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to reflect the individual Mission Boulevard Spot Improvement Projects, as well as to delete the Route 84 Historic Parkway Project and add the Option 2 east-west connector project in Union City and Fremont. The Option 2 project has been agreed upon by ACTA, Caltrans and the cities of Union City and Fremont, as a replacement for the Route 84 Historic Parkway. The 1986 Expenditure Plan must be amended to allow for the replacement. Amendment No.2 proposes to make the following revisions: 1. Delete the Route 238 and Route 84 Project as amended by Amendment No. 1 to the 1986 Expenditure Plan from the Essential Transportation Project List in the Expenditure Plan; 2. Add the Route 238 (Mission Boulevard) Improvements Project - Hayward Segment, to the Essential Transportation Project List in the Expenditure Plan; 3. Add the Route 238 (Mission Boulevard) Improvements Project - Union City Segment, to the Essential Transportation Project List in the Expenditure Plan; 4. Add the Route 238 (Mission Boulevard) Improvements Project -Fremont Segment, to the Essential Transportation Project List in the Expenditure Plan; and 5. Add the 1-880 to Route 238 East-West Connector Project to the Essential Transportation Project List in the Expenditure Plan. DISCUSSION The Route 84 Realignment Project in Fremont and Union City has been embroiled in controversy throughout its lengthy history. After years of work on environmental studies, a Final Environmental Impact Statement/Environmental Impact Report (FEIR/S) was approved by Caltrans in 2002, but the Federal Highway Administration (FHW A) declined to certify the document due to continued local opposition to the Historic Parkway Alternative which was identified as the one preferred. Since that time, the Authority has been working with Fremont, Union City and Caltrans to develop an alternative that can be agreed upon by the two cities. Option 2 was developed as a compromise and recently received consensus from both cities and Caltrans. Option 2 will not be adopted as Route 84, but Caltrans remains involved because of the connections to 1-880 and Route 238 (Mission Boulevard), and as a property owner in the corridor. For the past few months, the Authority has been working with Caltrans, Fremont and Union City to develop language for a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to document a framework for delivering Option 2. The MOU was recently accepted by all four parties, clearing the way for the next steps in moving Option 2 into the environmental studies phase. SR 06:194 Page 3 of 4