RESOLUTION NO. (XX)
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTATI
APPROVING THE COTATI CULURAL SMALL GRANTS PROGRAM AND USE IT AS A REPLACEMENT FOR THE OUTDATED DONATION POLICY (1990-01).
WHEREAS, the City of Cotati has a desire to implement a small grant program to bring more multicultural events to Cotati; and
WHEREAS, the City of Cotati has an outdated Donation Policy (1990-01), which is no longer in use; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that this grant program is part of a comprehensive economic development strategy in that new multicultural events may increase visitation to the City, promote the Cotati community and result 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 program; and WHEREAS, the application and scoring rubric for this program is attached as Exhibit B; and
WHEREAS, the action of approving a Cultural Events Grant program 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, that 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. Approvals. The Cotati Cultural Small Grant Program (Exhibit A) and application and scoring rubric (Exhibit B) are approved and adopted and will replace the City’s current Donation Policy (1990-01), which will no longer be in effect.
Section 3. Effective Date of this Resolution. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
Section 4. 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 September 24, 2024, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:___________________________
Mayor
Attest:______________________________
Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:______________________________
City Attorney