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STAFF REPORT
CITY COUNCIL
DATE: April 2, 2019
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Councilmembers
FROM:
Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
SUBJECT:
Valley Link Update
Prepared by: Christopher L. Foss, City Manager
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY:
The City Council will receive an update on the Valley Link project from Michael Tree,
Executive Director Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority.
STAFF RECOMMENDATION:
Receive the presentation.
None.
DESCRIPTION:
The Tri-Valley - San Joaquin Valley Regional Rail Authority (“Authority”) was created in
2017 with the passage of Assembly Bill 758, (Baker, R-San Ramon and
Assemblywoman Susan Eggman, D-Stockton). The authority’s primary purpose is to
plan, develop and deliver cost-effective transit connectivity between the Bay Area Rapid
Transit District's (BART) rapid transit system and the Altamont Corridor Express’ (ACE)
commuter rail service. The Authority is governed by a Board of Directors appointed by
its 15 member agencies, including: the Town of Danville, the cities of San Ramon,
Dublin, Pleasanton, Livermore, Tracy, Manteca, Lathrop and Stockton, the Mountain
House Community Services District, the counties of Alameda and San Joaquin, the
Livermore Amador Valley Transit Authority (LAVTA), the San Francisco Bay Area Rapid
Transit (BART) and the Altamont Corridor Express (ACE).
The Authority received $10.1 million in funding from the Metropolitan Transportation
Commission (MTC) Board to complete environmental work and initial design of Valley
Link, a rail service being planned to connect San Joaquin Valley communities with the
Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station, including connections with the ACE rail system. In
July of 2018, the Authority Board adopted a preferred alternative that included a phased
implementation of service, station locations, service characteristics and vehicle
technology. Phase 1 of the new rail service, named “Valley Link”, will connect the
existing Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station to the proposed ACE North Lathrop Station. A
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second phase would extend service from the North Lathrop Station to the ACE and
Amtrak Stockton Station.
The service is proposed to operate from 5 am to 8 pm, with service every 12 minutes
between the Dublin/Pleasanton BART Station and Greenville Road during peak hours
and every 24 minutes beyond Greenville to the North Lathrop Station. Trains would be
scheduled to allow for convenient transfers to BART. Following environmental work and
initial design, final design and construction will commence. Project const ruction is
expected to take between five and seven years, meaning that the first Valley Link trains
could be placed in service as early as 2024.
Michael Tree, Executive Director of the Authority, will provide the City Council with a
project status update and will be available to answer any questions.
STRATEGIC PLAN INITIATIVE:
None.
NOTICING REQUIREMENTS/PUBLIC OUTREACH:
Not applicable.
ATTACHMENTS:
None.