Staff recommends that the City Council receive this informational report on the status of the Quarry Lakes Parkway and the status for the development of the Gateway property.  As a study session, the Council will have an opportunity to ask questions and hold a discussion about the project.  No action by the Council is requested.

The staff report is organized to provide a summary on the following subjects:

•  A description and summary of the Quarry Lakes Parkway: phases, funding sources and costs, design and construction schedule, process for securing regulatory permits, jurisdiction responsible for construction, bus stop locations, mobility opportunities, utility and fiber conduit opportunities, and connections to regional trails.

• The process for programing approximately $61 million from Local Area Transportation Improvement Program funds (LATIP) to fund construction of Quarry Lakes Parkway.  The LATIP will be funded from the appraised land value of the $86,184,000 that will result from the sale of the former Caltrans property, now called the Gateway property, to City Ventures.  The Gateway property is bordered by Osprey, Alvarado-Niles Road, Old Alameda Creek, and the Fremont city limit.

• Review the documentation submitted by Union City to the Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) to request the release of funding programmed for Quarry Lakes Parkway to complete the design for Quarry Lakes Parkway Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4 and the funding to construct Phases 1 and 2.

• A summary of the Decoto Complete Street project that is facilitated by the city of Fremont.  The Decoto Complete Streets project is one of the original segments of the former East West Connector and is critical to the long-term development of transit in the Decoto Road/Dumbarton corridor. The city of Fremont is coordinating the design and construction to facilitate bus service, bicycles, and pedestrians from the I-880 interchange to the Union City boundary.

• Review a new open space concept for the area by increasing the water flow in Old Alameda Creek to restore habitat, and create recreation opportunities.  Water would be diverted from the Line M Flood Control Channel in a gravity-flow pipe and discharge into Old Alameda Creek. The diversion of water from the Line M Channel will create more flood control capacity in the Line M Channel downstream, eliminate the need to construct new deep detention basins on the Gateway property, and create an additional four acres of developable land.

• Review the opportunity to create enhanced open space on the Gateway property through the creative treatment of stormwater run-off generated by Quarry Lakes Parkway.

• Report on meetings with the regulatory agencies who will need to issue permits to construct the Quarry Lakes Parkway including Alameda County Water District, Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, and the Regional Water Quality Control Board.

• Review the status of the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement with City Ventures for development of the Gateway property.

• Review the negotiations with Union Pacific Railroad to complete the construction of the at-grade crossing to improve access to the Union City BART Station and future ACE service

• Review the recommendation of the Southern Alameda County Integrated Rail Analysis (SoCo Rail) Study is to create an East Bay rail hub adjacent to the Union City BART Station and to provide additional ACE service to the Bay Area. Staff is coordinating with ACE and MTC to facilitate the design and construction of an ACE Station adjacent to the Union City BART Station in conjunction with planning and constructing the grade separations for the Quarry Lakes Parkway. See Exhibit 21 for the location of the planned rail hub station. 

Alameda County Transportation Authority, the predecessor to Alameda County Transportation Commission (Alameda CTC) was the original sponsor for the East West Connector.   Alameda CTC voted to make Union City the lead agency for the completing the design, securing regulatory permits, and for constructing the Quarry Lakes Parkway at the March 15, 2018 meeting. See Exhibit 1. After Union City assumed responsibility for the roadway, the project was renamed from the East West Connector to Quarry Lakes Parkway to better reflect its purpose as a local roadway.

At the March 15, 2018 meeting, Alameda CTC released $2.5 million for Union City to complete the final design work for the entire  project, secure regulatory permits, and to evaluate the need for additional environmental and traffic analysis. The Commissioners directed Union City to work with transit, pedestrian, and bicycle groups to meet the needs of those interests in the final design of the Quarry Lakes Parkway.  Union City was directed to report back to the Commission upon completion of the design work and to submit an updated cost estimate for construction. 

Alameda CTC transmitted to Union City the drawings for the East West Connector that had been prepared by the Alameda CTC engineering consultant and were only 65 percent complete. The Alameda CTC consultant did not provide detailed documentation on discussions with the Regional Water Quality Control Board, Alameda County Water District, Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District, Union Pacific Railroad, and BART.  Permits from each of these agencies will be needed to construct the Quarry Lakes Parkway.

The design for the East West Connector prepared by the Alameda CTC consultant did not include today’s standards for Complete Streets; transit priority; and National Association of City Transportation Officials (NACTO) Standards for on-street bicycle facilities, separated bicycle facilities, sidewalks, and intersections.  The design did not include the provisions for the delivery of utilities to serve the Gateway property, and conduit to provide high speed fiber to the Station District.

The initial $2.5 million provided to the Quarry Lakes Parkway project by Alameda CTC in 2018 was insufficient to prepare 100 percent construction drawings and to secure regulatory permits that would be required to create a construction bid package for the Quarry Lakes Parkway.  City staff delivered a report to the Alameda CTC on November 19, 2020, regarding the work that Union City had completed in an effort to meet the conditions imposed by the Commission at the March 15, 2018, meeting.  See Exhibit 2 for the presentation made to Alameda CTC.

In summary, staff presented to Alameda CTC the following:

• Kittelson & Associates, Inc. (Kittelson) assessed and documented land use and transportation trends related to the proposed Quarry Lakes Parkway (QLP) project in comparison to the former East-West Connector (EWC) project.

Kittelson determined that Quarry Lakes Parkway supported adopted land use plans; reduced Vehicle Hours Traveled and Vehicle Miles Traveled; improved air quality; supported enhanced transit services; enhanced pedestrian and bicycle safety; aligns with regional significant projects; is identified on Plan Bay Area 2050; relieves congestion on Decoto Road that will support future transit along Decoto Road; improved traffic circulation to and from the Station District; and improved safety conditions by reducing vehicular volume along the existing high-injury Decoto Road.

• Meyers Nave provided legal documentation that the Certified Environmental Impact Report for the East West Connector was adequate to construct the Quarry Lakes Parkway.

• Union City staff provided documentation on meetings with the bicycle, pedestrian, and transit advocates including AC Transit, ACE, BART, Cross Bay Transit, Bike East Bay, Alameda CTC BPAC, Union City BPAC, and East Bay Regional Park District.

• Union City staff presented a plan for phasing the design and construction of the Quarry Lakes Parkway and updated design and construction costs.

Following the City's presentation, the Commission adopted Resolution No. 20-013 that committed $22 million from the 1986 Measure B funding for East West Connector to complete the design of Quarry Lakes Parkway Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4 with the following conditions:

•  Prepare a full funding plan for Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4.

• The Alameda CTC Executive Director was authorized to execute a project funding agreement for the design of QLP Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4.

• Employ most current NACTO standards for bicycle and pedestrian facilities including separated bicycle and sidewalks.

• Employ design features that are most compatible with high-quality transit along Quarry Lakes Parkway.

• Host quarterly, publicly noticed meetings, with pedestrian, bicycle, and transit advocates.

• Convene meetings with Fremont, and AC Transit to evaluate the potential for transit priority along Decoto Road.

See Exhibit 3, Item 9 for Alameda CTC meeting minutes and for a copy of Resolution No. 20-013.

Summary of Quarry Lakes Parkway

Quarry Lakes Parkway Phases

Quarry Lakes Parkway will be constructed in phases.  See Exhibit 4.

Segment A is called Decoto Road Complete Street and extends between the I-880 interchange and the Union City/Fremont bridge across the Alameda Creek flood control channel.  Fremont is the lead agency in the design and the construction of Segment A.  The Decoto Road Complete Street will implement transit priority treatments and improve safety for bicycles and pedestrians.  The project is environmentally cleared and is in final design.  Fremont is pursuing construction funding and plans to start construction in the fall of 2023 and to complete construction by the winter 2024.

Phase 1 is located between Mission Boulevard and 7^th Street. 

Phase 2 is located between Alvarado-Niles Road and Old Alameda Creek.

Phase 3 is located between 7^th Street and 11^th Street and will require construction of a grade separation under the Niles Subdivision railroad tracks (easterly tracks).

Phase 4 is located between 11^th Street and Alvarado-Niles Road.  Construction of this segment will require construction of a grade separation under both the BART tracks and the Oakland Subdivision railroad tracks.  The construction of the grade separations will also require the construction of separate rail “shooflies,” which are temporary rail track detours.  The engineering to determine how to keep BART service continuous during construction needs to be completed.  Phase 4 will be the most expense and complicated Quarry Lakes Parkway segment.  The design of Segment 4 will need to be coordinated with ACE and MTC on the future ACE train station adjacent to Union City BART, Union Pacific Railroad, and BART.

The construction of Phases 3 and 4 will make Quarry Lakes Parkway a fully grade-separated roadway.  This will provide AC Transit, Dumbarton Express and Union City Transit an alternative route to the Station District and Mission Boulevard without needing to cross the two rail lines on Decoto Road.  Eliminating the rail crossings will improve travel time, reliability, and safety because the buses will not have to stop at each crossing, and buses may continue to provide service if the rail crossing arms malfunction.  Buses will have easy and reliable access to the Corporation Yard where both Dumbarton Express buses and Union City Transit buses are stored.  Emergency vehicles will have reliable access to the Station District and between Mission Boulevard and Alvarado-Niles Road.  

Phase 5 begins with the construction of a new bridge to cross Old Alameda Creek from the Gateway property and continue along Old Alameda Creek through land owned by Union City, Fremont, and the Alameda County Water District and intersect with Paseo Padre Parkway and Phase A (Decoto Complete Streets). Union City will seek to adjust the city boundaries between Union City and Fremont as the centerline of Quarry Lakes Parkway Phase 5. 

All elements of Quarry Lakes Parkway in Union City will include Class 2 bicycle lanes on the roadway that are adjacent to the vehicle lanes, Class 1 bicycle and pedestrian paths that are separated from the landscaped roadway, traffic calming, bus stops, and mobility enhancements.  See Exhibit 5.

Quarry Lakes Parkway will include continuous bicycle and pedestrian trails and new opportunities for connecting to EBRPD regional trails; new bus routes for Union City Transit, and perhaps AC Transit and Dumbarton Express; and mobility hubs that could include electric car recharge facilities.  See Exhibit 6. 

Utilities and conduit for high-speed fiber conduit will be placed within the Quarry Lakes Parkway right-of-way to enhance services to development planned on the Gateway property, Alameda County Water District property, and the planned development in the Greater Station District.

Union City would like to complete the design work for all four segments simultaneously because it is the most cost effective use of resources to design Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4 as one project and it provides the best opportunity to reduce construction costs through value engineering. For example: a key component of the design feature in Quarry Lakes Parkway is the construction of a gravity-flow pipe from the Line M Channel located in Phase 1, continuing under the two railroad grade separations that will be constructed in Phases 3 and 4, and terminating with discharge of water into Old Alameda Creek that is located in Phase 2.  A gravity-fed, continuous pipeline should not be designed in phases.  The pipeline must be completely designed at the beginning of a multi-phase project to ensure a continuous flow. Once the pipe design is finalized, it can be constructed in phases.  See Exhibit 7.

The design work for Phases 3 and 4 also must be coordinated with MTC and ACE, who are planning to construct an ACE Station and layover yard adjacent to the Union City BART Station. 

Quarry Lakes Parkway Funding Sources

The primary funding sources for the construction of Quarry Lakes Parkway will be:

$69 million Measure B funds identified for East West Connector

$14.3 million 2005-CMA TIP (Transportation Improvement Program)

$61+ million Union City’s share of the LATIP

 $40 million Union City’s share of TEP 21 Funds (Dumbarton Corridor). 

$72 million TEP 22 Funds, transit enhancement for the Union City BART Station

$256.3 million total funding available

Quarry Lakes Parkway Project Costs

Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4

$  22.0 million Design

$  18.7 million  Permits and Mitigation

$145.6 million Construction

$  21.7 million Construction Management

 $208.1 million    Total

Phase 5

$   5.9 million Design

$   3.2 million Permits and Mitigation

$ 45.0 million Construction

$   5.9 million  Construction Management

$ 60.0 million  Total

Phase A: Decoto Road Complete Streets     

$  2.2 million Design

$  1.3 million Permits and Mitigation

$ 15.0 million Construction

$   1.5 million Construction Management

$ 20.0 million Total

Quarry Lakes Parkway Design and Construction Schedule

Quarry Lakes Parkway will be designed and constructed in phases.  See Exhibit 8.

Phase A:

Design, Permits 2021-2022

Construction 2023-2024

Phases 1 and 2:

Design, Permits 2022-2023

Construction 2024-2026

Phases 3 and 4:

Design, Permits 2022-2024

Construction 2025-2028

Phase 5:

Design, Permits 2025-2026

Construction 2027-2030

Agreement with California Transportation Commission (CTC) to Program LATIP Funds

The $86,184,000 purchase price for the Gateway property will be deposited into a Caltrans account called the LATIP.  The LATIP will fund specific projects identified by the California Legislature and the California Transportation Commission.

The city of Fremont convened a LATIP meeting with representatives from the California Transportation Commission, Caltrans, Santa Clara County VTA, Alameda CTC, Newark, and Union City on June 6, 2022.  The purpose of the meeting was to agree upon the procedure to disburse LATIP funding to the specified projects and to determine the specific funding amount to convey to each project.

• Subject to verification with the State Controller, Caltrans is to receive approximately $82,000 to $400,000 for recovery of administrative costs.

• Santa Clara VTA will receive $7.35 million as the final reimbursement for constructing the I-880 Mission interchange, a project that facilitated the BART extension to San Jose.

• The city of Fremont will receive $17.72 million to rehabilitate the former Route 84 located on Fremont city streets.  In conjunction with the upgrade to the former Route 84, Fremont will be adding additional pedestrian and bicycle amenities funded by Fremont. 

• Union City will receive the remaining approximate $61 million LATIP funds to construct Quarry Lakes Parkway.

See Exhibit 9 for the meeting minutes with CTC, Caltrans, Santa Clara VTA, Alameda CTC, Fremont, Newark, and Union City.

Union City Submission of a Full Funding Plan to Alameda CTC and Request to Release Design Funds

The Alameda CTC initially released $4.2 million to complete the design of Quarry Lakes Parkway Phases 1 and 2 in November of 2020.  As a condition of the project, Union City is obligated to submit a full funding plan for the Quarry Lakes Parkway project to receive the Measure B programmed money to complete design and construction of Phases 1, 2, 3, and 4.  Union City is also obligated to hold quarterly, publicly noticed meetings to discuss the Quarry Lakes Parkway. 

The Union City Public Works Director submitted detailed documentation to Alameda CTC documenting how Union City complied with the conditions requested by the Alameda CTC.  The documentation included:

• A Full Funding Plan and documentation on why the Quarry Lakes Parkway was entitled to receive the identified funds.

• Meeting minutes of publicly noticed Bicycle and Pedestrian Advisory Committee (BPAC) that discussed the Quarry Lakes Parkway.

• Documentation on coordination with BART, AC Transit, MTC-ACE, to ensure Quarry Lakes Parkway will employ design features that are most compatible for high quality use of transit.  See Exhibit 10.

As of the writing of the staff report, Alameda CTC has not accepted the Full Funding Plan as proposed by Union City staff and is requesting additional information.  Staff is reviewing Alameda CTC's requests to chart a path forward.

Coordination with Fremont to Design and Construct Decoto Complete Streets

The city of Fremont is the lead agency and coordinating the design and construction of Decoto Complete Streets, which is Phase A of the Quarry Lakes Parkway project. (This segment was also one of the original segments of the East West Connector and it is critical to the long-term development of transit in the Decoto Road/Dumbarton corridor.) The Complete Streets project extends from the Decoto Road/I-880 interchange to the Union City boundary at the Alameda County flood control channel.  The project will implement transit priority treatments for bus service and improve access and safety for bicycles and pedestrians. The project is environmentally cleared and is in final design.  Fremont is pursuing construction funding and proposes to start construction in the fall of 2023 to complete construction by the winter 2024.  Union City staff have met with Fremont staff to coordinate on this project. See Exhibit 11.

Old Alameda Creek

Opportunity to Enhance Water Flow in Old Alameda Creek:

Create Habitat, and Additional Land for Housing Development

The construction of Quarry Lakes Parkway will require modification of the existing stormwater drainage system now serving the Station District.  Two existing detention basins will be removed and the stormwater that flows into the existing Line M Channel will be reduced.  The Environmental Impact Report for the East West Connector provided environmental clearance for the new stormwater treatment system that will be constructed as a component of the Quarry Lakes Parkway.  See Exhibit 12. 

The elements of the new stormwater system include the construction of a new gravity-fed drainage pipe that will remove excess water from the Line M Channel and discharge the water into Old Alameda Creek. A second pipe will capture the drainage from Quarry Lakes Parkway and convey the stormwater for treatment in a new bio-retention hydromodification basin located between the realigned Quarry Lakes Drive and Old Alameda Creek. Simply defined, a bio-retention hydromodification basin removes pollutants from stormwater runoff through filtration and 'manages' the stormwater discharge to not increase instability in a downstream channel. After the roadway stormwater is treated, it will be discharged into Old Alameda Creek.

Enhancing the stormwater flow into Old Alameda Creek and the bio-retention hydromodification basin will provide the opportunity to restore native habitat and create a new open space and recreational amenity. Trails along the bank of Old Alameda Creek will provide connectivity to future development, links to the East Bay Regional Park District Trail system, and the bicycle trails along Quarry Lakes Parkway. See Exhibit 13 for a rendering of the Old Alameda Creek restoration vision.  Exhibit 14 provides an example of bio-retention and hydromodification that can also be an open space amenity.

Portions of Old Alameda Creek have become a dumping ground and include homeless encampments.  The vision for Old Alameda Creek creates an opportunity to clean-up the area, remove invasive plant species and create habitat for native species. See Exhibit 15 to view the existing conditions. 

Portions of Old Alameda Creek are owned by Union City, Fremont, and the Alameda County Water District.  See Exhibit 16 for a map of the Old Alameda Creek ownership. Union City staff met with the staff from both agencies and each expressed support for the concept of enhancing the water flow of Old Alameda Creek and restoring habitat.

The Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District (ACFCWCD) is the responsible agency for flood control in Alameda County.  ACFCWCD owns and operates the Line M Channel and the Alameda County flood control channel.  ACFCWCD expressed an interest to fund the incremental cost to upsize the Line M bypass pipe in order to increase the downstream capacity in the Line M Channel by removing additional water from the Channel and discharging it into Old Alameda Creek.

Meetings with Regulatory Agencies

Constructing Quarry Lakes Parkway and the restoration of Old Alameda Creek will require the issuance of permits from the Regional Water Quality Control Board, California Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Army Corp of Engineers, and National Marine Fisheries Service. 

Senior staff from the Regional Water Quality Control Board walked the Old Alameda Creek site and held technical discussions with Union City staff on June 24, 2022.  The outcome of the meeting was positive and the Regional Water Quality Control Board would like to continue working with Union City to implement the Old Alameda Creek restoration vision. 

Gateway Property Development Update

City Ventures and the Exclusive Negotiating Agreement

Union City acquired the Gateway property from Caltrans through a Purchase and Sale Agreement executed in July 2020.  The California Department of Transportation voted to convey the Caltrans property to Union City at its June 23 and 24, 2021 meeting.  Union City is obligated to pay Caltrans the $86,184,000 appraised value of the property within six years after the California Transportation Commission conveyed the property to Union City.  The full $86,184,000 land payment is due to Caltrans July 29, 2027. 

The City Council authorized the issuance of a Notice of Availability in June 2021, that solicited statements of interest in purchasing the Gateway property. The Notice of Availability described approximately 25 acres being available with an obligation to preserve as a park the one-half acre surrounding the Peterson Farmhouse and to dedicate an additional three acres as a city park. 

The City Council accepted the Statement of Interest submitted by City Ventures to pay $90 million for the Gateway property, which is above the appraised value.  The City Council authorized entering into an Exclusive Negotiating Agreement (ENA) with City Ventures that was executed December 15, 2021. 

The City Manager extended the City Ventures due diligence review timeframe identified in the ENA to allow the City to develop a better understand of the drainage needs for the entire Quarry Lakes Parkway project and the Gateway property.  City staff and consultants have now completed the drainage analysis and have better defined the boundaries of the property that will be conveyed to the developer.

A key determination made by Union City staff and consultants was that two deep detention basins planned by the Alameda CTC consultant for the East West Connector were not needed. The realignment of Quarry Lakes Drive could be moved to the west and provide better access to the future development and a future new City Park.

As noted in the discussion above regarding the proposed bioretention hydromodification basin, stormwater treatment is recommended to be relocated to a site between the realigned Quarry Lakes Drive and Old Alameda Creek to create a new shallow hydromodification bio-retention basin.  This could be coordinated with the developer to utilize the new bio-retention hydromodification basin for their stormwater treatment and more efficiently use the Gateway property.

The end result of the updated drainage plan is that the 25-acre footprint of land to be convened to City Ventures is better configured to provide better opportunities for housing.  The realigned Quarry Lakes Drive will provide Union City residents easier access to the new three acre park that City Ventures must dedicate to Union City. See Exhibit 17 to view the vision for the Gateway property.

Since the execution of the City Ventures ENA, staff released for City Council's consideration the proposed Housing Element and the proposed Greater Station District Specific Plan EIR.  The Housing Element and the Specific Plan assume up to 535 residential units on the Gateway property,  which includes 25 percent affordable units.

As part of next steps, City staff will engage in detailed site planning with City Ventures for the Gateway property and begin the preparation of the Disposition and Development Agreement. 

BART and Passenger Rail Hub

BART East Entrance At-Grade Crossing Update

Union City is the lead agency to construct the pedestrian crossing of the Oakland Subdivision to provide direct access between the newly constructed east BART entrance and the East Plaza.  See Exhibit 18.  The vision for the East Entrance to BART has been part of the Station District Plan since 2001.

Union City secured the needed permits to construct the at-grade crossing from the California Public Utilities Commission and Union Pacific Railroad.  The funding source for design and construction of the at-grade crossing are a grant from the Alameda CTC and 2011 Redevelopment Bonds.  Union City is responsible for the design and construction of the landscaping, stairs, and ramps to be constructed on each side of the railroad tracks.  Union City will pay Union Pacific to construct the signal arms, pedestrian gates, and the physical crossing on the racks.  Union City is working with ROMA Collaborative to finalize the design and to prepare a bid package.

As a condition of receiving a permit from Union Pacific to construct the crossing, Union City is obligated to improve pedestrian crossings of the Oakland Subdivision on Decoto Road and to close the existing I Street pedestrian crossing in the Decoto neighborhood.  See Exhibit 19.  Union City is preparing a bid package to construct the at-grade crossing and the improvements requested by Union Pacific as one bid package.

In addition to the requested improvements on Decoto Road and the closure of I Street, Union Pacific recently requested additional remote improvements at Ithaca and Smith Streets and signalization preemption improvements.  Union City submitted preliminary plans to Union Pacific for review and requested that Union Pacific allow Union City to bid the remote improvements separately.  Union City would agree not to open the at-grade crossing until after the remote improvements were completed.   See Exhibit 20.

Planned ACE Station Union City BART

MTC and ACE are conducting the Southern Alameda County Integrated Rail Analysis (SoCo Rail) Study to evaluate the creation of a passenger rail hub in southern Alameda County.  The details of the study and background reports can be viewed at the MTC website:

Southern Alameda County Integrated Rail Analysis (SoCo Rail) Study | Metropolitan Transportation Commission (ca.gov)

The recommendation of the SoCo Rail Study is to create an East Bay rail hub adjacent to the Union City BART Station and to provide additional ACE service to the Bay Area.  See Exhibit 21 for the location of the planned rail hub station. 

MTC and ACE are now engaged in Phase 2 of a planning process to develop conceptual operations plans, model ridership, and prepare conceptual design of the infrastructure improvements.  Union City will coordinate with MTC and ACE when it designs Phase 4 of the Quarry Lakes Parkway.    

The rail station will require the construction of additional tracks parallel to the Oakland Subdivision to create a safe loading platform and an overlay facility adjacent to the Restoration Site.  See Exhibit 22.  A rail shoofly will need to be constructed to build the Phase 4 Quarry Lakes Parkway grade separation under the Oakland Subdivision and the BART tracks.  The rail shoofly could later serve as the rail platform and train storage facility for ACE.

Conclusion and Next Steps

Since December of 2021, staff has been diligently working to facilitate the construction of Quarry Lakes Parkway and the sale of the Gateway property.  As is illustrated in this report, Union City is working with many partners, including:

•  The city of Fremont
• Alameda County Water District
• Alameda County Flood Control and Water Conservation District
• Regional Water Quality Control Board
• Union Pacific Railroad
• BART
• City Ventures
• Funding partners: Alameda CTC and Caltrans
• East Bay Regional Park District
• ACE
• MTC
• Future work will be with the regulatory agencies: California Department of Fish and Wildlife, US Army Corp of Engineers, and National Marine Fisheries Service.

The next steps are to continue to work with Alameda CTC to receive approval of the Full Funding Plan so that design of Phases 3 and 4 can proceed concurrently with Phases 1 and 2.  Staff will also continue to work with permitting agencies to facilitate the construction of Phases 1 and 2.  Lastly, with the updated drainage plan, staff will continue to work with City Ventures to facilitate the sale and development of the Gateway property.   

There is no fiscal impact to the General Fund to accept the staff report.  The design and construction of the Quarry Lakes Parkway will not use General Funds, except those hours that are dedicated by staff to facilitate the project management and secure funding. 

Staff recommends that the City Council accept the staff report, hold a discussion, and ask clarifying questions.