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A proposed project to replace the Livermore Town Center with townhomes is returning to the Livermore Planning Commission on Tuesday evening — this time for a public hearing regarding its draft environmental impact report.
The Pacific and Livermore Avenue Townhomes project involves the demolition of the two existing commercial buildings, associated landscaping and parking lot at the corner of Pacific Avenue and South Livermore Avenue.
Nob Hill Foods previously anchored the shopping center, but it is currently home to businesses including Lee’s Nail & Hair, Village Pet Shop, Raja Liquors, Patisserie By Simone and a bingo hall called Bingo4CHEF.
Following demolition, construction would involve 115 townhomes across 15 residential buildings at two and three stories tall, along with associated amenities on the former shopping center site as well as an adjacent vacant lot along South Livermore Avenue, according to the staff report prepared by city associate planner Jennifer Ackerman.
Amenities are set to include a pool area and associated pool equipment and clubhouse buildings, guest parking and an interior park, the report states.
The approximately 6.5-acre project site would also feature approximately 26,050 square feet of open space, 55,200 square feet of landscaping and supporting pedestrian, parking, and street frontage improvements, according to the report.
The project applicant is San Jose-based Swenson Development and Construction.
According to the draft EIR, potentially significant impacts on air quality, biological resources, cultural resources, hazards and hazardous materials, noise, transportation and tribal cultural resources would be reduced to less than significant levels through mitigation.
“All impacts associated with energy, greenhouse gas emission and land use and planning would be less than significant and would not require mitigation,” according to the draft EIR.
Prior to this week’s meeting, the Planning Commission held a public hearing March 18 for the notice of preparation — a statement of the city’s intention to prepare an EIR for the proposed project — and to take comments on the scope of the EIR.
All written and verbal comments received at the scoping meeting have been incorporated into the draft EIR, according to the staff report.
The applicant and city staff later held an open-house style preview May 14 for the project.
At the open-house, comments, questions and concerns included parking, traffic, pedestrian and bicycle safety, the fence between the project site and the Cabrillo Avenue residents, building heights, status of the remediation of the former dry cleaner contamination, construction dust, noise and loss of commercial space, the staff report states. Existing commercial tenants had questions about how long they can stay and where they could relocate.
The draft EIR was made available to the public Sept. 16 and the 45-day public review period ends Oct. 31.
Following the public review period for the draft EIR, comments on the draft are set for inclusion in the final EIR.
At Tuesday’s meeting, no action is required of the commissioners regarding the project. During a future public hearing, the planning commission is set to review and make a determination on the project and the related final EIR.
The planning commission is scheduled to begin their regular meeting at 7 p.m. Tuesday (Oct. 7). The full agenda is available here.
In other business
As part of the consent calendar — consisting of items that are considered routine and typically acted upon with a single vote — the commissioners are set to consider whether the transfer of a city-owned property at Sunken Gardens Skate Park to the Livermore Area Recreation and Park District is consistent with the city’s General Plan, according to the agenda.
The 1.25-acre parcel is one of the park’s two parcels, where the second piece is owned by LARPD.
“Consolidating ownership under LARPD will improve park operations, support planned improvements and align with the City’s recreational goals,” according to the staff report prepared by Ackerman.
If the planning commission finds the transfer to be consistent with the city’s general plan, the council will later consider approving a purchase and sale agreement with LARPD.
The council would also consider whether the transaction is exempt from the Surplus Land Act, which “aims to make locally owned public land that is no longer needed for government purposes available for building affordable homes”, according to the website of the California Department of Housing & Community Development.
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