RESOLUTION NO. ________
A RESOLUTION OF THE CUPERTINO CITY COUNCIL
ACCEPTING THE PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA PLANNING GRANT FUNDS AWARDED TO THE CITY FROM THE METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION FOR THE HEART OF THE CITY SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE, AUTHORIZING THE CITY MANAGER TO EXECUTE SUPPLEMENT ONE OF THE MASTER FUNDING AGREEMENT TO ACCEPT THE AWARDED PRIORITY DEVELOPMENT AREA PLANNING GRANT FUNDS, AND DIRECTING STAFF TO PRESENT A CONSULTANT AGREEMENT REGARDING THE HEART OF THE CITY SPECIFIC PLAN UPDATE AFTER THE SIXTH CYCLE HOUSING ELEMENT UPDATE HAS BEEN CERTIFIED BY THE CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ WHEREAS, the Association of Bay Area Governments/Metropolitan Transportation Commission (ABAG/MTC) issued a call for interest and Letter of Confirmation for Priority Development Area Planning to all jurisdictions in 2019; and WHEREAS, the City issued a response Letter of Confirmation for Priority Development Area Planning in 2019 to ABAG/MTC confirming the City’s intent to complete an amendment to the Heart of the City Specific Plan as well as related rezoning and environmental studies by 2025; and WHEREAS, the MTC invited jurisdictions in January 2021 to submit applications for the Priority Development Area Planning Grant Program; and WHEREAS, Staff applied for the Priority Development Area Planning Grant funds in February 2021, consistent with the Letter of Confirmation submitted to ABAG/MTC in 2019; and WHEREAS, Cupertino was awarded $400,000 in funding from MTC through the Priority Development Area Planning Grant in Spring 2021; and WHEREAS, MTC grant recipients are required to enter into a Master Funding Agreement for any competitive or non-competitive funding from MTC from fiscal year 2021/22 through fiscal year 2031/22; and WHEREAS, each grant awarded to the City from MTC between fiscal year 2021/22 and fiscal year 2031/22 will require a Supplement agreement to the Master Funding Agreement to be authorized by the City Manager; and WHEREAS, the Priority Development Area Planning Grant will be considered Supplement One of the Master Funding Agreement; and WHEREAS, the Heart of the City Specific Plan was first adopted by City Council in 1995 with the purpose of guiding future development within the Special Area; and WHEREAS, City Council directed staff to amend the Heart of the City Specific Plan in the fiscal year 2019-2020 Work Program to include clarification on specific building design and landscaping requirements; and WHEREAS, Cupertino initiated the Sixth Cycle Housing Element Update in Fall 2021; and WHEREAS, the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD) is the responsible State agency for reviewing and certifying the Sixth Cycle Housing Element Update; and WHEREAS, it is anticipated that minimally some of the Priority Housing Element Sites to accommodate some of the City’s Sixth Cycle Regional Housing Needs Allocation may be located within the Heart of the City Specific Plan Area; and WHEREAS, as a result, rezoning may be necessary for some of the sites within this Special Area; and WHEREAS, having considered the foregoing, it is the intent of the City Council to adopt the Planning Commission recommendation to accept Priority Development Planning Grant Funds from MTC but defer the expenditure of those funds on the Heart of the City Specific Plan update until after the Sixth Cycle Housing Element updated has been certified.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council does hereby:
Accept the awarded Priority Development Area Planning Grant funds awarded to the City from the Metropolitan Transportation Commission for the Heart of the City Specific Plan update; and Authorize the City Manager to execute Supplement One of the Master Funding Agreement to accept the awarded Priority Development Area Planning Grant funds; and Direct staff to present a consultant agreement regarding the Heart of the City Specific Plan update after the Sixth Cycle Housing Element update has been certified by the California Department of Housing and Community Development.
PASSED AND ADOPTED at a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Cupertino this 19th day of April, 2022, by the following vote:
Members of the City Council
AYES:
NOES:
ABSENT:
ABSTAIN:
SIGNED:
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Darcy Paul, Mayor
City of Cupertino
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ATTEST:
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Kirsten Squarcia, City Clerk
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