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The Lafayette City Council convened at the Lafayette Library & Learning Center on Monday, October 26, 2026. The meeting included the 2026 Legislative Recap, adoption of several consent calendar items, and a public hearing on a revised mixed-use development project (OUTDO Lafayette LLC) requesting a state density bonus height waiver.
Recording in progress. Order. Let the record show that all council members are present. I have a motion for adoption of the agenda. So moved. Second. All in favor. Aye. Adopted. Please stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. All right. This is an opportunity for public comment. A chance for anyone to address the council on an item that's not on the agenda, but is within the purview of the council. And you'll have up to three minutes for presentation. Anyone wishing to address it as City Council tonight on any agenda? And if you're in our Don Tatson community hall, please fill out a yellow speaker slip, hand those to me. I'll call you by name to the podium. Our first speaker tonight is Rosemary Kirbach. And those in our virtual audience, when the time comes, please raise your virtual hand, and I'll call on you after all members in the community hall have spoken. I first met Sierra when she was three or so at Burton Valley's early intervention program, where she and my son Patrick began a two decades journey together through special education. Sierra is unfailed, was unfailingly kind, resilient, social butterfly, and she just had a unique connection to all animals, especially dogs and horses, and they really sensed her gentle soul. Sierra also had a strong relationship with Sunflower Hill. She and Darcy frequently volunteered at our garden at Hagaman Ranch. And Sierra also participated in Sunflower Hill's vocational restaurant training program at the Stable Cafe in Pleasanton. And there Sierra proudly took customer orders. She delivered food and drinks to their tables, and she was probably our highest tip server, due in large part to the amount of local families who made that Sunday morning trek from Lafayette to the Alameda County Fairgrounds because they just cared so much about Sierra. They wanted to encourage and support her. So Sierra and her family had hoped that she would live at Sunflower Hill in Lafayette, where the residents there have their own apartments, their own leases. They come and go as they please, hang out with friends and family, participate in our on-site activities like cooking and gardening classes, dances, arts and crafts and yoga, live independently, but have supportive services as needed, and significantly be within walking distance of local restaurants, businesses, shops, and stores. One sentence. Yeah, keep going. Okay. The Sunflower Hill Sah team thanks the entire Olsen family for their trust. And we can't wait until future residents move into their apartments and call Sierra Place their permanent home. Thank you. Okay, thank you very much. And thank you for letting the council be the ones of the city know about this. It's great. Are there any questions or comments from council members? I really think it's a beautiful sentiment, and thank you for sharing. And it just makes it even more special of a project to be named after her. Thank you. Dylan Olson. Jim, go ahead. Oh, I know you're working really hard on the financing of this project, which is coming up soon, hopefully. But I I just wanted to say to me, nothing says love Lafayette more than what you all do.