RESOLUTION NO. 2025-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY ACCEPTING $1,500,000 FROM THE ALAMEDA COUNTY
TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR THE UNION CITY TRANSIT
FLEET ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT, CITY PROJECT NO. 22-11,
AMENDING THE FISCAL YEAR 2025-2026 CAPITAL PROJECTS
GRANTS FUND BUDGET, AND AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER
TO SIGN THE PROJECT FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR THE UNION CITY
TRANSIT FLEET ELECTRIFICATION PROJECT, CITY PROJECT
NO. 22-11, IN A FORM APPROVED BY THE CITY ATTORNEY
WHEREAS, the Alameda County Transportation Commission (“Alameda CTC”) administers funding programs for projects and programs that benefit the Alameda County transportation system, consisting of the 2000 Measure B, the 2010 Vehicle Registration Fee (“VRF”), the 2014 Measure BB, the Congestion Management Agency Transportation Improvement Program (“CMA-TIP”), and the Transportation Fund for Clean Air (“TFCA”) Programs, and such funding is collectively defined as, and shall be referenced herein, as the “Alameda CTC Administered Funds”; and
WHEREAS, the Alameda CTC adopted the 2026 Comprehensive Investment Plan (“CIP”) Guidelines at its Commission meeting on May 23, 2024, which includes procedures governing the 2026 CIP application process, programming guidelines, and eligible uses of Alameda CTC Administered Funds; and
WHEREAS, the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11, will install 150kW chargers from ABB, median islands with charge dispensers for each vehicle plus some redundancy, foundations for electrical equipment, electric conduit, a median island for the PG&E transformer and other electrical equipment, concrete bus pad modifications, and new lighting at the Public Works Maintenance Facility (Corporation Yard) to support Union City Transit’s fourteen (14) BEBs. The buses are on order and scheduled for delivery in late 2025, and the total construction cost for the project is estimated at $5,518,000, and the total project cost is estimated at $6,229,090; and
WHEREAS, on September 1, 2024, Alameda CTC released the Call for Projects for the 2026 CIP with $100 million in combined Alameda CTC-administered discretionary local funding sources, including Measures B and BB (MB/MBB), VRF, and TFCA for eligible capital projects and programs within Alameda County. The 2026 CIP will program funding for FY 2025-2026 through FY 2029-2030. The Call for Projects period ended on October 31, 2024; 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 Call for Projects grant application process; and WHEREAS, on May 22, 2025, Alameda CTC notified Union City that the Commission approved an award of $1,500,000 to the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11.
Resolution No. 2025-XXX
Accept $1.5M from Alameda CTC for UC Transit Fleet Electrification Project
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby accepts $1,500,000 from the Alameda County Transportation Commission via Project Funding Agreement No. A25-0056 and authorizes the use of those funds for the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby amends the FY 2025-2026 Capital Projects Grants Fund revenue budget by increasing the revenue projection in Account Number 41092211-44502 (Capital Projects Grants Fund – Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project – Misc. County/Local Grants) by $248,028 (the previously estimated grant amount of $1,251,972 was already budgeted in the Five-Year CIP); and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby amends the FY 2025-2026 Capital Projects Grants Fund expenditure budget by appropriating $248,028 (the previously estimated total project cost of $5,981,062 was already budgeted in the Five-Year CIP) to Account Number 41092211-57112 (Capital Projects Grants Fund – Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project – Land Improvements) for the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project; and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby authorizes the City Manager to sign Alameda CTC PFA No. A25-0056, which awards a grant in the amount of $1,500,000 to the City for the Union City Transit Fleet Electrification Project, City Project No. 22-11, in a form approved by the City Attorney.
Resolution No. 2025-XXX
Accept $1.5M from Alameda CTC for UC Transit Fleet Electrification Project
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