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Pleasanton to Reopen Union Negotiations the City of Pleasanton Will from the Union VOLUME XLVIII, NUMBER 7 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING LIVERMORE • PLEASANTON • SUNOL THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 2011 Pleasanton to Reopen Union Negotiations The City of Pleasanton will from the union. Union workers contributions toward pensions, humans, not as dollars signs.” tremely disappointed with the reopen contract negotiations with said that they had already made and implementation of a 2-tier Brenda Wood, business man- turn of events. Comments have the Pleasanton City Employees wage, retirement and medical system, with new employees ager for Local 995 PCEA de- been made attacking workers. Association (PCEA). concessions. being offered a different retire- clared, “We are saddened by She pointed out that benefits are PCEA represents all city em- Mayor Jennifer Hosterman ment. what has happened. Workers not entitlement, they are pay of ployees with the exception of commented, “This is about bal- Employees told the council are being made scapegoats for a negotiated compensation pack- police and fire personnel. ancing the needs of all of the they felt betrayed by the council the current economic problems. age. “All we ask for is respect and Speakers at a recent workshop taxpayers with those of employ- backing out of a contract that Attacking public employees and fairness in the process.” raised concerns about unfunded ees. I know this isn’t going to had been fairly negotiated. Many our retirement security is not the Resident David Miller said pension liabilities, how much be easy.” declared that they worked hard to answer. The average retirement by taking action now, it would employees contribute towards The council had been sched- provide services for Pleasanton pay for Pleasanton workers is prevent problems in the future. Find Out What's their pensions, and health care uled to ratify the contract nego- residents, and now feel that their $26,660 a year, not a lot to live If the pensions continue to be costs. Much of the focus was on tiated last year. The item was efforts are unappreciated. Sev- on. Public workers make less unfunded they may not be there Happening the approval of a pending con- continued pending further discus- eral said they had to commute than those in the private sector. when needed. He thanked the tract with Local 995. sions and negotiations of a new to work, because they could not We are all angry that Wall Street union for agreeing to reopen Check out the Some declared that the city contract. Potential bargaining afford to live in Pleasanton on was bailed out and we were left negotiations. second section should go back to the bargaining points include employees pay- the salary they received. One holding the bag. “ Resident Bart Hughes said Section II is filled with infor- table to gain further concessions ing the full amount of employee urged the council. “Treat us like Alda Nash said she was ex- (See NEGOTIATIONS, page 5) mation about arts, entertainment and special events. There are education stories, a variety of features, and the arts and enter- tainment and bulletin board list Regional Theater Public Can Moves Forward Comment on forward with the amendments Plans for a 2000-seat regional to the DDA. Doug Horner was Proposals for theater in downtown Livermore opposed. continue to move forward. Horner wanted to add a provi- Shadow Cliffs The city council approved sion that would have held up the East Bay Regional Park Dis- amendments to a disposition and sale of the bonds until the state trict (EBRPD) will conduct a development agreement (DDA) budget is passed and the fate of public meeting from 7 p.m. to 9 and issuance of bonds. The DDA redevelopment districts in the p.m. on Wed., Feb. 23 at the Vet- is a partnership that includes the state had been determined. erans’ Building, 301 Main Street, city, Redevelopment Agency and Councilmember Jeff Wil- Pleasanton, to review proposed Livermore Valley Performing liams and lawyers pointed to changes to the Shadow Cliffs Arts Center (LVPAC). Approval langauge already in the DDA Regional Recreation Area. of the issuance of bonds allows that provides the city with the The document under con- LVPAC to apply for a credit rat- protection it needs. Understand- sideration is the Land Use Plan ing and to prepare the bonds for ing this, the majority voted for Amendment Update (LUPA). sale. The final step before the the staff recommendation. The The document looks at the over- start of construction, likely some- recommendation was to amend all park. However, a major point time in early summer, would be and restate the DDA originally for staff to approve the sale of the of concern has been acreage in Photo - Doug Jorgensen approved in 2009. the water slide area, which was bonds. Before that final approval, If the theater moves forward, abandoned by a private conces- Workers were busy last week putting the finishing touches in place for this weekend's opening the city would verify all of the of the West Dublin/Pleasanton BART station. tax increment funds from re- sionaire in 2008, as a result of proposed financing sources and development would finance business difficulties. uses of funds. The city could opt the public share of the regional The district says the goal is to out of the project at that time. theater. establish a more natural and park- West Dublin/Pleasanton BART Once the bonds were sold, there As part of his budget, Gover- like landscape. The plan looks at would be no turning back. nor Jerry Brown has proposed to various areas in the park. The vote was 4 to 1 to move Major features of a new-look (See REGIONAL, page 4) Shadow Cliffs would include Station to Open on Saturday removal of the water slides there By Ron McNicoll are expected be among the dig- they didn’t want to double back now, with construction of a new BART will open its $106 nitaries. to the east from their westward million West Dublin/Pleasanton The parking lots are the big destination, said transportation maintenance yard and staff office station to the public on Feb. feature welcomed by Valley planning officials. Test Correction Puts taking their place. 19. Two parking ramps near it commuters and those to the East The station also will encour- There would also be creation have capacity for a total of 1190 who have seen the lots and ramp age transit-oriented development School in Noncompliance of a marsh, which a grassroots vehicles. for the East Dublin/ Pleasanton (TOD), which is vital to helping Pleasanton Middle School has students, failed to meet profi- group, Friends of Shadow Cliffs The opening will be one day station fill up by 7:30 a.m. on California meet its goals for been put into program improve- ciency standards set out by the (FSC), opposes. It would re- after officials gather at the station weekdays. reduction of greenhouse gases, ment mode by the Pleasanton Federal No Child Left Behind quire staff time to manage it, for ceremonies to dedicate the The new station also will said BART spokesman Linton Unified School District. (NCLB) Act. (See COMMENT, page 9) station. Reps. Jerry McNerney attract riders from north of Dub- Johnson. Although the school has a The same subgroup missed and John Garamendi, Supervisor lin along Interstate 680. Those There also are plans for office very high API score of 903 the required level in the previous Scott Haggerty and BART area drivers skipped the East Dub- and hotel development and up overall, performance in math for year. Last year it appeared they Hertz Foundation representative John McPartland lin/Pleasanton station, because (See BART, page 5) one testing subgroup, Hispanic (See SCHOOL, page 5) Plans Move to Downtown Better Cancer Therapy: Livermore The Hertz Foundation, a ma- Livermore Company jor supporter of U.S. science and technology education at the Scores Technical Advance graduate level, expects to move By Jeff Garberson medically useful instrument in to downtown Livermore in April A small Livermore company the next two years at a relatively from its present location on Re- announced that it achieved a affordable size and cost. search Drive near Vasco Road. significant technical success in For certain kinds of tumor, Negotiations are not yet final an effort to make a more effective protons deliver their cell-killing but are far enough along to be kind of radiation therapy more dose in a much tighter target disclosed publicly, Foundation widely available. area than do the X-rays used in president Jay Davis said in an The company, Compact Parti- conventional therapy, greatly interview before announcing cle Acceleration Corp., or CPAC, reducing unwanted damage to the move to the Livermore City reported that it had generated a healthy tissue. A physics phe- Council Monday night. The new proton beam using a cluster of in- nomenon called the Bragg effect location will be 2300 First Street, novative technologies that should means that they deposit very little the building also occupied by make it possible to produce a (See CANCER, page 5) Lawrence Livermore National Security near the Bankhead Theater. The reason for the move is Charter Schools on to strengthen the Foundation’s fund-raising efforts and connec- Track to Move into New tion with the City, Davis said. The Foundation’s endowment, Facility This Summer originally provided by the late By Patricia Koning ning Commission approved the Photo - Doug Jorgensen John Hertz, founder of the car The ambitious plans to move project at its Feb. 1 meeting. Arroyo Seco students looked over the work of fellow students. Pictured are (from left) Sophia rental company, has dwindled the Livermore Valley Charter “TVLC completed all of the re- Jones, Renee Stoyer, Nick Tivey, Jessica Bonfiglio, and Melia Miller.
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