RESOLUTION NO.
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTATI APPROVING THE 2023 COTATI ACCORDION FESTIVAL'S USE OF THE PUBLIC PARKING LOT SPACE LOCATED AT 960 EAST COTATI AVENUE, COTATI.
WHEREAS, the Cotati Accordion Festival submitted an application to the City for the use of the City owned public gravel parking lot located at 960 East Cotati Avenue for their event scheduled on August 19 and August 20, 2023; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this event is part of a comprehensive economic development strategy by the City of Cotati in that it increases visitation to the City, promotes the Cotati community and results in increased sales tax revenues; and WHEREAS, the City Council further finds that the health, safety, and welfare of the citizens of the City of Cotati will not be jeopardized by the approval of this event; and WHEREAS, it will be necessary to conform to certain conditions as described in Exhibit A, attached hereto, to facilitate this event; and
WHEREAS, the action of approving a permit for use of a parking lot for event parking does not constitute a project as defined by California Environmental Quality Act Guidelines Section 15378; therefore, no further environmental review is required.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Cotati as follows:
Section 1. Findings. The above recitals are declared to be true and correct and are incorporated herein as findings of the City Council.
Section 2. Approval of Conditions. The City Council hereby approves the conditions of approval for these events, attached as Exhibit A.
Section 3. Approval of Fee Waivers for Cotati Accordion Festival. The 50% fee waivers, as described in the accompanying Staff Report, is hereby approved to facilitate these events.
Section 4. Effective Date of this Resolution. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
Section 5. Severability. Each portion of this resolution is severable. Should any portion of this resolution be adjudged to be invalid and unenforceable by a body of competent jurisdiction, then the remaining resolution portions shall be and continue in full force and effect, except as to those resolution portions that have been adjudged invalid. The City Council of the City of Cotati hereby declares that it would have adopted this resolution and each section, subsection, clause, sentence, phrase and other portion thereof, irrespective of the fact that one or more section, subsection, clause, sentence, phrase or other portion may be held invalid or unconstitutional.
IT IS HEREBY CERTIFIED that the foregoing resolution was duly adopted at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cotati held on the July 25th, 2023, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:________________________________
Mayor
Attest:____________________________
Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:
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City Attorney
Attachments:
EXHIBIT A Conditions of Approval CAF Use of Parking Lot at 960 East Cotati Avenue (PDF) Exhibit B Cotati Accordion Festival Parking Lot Application 2023 (PDF)