CITY OF RANCHO CORDOVA
CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Monday, October 5, 2026
4:00 PM PDT – Special Meeting - Cancelled
5:30 PM PDT – Regular Meeting
David B. Roberts Council Chambers
City Hall
2729 Prospect Park Drive, Rancho Cordova
Hampton Inn & Suites Denver/Airport-Gateway Park
Lobby
4310 Airport Way
Denver, CO 80239
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AGENDA
Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, October 5, 2026
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
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
Debra Fontes with the Sacramento Law Enforcement Chaplaincy will give the invocation.
5. PRESENTATIONS
None.
6. PUBLIC COMMENT
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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 September 21, 2026, and the Special Meeting of September 29, 2026.
Recommendation: Adopt the minutes.
9.2. Subject: Second Reading of an Ordinance Establishing Special Tax Zone No. 36 for TransitRelated Services for the IONNA EV Charging Project.
Recommendation: Waive the second reading and adopt the Ordinance.
9.3. Subject: Second Reading of an Ordinance of the City Council of the City of Rancho Cordova, State of California, Amending Title 23, Zoning Code, Article 9 Specific Use Provisions, Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs), of the Rancho Cordova Municipal Code (Exempt Pursuant to Section 15061(B)(3) of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines).
Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, October 5, 2026
Recommendation: Waive the second reading and adopt the Ordinance.
9.4. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract Amendment No. 2022-62-2 with Roush Landscape Services to Increase the Contract Amount From $2,384,960 to an Amount not to Exceed $3,040,760 for Continued Landscape Maintenance Services for Publicly Owned Landscape Facilities.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
9.5. Subject: A Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute Contract Amendment No. 2025-230-01 with Wood Rodgers Inc to Increase the Contract Amount from $221,660.00 to an Amount not to Exceed $437,562.50 to Continue Final Design, Right of Way & Construction Administration Support Services for the White Rock Road Phase 3 Project.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
10. CONSENT PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS - ROLL CALL VOTE
10.1. Subject: A Resolution Approving Conduit Financing for the Liora Apartments Affordable Housing Project.
Recommendation: Conduct the public hearing under the requirements of the Tax and Equity Fiscal Responsibility Act (TEFRA) and the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended (the Code), and adopt the Resolution approving the issuance of the Bonds by the California Municipal Finance Authority (CMFA) for the benefit of Liora Owner LP (the Borrower) or a partnership of which Lincoln Avenue Communities (the Developer) or a related person to the Developer is the general partner, to provide for the financing of the Project, such adoption is solely for the purposes of satisfying the requirements of TEFRA, the Code and the California Government Code Section 6500 (and following).
10.2. Subject: A Resolution Declaring a Protest Hearing and Authorizing the Mailing of Property Owner Ballot Relating to the Imposition of the Annual Stormwater Utility Fee for the IONNA EV Charging Project.
Recommendation: Adopt the Resolution.
11. PUBLIC HEARING ITEMS
None.
12. REGULAR CALENDAR ITEMS
12.1. Subject: Fiscal Year 2025-26 Preliminary Year End Financial Report with Budget Amendments and Updates to City's Reserve Policies.
Recommendation: Receive the Fiscal Year 2025-26 Preliminary Year-End Financial Report and adopt the accompanying Resolutions approving the Fiscal Year 2025-26 and Fiscal Year 2026-27 budget amendments, the revised reserve and surplus policies for the General Fund, and the Community Enhancement & Investment Fund (CEIF).
13. COUNCIL REQUESTS FOR FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS
14. ADJOURN TO CLOSED SESSION
Mayor Gatewood will adjourn the meeting to closed session.
15. CLOSED SESSION - CALL OR ORDER/ROLL CALL
Council Members Linda Budge, Joe Little, Siri Pulipati, David Sander, and Mayor Garrett Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, October 5, 2026
Gatewood
16. CLOSED SESSION
Council will meet in closed session to discuss the following item:
16.1. CONFERENCE WITH LABOR NEGOTIATORS: Pursuant to Government Code Section 54957.6. Agency Designated Representatives: Mayor Garrett Gatewood and City Attorney Adam U. Lindgren; Unrepresented Employee: City Manager.
17. OPEN SESSION - REPORT FROM CLOSED SESSION
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.
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
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 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.
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Rancho Cordova City Council - AGENDA
Regular Meeting of Monday, October 5, 2026
CERTIFICATION OF POSTING OF AGENDA
I, Stacy Leitner, City Clerk for the City of Rancho Cordova, declare that the foregoing agenda for the October 5, 2026, Special and Regular Meeting of the Rancho Cordova City Council was posted and available for review on October 1, 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 October 1, 2026, at Rancho Cordova, California.
Stacy Leitner, CMC
City Clerk