Measure K narrowly passes Page 5 VOL. XVII, NUMBER 20 • JUNE 10, 2016 WWW.PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COMWWW.PLEASANTONWEEKLY.COM Pleasanton seniors graduating high school this week Page 16 5 NEWS Alameda County Fair opens on Wednesday 19 TRI VALLEY LIFE Pedaling around the world 21 SPORTS Don places second in shot put at state Less Pain. Faster Recovery. Learn how new minimally invasive surgical techniques WARNING: for knee and hip replacement can get you You could soar back to doing the things you love. Our breakthrough knee and hip replacement could have you up to new heights. and walking the same day, thanks to new minimally invasive surgical techniques. Orthopedic surgeon Dr. Moore will Dr. Ryan Moore help you learn about surgical options and their proprietary techniques. Amongst other prestigious awards, St. Helena Hospital’s Coon Joint Replacement Institute has been rated by US News & World Report to be in the top 10% of hospitals in California and high performer in orthopedics. 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Page 2 • June 10, 2016 • Pleasanton Weekly AROUND START YOUR FATHER’S DAY PLEASANTON IN DOWNTOWN PLEASANTON WITH FAMILY AND FRIENDS BY JEB BING 10K Run 5K Fun Run/Walk Kid’s Challenge (ages 2-8) for 5K Event& 10K T-shirtsparticipants Over $5,000 in door prizes! CITY OF PLEASANTON Aclara-brand automated water meters such as this will be installed at all Pleasanton homes and businesses to replace manual-read meters that are aging. FATHER’S DAY SPIRIT RUN Coming soon: Wireless water metering WWW.SPIRITRUN.COM from City Hall 23rd 8AM Annual June 19, 2016 ith all of the remote con- automate meter reading and provide trollers, wireless time- accurate data, it will promote water changing clocks and conservation, reduce operating costs Your past participation has helped us raise over $900,000 room-lightW sensors I have in my and improve customer service. towards college scholarships for Pleasanton students home, I guess it should be no sur- City staff has been working on prise that the city of Pleasanton will this project for the past few years, soon be peeking inside to see how pilot-testing the latest products to Proceeds support scholarships for Pleasanton students plus community & International projects much water I’m using. The City find the best fit for Pleasanton of The Rotary Club of Pleasanton Council voted Tuesday to spend $7 — the Aclara Fixed Network AMI million to install new automated STAR System. It’s a cloud-based water meters for all residential and system, which is good since that’s commercial users. where the water is. Aclara is also It’s about time. The old meter in known for the splendid perfor- the concrete box at the end of my mance, reliability and durability driveway is filled with dirt, leaves of its products, which include au- and who knows what. During the tomated water and electric meters drought, I was told to lift the ce- and, no doubt, the engineering in- ment cover and, while holding it side the many remotes in my home. upright and clearing the face of the The system is comprised of me- meter, check the numbers to see if ters fitted with transmission units I was nearing a penalty stage for which collect water data every using too much water. hour, 16 data-collector units that Between the dirt, muck and weight transmit this data to a cloud-based of the lid, I decided a fine was prefer- computer system and a new cus- able to a broken wrist and simply tomer web portal, which will en- waited for the bill every other month. able water users like me to access This new Automated Metering their real-time and historic con- Infrastructure (AMI) project rec- sumption data from any smart de- ognizes that most of the current vice or computer and enable us to meters are older and have a di- set notifications for abnormal usage minished capacity to provide ac- alerts that could predict potential curate reads even if we can open leaks in a user’s system. the concrete vault. Additionally, The $7 million projected cost for the current manual-read method the procurement and installation is labor intensive and adversely of the 22,000 new water meters impacts our carbon footprint due we’ll need is being paid through the to the number of city meter readers city’s Capital Improvement Program who are in their water department Fund and the Water Enterprise fleet vehicles daily checking us out. Fund, so it’s a bargain for us tax- This state-of-the-art meter read- payers. Installation starts in August. ing technology is the latest in the Hopefully my days of lifting those evolution of this type of technol- heavy concrete lids are over. ogy and Kathleen Yurchak, the city’s More information on this project director of operations and water can be found on the city’s web- utilities, says she’s anxious to bring site at www.cityofpleasantonca.gov, it to Pleasanton. Not only will it under “Hot Topics.” Q About the Cover Foothill and Amador Valley high schools’ valedictorians and salutatorians will be among those honored at graduation ceremonies today. From left: Foothill salutatorian Edward Im, Amador Valley salutatorian Cherri Wang, Foothill valedictorian Eileen Lu and Amador Valley valedictorian Catherine Tu gather at Shadow Cliffs Regional Recreation Area. Photo by Meredith Bauer. Cover design by Kristin Brown. Vol. XVII, Number 20 Pleasanton Weekly • June 10, 2016 • Page 3 Streetwise ASKED AROUND TOWN 2015 What have you been doing these days in order to beat the heat? We Now Sell Dog Jason Young Food Construction I’ve been turning on the air conditioning and keeping it on constantly. 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All Join today: SupportLocalJournalism.org/Pleasanton rights reserved. Reproduction without permission is strictly prohibited. Page 4 • June 10, 2016 • Pleasanton Weekly Newsfront DIGEST Yes on Measure K wins by 254 votes Tri-Valley Heroes Greenbriar gets final OK for 43-home Lund Ranch development The Pleasanton Weekly is once again putting out a call for nomi- BY JEB BING Sunset Creek Way across a hillside To meet those rules, Greenbriar’s extension of Sunset Creek Way — nations and sponsorships for our ith all 48 precincts report- slope that opponents of the project 43-home development will be built against the older Ventana Hills and annual Tri-Valley Heroes awards — ing by 4 a.m.