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by John M. Zukoski on December 9, 2011 | 
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Dublin City Council recently approved a $48,660 study to look into plans for adding a coffee and snack area inside the Dublin Library. Alameda County will pick up half of the tab for the study. The addition of a cafe will mark a critical step in Dublin Library’s evolution to a community gathering space where folks come together to collaborate on projects. Whether the cafe operation will be handled by the City of Dublin or outsourced to a for-profit partner remains unknown at this time.
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by Around Dublin Team on December 8, 2011 | 29 Comments | Topics: Announcements · City Hall · Opinions
Nearly 24 hours after the notorious cannonball incident that made world news, the All-America City of Dublin, CA has finally come through with an official statement regarding the near tragedy. According to the City’s official statement, Dublin Police Services is now investigating the case involving an errant cannonball that struck two homes and damaged a vehicle in the City of Dublin earlier this week. Because the City of Dublin does not have jurisdictional oversight of activities that occur at the County’s Training Center, the City is asking residents to direct their questions and concerns to Sgt. J.D. Nelson, Public Information Officer for the Alameda County Sheriff’s Office. Sgt. Nelson may be reached at JNelson@acgov.org by e-mail or at (510) 225-5876 by cell. Dublin City Council and staff have more pressing business to tend to during this holiday season in the meantime.
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by John M. Zukoski on December 5, 2011 | 3 Comments | Topics: Announcements · City Hall · Local Issues
During the next two months Dublin Police Services will be deploying extra staff to conduct a Holiday Crime Suppression Detail in Dublin, CA. The operation will target crime trends that are common during the holiday season. The increase in staff will include marked and unmarked patrol vehicles, officers on foot patrol as well as bicycles. The holidays are a special time of year and a time when busy people forget to be careful about their property and personal safety. As a result, people are especially vulnerable to theft and other crimes.
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by John M. Zukoski on December 1, 2011 | 8 Comments | Topics: City Hall · Development · Local Issues
Even without the annexation of Doolan Canyon, which will effectively increase the size of East Dublin by 50%, the City of Dublin is guaranteed to have more homes than originally called for in the Eastern Dublin Specific Plan. The City of Dublin requires developers to allocate half an acre of Public/Semi-Public land for every 150 single family homes or 250 multi-family units. With the help of Dublin’s City Council and Staff, developers will soon be able to turn a handsome profit by rezoning all the remaining Public/Semi-Public parcels into residential land.
Dublin has already pre-approved such land use conversions before when it scrapped the plan to build the second high school in East Dublin ten years ago. Once the decision was made to change the second high school to a middle school, the developer was able to rezone the remaining parcel to residential use and build what is known as Sonata at Dublin Ranch today.
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by John M. Zukoski on November 30, 2011 | 2 Comments | Topics: City Hall · Local Issues
The All-American City of Dublin, CA is about to join other cities across America in paying tribute to the Historic Lincoln Highway. Prior to the interstate highway network that was built out during President Eisenhower’s administration, the Old Lincoln Highway was considered to be the “Main Street Across America.” The Dublin Historical Preservation Association (DHPA) recently provided the impetus to encourage the City of Dublin to sponsor the Lincoln Highway Association (LHA) by offering to cover the costs of buying and installing four Lincoln Highway historical signs in Dublin.
According to DHPA President Steve Lockhart, husband of former Dublin mayor Janet Lockhart, the locations of the signs will be installed along the Dublin Boulevard corridor within a block or so of the intersections at Dougherty Road and Donlon Way. No signs will be installed in East Dublin.
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by Around Dublin Team on November 25, 2011 | No Comments | Topics: Announcements · City Hall
The City of Dublin, CA is cordially inviting everyone to this year’s holiday tree lighting ceremony on Thursday, December 1st. Bring the entire family and join City Hall as City leaders and staff kick off the holiday season with this annual special event. The City’s holiday tree and City Hall will become aglow in red, white, and blue in honor of Dublin’s “All-America City” status.
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by John M. Zukoski on November 22, 2011 | 8 Comments | Topics: City Hall · Development · Local Businesses · Restaurants
Dublin City Council recently dipped into its economic development toolkit to give Stanforth Holdings, LLC a $95,000 credit to reduce the estimated $380,000 water and sewer connection fee levied by the Dublin San Ramon Services District (DSRSD) for the future BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse building. Stanforth Holdings, LLC is also known as Charter Properties or Lin Family. Stanforth Holdings, LLC will pass the remaining charge along to BJ’s Restaurant & Brewhouse.
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by John M. Zukoski on November 15, 2011 | 4 Comments | Topics: City Hall · Things To Do
Dublin’s City Council recently gave its blessing to replace Day on the Glen with a new food and wine festival at Emerald Glen Park starting September 2012. The new special event, tentatively called “Taste of the Tri-Valley” by Mayor Tim Sbranti, will feature local restaurants, regional wineries, and popular Bay Area food trucks. The price tag for the festival will be about $75,000 in the first year plus the cost of police, fire, and public works services. Net costs to the City are expected to decrease as the festival gains popularity. Unlike its predecessor Day on the Glen, the inaugural “Taste of the Tri-Valley” will last only one day.
In addition to the wine tasting and the good eats, “Taste of the Tri-Valley” will feature live musical entertainment, an outdoor art exhibit, and cooking demonstration by local celebrity chefs throughout the day. The event will have the feel of a large farmers market.
While the “Taste of the Tri-Valley” food and wine festival will have a more adult focus compared to Day on the Glen, the City of Dublin will have plenty of fun-filled activities for kids. A pavilion where kids can enjoy their own food sampling, juice tasting, and live entertainment will be available all day. In addition, the planned sidewalk chalk demonstration will provide a youthful counterpoint to the outdoor art exhibit for the adults.
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by John M. Zukoski on November 10, 2011 | 4 Comments | Topics: City Hall · Local Issues · Sustainability
If Alameda County’s StopWaste.org has its way, businesses and multi-family dwellings in Dublin, CA will be prohibited from dropping recyclable materials in their garbage bins. Once approved, the Mandatory Recycling Ordinance will require nearly all businesses and multi-family properties in Alameda County to segregate their recyclable and organic materials within the next few years. Dublin City Hall is generally supportive of this proposed ordinance, because it could help increase the state-mandated diversion of recyclable materials.
Still, the City has acknowledged that this County ordinance could have many negative impacts on local businesses and residents. Rate increases of up to 50%, for example, may hit all local businesses, unless all residential customers can help absorb some of the additional cost. Currently, recycling and organics collection costs are heavily subsidized by garbage collection rates.
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