RESOLUTION NO. (XX)
APPROVING 2026 AGRICULTURAL COMMUNITY EVENTS FARMERS
MARKETS - DOWNTOWN SHOP AND STROLL HOLIDAY EVENT
WHEREAS, Agricultural Community Events Farmers Markets submitted applications to the City for the Downtown Shop and Stroll Holiday event on August 19, 2026; and WHEREAS, California Vehicle Code Section 21101(e) authorizes temporary street closures where certain conditions exist; and
WHEREAS, it will be necessary to temporarily close certain streets, as described in the Exhibits attached, to facilitate this event and improve pedestrian safety; and WHEREAS, the closure is necessary for the safety and protection of persons who are to use that portion or portions of the street(s) during the temporary closing; and WHEREAS, the Chief of Police of the City of Cotati will arrange for temporary street closure and traffic re-routing, which would minimize the traffic hazard conditions and allow for orderly movement of traffic; and
WHEREAS, the Chief of Police will contact Sonoma County Fire District, bus service providers, and others who may need ingress, egress, or the ability to traverse the affected area and will reasonably provide for their needs; and
WHEREAS, the City Council finds that these events are part of a comprehensive economic development strategy in that they increase visitation to the City, promote the Cotati community and result in increased sales tax revenues; and WHEREAS, the City Council approves the waived permit fees and street closure fees of an amount not to exceed $1,662 as funded by the City General Fund; 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 these events; and WHEREAS, it will be necessary to conform to certain conditions as described in “Exhibit A,” attached hereto, to facilitate this event; and WHEREAS, the action of approving a Downtown Shop and Stroll 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, by the City Council of the City of Cotati as follows:
1. The above recitals are declared to be true and correct and are incorporated herein by reference.
2. The City Council hereby approves a portion of the special event permit and street closure fees associated with road closures to be funded by the City’s General Fund.
3. The temporary closure of portions of Old Redwood Highway from E. Cotati Avenue to Charles/Henry Street and La Plaza between W. Sierra Avenue and E. Cotati Avenue through Old Redwood Highway on December 5, 2026, between 7:30am and 6:30pm, is hereby approved.
4. Amplified music, the sales of goods, food, and beverages, including alcohol, and other Downtown Shop and Stroll activities as described in the accompanying staff report, is hereby approved.
5. The Conditions of Approval, attached as Exhibit A to this resolution, are hereby approved.
6. This Resolution shall become effective immediately.
7. 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 October 13, 2026, by the following vote, to wit:
Approved:___________________________
Mayor
Attest:______________________________
Kevin Patterson, City Clerk
Approved as to form:______________________________
City Attorney