City Asked to Look at Other Ideas for Pleasanton Economic Zone

Thursday, April 21, 2016 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 16 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL City Asked to Look at Other Ideas for Pleasanton Economic Zone By Carol Graham The Johnson Drive Economic of replacing the ‘light industrial goals: to transform the area into a The Pleasanton City Council Development Zone (JDEDZ) and office’ zoning for a portion of thriving commercial corridor that and Planning Commission held involves a proposed change to Johnson Drive with zoning that capitalizes on its location at the See Inside Section A a joint workshop on April 12th existing land-use policies and allows for a wider range of com- intersection of I-580 and I-680; and Section A is filled with to review the proposed Johnson regulations for 40 acres of mostly mercial land uses, including club to create opportunities for new land information about arts, people, Drive Economic Development underutilized land (including 20 retail (such as Costco) and hotel uses and services in the community entertainment and special events. Zone, receive public comments, acres left vacant by Clorox's depar- uses," said Director of Commu- to broaden the city’s economic There are education stories, a and provide City staff with di- ture) that primarily front Johnson nity Development Gerry Beaudin. base, which could generate new variety of features, and the arts rection. More than 200 residents Drive, near Interstate 680 and "By changing the General Plan tax revenue to support myriad City and entertainment and attended the workshop held at the Stoneridge Drive. and zoning in this area, the City services and programs." bulletin board. Pleasanton Senior Center. "Staff is exploring the idea is looking to achieve two key (See ECONOMIC, page 4) Measure J Rubino Named Funds Would Superintendent Update, Repair for Pleasanton Local Schools School District Rick Rubino has been named Measure J on the June 7 ballot superintendent of the Pleasanton asks voters to authorize the Liver- Unified School District. He will more Valley Joint Unified School begin his term July 1. District to issue $245 million in The board was unanimous in bonds to finance school facilities its choice at its April 19 meeting. projects. Rubino has been superinten- The measure requres a 55% dent for four years in Gridley, vote to gain approval. The tax located north of Sacramento in rate required to be levied to fund Butte County. He previously held the bonds is estimated at $48 per administrative positions in the $100,000 of assessed valuation. Martinez and Mt. Diablo school An independent citizens’ over- districts. In addition, he has been sight committee will be establish an elementary school principal, ed to monitor the spending. and served as a resource special- Co-chairmen of the "Yes on ist for students with learning dis- Measure J" committee, Chuck abilities. Oien and Jerry Yalon, reported to Board president Jamie Hintzke the schol board last week. "The said in a news release, "Rubino good news is that there are no Photo - Doug Jorgensen has demonstrated success in the arguments against the measure." The 2016 Pleasanton Run for Education took place last Sunday. The start and finish was at the Alameda implementation of new instruc- Yalon pointed out that the tional technology initiatives, as measure is a reasonable request County Fairgrounds. The race celebrates running and fitness while raising money and awareness well as creating high-functioning to improve and correct conditions for the Pleasanton Partnership in Education (PPIE). The funds support and re-establish district-wide teams. These were critical factors in schools. "The schools are well programs for students threatened in recent years by state budget cuts, and to fund projects enhancing in our selection. He is a proven educational excellence for all students. (See MEASURE J, page 9) (See SUPERINTENDENT, page 5) Creativity Thrives Where Two TVLC Administrators Resign By Ron McNicoll nance duties. school districts. The Livermore Culture Embraces Risk The two people who oversaw Finances have loomed large Valley Joint Unified School Dis- the finances of the Tri-Valley at TVLC in recent months. The trict (LVJUSD) supervises the By Jeff Garberson company, he added. Learning Corporation (TVLC) corporation missed two important Livermore Valley Charter School Managers who want to nurture The speaker was Astro Teller, have resigned. fiscal deadlines in December. One (LVCS) and the Livermore Valley the creativity that exists in their head of Google X, the laboratory The resignations of John Zu- involved a second interim report, Charter Preparatory (LVCP) in workers should look to emotional that has developed self-driving koski and Vivian Tran were sub- which all public schools must Livermore. The Tracy-based New processes, not intellectual ones, cars, computerized eye glasses mitted April 18 to Interim CEO submit to their County Offices of Jerusalem Elementary School Dis- according to a scientist who heads and contact lenses, and a balloon- Lynn Lysko. Zukoski, former Education. The other related to the trict oversees TVLC's two Acacia a famously creative laboratory in based project to provide internet to Acting CEO of TVLC, resigned external audit, required annually charter schools in Stockton. Silicon Valley. remote populations. that position March 30, and went of all public schools as a routine The lack of money to finance Workers must be encouraged to He spoke last week at Liver- back to his previous position as matter. TVLC missed the deadline paving of the dirt parking lot at try wildly imaginative projects and more’s Bankhead Theater as part of Director of Finance. by several months. LVCS has triggered another fi- be rewarded when those projects the Rae Dorough Speaker Series. Tran was serving as Director of The failure to produce a timely nancial concern. Until that work fail, as they will nearly all the time, Teller is the grandson of the Finance when Zukoski resigned audit resulted in a loss of thousands is completed along with related he said. late Edward Teller, the famous his Acting CEO title. For a short of federal subsidy dollars for TV- traffic improvement, the City of The organizational culture physicist who helped found and period, TVLC had two Directors LC's Acacia schools, which serve Livermore won't issue occupancy that develops from this approach later directed Lawrence Livermore of Finance. low-income students in Stockton. permit for the Charter Prep. The will be far richer in creativity and National Laboratory. His given Director of Compensation and Both financial failures were Charter Prep currently holds excitement and therefore far more first name is Eric; the nickname Human Resources Cheryl Weaver included in Notices of Violation classes at the former Portola El- efficient than at a conventional (See CREATIVITY, page 2) has taken over the Director of Fi- (NOV) sent to TVLC by two (See TVLC, page 5) Youth Oriented Health and Wellness Center Recommended in Livermore The Livermore School Health demic success based on income, services were identified as priori- Initiative (LSHI) has recommend- language, and ethnicity; high ties, especially among low-income ed the establishment of a youth rates of behavioral health issues and non-English speaking families. centered space for wellness and (depression, suicidal thinking, The initiative involves the leadership near or at a school in bullying, and hospitalization); and Livermore Valley Joint Unified Livermore. current rates of obesity and over- School District (LVJUSD), the The data found the most rel- weight among students. In addi- City of Livermore, the Office of evant school health findings to tion, behavioral health, dental care, County Supervisor Scott Hag- be these: some disparities in aca- primary care, and food/nutrition (See YOUTH, page 2) Incumbent, Challenger Vie for County Supervisor in 4th District By Ron McNicoll one challenger, Bryan Parker, in extension. Photo - Doug Jorgensen The 4th District of the Alam- the June 7, 2016 primary. Both live Other questions were about Livermore Heritage Guild president Jeff Kaskey led the Questers on eda County Board of Supervisors in Oakland. the proposed county ordinance to a tour of the historic Hagemann Ranch. Following the tour, the group, extends from East Oakland and Candidates were asked their control fracking, the county's start an international organization of lovers of antiques, collectibles, and Montclair, through Fairview, Ash- views on the county's open space of a process that might result in history who encourage preservation and restoration of historical land and Cherryland, and Castro and agriculture, preserving Mea- Community Choice Aggregation landmarks, donated money to the Heritage Guild to help with the Valley into all of Pleasanton. sure D, the South Livermore Valley of Power, solutions to the homeless restoration of the 1915 garage at Hagemann Ranch The Amador Incumbent Nate Miley is wind- Area Plan, traffic congestion in the problem, and social services and Chapter of Questers meets the 4th Tuesday monthly from September ing up his fourth term, and faces Valley, and the Livermore BART (See 4th DISTRICT, page 8) to May. 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