C:\Users\kduran\AppData\Local\Microsoft\Windows\INetCache\Content.Outlook\1MA9JXJN\Summary City Council Committee Appointents 3.11.25(2024)(1).docx Cotati City Council
Appointments and Assignments for 2026
REVISED 1/23/2026
Name of Committee Current
Member(s)
Alternate
POSITIONS HELD BY COUNCILMEMBERS
Ad-Hoc Sub-Committees
None active.
Regional Committees/Boards
(City Council Appointed)
Assoc. of Bay Area Governments (ABAG) Sylvia Lemus Susan Harvey CRPUSD (Cotati-Rohnert Park Unified School District) 2x2x2x2 Laura Sparks John Savage
N/A
Rohnert Park-Cotati Library Advisory Board John Savage Ben Ford Mayors’ and Councilmembers Legislative Committee Representative John Savage Sylvia Lemus REMIF/CIRA Board of Directors Damien O’Bid Susan Harvey Russian River Watershed Association Ben Ford Laura Sparks Sonoma Clean Power Sylvia Lemus Ben Ford
Sonoma Co. Transportation Authority/Regional Climate Protection Authority (SCTA/RCPA)
Susan Harvey Ben Ford
Sonoma Co. Waste Management Agency (SCWMA/Zero Waste Sonoma) Susan Harvey Sylvia Lemus Sonoma Water Advisory Committee (WAC) Laura Sparks Sylvia Lemus Groundwater Sustainability Agency (Santa Rosa Plain) Susan Harvey Sylvia Lemus League of California Cities’ Annual Meeting Voting Delegate (assigned prior to meeting)
(assigned prior to
meeting)
Liaisons
Cotati Chamber of Commerce Sylvia Lemus John Savage
Rancho-Cotati Rotary Club Susan Harvey Laura Sparks
Regional Committees/Boards
(Appointments as Indicated)
Joint Cotati City Council/Rohnert Park City Council Appointments Sonoma County Homeless Coalition Board of Directors
(Formerly the Continuum of Care Board of Directors)
Sylvia Lemus Jackie Elward
(Rohnert Park)
Mayors’ and Councilmembers’ Association Appointments
Executive Board/City Selection Committee Mayor Vice Mayor League of California Cities’ North Bay Exec. Board Susan Harvey N/A Recommended by City Selection Committee (Appointed by County Board of Supervisors) LAFCO Susan Harvey N/A
Measure “O” Oversight Committee (County Mental Health Tax) Ben Ford N/A
POSITIONS HELD BY COTATI CITIZENS
(APPOINTED BY CITY COUNCIL OR BOARD OF SUPERVISORS, AS NOTED) AB 939 Local Task Force (Board of Supervisors appointment) Mark Soiland N/A Library Commission-Sonoma County Library (City Council appointment) Tina Poles N/A Marin/Sonoma Mosquito Vector Control Dist. (City Council appointment) Susan Harvey N/A Climate Action Advisory Committee
(Cotati RCPA Director appointment, 2 members)
Neil Hancock
Ryan Martin-Dent N/A