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Livermore District Expected to Revoke Two Schools' Charters Thursday, June 29, 2017 VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 26 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Livermore District Expected to Revoke Two Schools’ Charters The Livermore Valley Joint process in this school year. If the more Valley Charter Preparatory says nothing about surrender- Unified School District was ex- district failed to meet the deadline, (LVCP), has not surrendered its ing the charters. It states that the pected to revoke the charters for it would have to start the process charters. schools would be closed in ac- See Inside Section A the two Livermore public charter all over again in the new school Teresa Fiscus, a school district cordance with charter school law. Section A is filled with schools at its meeting June 27. year, said Assistant Superintendent administrator who attended the Van Schaack said that techni- information about arts, people, The board vote came after The Chris Van Schaack. TVLC board meeting June 13, cally the corporation could still use entertainment and special events. Independent’s deadline. Van Schaack said last week that said that surrender of the charters the charters. Revocation would put There are education stories, a The staff recommendation on Tri-Valley Learning Corporation was not discussed or announced a definite end to the use. variety of features, and the arts the agenda item called for revoca- (TVLC), which has been operating publicly following a closed session However, TVLC spokesperson and entertainment and tion. The district wants to meet a the K-8 Livermore Valley Charter of the TVLC board. Chris Bertelli said that the issue of bulletin board. June 30 deadline to accomplish the School (LVCS) and the Liver- The TVLC board resolution (See CHARTERS, page 6) Smoking Banned in Multifamily Rental Units The Pleasanton City Council voted to enact an ordinance that would place limits on smoking in multifamily rental units. The unanimous decision was based on concerns for exposure and health issues related to second hand smoke. The new ordinance must be formally adopted at a subsequent Council meeting. Any new smok- ing restrictions will generally take effect six months later, likely sometime in spring 2018. In addition to approving the ordinance, the council directed staff to look into expanding the new rules to include privately owned townhomes and condos in the future. Photo - Doug Jorgensen Specifically, the new ordinance The music of Crawdad Republic inspired audience members to dance. The bluegrass, folk, country band performed June 20 at Evenings would prohibit smoking inside on the Green - Art & Music. Sponsored by the Livermore Valley Performing Arts Center, live music will be offered Tuesdays at 6:30 p.m. multifamily rental apartments, as through August 15. The event takes place on the Shea Stage in front of the Bankhead Theater, 2400 First Street, Livermore. For another well as on balconies, patios and in common indoor and outdoor photo, go to page 6. areas such as swimming pools. The new rules relate to all smoking products, including e-cigarettes. Smoking medical marijuana would Supervisors Pledge Support for Climate Agreement be allowed, if a tenant can prove to the owner that he or she cannot The Alameda County Board of gas emissions, fostering climate impacting County residents, in- the Paris Climate Agreement. receive benefit through edibles, Supervisors pledged its support resilience in Alameda County cluding those most vulnerable, and Through the Paris Agreement, lotions, or pills. for the Paris Climate Agreement communities, and working with sees climate action as imperative countries agreed to adopted volun- In an effort to provide some in the face of the federal govern- leaders at all levels of government to support safe and healthy com- tary targets to reduce greenhouse accommodation for smokers, the ment’s decision to withdraw from to create an environmentally sus- munities. gas emissions and committed to ordinance allows for apartment that historic accord. At its June tainable future. The Board stated On June 1, the Trump admin- holding global warming to under owners to establish an outdoor 27 meeting, the Board recommit- that it recognizes that the effects of istration began proceedings to two degrees Celsius. The United smoking area at least 25 feet away ted to reducing local greenhouse climate change are already directly withdraw the United States from States now joins Syria and Nica- from non-smoking areas. To enforce these new restric- (See CLIMATE, page 2) (See SMOKING, page 4) Livermore Downtown Steering Committee To Further Refine Development Options The Livermore Downtown the committee will finalize out- three groups; one group came up Steering Committee will refine reach plans to gain as much input with three plans, two produced two four development options at its from all segments of the public as plans for a total of seven. One of June 29 meeting. possible. the plans from each group was re- The final plans would go to the The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. quired to site a hotel on the eastside city council on July 31 for discus- in the city council chambers. of Livermore Avenue, adjacent to sion and approval. The public At its June 22 session, the com- the Bankhead Theater. The groups would then be asked to weigh in mittee reviewed the four proposals were also directed to place a hotel on what they like or dislike about created by committee members for on the westside of the avenue. The the plans with the goal of creating the development of 8 acres in the seven options were narrowed down a preferred option to guide the core of the downtown. to four for further discussion. development. At a previous meeting, com- Consultant David Early from Also at the June 29 meeting, mittee members were divided into (See DOWNTOWN, page 10) Proposed Project Would Support Livermore's 'Housing First' Initiative The Livermore City Council services. effort is expected to be completed authorized a loan of up to $355,970 Tri-Valley-BMR, LLC (below within a 12-month time frame. to pay the pre-development costs market rate) plans to expand exist- The loan request includes and feasibility analysis for the pur- ing services and to create housing $100,000 that would serve as a chase of property on N. Livermore on the site that would support the deposit towards the $2.4 million Avenue. city's Housing First initiative to purchase price, portions of which The money comes from the move people from homelessness. would become non-refundable at city's affordable housing fund. An undeveloped area on the site key decision points in the develop- The site is owned and occupied could accommodate between 8 and ment process. Staff notes that it is by Vineyard Christian Fellow- 14 affordable housing units. anticipated that pending the out- ship Church, which has allowed Housing Consortium of the East come of the initial due diligence/ a variety of nonprofits to use the Bay (HCEB), which is the control- pre-development work and com- buildings to benefit the homeless ling agent of Tri-Valley-BMR, munity meetings, HCEB would Photo - Doug Jorgensen and low income families. Services requested the loan. Existing pro- request a commitment from the The first of three family campouts was held in Dublin over the have included Open Heart Kitchen viders and additional key homeless city for the balance of the acquisi- weekend. Families were busy setting up camp on June 24. In the (OKH). A fire in February severely and safety net service representa- tion price and some funding for the background is The Wave, Dublin's new waterpark. Future campouts damaged the kitchen and dining tives in the community will work housing component. The requests are planned for July 15-16 at Alamo Creek Park and August 12-13 areas and displaced OKH's food on the predevelopment plan. The (See INITIATIVE, page 6) at Schaefer Ranch Park. For registration information, go to www. dublin.ca.gov PETS OF THE WEEK We’re smitten with kittens! From playful to bashful, INSIDE spunky to sweet, Valley Humane Society has a multitude of kittens looking for a good home. Stop by soon MAIN SECTION Sports .................................... 7 and take your pick. Valley Humane Society is located Classifieds........................... 10 Obituaries .............................. 9 at 3670 Nevada Street in Pleasanton and is open Editorial ................................. 4 SECTION A Tuesday through Saturday from 10am – 4pm. For more Mailbox .................................. 4 information, visit valleyhumane.org or call (925) 426- Art & Entertainment .............. 8 8656. Photo - Valley Humane Society Roundup ................................ 3 Bulletin Board ..................... 10 Short Notes ........................... 9 Milestones ........................... 12 2 The Independent • June 29, 2017 Dublin Schools, City Look to Pleasanton Voters Split on Whether Huddle on Facility Needs To Rebuild or Relocate Civic Center Dublin Mayor David an audience member noted with votes in favor of creat- Pleasanton voters are Center and the Library in- problems with Civic Center Haubert and City Manager that Councilmembers Abe ing the districts. Future oc- evenly divided between volves interconnected pro- facilities, at least 66 percent Chris Foss have been talking Gupta and Arun Goel have cupants of the development two different plans to ad- cesses: the completion of the were very concerned or to the Dublin Unified School open letters on-line about will be paying assessments dress Civic Center building Civic Center/Library Master somewhat concerned when District representataives the need for a second high on their property tax bills. deficiencies: rebuild at the Plan, the completion of the informed about leaky roofs, about holding a joint meet- school in Dublin. Also, 18 The Mello-Roos Act, current site or relocate to Downtown Specific Plan use of aging temporary ing to discuss school hous- speakers at the previous passed in 1982, enabled cit- the Bernal property.
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