on the community. noel walker is live in lafayette. >> reporter: ken, we're outside where that city council is taking place right now. take a look inside. you can see the room is packed. the public hearing still going on. a large crowd brought out. football is a game of strategy. jockeying for position to get to the end zone. what's happening on this field at lafayette's high school is a lot like what's happening across the street. in this field, a proposed apartment complex development is meeting defense along the way. >> if you ask me if i'd like to see a big monstrous apartment building over there, the answer is no. >> reporter: the proposed terraces would have 315 apartments. stacked vertically, it's the equivalent of the one rim tower in san francisco. >> it's not going to be born by the developer, but by the