CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, August 17, 2026
5:30 PM – Regular Meeting
David B. Roberts Council Chambers
City Hall
2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova
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AGENDA
1. REGULAR MEETING - CALL TO ORDER/ROLL CALL
Council Members Linda Budge, Joe Little, Siri Pulipati, David Sander, and Mayor Garrett Gatewood
2. METRO CABLE TV TELEVISION ANNOUNCEMENT
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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
Dr. Dan DeShong with River City Christian Church will give the invocation.
5. PRESENTATIONS
5.1. New Employee Introductions: Ryan Fontenot, Management Analyst I by Lorianne Carl, Community Engagement Manager, and Jason Kukkola, Management Analyst II by Megan Siren, Community Services Director
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.
To request to speak using the Zoom platform, use the “Raise Hand” feature available in Zoom.
If you are participating by telephone to request to speak, press *9 to raise your hand. For those participating by Zoom or telephone, please wait to be called upon by 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 Regular City Council Meeting of August 3, 2026.
Recommendation: Adopt the minutes.
9.2. Subject: Second Reading of an Ordinance Amending Chapters 3.08 and 4.06 of the Rancho Cordova Municipal Code to Strengthen and Enhance the City’s Ability to Enforce and Collect Transient Occupancy Tax.
Recommendation: Waive the second reading and adopt the Ordinance.
9.3. Subject: Second Reading of an Ordinance Amending Title 16, Chapter 16.82 Establishment of the Development Impact Fees to Finance the Cost of Public Facilities within the SunCreek Specific Plan Area.
Recommendation: Waive the second reading and adopt the Ordinance.
9.4. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Approve the Douglas 103 Village 2 Final Map, Subdivision No. FM-25-0060 and Execute Subdivision Improvement Agreement Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
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Contract No. 2026-169 with Lennar Homes of California.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.5. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Approve the Douglas 103 Village 3 Final Map, Subdivision No. FM-25-0057 and Execute Subdivision Improvement Agreement Contract No. 2026-170 with Lennar Homes of California.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.6. Subject: A Resolution Approving the Annexation of Douglas 103 into the City of Rancho Cordova Community Facilities District No. 2013-2 (Police Services).
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.7. Subject: A Resolution Approving the Annexation of the Douglas 103 Subdivision Project to the City Of Rancho Cordova Community Facilities District No. 2014-2 (Street, Lighting, and Landscape Maintenance).
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.8. Subject: A Resolution Declaring the City's Intention to Impose an Annual Stormwater Utility Fee for the Maintenance of Storm Drainage and Flood Protection Systems for the Douglas 103 Subdivision Project.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution designating a time and place for hearing protests in connection with the annual Stormwater Utility Fee for the Douglas 103 Subdivision Project.
9.9. Subject: A Resolution Approving the Boundary Map for the Douglas 103 Subdivision Project Annexation to the City of Rancho Cordova Community Facilities District No. 2018-2 (Community Places and Neighborhood Greens).
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.10. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the Public Works Director to Submit and Execute Applications and Documents for the Sacramento Area Council of Governments (SACOG) Next Generation Solutions & Clean Air Funding Program and the System Performance Funding Program.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.11. Subject: A Resolution Adopting the Amended Investment Policy.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.12. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract Amendment No. 2025-18-2 with Civica Law Group for an Amount not to Exceed $100,000, Making the Cumulative Amount of the Contract $250,000, for On-call Receivership Attorney Services.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.13. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract No. 2026-190 with Dokken Engineering in an Amount not to Exceed $1,490,761.00 for Design of the Sewer Lift Station for North Campus Road.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.14. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract Amendment No. 2023-258-1 with the Sacramento County Sheriff's Office for a Term Starting July 1, 2026, and Ending June 30, 2027, for the Supervision of the Sheriff's Work Project Program, Inmate Crew, for Flood Control and Landscaping Maintenance for an Amount not to Exceed $94,000, Bringing the Total Contract to an Amount not to Exceed $348,563.
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Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.15. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract Amendment No. 2025-162-3 with Ghilotti Bros., Inc. to Increase the Contract Amount from $7,900,591.96 to an Amount not to Exceed $8,470,900.42 for Construction of the Countryside Neighborhood Street Rehabilitation Phase 2 Project.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
10. CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - ROLL CALL VOTE
None.
11. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
None.
12. REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS
12.1. Subject: Rancho Cordova Police Department Update.
Recommendation: Receive presentation.
12.2. Subject: Discussion and Decision Regarding the November 3, 2026, General Municipal Election with Not More Candidates Than Offices to be Elected for the Office of City Council Member District 2 that Was to be Elected at the General Municipal Election on Tuesday, November 3, 2026.
Recommendation: Review the Certification of Facts and choose one of the following actions:
1. Adopt a Resolution appointing the nominee to the elected office; or
2. Elect to hold the November 3, 2026, General Municipal Election as previously adopted on June 1, 2026, by Resolution No. 70-2026.
13. COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
14. ADJOURNMENT
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Special Meetings listed below are subject to change/cancellation without further notice.
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
August 25, 2026 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session
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Regular Meeting of Monday, August 17, 2026
September 8, 2026 3:00 PM Special Meeting/5:30 PM Regular Meeting September 21, 2026 5:30 PM Regular Meeting
September 29, 2026 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session October 5, 2026 4:00 PM Special Meeting/5:30 PM Regular Meeting October 19, 2026 5:30 PM Regular Meeting
October 27, 2026 5:30 PM Special Meeting/Work Session
November 2, 2026 4:00 PM Special Meeting/5:30 PM Regular Meeting
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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.
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CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Stacy Leitner, City Clerk for the City of Rancho Cordova, declare that the foregoing agenda for the August 17, 2026, Regular Meeting of the Rancho Cordova City Council was posted and available for review on August 13, 2026, 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 August 13, 2026, at Rancho Cordova, California.
Stacy Leitner, CMC
City Clerk