National Night Out , DUSD Parcel Tax Meeting, and Fallon Sports Park Quick Updates
Here are a few quick updates for Dubliners:
- National Night Out – there will be a National Night Out event held at the Bray Commons park in Dublin on Tuesday August 5th from 6:00pm to 8:30pm. This is a great opportunity to meet neighbors, local business owners, and neighborhood police officers. I’ll be hanging out in the Blush Organic Frozen Yogurt booth. I hope to see everybody there.
- Parcel Tax – the Dublin Unified School District (DUSD) will be meeting on Tuesday August 5th at 6:30pm to discuss the proposal to place the parcel tax measure on the November ballot. The meeting will be held at the DUSD facility at 7471 Larkdale Avenue.
- Fallon Sports Park – the final design process for this monumental park (located adjacent to Sorrento East) has started. The City of Dublin will send out a request for bids in 2009 with completion of Phase I anticipated for the summer of 2010. Phase I will be built on 28 acres and will include two artificial turf soccer fields, two little league diamonds, and two softball fields. In addition there will be four basketball courts, four tennis courts, walking trails, and support facilities such as restrooms and a concession building.
9:27 PM on August 5th, 2008
Hi John,
Thank you for telling us about the National Night Out event at Bray Commons. I cannot believe Blush gave away all that delicious yogurt. It was so generous of Jon, the owner, to participate. I had two servings of the Blush flavor, and I highly recommend it to every reader here.
It was nice meeting you tonight. I have been a fan of your blog for a while now, and it was good to have you clarify some of my confusion with respect to the different projects (there are so many!) in person. Good luck on the campaign. Thanks again.
8:38 PM on August 6th, 2008
Hi Everyone,
It looks like Dublin will get to decide whether or not to write a blank check to the DUSD (http://www.contracostatimes.com/teens/ci_10119951). I had high hopes that the School Board would come through with how the money will be spent specifically. How was the School Board able to determine we need $99 for 5 years exactly without knowing how that money will be distibuted? Based on the loose language that will appear on the ballot, the money can all go to provide a hefty raise for Superintendent Hanke. I think Dublin, especially the high school-deprived East Dublin, deserves better. I understand the rising cost of food and fuel has hit high-level school administrators as well, but is it fair that we home owners, who are hit equally hard, get it on both ends? It’s simple really — no East Dublin High School, no more tax hikes.