Dublin Elementary School was chosen by the City of Dublin to represent us in the annual Walk ‘n Roll competition with Livermore, Pleasanton, and San Ramon to see which City has the most students willing to reduce vehicle trips by riding their bikes and walking to school.The friendly competition will take place throughout the month of October.  Councilmember Don Biddle and I joined the Dublin Police Services to present at a special assembly.  Students were told of all of the positives of riding or walking to school, including the fact that it will make them physically fit, it helps the environment, and makes for a safer entrance/exit to school.  In addition, they can earn prizes donated by Dublin Cyclery and have a great time in the process.There are also several businesses and public agencies throughout the Tri-Valley competing in the adult competition.  Winners will be announced in mid-November.  

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The City is scheduled to begin the 2009 Slurry Seal Program in October. This project will include pavement repair, crack sealing, slurry seal resurfacing and pavement re-striping. Residents and businesses on the following streets will be sent a City notice of the upcoming project the week of August 17th. The notice will inform of the upcoming street resurfacing work and the ‘No Parking’ requirements. The contractor will be providing written notice as well; approximately a week prior to actual work.

The following streets are included in this year’s program:

• Dougherty Road (Scarlett Dr. to Dublin Blvd.)
• Central Parkway (Arnold Rd. to Tassajara Rd.)
• Tassajara Road (Dublin Blvd. to I-580)
• W. Vomac Road (Beckett Way to San Ramon Rd.)
• Southwick Drive (Alcosta Blvd. to Beckett Way)
• Inspiration Circle (Dry Crek Dr. to Inspiration Dr.)
• Galway Court
• Clifden Court
• Mountain Rise Place
• Georgian Oaks Court
• Bloomfield Terrace
• Meadow Court
• Iglesia Drive
• Arnold Road (Gleason Dr. to Dublin Blvd.)
• Creekview Drive

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As stated in the previous update to the City Council in July, it has now been determined that the time has come to conduct follow-up testing on the F-4 Channel after the bioremediation agent was applied a month ago.  You may recall that the Regional Water Quality Control Board, in consultation with the other involved agencies, approved an interim remediation plan for the channel that occurred July 13-17.  Most of the work related to these activities were minor in nature and limited to the channel, with the exception of “dewatering” - the pumping of water from the affected area.

Now, to conduct testing to assess how successful the remediation activities were, the process will need to be repeated to conduct testing.  The pumping will not result in street closures, but will result in a lane closure on Village Parkway for two days - August 11th and 12th - for the dewatering process.  Residents directly adjacent to the channel should expect to hear minor amount of noise relating to the pumping efforts because the sound wall on Village Parkway will likely absorb the pump-truck noise.  The work hours should be limited from 8:00am to 5:00pm.

Staff will continue to keep the City Council informed of the Regional Water Quality Control Board’s plan for the clean up efforts.

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