Hearing Focuses on Terraces of Lafayette Project

On Monday, there will be a public hearing on the Environmental Impact Report on the Terraces of Lafayette project.

The Lafayette City Council meets on Monday at the Community Hall at the Lafayette library, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd. A closed session on anticipated litigation is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., with the regular meeting — and public hearing on the Terraces of Lafayette Project — scheduled to start at 7 p.m.

On March 4, the Lafayette Planning Commission certified that the Environmental Impact Report for the project was prepared in accordance with the California Environmental Quality Act.

The applicant has appealed to request relief from half of the $17,450 application fees for the project, according to a staff report by Senior Planner Greg Wolff that is attached to this article.

This is a step in a long process. After certification of the final EIR, consideration of the project applications will begin.

The Terraces of Lafayette is developed by the O'Brien Land Company, LLC, on behalf of the owner, the Anna Maria Dettmer Family Trust. It is a 315-unit, moderate income, multi-family apartment development on a 22-acre site at Pleasant Hill and Deer Hill roads, kitty corner from Acalanes High School. There are 14 residential buildings of two and three stories planned, plus a two-story clubhouse and a one-story leasing office.

A section on the city website has multiple documents on the Terraces project, including environmental assessments, landscape plans, a site plan and a traffic study.