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Staff Report
Agenda Item No. 4.8
DATE: May 12, 2026
TO: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council
FROM: Joan Malloy, City Manager
SUBJECT: Adopt a Resolution Approving a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2026- 2027 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Each year, staff prepares a list of projects eligible for Senate Bill (SB) 1 funding under the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. The California Transportation Commission allocates these funds. For FY 2026–27, staff have developed a proposed project list for City Council consideration. Once adopted, the list will be submitted to the Commission, as required to remain eligible for SB 1 funding.
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached resolution Approving the List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Funded by SB 1.
STRATEGIC PLAN ALIGNMENT
This is an efficiency and safety improvement project and is aligned with the following:
Goal D, Strategy 2: Environmental Sustainability and Infrastructure – Implement the City’s capital improvement plan.
BACKGROUND
On April 28, 2017, the Governor signed SB 1, which is known as the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017 (Beall, Chapter 5, Statutes of 2017). To raise funds to address basic road maintenance, rehabilitation, and critical safety needs on both state highways and local streets and roads, SB 1 increased the per-gallon fuel excise tax, the diesel fuel sales tax, and vehicle registration fees. It also provides adjustments to tax rates in future years.
As of November 1, 2017, the State Controller began depositing various portions of these funds into the Road Maintenance and Repair Account (RMRA). A percentage of these is to be apportioned by formula to eligible cities and counties, pursuant to Streets and Highway Code (SHC) Section 2032(h). It is intended for basic road maintenance, Agenda Item No. 4.8
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rehabilitation, and critical safety projects on the local streets and roads system.
In Attachment 1, the State Department of Finance projects Union City will receive $1,966,678 in Road Maintenance and Rehab Account funds for FY 2026-2027.
The California Transportation Commission (CTC) has set a July 1, 2026, deadline for recipients to submit a City Council-approved list of projects nominated for funding in FY 2026-2027. Per Streets and Highways Code Section 2034, cities must adopt their project lists by resolution and may not use adopted budgets to apply for SB 1 funding.
Adopted project lists shall comply with the goals of SB 1 legislation in maintaining state and local transportation systems. SB 1 is planned to invest $5 billion annually over the next decade to fix California’s transportation system and will address a backlog of repairs and upgrades while ensuring a cleaner and more sustainable travel network for the future.
DISCUSSION
SB 1 funding will enable the City to continue essential road maintenance and rehabilitation projects, safety improvements, and the repair and replacement of aging bridges, and to increase access and mobility options for the traveling public that would not have been possible otherwise.
SB 1 will also help the City maintain and rehabilitate major arterial roads throughout the City, maintain sidewalks, streetlights, and traffic signals in a safe condition, upgrade traffic signals, streetlights, and street signs, and implement active transportation infrastructure throughout the City.
The List of Projects proposed to be funded by SB 1 revenues is noted below.
1. The following list of newly proposed projects will be funded, in part, with Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account (RMRA) revenues:
Project Title: Annual Citywide Pavement Rehab Project, City Project No. 26- 01 Project Description: This annual project will restore the City's surface pavement along its roadway network. Based on Pavement Condition Index (PCI) assessments in the City's latest Pavement Management Plan (PMP), staff will direct a specific number of streets and roadways to be repaired using several methods, including light maintenance, heavy maintenance, light rehab, heavy rehab, and reconstruction.
Project Location: Union City Blvd., Alvarado Blvd., Union Landing Transit Loop, Regents Blvd., Perry Rd., Mann Ave., Garcia St., Clover St., Begonia St., Silsby Ave., and Alvarado-Niles Rd. Subject to change based on preliminary engineering determinations.
Estimated Project Schedule: Start 03/27 - Completion 09/27 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds.
Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
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Project Title: 7
th Street Infrastructure Improvements, City Project No. 26-16 Project Description: This project will prepare plans, specifications, and estimates to ultimately improve bike and pedestrian infrastructure on 7th Street, as well as provide connections to the adjacent neighborhoods. ADA accessibility, roadway resurfacing/reconstruction, transit stop improvements, lighting, utility, and fiber communications upgrades will be made.
Project Location: 7th St. from Decoto Rd. to Mission Blvd.
Estimated Project Schedule: Start 09/26 - Completion 12/28 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds.
Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
Project Title: Decoto Road Rehabilitation Project Phase II, City Project No. 26-24
Project Description: This project will prepare plans, specifications, and estimates to ultimately improve bike and pedestrian infrastructure on Decoto Rd. from 11th St. to Mission Blvd. Specifically, Class IV bicycle lanes and complete streets elements, along with transit infrastructure improvements, are planned. ADA ramp accessibility, roadway resurfacing/reconstruction, and lighting will also be considered.
Project Location: Decoto Rd. from 11th St. to Mission Blvd.
Estimated Project Schedule: Start 07/26 - Completion 12/27 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds.
Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
The following previously proposed and adopted project may utilize Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues in its delivery.
With the re-listing of these projects in the adopted fiscal year resolution, the City is reaffirming to the public and the State our intent to fund this project with Road Maintenance and Rehabilitation Account revenues:
Project Title: Quarry Lakes Parkway, City Project No. 18-04 Project Description: Construct a new four-lane multimodal corridor, parallel to Decoto Road, from Old Alameda Creek to Mission Blvd, with landscaped medians, buffered bike lanes, and a separated Class I bikeway/trail. The project creates a new access roadway into Union City BART Station and the 100-acre TransitOriented District (TOD) site/Station District area. New intersections are located at Alvarado-Niles Road, 11th Street, and 7th Street, and at the realigned Quarry Lakes Drive closer to Old Alameda Creek.
Project Location: Southern city limits
Estimated Project Schedule: Start (07/23) - Completion (12/28) based on component being funded with RMRA funds
Estimated Project Useful Life: 15 years
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Project Title: Citywide Streetlight LED Conversion Project, City Project No. 22-16
Project Description: Convert existing induction bulb streetlights to energy-efficient LED streetlights within the city limits. There are approximately 4,000 streetlights throughout the city, and this project will also evaluate the required illumination level of these existing streetlights.
Project Location: Decoto Rd., Alvarado-Niles Rd., Whipple Rd., Dyer St., and Union City Blvd. (north of Smith St. to City limits).
Estimated Project Schedule: Start (10/25) - Completion (12/28) based on the component being funded with RMRA funds
Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
Project Title: BART Pedestrian At-Grade Crossing, City Project No. 14-14 Project Description: Construct a new pedestrian at-grade crossing at the Oakland Subdivision railroad tracks to make a new east entrance to Union City BART Station. Also, improve Decoto Road at-grade crossings and close the I Street atgrade crossing on the Oakland Subdivision. Improve other nearby at-grade crossings (Coast Subdivision/Oakland Subdivision/Niles Subdivision) associated with City Project No. 14-14.
Project Location: East of Union City BART Station
Estimated Project Schedule: Start (7/25) - Completion (12/28) based on the component being funded with RMRA funds
Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
Project Title: Alvarado-Niles Road Part-Time Bus Lane Project, City Project No. 24-21
Project Description: Alvarado-Niles Road is a major transportation corridor within Union City used by automobiles, transit, bicycles, and pedestrians en route to jobs, schools, and neighborhoods. It is a major transit route serving UC Transit and AC Transit. This corridor has minimal facilities for bikes and pedestrians, with existing Class II bike lanes and a 5-foot sidewalk. This project will design a part-time bus lane for travel during the AM and PM peak periods to help Union City Transit meet its schedules. Improvements include pedestrian, bicycle, and intersection upgrades, as well as upgrades to roadways, signage, striping, and lighting.
Project Location: Alvarado-Niles Road between I-880 and Decoto Road Estimated Project Schedule: Start (10/24) - Completion (07/28) based on the component being funded with RMRA funds.
Estimated Project Useful Life: 20 years
Project Title: Dyer Street Resurfacing Project Phase 2, City Project No. 25-38 Project Description: The project will apply a roadway surface treatment and install new buffered bike lanes between Deborah Dr. and Union City Blvd. to connect a bikeway network gap.
Project Location: Dyer St., from Deborah Dr. and Union City Blvd.
Estimated Project Schedule: Start 08/26 and Completion by 3/27 based on the component being funded with RMRA funds
Estimate Project Useful Life: 15 Years
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Project Title: Arizona Street Bike Boulevard Project, City Project No. 25-55 Project Description: Arizona St. will apply a roadway surface treatment and include new signing and striping to convert the street into a Bicycle Boulevard, appropriate for all ages and abilities of bicyclists, as an alternate parallel route to AlvaradoNiles Road.
Project Location: Arizona St. from Hop Ranch Rd. to Royal Ann Dr.
Estimated Project Schedule: Start 07/26 and Completion by 07/27, based on the component being funded with RMRA funds
Estimate Project Useful Life: 15 Years
The List of Projects will also include potential funding from a combination of Measure, BB, VRF, State Gas Tax, Local Highway Safety Improvement Program, Active Transportation Program Cycle 7, and Alameda CTC funding grants. SB 1 funds provide additional revenues and capacity to fund other local street and road projects. These projects will comply with the goals of the SB 1 legislation in maintaining state and local transportation systems.
FISCAL IMPACT
SB 1 is projected to generate approximately $1,966,678 for FY 2026-2027 from the Local Streets and Roads Program, which will be deposited into the Union City RMRA Account (Fund 251) for pedestrian, bicycle, and roadway projects.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that City Council adopt a resolution approving a List of Projects for Fiscal Year 2026-2027 Funded by SB 1: The Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017.
Prepared by: Trieu Tran, Civil Engineer III
Submitted by: Marilou Ayupan, Public Works Director
Attachments
1. Attachment 1 – Local Streets and Roads Projected Revenues FY2026-2027
2. Draft Resolution