City Council Chambers
3300 Capitol Avenue
Fremont, CA
Fremont City Council
Raj Salwan, Mayor
Yajing Zhang, Vice Mayor
Teresa Keng, District 1
Desrie Campbell, District 2
Kathy Kimberlin, District 3
Yang Shao, District 4
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
Alberto Quintanilla, City Clerk
Kelly King, Maintenance Operations Director
Matt Cano, Public Works Director
Donovan Lazaro, Economic Development Director
David Persselin, Finance Director
Joel Pullen, Community Development Director
Sanford Taylor, Information Technology Director
Floyd Mitchell, Chief of Police
Fremont City Council Agenda and
Report
July 14, 2026
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 then 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.
Agenda and Report - Fremont City Council Meeting - July 14, 2026
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Important Notice Regarding the City Council Meeting.
This meeting is being conducted utilizing teleconferencing and electronic means Pursuant to Government Code Section 54953.4 (Assembly Bill 707), The live stream of the meeting may be viewed on the City of Fremont’s website at www.Fremont.gov/Channel27, which also provides a link to the live stream; or, on Comcast Channel 27. Please note, Channel 27 is only available to Comcast cable subscribers.
Submission of Public Comments: For those wishing to make public comments at the July 14, 2026 Council meeting, you may either: (1) submit your comments by email prior to the meeting, or (2) by Spoken Public Comment during the meeting. If you experience technical problems with the telephonic meeting, please contact the City Clerk’s Office at (510)284-4060 or [email protected].
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Electronic comments on agenda items for the City Council meeting may only be submitted by email. Comments via text and social media (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) will not be accepted.
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1. Attend meeting in-person in the Council Chamber, fill out a “Request to Speak – Speaker Card” with the agenda item number & letter, and submit to the City Clerk.
2. By phone 833-430-0037 (toll free). Webinar ID: 882 6288 2751. Click *9 to raise your hand to speak.
3. By online https://us06web.zoom.us/j/88262882751
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The City Council Agendas may be accessed online:
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Agenda
Fremont City Council Regular Meeting
July 14, 2026
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. On-Call Land Use And Development Consultant Services Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute Master Service Agreements with Consulting Firms to Support Land Use and Development Services.
Contact Persons:
Name: Jennifer Craven Joel Pullen
Title: Business Manager Community Development
Director
Dept: Community
Development
Community Development
Phone: 510-494-4554 510-494-4436
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Recommendation: Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to enter into and take all steps reasonable and necessary to implement on-call master service agreements with the consultants listed below.
1. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Good City Company for on-call planning and environmental review services for a term of five July 14, 2026 Fremont City Council Page 4
years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
2. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with PlaceWorks, Inc. for on-call planning and environmental review services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
3. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Urban Planning Partners, Inc. for on-call planning and environmental review services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
4. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Circle Point for on-call environmental review consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
5. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with David J. Powers for on-call environmental review consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
6. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Triple HS (dba HT Harvey & Associates) for on-call biological resources consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
7. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Illingworth & Rodkin for on-call acoustic, vibration, and air quality consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
8. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Lamphier-Gregory for on-call environmental review consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
9. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with SLR International Corporation for on-call planning and environmental review services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
10. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Architectural Resources Group, Inc. for on-call historic resources and planning consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
11. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Galvin Preservation Associates, Inc. (dba GPA Consultants) for on-call historic resources and planning consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
12. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Page & Turnbull, Inc. for on- call historic resources and planning consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
13. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with BAE Urban Economics, Inc. for July 14, 2026 Fremont City Council Page 5
on-call economic and fiscal planning and analysis consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
14. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with 4LEAF, Inc. for on-call Building and Fire Code plan review and inspection review consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
15. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with CSG Consultants, Inc. for on- call Building and Fire Code plan review and inspection consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000;
16. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Forster Consulting Services for on-call hazardous materials plan review and inspection
consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $750,000; and
17. Approve and authorize the City Manager or designee to execute a Master Service Agreement with Urban37, Inc. for on-call Building and Fire Code plan review and inspection consultant services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000.
D. General Obligation Bonds Tax Rate for FY 2026/27 - Adopt a Resolution Setting the Annual Tax Rate for Voter-Approved General Obligation Bonds Debt Service for Fiscal Year
2026/27 and Authorizing the County of Alameda to Collect and Enforce the Levy on Behalf of the City
Contact Persons:
Name: David Persselin
Title: Finance Director
Dept: Finance Department
Phone: 510-494-4631
E-Mail: [email protected]
Recommendation: Adopt a resolution to (1) establish the Fire Safety Project General Obligation Bonds tax rate of $0.0032 per $100 of assessed valuation (0.0032%) for Fiscal Year 2026/27, and (2) request and authorize the County of Alameda to levy a tax on all taxable properties in the City as a voter-approved levy with respect to the Fire Safety Project General Obligation Bonds.
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E. School Resource Officer Program Agreement – Authorize the City Manager or her Designee to Enter into a Memorandum of Understanding with the Fremont Unified School District to Continue the School Resource Officer Program
Contact Persons:
Name: Matthew Snelson Calvin Tang
Title: Police Captain Police Lieutenant
Dept: Police Department Community Policing
Phone: 510-790-6874 510-790-6875
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager or designee to execute the Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Fremont Unified School District for the School Resource Officer Program.
F. Purchase of Trash Can Liners - Approval of Multi-Year Purchase Order with Unipak Corporation in an Amount Not to Exceed $55,000 Annually for the Purchase of Trash Can Liners Contact Persons:
Name: Ernie Moreira Kelly King
Title: Urban Landscape
Manager
Maintenance Operations
Director
Dept: Maintenance Operations Maintenance Operations
Phone: (510) 979-5714 510-979-5753
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Recommendation: Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute a Purchase Order with Unipak Corporation in an amount not to exceed $55,000 annually through June 30, 2033.
G. Social Services for Older Adults - Authorize the City Manager, or Designee, to Amend Agreements with Alameda County
Social Services Agency to Provide Services to Older Adults and Appropriate Funding for FY 2026/27
Contact Persons:
Name: Levon Gibson Arquimides Caldera
Title: Family Services
Administrator
Human Services Director
Dept: Human Services
Department
Human Services Department
Phone: (510) 574-2062 510-574-2056
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
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RECOMMENDATIONS:
1. Authorize the City Manager, or designee, to amend two agreements with the Alameda County Social Services Agency to extend the terms through December 31, 2026, revise the
FY 2026/27 budgets for older adult services, and increase the not-to-exceed amounts for each agreement as follows:
a. For Family Caregiver Support, from $569,235 to 664,108. b. For Case Management, from $332,046 to $451,914.
2. Increase the revenue estimate and appropriate an additional $9,186 to the AFS City Partners, AFS OASS Case Management (Fund 106).
H. Access Point and Housing Resource Center Services
Agreement - Authorize the City Manager, or Designee, to Enter into a Services Agreement with Abode Services for the City to Provide Access Point and Housing Resource Center Services; and Appropriate Additional Funds.
Contact Persons:
Name: Alina Kwak Arquimides Caldera
Title: Family Resource Center
Administrator
Human Services Director
Dept: Human Services
Department
Human Services Department
Phone: 510-574-2004 510-574-2056
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
RECOMMENDATION:
1. Authorize the City Manager, or her designee, to execute a Services Agreement in an amount not to exceed $512,252 with Abode Services for City to provide Access Point and Housing Resource Center services.
2. Increase revenue estimate and appropriate an additional $200,438 for these services in the Alameda County Health Fund (Fund 179).
I. On-Call Financial Analysis Consultant Services – Authorize the City Manager or Designee to Execute a Master Service
Agreement with Mosaic Urban Development, LLC to Support Affordable Housing Financial Analysis Services for the Next Five Years
Contact Persons:
Name: Lucia Hughes Joel Pullen
Title: Housing Manager Community Development
Director
Dept: Housing Community Development
Phone: 510-494-4506 510-494-4436
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
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Recommendation: Approve and authorize the City Manager, or designee, to execute and take all steps reasonable and necessary to implement a Master Professional Services Agreement with Mosaic Urban Development, LLC, for on-call affordable housing financial analysis services for a term of five years in an amount not to exceed $500,000.
J. Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) Grant Funding Applications - Adopt ACTC’S Resolution of Local Support for the Submittal of Project Applications for the 2028 ACTC Comprehensive Investment Program for the Following Projects: 1) Centerville Equity Priority Community Safe and Smart Corridor Project, 2) Fremont Boulevard Active
Transportation Improvement (Nicolet Avenue to Alder
Avenue) Project, 3) Dumbarton to Quarry Lakes Trail –
Segment A Project, 4) Dumbarton to Quarry Lakes Trail (I- 880/Decoto Interchange), and 5) East Bay Greenway Regional Trail (Irvington BART to Fremont BART) Project; and Make Findings of CEQA Exemption
Contact Persons:
Name: Eric Hu Matt Cano
Title: Principal Transportation
Engineer
Public Works Director
Dept: Public Works Public Works
Phone: 510-494-4542 510-494-4722
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Recommendations:
1. Adoption of the Resolution of Local Support for the Dumbarton to Quarry Lakes Trail – Segment A Project;
2. Adoption of the Resolution of Local Support for the Dumbarton to Quarry Lakes Trail – Segment C (I-880/Decoto Interchange) Project;
3. Adoption of Resolution of Local Support for the Centerville Equity Priority Community Safe and Smart Corridor Project;
4. Adoption of Resolution of Local Support for the Fremont Boulevard Active Transportation Improvements (Nicolet Avenue to Alder Avenue) Project;
5. Adoption of Resolution of Local Support for the East Bay Greenway Regional Trail (Irvington BART to Fremont BART) Project; and
6. Find that the action taken is not a project under CEQA.
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K. Fifth Amendment to the City Attorney Employment Agreement - Consideration of an Amendment to the Employment
Agreement between City Attorney Rafael E. Alvarado, Jr. and the City of Fremont
Contact Persons:
Name: Tina Gallegos Brian Stott
Title: Human Resources
Director
Assistant City Manager
Dept: Human Resources City Manager's Office
Phone: 510-494-4652 510-494-4660
E-Mail: [email protected] [email protected]
Recommendation: Adopt attached Resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Fifth Amendment to the City Attorney Employment Agreement approving a five percent (5%) merit adjustment to salary and an additional one-time liquidation of 40 hours of general leave.
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
5. Scheduled Items
A. Second Reading and Adoption of an Ordinance of the City of Fremont Authorizing an Amendment to the Contract Between the City of Fremont and the Board of Administration of the Public Employees' Retirement System
Contact Persons:
Name: Tina Gallegos
Title: Human Resources
Director
Dept: Human Resources
Phone: 510-494-4652
E-Mail: [email protected]
Recommendation: Adopt an Ordinance authorizing an amendment to the City’s contract with CalPERS.
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6. Other Business - None.
7. Items Referred by Councilmembers
A. Councilmember Referrals - None.
B. Appointments to Boards, Commissions, Committees - None.
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
July 14, 2026 6:00 p.m. City Council Closed
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Committee Meeting District Hosts
September 29, 2026 No meetings (5th
Tuesday)
October 5, 2026 5:30 p.m. CC/FUSD
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December 1, 2026 7:00 p.m. City Council Meeting Council Chambers