RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY
ACCEPTING THE BART MURAL PROJECT WORKPLAN
WHEREAS, the City of Union City adopted a five-year Strategic Plan in 2019. On September 26, 2023, the City Council adopted the Strategic Plan FY 2019-2020 through FY 2024-2025 Final Update, which served as an opportunity for the Council to review progress and establish priorities for the remaining two years of the Strategic Plan. The final update included new strategies for the existing goals; and
WHEREAS, in August 2021, and readopted in September 2023, the City Council included in the Strategic Plan, Goal E. Communication and Outreach, the Strategy:
Collaborate with the Arts and Culture Commission and Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) to place murals on the Kennedy Park BART pillars; and
WHEREAS, the project will place murals on up to nine BART pillars in Kennedy Park and at Decoto Road; and
WHEREAS, the Arts and Culture Commission, City of Union City staff, Evelyn Orantes Consulting and an Arts and Culture Commission ad hoc committee will lead the BART Mural Project; and
WHEREAS, the Arts and Culture Commission ad hoc committee developed a BART Mural Project Workplan, for May 1, 2025, through June 30, 2027, intending to complete the mural installation by February 2027, for City Council consideration; and WHEREAS, the scope of the BART Mural Project workplan is comprised of five phases with detailed activities, timelines, and deliverables.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby accepts the BART Mural Project Workplan, attached as Exhibit A.
Resolution No. 2025-XXX
Accepting the BART Mural Project Workplan
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Union City at a regular meeting held on the 12th 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
Attachment:
1. Exhibit A – BART Mural Workplan