CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
Meeting: April 19, 2022
Subject
Consider Fiscal Year 2022‐2023 Council goals and prioritize potential items for the FY 2022‐2023 City Work Program
Recommended Action
Adopt Fiscal Year 2022‐2023 Council goals and prioritize potential items for the FY 2022‐2023 City Work Program
Discussion
Council Goals
On February 18, 2020 City Council adopted the following goals to provide a framework for the City’s priorities and City Work Program:
Public Engagement and Transparency
o Creating and maintaining key conversations and interactions with the Cupertino Community.
Transportation
o 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
o 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
o Continuing Cupertino’s commitment to building a sustainable and resilient community for future generations.
Quality of Life
o Furthering the health and well‐being of all Cupertino community members. Air Quality and Noise
Public Safety
Recreation
Access to Goods and Services
2 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. A community survey on goals was conducted earlier this year and the results were presented at the March 8 Council meeting. The results were generally aligned with existing Council goals.
Prioritizing Potential FY 22‐23 City Work Program Items At the April 5 City Council meeting, Council reviewed the prioritized list that resulted from councilmembers’ preliminary ratings after the March 8 City Council meeting. After discussion, Council made the following changes to the list:
Added a “Housing Ownership Strategies” item and a “City‐Owned Properties” item. Amended the “Senior Strategy” item to include staff’s recommendation regarding an additional survey component and a component for the elderly aging in their homes. Amended the “Housing Program for De Anza College Students” item to include a home sharing program and BMR or middle‐income housing funded by the $819 million bond measure.
Amended the “Dogs Off Leash Area” item to include the following language: “two new trials should start as soon as feasible, and the new trial should last at least 6 months unless the trial is adjacent to a field or playground.”
Removed the “CalTrans Adopt‐a‐Highway Program” item and removed items that received a sum rating of one or two that staff recommended to not include.
Council also decided that no additional items would be added after the April 5 meeting. These amendments have been incorporated into Attachment A. Staff recommends that this list be prioritized
by Council at the April 19 meeting.
A rating sheet has been included as Attachment B to facilitate the Council’s rating process. As discussed at the prior meeting, it is recommended that each Councilmember prioritize the items with the same rating system as before: up to five items with a “5”, up to thirteen items with a “3”, and up to thirteen items with a “1”. A rating of “5” would indicate the highest priority while a rating of “1” would indicate a lower priority. Any unrated items will be considered a ”0” and will considered lowest priority.
It is recommended that Councilmembers submit their ratings during the April 19 meeting to ensure adequate time for staff to draft a proposed FY 22‐23 City Work Program based on the ratings. Staff recommends a 15‐minute break during this agenda item to allow Councilmembers to make any final adjustments to their ratings and to submit them to staff. The Councilmembers’ ratings and resulting priority order will be included with the next FY 22‐23 City Work Program discussion on May 17.
Once the items are prioritized, staff will evaluate the prioritized list and draft a proposed FY 22‐ 23 City Work
Program for Council’s consideration at the May 17 City Council Meeting. The development of the proposed FY 22‐23 City Work Program will take into account an item’s prioritization, cost, and staff bandwidth.
3 Sustainability Impact
There are no sustainability impacts associated with this report.
Fiscal Impact
The estimated budget for each item is indicated in Attachment A. After the prioritization process occurs, a draft FY 22‐23 City Work Program will be developed and an estimated total cost will be determined at that time.
Prepared by: Katy Nomura, Deputy City Manager
Reviewed by: Chris Jensen, City Attorney
Dianne Thompson, Assistant City Manager
Approved by: Jim Throop, City Manager
Attachments:
A – Proposed Items from April Council Meeting with Council Amendments B – Councilmember Rating Sheet