'll make a motion to approve the minutes I'll second all in favor I I any opposed I think that's unanimous okay any changes to the agenda staff uh no changes uh Vice chair Muffet thank you and next we have public comment does anyone in the audience or on our Zoom audience have a public comment not related two matters at hand Vice chair mofet there are no Zoom attendees at this time okay
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MINUTES
COTATI PLANNING COMMISSION
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Monday, June 17, 2024
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Vice Chair Moffet called the meeting to order at 6:00 PM.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
John T. Savage Commissioner Present
Ed Gilardi Chair Absent
Kimberlyn Moffet Vice Chair Present
Ryan Long Commissioner Present
Shelley Berman Commissioner Present
Staff Present: Director of Community Development Noah Housh, Planning Secretary Carla Duncan,
Senior Planner JP Harries, Associate Planner Autumn Buss, Administrative Assistant Sonia Sanchez
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
A. Minutes from April 15, 2024 Planning Commission Meeting
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER: John Savage, Planning Commissioner
SECONDER: Shelley Berman, Planning Commissioner
AYES: Savage, Moffet, Berman, Long
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Gilardi
RECUSE:
6. CHANGES TO THE AGENDA
Planning Commission Minutes June 17, 2024
None.
7. PUBLIC COMMENT - ORAL AND WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
Any member of the public wishing to speak to the Commission on any item(s) listed on the Matters at Hand or any matter(s) not listed
on the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Commission may do so at this time. Pursuant to the Brown Act, the
Commission is not allowed to consider issues or take action on any item not listed on the agenda during this period. Pursuant t
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Tue Jun 11, 2024 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
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e e e REM for all right we are calling the regular meeting of the kadi city council to order um can we please begin with a roll call council member Rivers here council member lemis here Council member Harvey here vice mayor Ford here mayor Sparks here please stand uh and join us as we um read the land acknowledgement and then the Pledge of Allegiance the city of kadi recognizing recognizes that we are on the ancestral lands of the coastal miok who are the original caretakers of this area we respectfully acknowledge the indigenous peoples who have been stewarding and maintaining relation relationship on this land as knowledge Keepers for Millennia this acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on now please join us in the Pledge of Allegiance fled States we are going to approve the minutes from our special meeting on May 13th and our regular meeting on May 28th are there any changes or corrections to the minutes can I just ask a question about whether there will be minutes of the joint session with the Planning Commission that preceded the meeting on the 28th those that come later okay thanks okay no other um Corrections or questions all right I'm going to open it up for public comment if there's anyone who wishes to speak about the minutes from either of those last two meetings that we've had is there anyone in the room wishing to speak can we go to zoom please yes thank
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, June 11, 2024
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Sparks called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Laura Sparks Mayor Present
Ben Ford Vice Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Councilmember Present
Sylvia Lemus Councilmember Present
Kathleen Rivers Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manger Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Deputy City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been
stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia. This
acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities
but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL
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Tue May 28, 2024 · 04:00 PM
Joint City Council/Planning Commission Plex Housing Workshop
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okay we will now call to order the joint special Joint City Council and Planning Commission meeting um can we please begin with a roll call vote I want to go down the line council member uh I'm sorry planning commissioner Burman here planning commissioner long here vice mayor Ford here mayor Sparks here planning commissioner Savage here planning commissioner Moffett here council member Harvey here council member liis here and chair gelardi here we'll show council member Rivers for as absent for the moment thank you all right thank you I invite everyone to stand and join us for the land acknowledgement the city of katat recognizes that we are on the ancestral lands of the coastal Miwok who are the original caretakers of this area we respectfully acknowledge the indigenous peoples who have been stting and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge Keepers for Millennia this acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on and now we will say the Pledge of Allegiance Al United States all right next on our agenda is the public comment period um pursuant to the California government code section 54 954 do3a members of the public wishing to address the council or board may do so at the beginning of the special meeting such comments shall be limited to the special meeting topic which is a study session on Plex housing and single family housing objective design standards a
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE COTATI PLANNING
COMMISSION
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
4:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING – PLEX HOUSING WORKSHOP
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Sparks called the meeting to order at 4:00pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Laura Sparks Mayor Present
Ben Ford Vice Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Councilmember Present
Sylvia Lemus Councilmember Present
Kathleen Rivers Councilmember Arrived at 4:33pm
Ed Gilardi Planning Commissioner Present
Kimberlyn Moffet Planning Commissioner Present
John Savage Planning Commissioner Present
Shelley Berman Planning Commissioner Present
Ryan Long Planning Commissioner Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, Deputy City Clerk Kevin Patterson, Director of
Community Development Noah Housh, Associate Planner Autumn Buss
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been
stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia. This
acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities but
serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. PUBLIC COMMENT
Pursuant to California Government Code section 54954.3(a), members of the public wishing to
addre
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Tue May 28, 2024 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
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[Music] to like e e e all right we are going to call the uh regular meeting of the Kat city council to order and um I appreciate everyone's patience we did have a meeting right before this and needed a quick break to eat eat real quick and um just take a little breather so um we will go ahead and begin with a roll call please council member Rivers here council member liis here council member Harvey here vice mayor Ford here mayor Sparks here thank you I invite everyone to stand uh and join us as we read the land acknowledgement and then the Pledge of Allegiance the city of katat recognizes that we are on the ancestral lands of the coastal Miwok who are the original caretakers of this area we respectfully acknowledge the indigenous peoples who have been stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge Keepers for Millennia this acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with indigenous communities but serves as a gesture of respect to the land that we are on uh now we will say the Pledge of Allegiance to United States of America stand thank you the first item on our agenda is the approval of the minutes for our regular council meeting on May 14th does anyone have any corrections to the minutes um I had one slight correction which was um on the future agenda items action items um the baseball fields at putham Park were listed but I had intended for that to be um our agreement with NorCal Oaks including the Civic Center Park as well pot
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, May 28, 2024
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
Mayor Sparks called the meeting to order at 6:15pm.
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Laura Sparks Mayor Present
Ben Ford Vice Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Councilmember Present
Sylvia Lemus Councilmember Present
Kathleen Rivers Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manger Damien O’Bid, Assistant City Attorney Ali Wolf, Deputy City Clerk
Kevin Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
3. LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
The City of Cotati recognizes that we’re on the ancestral lands of the Coastal Miwok, who are the
original caretakers of this area. We respectfully acknowledge the Indigenous peoples who have been
stewarding and maintaining a relationship on this land as knowledge keepers for millennia. This
acknowledgement does not take the place of authentic relationships with Indigenous communities
but serves as a gesture of respect to the land we are on.
4. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
5. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REG
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Thu Jun 30, 2022 · 10:00 PM
Cotati City Council Special Meeting
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they vary and I think I support that but at the same time I want to make sure if a conflict arises afterwards and there is a problem something got by us somehow or just the things we know that happens that the interest of the neighborhood will be protected I would probably ask uh that we had some general language in an ordinance that declares the attendance primarily to protect residential use if there's any substantial conflict that arises with the use permit I did take the time to call our City attorney Mr Bacher since I knew he wouldn't be on the call today and he indicated from a legal perspective that's perfectly valid and not at all unusual so I would make that General suggestion I think between the protections of a use permit a nuisance protection a nuisance ordinance and having language that declares the intent is this is a residential area and we're trying to make sure we focus on that perhaps with some Primacy I think we'd have good for next for me to support much of this and uh I would agree with council member Harvey I'd like to see larger notifications the whole neighborhood I think rather than 500 feet I agree with her and councilman before they had a number of things that's overlapped I think so I'm just going to list them all uh pesticides uh synthetic fertilizers as well I'd like to see language calling out restriction of that usage I suspect most of our users wouldn't be using it but I think since that's a we've tried to go as a council in a city we should d
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Tue Jun 28, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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e fire Che please e Mr Patterson uh you may have already seen this but uh I think CH to member more is on attendees instead of panelists and wait a minute there he is you're already on top of it thank you all right I'm going to check in with city manager oid and see if the staff if we're ready to go tonight thank you mayor we are ready to go all right with that then I'd like to welcome everybody to our regular joint meeting of the katat city council and the successor agency to the former katat community redevelopment agenc for Tuesday June 28 2022 and with that I'll jump right to number two because we have a rather full agenda tonight and ask our city clerk if we could have a roll call please council member Ford here council member Moore here council member Sparks here vice mayor Harvey here mayor landman here all right and before we move on I'm gonna ask the city manager if he could take just a moment and introduce the members of the staff who are joining us tonight fa uh members of the council so myself Daman o bids manager of course um we also have Michael Parish here our chief of police Angela quarter our director of administrative Services Craig Scott our director of Public Works city engineer Noah house our director of Community Development uh we also have JP Harry's here who is our senior planner and then um John Bacher our City attorney and then uh last but not least we have uh Kevin Patterson our Deputy City Clerk and Carrie ban and that is it may excellent well than
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Tue Jun 14, 2022 · 07:00 PM
Cotati City Council Special Joint Meeting
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all right well it is 402 so I think it'd be time for us to get underway perhaps some more of our members will join us as we're in route here but with that I'd like to begin by welcome everybody for this special joint meeting of the Planning Commission and the city council for 4M on June 14th 2022 and uh having called order I'll ask our Deputy city clerk if we could have a roll call please commissioner Savage here commissioner Murphy show Commission commissioner Murphy is absent commissioner Moore show her is absent Vice chair Hancock present and chair lius show as absent we'll show council member Moore as absent council member Ford here council member Sparks here vice mayor Harvey here mayor landman and here thank you and we'll take just a second ask the city man manager if you'd introduce uh the staff that are present tonight thank you mayor members of the council and commission so uh tonight we have myself Daman noid city manager we also have no house director of Community Development here with us tonight um and and also of course our City attorney we saw earlier tonight John Walker Kevin Patterson our Deputy City Clerk and then we do have some um Consultants here with us as well from fourleaf we have Luke lyen Bush and Jane Riley and Emily Ham on the line as well excellent thank you for that J shows us here good thank you Mr Ford all right so with that let's start tonight by getting some public common I'd like to open this to public Comon and see if we have anybody that li
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Tue Jun 14, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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all right good evening it looks like we have a quorum I will check in with staff and see if we're ready to begin tonight's meeting uh thank you mayor we are uh ready go perfect well welcome everybody uh apologies for the delay we had a a previous meeting that went a little long and it was important discussion so there you have it but we are here now and I'm welcomeing you all to this joint meeting of the kti city council and the successor agency to the former katat community redevelopment Agency for Tuesday June 14th 20122 and I'll begin by asking our Deputy city clerk if we could have a roll call please council member Ford here council member Sparks here vice mayor Harvey here mayor landman and here as well and next as always I'll ask our city manager if he could introduce the staff that are here tonight to help us through the meeting thank you mayor so myself Damian oid C manager we have Kevin Patterson our Deputy city clerk who you just heard we have Angela quarter our director of administrative Services we have Craig Scott our director of Public Works and Engineering uh we also have John Walker our City attorney here tonight and um Noah house our community development director very good this takes us to item three in our agenda which is the Pledge of Allegiance and I'll ask the council to join me I pledge allegiance Al to the flag flag of the United States of America America and to the Republic for which it stands stands one nation one nation under God indiv indivisible w
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Tue May 24, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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for all right good evening I see we've comfortably not only met a quorum but eclipsed it by one so that think we are good enough to start I'll check in with the city manager and see if everybody's ready on the staff end to begin our meeting sorry mayor yes uh we are ready to go perfect well with that then I will welcome everybody to this joint meeting of the katat community city council excuse me Kat city council and the sucessor agency to the former K community redevelopment agency Tuesday May 24th and this is our regular meeting everybody's ready on the staff end to begin our meeting and I'm hearing an interesting Echo too mayor yes I'm hearing it also mayor nice time delay of about 30 40 seconds maybe counil excuse me city council unlike most politicians I truly don't like the sound of my own voice that Tuesday May 24 we'll pause just for a minute we'll see if uh City Hall see if they can figure this out and I'm hearing an interesting Echo yeah thank you mayor just give us a minute I'm hearing it also mayor nice time delay about 3040 seconds maybe cilc Council unlike most I I truly don't like the sound of my own voice we'll pause just a minute we'll see if uh City Hall see if they can figure this out and I'm hearing an interesting yeah thank you mayor just give us a minute I'm hearing it also unlike are we still hearing the echo we are and it's interesting it's actually recirculating more than once there's a feedback loop here it's a long one now it seems to have stopped a
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Tue May 17, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Strategic Planning Special Meeting
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e for test pretty good I could use more for e good morning Mr Mayor good afternoon good evening whatever it is I probably just look like I just got up that's all it's an honest mistake hello Madam vice mayor how are you good good to see you I think my zoom software updated itself on the iPad I now have the ability to blur my background ow that didn't used to be there on this a bigger computer would do it but it wouldn't do it on these amazingly enough now it does so I can move around and see if I can create areas that are un unblurred behind me it's actually doing a pretty good job of masking I'm impressed right here I see a little something but uh it's finding the shape really well old computer Graphics guy I'm impressed to see that the software can do this in real time with a complex background figure out uh what to do that's impressive and totally boring to everybody else so we'll start our meeting in just a minute let's see and I see John Moore on our attendee list so once we start the meeting we'll have to move him up I think but that's three of us we do have he just moved he did all right Kevin's on top of this it's magical I've been promoted sadly there's no money in it never is this is one of those promotions it's just the title now you're a participant they say the work just keeps getting greater and greater yeah let's see we're at six o'clock I see council member Sparks is here and council member 4 forward so I think we have everybody here I'll ask staff are we read
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Mon May 16, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Cotati Planning Commission Regular Meeting
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e hey good evening [Music] everybody for it's e hey good evening everybody few faces I'm not seen before Steve and d d thank you good evening good even yes we're still waiting for John Savage to join yeah John and it looks like uh commissioner Moore is Lisa Mo joining or I thought they were away was she joining from Hawaii um Let me let me check I my understanding was that uh well let me check for you I think she said that she was going to miss the June 16th meeting ah okay that was my understanding now that doesn't seem to make I I want to check that as well because that date seems strange maybe it was the 14th could have been the 14th let me look for her email um I just received an email from commissioner Savage and uh he's having some technical diffic difficulty logging in so we're going to help him just give us a few minutes wonderful for commissioner Savage has been sent sent another invite and we just give a couple moments and he'll log on another invite and just couple moments and he'll you know car I'm going to do the same thing you know car I'm going to do the same thing I'm do same does this still work I can hear you you can in case there's any Echo I I'll um turn off my side for gu the internet fors ifar is okay Britany where I don't know what's going I can hear Lisa I can hear you guys too I can um see Lisa coming on but no picture hey there's um there's Lisa Vice chair Hancock we do have a quum if you wanted to start the meeting and we'll make sure we get uh comm
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Tue Jan 18, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Cotati Planning Commission Special Meeting
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e okay okay testing testing 1 2 3 testing testing 1 2 3 testing in testing 1 2 3 e for thank you to Lauren for promoting me to panelist I couldn't quite find the link happy New Year everybody happy New Year Happy New Year to everybody happy rainy season chair burphy at 6 PM if you want to call the meeting to order with that chair I see 6 o' can you hear me are we okay to get started can you hear me chair Murphy har are you ready chair Murphy can you hear me oh no so we have been having a few kind of glitches so let's maybe Carrie needs another minute it's mainly been with audio so last week she could at the council she could hear everything and just just no one could hear her so let's give her a second no problem it is nice to see everyone seems like it's been a long time since we've had a meeting you know I do see that Hans who I asked to join this meeting he's our reviewer for Rena Adobe Fire Protection District he has his hand up and I wonder if there's if we can see what needs but by the way uh I don't think we've called the meeting to order so Noah and JPI could wait and then make sure to open it up to you want to do it yeah it's just um I asked him to be here tonight since he did review the application we're going to be looking at but I don't think well anyway let's see how what what happens okay okay he's all good says participant web ID I got that ENT yourp ID I need I need you to convert me over it's got me as a p attendee I need to be a panelist hello testing testin
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Thu Jan 13, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Measure S Citizen Oversight Committee Special Meeting
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okay um kicking this off absolutely we'll uh call to order the measure uh GS citizen oversight committee meeting and uh the first item on our agenda is uh some organization and orientation and a presentation on uh the background of measure s and the citizen oversight committee is that something you'll speak to uh Damian I I will but um we should um if you wouldn't mind have Lauren do roll call real quick absolutely yeah Committee Member escq here Committee Member Moffet pres Committee Member Crump shears here Vice chair sabano here and I will show Mr oror as absent all right so um first couple items I think are pretty quick but um uh so this first item is on the organization um just over overview of the organization and committee background and um I'll be brief but um the council adopted resolution scope of the committee and um just some of the details about how it's composed and in the first meeting of the measure G oversight committee the rotational method was decided upon and so that's the method that we've carried forward each year which is basically it basically follows the council rotation so whoever the mayor is is the chair of the oversight committee and the vice mayor is the vice chair so forth and so forth and it rotates like that um and that's um that's pretty much it in terms of an overview I it's pretty straightforward but um I'd be happy to answer any questions if any committee members have any I do not but anyone else okay great um and I would assume the only p
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Tue Jan 11, 2022 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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e good evening Mar landman hello Jordan how are you nice how are you good to see you in the new year yes yes indeed here we go first meeting of 2022 uh let's hope sometime in 22 we can actually do this in person that would be nice it would be nice to see you all H as you can tell I'm covering for John fer this evening just wanted to pop in and say hello good evening we'll try and keep the controversy and deep legal problems down this meeting for you I'm crossing my fingers no promises it is katat I'm here if you need me good thank you hello vice mayor Harvey you're muted oh how's that is that better that's much better I like it oh how are you good good just I am here after all have to get yeah I heard yeah it's uh a little wild right now it is a little wild but I'm glad that we found out before we got there rather than after yeah and I know that's happened to a lot of people too so that's true that's one piece of luck yes the kids are very disappointed yeah I'm sure they are hopefully it goes pretty quickly well at least I was able to log on uh I think my problem was that uh my zoom software package had needed to be updated but I remember last time when I waited till just a couple of minutes before the meeting and tried to log on nothing yeah that was a problem yeah it's always interesting with some of these updates whether they actually work or don't work I did test it out but that was my first guess okay let's try that maybe that's what it needs uh because clearly nothing e
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Tue Dec 14, 2021 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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e good evening mayor good evening even how are you I am well thank you well we survived another year huh yes indeed the tree lighting was a nice event it was beautiful and the weather was nice so that was good yes we've had inclement weather previous yes we've had slush vests before exactly well we're close to setting a record I think our record is 650 pages w we can thank our budget department for providing us with such a healthy portion of our packet good evening council member Sparks good evening good evening hello everyone hi Ben hi Laura hey there Susan and I were just chatting about how the tree liting was a nice event was it's a lot of fun good crowd it seemed to me I ate too many candy canes but besides that it was good oh no how's City Hall doing tonight Ben Still Standing it's a little chilly out there tonight isn't it that's always bright and sunny and warm right here oh can't you see you have to ask uh Laura about that it's an astronomical abnormality it's related to the procession of the AIS tilt and um some other things you wouldn't understand if we were in the southern hemisphere it would be completely different or it could be a geosy geosynchronous mirror that's an orbit up there right that's right maybe so look like we're just waiting on the vice mayor it was not my day to keep track of him nor nor mine we'll give him just a few more minutes and if not he can uh log in when he's available well we know how Zoom is always a challenge well and I'm sure he's real
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Tue Jun 22, 2021 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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e testing 1 two 3 testing 1 two 3 test test this may could I be where you're at would not be nice if I was there oh I was hopeful yeah well it's hard to post a meeting notice on the beach well there's usually at least you know some palm trees or things that's true that's one of the reason the beach is such a good place to be right good evening Mr bucker good evening how's everyone doing good you really have to ask us later but so far so good you you you've seen enough of these to know I know yeah I've been around oh yeah these the video meetings have been an interesting change in my uh my career for sure I don't know about you John but this is the first time I've been able to wear like a sport coat or a dress shirt plus slippers usually I had never done that in the past it was just I didn't think I could pull it off you probably could have you probably could have pulled it off but I dare you when we get back into um City Hall don't know if I got the confidence to honestly just don't know we we'll see for John uh when you get a minute check your email I sent you something late in the afternoon I did check that I responded just a little while ago so you probably oh terrific I will take care of that before the for the next meeting thank you so much the item around better to go under the knife on uh Thursday that doesn't sound good no I don't think surgant like when you describe it that way doesn't sound like much fun either rotate or cuff surgery oh on your dominant arm or your
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Mon Jun 21, 2021 · 09:00 PM
Cotati Planning Commission Regular Meeting
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e the and do like you know three or four testing not micophone yeah micophone testing testing 1 two 3 testing testing one two 3 testing testing one two3 for e to oh did you guys already do it I'm going to write back to Spencer for she's e for Vice chair lemus it's 6 o' you can call the meeting to order okay I call the meeting to order for the Planning Commission for Monday June 21st can we go ahead and do a roll call commissioner Moore here commissioner Rodriguez commissioner Rodriguez uh I'm here Vice chair lius here thank you okay and is that all everyone else is absent yes okay thank you for the next step is we will do approval of the minutes for the minutes of May 3rd 2021 and June 7th 2021 can we do them together and and someone make a motion for both of them yes sure I'll make a motion to approve the minutes for the regular meeting of May 3rd 2021 and June 7th 2021 is there any changes anyone want some the minutes um this commissioner Rodriguez my last name um is spelled wrong throughout the paragraph uh it should be a z as a zebra not an S as an fan I do apologize and we'll make that correction awesome no wor thank you can we all right so I um I make a motion to approve those with the correction of Jonathan's name on everything is there a second I okay thank you okay like me to call the RO yes please commissioner Moore yes commissioner Rodriguez yes Vice chair lius yes okay so that passes the next item is are there any changes to the agenda there are new changes to the
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Tue Jun 8, 2021 · 09:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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for [Music] I was hoping to go to it you and I just drive I'm fine with driving clicking on it going to it I'm worried about getting to after oh okay I don't know I've never done that gone outside I don't don't know should be fine uh but I mean I obviously have a PowerPoint up on my get a little far or whatever I mean really you should just be able to click off to [Applause] close might have to is I don't know if it Willow to this but I always okay and just you just want to show this and then I was going to click on like two different things and then and I think you I think you can do that and then when I'm done you're done hit the X but click on it while you're in it like so I'm going to let you click on it we'll see what happens I'll okay okay and then done I'll just sayen you go back to the presentation I think easy as just clicking I'm going to let you do because I think it would be easy for you to just click off that tab or that exit out of it and it will pop back up here okay and it's not all it's fine okay I just don't want this to be test so I can hear you clear but wait until I get please okay so now the world knows how [Music] testing testing 1 two 3 testing testing e evening vice mayor lenman well hey how the heck are you doing I was hoping somebody'd be here before six o'clock I'm doing okay yeah that's good course of course getting up at 4:30 is a long day H yeah yeah that's no fun no but all good so that's good what your normal getting up in the morning time gen
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Tue Feb 9, 2021 · 10:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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we're un the micr areic what controls this mic huh how do you turn this Lauren can you hear me okay hey John May Moore excuse me for to do for e [Applause] for mayor Mo it is 7 P.M if you'd like to call the meeting to order mayore you are muted oh than like to welcome everybody this evening to the K city council meeting The Joint meeting of the K city council and the successory agency to the former faity community redevelopment Agency for Tuesday February 9th 2021 uh can we have all call council member Harvey yes here council member Sparks here council member Ford here vice mayor lman here mayor Moore here thank you very much and uh Mr O if you would be kind us to introduce our staff that we have present tonight sir mayor um members of the council so um on my zoom screen I can't see everyone but I assume we're all here so uh we should have Michael Parish the chief of police we should have Noah ho um who is our community development director Angela quarter who's our administrative Services director and Craig Scott who's our Public Works director and city engineer as well as of course Lauren Burgess our city cler can we you talk to early thank you our esteem manager Mr appreciate that uh and now if you will join me for the Pledge of Allegiance pledge allegiance to the flag to the flag United States States of America to the Republic for which it stands which it stands one nation nation under God under God indivisible with liberty and justice all thank and now do we have approval
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Mon Feb 1, 2021 · 10:00 PM
Cotati Planning Commission Regular Meeting
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good evening everybody can you hear me okay we can hear you I can thank you thank you let's try this one more time can you hear me okay yes we can hear you perfect thank you e Madame chair it is 7M if you'd like to begin so we call to order the meeting of February 1st Planning Commission the city of katat um he normally I would do a roll call right now but you have administration of oath to appoint member Hancock yes that's correct it's a little out of order so I'm just um going by what you have on the agenda no I'll go ahead and we'll swear in appointed member Hancock I'm here Neil if you'll please raise your right hand and repeat after me okay I Neil hanock I Neil Hancock do solemnly affirm do solemnly affirm that I will support and defend that I will support and defend the Constitution of the United States the Constitution of the United United States and the constitution of the State of California and the constitution of the State of California against all enemies foreign and domestic against all enemies foreign and domestic that I will bear true faith and allegiance that I will bear true faith and allegiance to the Constitution of the United States to the Constitution of the United States and the constitution of the State of California and the constitution of the state of California that I take this obligation freely that I take this obligation freely without any mental reservation without any mental reservation or purpose of evasion or purpose of evasion and that I will
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Tue Jan 26, 2021 · 10:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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e good evening I just want to make sure you guys can hear me okay yes thank you and and Lauren it's pretty windy out there and I've already had my internet go out once today so hopefully it doesn't happen again but okay thanks for the heads up yeah hi John hi Sue hi Wendy hello um John and Wendy are you missing us already terribly on a daily basis what's that expression I I question your insincerity John I already told um Lauren but it's super windy up here and I've already lost my internet once today so if I go I'll come back as quickly as I can thank you I uh I've got everything charging for when we lose power oh I did not pick up any sandbags yet though it would have to be pretty big to get up to me we've had the creek rise behind John and I pretty high but I don't think it's ever overflowed the banks we've had that little creek down at the bottom of the hill flood the road so we couldn't you know kind of get out but other than that not too bad it ends up creating a river down the Main Street well it's much needed yes indeed it's crazy I'm waiting I just wanted to say hello as I'm waiting we're waiting for it to begin it came on early I'm Crystal Kar from the county be part of that strategic planning presentation in case someone's lurking in the panel hello Mr Mayor please tell me not all the packets are 322 Pages uh no some are I think one of the biggest ones we had was 650 oh ouch and it's funny that was at a time when they were mocking the former administration because
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Tue Jan 12, 2021 · 10:00 PM
Cotati City Council Regular Meeting
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for good evening mayor good evening council member Harvey how are you I'm doing well thank you can hear me okay yes good I have two big monitors on my desk and a laptop for work and then I have the personal laptop but I don't have the zoom on the big ones so I have to use the little ones I start running out of space yeah I hear you I don't have a really good spot to actually sit at least you have a nice desk that you can sit at right but the only downside to it is it's on the other wall to the kitchen so if there's any noise in there at all like somebody rins in a dish or something yeah picks right up on the mic quite the week last week huh yeah crazy crazy it is crazy are you up in Sacramento at all this week uh no okay no everything we're doing now was all remote oh good yeah yeah fortunately might get a little crazy up there too yeah all the capitals yeah I saw that uh sad posting of fire tucks uh Ben was telling me about it yeah tough times well and that industry is such a thin margin to begin with exactly well and they're so dependent upon the uh college students and without them I mean that's a big population out it really is and that's where your markup is right yeah and they're we always very consistent in being there you know right I mean because if you think about it they haven't been in school physically for almost a year yeah good evening council member Sparks good evening mayore how are you you I'm doing well how are you I'm okay Su and I were just talking about
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