CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, September 15, 2025
5:30 PM PST – Regular Meeting
David B. Roberts Council Chambers
City Hall
2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova, CA
Hampton Inn by Hilton Green Bay Stadium
830 Morris Avenue, Green Bay, WI
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Public Comment
Members of the public who wish to address the City Council may do so in person during the meeting by completing and submitting a Speaker Card to the City Clerk.
Members of the public who wish to provide public comment via email will need to submit comments to [email protected] no later than 2:00 p.m. on Monday, September 15, 2025. Written comments received no later than 2:00 p.m. will be distributed to the Council, filed in the record, and will not be read aloud. All comments submitted later than 2:00 p.m. will be distributed to the Council.
If you have questions related to the City Council Meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (916) 851-8720 before Monday, September 15, 2025, at 2:00 p.m.
AGENDA
Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, September 15, 2025
1. REGULAR MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Council Members Linda Budge, Garrett Gatewood, Joe Little, David Sander, and Mayor Siri Pulipati
2. METRO CABLE TV TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENT
The Clerk will announce the meetings video recording and playback schedules.
3. PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE
The Mayor will call on someone in attendance to lead the Pledge.
4. INVOCATION
Jason Harper with the Rancho Cordova Athletic Association will give the invocation.
5. PRESENTATIONS
5.1. Presentation of Proclamation in Recognition of Prostate Cancer Awareness Month.
5.2. Historic Presentation by the Lerch/Lauridson Family.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
Members of the public wishing to address the Council for any matter not on the agenda may do so at this time by completing and submitting a Speaker Card to the City Clerk.
For items on the agenda, speakers will be called by the Mayor at the point on the agenda when the item will be heard. Speakers are encouraged to keep comments to three minutes or less and to state name and community of residence.
Under the provisions of the California Government Code, the City Council is prohibited from discussing or taking immediate action on any item not on the agenda unless it can be demonstrated to be of an emergency nature or the need to take immediate action arose after the posting of the agenda.
7. COUNCIL REPORTS
8. CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
9. CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS - ROLL CALL VOTE
9.1. Subject: Meeting Minutes from the Special City Council Meeting on August 26, 2025, and the Regular City Council Meeting of September 2, 2025.
Recommendation: Adopt the minutes.
9.2. Subject: Second Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cordova, State of California, Amending Title 23, Article 9 Specific Use Provisions of the City of Rancho Cordova Municipal Code.
Recommendation: Waive the second reading and adopt the Ordinance.
9.3. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract No. 2025-199 in an Amount not to Exceed $284,045.00 with Lister Construction, Inc. to Construct the ADA Sidewalk Improvements Project at Various Locations in the City.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, September 15, 2025
10. CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - ROLL CALL VOTE
None.
11. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
None.
12. REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS
12.1. Subject: Sifi Update on Citywide High Speed Internet Project in Rancho Cordova.
Recommendation: Receive presentation from Sifi.
12.2. Subject: Sacramento Regional Transit Update on Horn Road Light Rail Station — Funding and Design Options.
Recommendation: Receive information from Sacramento Regional Transit staff and provide direction on preferred design alternative.
12.3. Subject: Measure R and Measure H Community Enhancement & Investment Fund Citizen Oversight Board Appointments.
Recommendation: Discuss and select, by a majority vote of the full City Council, an appointment to fill a vacancy on the Citizen Oversight Board as well as the appointments of one-year term/at-large student appointees representing Folsom Cordova Unified School District and the Folsom Lake College - Rancho Cordova Promise Program.
13. COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
14. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Pulipati will adjourn the meeting to closed session.
15. CLOSED SESSION - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Council Members Linda Budge, Garrett Gatewood, Joe Little, David Sander, and Mayor Siri Pulipati
16. CLOSED SESSION
Council will meet in closed session to discuss the following item:
16.1. CONFERENCE WITH LEGAL COUNSEL – EXISTING LITIGATION (pursuant to California Government Code Section 54956.9(d)(1)). Peter A. Demetroulas and Julie Demetroulas, as Trustees of the Demetroulas Family Trust Dated September 6, 1995 v. City of Rancho Cordova, Sacramento County Superior Court Case Number 24CV009544.
17. OPEN SESSION - REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSIONS
The City Attorney will report on action taken in closed session.
18. ADJOURNMENT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Special Meetings listed below are subject to change/cancellation without further notice.
Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, September 15, 2025
Unless the Council adopts a motion to extend the meeting, any item that is not initiated before 11:00 p.m. will be continued to the next day at 5:30 p.m. or scheduled on the next regular meeting agenda of the Council.
Public documents related to items on the open session portion of this agenda, which are distributed to the City Council less than 72 hours prior to the meeting, shall be available for public inspection at the time the documents are distributed to the Council. Documents are available for inspection at the City Clerk's office located in Rancho Cordova City Hall.
The agenda items are accessible on the City’s website at www.cityofranchocordova.org on Thursdays or Fridays prior to the Regular City Council Meeting.
UPCOMING MEETINGS
September 23, 2025 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session October 6, 2025 4:00 PM Special Meeting/5:30 PM Regular Meeting October 20, 2025 5:30 PM Regular Meeting
October 28, 2025 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session
November 3, 2025 4:00 PM Special Meeting/5:30 PM Regular Meeting November 17, 2025 5:30 PM Regular Meeting
November 25, 2025 5:30 PM Regular Meeting/Work Session
December 1, 2025 4:00 PM Special Meeting/5:30 PM Regular Meeting
If you have any technical questions related to the agenda items, please contact City Hall at (916) 851- 8700.
The Rancho Cordova City Council meeting will be videotaped in its entirety and will be cablecast without interruption on Metro Cable 14, the Government Affairs Channel on the Comcast and Direct TV U-Verse Systems. Closed Captioning will be available on the playback cablecast. A DVD copy is available from the City Clerk’s Department and a webcast of this meeting will be available for viewing via video streaming from the City’s website within 48 hours of adjournment of this meeting.
In compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act, if you need a disability-related modification or accommodation, including auxiliary aids or services, to participate in this meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (916) 851-8720 at least 48 hours prior to the meeting.
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Stacy Leitner, City Clerk for the City of Rancho Cordova, declare that the foregoing agenda for the September 15, 2025, Regular Meeting of the Rancho Cordova City Council was posted and available for review on September 11, 2025, at City Hall of the City of Rancho Cordova, 2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova, California, 95670. The agenda is also available on the city website at www.cityofranchocordova.org.
Signed September 11, 2025, at Rancho Cordova, California.
Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, September 15, 2025
Stacy Leitner, CMC
City Clerk