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Officials Call for Broader, Updated Look at Safeguarding Altamont Raptors Alameda County Zon- Anton VOLUME L, NUMBER 52 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN • LIVERMORE • PLEASANTON • SUNOL THURSDAY, DECEMBER 26, 2013 Officials Call for Broader, Updated Look At Safeguarding Altamont Raptors Alameda County zon- anton. shrouded turbines, said that the speed of the wind that cause the towers are smaller, ing officials are calling for The BZA conducted a the firm's product will help blows into the blades, in- their blade sweep is smaller, Find Out What's a broader view that would public hearing on a draft EIR reduce raptor deaths in the creasing power efficiency. which is important in saving help to determine how Al- for a proposal by Sand Hill Altamont. That efficiency allows Ogin birds. Happening tamont bird deaths from Wind Inc. to replace 79 con- Ogin's brand-new tur- to build smaller towers than Ogin has installed one Check Out Section A wind turbine towers will be ventional turbines with 40 bine design is based on can deliver as many or more tower in Boston and one Section A is filled with evaluated and how new solu- newly designed "shrouded" principles used in the design kilowatts than the competi- in southern California. The information about arts, tions can be recommended. wind turbines. Draft EIR of a jet-propulsion engine, tion. firm looks at the Altamont people, entertainment and The call came from Larry comments closed Dec. 23. but applied differently. The The towers are lower than as an opportunity to obtain special events. There are Gosselin and Jon Harvey, The applicant did not shroud comprises a dual- 200 feet. By comparison, good statistical data in a education stories, a variety members of the three-person speak at the meeting. How- circle arrangement around new conventional three- much-studied area, said of features, and the arts and East County Board of Zon- ever, Peter Pawlowski, direc- the perimeter of the three- bladed towers currently in- Pawlowski. entertainment and bulletin bladed mechanism. stalled in the Altamont are A report on goals pro- board. ing Adjustments (BZA), tor of business development which met Dec. 19 in Pleas- for Ogin, which created the The design can double more than 400 feet tall. Be- (See RAPTORS, page 5) Man Found Dead in Dublin Layoff Puts Spotlight on Homeless Verdict Services The death of a homeless Favors man found in Dublin early on Dec. 7 puts a local focus LLNL on the plight of homeless Lawrence Livermore Na- people who are unable to tional Laboratory has won find shelter on cold nights the age discrimination phase in the Valley. of a lawsuit alleging that 130 Cause of the death has Laboratory employees were not been determined. How- ever, in three other deaths of laid off improperly in 2008. men found outdoors in San In a verdict rendered last Jose and one in a Saratoga week in Alameda County garage, the cause was attrib- Superior Court, a jury found uted to hypothermia, which that Laboratory managers is the body's inability to stay had acted in good faith and warm enough to survive. followed their own policies Dublin Mayor Tim and the law with regard to Sbranti told The Indepen- the ages of the laid off em- dent that whether the cause ployees. is determined to be from At least temporarily, the exposure to the cold, or cold verdict creates a split deci- was a contributing factor, or sion in a complex lawsuit there was a different cause that was filed in 2009, com- altogether. Sbranti said, "It's Photo - Doug Jorgensen ing as it does seven months a tragedy." Students at Junction Avenue K-8 School to take action to help those in need. after another jury awarded Sbranti said that the city $2.7 million to the same knows the number of home- plaintiffs on the grounds less in Dublin is low. The Junction Students Lend a Helping Hand that the layoffs violated their city tries to inform them employment contracts. of services. Police officers on patrol have informa- By Carol Graham ly. Not until six days later and a name: Haiyan, the belief that the birds' presence Presiding Judge Rob- tion about shelter, and they On November 2nd, a would the world learn what Chinese word for petrel, a signals a coming storm.) ert Freedman of Alameda check on people known to low-pressure system in the a menace it was to become. tube-nosed sea bird. (One On November 8th, before County Superior Court be homeless who stay in a south Pacific began being Moving westward, the species, the storm petrel, the sun had risen, Typhoon scheduled a hearing Febru- certain area. monitored international- system gained momentum is so named because of the (See HELPING, page 12) (See VERDICT, page 4) The city won't take any initiative to provide an emer- gency shelter, but if church- es were interested in joining A Look Back at the First Six Months of 2013 together on their own, as has been done in Livermore, it During the first six verting land in the Tesla area and school overcrowding. Pleasanton City Council. Thorne’s mayoral campaign. could be something allowed months of 2013, Pleasanton to off-road use. Livermore The council seat opened Nate Miley was sworn by the city, said Sbranti. elected a new city coun- residents objected to fu- JANUARY 2013 when Jerry Thorne was in as the Alameda County Livermore is the location cilmember to fill the seat ture developments they said Pleasanton Planning elected mayor. Pleasanton District 4 Supervisor. Dis- of long-terms shelters, in- vacated when Jerry Thorne would remove open space, Commissioner Kathy Narum ordinance requires an elec- trict 4 includes Pleasanton. cluding services for battered was elected mayor. Groups replace small businesses, announced that she would tion to fill the seat. Na- women and mothers with stepped up to try to stop co- and create traffic problems seek election in May to the rum served as treasurer for (See 2013 ROUNDUP, page 2) children. There is only one day-to-day emergency shel- ter, the Livermore Homeless Refuge. Dublin, Army to Partner The Refuge is open only to Valley homeless, who On Military Museum must show some sort of identification. People for- Dublin and the Army will for the materials that Dublin merly came from as far away create a military heritage retains on permanent loan as Manteca, San Jose and center at the new main gate from the Army. Oakland, but they did not of Camp Parks off Dough- The consultant also will follow the rules, said Bob erty Road at Mariposa Lane. determine opportunities for McKenzie, who coordinates The City Council voted exhibiting the collection of the Refuge, with his wife, unanimously at its meeting on a temporary, virtual and Donna. Dec. 17 to enter the partner- permanent basis. The study "Our feeling was that ship. Money has been set is expected to be finished by most of them burned their aside in the city budget to fall 2014. bridges behind them. We hire a consultant, who will The museum will occupy were a new bridge (to them). develop a collections policy (See MUSEUM, page 2) They were disruptive drink- ers and druggers. We don't want any part of that," said Changes in Ordinance Will Help McKenzie. The Refuge has a capac- Fill Wireless Coverage Gaps ity of 30 people Mondays through Fridays. The venue The Pleasanton City Staff suggested retaining a rotates every three weeks Council approved changes 300 foot buffer around cer- Photo - Doug Jorgensen between three churches. in a citywide ordinance gov- tain facilities and a 200 feet Exhibit offers a look back in time. Participating Mondays erning wireless carriers with buffer from existing homes through Fridays are Asbury the goal of improving cel- if a facility were on a water Methodist Church, 4743 lular voice and data cover- tank. The council disagreed Not Quite Home for the Holidays East Ave.; Vineyard Chris- age throughout the city by and reduced the buffer area By Carol Graham countries serving in military vous with destiny." tian Fellowship, 460 N. expanding wireless carriers’ to 200 feet everywhere. Seventy years ago, in units. Sprawling the length of Livermore Ave.; and Holy ability to locate new facili- The motion was made by 1943, Camp Parks celebrat- "To some generations what is now Dublin, Camp Cross Lutheran Church, ties. Cheryl Cook-Kallio, who ed its first Christmas. much is given. Of other gen- Parks had been commis- 1020 Mocho St. The problem is gaps in stated, "Three hundred feet The world was at war - On Saturdays and Sun- erations much is expected," sioned in January, 1943. coverage. is an arbitrary number." the most widespread war in said President Franklin D. It was named after Rear days, First Presbyterian The unanimous vote sup- Mayor Jerry Thorne history, with more than 100 Church, 2020 5th St., (en- Roosevelt. "This generation Admiral Charles W. Parks ported staff recommenda- asked what standards were million people from over 30 of Americans has a rendez- (See EXHIBIT, page 2) trance on 4th Street) is host. tions, with one exception. It has capacity for 25 people. (See WIRELESS, page 4) The shelter is open be- tween Nov. 1 and April 30 PET OF THE WEEK on nights when there is a 20 Inside Kelly knows where the grass is greener, and the percent chance of rain, or the six-year-old Lhasa Apso-mix longs to run through it. temperature is forecast to be below 40 degrees. SECTION A Editorial..............................4 This well-manicured pooch will easily cultivate your To learn the status of Art & Entertainment..........
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