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Thursday, MARCH 4, 2021 VOLUME LVIII, NUMBER 9 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Police Bodycam Footage Shows Tri-Valley Schools Set Details of Jacob Dates for Returning Bauer's Death By Larry Altman To In-Person Classes By Dawnmarie Fehr print for a safer economy. PLEASANTON — As a REGIONAL — The three This shift to the less restric- wrongful death lawsuit tive tier is considered to be moves toward a possible school districts of the Tri- Valley voted to bring stu- probable in the reasonably summer trial, recently re- near future based on the leased police body-cam dents back to campuses in a hybrid learning model this current declining number of video shows a 38-year-old positive COVID-19 cases. mentally ill man saying "I month. The school boards for Should the county’s prog- can't breathe," as Pleasanton ress stall, older children officers straddled him and re- each district held meetings in February, with all three will see their return dates strained him during an arrest. pushed back. Jacob Bauer, who was boards choosing to reopen in dead by the time he reached a March, though details differ PLEASANTON hospital following the fracas by district. Pleasanton Unified Aug. 1, 2018, was repeatedly All of them are bound School District’s (PUSD) shocked with a Taser gun by the rules of Alameda Board of Education decided during the struggle with up to County. While schools may to begin its hybrid learning eight officers, one of whom open for primary grades in model beginning March 4. responded to Bauer that he the current purple tier, the The youngest students in could indeed breathe because return of secondary school pre-kindergarten through he was yelling. children — sixth through second grade will return "This is worse than 12th grades — is predicated first. Grades three through George Floyd," said Bauer on the county entering the eight will return March 8. family attorney Gary Gwil- red tier in California’s blue- (See SCHOOLS, page 11) liam, referring to the Minne- apolis man who also said “I can’t breathe” as a police of- Amid Controversy ficer kneeled on his neck last July, touching off protests throughout the country and demands for police reform. Tri-Valley Conservancy "Instead of one officer kneeling on him, he had eight To Monitor Aramis Site people on him for a longer period of time,” Gwilliam said. “This was not a crimi- If Project Approved nal. They didn’t have a right to arrest him. He never had a Ten units from the Livermore-Pleasanton and Alameda County fire departments By Aly Brown we will monitor quarterly criminal record." responded to a two-alarm fire Monday morning. An investigation is underway LIVERMORE — The Tri- to ensure it is adequately First made public by the to determine the cause of the blaze, which burned an abandoned building at the Valley Conservancy (TVC) maintained through the life Bay Area News Group, the of the project … Our intent northwest corner of K Street and Railroad Avenue. (Photo - Doug Jorgensen) penned a recent agreement new video adds to police with Intersect Power, the is to ensure solar projects body-cam video released Aramis Solar Energy Gen- minimize their environmen- nearly a year ago that showed eration and Storage project tal impacts to the greatest how the confrontation with Council Identifies City's Top Five Priorities applicant, to monitor the extent possible, and we officers and Bauer began and By Aly Brown fiscal prudence, reserves, tively equivalent in terms of site should the project gain believe TVC can play an ended with a melee. During economic resiliency,” City where to deploy resources. approval. important role in doing so.” the previous video recorded LIVERMORE — At a spe- TVC’s mission is to “pro- cial workshop this week, Manager Marc Roberts Downtown The Alameda County by Officer Jonathan Chin, said in the beginning of the Board of Supervisors is set tect agriculture, sensitive Bauer can be heard pleading the city council identified Implementation habitats and scenic view its top goals and priorities daylong meeting. “And of With the Downtown Spe- to hold an appeals hearing for former President Donald course, there’s no magic as Thursday, March 4, regard- sheds while promoting op- Trump to help him and beg- for the next two fiscal years cific Plan selected as an area portunities for public recre- 2021 - 2023. you move between those of focus for staff, the city ing the project proposed for various categories. On the nearly 400 acres in North ation and wildlife projects.” (See BAUER, page 9) During the March 1 meet- will continue its work on Since its founding over 25 ing, the council guided staff one hand, you can spend the L Street garage and the Livermore, along Cayetano more resources on current Creek. years ago, TVC has protect- to focus resources on five Eden Housing affordable ed more than 4,500 acres of areas. These focal points services, deliver a higher housing development set for In a letter to the county, Commission level to your community in dated Feb. 24, TVC stated agricultural and other open included: downtown plan, downtown. space land and connected general plan update, asset the current time. However, Staff will prioritize con- it has reached an agreement Considers in times of economic stress, with Intersect Power — also over 50 miles of hiking and management/stormwater, struction of the I Street walking trails. TVC works homelessness and affordable you can put the entire system parking garage and prepare known as IP Aramis LLC Townhome at risk for that.” — to help ensure mitigation regularly with biologists, housing, and modernization. construction plans for the and monitors thousands of “Each community goes He confirmed that staff L Street parking structure, measures imposed on the Development would interpret the council’s Aramis project are effec- acres of land protected by through the process of trying beginning in summer 2022. its conservation easements. to balance service delivery, top five priorities as rela- tively implemented. By Ruth Roberts (See PRIORITIES, page 8) “We will review all bio- “Monitoring of mitiga- tion measures for a 35-year PLEASANTON — The logical surveys and reports prepared, pre-, during and project will consume sig- planning commission re- nificant county staff time,” cently reviewed a prelimi- Hearing Set for This Week in Airport Suit post construction. TVC will By David Chircop alleges Livermore’s system hangar leases until the case visit the project site during TVC wrote in the letter to nary application to construct the county. “TVC’s involve- 11 two-story townhomes on LIVERMORE — A flight for doling out corporate and is resolved on the merits. XL construction to confirm nec- executive hangar leases is eventually seeks to enter into essary measures are taken ment would better enable the the corner of First Street and school and aircraft mainte- county to ensure the imple- Vineyard Avenue. nance shop is suing the City arbitrary and capricious. direct leases with the airport to protect the identified The company asks a judge for executive hangars 148 sensitive habitat area,” said mentation of required mea- No affordable housing of Livermore to allow it to sures to reduce the project’s units have been proposed for keep large hangars with ex- to order the city to set aside and 137, which it possesses Laura Mercier, TVC execu- earlier leasing decisions, re- under a sublease agreement tive director. “Once required environmental impacts.” this project. pired leases that it occupies Mercier said that while The workshop, held on at the Livermore Municipal write portions of Livermore’s with the airport’s largest ten- landscaping is planted and Feb. 24, was the commis- Airport. airport hangar policy, and ant, Attitude Aviation. dryland pasture established, (See ARAMIS, page 6) sion’s first look at a proposal A hearing on the request is allow XL to skip to the front The Independent obtained by the longtime property scheduled to go before Judge of a long line of companies copies of the leases between owners and applicants, Safre- Frank Roesch at 3:30 p.m. and aircraft owners waiting Livermore and Attitude Avia- Look for Tri-Valley no Family Living Trust. on March 4. In its Jan. 19 to lease large hangars. tion through a public records city council meeting agendas Commissioners Herb Rit- lawsuit in Alameda County Meanwhile, XL seeks a act request. The lease term ter and Matt Gaidos recused Superior Court, XL Aviation stay order, enjoining the city for 148 expired on Dec. 31, online at independentnews.com themselves from the discus- from entering into any new (See AIRPORT, page 9) sion because each lives in close proximity to the pro- posed project. The three re- Lawsuit Rejected; Wine Country maining commissioners were supportive of the project, Inn Will Likely Move Forward assuming the modifications are provided. The amended By Larry Altman developer, Michelle Boss, project is expected to return LIVERMORE — An Alam- said that is unlikely. to the commission for final eda County Superior Court "It would be very surpris- approval at a future date. judge has rejected arguments ing if they did appeal," Sam- The applicant’s plan in- to prevent development of uels said. "It would require a cludes the demolition of an the Livermore Valley Wine review in court to overturn existing Shell service station Country Inn, enabling the the Superior Court judge's and single-family dwelling, 30-room hotel and restaurant ruling. It would probably be along with the construction project to go forward pos- a waste of time and money." of 11 new attached town- sibly this spring.