The City's Fremont-Decoto Land Development Plan effort implements a key policy commitment in the 2023-2031 Housing Element. As part of this policy, a project that includes residential units and an affordable housing component may be developed on a City-owned 9.59-acre surplus site located at 4178–4268 Decoto Road. The Fremont City Council unanimously approved the 2023-2031 Housing Element on January 20, 2023, which was subsequently deemed in full compliance with State law by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) on March 22, 2023.

Request for Proposals (RFP) for Professional Design and Environmental Consultant Services - August 2024

On August 21, 2024, the City's Community Development Department released a Request for Proposals (RFP) seeking proposals from qualified consultants to provide technical professional design and environmental services for the Fremont-Decoto Land Development Plan project. The City intends to assemble a consultant team that would work under the direction of the City’s project manager, WestGate Ventures, with oversight by the City, on the design, CEQA clearance, and entitling of a multifamily residential development on the 9.59-acre Fremont-Decoto site.

To view the RFP (RFP 25-010), visit the City's BidNet Direct webpage. Proposals are due by 2:00 p.m. on September 30, 2024.

Interested parties are invited to attend a Proposer’s Informational Meeting on September 4, 2024, at 9:00 a.m.  The meeting will occur virtually via Zoom. Attendance or participation in the meeting is not a prerequisite for proposal filing. Please use this link to join the meeting: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/8366875364?omn=88355074647.

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Request for Qualifications (RFQ) for Land Development Plan Project Manager - October 2023

For the development of the surplus site, the City issued a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) from consultants who provide land development plan consultant services, including project management of the overall land development process.

The purpose of the RFQ was to select a qualified project manager with land development experience in large-scale residential and/or mixed-use development, including affordable housing, to assist the City in designing and entitling a project on the surplus site on Decoto Road. The development would likely include multiple residential product types and include an on-site affordable housing component. Given changes in State law, a 100% residential development can also be considered for the site.

A total of six submissions were received, and interviews with select candidates were conducted in October 2023.

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Site Information

The two-lot, 9.59-acre surplus site is located at 4178–4268 Decoto Road within the Centerville Community Plan Area. The site features approximately 500 linear feet of frontage on both Fremont Boulevard and Decoto Road, arterial roadways which provide primary means of access through Central Fremont and serve over 20,000 vehicles per day.

The site has been owned by the City since 1989, when it was acquired for the State Route 84 extension project. The highway extension project was rescinded in 2007, and the site was declared surplus by the Fremont City Council in 2013. Since 1992, a commercial nursery has been leasing a portion of the property on a month-to-month basis. Areas of the site not used by the nursery are currently vacant.

The site is located within an urban area and surrounded by a mixture of residential and commercial uses. Parcels adjacent to the intersection of Fremont Boulevard and Decoto Road that border the site are improved with retail, restaurant, service station, and dental office uses; at the rear of the site, across an Alameda County Flood Control District channel, is a neighborhood of single-family homes; across Decoto Road is a neighborhood of single-family homes and townhouses; and across Fremont Boulevard is a vacant, 14.4-acre Fremont Unified School District-owned parcel. A mixed-use development containing eight residential units was recently approved for the vacant, 0.32-acre 4092 Decoto Road property abutting the site.