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Vol. 23, No. 52
December 24, 2021
Wetland restoration project planned by Tony Kukulich Correspondent
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Council seeks fix for parking garage issues by Jake Menez Staff Writer
BRENTWOOD The Brentwood City Council is seeking to address concerns about the increase in problems in the Brentwood Community Center parking garage located on City Park Way in downtown Brentwood. Brentwood police say that the parking structure is plagued by a variety of issues, such as reckless driving and loitering. Smoking and drinking in the garage results in trash buildup while its close proximity to Liberty High School makes it a gathering spot for students cutting class during school hours.
“I have seen many people using this structure for many purposes and people have been harmed and threatened in the structure,” Liberty teacher Poppy Holmes wrote in a letter to the City Council. “The roofs of the nearest buildings are littered with broken glass, debris, objects, and paint balls that have been thrown from the structure.” While the structure has always been plagued by these issues, the number of incidents has escalated in recent years, according to a police spokesman. The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic was theorized as a posee Parking Garage page 22
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KNIGHTSEN The East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservancy has over the last 14 years purchased 41 land parcels totaling nearly 14,000 acres in East County for the purpose of protecting habitat and wildlife, and earlier this month area residents got a chance to tour one of the agency’s sites intended for wetland restoration. The 645-acre parcel – located in Knightsen east of the Byron Highway and north of Eagle Lane – was purchased in 2016 by the conservancy (ECCCHC) and the East Bay Regional Park District (EBRPD). The project as it is currently envisioned will restore wetland habitat for the benefit of a variety of target species including red-legged frogs, fairy shrimp, tricolored blackbirds and burrowing owls. The project will also provide improved stormwater drainage for the area and improve the quality of water draining into the Delta. According to Abigail Fateman, ECCCHC director of restoration, adaptive management and grants, stormwater drains onto the property and collects there beause there is no outlet for it. The property’s prior owner pumped the collected water into nearby No Name Slough. “(The project) provides an opportunity for us to find a see Wetlands page 22
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