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Making Pioneer A Reggae is Pleasanton the way for AVHS grad Weekly Page 12 VOL. XV, NUMBER 38 • OCTOBER 17, 2014 WWW.PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COM Making Pioneer a livelier PAGE 14 place Cemetery upgrades focus on expansion, historical past, guided tours 5 NEWS Vranesh berates PUSD at board meeting 5 NEWS FHS football star named All-American 16 OPINION Weekly supports Measure BB VOTE Because Results Count. Vote for Experience, Pleasanton City Council 2014 Vote Olson. Our schools have long been a source of pride in Pleasanton. Arne fully supports students, teachers, parents and homeowners who value a Pleasanton school education. In fact, Pleasanton was recently ranked as the 4th best place in America to live. * Arne served on Pleasantons’ Planning Commission for the last 8 years. He also served on Pleasantons‘ Economic Vitality Committee for 2 years. Results count. *Source: 24/7 Wall St. www.OlsonCampaign2014.com FPPC 1368719 Extraordinary Care for a Legendary Loved One 9 out of 10 seniors prefer to age in the comfort of their own homes where they spent so much time creating fond memories. Now is your chance to help your aging loved one stay where he or she wants with the help of a top quality caregiver. Our extensively trained, experienced caregivers provide quality care that promotes greater independence, health and well-being for our clients. Call us today to learn how we can help your family! Do you have a living legend in your life you would like to celebrate? Tell his or her story using #honoryourlivinglegend or email [email protected]. Your loved one may be featured on our website or Facebook page! Select stories will be chosen to win a prize valued between $50 to $1000 Let us help you honor your living legend! HonorYourLivingLegend.com • #HonorYourLivingLegend To me, she is a living legend. 925-820-8390 Without the love and support of my mom, 190-G Alamo Plaza, Alamo, CA 94507 I would not be the woman I am today. www.HomeCareAssistance.com Now it's my turn to give back to her. Page 2 • October 17, 2014 • Pleasanton Weekly AROUND PLEASANTON KATHY BY JEB BING Re-elect Livermore’s Bankhead NARUM saved from bankruptcy City Council thanks to us Experience Matters atrons of the Bankhead The- Bankhead — a project that has now ater in Livermore can breathe been abandoned. City Councilmember Peasier these days following The Bankhead is a 500-seat the- Former Planning Commissioner the decision by Livermore offi- ater, 200 seats larger than Pleas- Past Parks and Recreation Commissioner cials to assume ownership of the anton’s Firehouse. Some local per- bankrupt facility and refinance its forming organizations have moved $22.2 million construction bond their performances to the Bank- Preserve HIGH QUALITY of life debt partly with fees paid by other head, including the former Pleas- cities and its residents at local land- anton Playhouse group. The theater Support Vibrant and Unique Charm of Downtown fill operations. now anchors a revived downtown Encourage Variety of Businesses & Restaurants Taxpayers in Pleasanton can which the Livermore Council called also breathe easier that our city “one of the city’s most distinct cul- Evaluate Location of Civic Center/Library never got involved in the murky tural landmarks.” Renovate Lions Wayside/Delucchi Parks financings by the redevelopment “The city’s purchase provides a agencies, including one that fi- clear path forward,” said Livermore www.kathynarum.com Paid for by Kathy Narum For City Council 2014 FPPC#1354971 nanced the construction of the City Manager Marc Roberts. “It al- Bankhead and was about to be lows the Bankhead Theater to begin used to pay for a much larger per- a new chapter, with increased trans- forming arts center in downtown parency, clear oversight and an en- Livermore. hanced connection to our commu- Pleasanton long ago decided nity that will enable the Bankhead against forming a redevelopment to continue serving as a valued asset agency (RDA) that was proposed to Livermore and its residents.” Choose to pay for downtown street im- Livermore, in coordination with provements. Instead, the city used Alameda County, LVPAC, and the general funds to upgrade its sewer Bank of New York Mellon, reached 2014 system and more recently also fi- an agreement to settle the Bank- nanced construction of its $10 mil- head Theater’s debts. It will fund ValleyCare lion Firehouse Arts Center as a its contribution through the allo- capital improvement project paid cation of future Host Community mostly by the city with $1 million Impact Fees the city receives as part Open Enrollment can be a confusing time, but it's important in private contributions. of a settlement agreement reached that you make the right choice for you and your family. Since its opening in 2007, the from the expansion of the Altamont We Now Bankhead has played an integral role Landfill. Sell Dog To access the advanced medical services and compassionate in the redevelopment and revitaliza- Roberts said that as part of the care ValleyCare offers, this is what you need to do: tion of Livermore’s downtown, where purchase, LVPAC will continue to Food • Choose a PPO if your employer offers it. A PPO gives most of those improvements also operate the Bankhead through a you the most choices of physicians and services. were financed by a redevelopment sublease agreement with the city. agency before those agencies were The sublease will last for a period • If you select an HMO, choose a ValleyCare Medical closed down by Gov. Jerry Brown. of seven years with the option to Foundation Primary Care Physician through the Hill In a scathing report at the time, renew after that time, providing Chip Car Key Physicians Medical Group Network. State Controller John Chiang cited operating conditions are met. Pro- ValleyCare Medical Foundation services are provided millions of dollars in waste, misap- grams at the Bankhead Theater $ 99 by ValleyCare Physicians Associates Medical Group. propriation of funds and poor man- will continue uninterrupted, and 69 Choose your ValleyCare doctor today! agement of redevelopment agencies remain a focal point of activity in (Some Restrictions in California. He found that at least the downtown. Apply) www.myvcmf.com or (925) 416-6736 18 redevelopment agencies had While Pleasanton decided FAMILY PRACTICE OB/GYN* no reliable means to measure job against creating a redevelopment Ask Us About: Jonathan R. Lim, M.D. Scott Eaton, M.D. growth, that agencies did not track agency that could have left the Rescreening Or New Window their impact and that funding was city with huge debts to be paid John Louie, M.D. William H. Phillips, M.D. Screens, Sharpening Knives, Shazia K. Mughal, M.D. Jennifer Salata, M.D. often arbitrary. for years to come, taxpayers here Scissors, Chainsaws, Mower Although Livermore’s RDA was aren’t exactly off the hook. Part of Maliha Qadir, M.D. Gabrielle S. Schaefer, M.D. Blades and Many Manisha Shingate, M.D. Rebecca Stone, M.D. not implicated in any wrongdoing, the re-financing of Bankhead’s debt Garden Tools. Sanie Zehra, M.D. it was gutted nevertheless and the will come from $9.2 million in PEDIATRICS city was left with debt already in- certificates of participation Liver- INTERNAL MEDICINE Yatin Shah, M.D. curred and financing plans no lon- more will issue, using funds from Michael R. Alper, M.D. Deanna Ward, M.D. ger viable, including construction the Altamont Landfill and Vasco Nikhil M. Apte, M.D. of a much larger performing arts Landfill Host Community impact Vandana Boparai, M.D. center. The Livermore Performing fees. Those fees come from an an- Two Locations to serve you: David Z. Chee, M.D. Arts Center (LVPAC) organization, nual assessment on local garbage 1807 Santa Rita Rd, Pleasanton Samata Kanagala, M.D. which operates the Bankhead, lost rates, meaning that Pleasanton and Phone (925) 846-0660 Now Anthony Koh, M.D. a lawsuit it brought against the the whole region will pay for the 652 Main Street, Pleasanton Open Stanley Ng, M.D. state seeking to recover more than Bankhead for years to come. Phone (925) 846-0727 Jyothi Ratti, M.D. $120 million in redevelopment For now, though, that won’t www.truevalue.com/pleasanton Marilena Sandru, M.D. funds for a planned 2,000-seat re- be much. Livermore Mayor John Robert T. Santos, M.D. gional theater in downtown Liver- Marchand said he pays about 25 Betty M. Tam, M.D. more, meant to supplement the cents a year toward the subsidy. Q Deanna Ward, M.D. Jerry Yen, M.D. Like us on * ValleyCare is the only hospital in the area to About the Cover offer a highly skilled OB/GYN onsite 24-7. A new $4.5 million project to upgrade and expand Pioneer Cemetery won the approval of the city’s Parks and Recreation Commission and now goes ValleyCare to the City Council Nov. 18. It would add more grave sites and turn the MEDICAL FOUNDATION 1850s burial site into a park-like historical site with guided tours and veter- www.facebook.com/ ans observances. Photo by Mike Sedlak. Cover design by Lili Cao. pleasantonweekly ValleyCare Medical Foundation is affiliated with ValleyCare Health System. Vol. XV, Number 38 Pleasanton Weekly • October 17, 2014 • Page 3 Streetwise It’s like waking ASKED AROUND TOWN up on vacation. Assume that your house is on fire, and all people and pets are already out safely. You have time to go inside to Every day. retrieve just one thing. What would it be? Debra Reville You know the feeling. Quite simply, that’s what it’s like when Marketing you live at Heritage Estates Retirement Community.
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