Pinole City Council meeting, 1-20-26

Tuesday, 1-20- Pinole City Council meeting, 5 PM, Hybrid. You can find the
agenda packet at https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1101/files/agenda/1055 .

There are no closed session items.

There are two proclamations, recognizing the Police Officer of the Year (page 6), and the Firefighter of the Year (page 7). There is also one presentation on Glow Pinole by the Community Services Director, Andrea Dwyer.

Then there’s the consent calendar- There are the normal warrants, along with the minutes for the December 16th and January 13th city council meetings, approving the 2026 council meeting schedule (staff report page 57, schedule page 59), approving the 2026 council committee assignment list (staff report page 60, resolution page 61, assignments pages 62-4), and finally approval of a resolution permitting a grant request to the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC) for a $250,000 pedestrian improvement grant to add crosswalks and install warning beacons (staff report pages 65-6, fiscal impact gain to city of $250,000 if approved with local match of $140,000 page 66, resolution pages 67-8, MTC findings pages 69-70, grant application pages 71-94).

There are two public hearing items- the first, to tabulate ballots and consider adoption of a resolution confirming assessments for the Appian Village Residential Lighting Assessment District for Fiscal Year 2026/27. This basically confirms that the developer voted in favor of the assessment and actually implements it (staff report pages 95-97, fiscal impact future gain of $33,311.33 offsetting new expense of $52,952.10 page 97, resolution pages 98-100, engineer’s report pages 101-134).

The second is to adopt 2 elements of the General Plan- one revision of the Safety Element and one new element in the Environmental Justice Element (staff report pages 135-140, resolution pages 142-3, Safety Element pages 144-214, Environmental Justice Element pages 215-268, planning commission resolution pages 269-70, and planning commission minutes pages 273-292). I would note the key points here are the goals, policies and actions in the elements- for Safety, you can find those on pages 203-214, and for Environmental Justice you can find those on pages 258-268.

There are no old business items.

There is one new business item- the Annual Comprehensive Financial Report (ACFR) for the Fiscal Year ended June 30th 2025 (staff report pages 293-5, ACFR pages 296-491, auditor’s reports pages 492-516).

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.

Pinole Planning Commission meeting, 9-22-25

Monday, 9-22- Planning Commission meeting, 7 PM, Pinole City Hall, hybrid. You can find the agenda packet here https://pinoleca.portal.civicclerk.com/event/1041/files/agenda/945 .

There will be 3 items on the agenda- first the minutes from the prior meeting (on August 25th), second a public hearing to consider recommending updates to the Safety and Environmental Justice Elements of the General Plan (staff report pages 17-23, resolution pages 24-5, Safety Element pages 28-98, Environmental Justice Element pages 99-152). I would note the key points here are the goals, policies and actions in the elements- for Safety, you can find those on pages 87-98, and for Environmental Justice you can find those on pages 142-152.

The third item is a review of revised possible options for the redevelopment of the Appian 80 shopping center to be recommended to the city council by resolution (staff report page 153, resolution pages 154-6, text of ideas pages 157-9, red-lined resolution pages 160-2, red-lined text of ideas pages 163-5).

You can join the meeting by zoom direct link here <https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86505375301>, entering the webinar ID 865 0537 5301 into zoom directly, or calling +1 (669) 900-6833 or +1 (253) 215-8782 or +1 (346) 248-7799, then entering the meeting ID 865 0537 5301#. 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.

Survey on Environmental Justice and Safety General Plan Elements, deadline 9-10-25

The city has a survey asking for feedback and prioritization on goals and actions within the proposed Environmental Justice and Safety General Plan Elements. The deadline for this survey is 9-10-2025 (per https://www.pinole.gov/departments/planning/). You can find it at https://publicinput.com/safetyejelement , including a pdf with more detailed descriptions of the relevant goals and actions in the elements. Note that this survey will require that you provide an email or other identifier, unlike past surveys.
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The City of Pinole is in the process of updating its General Plan to incorporate a revised Safety Element and add the Environmental Justice & Health Element.

The Safety Element contains goals, policies, and actions to address hazards and response, including geologic, fire, flooding, climate change resiliency, drought, hazardous materials, and emergency planning/response.
The Environmental Justice & Health Element contains goals, policies, and actions to promote equity in access, equity in environment, equity in civic engagement opportunities, and equity in generations.
Below are proposed Policies related to the proposed Safety Element and Environmental Justice & Health Element. Each Policy also has associated Actions that implement the Policy. To see the list of proposed Actions, please see the Safety and EJ Workshop Sheets document in the documents section below.” (https://publicinput.com/safetyejelement).