RESOLUTION NO. (XX)
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTATI APPROVING THE EMPIRE RUNNERS CLUB 2025 RUNNING FENCE RUN EVENT SUBJECT TO
CONDITIONS OF APPROVAL
WHEREAS, The Empire Runners Club submitted an application to the City for the Running Fence Run on April 23, 2025; and
WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 21101(e) authorizes temporary street closures if necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the street during the temporary closing; and
WHEREAS, good cause exists for the temporary closing of certain streets, as identified in Exhibit B, attached hereto and incorporated herein by reference; and WHEREAS, the Chief of Police will contact the Rancho Adobe Fire Protection District, ambulance service providers, bus service providers, and other who may need ingress, egress, or the ability to traverse the affected area and will reasonably provide for their needs; and WHEREAS, it will be necessary to conform to certain conditions as described in Exhibit A attached hereto, to facilitate these events; 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 will 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 event; and WHEREAS, the event organizers have been conditioned to provide evidence of their ability to serve alcohol responsibly and in conformance with all rules and regulations of the California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control and conditioned to return the park and downtown area to its prior condition of cleanliness and repair as set forth in Exhibit A attached hereto; and
WHEREAS, staff time to facilitate the event is included within the adopted budget so no additional encumbrances of funds are required; and
WHEREAS, the application for this event is attached to Exhibit B; and WHEREAS, in accordance with the adopted Park Use policy, applicants hosting large, multi-year events may request a waiver of all permit fees in the first year of the event; and WHEREAS, the action of approving a Running Fence Run and Festival event 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
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. The 2025 Running Fence Run and Festival event is approved, including the use of amplified live entertainment and the sales of food and alcoholic beverages in La Plaza Park, as more specifically described in and subject to the Conditions of Approval attached hereto as Exhibit A and incorporated herein by reference; and
Section 3. The temporary closing of streets is necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion of the street during the temporary closing; and Section 4. The Chief of Police is directed to oversee certain temporary street closures if needed, as described in the applicant’s Event description and Exhibit B attached hereto, and to communicate the needed temporary street closures and traffic rerouting of fire, ambulance, and other emergency providers, including a plan for accessibility; and Section 5. Approval of fee waiver for The Empire Runners Club. The estimated cost of waived fees (per the City Park Use Policy), as described in the accompanying Staff Report, is hereby approved to facilitate the Event.
Section 6. Effective Date of this Resolution. This resolution shall become effective immediately.
Section 7. 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 face 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 June 10, 2025, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:___________________________
Mayor
Attest:______________________________
Kevin Patterson, Deputy City Clerk
Approved as to form:______________________________
City Attorney