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Walnut Creek council affirms planning commission, approves 422‑unit Mitchell Townhomes 4–1 with dust‑mitigation and notice conditions
Summary
After a lengthy public hearing on April 7, 2026, the Walnut Creek City Council denied two appeals and approved the Mitchell Townhomes project (422 townhomes) and certified its EIR by a 4–1 vote. Council added conditions requiring an 8‑foot green‑screen construction fence and demolition notices to ViaMonte management; Mayor Kevin Wilk voted no and called for further traffic study.
The Walnut Creek City Council on April 7 denied two appeals and approved the Mitchell Townhomes project, a 422‑unit townhome development in the Shadelands executive park, ratifying the Planning Commission’s decision and certifying the project’s environmental impact report by a 4–1 roll‑call vote.
Staff presented the project as a 22‑acre redevelopment of an underused office park into 82 buildings with 422 three‑story townhomes, 955 parking stalls, and 55 low‑income units—roughly double the city’s inclusionary requirement. Senior Planner Simmer Gill told the council the EIR found potential impacts but that mitigation, monitoring and reporting provisions would reduce those impacts to less‑than‑significant levels.
Appellants raised legal and technical objections. Steve Elster of Friends of Walnut Creek argued the city should not have processed the application under the state "builder’s remedy" framework and asked for a…
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