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Download This Issue As Independent, locally owned and operated! Celebrate Easter @ LOPC! All Are Welcome 6:00 am Sunrise, 8, 9:30 & 11 am (9:30 & 11 am offer a special Easter Celebration for 1-5 graders) Delivered bi-weekly to all Need to contact us? 925.377.0977 Lamorinda homes & businesses 49 Knox Drive | Lafayette | 925.283.8722 Visit www.lopc.org for more information too perfect Premiere at The Orinda By Andrea A. Firth he title of Orinda-based movie producer Julie Rubio’s new ship, divorce, bullying and how these things impact kids,” says attends Orinda Intermediate School or Miramonte High School. Tfilm, too perfect, carries a not so subtle hint of irony. Rubio. As the teens in the film deal with these heavier issues, For almost all of the young actors, this was their first experience Rubio’s latest cinematic venture addresses the emotional ups and there is also a lot of laughter, teasing, and playfulness, which in film. The film’s leads are played by Rubio’s son Elijah Ste- downs young people deal with as they transition from middle suitably characterizes this time in life when young people step vana and a close family friend, Tessa Hanson. Rubio recruited school to high school—a time many teens would describe as less toward adulthood with one foot still planted in childhood. most of the other actors for the film through Elijah’s network of than perfect. “It’s a coming of age film about first love, friend- The majority of the cast of too perfect is from Orinda and friends except for a few young actors from southern California. ... continued on page A6 Advertising Quote of the Week: 61 Sanders Ranch Road, "Democracy Moraga requires 5 Bedrooms, 3 Baths, 3522 sq.ft. participation Fabulous home with high amongst the ceilings, lots of natural light governed..." Joan Evans and a spectacular yard of lawn, Read Letters to the Realtor pool, spa and firepit! $1,345,000 925-260-7555 ASSOCIATES Editor, page A7-A8 DRE# 01168111 www.joanevans.com REAL ESTATE Significant Development Keeping Mosquitoes from Town News A2 - A6 Proposed for Christmas Bugging Moraga Letters to the Editor A7-A8 By Cathy Dausman Not to be Missed B1-B4 Tree Lot to eliminate standing water. Sports C1-C3 By Cathy Tyson Standing water is a mosquito’s Classified C2 s Lafayette ready for a 315 unit units per acre, or one house per five best friend. Mosquitoes and people Shop Moraga C4 Iapartment complex spread among acres. Prior to that, it had been zoned are not best friends. Mosquitoes can Life in Lamorinda D1-C5 fourteen buildings with over 500 to allow a maximum of 35 dwelling transmit West Nile virus, dengue Service Directory C3 parking spaces at the Christmas tree units per acre in Administrative/Pro- fever, dog heartworm disease and Community Service D4 lot site near Acalanes High School? fessional/Office/Multifamily Resi- malaria. They lay their eggs in stand- Dining D5 If approved, The Terraces would be dential classification (APO). ing water during breeding season in Schools D6-D8 the largest project in Lafayette’s his- Many residents at that time May or June. HOW TO CONTACT US D8 tory. City staff just received the ap- made it very clear to the City Council Contra Costa County has 23 dif- Our Homes F1-F8 plication from the owner of the they were not in favor of any devel- ferent kinds of mosquitoes, says This Week Read About: 22-acre parcel, the Dettmer family, opment on that parcel – citing traffic CCMVCD’s Deborah Bass. In peak Building Heights Tightened A2 and is reviewing it for completeness. concerns and preserving views at this season they mature from egg to biting Bandshell Renovations A4 Building the proposed development gateway location. adult in just five days and can travel Moraga Way Traffic Workshop A6 hinges getting the necessary permits Although the City Council or- up to 20 miles from where they hatch. State of the College D1 from the Planning Commission and dered staff to rezone the land to a Josefa Cabnda disperses a mosquito They need very little water—just a Fulbrights Visit D3 the Design Review Committee. lower density category, “The devel- treatment Photo A. Scheck couple tablespoons-- to reproduce. Campo's The Laramie Project D7 In April of last year, after oper submitted the application before ontra Costa Mosquito & Vector She says mosquitoes reproducing in months of meetings and heated public the rezoning process got underway,” Half-Day Camp Guide E1-E4 CControl District (CCMVCD) is clogged rain gutters number in the comment, the City Council directed said City Manager Steven Falk in his tens of thousands, but that “neglected Deep-Water Aerobics C2 busy waging war. The agency re- staff to down-zone the property to a Friday Summary. cently treated Moraga hills and open swimming pools remain our number lower density zoning category, LR-5 ... continued on page A2 spaces against mosquito infestations, one concern. “rural residential” up to .2 dwelling inspected creeks and treated tree holes ... continued on page D2 Sports C1-C3 Life in Lamorinda D1-C5 Our Homes F1-F8 SMC Baseball Storms into Fate Brings War Hero to 2011 Bringing Back the WCC Play Lafayette Natives Garden Tour By Bryant West By Cathy Tyson By Sophie Braccini The Saint Mary’s Gaels en- Through a very extraordinary col- Alma Raymond wanted to see tered conference play last lection of events, Lafayette’s own more Orinda homes featured on week on a win streak and Citizen of the Year, Karen Mul- the annual Bringing Back the kept it up with a series win vaney, was inspired to reach out to Natives Garden Tour, so she ap- over the USF Dons in San Louis Zamperini – former proached Tour organizer Kathy Francisco. The Gaels, win- Olympic athlete, Army Bom- Kramer about her new front ners of nine of their past 11 bardier, survivor of a plane crash yard; Raymond’s will be one of contests, ...read on page C2 and forty-seven ...read on page D1 three new ... read on page D4 Page: A2 LAMORINDA WEEKLY www.lamorindaweekly.com 925-377-0977 Wednesday, April 13, 2011 ]A eÉv~vÄ|yy INVITING TRAIL NEIGHBORHOOD TRADITIONAL… • Beautifully remodeled 2565 sq. ft., 1st Open Sun. 1-4 3BD/3BA on .33-acre pancake flat lot Dana Green Sarah Kellar • Spacious great room, chef’s kitch., custom interior wine cellar & more Lic. #01482454 Lic. #01805955 • Thermador appliances, granite, slate (925) 339-1918 floors, hardwoods, crown molding, Marvin windows & 2-zone heat/air [email protected] • Expansive lawn, pergola, patio, www.DanaGreenTeam.com decking & charming shed-style office w/electricity, cable & heat/air • Ideal location and top-rated Acalanes/Walnut Creek School 60 Cora Court, Walnut Creek Districts Offered at $995,000 www.60CoraCourt.com Downtown Building Height Requirements Tightened By Aleksandr Auzers, with Cathy Tyson re we serious about preserv- Dolores Drive and First Street, where would still be required to adhere to the City staff’s recommendations for “A ing Lafayette’s character,” a maximum height of forty-five feet the City’s general design standards. the DSP, adding that Lafayette is “not Eliot Hudson, representing the Se- is prescribed. City planning staff explained that little anymore.” Other citizens cluded Valley Homeowners’ Associ- The Downtown Specific Plan, that under the DSP, height exception voiced concerns that the DSP will ation, asked rhetorically, “or is this all which is still being revised and petitioners would address the Plan- overcomplicate investment in a joke?” Hudson’s impassioned plea weighed, must ultimately obtain City ning Commission, whose evaluation Lafayette, degrade the town’s char- to the City’s seven-member Planning Council approval. In its current state, of the proposal must conclude that acter, or lead to increased levels of Civic News Commission, which met in a special the Plan proposes a general limit of the project under consideration meets traffic congestion. One man, who Public Meetings session to discuss the ongoing matter three building stories, with a maxi- criteria within several broad stan- was admonished by the Chair for un- of the City’s Downtown Specific mum height of thirty-five feet. Of dards, or “findings.” The standards civil behavior, accused the Commis- City Council Plan (DSP), was one of the latest central concern on Wednesday, can generally be construed to require sion of ignoring the wishes of Monday, April 25, 7:00 pm salvos in an increasingly contentious March 30, were the DSP regulations buildings which: are proportionally Lafayette’s citizens, calling it “gut- Lafayette Library & Learning Center, dispute between supporters and op- which allow developers to petition sound, yield relatively unobstructed less.” Community Hall, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd ponents of the DSP’s building height for and obtain exemptions to this views from the outside, and provide The Commission voted 5-2 in limits. limit, for a new maximum of forty- easily-accessible services that pro- favor of the DSP’s height limit ex- Planning Commission Presently, developers wishing five feet in all Downtown zones. mote the public interest. Projects emption procedures. Commissioners Monday, April 18, 7:00 pm to construct buildings in Lafayette Conversely, four special areas which are found to satisfy the find- Mark Mitchell and Will Lovitt were Lafayette Library & Learning Center, which will exceed a hard height limit with reduced maximums are identi- ings are eligible for height limit ex- opposed, with Mitchell stating that he Community Hall, 3491 Mt. Diablo Blvd of thirty-five feet must first secure an fied, including Plaza Way, with two ceptions, subject to the did not “have confidence in the qual- amendment to the City’s General stories and thirty-five feet, and all res- Commission’s vote.
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