And so it goes...

Our Vision
Piedmont Pines will be a scenically beautiful, diverse community dedicated to quality schools, neighborhood safety and living in harmony with our natural environment.

Annual Meetings and Community Events

On the last Monday in January each year, we host our Annual Community Meeting, which since 2005, has been held at Chabot Space and Science Center.  The meetings are designed to support our strategic plan and offer insight into major issues facing our community.

2012 Annual Meeting

Join us Monday, January 30
Annual Meeting:  City Officials Address YOUR issues

When:  Monday, January 30
Where:  Chabot Space & Science Center, 10000 Skyline Blvd
Time:  6 p.m. to 9 p.m.
Agenda
6:00 – 7:30 p.m.
Sign in and pay your 2012 dues
Visit with our exhibitors to learn about private patrols, green construction, security cameras, safeguarding your home’s entries, dog walking services, real estate trends, and much, much more
Dine in our food court.  We’ll have small plates and beverages available for a small fee

7:30 – 9 p.m. 
Keynote speaker:  Mayor Jean Quan
Panel discussion with City officials *
Association news, updates and elections
*We’re taking a different twist with this year’s Piedmont Pines Annual Meeting by hosting a panel discussion with Oakland officials to answer your questions and shed light on recent events and decisions:  Panellists include

  • Councilmember Libby Schaaf
  • Interim Police Chief Howard Jordan
  • City Administrator Deanna Santana
  • Public Works Director Vit Troyan

We invite you to submit your questions for speakers in advance so they will know our audience’s specific areas on interest and concern.  There are three ways you can submit your questions or issues of concern in advance of the meeting to increase the likelihood that what’s on your mind will be addressed:

  • Send an e-mail to info@piedmontpines.org
  • Jot your questions on the enclosed roster form and submit with your dues payment
  • If you’ve given us your e-mail address, you were sent a survey to submit questions and topics for panellists to address

We’ll compile all questions and issues and get them to the speakers in advance.
Sampler of Exhibitors and Sponsors
Red Oak Realty:  Learn about real estate trends in our area
Bay Alarm:  learn about subscribing to their private patrol service, an exclusive PPNA offer.
Logitech:  learn how to protect your home with a high resolution security camera system, offered Montclair-wide at a special discount.
The Right Contractor:  Learn about securing the entry ways to your home.
The Greener Builder:  Learn how you can Go Green with your next construction job.
Energy Upgrade California:  Learn what utility rebates you might be due.
Wheels of Justice:  Find the bike that’s right for you
Piedmont Pet:  Need your dog walked while you’re away? 
The Lock Whisperer:  Keyless entry to your home
BGN Professional Home Services:  Green plumbing options
Solar is Better:  Advice on solar installation


Highlights of Recent Annual Meetings and Community Events
2011 Open Forum with Councilmember Schaaf on Occupy Oakland and other critical issues affecting PPNA residents.  Held at Monaghan’s on the Hill in December.

2011 Annual Meeting

  • Speakers addressed priorities for Oakland and Montclair:
  • Mayor Quan
  • Councilmember Schaaf
  • Police Captain Allison
  • Public Works Director Troyan
  • PPNA progress reports
  • Organized neighborhoods
  • Undergrounding
  • Finance & elections

Highlights of Recent Annual Meetings and Community Events

2010 Annual Meeting

  • Crime Prevention:  Oakland’s new Police Chief Anthony Batts
  • Support for Public Schools
    • Superintendent's office
    • New Principals of Joaquin Miller, Montera and Skyline:  Why you should send your children to our neighborhood schools
    • Volunteering in our schools
  • Organizing our neighborhoods
  • PPNA finances, elections

2009 Annual Meeting (January)

  • Go Green Expo
  • Crime prevention (Captain Toribio)
  • Fire prevention (Leroy Griffin)
  • City Council District 4 priorities (Jean Quan video)
  • City Council priorities (Rebecca Kaplan, newly elected At-large Councilmember)
  • Quality of Life priorities (John Russo, City Attorney)
  • 2008 PPNA accomplishments
  • PPNA’s Montclair Organized Neighborhoods
  • Utility undergrounding
  • PPNA’s Go Green plan

2008 Annual Meeting (January)

  • Go Green Expo
  • PPNA’s Go Green plan
  • PG&E’s Go Green plan (Richard Flood)
  • Going Native (Wendy Tokuda)
  • Beautification:  Beaconsfield Canyon (Richard Kauffman)
  • Beautification:  Marj Saunders Park (Elaine Geffen)
  • Fire prevention (Fire Marshall Edwards)
  • Utility Undergrounding
  • PPNA’s automated emergency calling system
  • PPNA’s neighborhood carpooling initiative
  • PPNA’s negotiated tree removal discount
  • PPNA’s negotiated emergency supply kit discount
  • Organized neighborhoods in PPNA and Montclair

2006-07 Annual Meeting (meeting date changed from October to January)

  • Mayor Dellums
  • PPNA’s 2006 accomplishments
  • PPNA’s 2007 goals
  • Organized neighborhoods:  why, how
  • Traffic and pedestrian safety
  • Neighborhood beauty
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Crime prevention
  • Support for public schools
  • Utility undergrounding

2006 Organizing Neighborhoods Summit (May), in conjunction with MSIC, to recruit neighborhood leaders.

2005 Annual Meeting (October)

  • Crime prevention(Chief Tucker and Area Commander Lt. Green)
  • City Council District 4 priorities (Jean Quan)
  • Traffic and parking
  • Hwy 13 median landscaping
  • Support for public schools
  • Neighborhood beautification
  • Emergency preparedness
  • Undergrounding

2004 Annual Meeting (October)

  • Crime prevention:  Measure Y panel, Neighborhood Watch training
  • Utility undergrounding
  • Parking and traffic survey in Piedmont Pines
  • Support for public schools

2004 Community Meeting (May)

  • Planetarium show
  • Chabot’s plan for the future
  • The all-new PPNA:  new by-laws, name change (from Piedmont Pines Club, Inc.), new logo, expanded boundaries
  • Association’s first-ever Strategic Plan: Vision, goals, objectives
  • Parking and traffic hotspots
  • Fire prevention
2004 Dedication of Marj Saunders Park (June), attended by more than 100 residents and city dignitaries

2004 Strategic Planning Retreat (February), open to all residents, to draft PPNA’s first-ever strategic plan.