RESOLUTION NO. 2026-XXX
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF UNION CITY
APPROVING AN EXCHANGE OF THE REMAINING LOCAL MATCH
BALANCE FOR THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION
COMMISSION’S BUS ACCELERATED INFRASTRUCTURE DELIVERY
GRANT PROGRAM, IN THE AMOUNT OF $41,208, FROM ACTIA
STREETS & ROADS FUND TO MEASURE BB (2014) FUND FOR THE
ALVARADO-NILES ROAD PART-TIME TRANSIT LANE PILOT
PROJECT, CITY PROJECT NO. 24-21, AND AMENDING THE FIVEYEAR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PLAN TO REFLECT THE CHANGES
IN FUNDING
WHEREAS, the Metropolitan Transportation Commission (MTC), a regional planning agency, has been designated as the federal Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) and the state Regional Transportation Agency (RTPA) for the San Francisco Bay Area; and
WHEREAS, Union City Transit and Public Works submitted a BusAID grant program application on February 23, 2024, for the Alvarado-Niles Road Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21, which will entail repurposing the existing 7-foot parking lane and 5-foot bike lane into a 12-foot part-time bus lane during peak congestion periods for both morning and afternoon commute hours along Alvarado-Niles Road between Almaden Boulevard and Decoto Road to reduce travel time for UC Transit and AC Transit service routes; and
WHEREAS, on May 28, 2024, MTC informed Union City that they had approved funding for the Alvarado-Niles Road Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21, in the amount of $1,703,025, which includes $1,507,688 of Non-Federal State Transit Assistance (STA) funds and a required local match of $195,337 (approximately
11.47%); and
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2024, the City Council approved Resolution No. 6328-24 accepting $1,507,688 from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission’s (MTC) BusAID Grant Program, including the Local Match of $195,337 to be funded with $100,000 of ACTIA Bike & Ped Paths Fund monies and $95,337 of ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund monies from Project K. Alvarado-Niles Multimodal Corridor Study as identified in the FiveYear Capital Improvement Program for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 to Fiscal Year 2027- 2028for the Alvarado-Niles Road Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21; and
WHEREAS, on November 26, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6400-24, authorizing the City Manager to execute a Consulting Service Agreement with Kittelson & Associates, Inc., in the amount of $275,611, for the Preliminary Engineering and Final Design for the Alvarado-Niles Road Part Time Transit Lane Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21, which was funded with $243,988 in MTC BusAID Grant Fund monies, $16,184 in ACTIA Bike & Ped Paths Fund monies and $15,429 of ACTIA Streets and Roads Fund monies; and
Resolution No. 2026-XXX
Approve Fund Exchange for Alvarado-Niles Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project
WHEREAS, on July 9, 2024, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 6328-24, authorizing the City to sign Supplement No. 4 to the Master Funding Agreement with MTC for the Alvarado-Niles Road Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21; and
WHEREAS, on June 24, 2025, the City Council adopted Resolution No. 2025-086, approving the FY 2025-2026 & FY 2026-2027 Biennial Budget and the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for FY 2025-2026 through FY 2029-2030, where the Alvarado-Niles Road Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21 is listed as Item No. 27 in the Capital Improvement Plan (CIP), and the funding for the project contains both ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund and ACTIA Bike & Ped Paths Fund; and WHEREAS, on May 12, 2026, the City Council approved Resolution No. 2026-059 authorizing the City Manager to execute a One-Year Master Programs Funding Agreement with Alameda County Transportation Commission for the remaining 2000 Measure B (ACTIA) Direct Local Distribution Funds balance of about $239,000, which must be expended before June 30, 2027 (see Exhibit A); and WHEREAS, to ensure that remaining balance of the local match of $163,724 of ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund monies are spent before the June 30, 2027, deadline (the ACTIA Bike & Ped Paths Fund monies for this project have already been expended), staff requests to exchange the remaining local match balance of $41,208 in ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund with $41,208 in Measure BB (2014) Fund monies to make the ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund monies available for use for near-term construction projects that will meet the expenditure deadline.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby approves the fund exchange of the remaining local match of ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund to Measure BB (2014) Fund; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby authorizes a budget transfer, in the amount of $41,208, of ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund (Account Number 253-92421-57128) from the Alvarado-Niles Road Part Time Transit Lanes Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21, to the fund balance of the ACTIA Streets & Roads Fund to make it available for near-term construction projects that will meet the deadline; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby authorizes a budget transfer, in the amount of $41,208, from the Measure BB (2014) Fund, and appropriates the monies to the Alvarado-Niles Road Part Time Transit Lanes Pilot Project, City Project No. 24-21 (Account Number 264-92421-57128); and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of Union City hereby authorizes the amendment of the Five-Year Capital Improvement Plan for Fiscal Years 2026-2027 to 2029-2030, to reflect these changes; and
Resolution No. 2026-XXX
Approve Fund Exchange for Alvarado-Niles Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project
Resolution No. 2026-XXX
Approve Fund Exchange for Alvarado-Niles Part-Time Transit Lane Pilot Project
PASSED, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Union City at a regular meeting held on September 22, 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 – Resolution No. 2026-059