{"city": "Novato", "state": "CA", "page": "https://mytown.theboringparts.com/city/gr-novato/", "generated": "2026-10-22", "period": "recent", "results": [{"date": "2026-07-10", "body": "City Council", "headline": "City Council adopts updated Strategic Plan for 2026‑2029", "summary": "The Novato City Council will vote on several resolutions, including adopting a new strategic plan, updating the city salary schedule, and authorizing the mayor to execute a CDBG/HOME program amendment. The council will also hold public hearings to approve assessment rolls for four landscape districts. Routine items on the consent calendar will be approved by a single vote.", "agenda_url": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=1131", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&event_id=1131"}, {"date": "2026-06-23", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Novato City Council to adopt FY 2026/27 Operating and Capital Improvement budgets", "summary": "The City Council will consider adopting the final operating and capital improvement budgets for FY 2026/27. The body will also review the Police Department's strategic plan and a report on Community Development Department service improvements.", "agenda_url": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2213", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2213"}, {"date": "2026-06-09", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council to consider naming Hamilton Amphitheater Park after former Mayor Mark Milberg", "summary": "The Novato City Council will consider a proposal to name Hamilton Amphitheater Park in honor of former Mayor Mark Milberg. The consent calendar includes routine approvals such as contract amendments for Permit Center management, a $490,315 contract for railroad crossing alterations on Olive Avenue, and a $476,983 budget transfer from emergency reserves to cover a Corporation Yard Development Impact Fee fund deficit. The council will also set public hearings for landscape assessment districts and approve a mural at the Downtown Recreation Center.", "agenda_url": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2211", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2211"}, {"date": "2026-05-12", "body": "City Council", "headline": "Council reviews preliminary budget, military equipment report, and contracts", "summary": "The Novato City Council will hold a work study session on the preliminary FY26/27 operating and capital budget, conduct a public hearing on the Police Department's Military Equipment Use Annual Report and policy renewal, and consider a consent calendar that includes a $2,214,000 consultant agreement for Novato Boulevard improvements, a grant application for Redwood Boulevard sidewalk gaps, and a salary adjustment for the Chief of Police to $21,915 per month. The Council will also receive a study session on the Economic Development Strategic Plan.", "agenda_url": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2207", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2207"}, {"date": "2026-05-11", "body": "Planning Commission", "headline": "Planning Commission reviews consistency of ten new Capital Improvement projects with the General Plan", "summary": "The commission will approve the minutes from the April 13 meeting and then consider a staff report on ten proposed Capital Improvement Program projects for FY 2026/27. Commissioners will discuss whether these projects align with Novato's General Plan 2035 and receive a draft resolution. No public hearings or unfinished business are scheduled for this meeting.", "agenda_url": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2205", "minutes_url": null, "source": "https://novato.granicus.com/AgendaViewer.php?view_id=7&clip_id=2205"}], "count": 5, "next_cursor": "5", "total_available": 18, "api_version": 2}