City of Alameda - File #: 2026-6224

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Summary Title: Approve Submission of Five Grant Applications Totaling $5.03 Million to the Alameda County Transportation Commission and Adopt the Following Separate Resolutions:

1. Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Alameda County Transportation Commission Administered Funding for the Priority Plan Implementation with Paving: West End Corridors Project and Committing Any Necessary Matching Funds and Stating Assurances to Complete the Project;

2. Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Alameda County Transportation Commission Administered Funding for the Neighborhood Greenways Phase 2 Implementation Project and Committing Any Necessary Matching Funds and Stating Assurances to Complete the Project;

3. Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Alameda County Transportation Commission Administered Funding for the Grand Street Safety Improvements: Phase 3 Project and Committing Any Necessary Matching Funds and Stating Assurances to Complete the Project;

4. Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Alameda County Transportation Commission Administered Funding for the Wooden Bridge Replacement Feasibility Study and Committing Any Necessary Matching Funds and Stating Assurances to Complete the Project; and

5. Adoption of Resolution Authorizing the Filing of an Application for Alameda County Transportation Commission Administered Funding for the Alameda High School-School Safety Assessment Implementation Project and Committing Any Necessary Matching Funds and Stating Assurances to Complete the Project.

For Priority Plan Implementation with Paving: West End Corridors and Alameda High School Safety Assessment: The projects are categorically exempt under the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA) Guidelines section 15301(c) Existing Facilities (Minor alterations to existing facilities including bicycle facilities).

For Grand Street Safety Improvements: Phase 3: City Council previously found this project categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15301 (Existing Facilities - specifically, minor alterations to existing facilities including bicycle facilities) and 15304 (Minor Alterations to Land - specifically, creation of bicycle lanes on existing public rights of way).

For the Neighborhood Greenway Phase 2 Implementation: City Council previously found this project categorically exempt under CEQA Guidelines section 15301(c) Existing Facilities (Minor alterations to existing facilities including bicycle facilities) and Section 15304(h) (Minor Alterations to Land and the creation of bicycle lanes on existing public rights of way).

For the Wooden Bridge Replacement Feasibility Study: This funding request is exempt under CEQA Section 15262 (feasibility studies). (Planning, Building and Transportation 24562743)

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To: Honorable Mayor and Members of the City Council

From: Gerry Beaudin, City Manager

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

City of Alameda (City) staff developed and submitted five grant applications in July 2026, totaling $5.03 million, to submit to the Alameda County Transportation Commission (ACTC) in response to their Notice of Funding Opportunity for their 2028 Comprehensive Investment Plan (CIP) and the Safe Routes to Schools Capital Grant Pilot Program. Each of the five submitted projects is included in the City’s Strategic Plan (2023-2026), and each has received City Council review via adopted City plans and project-specific City Council items. The projects are:

1. Priority Plan Implementation with Paving: West End Corridors

2. Neighborhood Greenways Phase 2 Implementation

3. Grand Street Safety Improvements: Phase 3

4. Wooden Bridge Replacement Feasibility Study

5. Alameda High School - School Safety Assessments (SSA) Implementation

ACTC requires that each project include a local match and that a local support resolution be submitted for each application. The award announcement is expected in May 2027, after which staff will bring a request to allocate the matching funding for any awarded grants. Staff recommends that the City Council adopt separate resolutions for each of the five projects per the grant requirement.

BACKGROUND

In May 2026, ACTC issued a Notice of Funding Opportunity for its 2028 CIP, with applications due July 27, 2026. The 2028 CIP programs include Alameda CTC-administered, discretionary local funding for Fiscal Years 2027-28 through 2031-32. Eligible project categories included bicycle/pedestrian capital projects and programs, technology capital improvement projects, transit-related capital projects and shuttle operations, and plans. ACTC typically aggregates its multiple discretionary funding sources and issues one call for projects every two years. The 2028 CIP has a total fund estimate of $200 million, with eligible applicants allowed to submit up to four general CIP project applications and one application for the Safe Routes to School (SR2S) Capital Grant Pilot Program.

ACTC requires that each individual project application have a separate Resolution of Local Support, by which the applicant is committing to adhering to ACTC’s funding requirements, including:

1. Delivering the proposed project’s scope within the identified schedule;

2. Providing matching funds to the project if awarded funds from ACTC;

3. Delivering the proposed project in line with the CIP guidelines, policies, and procedures; and

4. Complying with post-funding allocation requirements, such as funding agreement and reporting requirements.

Each project includes a local match, which is a grant requirement. ACTC requires a local support resolution for each application. The award announcement is expected in May 2027, after which staff will bring a request to allocate the matching funding for any awarded grants.

DISCUSSION

City staff evaluated potential projects to submit to the 2028 CIP call for projects and selected five projects that each required funding, were a good fit for the grant program, and were considered competitive. The projects, all of which had previously received support from City Council, were submitted by the July 27, 2026, deadline. All the projects are in multiple City plans, including the City’s Strategic Plan, and three of the projects are on the “Grant Application Priorities” list from the City’s 2026 Transportation Work Plan, which Council accepted on March 16, 2026.

Here is an overview of the projects that were submitted:

Priority Plan Implementation with Paving: West End Corridors (Construction)

• Background: The City will re-pave four key corridors on the West End in 2028, all of which have safety and active transportation recommendations in the Vision Zero Action Plan and Active Transportation Plan. These corridors are Ralph Appezzato Memorial Parkway, Atlantic Avenue, Challenger Drive, and Marina Village Parkway. While the paving program makes safety improvements with paving each year, higher-cost safety features reduce available funds for pavement management throughout the City.

• 2028 CIP Application: To enhance the 2028 pavement project, the request proposes funding to add safety and active transportation scope with a suite of pedestrian and bicycle safety features, including corridor speed management, new bikeways, and crosswalk improvements. These improvements will support safe access to schools, businesses in Marina Village, the Oakland-Alameda Water Shuttle, and the new Jean Sweeney Open Space Park connector paths serving Atlantic Avenue.

• 2028 CIP Funding Request: $1,050,000 (Construction)

• Match funds needed: $700,000

Neighborhood Greenways Phase 2 Implementation

• Background: City staff is completing the design phase for the Phase 1 Neighborhood Greenways project, which includes the Slow Street segments of Pacific Ave, Versailles Ave, and San Jose Ave, which are expected to be constructed by summer 2027. In the last Biennial Budget, City Council allocated $1.1 million towards Phase 2 implementation of approximately one mile of Greenway, towards completing the ten miles of Greenways in the Active Transportation Plan’s Low-Stress Backbone Network.

• 2028 CIP Application: The grant proposed constructing 3.4 miles of Neighborhood Greenways, including Pacific Ave (9th St to 4^th St), 8th St (Pacific Ave to Jean Sweeny Open Space Park), 9th St (Pacific Ave to San Antonio Ave), San Jose Ave (Oak St to Versailles Ave), Lincoln Ave (Broadway to Versailles Ave), Bayview Dr (Broadway to Otis Dr) and Mosley Ave/3rd St (from Stargell to Central, which is already funded via the Affordable Housing and Sustainable Communities (AHSC) grant). The same toolkit of treatments, including neighborhood traffic circles, speed humps, and curb extensions, would be used. The application leverages existing City local and grant funds to implement an additional 1.6 miles of Greenways that would not otherwise have funding.

• 2028 CIP Funding Request: $2,010,000 (Construction)

• Match funds needed: $1,690,000

Grand Street Safety Improvements: Phase 3

• Background: In 2023, City Council approved a design concept for the full Grand Street Safety Improvements project, from Shore Line Drive to Clement Avenue. This concept includes a two-way separated bikeway, crosswalk safety improvements, and accessible parking. The full corridor project is planned for implementation in three phases. The first phase, from Shore Line Drive to Otis Drive, is complete. The second phase, from Otis Drive to Encinal Avenue, is under final design and slated for construction in 2027.

• 2028 CIP Application: To initiate work on the third phase, north of Encinal Avenue, the City requested funds to complete the final design. This work would include all design and engineering from Encinal Avenue to the Grand Street Marina, preparing the City for future construction funding opportunities.

• 2028 CIP Funding Request: $1,405,000 (Design)

• Match funds needed: $470,000

Wooden Bridge Replacement Feasibility Study

• Background: The Wooden Bridge on Bay Farm Island, a key segment of the Bay Trail and a safe routes to school connection, is over 40 years old and expected to be non-functional due to age, sea level rise, and storm surge within ten years. The City has been seeking funding to study options for replacing this Bridge, and in Spring 2026, MTC awarded the City $500,000, a portion of its requested funding to complete the Feasibility Study with their Priority Conservation Area (PCA) Grant Program.

• 2028 CIP Application: Staff requested funds to fully fund the development of a Feasibility Study to replace the Wooden Bridge, a key segment of the Bay Trail, which is expected to be non-functional within ten years. The recommended alternative will be developed to the 20% design level.

• 2028 CIP Funding Request: $300,000 (Planning and Design)

• Match funds needed: $500,000

Alameda High School SSA Implementation

• Background: The Countywide Safe Routes to Schools Program completed a School Safety Assessment (SSA) for Alameda High School in 2024, which included 15 infrastructure recommendations, mostly on City streets. In this funding cycle, ACTC is piloting an SR2S Capital Grant program focused on helping to implement the many completed SSA’s around the county. City staff selected the AHS SSA as the most likely to successfully meet the grant guidelines.

• 2028 CIP Application: The project would implement key recommendations in AHS’s SSA, on streets that border the school, including curb extensions, crosswalk upgrades, and curb ramp upgrades at Oak St/Alameda Ave and Walnut St/Alameda Ave.

• 2028 CIP Funding Request: $359,000 (Design and Construction)

• Match funds needed: $241,000

Matching Fund Discussion

Priority Plan Implementation with Paving: West End Corridors (Construction): A minimum 25% local match is required; however, staff proposed a higher match of $700,000, which will increase the project’s competitiveness. This full amount will come from the pavement maintenance budget from Alameda CTC Measure BB, direct local distributions. This amount is less than the City would have spent on basic safety striping features in the planned pavement program and would not require any additional budget action.

Neighborhood Greenways: $1.69 million in local matching funding was proposed, combining the $1.09M in awarded AHSC grant funding to construct the Mosely/3rd St Neighborhood Greenway and $600,000 in CIP #C63200 allocated to Phase 2 Neighborhood Greenway implementation.

Grand Street Safety Improvements Phase 3 (Design): Staff proposed the minimum required 25% local match of $470,000. These matching funds are expected to come from the City’s local Measure BB funds or the General Fund.

Wooden Bridge: The City will use the awarded $500,000 in MTC PCA grant funds as its local match.

Alameda High School SSA Implementation: The City’s proposed local match of $241,000 will be funded by CIP #62000 (Safe Routes to School Infrastructure).

ACTC expects to make a funding decision in May 2027, after which City staff will return to City Council to request the allocation of the required grant matching funds.

ALTERNATIVES

City Council may consider a range of alternatives:

• Authorize the filing of all five of the grant applications submitted by staff;

• Authorize the filing of some of the grant applications, but not others; or

• Do not authorize the filing of any of the four grant applications. Not authorizing the filing of the grant means the City must seek other funding sources to fund these projects.

FINANCIAL IMPACT

If any of the five ACTC grants are awarded, the City will be required to contribute the following in local matching funds. All unallocated grant and matching funds will be subject to a future request and City Council budget action.

MUNICIPAL CODE/POLICY DOCUMENT CROSS REFERENCE

Priority Plan Implementation with Paving: West End Corridors

• Strategic Plan, TIE #1: Implement Vision Zero Rapid Response - After Fatal Crashes Program

• Alameda Vision Zero Action Plan (2021)