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Orinda’s council awarded a Community Park construction contract, renamed California Shakespeare Theater Way and established sidewalk vending fees. It also requested a revised playground input process and work on subdivision rules.
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Contractors at the Lafayette BART Bike Station site have finished milling asphalt and plan concrete pours and asphalt inlay the week of Tuesday, Oct. 13.
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Moraga's Measure K oversight committee will review a draft audit Monday showing the town spent $4.9 million on its pavement program in FY 2024-25, nearly double what the one-cent sales tax collected, by drawing down reserves for the 2023-24 Street Rehabilitation Project.
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Orinda's Measure R wildfire tax oversight commission meets Aug. 12 with a full agenda including a $25,400 goat grazing project, a $750,000 CAL FIRE grant application, resident focus group results and a proposal to form a new software subcommittee.
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The Lafayette City Council will vote Monday, Aug. 10, on whether to settle a six-year lawsuit over "The Dips," a pathway at 3654 Happy Valley Road that residents have used for decades as a shortcut to schools and downtown, though the public can still assert its own easement rights in the ongoing case.
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Orinda's wildfire tax commission will hear focus group findings showing residents want to prepare but face information, cost and collective-action barriers, as the city pursues a $750,000 CAL FIRE grant and sends 200 goats to clear brush at Oaks Park starting Aug. 16.
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Moraga, Lafayette and Orinda are jointly offering homeowners free, professionally designed ADU plans through a grant-funded partnership with RRM Design Group, with a public survey open through Aug. 31 before the Moraga Town Council considers adoption in September.
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Lafayette's City Council meets Monday, Aug. 10, with votes on downtown parking lease terminations, a $165,189 pedestrian crossing contract and new committee appointments in the first regular session after the Aug. 7 candidate filing deadline.
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Lafayette's Planning Commission canceled its Aug. 3 meeting without explanation, pushing a hillside home hearing at 1716 Reliez Valley Road to Aug. 17 and new Objective Design Standards to Sept. 8.
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Lafayette's Planning Commission meets Monday, Aug. 3, with public hearings on a hillside home proposed for 1716 Reliez Valley Road and new objective design standards that would advance to the City Council if approved.
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Orinda is spending $277,000 to beautify the Crossroads Plaza gateway at the Highway 24 eastbound off-ramp near Theatre Square, installing a 20-foot granite welcome sign, new landscaping, and lighted bollards, with completion expected by late August 2026.
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The Orinda Planning Commission's July 28 meeting was cancelled; the commission will next meet Tuesday, August 11, at 7 p.m.
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The Contra Costa County Sheriff's Office will present 2025 ICE-access data at a public TRUTH Act forum on Tuesday, August 25, 2026, giving Lamorinda residents a chance to hear the numbers and comment.
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The Central Contra Costa Sanitary District board held a public hearing Thursday, July 23, on placing FY 2026-27 sewer service charges on the Contra Costa County tax roll. Lamorinda single-family homeowners will see an $784 annual charge, up $30 from last year, under rates the board unanimously adopted in May 2025.
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