Agenda packet, regular meeting — Fremont City Council, June 3, 2025

City Council Chambers
3300 Capitol Avenue
Fremont, CA

Fremont City Council

Raj Salwan, Mayor
Teresa Keng, Vice Mayor
Desrie Campbell, District 2
Kathy Kimberlin, District 3
Yang Shao, District 4
Yajing Zhang, District 5
Raymond Liu, District 6

City Staff

Karena Shackelford, City Manager
Rafael E. Alvarado, Jr., City Attorney
Christina Briggs, Assistant City Manager
Brian Stott, Assistant City Manager
Allen DeMers, Deputy City Manager

Kim Beranek, Community Services Director
Geneva Bosques, Communications and
Legislative Affairs Director
Arquimides Caldera, Human Services Director
Zoraida Diaz, Fire Chief
Tina Gallegos, Human Resources Director
Susan Gauthier, City Clerk
Kelly King, Maintenance Operations Director
Hans Larsen, Public Works Director
Donovan Lazaro, Economic Development Director
David Persselin, Finance Director
Dan Schoenholz, Community Dev. Director
Sanford Taylor, Information Technology Director
Sean Washington, Chief of Police
Fremont City Council Agenda and
Report
June 03, 2025

General Order of Business

1. Preliminary
• Call to Order
• Salute to the Flag
• Roll Call
• Announcements-Mayor and/or City Manager
• Report Out of Closed Session (if applicable)

2. Consent Calendar

3. Ceremonial Items

4. Public Communications

5. Scheduled Items
• Public Hearings
• Appeals
• Reports from Commissions, Boards and
Committees

6. Other Business

7. Items Referred by Councilmembers
• Council Referrals
• Appointments to Boards, Commissions,
Committees
• Legislative Actions
• Report on Committee Assignments

8. Adjournment

Order of Discussion
Generally, the order of discussion after introduction of an item by the Mayor will include comments and
information by staff followed by City Council questions and inquiries. The applicant, or their authorized
representative, or interested citizens, may they speak
on the item; each speaker may only speak once to each
item. At the close of public discussion, the item will be considered by the City Council and action taken. Items
on the agenda may be moved from the order listed.

Consent Calendar
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be
routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one
motion and one vote. There will be no separate
discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or
citizen so requests, in which case the item will be
removed from the Consent Calendar and considered
separately. Additionally, other items without a “Request to Speak – Speaker Card” card in opposition may be
added to the consent calendar. The City Attorney will
read the title of ordinances to be adopted.

Spoken Public Communications and/or
Public Comment is limited to speakers
attending the meeting in-person in
City Council Chambers.

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Information about the City or items scheduled on the Agenda and Report may be referred to:

Address: City Clerk
City of Fremont
3300 Capitol Avenue, Bldg. A
Fremont, California 94538
Telephone: (510) 284-4060

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Agenda
Fremont City Council Regular Meeting
June 03, 2025
City Council Chambers, 3300 Capitol Avenue, Building A
7:00 PM

1. Preliminary
A. Call to Order
B. Salute the Flag
C. Roll Call
D. Announcements-Mayor and/or City Manager
E. Report Out of Closed Session (if applicable)

2. Consent Calendar
Items on the Consent Calendar are considered to be routine by the City Council and will be enacted by one motion and one vote. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a Councilmember or citizen so requests, in which event the item will be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered separately. Additionally, other items without a “Request to Address Council” card in opposition may be added to the consent calendar. The City Attorney will read the title of ordinances to be adopted.

A. Motion To: Waive Further Reading of Proposed Ordinances (This permits reading the title only in lieu of reciting the entire text.) B. Approval of Minutes - None.

C. FY 2025/26 SB1 PROJECT LIST - Adopt a Resolution Approving a List of Projects for Funding by Revenues Authorized by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1) to Align with State Guidelines for Use of Funds; Make Findings of CEQA Exemption
Contact Persons:

Name: Edward Nakayama Hans Larsen
Title: Senior Civil Engineer Public Works Director
Dept: Public Works Public Works
Phone: 510-494-4775 510-494-4722
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the following actions related to the 2025/26 SB1 Project List:

1. Adopt a Resolution Approving a List of Projects Funded by SB1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act for FY 2025/26.

2. Find that the actions are exempt from environmental review, each as a separate and independent basis for CEQA compliance, as an administrative and funding activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)), and it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment (CEQA Guidelines Section 16061(b)(3)).

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D. PARK RESTROOM UPGRADE PROGRAM - Approve an Agreement With Public Restroom Company, Inc. (PRC) Under Sourcewell Cooperative Contract #081721, for the Design, Purchase and Installation of Three Prefabricated Park Restrooms Buildings for an Amount Not-to-Exceed $1,719,889 (Including 10% Contingency), for the Niles Town Plaza, Central Park Kennedy Play Area, and Central Park Sailway as Part of the Citywide Park Restroom Replacement and Remodeling Program (PWC9089); and Make Findings of CEQA Exemption.

Contact Persons:

Name: Jimmy Chen Hans Larsen
Title: Facilities Manager Public Works Director
Dept: Public Works Public Works
Phone: 510-494-4715 510-494-4722
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the following actions related to the Citywide Park Restroom Replacement and Remodeling Program (PWC 9089):

1. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement with the Public Restroom Company through Sourcewell Cooperative Contract #081721, to design, fabricate, deliver and install three new prefabricated restrooms at the Niles Town Plaza, Central Park Kennedy Play Area, and Central Park Sailway locations for a base amount of $1,563,535, plus a 10% contingency of $156,354, for a total agreement amount of $1,719,889.

2. Find the project is exempt from the CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines pertaining to the facilities replacement with negligible or no expansion of capacity.

E. MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM (MSSP) - Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a FY 2025/26 Agreement with the California Department on Aging for City to Administer the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) in Southern Alameda County and Making Findings of CEQA Exemption.

Contact Persons:

Name: Levon Gibson Arquimides Caldera
Title: Family Services
Administrator
Human Services Director
Dept: Aging and Family Services Human Services Department Phone: (510) 574-2062 510-574-2056
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

RECOMMENDATION: Adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute Agreement MS-2526-37 with the California Department on Aging for City to administer the MSSP for Southern Alameda County for FY 2025/26 in an amount not-to-exceed $546,312, and make findings of CEQA exemption.

F. POLICE INDOOR RANGE LEAD MAINTENANCE - Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to enter into an Agreement with Metals Treatment Technologies (MT2) in an amount not-to-exceed $100,445 over a Five-year term.

Contact Persons:

Name: Diane Brasil Jared Morrison
Title: Police Business Manager Special Operations Division Lieutenant
Dept: Police Department Police Department
Phone: 510-790-6816 (510) 790-6906
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
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RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement and issue a purchase order with Metal Treatment Technologies, LLC in an amount not-to-exceed $100,445 over a five-year term for the Fremont Police indoor range lead maintenance.

G. SPECTRUM CANINE, LLC AGREEMENT - Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to enter into a Service Agreement with Ricardo Rivera, dba Spectrum Canine, LLC, for the Police Service Dog Team Training.

Contact Persons:

Name: Diane Brasil Kenneth Kwok
Title: Police Business Manager Lieutenant
Dept: Police Department Police Department
Phone: 510-790-6816 510-790-6817
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement with Spectrum Canine, LLC, in an amount not-to-exceed $200,000 over a two-year period for the training of Fremont Police service dog teams.

H. UNION SANITARY DISTRICT AGREEMENT - Approval of a Five-Year Agreement with Union Sanitary District for Continued Inspection Services Related to the City's Urban Runoff Program.

Contact Persons:

Name: Kathleen Cote-Guarnieri
Title: Environmental Services
Manager

Dept: Environmental Services
Phone: 510-494-4583
E-Mail: [email protected]

RECOMMENDATION: Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute the Agreement with Union Sanitary District for services related to the City's Urban Runoff Program as described in this staff report.

3. Ceremonial Items - None.

4. Public Communications
A. Oral and Written Communications
INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY - None.

PUBLIC FINANCING AUTHORITY - None.

CONSIDERATION OF ITEMS REMOVED FROM CONSENT CALENDAR
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5. Scheduled Items
A. CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - First Public Hearing (Published Notice) on the Proposed Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025/26 Through 2029/30 and Two-Year Capital Budget Contact Persons:

Name: Hans Larsen Kim Beranek
Title: Public Works Director Community Services Director Dept: Public Works Community Services
Phone: 510-494-4722 510-494-4330
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Hold a public hearing.

2. Accept staff report and consider all capital improvement projects proposed for the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30 and the two-year Capital Budget.

B. FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 OPERATING BUDGET - First Public Hearing (Published Notice) on FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget Contact Persons:

Name: Joe Fan David Persselin
Title: Management Analyst II Finance Director
Dept: Finance Department Finance Department
Phone: (510) 494-4637 510-494-4631
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Hold a public hearing.

2. Provide direction to staff on issues pertaining to the FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget.

6. Other Business - None.

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7. Items Referred by Councilmembers
A. Councilmember Referrals - None.

B. Appointments to Boards, Commissions, Committees

1. MAYOR SALWAN REFERRAL: Appointment to Advisory Body
Contact Persons:

Name: Raj Salwan
Title: Mayor
Dept: City Council
Phone: 510-284-4082
E-Mail: [email protected]

APPOINTMENT:

Advisory Body Appointee Term Expires

Citizens Advisory Committee (CDBG Program) Steve Medeiros 12/31/2026

RECOMMENDATION: Approve appointment.

C. Legislative Actions - None.

D. Report on Committee Assignments

8. Adjournment
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ACRONYMS

ABAG Association of Bay Area Governments HARB Historical Architectural Review Board ACE Altamont Commuter Express HBA Home Builders Association ACFCD Alameda County Flood Control District HCD Housing and Community ACTC Alameda County Transportation
Commission

HRC
Development (State)
Human Relations Commission
HCD Housing and Community
ACWD Alameda County Water District ICMA

JPA
International City/County Management
Association
Joint Powers Authority
ARB Art Review Board
BAAQMD

BART
Bay Area Air Quality Management
District
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
LLMD Lighting and Landscaping Maintenance
District
LOCC League of California Cities
BCDC Bay Conservation & Development
Commission
LOS
MET
Level of Service
Mobile Evaluation Team
BMPs Best Management Practices MOU Memorandum of Understanding BMR Below Market Rate MTC Metropolitan Transportation
CALPERS California Public Employees’ Retirement
System
MTC Metropolitan Transportation
Commission
CBC California Building Code NRSRO Nationally Recognized Statistical Rating Organization
CDD Community Development Department NEPA National Environmental Policy Act CC & R’s Covenants, Conditions & Restrictions NLC National League of Cities CDBG
CEQA
Community Development Block Grant
California Environmental Quality Act
NPDES National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System
CERT Community Emergency Response Team NPO Neighborhood Preservation Ordinance CIP Capital Improvement Program PC Planning Commission
CNG Compressed Natural Gas PD Planned District
COF City of Fremont PDA Priority Development Area
COPPS Community Oriented Policing and Public
Safety
PUC
PVAW
Public Utilities Commission
Private Vehicle Accessway
CSAC California State Association of Counties PWC Public Works Contract CTC California Transportation Commission RFP Request for Proposals dB Decibel RFQ Request for Qualifications
DEIR Draft Environmental Impact Report RHNA Regional Housing Needs Allocation DU/AC Dwelling Units per Acre ROP Regional Occupational Program EBCE East Bay Community Energy RWQCB Regional Water Quality Control Board EBRPD East Bay Regional Park District SACNET Southern Alameda County Narcotics Enforcement Task Force
EDAC Economic Development Advisory
Commission (City)
STIP State Transportation Improvement
Program
EIR Environmental Impact Report (CEQA) TCRDF Tri-Cities Recycling and Disposal Facility EIS Environmental Impact Statement TOD Transit Oriented Development

EVAW
(NEPA)
Emergency Vehicle Accessway
TS/MRF Transfer Station/Materials Recovery
Facility
FAR Floor Area Ratio UBC See CBC
FEMA Federal Emergency Management Agency VMT Vehicle Miles Travelled FFD Fremont Fire Department VTA Santa Clara Valley Transportation FMC Fremont Municipal Code Authority
FPD Fremont Police Department WMA Waste Management Authority FRC Family Resource Center ZA Zoning Administrator
FUSD Fremont Unified School District ZTA Zoning Text Amendment GIS Geographic Information System
GPA General Plan Amendment

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UPCOMING MEETING AND CHANNEL 27

BROADCAST SCHEDULE
Date Time Meeting Type Location
Cable
Channel
27 June 3, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council
Chambers Live
June 10, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council
Chambers Live
June 17, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council
Chambers Live
June 24, 2025 CANCELLED: CC/FUSD
Liaison Committee Meeting
July 1, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council
Chambers Live
July 8, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council
Chambers Live
July 15, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council
Chambers Live
July 22, 2025 No meetings
July 29, 2025 No 7PM City Council Meeting
(5th Tuesday)

August Recess Council in Recess until
September

September 2, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council Chambers Live
September 9, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council Chambers Live
September 16, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council Chambers Live
September 23, 2025 5:30 p.m. CC/FUSD Liaison
Committee Meeting City Hosts Live
September 30, 2025 No 7PM City Council Meeting
(5th Tuesday)
October 7, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council
Chambers Live
October 14, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council Chambers Live
October 21, 2025 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council Chambers Live
October 28, 2025 No meetings

Fremont City Council Meeting: 06/03/25 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Public Works
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Public Projects

SCHEDULED
Sponsors:

COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5463) DOC ID: 5463
Updated: 5/28/2025 4:29 PM by Dina Lewis Page 1
FY 2025/26 SB1 PROJECT LIST - Adopt a Resolution Approving a List of Projects for Funding by Revenues Authorized by the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (SB1) to Align with State Guidelines for Use of Funds; Make Findings of CEQA Exemption
Contact Persons:

Name: Edward Nakayama Hans Larsen
Title: Senior Civil Engineer Public Works Director
Div/Dept: Public Works Public Works
Phone: 510-494-4775 510-494-4722
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to facilitate compliance with the State’s accountability requirements for the use of Senate Bill 1 (SB1) funds. In Fiscal Year (FY) 2025/26, the City of Fremont expects to receive SB1 funds in the amount of $6.0 million and proposes to use these funds for the pavement rehabilitation projects.

BACKGROUND: On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed SB1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. This bill enabled new revenue for state and local transportation projects through increases in gasoline and diesel fuel excise tax, along with an increase in vehicle registration fees. Portions of the revenues were directly allocated to cities for pavement maintenance, safety improvements, and “complete streets” (enhancing facilities for walking and bicycling). Other funding will be available on a competitive basis. The expected direct annual revenue for Fremont is $6.0 million for FY 2025/26.

In order to receive direct allocations of the SB1 revenues for FY 2025/26, cities must adopt a Council action and submit a list of projects to the California Transportation Commission (CTC) by July 1st with information about the proposed use of funds related to location, scope, and expected useful life of the project.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: Staff recommends that Fremont’s SB1 funds of $6.0 million for FY 2025/26 and the remaining unspent SB1 funds of $0.4 million from FY 2024/25 be utilized on the following projects:

Project Name SB1 Funding Amount
Pavement Rehabilitation (PWC 8234-134-Y) $6,400,000

Any SB1 funds not used for the above listed project will be used for future SB1 projects.

FISCAL IMPACT: The adoption of an SB1 Project List is required by the State to receive $6.0 million in planned state revenue for transportation projects.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The proposed action is not a project as defined by Public Resources Code Section 21065, and is further exempt from CEQA review as an administrative and funding activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment under CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b), and because when it can be

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seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity in question may have a significant effect on the environment under CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3). Each of the foregoing provides a separate and independent basis for CEQA compliance with respect to the subject action.

ATTACHMENTS:
• Draft Resolution - Fremont FY 25-26 SB 1 Project List

RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the following actions related to the 2025/26 SB1 Project List:

1. Adopt a Resolution Approving a List of Projects Funded by SB1, the Road Repair and Accountability Act for FY 2025/26.

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Resolution 2025-XX Page 1 of 4
RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XX

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF

FREMONT ADOPTING A LIST OF PROJECTS FOR FISCAL
YEAR 202 5-26 FUNDED BY SENATE BILL 1: THE ROAD
REPAIR AND ACCOUNTABILITY ACT OF 2017

WHEREAS, Senate Bill 1 (“SB 1”), the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017), California Streets and Highways Code Section 2030 et seq., was passed by the Legislature and signed into law by the Governor in April 2017 to address the significant multi-modal transportation funding shortfalls statewide; and

WHEREAS, SB 1 includes accountability and transparency provisions that will ensure the residents of the City of Fremont are aware of the projects proposed for funding in our community and which projects have been completed each fiscal year; and

WHEREAS, the City of Fremont must adopt by resolution a list of projects proposed to receive fiscal year funding from the Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (“RMRA”), created by SB 1, which must include a description and the location of each proposed project, a proposed schedule for the project’s completion, and the estimated useful life of the improvement; and

WHEREAS, the City of Fremont will receive an estimated $6.0 million in RMRA funding in Fiscal Year 2025-26 from SB 1; and

WHEREAS, this is the ninth year in which the City of Fremont is receiving SB 1 funding which will enable the City of Fremont to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, repairing and replacing aging bridges, and increasing access and mobility options for the traveling public that would not have otherwise been possible without SB 1 funding; and

WHEREAS, the City of Fremont has undergone a robust public process to ensure public input into our community’s transportation priorities/the project list; and

WHEREAS, the City of Fremont used a Pavement Management System to develop the SB 1 project list to ensure revenues are being used on the most high-priority and cost-effective projects that also meet the community’s priorities for transportation investment; and

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Attachment: Draft Resolution - Fremont FY 25-26 SB 1 Project List (5463 : FY 2025/26 SB1 PROJECT LIST) Resolution 2025-XX Page 2 of 4
WHEREAS, the funding from SB 1 will help the City of Fremont maintain and rehabilitate 18 segments of streets throughout the City of Fremont this year and similar projects into the future; and

WHEREAS, the 2023 California Statewide Local Streets and Roads Needs Assessment found that the City of Fremont’s streets and roads are in a “good” condition, and this revenue will help increase the overall quality of our road system and the maintenance of our streets and roads over the next decade; and

WHEREAS, implementation of the SB 1 project list and overall investment in our local streets and roads infrastructure with a focus on basic maintenance and safety, investing in complete streets infrastructure, and using cutting-edge technology, materials and practices, will have significant positive co-benefits statewide.

NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The foregoing recitals are true and correct.

SECTION 2. The following previously proposed and adopted projects may also utilize Fiscal Year 2025-26 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues in their delivery. With the relisting of these projects in the adopted fiscal year resolution, the City of Fremont is reaffirming to the public and the State our intent to fund these projects with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:

Project Location and Description
Estimated
Useful Life
Anticipated
Construction
Date
Pavement Rehabilitation (PWC 8234-Y)

Project Locations:

1. Alvarado Boulevard – Deep Creek Road to I-
880 Bridge

2. Fremont Boulevard – I-880 Bridge to Beard
Road

3. Paseo Padre Parkway (southbound) –
Langhorn Drive to Warwick Road

4. Alma Street – Selma Street to Waller Avenue

5. Claredon Park Court – Everglades Park Drive
to End

6. Colonial Park Court – Everglades Park Drive
10-15 years Summer to Winter
2026

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Attachment: Draft Resolution - Fremont FY 25-26 SB 1 Project List (5463 : FY 2025/26 SB1 PROJECT LIST) Resolution 2025-XX Page 3 of 4

Project Location and Description
Estimated
Useful Life
Anticipated
Construction
Date
to End

7. Wallace Place – Farwell Drive to Both Ends

8. Civic Center Drive – Mowry Avenue to
Walnut Avenue

9. Tothero Place – Altura Street to End

10. Olive Court – Olive Avenue to End

11. Auto Mall Parkway (westbound) – Fremont
Boulevard to Grimmer Boulevard

12. Hannover Place – South Grimmer Boulevard
to End

13. Northport Loop & Court – Cushing Parkway to
Cushing Parkway

14. Mission Boulevard – Curtner Road to Paseo
Padre Parkway

15. East Warren Avenue – Windmill Drive to
Yakima Drive

16. Paseo Padre Parkway – Sundance Drive to
Curtner Road

17. Warren Avenue – I-880 Bridge to Route 262
Bridge

18. Scott Creek Road – Warm Springs Boulevard
to I-680 Bridge
Project Description: Perform pavement
rehabilitation treatments consisting of localized base
repairs or overlays to 18 street segments consisting of 5 centerline miles of roadway and covering 1.1 million
square feet of pavement surface.

ADOPTED_______________, 2025 by the City Council of the City of Fremont by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

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Attachment: Draft Resolution - Fremont FY 25-26 SB 1 Project List (5463 : FY 2025/26 SB1 PROJECT LIST) Resolution 2025-XX Page 4 of 4

_________________________________
Mayor

ATTEST:

__________________________________
City Clerk
APPROVED AS TO FORM:

_________________________________
City Attorney

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Attachment: Draft Resolution - Fremont FY 25-26 SB 1 Project List (5463 : FY 2025/26 SB1 PROJECT LIST) Fremont City Council Meeting: 06/03/25 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Public Works
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Agreements and Contracts

SCHEDULED
Sponsors:

COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5464) DOC ID: 5464
Updated: 5/28/2025 4:38 PM by Dina Lewis Page 1
PARK RESTROOM UPGRADE PROGRAM - Approve an Agreement With Public Restroom Company, Inc. (PRC) Under Sourcewell Cooperative Contract #081721, for the Design, Purchase and Installation of Three Prefabricated Park Restrooms Buildings for an Amount Not to Exceed $1,719,889 (Including 10% Contingency), for the Niles Town Plaza, Central Park Kennedy Play Area, and Central Park Sailway as Part of the Citywide Park Restroom Replacement and Remodeling Program (PWC9089); and Make Findings of CEQA Exemption.

Contact Persons:

Name: Jimmy Chen Hans Larsen
Title: Facilities Manager Public Works Director
Div/Dept: Public Works Public Works
Phone: 510-494-4715 510-494-4722
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to facilitate continued progress toward the replacement or remodeling of 16 old restroom buildings in City parks. Six projects are currently in construction. This Council action supports replacing three additional park restrooms located at the Niles Town Plaza, Central Park Kennedy Play Area, and Central Park Sailway locations. The existing old restrooms are planned to be replaced with prefabricated buildings.

BACKGROUND: The City’s 2022Parks and Recreation Master Plan identified the upgrading of existing park restrooms as one of the highest priorities for the park facility/amenity investments. Many park restrooms are beyond their useful life and do not comply with current building codes or the Americans with Disability Act (ADA). A total of 16 park restrooms are planned to be replaced or remodeled over a multi-year period. Funding for the program is from a $15 million General Fund allocation approved by the City Council in June 2023. The upgraded park restroom locations are noted below:
• Phase 1 (construction contracts have already been awarded; completion by December 2025): Northgate, Irvington, and Central Park (Tennis Center, Lions Picnic Area, Babbling Brook, Soccer Complex)
• Phase 2 (completion by December 2026): Niles Town Plaza, Central Park (Kennedy Play Area, Sailway), Nordvik, Sylvester Harvey, and Niles Community Park • Phase 3 (completion by December 2027): Old Mission, Mission San Jose, Los Cerritos, and Central Park (Five Palms)

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: This City Council report addresses the replacement of three park restrooms at Niles Town Plaza, Central Park Kennedy Play Area and Central Park Sailway. Each will be replaced with a prefabricated restroom building at or near the locations of the current restrooms. The new restroom at Niles Town Plaza will have a traditional men’s and women’s restroom with two stalls in the women’s and one stall and one urinal in the men’s, and a maintenance chase. The roof line and exterior aesthetics will have characteristics similar to other existing structures in Niles. The proposed restrooms at Central Park will have a traditional men’s and women’s restroom with 3 stalls each, one all gender restroom, and a storage and maintenance chase. The roof line and exterior

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aesthetics will be identical to the restroom installed at Lila Bringhurst Community Park, also manufactured and installed by Public Restroom Company.

Cooperative Purchase

The prefabricated restrooms will be purchased from the Public Restroom Company through a cooperative contract with Sourcewell, a public agency/cooperative created by the Minnesota legislature to provide purchasing contracts that are competitively bid nationally and at lower prices to other public entities.

Fremont Municipal Code (FMC) Section 3.20.310 authorizes the City to participate in cooperative agreements with other public agencies to purchase goods and services, including incidental labor and public works components, at prices established by the cooperative purchasing agency through a competitive bidding process that meets the City’s procurement goals and objectives. To qualify, the terms of purchase in the City’s proposed contract must be materially the same as those of the existing contract, and the contract must have resulted from procurement methods similar to those required by the Purchasing Ordinance. Authority for cooperative purchases is also codified in Public Contract Code Sections 10298 and 10299.

Based on staff’s review, Sourcewell’s competitive bidding process meets the City’s procurement goals and objectives under Fremont Municipal Code (FMC) Section 3.20.

Sourcewell solicitation and request for proposal (RFP) process includes the following:
1) identify the needs of public agencies; 2) research solutions available in the marketplace; 3) request permissions from the Sourcewell Board of Directors; 4) draft a solicitation, public advertisement, and notice; 5) conduct a pre-proposal conference followed by receipt of responses; 6) evaluate responses from proposers; 7) review evaluation results; 8) provide recommendations to Sourcewell Board of Directors; 9) award vendor(s); 10) post approved contract documents; 11) develop and implement a joint marketing plan with awarded vendor(s); and 12) review and maintain contract throughout its term.

The Public Restroom Company will design, manufacture, deliver and install the prefabricated restrooms at a cost saving to the City compared to typical on-site construction methods.

Savings will largely be achieved in architectural and labor cost reductions resulting from redesigned floor plans and construction taking place offsite. This method of project delivery also expedites the project timeline since building fabrication is the longest lead item on this type of project.

Completion of site improvement plans and other work to replace or extend utilities to support the prefabricated restrooms will be designed and bid under a separate Public Works contract.

Project Schedule

The Public Restroom Company has provided a delivery schedule of 240 working days from the issuance of a Notice to Proceed to finalize the fixtures and finishes, revise all drawings and submit to the City for permitting, construct the bathroom structure, and deliver to the site. Based on the rough schedule, staff anticipates a target delivery date after April 2026.

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Associated site improvements and utilities providing infrastructure for these proposed restroom buildings are being designed concurrently. This will allow both project schedules to align. The overall planned completion for the three new park restrooms is December 2026.

Project Budget and Funding

Design Consultants and Project Administration $ 282,390 Public Restroom Company 1,563,535
Project Contingency 156,354
Construction Inspection and Administration 100,000
Total Estimated Project Cost $2,102,279

Source of Funding:

PWC 9089 – 501 – Capital Improvement Fund $2,102,278
Total Funds Available $2,102,279

FISCAL IMPACT: The estimated purchase cost of $2,102,279 will be funded from sources in the adopted Capital Budget. The appropriation for the Citywide Park Restroom Replacement Project (PWC9089) has sufficient funding to complete the project.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The project is categorically exempt from environmental review based on, without limitation, CEQA Guidelines Section 15302(c) pertaining to the replacement or reconstruction of existing utility system/or facilities involving negligible or no expansion of capacity.

ATTACHMENTS: None.

RECOMMENDATION: Approval of the following actions related to the Citywide Park Restroom Replacement and Remodeling Program (PWC 9089):

2. Find the project is exempt from the CEQA review pursuant to CEQA Guidelines pertaining to the facilities replacement with negligible or no expansion of capacity.

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3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Aging and Family Services Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Agreements and Contracts

SCHEDULED
Sponsors:

COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5454) DOC ID: 5454
Updated: 5/28/2025 4:45 PM by Dina Lewis Page 1
MULTIPURPOSE SENIOR SERVICES PROGRAM (MSSP) - Adopt a Resolution Authorizing the City Manager to Execute a FY 2025/26 Agreement with the California Department on Aging for City to Administer the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP) in Southern Alameda County and Making Findings of CEQA Exemption
Contact Persons:

Name: Levon Gibson Arquimides Caldera
Title: Family Services Administrator Human Services Director Div/Dept: Aging and Family Services Human Services Department Phone: (510) 574-2062 510-574-2056
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to recommend that the City Council adopt a resolution authorizing the City Manager, or designee, to execute an agreement for Fiscal Year 2025/26 with the California Department of Aging (CDA) in the amount of $546,312 for the City to administer the Multipurpose Senior Services Program (MSSP), which provides case management and purchased services for frail, Medi-Cal eligible, homebound seniors in Southern Alameda County.

BACKGROUND: Since 2001, CDA has contracted with the City to provide MSSP case management services in Southern Alameda County through the Human Services Department. The primary purposes of the MSSP are (1) to keep low-income, nursing home eligible seniors out of nursing facilities and in their homes for as long as possible and (2) to foster independent living in local communities. The City will provide services for up to 102 MSSP eligible individuals at any one time in Southern Alameda County (Fremont, Hayward, Newark, and Union City). The care management team is comprised of three case managers, specializing in social work and nursing, who develop and monitor a plan-of-care that includes regular home visits, medical care coordination, medication management, health education, and the purchase of necessary mobility and home safety devices.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The age of the City’s MSSP clients ranges from 69 to 104 years.

Eighty percent of current clients are female and almost half of them live alone. The clientele is diverse with 30% being Caucasian, 18% Chinese (primarily mono-lingual), 15% Afghan, 9% African American and 28% other. MSSP clients take an average of 11 medications and require substantial assistance in coordinating their medical care and social needs. All MSSP clients will be certified by a nurse as eligible for nursing home level of care. However, older adults generally wish to remain at home, and with the support of the MSSP, clients can attain their goal of living at home as long as possible.

The Tri-City area is experiencing a demographic shift in which the older adult population is growing at a faster rate than the total population. As an increasing number of residents require support to remain living safely in the community, programs such as MSSP play an important role in addressing the needs of this population.

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FISCAL IMPACT: CDA will reimburse the City at a per client per month rate, for a total contract amount not to exceed $546,312 for FY 2025/26. The funding received under the proposed agreement with CDA will support the staffing, supplies, services and administrative costs of the MSSP. Currently, the City can serve up to 102 clients at any point in time. Revenues and costs associated with the MSSP will be recognized and appropriated as part of the FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The City Council’s action on this resolution is exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act pursuant to, without limitation, CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2), (4)-(5), as an organizational, administrative, policy, and fiscal activity that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment, and Section 15061(b)(3), as it can be seen with certainty that there will be no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment, each as a separate and independent basis.

ATTACHMENTS:
• 2025 MSSP Resolution

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RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XX

A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT

AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER OR DESIGNEE TO EXECUTE
THE FY 25-26 CONTRACT AMENDMENT (MS-2526-37) WITH THE

CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF AGING TO PROVIDE SERVICES

UNDER THE MULTI -PURPOSE SERVICES PROGRAM AND MAKING

FINDINGS OF CEQA EXEMPTION

WHEREAS, the Multipurpose Senior Services Program ("MSSP") is a State of California Department of Aging program that provides funding to enable frail, Medi-Cal eligible seniors aged 65 and over to remain safely at home rather than enter nursing homes; and

WHEREAS, since February, 2001, the City of Fremont ("City") has been under contract with the California Department on Aging to administer and provide MSSP case management services in Southern Alameda County through the Human Services Department, among the purposes of which are to keep low-income, frail, nursing home eligible seniors out of nursing facilities and in their homes for as long as possible; and

WHEREAS, the City desires to continue its successful arrangement with the California Department on Aging with respect to the MSSP.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF FREMONT AS FOLLOWS:

SECTION 1. The City Manager or designee is hereby authorized to execute Contract Amendment (MS-2526-37) with the California Department on Aging to administer and provide MSSP services for Fiscal Year 2025-2026 in the amount of $546,312 and to take all reasonable and appropriate actions in order to implement the same.

SECTION 2. The City Council finds that the actions set forth in this Resolution are exempt from the California Environmental Quality Act (“CEQA”) pursuant to, without limitation, CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) [continuing administrative activities], Section 15378(b)(4) [governmental fiscal activities], Section 15262 [feasibility and planning studies], and 15061(b)(3) [no possibility of significant effect on the environment], each as a separate and independent basis.

SECTION 3. The City Council directs City staff to transmit a copy of this Resolution to the State of California Department of Aging.

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ADOPTED ______________ 2025, by the City Council of the City of Fremont by the following vote:

AYES:

NOES:

ABSENT:

ABSTAIN:

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Mayor

ATTEST: APPROVED AS TO FORM:

___________________________ ________________________________ City Clerk City Attorney

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3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Police Department
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Agreements and Contracts

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Sponsors:

COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5457) DOC ID: 5457
Updated: 5/28/2025 4:49 PM by Dina Lewis Page 1
POLICE INDOOR RANGE LEAD MAINTENANCE - Authorize the City Manager or her Designee to enter into an Agreement with Metals Treatment Technologies (MT2) in an amount not to exceed $100,445 over a five-year term.

Contact Persons:

Name: Diane Brasil Jared Morrison
Title: Police Business Manager Special Operations Division Lieutenant
Div/Dept: Police Department Police Department
Phone: 510-790-6816 (510) 790-6906
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Summary: The Fremont Police Department has utilized Metals Treatment Technologies (MT2) to conduct annual lead maintenance, including lead recovery, recycling, and high-efficiency particulate air filter (HEPA) vacuuming of the indoor range since 2019.

The agreement with MT2 expired on October 16, 2024.

Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager, or designee, to enter into an agreement with metals Treatment Technologies, LLC, for a total not-to-exceed $100,445 over a five-year period for annual indoor range lead maintenance.

BACKGROUND: MT2 is located in Arvada, Colorado, and is a leader in range safety. They provide range consultation and assessment for all environmental and Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) safety issues. MT2 has never received a violation from OSHA or the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). MT2 not only complies with OSHA and EPA regulations, but they also help establish industry standards for environmental and safety methods. MT2 is accredited through the Better Business Bureau (BBB) and is the most extensive nationwide range maintenance and cleaning company.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The Fremont Police Department selected MT2 based on its proprietary process and its status as the nation’s largest environmental range cleaning service provider. MT2 specializes in environmental lead reclamation, range cleaning, and maintenance. They offer OSHA and EPA-certified work teams and are listed as a certified technology vendor with the EPA. MT2 has proprietary technology called ECOBOND, a chemical treatment process that remediates heavy metals at contaminated sites. This process chemically alters the metal to prevent seepage and allows less hazardous metal to exist in the surrounding environment and people who may encounter it. The recommended agreement qualifies under Fremont Municipal Code Section 3.20.300 as an exception to competitive procurement requirements due to MT2's proprietary technology, ECOBOND.

FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for the first year has been included in the General Fund FY 2025/26 proposed operating budget.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The contract for range services is exempt from and not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because, without limitation, it is not a “project” as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) and/or

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15378(b)(5) and as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment per CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), each as a separate and independent basis for CEQA compliance.

ATTACHMENTS: None.

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3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Police Department
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Agreements and Contracts

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COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5458) DOC ID: 5458
Updated: 5/29/2025 2:36 PM by Dina Lewis Page 1
SPECTRUM CANINE, LLC AGREEMENT - Authorize the City Manager or her designee to enter into a Service Agreement with Ricardo Rivera, dba Spectrum Canine, LLC, for the Police Service Dog Team Training
Contact Persons:

Name: Diane Brasil Kenneth Kwok
Title: Police Business Manager Lieutenant
Div/Dept: Police Department Police Department
Phone: 510-790-6816 510-790-6817
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Summary: The Fremont Police Department (FPD) has utilized Ricardo Rivera, Spectrum Canine, LLC, for Police Service Dog Team training since 2021. Spectrum Canine has evolved from a decoy service provider to the Fremont Police Department’s primary training provider for the canine unit. Spectrum Canine will continue to provide weekly training for the canine teams, ensuring compliance with the California Police Officers Standards and Training (POST) mandates.

Staff recommends that the City Council authorize the City Manager, or designee, to enter into an agreement with Spectrum Canine, for a total not to exceed $200,000 over a two-year period for continued Police Service Dog Team training.

BACKGROUND: The Fremont Police Department (FPD) has utilized Spectrum Canine since 2021 to fulfill the required 20-hour POST-mandated training for patrol service dogs/teams.

These trainings primarily focus on obedience and decoy/search techniques to ensure our teams are operating at the highest level and remain prepared for deployment in the field.

Spectrum Canine also utilizes these training days to identify potential areas of improvement that could be dog/team-specific. If an area of improvement is identified, Spectrum Canine provides additional training at an hourly rate until the identified issues have been resolved.

Over the past year, Spectrum Canine has evolved into the primary canine trainer for FPD and has provided an 8-week canine handler course to no less than four new canine teams.

This course is designed to ensure maximum effectiveness and efficiency of the handler and canine, ensuring both are operating as a highly proficient team within the patrol and detection aspect.

Due to the evolution in use of Spectrum Canine as the primary training provider, costs have increased from the last service agreement. Additional costs are directly associated with advanced training courses that are either POST-mandated or have been identified by the unit manager as essential training.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The Canine Program continues to be an integral part of our patrol function and aids in the safety of community members and officers alike. Canine teams perform multiple functions, from de-escalation tactics to less lethal use of force, aid in the search and apprehension of suspects, and frequently participate in community events and demonstrations.

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Due to inherent liability and safety concerns associated with law enforcement canine units, ensuring our canine teams are operating at an optimal performance level is vital. The weekly training and advanced training opportunities provided by Spectrum Canine are essential in ensuring we continue to meet industry standards by applying best practices.

The continuous training and advanced training courses enhance officers’ decision-making regarding canine deployments and potential use of force incidents. Additionally, training also allows Spectrum Canine to identify and correct any concerns with a specific canine or canine team.

Pursuant to the City’s Purchasing Ordinance, Section 3.20.280(g), the City is authorized to enter into a contract for services where the selection is based on unique personal accomplishments or characteristics, such as trainers. The recommendation of this Agreement is to continue utilizing Spectrum Canine as FPD’s primary canine trainer and ensure canine teams receive advanced training opportunities.

FISCAL IMPACT: Funding for the first year has been included in the FY 2025/26 General Fund proposed budget.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: The purchase of canine training is exempt from and not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because, without limitation, it is not a “project” as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2) and/or 15378(b)(5) and as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment per CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), each as a separate and independent basis for CEQA compliance.

ATTACHMENTS: None.

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3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Environmental Services
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Agreements and Contracts

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COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5466) DOC ID: 5466
Updated: 5/29/2025 2:44 PM by Dina Lewis Page 1
UNION SANITARY DISTRICT AGREEMENT - Approval of a Five Year Agreement with Union Sanitary District for Continued Inspection Services Related to the City's Urban Runoff Program
Contact Persons:

Name: Kathleen Cote-Guarnieri
Title: Environmental Services Manager
Div/Dept: Environmental Services
Phone: 510-494-4583
E-Mail: [email protected]

Executive Summary: Fremont has contracted with Union Sanitary District (USD) since June 1992 for inspection and related enforcement and reporting activities specified within the City's federally mandated National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit. These activities are designed to reduce pollutants discharged into the municipal storm drain system. This partnership improves efficiency and reduces the City’s compliance costs because the NPDES inspections are incorporated into USD’s existing pollution prevention inspection program, eliminating the need for the City to establish a separate inspection program.

The current agreement is set to expire on June 30, 2025. To continue this effective partnership, staff recommends the City Council authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute a successor five-year agreement effective July 1, 2025, with an option to extend another five years beyond the initial term. This would continue inspection services though the current NPDES cycle (expiring in June 2027) into the next NPDES permit cycle.

The recommended agreement continues the existing operating terms and conditions but updates the compensation to include a 3.5% annual CPI adjustment from the 2024/2025 level of $432,951. The not-to-exceed value for the five-year period would be $2,450,000, which includes a contingency of $47,056.

This agreement would continue to be funded 50% from Fund 115 (Integrated Waste Management) for solid waste-related actions and 50% from Fund 123 (Urban Runoff) for other urban runoff compliance actions. There would be no General Fund Impact.

BACKGROUND: The federal Clean Water Act's 1987 amendment requires that storm water discharges from municipal storm drain systems be regulated under a nationwide surface water permit program called the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES).

This permit is enforced by the Regional Water Quality Control Board (Water Board).

To meet NPDES permit requirements, Alameda County and its 14 cities (including Fremont) created a Joint Powers Agreement (JPA) in October 1991 called the Alameda Countywide Clean Water Program (ACCWP). The JPA provides the most efficient means for these municipalities to maintain the NPDES permit. Although some activities are performed through the JPA, it is each municipality's responsibility to inspect business types and new developments within its jurisdiction that have the potential to discharge inapprop riate

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material into the storm drain system. Municipalities are required to submit annual inspection plans to the Water Board and report on inspection results and any enforcement actions taken.

Since 1992, Fremont has contracted with USD for inspection activities for commercial and industrial business and restaurants. The agreement includes other supporting tasks, such as:

• Inspection data base maintenance and activity reporting • Public outreach to the public, business community and schools • Cleanup of non-hazardous spills, cleaning storm drain lines as requested by the City, and emergency repair of sanitary sewer lines causing illicit discharges

The contractual arrangement focuses USD work in areas with a nexus to the sanitary sewer program or where there is USD infrastructure (e.g., database). USD inspects a substantial number of businesses annually to verify discharges to the sanitary sewer. Contracting with USD to conduct storm water inspections allows one inspector to conduct both inspections on a single trip, reducing the cost of sending out inspectors for separate inspections. This also enables the City to utilize the inspection database initially established for sanitary sewer reporting.

The Water Board regulates NPDES compliance through five-year permits which have progressively increased requirements for each permit cycle. The current permit is scheduled to expire June 30, 2027, and the Water Board is expected to issue a successor permit prior to that expiration date. The proposed agreement has sufficient flexibility however, to adjust activities as needed in response to evolving permit requirements.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: The primary elements of the USD contract include the business inspection program, database management/reporting and public outreach and are described below. The new agreement will continue the existing scope of services.

Business and Restaurant Inspection Programs: USD inspectors will continue to conduct approximately 800 storm water inspections annually at locations where they are also conducting sanitary sewer inspections (e.g., restaurants). USD inspectors are well trained in pollution prevention and are certified by the California Water Environment Association. USD inspectors provide the local community with a single point of contact, which improves customer service and is beneficial when sanitary sewer issues impact the municipal storm system.

Database Management/ Reporting: USD has developed and maintains a sophisticated database for managing business inspection and enforcement information. Staff can easily extract the reporting information required by the Water Board. Since this database was developed for sanitary sewer programs and modified to incorporate clean water program data, the City has benefited from this system at minimal cost. This task also includes the clerical staff support necessary for data entry and information extraction.

Public Outreach: USD staff incorporates storm water pollution prevention messages into sanitary sewer public education and outreach, where appropriate. This includes introducing storm water issues to students during classroom visits, distributing brochures, videotapes,

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and other outreach materials that address both the storm drain and sanitary sewer systems, and assisting and coordinating City staff on public education and outreach projects.

When sanitary sewer and clean water information is represented during the same event, the expenses are split 50/50 between the City (through the contract) and Union Sanitary District (sanitary sewer program). This relationship allows the City to cost effectively expand its outreach and education opportunities.

The proposed agreement contains changes to the term and budget as described below. • Term: Staff is recommending a five-year period (July 1, 2025 – June 30, 2030) and an option to renew for an additional five years (July 1, 2023 – June 30, 2035), upon mutual consent. This would enable the City to continue utilizing USD for compliance activities for potentially three permit cycles.
• Annual Budget: The annual not-to-exceed budget reflects a CPI adjustment of 3.5% for each fiscal year plus a contingency for the five-year period of $47,056.

FISCAL IMPACT: The cost for the USD Agreement would continue to be included in the Environmental Services Division operating budget and funded through Clean Water Protection Fees, collected for the purpose of NPDES compliance, and Integrated Waste Management Fee for solid waste related actions. This agreement would have no impact on the General Fund.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Authorizing the City Manager or designee to execute the Agreement with Union Sanitary District for services related to the City's Urban Runoff Program as described this staff report is exempt from and not subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) because, without limitation, it is not a “project” as defined in CEQA Guidelines Section 15378(b)(2), (4) and/or (5) as it is a fiscal or administrative action that does not have the possibility to cause a significant effect on the environment and/or CEQA Guidelines Section 15061(b)(3), as it can be seen with certainty that there is no possibility that the activity may have a significant effect on the environment. Each of the foregoing provides a separate and independent basis for CEQA exemption.

ATTACHMENTS: None.

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3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Public Works
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Presentations

SCHEDULED
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COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5465) DOC ID: 5465 A
Updated: 5/29/2025 3:43 PM by Dina Lewis A Page 1
CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM - First Public Hearing (Published Notice) on the Proposed Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025/26 Through 2029/30 and Two-Year Capital Budget
Contact Persons:

Name: Hans Larsen Kim Beranek
Title: Public Works Director Community Services Director Div/Dept: Public Works Community Services
Phone: 510-494-4722 510-494-4330
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to facilitate the process to approve an updated five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for fiscal years (FY) 2025/26 through 2029/30 (referred to as the 2025 CIP) and adopt a two-year Capital Budget for FY 2025/26 and FY 2026/27. An initial discussion of the 2025 CIP occurred at the City Council meeting on April 1, 2025. A Proposed CIP was presented for public review and comment at the City Council meeting on May 13, 2025. The CIP approval process includes two public hearings, the first public hearing is scheduled for June 3, 2025. The second public hearing is scheduled for June 10, 2025 and includes consideration to adopt the CIP. A copy of the Proposed CIP document is available on the City’s Financial Reports web page.

BACKGROUND: The City’s CIP addresses Fremont’s public infrastructure needs and investments, primarily in the areas of Transportation, Parks, Building Facilities, Capital Maintenance, and General Government. The CIP includes a five-year program of planned investments with the first two years representing a two-year Capital Budget. The CIP is updated every two years. The sources of funds that support the CIP include County and State transportation taxes; grants; City development impact fees; and allocations from the City General Fund.

On April 1, 2025, the City Council received a presentation about the preparation of the City’s five-year CIP. Staff reviewed current investments, program accomplishments, funding projections, results from a community survey (posted on My Fremont from December 2024 through January 2025), and the consideration of a local ballot measure to enhance revenues. Also at the meeting, public comments were received and the City Council provided direction to staff.

On May 13, 2025, staff presented to the City Council the Proposed 2025 CIP with a full list of projects and expenditures having a total investment value of $236 million. City Council input on the Proposed CIP was supportive and no changes have been made to the Proposed CIP.

DISCUSSION/ANALYSIS: As presented and discussed at the City Council meeting on May 13, 2025, the following provides a summary of the CIP investment highlights.

General Fund Annual Transfers to the CIP

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The proposed CIP includes a $3.775 million annual transfer (a total of $18.875 million over five years) of funding from the General Fund for capital maintenance activities. The investments are allocated as follows:

• $2.0 million annually to building maintenance
• $0.6 million to capital replacement for parks
• $0.3 million to playground resurfacing
• $0.45 million for ADA facility improvements
• $0.325 to the 50/50 sidewalk repair/ street tree replacement program • $0.1 million to water conservation and median islands

Transportation Investment Highlights
The proposed Transportation CIP includes program and project allocations (totaling $181 million) focused in the areas of: pavement and sidewalk maintenance; traffic operations and signal system improvement; bicycle and pedestrian facilities; major projects; and new projects.

• Basic Maintenance Projects – The highest level of funding in the Transportation CIP is allocated to ongoing annual projects to repave City streets; repair sidewalks, curbs, and gutters in the worst condition; and build ADA curb ramps. The overall funding amount for basic maintenance is $75.6 million.

• Traffic Operations and Signal Projects – The proposed investments in traffic operations and signal projects include annual expenditures to maintain existing traffic signals (195 signals); maintain or expand fiber optic communication network within the roadway; modernize equipment for more efficient operations; construct new traffic signals at priority locations to improve safety and operation; and to respond to community interests and concerns related traffic operations. The overall funding amount for traffic operations and signal projects is approximately $20.3 million. Key traffic operation projects included in this CIP budget cycle include the continued development of reliable signal coordination timing along major corridors to manage traffic speeds and minimize the number of red lights experienced by motorists.

• Bike/Pedestrian Projects – The City receives dedicated funds from the County Measure BB program and State grants for improvements and expansion to the City’s bicycle and pedestrian facilities as identified in the City’s Active Transportation Plan and Safe Routes to Schools program. The overall funding amount for the bike/ped projects is approximately $8.6 million. It is noted that other Transportation CIP programs and projects (e.g., complete street roadway projects) may also include bicycle and pedestrian facility elements that are in addition to these bike/ped projects.

• Major Grant Projects – A significant portion of the City’s Transportation CIP is oriented toward major and regional projects funded by grant sources. This includes the City’s support for developing the new Irvington BART Station and the new bridges for bicycling and walking over freeways at 680/Sabercat Trail and 880/Innovation District. Additionally, the City is leading the planning and design for modernizing freeway interchanges at 680/Mission and 880/Decoto. The City is

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expecting to receive future grant revenues for the following projects:

Dumbarton/Decoto Multimodal Corridor ($35 million); Peralta/Mowry Pavement Rehabilitation and Compete Street Project ($17 million); and Fremont Boulevard Multimodal Corridor ($10 million). The overall amount of new funding for major grant projects in the proposed CIP is $62 million. Based on actions by the California Transportation Commission, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission, and Alameda County Transportation Commission, these funds are specifically programmed to the City of Fremont and can be obtained once the projects are ready for construction and/or other conditions have been met.

• Proposed New Projects – Two new projects are proposed to be added to the Transportation CIP based on interest expressed through the recent community survey. Funding in the amount of $200,000 is allocated to the Scott Creek/ Zinfandel Traffic Safety project and $200,000 is allocated to the Walnut/ Gomes Railroad Quiet Zone project. Both investments are for project planning in order to determine the scope and cost of these projects for future funding consideration and potential grant funding opportunities.

Park Investment Highlights
The proposed Parks CIP includes project allocations totaling approximately $20 million over five years focused in the following areas: funding prior project commitments; park planning and ongoing park improvement funding; additional funding for existing major projects underway; and finally funding affordable identified community needs based on available funds. The Recreation Commission considered proposed projects in three meetings during October and December of 2024, and February 2025. During the Commission’s review, they considered the proposed projects consistent with the Parks and Recreation Master Plan that was adopted in 2022. All proposed project allocations would be funded by Parks Development Impact Fees. The Recreation Commission also addressed decreasing revenues and project funding shortfalls of prior approved projects. On February 5, 2025, the Recreation Commission voted 6-0-0-1 to forward the proposed Parks CIP to the City Council for consideration. Significant goals in the proposed Parks CIP include the following:

• Honoring Prior Funding Commitment to New Central Park Community Center Project: The previous CIP cycle funded $2 million of the total $5 million commitment of Parks Development Impact Fees for site improvements associated with the Community Center. On July 9, 2024, City Council approved the initial phase of construction. The final $3 million is proposed for FY 2025/26.

• On-Going Park Improvement Projects and Park Planning Efforts: Funding for on-going park planning efforts, CIP costs/scope work, park emerging projects, CIP management, security in parks, ADA upgrades in parks, and adding benches to existing parks in support of the Age Friendly Fremont Action Plan, over the five years total $3.6M.

• Funding Shortfalls for Already Approved Park Projects and Improvements:

Much of FY 2025/26’s capital investment is allocated toward additional funding for on-going park projects. In addition to funds to the new Central Park Community Center mentioned above, approximately $3.6 million will be allocated to other ongoing projects. Shortfalls could be due to expanded scope, additional project requirements along with the high inflationary pressures and other increasing costs in

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the construction industry and throughout the economy. Staff estimates that the proposed allocations in this CIP will complete funding for the following projects:

1) Centerville Community Park for the addition of Pickleball courts and expanded utility requirements ($1.46 million)
2) Patterson Ranch Dog Park for improvements to site access ($300,000) 3) Vallejo Mill Historic Park for expanded environmental review process ($445,000) 4) Central Park Babbling Brook Bridge Renovation for increased cost and scope change ($339,000)
5) Central Park Knoll Pickleball Court Lighting to accommodate community need by expanding operating hours after sunset ($1.1 million)

• Funding New and Long-Term Projects: With the limitations on available funding, only a few new projects are proposed, most with only partial funding:

1) Cricket Batting Cages at a Community Park has been identified as a high need and will assist Recreation Services in meeting the community demand for Cricket practice space until Cricket Fields are expanded. One project ($1.1 million) is proposed to be funded in FY 2026/27, with lower levels of fund savings planned in the program years (FY 2027/28-2029/30. ($1.8 million) 2) Lake Elizabeth Renovation Management will establish initial funding to explore, develop and potentially implement solutions for improved long-term lake water quality and potential recreational uses. ($1.8 million) 3) Niles Dock Renovations or Replacements has historically been funded one dock at a time. This project will not be specific to any one dock and will give staff the flexibility to address issues or concerns as they arise. ($547,000) 4) Hetch Hetchy Bike/Ped Trail at Warm Springs supports the community priority to expand trails and pedestrian facilities. The proposed funding will reinitiate the long-term savings for a future trail that will connect four parks in Warm Springs. ($1.5 million)

General Government/Public Facilities Investment Highlights The proposed General Government/Public Facilities CIP allocations total $16.52 million. Of this amount, $5 million is allocated to pay debt on public facilities completed in the past and $10 million is programmed to support the development agreement for the Age Well Center in South Fremont. Other funding supports the development permitting system, red -light photo enforcement program, Capital Improvement Program management, and the Development Impact Fee program management.

Carryover Projects Funded from the 2023 Capital Budget
In addition to new expenditures proposed in the 2025 CIP, other capital improvement projects will be implemented based on prior funding allocations in the 2023 Capital Budget.

Noted below is a summary of these previously funded projects:

• General Fund Projects: Citywide Park Restroom Improvements (some projects under construction; multi-year program), HVAC System Replacements (some projects under construction; multi-year program), EV Charging for City Fleet Electrification (some projects under construction; multi-year program), Central Park Community Center (Phase 1 construction to start in 2026), and Auto Mall Parkway Median Landscaping (construction to start in 2026).

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• Transportation Projects: Traffic Signal at Mission/Sullivan (construction to start in 2025); Paseo Padre Safe Street Improvements (design to start in 2025); Centerville Railroad Quiet Zone Corridor (design underway; not yet funded for construction); and Dusterberry and Peralta Intersection Improvements (design to start in 2025; not yet funded for construction).

Park Projects: California Nursery Entry Plaza and Rose Garden, Central Park Fitness Equipment, Booster and Azevada Playgrounds (all in construction); Palm Avenue Park (community outreach to be completed in June 2025). General Plan Conformity Findings in compliance with State law, the proposed CIP has been reviewed by the Community Development Department and found to conform with the City’s General Plan. Attached is a letter documenting the General Plan conformity findings.

FISCAL IMPACT: The 2025 CIP programs approximately $236 million in projects over the five-year life of the plan. Approximately $75 million is proposed for appropriation in FY 2025/26 and FY 2026/27 as part of a 2-year Capital Budget.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: This agenda item is not subject to the requirements of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) per CEQA Guidelines Section 15378 as it is not defined as a “project.” The CIP is a planning tool used to identify future capital projects, anticipated time for implementation, and funding sources.

WEBLINK: The FY 2025/26-2029/30 Proposed Capital Improvement Program is posted on the City’s website at https://www.fremont.gov/home/showpublisheddocument/18009

ATTACHMENTS:
• General Plan Conformity Findings Letter Dated May 13, 2025

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Hold a public hearing.

2. Accept staff report and consider all capital improvement projects proposed for the Five-Year Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30 and the two-year Capital Budget.

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May 13, 2025

Michelle Silva-Salinas, Deputy Director
City of Fremont Maintenance Operations Department
(Sent via email to [email protected])

Subject: General Plan Conformity Finding for 2025/26 – 2029/30 Capital Improvement Program (CIP)

Dear Michelle,

The City of Fremont has prepared a five-year Capital Improvement Program (CIP) for Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30 to address citywide infrastructure needs and planned investments. The CIP includes a five-year program of planned investments, with the first two years representing a two-year Capital Budget.

Per California Government Code Sections 65103(c) and 65401, the Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30 CIP must be reviewed by the City’s Planning Agency for conformance with the City’s General Plan prior to adoption by the City Council. As specified in Fremont Municipal Code Section 2.20.310(b), for the purpose of conformity findings required to be made pursuant to Government Code Section 65403, the functions of the Planning Agency may be performed by the Planning Manager, or his designee. The purpose of this memorandum is to document the Planning Agency’s determination that the Fiscal Years 2025/26 through 2029/30 CIP is in conformance with the City’s General Plan.

The projects contained in the CIP align with the goals, policies, and implementation measures found in the General Plan elements, including Mobility, Conservation, Parks and Recreation, Housing, and Public Facilities. In the analysis below, each of the major project groups (Capital Maintenance, General Government, Parks and Recreation, and Transportation Improvements) is paired with a list of corresponding General Plan goals, policies and programs. It is understood that the individual capital projects contained within the CIP will continue to be reviewed for conformance with the General Plan as they advance through the process.

Capital Maintenance
The Capital Maintenance projects contained within the CIP would preserve and maintain existing city assets, including projects such as building maintenance, capital replacement for parks, playground resurfacing, ADA facility improvements, 50/50 sidewalk repair and street tree replacement program, water conservation and median upgrades. These projects would conform to the following policies and implementation measures contained in the Conservation, Mobility and Public Facilities Elements of the General Plan:

Mobility Element Policy 3-3.5: Transportation Infrastructure Maintenance Provide adequate funding to maintain roads, bridges, sidewalks, bike paths, and other transportation facilities in good operating condition.

Docusign Envelope ID: 11794DD0-7341-421B-B498-7B48A41BA80D

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Conservation Element Implementation 7-1.8.C: Residential Tree Planting Program Encourage property owners to preserve and care for trees on their property and to plant additional trees in appropriate locations.

Conservation Element Implementation 7-1.8.B: Monitor Tree Resources Actively monitor the City’s tree resources for disease and impaired growth and replace as required.

Conservation Element Policy 7-4.1: Water Conservation Maximize community water conservation.

Public Facilities Element Implementation 9-1.3.A: Existing Facilities Continue to provide facilities for the Fremont Main Library, the Fremont Senior Center, the Fremont Family Resource Center, and community centers.

Public Facilities Element Implementation 9-2.1.A: Efficiency Retrofits Continue to perform cost- effective energy efficiency retrofits on City buildings in order to reduce both greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs.

Transportation
The Transportation Improvement projects contained within the proposed CIP would enhance mobility in the City, including projects to improve the City’s traffic operations and traffic signal system, pavement and sidewalk maintenance, bike and pedestrian facilities. These projects would conform to the following policies and implementation measures contained in the Mobility Element of the General Plan:

Mobility Element Policy 3-1.1: Complete Streets Design major streets to balance the needs of automobiles with the needs of pedestrians, bicyclists, and transit users. Over time, all Fremont's corridors should evolve into multimodal streets that offer safe and attractive choices among different travel modes.

Mobility Element Policy 3-1.5: Improving Pedestrian and Bicycle Circulation Incorporate provisions for pedestrians and bicycles on city streets to facilitate and encourage safe walking and cycling throughout the city. Landscaping should reduce wind, provide shade, provide a buffer to adjacent roadways, and stimulate visual interest. Visually appealing, energy-efficient street lighting should be provided to ensure night-time safety.

Mobility Element Implementation 3-2.5.A: Bicycle and Pedestrian Capital Projects Develop and periodically update a priority list for planned pedestrian and bicycle improvements, consistent with the route networks in the Pedestrian and Bicycle Master Plans.

Mobility Element Implementation 3-3.4.A: Signal Timing Coordinate the timing of traffic signals on primary arterials to improve vehicular flow and reduce delays.

Mobility Element Implementation 3-3.6.A: Traffic Control Devices Install traffic control devices (signals, stop signs, etc.), streetlights, and other measures to enhance safety and reduce road hazards.

Docusign Envelope ID: 11794DD0-7341-421B-B498-7B48A41BA80D

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Parks and Recreation
The Parks and Recreation projects contained within the CIP would enhance the City’s parks and recreation facilities through various existing and proposed projects, including park improvements. These projects would conform to the following goals and policies contained in the Parks and Recreation Element of the General Plan:

Mobility Element Goal 8-1:A A Wide Range of Parks and Recreational Facilities Provide a wide range of parks and recreational facilities to reflect the community’s desire for a variety of recreational experiences.

Mobility Element Policy 8-1.1: Parks and Recreational Facility Guidelines Develop parks and recreational facilities consistent with the standards and guidelines included in the Parks and Recreation chapter of the General Plan and in the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

Parks and Recreation Element Goal 8-2: Well-Maintained Parks A park system that features landscaping, fields, equipment, and structures that are well maintained, attractive, and functional.

General Government
The General Government projects contained within the CIP includes various types of projects, including CIP management, development permitting system, red light photo enforcement program, and the Development Impact Fee program management. These projects would conform to the following implementation measures contained in the Public Facilities and Housing Elements of the General Plan:

Public Facilities Element Implementation 9-1.2.B: Periodic Needs Assessment Regularly conduct needs assessment studies and update impact fees to fund demands for any additional facilities caused by future growth.

Housing Element Implementation Program 6: Citywide Capital Improvements. Adopt CIP to fund improvements that support existing residential neighborhoods.

Sincerely,

Joel E. Pullen, AICP
Planning Manager
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Attachment: General Plan Conformity Findings Letter Dated May 13, 2025 (5465 : CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM) Fremont City Council Meeting: 06/03/25 07:00 PM
3300 Capitol Avenue Div/Dept: Finance Department
Fremont, CA 94538 Category: Budget

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COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5461) DOC ID: 5461
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FISCAL YEAR 2025/26 OPERATING BUDGET - First Public Hearing (Published Notice) on FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget
Contact Persons:

Name: Joe Fan David Persselin
Title: Management Analyst II Finance Director
Div/Dept: Finance Department Finance Department
Phone: (510) 494-4637 510-494-4631
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]

Executive Summary: The purpose of this report is to recommend that the City Council hold a public hearing on the FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget. The second public hearing and adoption are scheduled for June 10, 2025.

BACKGROUND: The following information has been extracted from the Budget Overview section of the FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget document. It sets the context for the proposed budget by describing the challenges and opportunities the City will address and the major initiatives underway.

This proposed budget addresses an anticipated slowdown in City revenue growth brought about by the federal government’s recent imposition of unusually high tariffs on imported goods. Consistent with the City Council’s foundational principal of fiscal sustainability, General Fund budgeted expenditures for the coming year of $277.8 million have been limited to fit within the projected ongoing resources without the use of the Budget Uncertainty Reserve. After adjusting for the approximately $11.9 million one-time sales tax reduction resulting from the State’s recovery of prior year overpayments in FY 2024/25, ongoing General Fund resources are projected to increase by 1.7% in FY 2025/26.

The proposed budget continues to incorporate the City Council’s and community’s highest priorities by maintaining funding for addressing and preventing homelessness, ensuring public safety, and pursuing environmental sustainability.

The following are highlighted in this overview:
• FY 2025/26 Fiscal Outlook
• Economic Update
• Key Budget Assumptions
• Discussion of Unmet Needs
• Major City Initiatives

FY 2025/26 Fiscal Outlook

Staff anticipates that the local economy will slow during FY 2025/26 and total General Fund ongoing resources (revenues and transfers in) of $278.3 million are projected to increase by just 1.7% over estimated actual ongoing resources in FY 2024/25.

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Property tax and sales tax are the City’s most significant revenue sources. Property tax revenues are estimated to total $146.1 million in FY 2024/25, and staff projects those revenues will increase to $152.8 million in FY 2025/26, an increase of 4.6%. Under Proposition 13, assessed values of all real property adjust with the California Consumer Price Index (CCPI), with a 2% limit, unless there is a change in ownership or new construction. The CCPI adjustment for the FY 2025/26 tax roll is an increase of 2%. The estimated increase in secured property value for FY 2025/26 from changes in ownership of

2.5% is based on property transfer tax data for calendar year 2024 and preliminary information from the County Assessor. An additional estimated increase of 0.25% for the value of new construction reflects the declining level of development activity in Warm Springs and other areas of the City.

Sales tax revenue is anticipated to total $56.6 million in FY 2024/25. However, that amount is reduced approximately $11.9 million by the State’s recovery of prior year overpayments to the City. Adjusting for that one-time reduction, projected FY 2025/26 revenue of $65.5 million shows a 4.4% drop, reflecting the estimated impact of the recently imposed tariffs on consumer and business purchases.

Business taxes are projected to yield $13.4 million in FY 2024/25, a slight increase from the prior year. The FY 2025/26 business tax estimate of $13.4 million assumes no growth based on the expected slowdown in business activity and continued high interest rates discouraging new development.

Hotel/motel occupancy tax revenues are projected to total $6.1 million in FY 2025/26, an increase of less than 1% from the prior year. After strong post-pandemic growth, occupancy rates and room rates appear to have plateaued over the last several years.

The FY 2025/26 proposed operating budget maintains the General Fund Contingency Reserve at 16.7% of budgeted expenditures and transfers out, or $46.4 million, a level consistent with City Council policy and the recommended practice of the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada. The General Fund Budget Uncertainty Reserve is projected to end FY 2024/25 at $6.7 million.

Economic Update

Growth in the national economy is expected to slow. The recent imposition of tariffs, particularly those on automobiles and goods from China, are expected to increase prices and reduce consumer and business activity. In a recent speech, Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell noted that:

“… the new Administration is in the process of implementing substantial policy changes in four distinct areas: trade, immigration, fiscal policy, and regulation. Those policies are still evolving, and their effects on the economy remain highly uncertain … The level of the tariff increases announced so far is significantly larger than anticipated. The same is likely to be true of the economic effects, which will include higher inflation and slower growth.”

Chair Powell went on to imply that the Federal Reserve would likely maintain the current relatively high level of interest rates to prevent runaway inflation: “Our obligation is to keep longer-term inflation expectations well anchored and to make certain that a one-time increase in the price level does not become an ongoing inflation problem.”

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The first evidence of a “tariff effect” on the economy is the recently reported 0.3% drop in gross domestic project (GDP) during the first quarter of 2025. That drop was caused by a large increase in imports as businesses rushed to increase inventory in advance of the tariffs taking effect.

The employment situation has remained stable, with the April unemployment rate of 4.2% unchanged from March and consistent with reported levels over the last year. The solid labor market, combined with inflation rates in the mid-2% range, support the Federal Reserve’s decision to delay action on interest rate cuts.

Consumers, however, are anticipating job losses and an economic slowdown. According to The Conference Board Consumer Confidence Survey, “Consumer confidence declined for a fifth consecutive month in April, falling to levels not seen since the onset of the COVID pandemic… Consumers explicitly mentioned concerns about tariffs increasing pricing and have negative impacts on the economy.” To the extent that lower consumer confidence translates into reduced purchasing, a weaker economy could become a self-fulfilling prophecy.

The City’s revenue forecast assumes that tariffs will reduce sales tax collections and stall growth in business tax and other economically sensitive revenues. Additionally, the forecast assumes that the Federal Reserve’s concerns over higher inflation will prompt them to keep interest rates higher and for a longer period than they otherwise would, resulting in a continuation of the weak local real estate market and reduced development activity.

Key Budget Assumptions

Based on the data we have at this time and economic forecasts from a range of sources, we are making the following key assumptions for the FY 2025/26 proposed budget:

1. The recently imposed tariffs on automobiles and Chinese goods will increase prices and reduce retail sales. These higher price levels will prompt the Federal Reserve Board to delay reducing its interest rate target, thereby continuing the slowdown in real estate transactions and development activity. As a result, the City’s property tax, sales tax, and business tax revenue will be adversely affected during FY 2025/26. Total General Fund ongoing resources (revenues and transfers in) are projected to increase by 1.7% over estimated actual ongoing resources in FY 2024/25 after adjusting for the State’s reallocation of sales tax during FY 2024/25.

2. As the City’s labor agreements end in FY 2024/25, compensation increases have not been included for FY 2025/26.

3. The FY 2025/26 proposed budget eliminates General Fund support for pavement maintenance and routine tree trimming, reduces funding for park and street median capital replacement, but includes continued funding for sidewalks, facilities maintenance, and capital improvements to achieve compliance with ADA standards.

4. In accordance with City Council policy, an additional pension contribution of $3.5 million to pay down the City’s unfunded liability more rapidly has been incorporated into the proposed General Fund budget.

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5. Total expenditures in the FY 2025/26 proposed budget include a savings assumption of $20 million (approximately 7% of total budgeted expenditures in FY 2025/26) to reflect the City’s historical experience of under-spending total allocated resources, primarily due to salary savings from vacant positions.

6. The General Fund Contingency Reserve will be maintained at 16.7% of total budgeted expenditures and transfers out, the minimum level recommended by the Government Finance Officers Association of the United States and Canada (GFOA).

7. The proposed budget does not include funding to restore the General Fund Budget Uncertainty Reserve, but reestablishing that reserve at an appropriate level will be considered a top priority. As part of the FY 2024/25 Year-End Report in Fall 2025, staff will bring forward recommendations for allocating any available ending unreserved fund balance to address one-time priority projects, programs, unfunded liabilities, or reserve augmentation.

Unmet Needs

Fremont is a great place to live, work and do business. However, like many cities throughout California, our City faces long-term fiscal challenges that impact the City’s ability to maintain quality of life services at the level residents want and deserve. Important quality of life services we must continue to protect, maintain and improve include:

• Police/Fire protection and emergency response services • Garbage and recycling services
• Maintaining public parks
• Streets/Roads repair
• Protecting the safety of drivers, bikers, and pedestrians.

We continue to grapple with increasing needs for public safety services and the growing cost of maintaining Fremont’s roads and other infrastructure. The construction of new residential units as well as commercial and industrial development throughout the City necessitates increased police and fire response to protect public safety. The majority of Fremont’s public infrastructure was constructed many years ago and now requires either an increased level or increased frequency of repairs, compounded by not having had adequate resources to spend on maintenance in the past. Moreover, as Fremont continues to grow, additional infrastructure is added that must be maintained, further stretching the City’s limited maintenance resources.

Finally, new requirements result in increased costs. Some of these requirements are voluntary, such as the City’s commitment to improving traffic and pedestrian safety and traffic congestion, and encouraging alternative forms of transportation, through implementation of the Mobility Action Plan. Components of the Mobility Action Plan, such as completion of the Safe Routes to Schools program, traffic signal modernization, and construction of major bicycle and pedestrian infrastructure are costly and will necessitate development of enhanced funding sources. Similarly, components of the Climate Action Plan including electric vehicle charging infrastructure for City vehicles and converting City buildings from gas to electric heating call for major investments. Other new requirements, which are regulatory in nature, have increased dramatically over the last few years, and have added significant costs to City operations. The City’s Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) Transition Plan is projected to need over $100 million over the next 25 years.

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As the City anticipates a slowdown in revenue growth during FY 2025/26, the General Fund service enhancements included in the proposed budget are self-supporting: two additional fee-supported fire inspectors to implement a State-mandated defensible space inspection program to reduce wildfire risks and the replacement of multiple part-time staff with one full-time office specialist at the Animal Shelter to improve customer service. Outside the General Fund, proposed enhancements include an additional day of homeless encampment cleanup services each week, continuation of the Keep Fremont Housed rental assistance program for homelessness prevention, funding for the Winter Relief program that provides temporary housing for homeless residents, and an increase to full-time staffing for the assistant chef position at the Lake Elizabeth Age Well Center.

Major City Initiatives

The City of Fremont continues to support and invest in major strategic growth initiatives while navigating an operating environment characterized by everchanging conditions and macroeconomic uncertainty. These initiatives are important elements of our diversified tax base strategy to preserve and expand Fremont’s General Fund over time and position the City for sustainable economic growth and fiscal stability.

Development: Private sector investments in infill development projects provide financial resources to the City and infuse vitality into the community by creating modern places to live, work, and play. Major development projects are also often required to make offsite improvements that benefit residents and businesses in the surrounding area. Revenue contributions from development include use-dedicated impact fees to support City capital projects including parkland acquisition, affordable housing, transportation and facilities; Permit Center cost-recovery fees; and most critically, sustained increases in General Fund revenues from property tax reassessments.

Fremont’s broad geography and multiple growth areas provide a diverse array of investment and infill redevelopment opportunities. Investment in these growth areas is supported by supportive land use policies proactively implemented by the City to serve as catalysts toward generating greater investment. Most major projects fall into one of two categories:
industrial and residential/mixed-use.

There are five key development areas in Fremont that are critical to Fremont’s economic growth: Warm Springs Innovation District, Bayside Technology Park, Pacific Commons, Ardenwood Technology Park, and Downtown/City Center. Major projects are occurring in each area, which are highlighted below.

Warm Springs Innovation District

The Warm Springs Innovation District is critically important to the City because of a unique convergence of infrastructure, its central location, and an expanding employer base. This includes the Warm Springs/South Fremont BART station and adjacent Tesla Factory, which is the City’s largest employer and supports over 20,000 engineers and factory employees.

The BART station enhances intermodal access to local bike routes and provides critical connectivity to the City’s existing and future employment clusters in the greater Warm Springs area.

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In February 2022, the City celebrated the completion of the new West Access Bridge, connecting pedestrians and cyclists from the BART station to new residential and major commercial areas, including the Tesla Factory. The development of the West Access Bridge also provided an urban plaza that can be used to hold outdoor events and a trail that will eventually connect to a planned bicycle and pedestrian bridge crossing over Interstate 880.

To support marketing the commercial/employment opportunities, Warm Springs has been branded as an Innovation District. Successes in attracting advanced technology tenants to the district include Raxium, a manufacturer of holographic displays that was recently acquired by Google; Zoox, a manufacturer of autonomous vehicles; and Underwriters Laboratories (UL), a provider of advanced technology testing and certification services which has significantly expanded its Warm Springs footprint in the last few years.

The Warm Springs Community Plan originally envisioned the area as having a mix of office, R&D, and manufacturing employment, complimenting 4,000 units of new residential development, the majority of which has been completed. Office activity has not materialized due to a weak market for speculative office development; however, in juxtaposition to tepid office demand there has been significant interest in Warm Springs for new industrial development.

The proposed and approved industrial project backlog in Warm Springs now totals over 750,000 square feet. This includes the under construction 267,000 square speculative industrial project at 49000 Milmont from global developer Hines and a 22-acre advanced manufacturing campus proposed by prominent Silicon Valley development group, Sobrato, across Warm Springs Boulevard from the Warm Springs BART station that is currently under review. Once delivered and occupied, the cumulative impacts of these developments will provide for significant employment growth in the area.

Bayside Technology Park

Fremont’s Bayside Technology Park functions as the City’s marquee technology employment district. Major employers include Lam Research, Stryker, Bionova Scientific, and Delta Electronics. While employment in Bayside skews toward semiconductor and biomedical-related manufacturing, the district is also home to a growing number of battery and other cleantech companies.

Major development activity includes the Campus at Bayside, a six building, 473,250 square feet speculative advanced manufacturing campus on previously undeveloped property. The project is expected to break ground in FY 2025/26 with Phase 1 consisting of three of the six buildings. Once complete, Campus at Bayside will provide a state-of-the-art manufacturing and technology campus environment with multiple building footprints, allowing existing Fremont companies to remain and grow within the area.

Across Gateway Boulevard from the Campus at Bayside is an approximately 203,700 square feet project being pursued by Prologis, Fremont’s largest property owner. The project is under City review, with a target construction commencement in calendar year 2026. The project proposes demolition of three existing office buildings, speaking to the relative weakness of the office market compared to the strength of Fremont’s industrial base.

Pacific Commons

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Immediately north of Bayside is the Pacific Commons area, which boasts a blend of legacy industrial uses with major technology tenants. The district is anchored by Pacific Commons Shopping Center, a large regional center spanning 840 acres. In 2024, the Center was one of the most visited outdoor shopping malls nationally. The City continues to work collaboratively with the center’s management to proactively backfill larger format retail spaces that have become vacant with contemporary uses and support reinvestment in the project.

Major development activity in the area includes Pacific Commons South (PCS), an approximately 2.5 million square feet Class A industrial campus that achieved full occupancy in 2024. Major tenants include Meta, artificial intelligence server maker Quanta Computer, biomedical company Cepheid, cleantech manufacturer Bloom Energy, and Amazon. UPS also operates an 800,000 square foot state-of-the-art distribution hub.

In 2022, the City approved a General Plan Amendment and rezoning for the former Globe mall site into a new, approximately 400,000 square foot industrial campus called Fremont 880 Tech Center that completed construction in FY 2024/25. The project has already secured its first tenant, Taiwan- based data center hardware manufacturer Mitac Information Systems and is actively marketing the remaining two buildings.

The Pacific Commons district is also home to the Fremont Auto Mall, which includes 14 unique dealerships and over 20 represented auto brands. Notably, Enterprise Holdings is currently undergoing construction for a major car and commercial vehicle dealership and leasing center that is expected to be completed in early FY 2025/26. Other more recent dealerships include lifestyle vehicle dealer Rec Van and used car dealer CarMax. Along with Pacific Commons Shopping Center and Fremont’s expansive industrial areas, the Fremont Auto Mall dealerships aid in further diversifying and strengthening Fremont’s sales tax base.

Ardenwood Technology Park

Ardenwood Technology Park is located just off Highway 84 and Interstate 880, offering a shorter or reverse commute from most parts of the region compared to other employment hubs in Silicon Valley. The centrality of Ardenwood, along with competitive rents, better proximity to the bulk of the region’s workforce, and its idyllic suburban office park setting make the district a sought-after location for business expansion and relocation for businesses along the San Francisco Peninsula.

Recent business expansions include life science companies Novo Nordisk, Boehringer Ingelheim, and Alexza Pharmaceuticals, each of which have expanded or intensified their operations. Another major growth company in Ardenwood is Nextracker, a maker of solar tracking equipment that has expanded into a second facility and outdoor R&D demonstration area. Meta continues to maintain a major presence in Ardenwood, with its core campus comprised of over 1 million square feet of space.

Downtown and City Center

With its centralized, amenity-rich location, Downtown Fremont is poised to become a vibrant, mixed-use district that will serve as a gathering hub for the entire community.

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Downtown’s 110-acre district is surrounded by the broader 430-acre City Center area that includes major shopping centers like The Hub and Gateway Plaza. The City Center area is also home to Washington Healthcare, Kaiser, and Sutter medical campuses, which collectively employ thousands of skilled workers in the area.

Several City-led capital projects have formed the foundation for Downtown Fremont’s growth. This includes acquiring real property to link Capitol Avenue with Fremont Boulevard and connecting two major regional shopping centers along an inviting, pedestrian-friendly streetscape. The enhanced streetscape has laid the groundwork to establish the street as Downtown’s envisioned “retail spine,” with commercial spaces, civic activity, and open spaces activating the public realm. Downtown is punctuated by the City-owned Downtown Event Center (DTEC), which opened in October 2021 and can accommodate events of up to 1,200 attendees. The venue represents Phase 1 of a long-term Civic Center Complex plan.

Supportive land use regulations have also been put in place to promote private investment.

The first private development of Downtown Fremont, known as Locale @ Capitol Square, includes 157 for-sale condo units above approximately 21,000 square feet of ground floor retail across 11 shop spaces, and sets the tone for future Capitol Avenue development.

Initial lease-up of this first-generation retail space has been strong, with ten of the eleven commercial spaces leased to locally owned restaurants, shops, and health and wellness services. City staff work actively with commercial brokers to market Downtown for additional retail investment.

Downtown Fremont has seen exciting milestones in 2024 and 2025, including the completion of the six-story Fremont Bank headquarters, the completion of the MIG mixed-use project, The Tolman, the approved entitlements for the Kimco-led redevelopment of Gateway Plaza and the Hub. Including the two Kimco projects, the total development project pipeline for the Downtown area exceeds $1 billion in construction value. While macroeconomic conditions may impact the viability of approved but unconstructed projects, the growing backlog is a promising indicator of interest in Downtown Fremont from market participants.

To maintain community enthusiasm during the multiyear buildout of Downtown, the City continues to host events to bring people to the area. This includes contracting with community organizations like the Fremont Chamber of Commerce to organize various placemaking activities in Downtown. The Fremont Chamber helped organize a very successful Holidays at the Plaza event, drawing over 4,000 guests to enjoy holiday activities at the Downtown Event Center Plaza. Additional first-time events are planned for FY 2025/26, including a “Dog Days” of Summer, Sip-n-Stroll, and night market.

Business Attraction: The City maintains a dual focus for attracting new businesses to Fremont that includes marketing and facilitating investments from both advanced technology industries and retail. The former can provide opportunity to grow Fremont’s jobs base at scale and contribute substantial General Fund revenues to support City services while the latter contributes to Fremont’s cultural fabric and provides important amenities to Fremont residents.

Advanced Industry Sector Highlights

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Fremont continues to play an instrumental role within Silicon Valley’s ecosystem, serving as an ideal location for hardware technology and advanced manufacturing companies to scale their operations. Fremont’s biomedical sector, the largest by number of firms, remains a key growth driver. In FY 2024/25, Bionova Scientific held a ribbon cutting for its new Process Development and Pilot Plant, its fourth building in Fremont. Boehringer Ingelheim has continued to intensify its biopharmaceutical manufacturing operations at its campus in Ardenwood while nearby Novo Nordisk announced plans to build a new cell therapies development center next to its existing building.

Fremont also serves as the nation’s largest hub for cleantech manufacturing, home to over 50 companies. Over the years, the City has developed strong expertise supporting this industry, including permitting and hazardous material management, crucial for battery technology startups. Several Fremont companies have also sought to take advantage of the Inflation Reduction Act, spurring investment in EV, solar, and battery technologies. In FY 2024/25, Sony Honda Mobility signed a lease for the former Men’s Wearhouse corporate headquarters at 6100 Stevenson, which will be the Northern California home to the AFEELA EV Studio and Delivery Hub. Fremont-based Nextracker continues to see strong tailwinds from deployment of utility-scale solar while cleantech startups like Tandem PV have chosen Fremont to build out new pilot manufacturing plants.

Semiconductors and semiconductor equipment remain a key part of Fremont’s industry base, catalyzed by the exponential growth of AI programs and the CHIPS and Science Act.

Longstanding Fremont companies like Lam Research and Western Digital continue to make investments in upgrading their cleanrooms and fabs while newer companies, like Raxium, a wholly owned subsidiary of Google, and Rigetti Computing, a maker of advanced quantum computing chips, are in the process of building out extensive new fabs in Fremont. In FY 2024/25, a consortium including Fremont-based Ohlone College, the SEMI organization, and over a half dozen Fremont companies was selected as the recipient of a semiconductor manufacturing technician program that will help to address the workforce age gap to enable this industry to continue thriving in Fremont.

With AI-powered large language models like ChatGPT growing exponentially, network computing hardware manufacturers have rapidly converged in Fremont, making the City the largest server manufacturing hub in North America. This rapidly growing sector includes companies like Quanta Computer, AMAX, Penguin Solutions, and TD Synnex, each of which operate major manufacturing hubs in Fremont. In FY 2024/25, Fremont welcomed the relocations or expansions of Mitac Information Systems, Aivres, and Wistron, who are each building out major Fremont operations. As a result of these investments, the server manufacturing industry is the fastest growing technology industry in Fremont.

To strengthen a local pipeline of talent between education providers and Fremont’s advanced industries, the City’s Economic Development Department has partnered with Fremont Unified School District, Mission Valley ROP, Ohlone College, CSU East Bay and San Jose State University to coordinate workforce development initiatives including the Fremont Engineering Expo and Fremont Manufacturing Week. The Engineering Expo highlighted FUSD’s engineering students and drew nearly 1,000 participants and visitors.

Similarly for the 13th annual Fremont Manufacturing Week, 16 tours were organized at 12 Fremont companies for over 500 students aged K-12 to university-level.

Retail and Commercial Vibrancy

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Supporting retail and in particular, small business, is an essential part of the City’s economic development program. In FY 2024/25, the City hosted a Small Business Digital Marketing Bootcamp over the course of two days, welcoming over 250 small business owners to the Fremont Downtown Event Center. This workshop provided business owners many crucial digital marketing strategies to help them attract new customers and generate more frequent business from existing customers.

In FY 2024/25, the City and the Fremont Chamber also organized Fremont’s third annual Fremont Restaurant Week with 62 participating businesses, providing local restaurants with free print and digital marketing, boosting foot traffic and sales over the course of what is usually a slower time for businesses. As a result, the majority of participating restaurants have attracted new customers, increased revenue, and widened their brand awareness.

To tell the stories of the people who make up Fremont’s small businesses, the City launched the Shop Small Video Series. The series features short videos profiling individual businesses to showcase the small businesses that help make Fremont unique, highlighting the stories of the business owners behind the scenes through a monthly video series on the City’s social channels and YouTube channel. In a similar effort, the City also launched Small Business Saturday and Small Business Week campaigns, taking out full-page ads in the Tri-City Voice newspaper and posting across the City’s social channels.

The City continues to routinely field inquiries from current and prospective small businesses with questions about zoning, permitting, marketing, and expansion, which helps to promote a thriving small business community in Fremont. The City is committed to helping small businesses through the end-to-end process of opening a physical store in Fremont, assisting with site selection, zoning verification, City-issued tenant improvement permits, and approvals from external agencies including Union Sanitary District, Alameda County Health Department, and California Alcohol & Beverage Control.

To support the re-leasing of vacated spaces and attracting high quality commercial amenities to the community, the City works collaboratively with many of its shopping center owners. A center of particular focus has been Pacific Commons Shopping Center, which is one of the ten most visited outdoor shopping malls nationwide. Work to support the 840-acre, 1.2 million square foot power center has recently included identifying creative opportunities to backfill the former Kohl’s and Dick’s Sporting Goods spaces.

The City has also recognized that strategically focusing retail where it can be most successful benefits key commercial corridors while also providing opportunities for new investment in housing and industrial development. In FY 2024/25, the City Council approved the conversion of a vacant retail site to a new 70,000 square foot speculative industrial project, which is expected to commence construction this fiscal year. The City is also evaluating a proposed general plan amendment and rezoning for the former Fry’s store site into a modern advanced manufacturing campus. While Fremont’s overall retail vacancy remains historically low at 3.9%, strategically “pruning” underutilized retail sites, per the City’s General Plan, will help to ensure a healthy retail market for years to come.

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development impact fees; State gas taxes; County transportation funds; grants from federal, State, and regional sources; as well as from ongoing and one-time transfers from the General Fund. In the recent past, significant projects completed included the Downtown Event Center, the West Access Bridge and Plaza at the Warm Springs BART Station, and the new Dusterberry Neighborhood Park.

Based on the prior Capital Budget approved in 2023, work is underway on several multi - year projects and programs which include: a new Central Park Community Center; replacement of old restrooms in City parks; replacing outdated HVAC (heating, ventilation, and air conditioning) systems at City buildings; and providing charging infrastructure to support replacing City fleet vehicles with electric vehicles. Also, a parkland acquisition program is funded to purchase properties as opportunities become available.

Looking ahead, the City’s proposed five-year CIP (FY 2025/26 through FY 2029/30) includes projects and programs valued at $236 million. The highlights of the proposed CIP are as follows.

Capital Maintenance

Preservation and maintenance of existing City assets is a primary focus of the CIP. The highest level of funding in Capital Maintenance is allocated to ongoing annual projects to repave City streets, repair sidewalks, curbs and gutters in the worst condition, and build ADA curb ramps. This also includes maintenance and capital replacement funding for parks, landscaped median islands, and buildings, as well as a 50/50 grant program to assist residents with sidewalk repairs and street tree replacements.

Transportation

The proposed Transportation CIP includes investments for traffic operations and signal system improvement, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and major projects.

• Investments in traffic operations and signal projects includes annual expenditures to maintain existing traffic signals, modernize equipment for more efficient operations, construct new traffic signals at priority locations to improve safety, and to respond to community interests/ concerns related to traffic operations. • The City receives dedicated funds from the County Measure BB program and State grants for improvements to bicycle and pedestrian facilities. This program helps deliver priority projects identified in the City’s updated Active Transportation Plan and Safe Routes to Schools program.
• A significant element of the City’s Transportation CIP is oriented toward major and regional projects. This includes the City’s support for developing the new Irvington BART Station; connecting communities with trails by building bridges over freeways in the 880/Innovation and 680/Sabercat areas; and modernizing freeway interchanges at 680/Mission and 880/Decoto. In addition, the City has been approved to receive $62 million in grant funding for multimodal transportation projects in the Dumbarton/Decoto corridor, the Peralta/Mowry corridor, and the Fremont Boulevard corridor.

Parks and Recreation

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The Parks CIP includes investments to implement the new Parks and Recreation Master Plan approved by the City Council in March 2022. Significant elements of the proposed CIP include the following:

• Central Park improvements for the outdoor areas surrounding the new Central Park Community Center.
• Supplemental funding to enable construction to start for the Centerville Community Park, Patterson Ranch Dog Park, Vallejo Mill Historic Park, Central Park Babbling Brook Bridge Renovation, and Central Park Knoll Pickleball Court Lighting. • New funding for cricket batting cages, Lake Elizabeth renovation and water quality management, Niles dock renovations, Hetch Hetchy Bike/Trail at Warm Springs, and a Central Park wayfinding signage program in support of the Age Friendly Fremont Action Plan.

Legislative Advocacy: The City continues to be proactive with its legislative advocacy efforts and has forged ahead with building partnerships at the federal, State, and regional levels to ensure the interests and concerns of Fremont and the region are preserved. The City’s Legislative Framework, approved by the City Council, establishes guiding principles and priorities, and serves as the City’s foundation for pursuing major initiatives and funding opportunities. Adopting a legislative framework enables City staff and lobbyists to actively advocate for, influence, and monitor State and federal legislation that best represents Fremont’s interests.

At its annual retreat held in February 2025, the Fremont City Council emphasized economic development as a key driver to ensuring financial stability. Additionally, the City Council renewed consensus on the need to continue to address homelessness, focus on public safety and continue implementation of the City’s Climate Action Plan this coming year.

Economic Development and Fiscal Sustainability

• Continue to balance revenues and expenditures so that the City can provide stable, consistent services to the public in the short and long term. • Continue to keep Council and the public informed and updated about the budget and financial condition of the City.
• Preserve the City’s earned reputation as a financially well managed municipality. • Focus on economic development to increase revenue, including attracting and supporting diverse businesses and industries.
• Focus resources on the Downtown Business District while also revitalizing the other business districts across the City of Fremont.

Continue to address homelessness

• Reduce overall homelessness in Fremont by continuing to realign and enhance services as outlined in the Homelessness Response Plan. • Coordinate cleanup and environmental protection actions with the City’s homelessness response activities.
• Implement recent City Council approved regulations impacting homelessness.

Focus on public safety

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• Recruit and retain sworn staff and dispatchers to reduce total police department vacancies.
• Increase police visibility in the community to foster a sense of community safety. • Acquire and utilize technology and equipment to enhance public safety. • Implement judicious enhancements to our response to unsafe and/or unreasonably disruptive camping sites.
• Enhance natural disaster operational readiness and preparedness. • Implement retail theft prevention and response enhancements.

Continue Implementation of the City’s Climate Action Plan

• Continue renewable energy infrastructure implementation and fleet electrification. • Encourage more clean tech industries and initiatives. • Ensure equitable tree planting and canopy maintenance across the City of Fremont. • Foster a resilient community by enhancing infrastructure to adapt to climate change and natural hazards.

Approximately 2,500 bills were introduced by State lawmakers in early 2025 during the first year of California’s 2025/26 legislative cycle. Key issues the City is keeping an eye on this session include the State’s budget, housing and homelessness, environment and climate change, health care, transportation, public safety, and changes that would negatively impact City operations. Staff’s work plan includes the process of reviewing and monitoring dozens of bills, analyzing and advocating for legislation and regulations that affect our community, partnering with local jurisdictions, and seeking funding opportunities that support these priorities, as well as other Council adopted policies and plans including but not limited to the City’s General Plan, Housing Element, Homeless Response Plan, Climate Action Plan, Mobility Action Plan, and the Parks and Recreation Master Plan.

Fremont is fortunate to work with lobbyist representatives who have been instrumental in alerting the City to funding opportunities and service programs at the State and federal level. In 2024, under the Congressional earmark process that provides local governments and nonprofits the opportunity to submit projects under Community Project Funding, the City received support from Congressman Ro Khanna in the amount of $2 million for a five-acre landscape project that would revitalize the Auto Mall Parkway center median.

Unfortunately, the passage of a clean Continuing Resolution to fund the federal government for six months stripped out any appropriation funding requests. In spring 2025, the City resubmitted the Auto Mall Pkwy project and other new funding requests through our State and federal representatives for consideration.

Over the next year, staff will continue to work with our legislative advocates to prioritize and track legislation, while continuously evaluating the legislative climate to identify new areas of opportunity, with the overarching goal of improving quality of life and creating an equitable future for all, consistent with the City’s vision, goals, and policies.

Conclusion

Fremont prides itself on being a fiscally responsible, lean organization, making the most of the resources entrusted to us. This proposed budget responds to the uncertainty in our economic environment by preserving the most essential City services while deferring certain maintenance activities. Fiscal discipline and wise stewardship over many years have made it

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possible for us to take this balanced approach, but we recognize that more sacrifice may be necessary if the tariff- induced economic slowdown evolves into an extended recession.

To the extent additional resources become available, we will work to ensure that they are used to address the City Council’s and community’s highest priorities.

FISCAL IMPACT: The City Council is not being asked to take action tonight on the FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget other than to hold a public hearing and provide comments to staff. A second public hearing and adoption of the budget are scheduled for June 10, 2025.

ENVIRONMENTAL REVIEW: Action on the proposed operating budget is an organizational, fiscal, and administrative governmental activity that will not result in physical changes in the environment. Therefore, it is not a project subject to review under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) pursuant to '"CEQA Guidelines Section 15378.

LINK: The FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget is posted on the City’s website at:
https://www.fremont.gov/government/departments/finance/financial-reports

RECOMMENDATIONS:

1. Hold a public hearing.

2. Provide direction to staff on issues pertaining to the FY 2025/26 Proposed Operating Budget.

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COUNCIL STAFF REPORT (ID # 5485) DOC ID: 5485
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MAYOR SALWAN REFERRAL: Appointment to Advisory Body
Contact Persons:

Name: Raj Salwan
Title: Mayor
Div/Dept: City Council
Phone: 510-284-4082
E-Mail: [email protected]

MAYOR SALWAN REFERRAL: Appointment to Advisory Body.

ATTACHMENTS:
• Citizens Advisory Committee Application

APPOINTMENT:

Advisory Body Appointee Term Expires

Citizens Advisory Committee (CDBG Program) Steve Medeiros 12/31/2026

RECOMMENDATION: Approve appointment.

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