MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR
AGENCY TO THE FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY Tuesday January 25, 2022
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. ROLL CALL
Attendee Name Title Status
Mark Landman Mayor Remote
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Remote
Laura Sparks Councilmember Remote
Ben Ford Councilmember Remote
John C. Moore Councilmember Remote
Staff present: City Attorney John Bakker, City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Clerk Lauren Berges, Police Chief Michael Parish, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community Development Noah Housh
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
4. 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 11, 2022 6:00 PM No public comment
RESULT: ACCEPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
AYES: Landman, Harvey, Sparks, Ford, Moore
5. ANNOUNCEMENTS
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A. Meeting Orientation for New Attendees/Viewers. In conformance with the Brown Act and the adopted City Council Rules, the meeting agenda includes items labeled as Action Items, where the City Council will consider the item and citizens are afforded the opportunity to provide comments relevant to the item being discussed. The meeting agenda also includes a Citizens Business item, which is the designated place on the agenda where citizens have the right to say whatever they wish. The City Council may, or may not, choose to respond to comments, as the Government Code allows. However, if the City Council declines to respond, it should not be perceived as giving credence to or agreeing with any statements that the City Council or its members believe are incorrect, misinformed or purposefully biased.
B. Measure S supports police services, a variety of recreation programs for all ages, and the maintenance of our streets, parks, and public buildings. See details on the web at cotaticity.org
C. Citizens interested in receiving City of Cotati community alerts via text or email are encouraged to sign up with Nixle by downloading the Everbridge app from the IOS or Android app store or by texting your zip code (94931) to 888777.
D. Like always, we love to hear from you, so please feel free to contact the City at 707- 792-4600 or [email protected]. If you have a non-emergency issue after normal business hours, you can contact us at 707-792-4611 and of course if you have an emergency, please contact 9-1-1. Continue to look for updates on the City's website and social media channels available on Facebook, Instagram, Nixle, and Nextdoor.
6. PRESENTATIONS
A. STUDENT PRESENTATION ON SB 1383
SB 1383 Presentation by Students of Orchard View School, Sebastopol Councilmembers comment
No public comment
7. APPROVAL OF FINAL AGENDA (ACTION)
No changes
No public comment
8. CITIZEN BUSINESS AND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
No public comment
9. CONSENT CALENDAR (ACTION)
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RESULT: ADOPTED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
AYES: Landman, Harvey, Sparks, Ford, Moore
A. ENDORSEMENT OF THE CITY OF COTATI’S APPLICATION FOR THE
LAND AND WATER CONSERVATION FUND PROGRAM GRANT FUNDS
B. RESOLUTION APPOINTING THE ENGINEER OF WORK FOR
PREPARING THE COTATI LANDSCAPE AND LIGHTING ASSESSMENT
DISTRICT FOR FY 22-23
C. MEASURE G/S ANNUAL REPORT AND LETTER FROM OVERSIGHT
COMMITTEE FOR FISCAL YEAR 2020/21
10. DIRECTION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
None
11. REGULAR AGENDA (ACTION)
A. PROCESS FOR DIRECTION ON FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
Presentation by City Manager Damien O'Bid
Councilmembers comment
No public comment
Council recommends and approves the proposed guidance for adding new items under "Direction on Future Agenda Items":
1. Discuss any new "future agenda items" with the City Manager in advance to determine if it can added without impacting the timing or ability to deliver on other existing City Council priorities. Most requests are likely to fall into this category.
2. If the proposed item is too large for current staff bandwidth and will likely delay other existing City Council priorities, during “Direction on Future Agenda Items”, the City Council member should ask for the item to be added to a list of items that the City Council should discuss at the next mid-year or budget discussion, depending on the time sensitivity of the item.
3. Finally, if it is a sizable request, but is time-sensitive and would suffer by being delayed a few months, the City Council member can ask for it as usual during “Direction on Future Agenda Items”. Unless a majority of the City Council desires to postpone the item, staff will come back at a subsequent City Council meeting with a suggested re-prioritization of activities or other potential alternatives for formal City Council agreement.
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RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: John C. Moore, Councilmember
SECONDER: Laura Sparks, Councilmember
AYES: Landman, Harvey, Sparks, Ford, Moore
B. COUNCIL ASSIGNMENTS TO CIRA FOR CALENDAR YEAR 2022
Presentation by City Manager O'Bid
Councilmembers comment
No public comment
Councilmembers recommend and approve the switch of the designated appointees of the CIRA Executive Committee to City Manager O’Bid as primary and Councilmember Moore as alternate
RESULT: APPROVED [UNANIMOUS]
MOVER: John C. Moore, Councilmember
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
AYES: Landman, Harvey, Sparks, Ford, Moore
12. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
Report by City Manager Damien O'Bid
13. CITY COUNCIL MEMBER REPORTS
Councilmembers report out on local and regional meetings and events
14. PUBLIC COMMENT ON NON-ACTION AGENDA ITEMS
No public comment
15. INFORMATION RECEIVED AFTER THE AGENDA WAS POSTED
A. SUPPLEMENTAL INFORMATION RECEIVED AFTER THE AGENDA
WAS POSTED.
16. ANNOUNCEMENT OF CLOSED SESSION TOPICS/ADJOURNMENT TO
CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Landman adjourns to closed session
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A. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS (GOVERNMENT CODE
SECTION 54957.6) CITY DESIGNATED REPRESENTATIVE: CITY
MANAGER OR DESIGNEE. EMPLOYEE ORGANIZATIONS: COTATI
EMPLOYEES ASSOCIATION (CEA), COTATI POLICE OFFICER'S
ASSOCIATION (CPOA), COTATI POLICE MANAGERS ASSOCIATION
(CPMA), AND NON-REPRESENTED EMPLOYEES.
17. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Landman announces that there is nothing to report out of closed session
18. ADJOURNMENT
Mayor Landman adjourns the meeting at 7:43 pm