Project Need

Condition assessments have identified a number of storm drain pipelines that are structurally deteriorated and failing where they discharge into Pinole Creek. A systematic rehabilitation or replacement of failing storm drain infrastructure will be prioritized as part of the Storm Drain Master Plan.

Project Goals

1. Minimize flooding: The City will ensure that the storm drain system has adequate capacity to minimize street flooding and, where feasible, shall expand the capacity of the system to control storm flows.

2. Ensure the preservation of natural resources by determining appropriate land use and compatibility with natural resources and open space: Work with Federal, State and local regulatory and trustee agencies to promote the long-term sustainability of local natural resources.

3. Emphasize and enhance the visual and physical connection between the city’s natural environment and the community’s quality of life: Provide visual and physical connections between the natural environment and the built environment through careful site design, building placement, architectural features that allow views of Pinole’s unique environment such as ridgelines or the San Pablo Bay shoreline, public access to open space such as via the Bay Trail, and the use of native vegetation in the urban environment such as for landscape buffers for sidewalk areas and street trees.

Project Funding

The project is funded by the Measure S 2014 Fund.