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Niles News is published periodically in the Niles Herald Newsletter, here online there's more information about current projects going on in Niles, calls for volunteers to help with these projects, construction updates, and more. If you have a project you would like to post here, please contact the Niles Main Street Association, at 510-742-9868. 

The water pipeline and sanitary sewer pipeline replacement project on and around Niles Boulevard is ongoing.

For more information specific to the water pipeline replacement project, you can call Kalpana Gandhi at 510-668-4474 or via email at kalpana.gandhi@acwd.com.

For inquiries related to the sanitary sewer line replacement project, please contact Rollie Arbolante at 510-477-7602 or by email at Rollie_Arbolante@unionsanitary.com.

Thanks! Steve Dennis, Alameda County Water District

Golden Spike Docents & Volunteers needed in Niles.

If you have wanted to do some volunteer work, the Golden Spike program needs volunteers every Sunday. It is easy to do -just guide Niles Canyon Railway passengers around the town and to the bus and the train. It is a fun and friendly way to spend a few hours. and if you are inclined you can give a little history and talk about the Niles area.

Details:
We supply vests, walkie talkies, and laughs. Volunteers needed for both shifts.

First shift: 10 to 1
Second shift: 1 to 4

Contact: Michael McNevin - Golden Spike Volunteer Coordinator, Musician, and much more! at the Mudpuddle Shop - Golden Spike Headquarters

  37433 Niles Blvd
  Fremont, CA 94536
  (510) 794-9935
  

Niles Canyon Safety Improvement Project

The California Department of Transportation (Department), as assigned by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), has prepared an Environmental Impact Report/Environmental Assessment (EIR/EA), which examines the potential environmental impacts of the alternatives being considered for the proposed project located in Alameda, California.

The project is to "widen state route 84 from the Alameda Creek Bridge to the State Route 84/insterstate 680 separation to improve sight distance, uprgrade shoulders and provide curve corrections". "The project will widen the existing highway by up to 18’ to accommodate a 2’ soft median barrier,one standard 12’ lane in each direction, and standard 8-foot shoulders. To make room for widening, the project will construct five retaining walls upslope from the highway where hillsides are cut away, a total of 5,300 linear feet of wall, and nine retaining walls downslope from the highway
toward Alameda Creek, a total of 3,400’. At the creek locations, 10-foot wide shoulders with metal-beam guard rail will be constructed on the side of the highway adjacent to the walls. A preferred project alternative has been identified that does not include widening at several sites in the project area, generally at sites where historic structures are present."

Additional copies of the EIR document are available for review at the Fremont Main Library at 2400 Stevenson Blvd., Fremont, CA 94538; the document as well as the technical studies are available for review at the Caltrans office at 111 Grand Ave., Oakland, CA 94612.

The document describes why the project is being proposed, alternatives for the project, the existing environment that could be affected by the project, the potential impacts from each of the alternatives, and the proposed avoidance, minimization, and/or compensation measures.

If you have any comments regarding the proposed project, submit comments by August 23, 2010 via postal mail to:
Valerie Heusinkveld, Environmental Branch Chief
Attention: Oliver Iberien
Department of Transportation
Office of Environmental Analysis MS 8B
111 Grand Ave.
Oakland, CA 94612

Submit comments via e-mail to: valerie_heusinkveld@dot.ca.gov

What happens next: After comments are received from the public and reviewing agencies, Caltrans, as assigned by the Federal Highway Administration, may: (1) give environmental approval to the proposed project, (2) undertake additional environmental studies, or (3) abandon the project. If the project is given environmental approval and funding is appropriated, Caltrans could design and construct all or part of the project.

New fishing closures for Alameda Creek

The new year[2010] will bring year-round fishing closures on most of Alameda Creek, a move that supporters say will help protect steelhead and rainbow trout.

The California Fish and Game Commission approved the closures in Decemnber, '09. The regulations go into effect March 1, 2010.

The closures will ban fishing in Alameda Creek and its tributaries downstream of the San Antonio Reservoir in Sunol, Calaveras Reservoir in Milpitas, and Del Valle Reservoir in Livermore, said Jeff Miller, director of the Alameda Creek Alliance, which was among the groups supporting the change. With the new regulations, fishing will be allowed only above Del Valle from April to November. The upstream areas also will be under the same catchand- release, artificial-lure and barbless-hook conditions now allowed during the season.

More info: Alameda Creek Alliance and Center for Ecosystem Management and Restoration (CEMAR)'s Alameda Creek Fisheries Restoration Workgroup

The Niles Library

Niles Library Fans,

The Niles Library is back to one day of service per week. The hours at Niles library are Tuesdays, 10:00-5:00, since September 5, 2006. Funding for Thursday hours from January 8th, 2004 through fiscal year 2005/06 were provided by the Niles Library Fund (a grass roots fundraising effort) and a generous matching grant to the Alameda County Library Foundation from Fremont Bank.

The depth and continuity of the Community's efforts to support the Niles library attracted The Fremont Bank's attention and its support. Niles resident Wendy Winsted started the Niles Library Fund in 1999 encouraging local residents to give toward open hours at the library. Community members responded to the cause and have been giving to the fund ever since.

Every little bit helps – You can donate to the Niles Library Fund by sending a check payable to "Alameda County Library Foundation" with “Niles” in the memo field to Alameda County Library Foundation 2450 Stevenson Blvd. Fremont CA 94538.

Could you volunteer at the Niles Library?
contact Sally Kusalo 795-2626 skusalo@aclibrary.org

To those of you who have continued to give to the Niles Library Fund over the past several years, Thank-you! Your donations continue to make a difference in the community. The doors re-opened on Thursdays in 2004/2005 because of your continuing support. Let's get them openened back up.

Niles, Fremont Photographic History

Author and historian Philip Holmes, who has published decades of local history columns, as well as Two Centuries at Mission San Jose has teamed up with former Niles Resident and landscape historian Jill M. Singleton. Together they have selected the best images from the The Museum of Local History's impressive photographic archives to create a delightful visual narrative of this uniquely historic place.

You can buy the book online from www.museumoflocalhistory.org or here in Niles from Keith's Collectibles, which offers the Bay Area's largest in-stock selection of Niles and local history books published by Arcadia. Other local shops that carry Niles, Fremont are the Niles Essanay Silent Film Museum gift shop, the Centerville Depot Cafe, and the Washington Hospital Gift Shop. Bookstores like Ohlone College Bookstore, Borders, Amazon, etc.. also carry the title.

Niles Concept Plan

The Niles Concept Plan is a strategic plan of action for the Niles community. It outlines a vision for the future of Niles and the action steps to get there.

The Niles Concept Plan is composed of four major elements: the vision, the strategic framework, the planning concepts and the implementation program.

The Niles Concept Plan was authored for the City of Fremont by FEHR & PEERS ASSOCIATES, INC. and MOORE IACOFANO GOLTSMAN, INC. and STRATEGIC ECONOMICS in September 2001.

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