RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XXX
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY
ACCEPTING THE BART MURAL PROJECT COMMUNITY FEEDBACK
REPORT AND THE FIVE THEMES
WHEREAS, the City of Union City adopted a five-year Strategic Plan in 2019. On On September 26, 2023, the City Council adopted the Strategic Plan FY 2019-2020 through FY 2024-2025 Final Update, which provided 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 BART pillars; and
WHEREAS, the project will place murals on up to nine BART pillars, along Kennedy Park and at Decoto Road, with the mural design depicting the history of the Decoto community; and
WHEREAS, the City of Union City staff, Arts and Culture Commission, and Evelyn Orantes Consulting 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; and WHEREAS, in Phase I of the workplan, from July 1, 2025, to March 19, 2026, staff implemented extensive community outreach and engagement activities; and WHEREAS, staff and consultants have completed Phase 1 of the workplan and have developed the BART Mural Project Community Feedback Report and identified the emerging themes.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby accepts the BART Mural Project Community Feedback Report and the five themes, attached as Exhibit A, and the Community Outreach and Engagement Activities, attached as Exhibit B.
Resolution No. 2026-XXX
Accepting the BART Mural Project Community Feedback Report and Five Themes
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Union City at a regular meeting held on this April 14, 2026, 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
Attachments:
1. Exhibit A – BART Mural Project Community Feedback Report
2. Exhibit B – Community Outreach and Engagement Activities