Thursday, June 16, 2016 VOLUME LIII, NUMBER 24 Your Local News Source Since 1963 SERVING DUBLIN, LIVERMORE, PLEASANTON, SUNOL Council Votes to Permanently Close Springtown Golf Course The Springtown Golf Course more City Council at its meeting the Springtown Homeowners As- request of members of the public, will be closed permanently; the on Monday. sociation. who spoke during the public hear- See Inside Section A process to create a master plan for The Livermore Area Recreation The council directed staff to ing, the guidelines will be adopted Section A is filled with the area will begin. In addition, a and Park District (LARPD) will prepare a maintenance plan for as an ordinance at a future meet- information about arts, people, ballot measure will be placed on serve as the lead agency in the the golf course area during the 12 ing. The ordinance will include entertainment and special events. the November ballot to ensure that master plan process. The city will to 18 months that it is projected it information on enforcement and There are education stories, a the land remains as permanent fund a master plan consultant up would take to complete the master penalties. variety of features, and the arts open space. to $250,000. plan process. The guidelines include no golf- Separate parcels were also ing, no motorized vehicles, no and entertainment and Those were among the unani- Guidelines for interim open established for the Springtown bulletin board. mous actions taken by the Liver- space use of the property were Library and land belonging to approved in a resolution. At the (See GOLF COURSE, page 2) TVLC Is Pleasanton Progressing Voters Say on Running 'Yes' to Lund Tighter Ship Ranch Plan By Ron McNicoll Measure K, on the June 7 ballot, The Tri-Valley Learning Cor- asked voters to determine whether poration (TVLC) board discussed the 43-unit Lund Ranch project in possibilities for more progress in Southeast Pleasanton should be ap- setting up better procedures and proved. Voters answered "yes" by practices in the administration of a margin of 9,928 to 9,303. its four public charter schools. The counts reported are as of 5 Policies to be considered will p.m. on June 13. deal with such areas as the TVLC Backers of Pleasanton's Mea- relationship with California Pre- sure K reported over $226,412 in paratory Academies (CPA) and contributions and expenditures as Chinese students, and finances. of May 31. Three entities in favor Meeting on June 9, the board of Measure K filed reports. voted to instruct interim CEO Greenbriar Homes Communi- Lynn Lysko to negotiate with CPA ties, Inc. and affiliates reported a on sharing the new quarters at total of $157,617 in expenditures 3090 Independence Drive, which and contributions since January is expected to open in August. 1. Protect Pleasanton Neighbor- The building will be occupied by hoods reported $3,020 and "Yes on CPA's foreign-student high school Measure K," $65,775. The $65,000 and TVLC's public charter school was donated by GHC Lunch Ranch Livermore Valley Charter Prepara- LLC of Fremont. tory (LVCP). The Save Pleasanton Hillsides, The two entities work under a Photo - Doug Jorgensen which backed "no" on Measure MOU, which is renegotiable every Members of the class of 2016 at Foothill High School paused to take a photo during graduation on K, reported $58,630. Contribu- year. It is already known that the 40 June 10. Other high schools in the area held graduation exercises the same day. tors of over $7000 each included rooms in the building will be ap- Luis Beas, Timothy Chu, William portioned one-half to each school. Lincoln, David Melaugh, Greg Certain common rooms, such as O'Connor, Greg Wohlenberg and lunch rooms will be shared. Allen Roberts. Board members said it's im- The Challenges of Dealing with Dementia In other election results, the portant to define how the building three incumbent Zone 7 Water will be shared ahead of time, such By Carol Graham becoming more challenging for to behave appropriately, reason, District Board members were as how long does each school get In her diary, Amy Iver wrote of him." empathize with others and carry returned to office. Sandy Figu- the lunch room, how many park- her 86-year-old husband, "He had After nearly 30 years of mar- out daily activities. ers led with 22,622 votes; An- ing places will be allotted to each his shoes on the wrong feet again riage, the Livermore couple is It is a diagnosis that more and gela Ramirez Holmes was second school. after his nap. I no longer mention facing the ever-growing chal- more Americans receive each year. with 16,887 , and Dick Quigley Even more important would it unless he's going out. It doesn't lenges of Tom's dementia caused As the population ages, dementias third with 14,748. Other candi- be more clarity concerning the seem to hinder him in any way. by Alzheimer's disease. It is easy continue to rise at a staggering rate. dates and votes include Jacqueline terms of rent. There has been a for neither patient nor caregiver, ''Jacquie'' Williams-Courtright "handshake deal," in the phrase of More and more his tray is covered Today, 5.2 million Americans live with food as he eats, with more though the longest and most dif- with Alzheimer's disease, the cause 12,755; Eric Thiel, 11,826; Vic- a past CEO John Zukoski. Under ficult period had been not knowing. tor Karpenko, 8,938; and Alfred that agreement, LVCP would not food on the floor as well. I have of approximately 70 percent of all to remember to wipe down the Amy first noticed changes in dementia cases. That number, bar- Exner, 8,093. pay more rent than the $17,000 In the race to represent Dis- per month that it pays now at the chair where he touches it, as his her husband's behavior in 1999. ring the development of a medical hands are greasy and messy from He became easily agitated and breakthrough, is expected to more trict 4 on the Alameda County old Portola Elementary School. Board of Supervisors, incumbent his using them to eat." started making odd decisions. than triple by 2050. The Livermore Valley Joint Uni- Nate Miley was easily re-elected fied School District (LVJUSD) Two days later, she added, Still, it took 11 years to receive an "Things changed a bit after official diagnosis of Alzheimer's with 39,955 votes to 24,173 for provides the Portola School. With "During dinner, Tom was tidier Tom's diagnosis," said Amy. "He challenger Bryan Parker. District and frontotemporal dementia, a more non-Livermore students in than usual, but then tried to take became nicer, which was a great 1 incumbent Scott Haggerty was the future, that rent could grow a bite out of the paper bowl his progressive, degenerative brain relief to me. But I felt sad for him. unopposed. somewhat, but all that could be potpie had been in. Evenings are disease that leads to an inability Not only does he have dementia, All of the local school bond (See CHARTER, page 10) (See CHALLENGES, page 4) measures were approved by the (See ELECTION, page 4) IKEA to Hear from Public on Conversation to Provide Insight Plans for Dublin Land IKEA will host two open hous- the proposed IKEA Dublin store, Into Muslim Life and Beliefs es for residents and business own- IKEA is seeking public input By Carol Graham ers in Dublin aimed at providing on ideas for the potential retail, Though the event had been project information and receiving restaurant, and entertainment op- scheduled well before the most community input about its pro- tions on the additional six acres recent act of violence rocked the posed retail project in Dublin. it owns adjacent to the proposed nation on a sleepy Sunday morn- The open houses will take IKEA Dublin. ing, it could not be taking place at place on Tues., June 28 from 6 A supplemental environmental a better time. to 8:30 p.m. at the Holiday Inn, impact report (EIR) is currently "Our deepest condolences are 6680 Regional Street; the second being prepared for the application. with those affected by the horrific on Wed., June 29 from 7 to 9:30 At the council meeting where attacks in Orlando, Florida," said p.m. at Dublin Ranch Golf Course, the work on the EIR was ap- Pleasanton's Alisha Shaik, 15. "We 5900 Signal Hill Drive. proved, Dublin residents ex- hope people come to our event so Community members can stop pressed opposition to the IKEA we may develop an understanding by any time during an open house plans. Increased traffic is cited as for each other, and stand in solidar- to speak with project representa- the major reason. Tom Cignarella, ity against these attacks." tives about a variety of proposal- a Dublin resident, started an on- Shaik coordinated a "Meet a related topics. line petition opposing the plan. Muslim" event Saturday, which is free, open to the public, and IKEA also has launched a Proposed for 27 acres at the will take place on June 18, from project website for residents to northwest corner of I-580 and 4 to 5 p.m. It will be held at New learn more about the proposal and Hacienda Drive, the IKEA proj- York Pizza, 690 Main Street, to provide feedback online. The ect includes an approximately Pleasanton. Photo - Doug Jorgensen website can be found at www.