Cotati City Council
February 13, 2024

FARMSTER COMMUNITY PROGRAMS
Total Number of Participants by Program
• Tour Programo Total: 53 participants
o Average per tour: 4-5 participants
▪ Best tour day: Mike Thompson's Summer Reading Challenge Awards Celebration at Ranch
• Volunteer Program -
o Total: 107 participants
o Average per volunteer program: 3-4 participants
▪ Largest volunteer outing:
▪ 40 participants in one day
Total Number of Program Attendees
• 160 program participants from tours and volunteer days combined Total Number of Volunteer Program Hours
• 214 hours (107 participants x 2 hours on avg.)
Total Interns
• 9 (8 from SSU and 1 from SRJC)
Property Improvements
• Installed new annual 6 x 4 ft wide x 80ft long production garden beds, with Zero Waste Sonoma Compost Donation, which featured in Cotati Fall Festival • Installed 20x40 greenhouse, with plastic covering for plant propagation and aquaponics demonstration
• Installed Water-wise garden demonstration with fruit trees, irrigation, CA native pollinators, and rain gardens
• Received and spread 120 cubic yards of compost donated from Zero Waste Sonoma for back pasture cover crop project.