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Typical home value $728,819 -1.2% yr/yr · +5.1% 5-yr
Home-value trend 2000–2026 (Zillow ZHVI)
👤 Members & officials (21)
Members seen in recent official meeting records — names and roles as published.
Who’s on the City Council Meeting
- Rivers — Councilmember
- Ford — Vice Mayor
- Lemus — Councilmember
- Sparks
- Harvey
- Savage
Who’s on the City Council Regular Meeting
- Ford
- Sparks
Who’s on the Planning Commission
- Berman
- Moffet
Who’s on the Planning Commission Meeting
- Long
- Gilardi
- Moffet
- Berman
- John Savage
- Sparks
Who’s on the Planning Commission Special Meeting
- Ryan Long — Commissioner
- Shelley Berman — Commissioner
- Ed Gilardi
- John Savage
- Kimberlyn Moffet
Development activity
Housing units permitted — US Census Building Permits Survey
20253 housing units ($970K)
🗳️ Election results (2 races)
Local election returns — winner marked ✓.
City Council 2024-11-05
Susan Harvey ✓ 2,438 · Laura Sparks ✓ 2,229 · Ben Ford ✓ 2,138 · George Barich 864
City Council 2020-11-03
Laura Sparks ✓ 2,493 · Susan Harvey ✓ 2,253 · Ben Ford ✓ 2,208 · Brittany Murphy 1,686
🗳️ Ballot measures (1)
Propositions decided directly by voters.
Measure S
2024-11-05 · Passed — 2,278 yes / 1,499 no
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Thu Sep 3, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Thu Sep 17, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Thu Oct 1, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Thu Oct 15, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Thu Nov 5, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Wed Nov 18, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Community-Police Advisory Committee Meeting
Thu Nov 19, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Recent meetings
Tue Aug 25, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
Cotati Council to consider ADU ordinance update and Cotati Village I time extension
The Cotati City Council will hold a public hearing on an ordinance to update Accessory Dwelling Unit regulations to conform with state law, and consider a 12-month time extension for the Cotati Village I project. The consent calendar includes a second reading of an ordinance to correct municipal code errors and streamline permitting, and a contract renewal with CivicPlus for $1,908. The council will also receive an update on the Enhanced Infrastructure Finance District and consider supporting Assembly Bill 1761.
- Public hearing on ADU ordinance update (Section 17.42.170) to conform with state law
- 12-month time extension for Cotati Village I project
- Second reading of ordinance amending municipal code to correct errors and streamline permitting
- CivicPlus contract renewal for FY 2026/27 and 2027/28 with $1,908 budget amendment
- Consideration of support for AB 1761 (Rodgers) on PCIA transparency
zoninghousingpermittingcontractsbudgetstate-legislation
📹 From the video
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So, we want to welcome all of you to the joint meeting of the Katad City Council and a successor agency to the former Katad Community Redevelopment Agency. Today is Tuesday, August 25th, and this is a six o'clock regular meeting of the city council. So, we're going to start um open up the meeting and do a roll call. Council member Savage >> here. >> Council member Sparks >> Council member Ford >> here. >> Mayor Lemus >> We'll show Vice Mayor Harvey as absent. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. The next item is approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda. So we have the minutes of the Katadi city council from the meeting of August 11, 2026. Is there any questions or corrections from council? No. Okay, we'll go open it up to public comment. We'll go online first for the minutes of August 11th. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you would like to make a public comment, please use the raise hand icon. Seeing no hands on Zoom. >> Okay. Thank you. Any anyone in the room who would like to make a comment on the minutes of August 11, 2026, please come forward. Okay. Seeing none, I will bring it back to council for a motion or further comment. >> Move to approve. >> Second. Okay. All in favor? >> I >> I. >> Thank you. Okay. So, the next items that we have are the proclamations and we have two. We'll start with the women's equality day. And I don't see anyone here from the commi …
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AGENDA
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, August 25, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
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Thu Aug 20, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Thu Aug 20, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Wed Aug 19, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Community-Police Advisory Committee Meeting
📹 From the video
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Hello. I'd like to call this meeting to order of the Kati Community Police Advisory Committee. May we have a roll call? Committee member Cosbrook >> here. >> Committee member Richardson >> Committee member Williams >> here. >> Uh Vice Chair Jarrett >> Chair Lton >> here. >> Thank you. Next we will read the land acknowledgement and recite the pledge of allegiance. >> Chair, may I speak on that? >> Sure. >> Thank you. Good evening, committee members. Uh, former Councilman George Barrett. It's really good to see you. I think I've I've attended almost every meeting of this new body and I've spoken up and um I've emailed you and so forth. And I just want to remind you something I think is very important about this land acknowledgement. Um, I'm not the only one in town who thinks it's very silly. Just silliness. Um, I was able to I and others were able to convince uh Mayor Ben Ford and the council um to move this this item to the back of the meeting so that those of us taxpayers want to be here and work with the government and and participate don't have to sit through something this silly. So, they did put it at the end and we applauded them for doing that. I think at the last meeting I also asked you folks to do that too. probably a good thing to follow the lead of the city manager and the city council to put this at the end of the meeting because it is controversial. Um I believe that the land acknowledgement is very politically motivated to appease the casino as some of you have …
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Tue Aug 18, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Special Meeting
📹 From the video
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Okay, welcome everyone. Welcome to the meet the special meeting of the Katad City Council and the successor agency to the former Kat Community Redevelopment Agency. Today's Tuesday, August 18th and we're going to start with a call to order and a roll call. >> Council member Savage >> here. Council member Sparks >> here. >> Council member Ford >> Mayor Lemus >> here. >> We'll show Vice Mayor Harvey as absent. Thank you. >> Thank you. And the next item we have is public comment. So because it is a special meeting, this is the section where if you have any comments that you want to make um go ahead and make public comment during this time. So we'll start with the online. Is there anyone online that want to make public comment? >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment, please use the raise hand icon. Uh there are no hands on Zoom, Mayor Lemus. >> Okay. Thank you. So, now we'll go uh to the room. Is there anyone in the room who would like to make a public comment tonight? Uh go ahead and state your name and then you may give your public comment. Thank you. >> Hi. Um I'm Kimberlin Moffett, president of Katad. Um so, good evening, Mayor Lemus, council members, and thank you for the opportunity to speak tonight. I'm here this evening with a lot of gratitude and honestly a little bit of mixed emotion. When I decided to run for Katad City Council, I was excited about the opportunity to put my name before the voters and ask for th …
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Mon Aug 17, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Aug 11, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
📹 From the video
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Welcome to the joint meeting of the Kat City Council and the successor agency to the former Kati Community Redevelopment Agency. Can we have a a roll call, please? >> Council member Savage, >> here. >> Council member Sparks, >> Council member Ford, >> here. >> Vice Mayor Harvey, >> here. Mayor Lemus >> here. Thank you. Next item we have is approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda. And we have the minutes of the regular meeting of July 20, 2026. Is there any questions or comments, corrections from council? Okay. So, we'll open it up to public comment and we'll start with online. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment on this item, please use the raise hand icon. Uh, Mayor Lemus, there are no hands on Zoom. Okay. Thank you. Is there anyone in the room that would like to make a public comment on the minutes of July 28th, 2026? Okay. Seeing none, we'll bring it back to councel. >> Move to approve the minutes of July 28th. >> Second. >> Second. Okay. All in favor? >> I I >> Thank you. >> I'm abstaining from that. >> Okay. With one abstension. Okay. >> Okay. The next item we have is agenda review. Do we have changes to the agenda? >> Uh thank you, mayor, members of the council. There is actually um one proposed change tonight. Um you will see on the uh on the table there in front of you and also in the back for the public there is a um …
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📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, August 11, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1.
CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name
Title
Status
Sylvia Lemus
Mayor
Present
Susan Harvey
Vice Mayor
Present
Ben Ford
Councilmember
Present
Laura Sparks
Councilmember
Present
John Savage
Councilmember
Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, Assistant City Attorney Kimia Mahallati, City Clerk
Kevin Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
2.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – JULY 28, 2026
No public comment.
RESULT:
Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER:
Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER:
Laura Sparks, Councilmember
AYES:
Lemus, Harvey, Sparks, Savage
NAYS:
None
ABSTAIN:
Ford
3.
AGENDA REVIEW (ACTION)
City Manager Damien O’Bid recommended that the Council add an urgency item to the end of the
Regular Agenda, as item 8C. The item regarded a request by Cal Cities to send a letter of opposition
Cotati City Council Minutes August 11, 2026 …
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Thu Aug 6, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Mon Aug 3, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Jul 28, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approves waste agency amendments, advances freeway zoning overlay
The Cotati City Council approved amendments to the Sonoma County Waste Management Authority joint powers agreement and settlement agreement to allow development of a new household hazardous waste facility. The council also directed staff to draft a Freeway Oriented Development zoning overlay ordinance, with specific feedback to be incorporated. Consent calendar items, including a CHP grant, salary schedule correction, Axon contract, and DannFest approval, were adopted 4-0.
- Approved amendments to Sonoma County Waste Management Authority agreements for new HHW facility (4-0)
- Directed staff to draft Freeway Oriented Development zoning overlay ordinance with council feedback
- Adopted consent calendar items: CHP grant, salary schedule correction, Axon contract, DannFest approval (4-0)
- Approved minutes of June 23, 2026 meeting (4-0)
📹 From the video
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That's Good evening everyone. Thank you for being here. And today uh we're going to uh have the joint meeting of the Katy City Council on a successor agency to the former Katy Community Redevelopment Agency. So we're going to start um first of all we do have some members that are out of the area that are participating in the meeting. One person. Okay. So Vice Mayor Yeah. Harvey was participating via teleconference and her information is on the agenda. So we're going to start with the call to order. Can we have a roll call, please? >> Council member Savage >> here. >> Council member Sparks >> Vice Mayor Harvey. >> Oops. >> Did you get me? >> Now we do. Yes. >> Okay. Sorry, some spam is calling me. >> And Mayor Leis here. We'll show council member Ford is absent. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Okay. The next item we have is approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and adopted under this agenda. So we have the minutes from the regular meeting of June 23rd. First of all, is there any corrections or questions from city council? No. Okay. So we'll go to public comment on that and we'll go to online first. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment on this item, please use the raise hand icon. Seeing no hands on Zoom. >> Okay. So, now in the room, we'll see if is there anyone in the room that has public comment on the minutes from June 23rd, 2026? Okay. So, we'll bring it b …
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, July 28, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1
.
CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Attendee Name
Title
Status
Ben Ford
Mayor
Sylvia Lemus
Vice Mayor
Susan Harvey
Councilmember
Laura Sparks
Councilmember
John Savage
Councilmember
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Deputy City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community Development Noah
Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris Simmons
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm. Vice Mayor Harvey participated in the meeting
remotely, as noticed on the meeting agenda and permitted under Government Code Section 54953(b).
2.
APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – JUNE 23, 2026
RESULT:
Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER:
Laura Sparks, Councilmember
SECONDER:
John Savage, Councilmember
AYES:
Harvey, Lemus,
Sparks, Savage
NAYS:
None
ABSENT:
Ford
RECUSE:
3.
AGENDA REVIEW (ACTION)
No changes.
Cotati City Council Minutes July 28, 2026
4.
CITIZEN BUSINESS AND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
Any member of the pub …
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Mon Jul 20, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Thu Jul 16, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Thu Jul 16, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Meeting
Mon Jul 6, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Thu Jul 2, 2026 · 02:00 PM
Community Development Director Hearing
Tue Jun 23, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Cotati Council forms Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District
The City Council established an Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District and its Public Finance Authority. The council also adopted a new employee association memorandum of understanding and the FY 2026/27 city-wide salary schedule.
- Adopted resolution to form Enhanced Infrastructure Financing District (5-0)
- Adopted Cotati Employee Association Memorandum of Understanding (5-0)
- Adopted FY 2026/27 city-wide salary schedule (5-0)
- Approved Redwood Drive bike lane project and ADA transition plan funding (5-0)
- Accepted Putnam Park Phase 1 improvements project (5-0)
- Authorized purchase of replacement IT infrastructure systems (5-0)
- Approved annual storm water support services agreement (5-0)
- Approved FY 2026-27 Landscaping and Lighting Assessment District assessments (4-0)
📹 From the video
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Okay. So, welcome everyone to the joint meeting of the Gati City Council and a successor agency to the former Gati Community Redevelopment Agency. Thank you for being here today. And we want to start with a call to order. Roll call. >> Council member Savage >> here. >> Council member Sparks >> Council member Ford >> here. >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> Mayor Lemus >> here. Okay. Okay, next we have the approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all the resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda. And we have the regular meeting minutes from the Katy City Council of June 9th, 2026. Is there any questions or corrections from council? No. Okay. So, we'll open this up for public comment and we'll go to Zoom first and this is on the minutes of the June 9th meeting. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment, please use the raise hand icon. Seeing no hands, that will end the Zoom portion of public comment. Thank you. >> Thank you. And now, if there's anyone in the room that would like to make a public comment on the meeting minutes from June 9th, please uh come forward. >> Not seeing anyone, I'll bring it back to city council. >> Move to approve the minutes. >> Thank you. Second. >> Second. Okay. All in favor? >> I. >> Thank you. The next item we have is a proclamation. And today we have a pro we're proclaiming the month of July 2026 at parks make life better month. And so to start we'll start wi …
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, June 23, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm. Vice Mayor Harvey participated in the meeting
remotely, as noticed on the meeting agenda and permitted under Government Code Section
54953(b).
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Remote
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – JUNE 9, 2026
No public comment.
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Sparks, Savage
3. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
A. PROCLAIMING THE MONTH OF JULY 2026 AT PARKS MAKE LIFE BETTER
MONTH
Cotati City Council Minutes June 23, 2026
Proclamation was read by Mayor Lemus. Proclam …
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🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE ENGINEER'S REPORT, CONFIRM THE ASSESSMENT DIAGRAM AND ANNUAL ASSESSMENT AMOUNTS, AND LEVYING AND COLLECTION OF THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS FOR THE COTATI LANDSCAPING AND LIGHTING…
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Sparks yea
Mon Jun 15, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Jun 9, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Cotati City Council approves budget updates and new city manager agreement
The City Council adopted a mid-cycle budget update and a third amended employment agreement for the City Manager. The Council also approved an updated city fee schedule and several consent calendar items including election scheduling and road projects.
- Approved mid-cycle budget update and amendments for FY 2025/26 and 2026/27 (5-0)
- Adopted third amended and restated City Manager employment agreement (5-0)
- Adopted updated annual city fee schedule (5-0)
- Approved resolution for general municipal election on November 3, 2026 (5-0)
- Approved Urban County Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) renewal (5-0)
- Approved annual appropriations (GANN) limit for FY 2026/27 (5-0)
- Approved FY 26/27 Senate Bill 1 list of projects (5-0)
- Approved FY 2026/27 fleet vehicle purchases (5-0)
📹 From the video
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Good evening. We want to welcome all of you to the joint meeting of the Kati City Council and the successor agency to the former Kat Community Redevelopment Agency. And we want to start with a call to order and a roll call. >> Council member Savage >> here. Council member Sparks >> here. >> Council member Ford >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> here. >> Mayor Lemus >> here. Thank you. Uh, next item we have is approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and or adopted under this agenda. And we have the regular meeting minutes from May there's a typo. May 26 because May 16th was a Saturday. >> It's correct on the minutes themselves though. >> On the minutes themselves are correct. So just on the agenda it's incorrect. Okay. Okay. So, any questions or anything else? No. Okay. Can we get public comment on that? We'll open up to online first. Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment on this item, please use the raise hand icon. Uh, seeing no hands on Zoom. >> Okay. Okay. In the room, is there anyone that would like to make a comment on the approval of minutes from May 26? Okay. Seeing none, uh, we'll see take a vote of the Any other questions, comments? Okay. How about a motion? >> Move to approve the minutes. Second. >> Okay. All in favor? >> I. >> Okay. Thank you. And the next item, we have a proclamation uh of the city council of city Katy celebrating Junth. and we're turning that ov …
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, June 09, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, Assistant City Attorney Ali Wolf, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAY 26, 2026
RESULT: APPROVED [5 – 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Laura Sparks, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Sparks, Savage
3. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
A. PROCLAMATION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF COTATI
CELEBRATING JUNETEENTH
Councilmember Ford read the proclamation. Proclamation was accepted by Tramaine Austin-
Dillon, Senior Diversity Officer at Sonoma State University.
4. AGENDA REVIEW (ACTION)
Cotati City Council Minutes June 09, 2026
No changes. …
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Mon Jun 1, 2026 · 11:00 AM
Community Development Director Hearing
Mon Jun 1, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue May 26, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approves garbage agreement amendment and several infrastructure items
The Council approved an amendment and term extension for the Recology garbage franchise agreement. Additional actions included approving a series of consent calendar items regarding sewer generators, road construction, and pavement preservation.
- Approved May 12, 2026 minutes as amended (5-0)
- Proclaimed June 2026 as Pride Month
- Adopted purchase of fixed generators for Quail Hollow and New Century sewer lift stations (5-0)
- Approved La Salle Avenue valve replacement construction contract with Granite Construction (5-0)
- Approved professional services agreement with Harris and Associates for pavement preservation (5-0)
- Approved letters opposing AB 1383 and SB 866 (4-0)
- Adopted Recology garbage franchise agreement amendment and term extension (5-0)
📹 From the video
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Okay. Welcome everyone. Welcome to the joint meeting of the Katadi City Council and a successor agency to the former Kati Community Redevelopment Agency. And we're going to start with a call to order and a roll call. >> Council member Savage >> present. >> Council member Ford >> here. >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> Mayor Lemus >> here. >> Council member Sparks >> here. And um I need to state that I'm uh recovering from surgery and attending from Zoom because I'm not able to sit upright for long periods. >> Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. We're moving on to approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and or adopted under this agenda. Um this is for the regular meeting, the minutes for the regular meeting of May 12th, 2026. Is there any corrections or questions from council? No. Okay. So, we'll go to public comment on that and we'll go to Zoom. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment on this item, please use the raise hand icon. Seeing no hands on Zoom. >> Okay. Thank you. Is there anyone in the room that would like to make a public comment on the minutes? Okay, seeing none, could bring it back to council. Do we have a motion? >> Oh, real quick. Sorry, I didn't jump in fast enough. In in the two records of votes, it calls me the mayor. So, can we correct that to council member? Other than that, >> okay, >> I'm good to go. So, move to approve with that change. >> Okay, thank yo …
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📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, May 26, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Remote
John Savage Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
During Roll Call, Councilmember Sparks announced that she would be participating remotely under
the just cause provisions of Government Code Section 54953.8.3(c), due to a need to recover from
surgery.
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAY 12, 2026
No public comment.
Councilmember Ford noted that some of the Councilmember titles in vote counts needed to be
corrected.
RESULT: APPROVED AS AMENDED [5 – 0]
MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Sparks, Savage
Cotati City Council Minutes May 26, 2026
3. PROCLAMATIO …
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🗳️ How they voted (1 roll-call vote)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
[context] RESULT: APPROVED [4 – 0] MOVER: John Savage, Councilmember SECONDER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
4 yea
Harvey yea · Ford yea · Sparks yea · Savage yea
Wed May 20, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Community-Police Advisory Committee Meeting
Mon May 18, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue May 12, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council adopts rezoning ordinance for TOC and SANTERO WAY districts
The council unanimously approved the prior meeting minutes. It adopted approvals for the 2026 summer movies, food festival, and National Night Out events, as well as the 2026 Chamber of Commerce music festival, each by a 5‑0 vote. The council also adopted a rezoning ordinance placing multiple parcels into the Transit Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY zoning districts, with a 5‑0 vote after Councilmember Savage recused himself.
- Approved meeting minutes (5-0)
- Adopted summer movies, food festival, and National Night Out events (5-0)
- Adopted Chamber of Commerce music festival event (5-0)
- Adopted rezoning ordinance for TOC and SANTERO WAY districts (5-0, one member recused)
📹 From the video
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Okay. Okay. Good evening and welcome to the joint meeting of the Katad City Council and a successor agency to the former Katad uh community redevelopment agency. So, we're going to start with a call to order and a roll call. Can we do a roll call, please? >> Council member Savage >> here. >> Council member Sparks >> Council member Ford >> here. >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> Mayor Lemus >> here. Okay. Thank you. And next we're going to approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda. And we have our meeting uh minutes from the meeting of April 20, 2026. Is there any questions or changes in the minutes? Okay, we'll open it up for public comment. Let's go to Zoom first. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment on this item, please use the raise hand icon. Seeing no hands, that will end the Zoom portion of public comment. >> Okay. Now, in the room, is there anyone that wanted to make a public comment on the minutes on the approval of the minutes? Okay. Seeing none, I'll look back to my council. >> Move to approve the minutes. >> Second. >> All in favor? >> I >> Okay, thank you. And then we're moving on to proclamations and we have three tonight. Uh and we I've asked um Council Member Ford and also Vice Mayor Harvey to help me. And I'll start with the first one, which is a proclamation proclaiming May 2026 as Asian-American and Pacific Islander Heri …
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📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, May 12, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – APR 28, 2026
No public comment.
RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Sparks, Savage
NAYS: None
3. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
A. PROCLAIMING MAY 2026 AS ASIAN AMERICAN AND PACIFIC ISLANDER
HERITAGE MONTH IN COTATI
Cotati City Council Minutes May 12, 2026
Mayor Lemus read the proclamation. Proclamation was accepted by Grace Cheung-Schulman of
AAPIC North Bay, and Sema Sharma of Sai’s Sprouts Preschool.
B. BIKE MONTH PROCLAMATION
Councilmember Ford read the procla …
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🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
[context] RESULT: Approve [5 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor SECONDER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
5 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Sparks yea · Savage yea
ORDINANCE TO REZONING MULTIPLE PARCELS TO THE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES (TOC) AND SANTERO WAY (SW) ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAKE ANY FURTHER NEEDED REVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE TOC LAND USE POLICIES…
5 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Sparks yea · Savage yea
ORDINANCE TO REZONING MULTIPLE PARCELS TO THE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES (TOC) AND SANTERO WAY (SW) ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAKE ANY FURTHER NEEDED REVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE TOC LAND USE POLICIES…
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Sparks yea
Mon May 4, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Apr 28, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council adopts rezoning plan and digital display purchase (4‑0 votes)
The City Council approved the meeting minutes and adopted all items on the consent calendar, including Sunflower Park construction improvements, a food and mobile business ordinance, the 2026 Farmers Market, and rezoning of multiple parcels to the TOC and SANTERO WAY districts. The Council also approved a purchase agreement for a new digital display to replace the marquee message board. All actions passed unanimously with a 4‑to‑0 vote.
- Approved meeting minutes (4‑0)
- Adopted Sunflower Park construction improvements (4‑0)
- Second reading of Food and Mobile Business Ordinance adopted (4‑0)
- Approved 2026 Farmers Market in La Plaza Park (4‑0)
- Second reading and adoption of rezoning multiple parcels to TOC and SANTERO WAY districts (4‑0)
- Approved purchase agreement for digital display and related software (4‑0)
📹 From the video
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Okay, we want to welcome everyone to the joint meeting of the Cotati City Council and its successor agency to the former Cotati Community Redevelopment Agency. So, we will start with a call to order and roll call. Can we take a roll call, please? Council member Savage. Here. Council member Ford. Here. Vice Mayor Harvey. Here. Mayor Lemus. Here. Joint council member Sparks is absent. Okay, thank you. So, next we're moving to the approval of the minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda. And we have the minutes from the last regular meeting of April 14th, 2026. Is there any questions from council? Okay. So, we'll open up for public comment and we'll start online. Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Speaking to our Zoom attendees, if you'd like to make a public comment, please use the raise hand icon. And Emily, you have the floor. Hi, thank you. I'm Emily Schmidt, Cotati resident. Um and I am here to ask uh the City Council to consider uh amending the fencing at Helen Putnam Park so that there will be a section closed off for small dogs. >> I'm sorry, Emily. So, Emily, there is a there is a part in the agenda where we can talk about items not on the agenda, but it's not at this point. Uh right now it's public comment on the minutes from the last meeting. Oh, okay. But it it's coming up. So, we'll call we'll call you when the time comes. Okay, thank you. >> Got you. Okay. Okay, calling for additional Zoom commenter …
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📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, April 28, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Permit Technician Carla
Duncan, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community Development
Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris Simmons
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – APR 14, 2026
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Councilmember
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Ford, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Sparks
3. AGENDA REVIEW (ACTION)
No changes.
4. CITIZEN BUSINESS AND PUBLIC COMMENT FOR CONSENT CALENDAR ITEMS
Any member of the public wishing to speak to the Council on any item(s) listed on the Consent Calendar or any matter(s) not listed on
the agenda that are within the subject matter jurisdiction of the Council may do so at this time. Pursuant to the Bro …
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🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
[context] COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – APR 14, 2026 RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Harvey, Councilmember SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Savage yea
ORDINANCE TO REZONING MULTIPLE PARCELS TO THE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES (TOC) AND SANTERO WAY (SW) ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAKE ANY FURTHER NEEDED REVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE TOC LAND USE POLICIES…
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Savage yea
[context] RESULT: Adopt [4 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Harvey, Councilmember SECONDER: Ben Ford, Mayor
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Savage yea
Mon Apr 20, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Apr 14, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approved rezoning parcels to Transit‑Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY
The council approved the rezoning of multiple parcels to the Transit‑Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY zoning districts, with a 3‑to‑0 vote after Councilmember Savage recused himself. The council also introduced amendments to the Food and Mobile Business Ordinance, adopting the changes by a 4‑to‑0 vote. Additionally, the council adopted a resolution to protect community safety in the event of a significant immigration action, also by a unanimous 4‑to‑0 vote.
- Approve regular meeting minutes (Mar 24, 2026) – Adopted 3‑0
- Approve special meeting minutes (Mar 24, 2026) – Adopted 4‑0
- Adopt consent calendar items (short film festival, construction contract, AB 2596) – Adopted 4‑0
- Approve rezoning of parcels to Transit‑Oriented Communities and SANTERO WAY districts – Approved 3‑0 (Savage recused)
- Introduce Food and Mobile Business Ordinance amendments – Introduced 4‑0
- Adopt resolution to protect community safety in immigration action – Adopted 4‑0
📹 From the video
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
Okay, we're going to start the meeting. We want to welcome everyone to the joint meeting of the Katy City Council and a successor agency to the former Kati Community Redevelopment Agency. So we will start with a call to order and a roll call. >> Council member Savage >> here. >> Council member Ford >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> here. >> Mayor Leis >> Show council member Sparks as absent. Thank you. >> Okay. Thank you. Okay. So, we're moving to the approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda. We have two. We have the regular meeting of March 24th and the special meeting of March 24th, 2026. Do we have any questions or changes? Okay. So, we'll >> and just the header on the special meeting says regular meeting. It needs to be corrected. >> That's all. >> Okay. Thank you. public. >> Yes, that's the next thing. We're just asking questions first. Okay. So, so we got that change. Any Okay, we're going to open up to public comment then on the minutes of the regular meeting and the special meeting of March 24th, 2026. Anyone in the room want public comment? Okay, go ahead and come forward. State your name. I'm sorry, mayor, but according to the Brown Act, I don't have to give you my name. And if Mr. Patterson would give me the four minutes that I've asked him to. I'd appreciate it. Um, speaking to the minutes of the special meeting 2025 or 2525 of the special meeting, I said that uh during the public comm …
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📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, April 14, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Present
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Lieutenant Paul
Goodin, Associate Planner Autumn Buss
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
Public Comment:
Michael Ceremello
Jessica N of Cotati
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAR 24, 2026
RESULT: Approve [3 TO 0] Regular Meeting
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSTAIN: Ford
ABSENT: Sparks
Cotati City Council Minutes April 14, 2026
B. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING – MAR 24, 2026
RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0] Special Meeting
MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember
SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor …
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🗳️ How they voted (6 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
[context] COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAR 24, 2026 RESULT: Approve [3 TO 0] Regular Meeting MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
3 yea · 1 abstain
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Savage yea · Ford abstain
[context] COTATI CITY COUNCIL – SPECIAL MEETING – MAR 24, 2026 RESULT: Approve [4 TO 0] Special Meeting MOVER: Ben Ford, Councilmember SECONDER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Savage yea
RESOLUTION TO APPROVE THE 2026 COTATI SHORT FILM FESTIVAL EVENT IN LA PLAZA PARK AND THE COTATI ROOM OF THE RAY MILLER COMMUNITY CENTER B. CONSIDER AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE CLASS 1…
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Savage yea
ORDINANCE TO REZONING MULTIPLE PARCELS TO THE TRANSIT ORIENTED COMMUNITIES (TOC) AND SANTERO WAY (SW) ZONING DISTRICTS AND MAKE ANY FURTHER NEEDED REVISIONS TO IMPLEMENT THE TOC LAND USE POLICIES…
3 yea · 1 absent
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Sparks absent
[context] 17.42.250(F)(3)(a): Replace “approved parking spaces” with “allowable parking areas.” -17.42.240(D)(1): Remove “as.” RESULT: Introduce [4 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor SECONDER…
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Savage yea
RESOLUTION TO PROTECT COMMUNITY SAFETY IN THE EVENT OF A SIGNIFICANT IMMIGRATION ACTION Presentation by City Manager Damien O’Bid. Councilmembers comment. Public Comment: Michael Ceremello Laurie…
4 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Ford yea · Savage yea
Mon Apr 6, 2026 · 06:00 PM
Planning Commission Meeting
Tue Mar 24, 2026 · 06:00 PM
City Council Meeting
✓ Decided: Council approved contract for Cotati Entry Archway Monument repair
The City Council unanimously approved the March 10 minutes and adopted a proclamation for Government Finance Professionals Week. It awarded the Cotati Entry Archway Monument repair contract to Cestarollo Construction, Inc. and approved a tree‑removal permit with mitigation conditions for a development on Lund Hill Lane. Two items—rezoning of multiple parcels and a closed‑session labor negotiation—were continued to a future meeting.
- Approved March 10, 2026 minutes (3‑0)
- Accepted Government Finance Professionals Week proclamation
- Adopted contract award to Cestarollo Construction, Inc. for Archway repair (3‑0)
- Adopted tree removal permit with mitigation conditions (3‑0)
- Continued rezoning ordinance for TOC and SSW districts to April 14, 2026
- Continued closed‑session labor negotiation item to a future meeting
📹 From the video
Auto-transcribed from the official meeting video (speech-to-text — may contain errors).
All right. I thought about We want to thank you for joining our city council meeting tonight. Tonight we will have two meetings. the six o'clock meeting, the first one is our regular uh city council meeting. And then at 7 o'clock, we will have a second meeting which is a special meeting of the city council and the uh I'm sorry and the Katani Community Police Advisory Committee and that's at 7:00. So we finish early. We'll take a small break and we'll continue at 7 o'clock. No matter what, we'll pause at 7 o'clock for our second meeting. We want to thank you for coming to the joint meeting of the Katad City Council and the successor agency to the former Kati Community Redevelopment Agency. So, we're going to start with a call to order. >> Yes. Go ahead. >> Council member Savage >> here. >> Vice Mayor Harvey >> Mayor Lemus >> here. And then we have >> show C council member Ford and Sparks as abstinence. >> Okay. Thank you. Okay. Second item is approval of minutes and notice of waving of reading of all resolutions and ordinances introduced and are adopted under this agenda action. We have minutes from the Katy City Council regular meeting March 10th 2026. Is there any uh questions or comments from city council? Okay, we'll go to public comment. Public comment on this item. We'll go to Zoom first and this is on the minutes. >> Thank you, Mayor Lemus. Zoom attendees, please use the raise hand icon if you would like to make a public comment on this item. Seeing no hands, that will …
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📄 From the minutes
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MINUTES
JOINT MEETING OF THE COTATI CITY COUNCIL AND THE SUCCESSOR AGENCY TO THE
FORMER COTATI COMMUNITY REDEVELOPMENT AGENCY
City Council Chamber, City Hall 201 W. Sierra Avenue
Tuesday, March 24, 2026
6:00 PM REGULAR MEETING
1. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
Mayor Lemus called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.
Attendee Name Title Status
Sylvia Lemus Mayor Present
Susan Harvey Vice Mayor Present
Ben Ford Councilmember Absent
John Savage Councilmember Present
Laura Sparks Councilmember Leave of Absence
Staff Present: City Manager Damien O’Bid, City Attorney John Bakker, Deputy City Clerk Kevin
Patterson, Director of Administrative Services Angela Courter, Director of Community
Development Noah Housh, Director of Public Works/City Engineer Craig Scott, Police Chief Chris
Simmons, Senior Planner JP Harries
2. APPROVAL OF MINUTES AND NOTICE OF WAIVING OF READING OF ALL
RESOLUTIONS AND ORDINANCES INTRODUCED AND/OR ADOPTED UNDER THIS
AGENDA (ACTION)
A. COTATI CITY COUNCIL – REGULAR MEETING – MAR 10, 2026
No public comment.
RESULT: Approve [3 TO 0]
MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor
SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
AYES: Lemus, Harvey, Savage
NAYS: None
ABSENT: Ford, Sparks
3. PROCLAMATIONS (ACTION)
A. GOVERNMENT FINANCE PROFESSIONALS WEEK
Cotati City Council Minutes March 24, 2026
Public Comment:
George Barich of Cotati
Call-In Listener
Laurie Alderman of Cotati
Mayor Lemus read the proclamation. Proclamation was accepted by J …
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🗳️ How they voted (3 roll-call votes)
Named votes as recorded in the official record.
[context] RESULT: Approve [3 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
3 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Savage yea
RESOLUTION AWARDING THE CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT FOR THE COTATI ENTRY ARCHWAY MONUMENT REPAIR PROJECT TO CESTAROLLO CONSTRUCTION, INC. AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE CONSTRUCTION…
3 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Savage yea
[context] RESULT: Adopt [3 TO 0] MOVER: Susan Harvey, Vice Mayor SECONDER: John Savage, Councilmember
3 yea
Lemus yea · Harvey yea · Savage yea
Showing the 30 most recent meetings of 219 on record. See the yearly meeting archives below for the full history.
💰 Federal awards (top 6 by amount)
Largest recent federal contract/grant awards to recipients in this city (2023–present), via USAspending.gov.
| $550,664 | FIRST RESPONDERS RESILIENCY INC Department of Justice · TACTICAL OPERATIONS DIVISION (TOD), EMPLOYEE RESILIENCY TRAINING PROGR |
| $21,147 | DC ELECTRIC GROUP, INC. Department of Transportation · PROVIDE ALL LABOR, MATERIALS AND SERVICES REQUIRED TO RENEW THE CURREN |
| $13,600 | DUSTRON INC Department of the Interior · URGENT SEWER POND LINER REPAIR FOR YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK. |
| $7,244 | BARNDT'S WELDING INC Department of Homeland Security · WELD REPAIR |
| $6,860 | PFS PLUMBING LLC Department of Homeland Security · SERVICE PERFORMED |
| $6,492 | BARNDT'S WELDING INC Department of Homeland Security · USCG SBPL STATION BODEGA BAY HULL 47257 WELD REPAIR |
Source: USAspending.gov (U.S. Treasury) — federal awards only, not city budgets.
🌐 County-level context (Sonoma County)
County-level context — from BLS, IRS, FEMA, HUD, Census. These figures cover the whole county this city sits in, not just the city itself.
Traffic fatalities1 (1 pedestrian · 2020)
Business establishments14,572 (177,367 employees · 2023)
Fair Market Rent (2BR)$2,242/mo (169 assisted households · 2025)
Adults with low literacy20.4% (low numeracy 26% · 2017)
Sources: BLS LAUS, IRS SOI, FEMA, NHTSA FARS, Census CBP, HUD, NCES PIAAC
City profile
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1,926
Recorded votes
$20.4M
Annual budget
64
Employees on payroll
3
Permitted housing units
The money — in
source: Census gov-finance & state comptrollerBudget
Revenue$20.4M
Spending$24.4M
Operating spending ran ahead of revenue this year.
The money — out
source: city procurement & payrollWho the city actually cuts checks to.
64 employees on the public payroll — every position and salary is public record.
Outcomes — economic mobility
source: Opportunity Atlas (Harvard) · research useFor kids who grew up here in low-income households, their adult household-income rank (0–1). The average hides a gap by race:
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