RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY
AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE THE THIRD
AMENDMENT TO THE CONSULTING SERVICES AGREEMENT WITH
GROUP 4 ARCHITECTURE, RESEARCH + PLANNING, INC., IN THE AMOUNT OF $954,000, FOR A TOTAL CONTRACT AMOUNT OF
$1,973,950, FOR THE UNION CITY TRANSIT FLEET ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT, CITY PROJECT NO. 22-11, WHICH IS INCLUDED IN THE
CORPORATION YARD MASTER PLAN
WHEREAS, on December 14, 2018, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) implemented the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation requiring all transit agencies to gradually transition bus fleets to zero-emission technologies. In accordance with this regulation, Union City Transit is required to have twenty-five percent (25%) of its fixedroute bus procurements to be zero-emission by 2026; and WHEREAS, on February 25, 2020, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5568- 20 to support the effort in securing additional funding opportunities by making the commitment to convert the Union City Transit fixed-route fleet to zero-emission vehicles; and
WHEREAS, on March 22, 2022, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 5906- 22, accepting the Low-Carbon Transit Operations Project (LCTOP), Electric Vehicle Charging Infrastructure for Union City Transit Fleet, in the amount of $215,572; and WHEREAS, on January 10, 2023, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6067- 23, authorizing the purchase of fourteen (14) fixed-route BEBs to replace the fourteen (14) CNG fixed-route buses that have reached the end of their twelve (12) year useful lives; and
WHEREAS, the Union City Transit BEBs on order are scheduled to enter production in early October 2025 with all vehicles delivered by the end of December 2025; and
WHEREAS, on September 8, 2023, the City entered into a Consulting Services Agreement with Group 4 Architecture in the amount of $74,950 to assist Public Works in the development of the Corporation Yard Master Plan, City Project No. 23-26; and WHEREAS, on August 13, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6353- 24, approving the First Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement with Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc. (Group 4), to update the Corporation Yard Master Plan, Phase 1: Near-Term Improvements, to include the reconfiguration of the bus parking and the design of the BEB infrastructure; and
WHEREAS, on October 22, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6378- 24, authorizing the filing of an application requesting $4,138,500 for the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11, in the Alameda CTC’s 2026 CIP grant application process; and
Resolution 2025-XXX
Approve Third Amendment to CSA with Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc.
WHEREAS, on January 1, 2025, the City entered into the Second Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement with Group 4 to incorporate the corporation yard preliminary and final design of the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11; and
WHEREAS, on May 22, 2025, the Alameda CTC notified the City that they approved an award of $1,500,000 to the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11; and
WHEREAS, the Third Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement with Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc., in the amount of $954,000, if approved, will provide the preliminary and final design of the Transit fleet electrification infrastructure and optional construction support, including all Battery Electric Bus (BEB) infrastructure and related site improvements in support of the new infrastructure, for the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11; and WHEREAS, the Third Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement with Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc., in the amount of $954,000, will be funded with Public Improvements Fund monies (Account Number 41692211-57115), bringing the total contract amount to $1,973,950.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby authorizes the City Manager to execute the Third Amendment to the Consulting Services Agreement with Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc., increasing the compensation by $954,000, bringing the total contract amount to $1,973,950, for the Corporation Yard Preliminary and Final Design of the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11.
Resolution 2025-XXX
Approve Third Amendment to CSA with Group 4 Architecture, Research + Planning, Inc.
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Union City at a regular meeting held on the 12
th day of August 2025, by the following vote:
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
APPROVED:
GARY SINGH
Mayor
ATTESTED: APPROVED AS TO FORM:
THAI NAM N. PHAM
City Clerk
KRISTOPHER J. KOKOTAYLO
City Attorney