Council Authorizes Development Agreement for Eastside Hotel by Bruce Gach Scale-Branded Hotel
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Thursday, JULY 25, 2019 VOLUME LVI, NUMBER 30 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Council Authorizes Development Agreement for Eastside Hotel By Bruce Gach scale-branded hotel. The hotel will signatures must be qualified vot- council’s highest duty was to At the July 22 Livermore City include 1,400 to 2,000 square feet ers. On Friday, July 19, the Al- honor the community directed Council meeting, the council voted of conference space and a rooftop ameda County Registrar of Voters initiative, not subvert it. unanimously to direct staff to file deck. reported to the city that 6959 sig- William Dunlop, Chair of the See Inside Section A a Notice of Determination to in- Speakers in favor of the pres- natures were valid, 32.08% more Citizens for the Central Park Com- Section A is filled with troduce an ordinance authorizing ent City Plan with the hotel on the than needed. mittee, declared that the council information about arts, execution of a development agree- eastside of South Livermore and During the public hearing, Ta- moving forward “is intended to people, entertainment and ment with Presidio Co. to build a Railroad Avenues numbered 31, mara Reus related “If you proceed, cut off the rights of Livermore’s special events. There are downtown hotel on the eastside of with 29 against. we will file a referendum. You voters. The voters will use the education stories, a variety The initiative supporting the need to stop your illegal interfer- referendum power to reject any of features, and the arts Livermore Avenue. Presidio is proposing to build a Central Park Plan has qualified ence with the citizens’ initiative.” development agreement the city and entertainment and for the ballot. On Tuesday, July Denise Leddon and Richard Ryon council contrives. Stop your ac- bulletin board. three-story, approximately 65,000 square foot, 125-135 room up- 16, 8,110 unverified signatures concurred. tions now.” were submitted to the city; 5,269 Rich Buckley stated that the (See DEVELOPMENT, page 2) Dublin Council Cities Gear Directs Staff to Up to Deal with Continue Talks on ‘Millennial’ Hotel PG&E Planned By Ron McNicoll Power Outages The Dublin City Council took By Ron McNicoll a close look at a proposal for a Cities have been meeting with 138-room hotel catering to the Mil- the Alameda County Emergency lennial business traveler, which the Response office, and will be com- developer termed “cool and hip.” municating with each other about The hotel would be built on a problems that the PG&E Public lot next to the Corrie office build- Safety Power Shutdowns would ing, which has been there for 30 cause in the Valley. years. The Corrie building will be As PG&E customers learned gutted and rebuilt for future office with their June billings, the utility use, said developer Jerry Hunt of is trying to take an aggressive ap- Rubicon Properties Partnership. proach of prevention and cleanup The parcel is located near Dub- of problems by shutting off power lin Boulevard and San Ramon in some areas, so that work can be Road. done to prevent sparking, which Hunt answered questions about was the cause of the fire that killed the plan, and showed architectural 85 residents in Butte County last renderings at the council’s July 16 year, and caused unhealthy levels of meeting. smoke throughout the Valley. The item was listed as a study A summer sunset silhouettes the vineyards (Photo – Doug Jorgensen) Electricity is often mixed into session. Approval will be sched- power lines from various sources uled for a future meeting, after (See SHUTDOWNS, page 7) staff continues to work with the developer on the development details and a Community Benefit Study Shows Increasing Marijuana Use State Releases an Agreement (CBA) for the city. Update of Water Plan The study session updated the Among Women Who Become Pregnant council on what has transpired so By Ron McNicoll far between staff and developer. By Jeff Garberson as well as early in their pregnancy, cies of nearly 277,000 Northern Several years ago, councilmembers according to a Kaiser-Permanente California women from 2009 through The impacts of climate change said they were looking at the nego- Despite risks to fetuses and in- study published last week. 2017. on water use and how the state can tiations too late in the process. That fants, increasing numbers of women The study reported on the results The research was reported last address them represent a significant change in the new 5-year update of resulted in more pressure on the appear to be using marijuana in the of early pregnancy surveys taken week in the online journal, JAMA year before they become pregnant about eight weeks into the pregnan- (See MARIJUANA, page 7) the California Water Plan. council to approve developments, Update 2018, released last because so much deal-making week by the Department of Water work had already occurred. Resources (DWR) in Sacramento, This approach also has the merit Pleasanton Weighs in on State Legislation recommends actions to meet vari- of saving staff time, if the council The Pleasanton City Council revised its positions Of the housing bills for which the council has ous important aspects of climate finds little merit in a development. taken on state legislation. taken a position, the council legislative subcom- change. The hotel would be operated The votes were unanimous. mittee recommended that the council reconsider the One of the priorities, improving by Cambria, a chain building in The City has been implementing its 2019 Legisla- following: integrated management of local large metropolitan areas. It would tive Framework with a specific focus on bills related AB 1483 - Housing data, collection and reporting. watersheds, has been a focus of feature modern, upscale decor, to housing. Working closely with regional partners, Move from oppose unless amended to oppose. This Zone 7 Water Agency in its role as a swimming pool, and a bar and the Tri-Valley cities , the League of California Cities, bill would require a substantial increase in the amount manager of the Valley’s groundwa- restaurant that would be placed at and advocacy firm Townsend Public Affairs (TPA), of data to be provided annually to the state Housing ter basin. As long ago as 20 years, a spot at the hotel’s edge, with good the city has engaged with local state representatives and Community Development Department for each the agency had been using the latest access for local residents. and has routinely engaged with bill authors and their housing development project. The additional data col- computerized research tools to gain The hotel would be four stories staff to offer amendments. lection and report- a better picture of how the basin (See PLEASANTON, page 3) high, with two more stories under (See WATER PLAN, page 7) it dedicated to a parking structure, bringing the total height to 69 feet at the building’s parapet. EBRPD Board Votes to Ban Glyphosate Use by End of 2020 The developer is asking the city On July 16, the East Bay Re- all developed park areas by the end park structures, fences, walkways, to reduce glyphosate use and find to allow more parking spaces than gional Park District Board of Direc- of 2020. Glyphosate is currently and parking areas, and in public alternatives,” said EBRPD Presi- is the standard Dublin requirement. tors unanimously approved Reso- used as part of the Park District’s right-of-way areas including roads, dent Ayn Wieskamp. “Managing There would be 12 spaces above lution 2019-07-187, calling for an pest integration management pro- bike paths, and trails. the complex spectrum of land standard for the hotel, and 55 immediate ban on glyphosate use in gram for fire ignition prevention “The Park District has taken that the Park District does, with (See DUBLIN HOTEL, page 3) picnic areas with full elimination in and vegetation maintenance around large steps over the past two years (See GLYPHOSATE, page 7) Kaiser Shows Climate Change – Both High and Low Blood New Experiences Can Be Used to Pressure Readings Are Vital Transform Minds By Jeff Garberson risk of heart attack and stroke. High blood pressure can also be impli- By Bruce Gach Both the higher and lower read- cated in kidney disease, dementia ings from blood pressure measure- and other conditions. On July 13, members of the ments are strongly and indepen- Patients should be up to date on Tri-Valley Citizens’ Climate Lobby dently linked to cardiovascular current blood pressure readings and watched an online video illustrat- health, according to Kaiser-Perma- engage with their medical provider ing the abilities of En-ROADS, a nente researchers, who published a as needed, according to the study’s powerful climate-simulation tool major study on the subject. lead author, Alexander C. Flint, showing how climate goals can be The higher number, called sys- M.D. achieved through changes in energy, tolic pressure, measures pressure “There is a very important role land use, consumption, agriculture, when the heart pumps blood into for broader public recognition that and other policies. the arteries. The lower number, both of these (blood pressure) num- In the video, Drew Jones detailed called diastolic, indicates artery bers are important,” he said. and demonstrated the soon-to-be pressure when the heart is resting Flint is a Kaiser stroke special- released 2019 version of the En- between beats. ist and adjunct researcher with the ROADS program. Blood pressure is one of the key Kaiser division of research. Jones is a co-founder and co- indicators of human cardiovascular Recommended guidelines for Lamp posts line Livermore's new downtown street – Veterans Way.