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The Benicia Community Sustainability Commission (CSC) held a special meeting on September 28, 2026, convening at 4:02 PM. The meeting featured an educational presentation from the Benicia Bicycle Club (BBC), a significant update on Bay Area Air District grants, an in-depth discussion on bike lane planning tied to Measure F, the election of a new secretary, and planning for upcoming community outreach events.
Okay. Good afternoon, everybody. Um, I would like to call the meeting to order at four oh two. And Carrie, would you please call the role? Commissioners Garcia Romero. Lloyd, present, McBride, present, pilot, present, Ray, present, and Chair Fleming. Present. The fundamental rights of each member of the public can be found in the municipal code posted on the city's website, and on a plaque at the entrance to this meeting, per section four point oh four, point zero three O of the City of Benicia's open government ordinance. This portion of the meeting is reserved for persons wishing to address the commission on any matter not on the agenda that is within the subject jurisdiction of the community sustainability commission. State law prohibits the community sustainability commission from responding to or acting upon matters not listed on the agenda. Each speaker has a maximum of five minutes for public comment. If others have already expressed your position, you may simply indicate that you agree with a previous speaker. If applicable, a spokesperson may present the views of your entire group. Speakers may not make personal attacks on commission members, staff, or members of the public, or make comments which are slanderous or which may invade an individual's personal privacy. Staff, do we have any written comments which were received after 3 p.m.? No. Thank you. Are there any members in the audience or participating via Zoom that wish to make public comments not related to items on the agenda? Any anybody by Zoom? There's nothing. No. Okay. And nobody in the audience. Thank you. Um we're moving on to item seven. We want to briefly introduce or have a brief introduction of our two new commission members. So I would like each of you to just say your name and very briefly why you wanted to join the commission. So hey, I'm Barbara McBride, and I've actually lived in Venetia for over 30 years. All my kids have gone to the Venetia school districts and Venetia High School. And think uh sustainability is an important part of uh Venetia remaining a great community and a great uh city to live in. Uh worked in environmental for most of my career as an environmental engineer and really look forward to working with you guys. Hi, name is Caroline. I'm a senior at Venetia High School, and I'm heard about the committee and thought it sounded like a really interesting opportunity to learn about more about um government and sustainability. And I do the forestry team at Venetia High School, and so that's given me an interest in sustainability. And so I'm really excited to be here today. Thank you both for joining and welcome. We just so everybody knows we have one opening on the commission, which is not filled, and I gather from our communication with city staff that we will not be able to fill that opening until the next cycle, which will be next year. So the next commit this position will be open until next summer or actually fall. I think they ask for applications in February. Thank you. Okay, moving on. Um, we've got an exciting element coming up now, which is our educational presentation from the Benisha Bicycle Club, which will be presented by Bob Hyde and Brett Nelson. Welcome, thank you for coming.