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 15, 2025
6:00 PM SPECIAL MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER
2. 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.
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 – SPECIAL MEETING – APR 1, 2025
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Laura Sparks, Mayor
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Councilmember
AYES: Sparks, Ford,
Harvey, Lemus,
Savage
NAYS: None
4. 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.
5. STUDY SESSION
A. FISCAL YEARS 2025/26 & 2026/27 - BUDGET STUDY SESSION #2 - ENTERPRISE FUNDS, CAPITAL PROJECTS AND FUNDS, UPDATED GENERAL FUNDStudy Session on Enterprise Funds, Capital Projects Funds, and the updated General Fund for Fiscal Cotati City Council Minutes April 15, 2025
Years 2025/26 and 2026/27. No action is proposed.
B. FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 AND 2026/27 - BUDGET STUDY SESSION #2 - SPECIAL REVENUES AND INTERNAL SERVICE FUNDSStudy session on Special Revenues and Internal Service Funds Planning for Fiscal Years 2025/26 and 2026/27. No action is proposed
6. CLOSED SESSION
7. REPORT OUT OF CLOSED SESSION
8. INFORMATION RECEIVED AFTER THE AGENDA WAS POSTED
9. ADJOURNMENT
Certification of Posting of the Notice: I declare under penalty of perjury that I am employed by the City of Cotati and that I posted this notice on the City’s website, bulletin boards of City Hall, Veterans’ Memorial Building and the SMART Train Depot, on or before April 11, 2025. /s/ Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk