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After extensive debate over a memory care home and preschool development proposed for the Church of the Valley property, the San Ramon City Council is expected to confirm denial of the project by upholding a resident group’s appeal on Tuesday.
Submitted by Greenfire Law, PC, on behalf of San Ramon Residents for Responsible Growth, the appeal stated that the proposed project not only violated the city’s ordinance regulating creek setbacks, but that it also did not fit the character of the community.
Approved by the San Ramon Planning Commission on March 5, the project is proposed to be located on Church of the Valley property at 19001 San Ramon Valley Blvd., and consisted of a memory care home for seniors as well as a separate preschool building for young kids.
The memory care facility would have consisted of a 22,691-square-foot, single-story facility for disabled seniors with up to 54 beds. The education center was proposed as a 6,212-square-foot, single-story preschool building, with a capacity for 90 children.
The issue was discussed for nearly three hours during a special council meeting on March 30, with the council majority indicating support for the appeal and denial of the project. Set as a consent agenda item Tuesday night is final confirmation of the rejection.
The San Ramon City Council is scheduled to meet to discuss the pressing issues facing the city during their regular meeting Tuesday 7 p.m., in the City Hall council chambers, 7000 Bollinger Canyon Road.
In other business
* San Ramon Police Chief Craig Stevens will be on hand to give special recognition to SRPD officers who have recently received promotions.
Officers to be recognized include: Capt. Cary Goldberg, Lt. Steve Brinkley, Sgt. Becky Chestnut and Cpl. Rachel Echelmeier.
* East Bay Municipal Utility District Director John Coleman will also be present to give the council an update on the district’s actions over the past year and goals for the future.
* Welcoming in some new blood to city hall, city attorney Martin Lysons will introduce the council to his office’s newest employee, Naomi Yun.
* The council will also review text in the Faria Initiative, in order to eliminate ambiguity in types of housing allowed in the area.
* Addressing a critical need at the position of the city clerk, the council will review making an exception to the 180-day wait period for the hiring of CalPERS annuitants so Renee Beck may be temporarily appointed to the position.
* During a special workshop held prior to the start of their regular meeting, the council will gather to discuss the city’s operating budget and capital improvement program for the 2019-20 fiscal year.
The council will gather to review the city’s financial situation during their special workshop Tuesday 4 p.m. at the City Hall council chambers.