Airport Commission Approves Project for Charter Airplanes
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Thursday, FEBRUARY 11, 2021 VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 6 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Sheriff's Airport Commission Office Faces Approves Project for Fines After Charter Airplanes Officer Dies Boeing 737s Might Call Livermore Home By Larry Altman By Aly Brown and a terminal, fuel, charter and REGIONAL — A state David Chircop aircraft maintenance, which agency that investigates LIVERMORE — The Air- together involve about 35 workplace safety has fined jobs. the Alameda County Sher- port Commission voted unanimously this week to “There will be no tra- iff's Office (ACSO) $2,440 ditional commercial pas- for allegedly violating CO- support KaiserAir’s devel- opment proposal that would senger service provided by VID-19 safety requirements KaiserAir,” he said. possibly related to the death put six corporate aircraft in the skies over Livermore, KaiserAir operates VIP of a deputy who worked charters for corporations, in the Santa Rita Jail in with talk of additional planes down the road. athletic teams and other large Dublin. groups. The citation follows the The Feb. 8 decision — made by members Adam KaiserAir’s charter ser- July 23 death of Deputy vice clients have included Oscar Rocha, 56, who was Bertsch, Darin Bishop, Greg Chabrier, Christopher Dom- the San Jose Sharks NHL a victim of COVID-19. team, Fleetwood Mac, the Although the Division of browski and Jon Lavine — to add Boeing 737s and Rolling Stones, and U2. One Occupational Safety and The Dublin Little League Majors Orioles were able to hold their first practice at the of its 737s was the flagship Health (Cal-OSHA) cita- other aircraft to the Liver- Fallon Sports Park, Saturday, Feb. 6. The Orioles hope to start playing games in more Municipal Airport airplane for President Joe tion does not specifically mid-March. (Photo - Doug Jorgensen) Biden and his campaign staff name Rocha in its report, (LVK) followed a proposal put before the commission in the weeks before he was the material states that the sworn in. It flew then Biden agency opened an inspec- On Potable Water by Airport Manager David Decoteau. and his family to Joint Base tion on July 25, and that it Andrews in Maryland on was "fatality initiated." In the proposal, avia- Council Withdraws from Water Study; tion company KaiserAir Inauguration Day. The report also never Decoteau further stated uses the name "Santa Rita requested to proceed with development on a vacant that KaiserAir estimates two Jail", but lists the site for Opts to Fund Well Decontamination aircraft would conduct two the investigation as 5325 parcel at LVK. The approxi- By Ruth Roberts sometimes called “toilet-to- tinue to participate with mately 45-acre parcel is landings and two takeoffs Broder Blvd. in Dublin, the tap,” potable water comes other regional agencies on per week. jail's address. PLEASANTON — The city located north of West Jack pulled the plug on using from surface and ground studies regarding the merits London Boulevard and south KaiserAir proposed a The fine was first re- sources; it’s treated to levels of potable water reuse; and phased development of the ported by KTVU news. potable water as a possible of Taxiway Lima. that meet state and federal provide $300,000 toward Decoteau confirmed that parcel that would include a Sgt. Ray Kelly, an ASCO FBO terminal complex, of- spokesman, said the agency KaiserAir will operate as a full service Fixed Based fices, aircraft maintenance cooperated with Cal-OS- “I am surprised that we are not unanimously supporting the (See AIRPORT page 10) HA and is making sure it Operator (FBO) providing meets the safety agency's study to advance science, to advance knowledge.” demands. The department, however, is appealing the City Amends Land Use in an citations and fines. alternative drinking source. standards for consumption. the study. "We want to be able Councilmembers Kathy "The thing that is unique Effort to Meet Housing Needs to highlight and show the In a meeting that some- times turned contentious, Narum and Jack Balch vot- about potable reuse is that By Ruth Roberts low-income category." safety protocols we had in ed against the motion, with we have local control over place," Kelly said. the city council voted 3-2 to DUBLIN — The city re- The two vacant parcels opt out of a joint water study Mayor Karla Brown and that particular water sup- include 2.5 acres on Croak According to the agen- Councilmembers Julie Testa ply option,” said Kathleen cently took the next steps cy, Cal-OSHA inspec- with regional agencies, de- toward accommodating the Road and 2.0 acres on an spite a previous commit- and Vallerie Arkin in favor. Yurchak, city director of op- empty lot in East Dublin. tors issued four small The council was asked erations and water utilities, state's affordable housing ment to explore the merits of mandates. With the zoning changes, fines ranging from $315 to decide whether to con- (See WATER, page 9) to $850 on Jan. 25. The potable drinking water. Also In a unanimous vote the parcels will go from violations were listed as on Feb. 2, the city council semi-public to public/semi- the department failing to: Honoring Mendelsohn approved the initiation of public. Semi-public status in- • "Establish and retain a re- a general plan amendment study designed to change cludes child care, youth cord of the specific make Journal Recognizes Advances Set in and senior centers, special and model of the respira- the land-use designation of two local parcels and needs facilities, religious tor tested during a quali- institutions and hospitals tative fit test administered Motion Half a Century Ago at LLNL redesignate the Emerald High School site. to name a few. Public/semi- to an employee required By Jeff Garberson expand the Laboratory’s a series of memorial essays public uses include public to wear a tight-fitting fil- small biomedical research writt7 The changes will al- Nearly 50 years ago, low the city to begin the and private schools as well tering facepiece respira- Lawrence Livermore Na- program. en by colleagues, in- as the development of hous- tor with occupational ex- The scientist, Mortimer cluding several from LLNL work of meeting the state's tional Laboratory hired an Regional Housing Needs ing by nonprofit entities to posure to pathogens, in- eminent cancer researcher Mendelsohn, arrived in 1972, whose careers were influ- meet affordable housing cluding but not limited to accompanied by several uni- enced by Mendelsohn’s lead- Allocation (RHNA) laws, from the University of Penn- while retaining some local needs. SARS-CoV-2, the virus sylvania to renovate and versity colleagues. In the ership. Those parcels have that causes COVID-19." years that followed, he as- Born in New York City, control over the locations and potentially the number planned development zon- • "Include procedures for sembled a team that helped Mendelsohn earned an MD of homes. ing designations, as well identifying and evaluat- spur a revolution in under- at Harvard Medical School "It's pretty straightfor- as stage one development ing workplace hazards standing how and why hu- in 1948 before specializ- ward and is something the plans. The exact locations within their written Injury man cells mutate and some- ing in oncology, practic- council had discussed back of the housing available and Illness Prevention times become cancerous. ing medicine and carrying in October," said Linda on each property would be Program whenever new Mendelsohn died early out research at Walter Reed Smith, Dublin city man- determined during the stage substances, processes, last year, honored by for- Medical Center. ager. "This is our first small two development plan. procedures, or equip- mer scientific colleagues After getting a PhD at step toward how we handle In a separate move, staff ment are introduced to the from around the country and Cambridge University in the potentially getting 110 to also asked that the new Em- workplace that represent abroad. UK, he had a distinguished 150 units (if developed on erald High School site be a new occupational safety More recently, the sci- career at the University of amended from a neighbor- entific journal Cytometry Pennsylvania, helping to these sites) of the (required) (See SHERIFF'S, page 10) Mortimer Mendelsohn recognized his career with (See MENDELSOHN, page 10) 2,400 in the very low to (See HOUSING, page 10) In the Tri-Valley Director of Emergency Services Reports COVID-19 Cases on "Dramatic" Decline By Aly Brown Livermore are dropping dra- counts followed holidays and LIVERMORE — The direc- matically.” get-togethers. tor of emergency services re- “From a low in November “Like clockwork, if we ported a positive trend in CO- of under six cases per 100,000 did have a bunch of gatherings VID-19 cases in the county per day to a high in mid- over the weekend, we will see and city, along with optimism December in Livermore of a bump,” he said. that the area would be mov- 64 new cases per day, we are Between the two large ing out of the most restrictive now back down to just over testing sites in the Tri-Valley purple tier. 12 cases per day,” Roberts — one at Stanford Health During a Feb. 8 city coun- said. “So that’s a dramatic - ValleyCare and the other cil meeting, City Manager improvement.” at the Alameda County Fair- Marc Roberts, who is also He said that trend is con- grounds — Roberts reported the director of emergency tinuing into February and that there have been nearly 30,000 services, updated the council he saw a potential for return- COVID-19 tests conducted and community on the status ing to the less restrictive red since April 2020.