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February 18, 2020
Dublin Civic Center—100 Civic Plaza
2nd Floor City Manager’s Conference Room
Attendees:
Melissa Hernández, Council Member Gabrielle Blackman, Board Member
Jean Josey, Council Member Dr. David Marken, Superintendent
Linda Smith, City Manager Joe Sorrera, Associate Superintendent of
Colleen Tribby, Assistant City Manager Business Services
John Stefanski, Assistant to the City Manager
Meeting called to order at 4:35 PM
Public Comment
No public comment at the meeting.
Approval of the Minutes of the November 19, 2019 Meeting
Moved by Council Member Josey, and seconded by Board Member Blackman, the minutes from the November 19, 2019 meeting were unanimously approved by the committee.
Discussion of City/District Facility and Development Projects
City Manager Smith gave an update on development projects in the City including:
ACE Hardware
GH PacVest property
Kaiser Commercial Site (Future Hotel)
Grafton Plaza Phase 3 (Retail & Daycare)
At Dublin (Planning Commission hearing scheduled for February 25)
UDR (200-unit apartment complex at Dublin Transit Center)
East Dublin BART Hotel
Quarry Lane School (Scarlett Drive)
IKEA (Anticipated grading permit by end of the year)
Bayview
Mimi’s Chocolate (Tralee)
Banfield Hospital
Public Safety Complex Grand Opening on February 22, 2020
Dublin Boulevard Extension
Cultural Arts Center (Council programmatic review in April)
All Abilities Playground (Opening by end of Summer 2020)
Utility Box Art program
Adirondack Chair Art program
Superintendent Marken provided an update on the upcoming $290M Bond, Measure J, which will be on the March 3, 2020 ballot.
Phase 1 for Frederiksen Elementary will break ground within the next couple weeks. The $28.5M project will include 32 classrooms. The planned second phase, which includes administrative
offices and the gymnasium, will come after Division of the State Architect (DSA) approves the project plans
Murray Elementary is still with the DSA with approval anticipated by the end of March. Board approval of bids will take place in May with construction starting immediately thereafter.
Council Member Hernández asked about the Camp Parks/Boulevard site. Superintendent Marken shared that the site is targeted for a middle school. The district needs at least a new elementary,
middle, and high school. Superintendent Marken shared that San Ramon took 300 students from Dublin this year. San Ramon is losing students and has the capacity.
The second high school is with the Division of the State Architect and is expected to be approved in April/May with construction starting in May. Expecting to open for the 2022 school
year.
City Manager Smith shared there were 16 building permits pulled in January 2020, 1 in December 2019, showing that the real estate market is cooling.
City Manager Smith shared that the City Council will be receiving a report that evening on the Regional Housing Needs Allocation expected this spring. The report indicates that there
will be a higher number than last time and that Southern California received a 3X allocation what was given in the previous cycle. The committee discussed the impacts of this.
Council Member Josey asked about the Nielsen site, and if it was included in Measure J. Mr. Sorrera stated it was on the second priority list.
Youth in Government Program Update
City Manager Smith and Superintendent Marken provided an update on the program. The Dublin High School Principal was very interested and would like to see if the program could involve
Freshman/Sophomore classes rather than Seniors. The structure of the program may need to be tweaked from a two-day program to something else. Superintendent Marken and Mr. Stefanski
will meet with staff from the school to draft a program.
Sister City Trip to Bray – Possible Educational Partnerships
City Manager Smith shared that the City Council authorized a delegation trip let by Mayor Haubert to Bray Ireland. Staff is working to coordinate efforts with the Dublin Sister Cities
organization and with Alameda County. Ireland has moved to a county only form of local government and now have an interest in developing a “twinning counties program.” The visits usually
involve topics such as potential business partnerships and school partnerships. City Manager Smith will request the Wicklow County organization to provide examples of school partnerships.
CM Josey shared that in the past when the Dublin High School Band visited to Bray, the band got to perform for one of Bray’s schools and vice versa.
Superintendent Marken asked about the school calendar in Bray and if it meshes with Dublin’s.
Board Member Blackman shared that partnerships with younger students may be easier to facilitate.
Date and Time of Next Liaison Meeting
The committee set the date and time of the next meeting for May 19, 2020 from 4:30-5:30pm at the Dublin Unified School District Administrative Offices, 7471 Larkdale Avenue, Superintendent’s
Conference Room.
Future Agenda Items
The Board discussed a future agenda item on Resiliency and Disaster Preparedness efforts. City Manager Smith and Superintendent Marken will make a determination on the whether to place
this item on a future committee agenda.
Adjournment
The meeting adjourned at 5:30PM