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BACKGROUND The Altamont Regional Rail Working Group includes elected officials from the City of Pleasanton (Mayor Thorne), the City of Dublin, the City of Livermore, Alameda County, the City of Tracy, BART, ACE, LAVTA, San Joaquin County, and representatives from the East Bay Leadership Council, Innovation Tn-Valley Leadership Group, and the San Joaquin Partnership The Working Group has been meeting bi-monthly since February 2016 At their meeting on September 14, 2016, the group voted to ask its members agencies to bring a resolution to their respective legislative bodies supporting a direct rail connection between BART and ACE in the Tn-Valley DISCUSSION The Northern California Megaregion (including the nine Bay Area counties, the Monterey Bay Area (Santa Cruz, San Benito, and Monterey Counties), the Sacramento Area (Sacramento, Yolo, Sutter, Yuba, Placer, and El Dorado Counties), and the Northern San Joaquin Valley (San Joaquin, Stanislaus, and Merced Counties) has a population of 12 2 million people Housing prices in the Bay Area have resulted in a large influx of population into the inland portions of the megaregion resulting in approximately 69 percent of the mega-regions workers to cross regional lines to their jobs Commuters from the northern San Joaquin Valley over the Altamont Pass and along 1-580 in the Tn-Valley have resulted in particularly extreme congestion in both the AM and PM commutes The slow traffic inhibits the movement of freight along this corridor, reduces productivity, and generates significant adverse greenhouse gas impacts A direct connection between ACE and BART (as opposed to the current bus shuttle service) would create a more attractive and practical commute alternative to driving on 1-580 and would improve inter-regional mobility Submitt by Approved by /4.-k-tisk-- idi/ Brian Dolan Nelson Fialho Assistant City Manager City Manager Attachment Draft Resolution Page 2 of 2