CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Meeting: March 8, 2022
Subject
Consider Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Council goals and proposed City Work Program items, and select City Work Program items for prioritization Recommended Action
Adopt Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Council goals and select City Work Program items for prioritization Discussion
Council Goals
For FY 2021-2022, the City Council had the following goals to provide a framework for the City’s priorities and City Work Program:
Public Engagement and Transparency
Creating and maintaining key conversations and interactions with the Cupertino Community.
Transportation
Providing access to an efficient, safe multi-modal transportation system for our community, and advocating for effective, equitable mass transit in the greater region.
Improving Traffic Flow and Alleviating Congestion
Housing
Contributing meaningfully and in a balanced manner to the housing inventory in support of our community needs, including affordable housing (from extremely low-income to moderate-income level housing) and addressing homelessness.
Sustainability & Fiscal Strategy
Continuing Cupertino’s commitment to building a sustainable and resilient community for future generations.
Quality of Life
Furthering the health and well-being of all Cupertino community members.
Air Quality and Noise
Public Safety
Recreation
Access to Goods and Services
While these are intended as multi-year goals, they are reviewed annually by the City Council. The Council may adopt the same goals or revised goals as the Council sees fit.
During past Council discussions, incorporating the General Plan guiding principles into the Council goals has been mentioned. The General Plan provides the vision for Cupertino from 2015-2040. The 12 guiding principles, in Attachment A, were developed based on extensive community input to guide the City along its 25-year General Plan. In contrast, the goals that guide the City Work Program provide incremental guidance from year to year and focus for the year at hand. It is often not feasible to set dedicated initiatives for each guiding principle of a 25-year plan in one year, therefore a subset of goals are needed to focus efforts on an annual basis. Moving forward, staff will indicate any associated guiding principles with City Work Program items.
Goals Survey
*Values exceed 185 total responses due to respondents indicating more than one goal*Values exceed 185 total responses due to respondents indicating more than one goalThis year the City reached out to ask our community members what goals the City Council should consider for the Fiscal Year 2022-2023 City Work Program. The City Work Program Goals survey was live on Engage Cupertino at engagecupertino.org/cityworkprogram from January 16- February 14, 2022 and received 255 visitors and 185 responses. This survey was advertised through email notifications and the City webpage at cupertino.org/cityworkprogram. It was also published in the February Scene and Items of Interest. The survey had an open question where it asked respondents to write their top goals that they would like the City to consider in Fiscal Year 2022-2023. After reviewing the responses, the most common responses related to more dogs off leash areas, safer streets for walking and biking, and more affordable housing. The feedback received in the survey are generally aligned with the existing City Council goals. Below is a table of the responses categorized by topic. The table includes data from all respondents and also data specifically for those who self-identified as Cupertino residents. For a full review of responses, see Attachment B. *Values exceed 185 total responses due to respondents indicating more than one goal *Values exceed 185 total responses due to respondents indicating more than one goal For the Dogs Off Leash Areas, Transportation, Parks and Recreation, and Quality of Life categories, themes emerged where several responses specified a more granular sub-topic within the category. These sub-topics can be found in the below table. *Values may differ from totals due to respondents indicating more than one goal*Values may differ from totals due to respondents indicating more than one goalProposed items for FY 22-23 City Work Program *Values may differ from totals due to respondents indicating more than one goal *Values may differ from totals due to respondents indicating more than one goal To help in developing the proposed FY 22-23 City Work Program, each commission had an opportunity to recommend items for Council’s consideration. All of these proposed items can be found in Attachment C. The proposed items in Attachment C also include staff recommendations on whether or not the item should be included for prioritization. Some items are not recommended for inclusion because they are already performed operationally.
Staff has also proposed items for Council’s consideration, which are also included in Attachment C. These items are generally items that Council has requested previously or that could be of Council’s interest. In addition to new staff proposals, Attachment C includes items on the current FY 21-22 City Work Program that are multi-year and would need to be carried over into the FY 22-23 City Work Program. Items from the FY 21-22 City Work Program that are not listed in Attachment C are expected to be completed by June 30, 2022.
At this time, Council should select which proposed items they would like to be included in the prioritization process, as well as add any new items the Council would like to consider. Once Council selects the items they are most interested in, departments will estimate timeline and resources for selected items. The items will then be brought back for a prioritization session, similar to the one presented to Council last year.
Sustainability Impact
There are no sustainability impacts associated with this report.
Fiscal Impact
There are no fiscal impacts associated with this report.
Prepared by: Astrid Robles, Management Analyst
Reviewed by: Chris Jensen, City Attorney
Dianne Thompson, Assistant City Manager
Katy Nomura, Deputy City Manager
Approved by: Jim Throop, City Manager
Attachments:
A – General Plan Guiding Principles
B – City Work Program Goals Survey Responses
C – Commission Proposals, Staff Proposals, and Carryovers 2