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Vol. 16, No. 48
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Sheriff’s office moving
Holiday Gift Guide To Pets
Gone to the turkeys
by Tony Kukulich
What you need to make the holidays happy, jolly and bright for furry family members. Page 1B
Staff Writer
Early next year, the Brentwood Police Department (BPD) will have new neighbors as the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Office (CCCSO) is relocating the Delta Patrol Station to Brentwood from its current location on O’Hara Avenue in Oakley. “We’ve heard over the years that the Delta Station may move closer to the sheriff’s office service territory, and it sounds like that time is now coming soon,” said Oakley City Manager Bryan Montgomery. The Brentwood City Council unanimously and without much discussion approved the lease agreement for space in the Brentwood police headquarters along with see Sheriff’s page 30A
Caught In A Fire Storm Photo by Tony Kukulich
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hese three turkeys stopped for a photo during the start of the fifth annual Turkey Trot for Schools in Brentwood on Thanksgiving morning. Nearly 1,700 runners participated in the event that raises money for athletics programs in the Liberty Union High School District and Brentwood Union School District. To view a slideshow, visit www.thepress.net/multimedia/slideshows
Development plans finalized by Kyle Szymanski Staff Writer
Brentwood leaders have finalized a development plan for a 431acre northwest property that’s expected to drive the city’s economic future. The document outlines development standards, land uses, infrastructure requirements and implementation measures for the area south of Lone Tree Way, west of Shady Willow Lane, north of Sand Creek, and east of Heidorn Ranch Road. The plan is intended to guide the area’s private development and public investment for the next 20 to 25 years. It calls for the sprawling landscape to become the city’s primary employment center, surrounded by a compact, mixed-use district that
“ (The plan) provides a shovel-ready project
area that makes the City of Brentwood much more regionally competitive in terms of attracting industry, high-quality jobs…
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Ben Ritchie, De Novo Planning Group supports a future transit station, said Ben Ritchie, a principal of the De Novo Planning Group, which guided the plan’s development. It’s envisioned that the area could one day feature 4 million square feet of nonresidential development, generating 8,400 jobs, along with 2,100 housing units and a residential population of 4,500. “(The plan) provides a shovelready project area that makes the City of Brentwood much more re-
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gionally competitive in terms of attracting industry, high-quality jobs and helping the city really maintain or achieve a better jobs-housing balance for future and long-term fiscal sustainability,” Ritchie said. With public input, a 12-person group of city councilmembers, planning commissioners and residents crafted the plan over two years. The full planning commission and city council approved the final document.
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Councilmember Joel Bryant, a working-group member, said the theme of the discussions throughout the plan’s creation was making Brentwood a sustainable community. “Once funds from the developer community cease, we are not going to have any other source of funds to maintain the same quality of life that we have now if we don’t attract high-paying, high-skilled jobs,” he said. The document’s land-use map designates the bulk of the property – 155 acres on both sides of Highway 4 – as an employment center and light industrial development, which could include business parks, research and development facilities, high-tech services and health care buildings. see Plans page 30A
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Antioch is accepting proposals from bands for the 2019 summer concert series.
Former Brentwood firefighter and family lose everything in treacherous Camp Fire. Page 6A
Heading To The Finals
Liberty football advances to the NCS championships. Page 21A Calendar.............................31A Classifieds..........................25A Cop Logs.............................29A Health & Beauty...............16A Holiday Happenings ......12A Milestones.........................14A Opinion...............................20A Pets........................................ 8B Sports..................................21A
Santa flying In
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Santa is coming to Buchanan Field to pass out candy canes and take pictures.