Nez Perce Respond to Historic Wrong with Culture of Healing, Forgiveness by Jeff Garberson Ming Into Northern Montana
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Thursday, August 24, 2017 VOLUME LIV, NUMBER 34 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Livermore teacher Nez Perce Respond to Historic Wrong With Culture of Healing, Forgiveness By Jeff Garberson ming into northern Montana. greater than a highway adventure. of treaties, and many of the tribe See Inside Section A Motorists today can follow the There, near the Bear’s Paws Russell considers it a doorway driven off lands where they had Section A is filled with approximate path of the rugged, Mountains, the Nez Perce were into the gentle and forgiving cul- lived and hunted for thousands information about arts, people, 1,300 mile horseback ride of 750 trapped and forced to surrender ture of a Native American people of years. entertainment and special events. Nez Perce Indians who fled U.S. just short of the safety they sought who were treated shamefully by Despite the history of injustice, There are education stories, a Cavalry in 1877. on the other side of the Canadian settlers and the U.S. government. Russell's is not a vision of anger variety of features, and the arts Maps and guidebooks trace the border. The story is complex, but his- and revenge. and entertainment and trip across four states, from the For retired Livermore biology torians generally agree that Nez On the contrary, she has ob- bulletin board. Wallowa Country of northeastern teacher Marilyn Russell, that epic Perce livestock and ancestral lands served and participated in some Oregon through Idaho and Wyo- ride has become something far were seized, in repeated violation (See CULTURE, page 8) Dublin Gives Children’s Johnson Drive Museum Chance Development at Dream Facility Discussions By Ron McNicoll The Dublin City Council voted Begin Again unanimously to give the backers of Valley Children's Museum (VCM) The Pleasanton City Council a chance to show they can raise the has scheduled a special meeting $1.5 million necessary to launch for August 29 to start the policy their project on land reserved by discussion related to the proposed the city in a future Dublin Cross- Johnson Drive Economic Devel- ings park near Dublin Boulevard. opment Zone (JDEDZ). Topics The council acted Aug. 15 at its include proposed traffic and trans- regular meeting by authorizing the portation mitigation improvements signing of an MOU with VCM. phasing and financing. If VCM were successful in The meeting begins at 6:30 p.m. raising the $1.5 million by July in the city council chambers. 1, 2018, the money will pay for The JDEDZ involves a pro- preliminary design. If VCM fails, posed change to existing land use the whole agreement between policies and regulations designed VCM and Dublin is off. The land to spur investment in 40 acres of reserved for VCM would revert to land primarily fronting Johnson park space. Drive near Interstate 680. Costco, There will be no monetary as well as business-class hotel contributions from the city, just operators, have expressed interest the land for the site. in properties within the proposed So far, VCM has not raised any Photo - Doug Jorgensen JDEDZ. money. Its representatives said that Students at Wells Middle School in Dublin turned skyward to view the solar eclipse. For more on The development area is esti- it is impossible to raise significant eclipse activities, go to page 5. mated to need about $21.4 million money from foundations and cor- in traffic improvements to help poration sponsors unless there is ease impacts, according to city a city promise that there will be a reports. permanent site for it. The council’s The city and Costco have nego- approval of the MOU was the key BART Board Questions Ability to Build tiated an agreement on financing to launching a fundraising effort. the improvements that will be part The total cost for the museum Extension and Revamp Core System of the discussion on August 29. is $25 million. A second building Under the proposed agreement, costing $9 million could be added $6.4 million will be paid using The lack of an identified source more extension 5.5 miles down the each year would cost $23 million. concurrently or later, if the funds traffic impact fees. Of the remain- of funding to build full BART to I-580 median to a new station at Andrew Tang, BART Principal were raised, said VCM board ing $13.6 million, Costco would Livermore and the need to upgrade Isabel Avenue. The estimated cost, Planner, listed five alternatives Vice-president Pat Costanzo. cover $6.8 million through a cash and maintain the core system led which includes a parking garage studied in the DEIR with no recom- Costanzo expressed optimism. contribution. The city would be BART Board members to question and maintenance and storage yard, mended alternative selected. Op- “We have a grant request with an responsible for the remaining $6.8 the ability of the agency to do both. was $1.6 billion in expenditures tions include conventional BART, organization that could fund the million. To provide the city's share, The board received an update at through 2026. Funding in place diesel multiple (DMU)/electric entire museum. There is a good officials are considering borrowing its August 10 meeting on the Draft at $550 million leaves the project multiple unit (EMU, bus rapid chance it will come in,” he said. internally, taking out a bank loan Environmental Impact Report $1.1 billion short. In addition, staff In 2006, a previous council or entering into a sales tax shar- (DEIR) for the proposed Liver- noted that operating the extension (See BART, page 12) made the commitment to offer use ing agreement with Costco to pay of the land to the museum. Dublin back the retailer for fronting the Crossings consisted of a transfer city's portion of the infrastructure of 187 acres from the Army to a projects. developer. Currently, the museum Zone 7 Board Adds Funds for Any other developer who builds operates in a mobile museum that on the Johnson Drive EDZ in the is moved on a schedule involving future will need to pay a pro-rata two locations — Emerald Glen Erosion Fix at Foothill Home share of these infrastructure costs Park and the Farmers Market. By Ron McNicoll near Foothill Road, close to the but more stabilization work needs back to the city. The city plans to Before the vote, councilmem- Zone 7 directors authorized backyard of a home at an estimated to be designed and built. use those funds to pay down their bers and Mayor David Haubert spending more money for the cost of just under $5 million. The The projects are considered debt to Costco. gave their views about the mu- design and construction of flood other would deal with stream bank emergencies. Zone 7 will be eli- The staff report adds, "Of seum. Haubert said, “I feel it is control facilities, including in the erosion elsewhere at a cost of $1.9 gible for reimbursements totaling course, there is a fourth option a jewel. I feel lucky to have it.” Arroyo De La Laguna in Pleasan- million. The total for the two proj- between $690,000 and $759,00 to do nothing and not proceed He said he will work with fellow ton below Castlewood. ects is about $6.9 million. from the Natural Resources Con- with the JDEDZ transportation Tri-Valley mayors, who have also There are two projects. One Originally, the two projects servation Service and the EPA. improvements. pledged to support the museum would fix the arroyo at a spot were budgeted for $1.7 million, The proposal for a Costco has along with state and county sup- (See ZONE 7, page 4) porters. (See JOHNSON DRIVE, page 8) Vice-mayor Don Biddle stated that city government has been Pleasanton Revises No talking about the museum for more than 10 years. It has gone through Smoking Ordinance a lot of changes. The city can’t af- ford to build it, but the MOU gives The Pleasanton City Council Mayor Jerry Thorne pointed the backers a chance to do so. revised the no-smoking ban in out, "Medication normally doesn't Councilmember Arun Goel multifamily rental apartments, affect anyone else. In this case it said, “The Children’s Museum is adding medical marijuana to the does." He referred to those with part of fabric of this city, and has prohibited list. conditions such as asthma and demonstrated a need and desire The council approved the new Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary from the community. We should ordinance on June 20. At that time, Disease (COPD. participate, and see the fruits of the decision was to allow smoking Councilmember Kathy Narum this gem right inside of Dublin.” medical marijuana in a unit, if the said that if they need to smoke they Councilmember Abe Gupta tenant needed to do so for medi- can go outside. was concerned that raising $20 cal reasons. The property owner Bill Mulgrew, representing the million to $40 million represented would be responsible for making Rental Housing Association of a huge task. He also mentioned a the determination. At last week's Southern Alameda County, said water retention basin under part council meeting, the ordinance under the proposed ordinance of the site that could present a was changed to prohibit smok- the property owner takes on a Photo - Doug Jorgensen challenge. However, he said that ing of any kind. The vote was Clouds over North Livermore took the shape of a pair of birds in unanimous. flight. (See MUSEUM, page 3) (See ORDINANCE, page 2) PET OF THE WEEK You’ll be singing the praises of Billie, a two-year-old tabby.