Pinole City Council meeting, 3-18-2025

Tuesday, 3-18- City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1016/files/agenda/810.

There is one closed session item- a public employee performance evaluation for the city manager under government code section 54957. I expect that to take at least 30 minutes if not an hour.

There are three proclamations, honoring American Red Cross Month (page 6), Developmental Disability Awareness Month (page 7), and Nowruz (page 8), and a presentation from ConFire’s Chief Broschard.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along
with the minutes for the March 4th city council meeting, second read and adoption of a Pinole Municipal Code Amendment consisting of 3 batches of zoning amendments covering the design and placement of Accessory Dwelling Units (ADUs) and Junior Accessory Dwelling Units (JADUs), an amnesty program for unpermitted ADUs and JADUs as per state law (AB 2533), and adjustments to parking standards and which officials review which applications. The new staff report for this item is on pages 41-2, the old staff report is on pages 92-102, the ordinance is on pages 43-5, the actual text of the amendments is on pages 47-91, an overview of the affected housing element programs is on pages 151-57, a letter from CalHDF is on pages 158-161, hyperlinks to the planning commission staff reports and resolutions are on page 162, an example amnesty pre-submittal checklist is on pages 164-176, and the planning commission corrections to the old agenda item are on pages 177-9 (the first read ordinance text is on pages 103-5, and the first read amendments text is on pages 106-50),

a resolution to amend the master salary schedule (staff report 180-1, resolution 182, text of schedule 183-6), receive and file annual housing element implementation report (staff report 187-191, report 192-209), receive and file housing successor annual report for Financial Year (FY) 2023/4 (staff report 210-12, report 213-241, text of the relevant state law pages 242-7), and finally a resolution affirming city and community values (pages 249-50).

There are no public hearing, new business or old business items.

You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here
<https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89335000272>, entering the webinar ID
893 3500 0272 into zoom directly, or calling +1 (669) 900-6833 or +1 (253)215-8782 or +1 (346) 248-7799, then entering the meeting ID 893 3500 0272#. Once in the meeting by phone, you can raise your hand by pressing *9, and unmute by pressing *6 once called on. You can also attend the meeting in person at Pinole City Hall, 2131 Pear St.