The City of Piedmont has posted the Draft Environmental Impact Report (DEIR) for the Moraga Canyon Sports Fields project. Links to the various sections of the EIR, along with a description of the public review timeline, are available on the City’s website:

Public Hearings: The City will hold two public hearings on the Draft EIR on July 19, 2010 and August 2, 2010 at the Piedmont City Hall Council Chambers located at 120 Vista Avenue, Piedmont, California. The public hearings will begin at 7:30 p.m.

Public Review Period: This Notice of Availability of the Draft EIR commences a 45-day public review period starting on Thursday, June 24, 2010. Interested persons are invited to review and comment on the Draft EIR. Written comments (via email or mail) on the Draft EIR must be submitted to:

City of Piedmont
120 Vista Avenue
Piedmont, California 94611
Attention: Ann Swift, City Clerk
aswift@ci.piedmont.ca.us

Written comments on the Draft EIR must be submitted no later than 5:00 p.m. on Monday, August 9, 2010.

If you’d like to share your thoughts on the DEIR with us, please use the form on the contact page.

Don Perata, former State Senator and current candidate for Mayor of Oakland, recently sent out a statement to Moraga Canyon neighbors opposing the sports complex. Here’s an excerpt:

A number of our neighbors have contacted me seeking my opposition to the City of Piedmont’s plans to build the Moraga Sports Complex in Moraga Canyon.

I oppose the proposal; I opposed it when in the state senate and I oppose it now. [...]

[...W]e need not wait for an Environmental Impact Report to know the sports complex is an unmitigated disaster for our neighborhoods. On its face, cutting deeply into the hillside and constructing massive retaining walls will destroy the natural integrity and beauty of the canyon.

Click here to read the full statement (PDF).