Table B6-2 Review of the 5th Cycle Housing Element Programs No. Programs/Actions Achievements/Effectiveness Continue/Modify/Delete HE-3.3.5 Neighborhood and Community Clean-Up
Campaigns
The City will continue to encourage and
sponsor neighborhood and community
clean-up campaigns for both public and
private properties
The City continued to encourage and sponsor neighborhood and community clean-up campaigns for both public and private properties. The City promotes and staffs the following events available to the community:
Recology provides quarterly drop-off events for bulky items, construction waste, landscape waste, and
hazardous waste (due to COVID, the quarterly events were cancelled and resumed in mid-2021).
The City staffs two annual creek clean ups- National River Clean Up Day and Coastal Clean Up Day.
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HE-4.1.1 Enforcement of Title 24
The City will continue to enforce Title 24
requirements for energy conservation and
will evaluate utilizing some of the other
suggestions as identified in the
Environmental Resources/ Sustainability
element
The City continued to enforce Title 24 requirements for energy conservation and evaluate using some of the other suggestions as identified in the Environmental Resources/Sustainability element. In 2020, the City adopted REACH codes, which were further amended in 2022, that will assist in achieving the City's sustainability goals. The City has Chapter 16.58, Green Building Standards Code, that requires certain projects to achieve LEED certification or similar.
Continue, through Stra tegy HE-4.1.1. The
program has proven successful and will be
carried forward with no modification or
additional language.
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Table B6-2 Review of the 5th Cycle Housing Element Programs No. Programs/Actions Achievements/Effectiveness Continue/Modify/Delete HE-4.1.2 Sustainable Practices
The City will continue to implement the
Landscape Ordinance for water conservation
and the Green Building Ordinance.
To further the objectives of the Green
Building Ordinance, the City will evaluate the
potential to provide incentives, such as
waiving or reducing fees, for energy
conservation improvements at affordable
housing projects (existing or new) with fewer
than ten units to exceed the minimum
requirements of the California Green
Building Code. This City will also implement
the policies in its climate action plan to
achieve residential-focused greenhouse gas
emission reductions and further these
community energy and water conservation
goals
The City implemented the following ordinances:
Landscape Ordinance
Green Building Ordinance
The Climate Action Plan, which evaluates the potential to provide incentives for energy conservation improvements at affordable housing projects (e.g., waiving or reducing fees) and continue to implement the policies in the climate action plan.
The City also adopted energy-efficiency reach codes that include requirements for electrification for certain types of buildings, water efficiency, and green materials to reduce energy use and lower greenhouse gas emissions. These reach codes are a component of the California Energy and California Green Building Codes and include requirements for water efficiency, green materials, and other items designed to encourage building electrification for certain types of buildings.
Continue, through program HE-4.1.2.
HE-5.1.1 Emergency Shelters
The City will continue to facilitate housing
opportunities for special needs persons by
allowing emergency shelters as a permitted
use in the “BQ” Quasi-Public zoning district.
The City will subject emergency shelters to
the same development standards as other
similar uses within the BQ zoning district,
except for those provisions permitted by
State law and provided in the Zoning
Ordinance for emergency shelters
The City facilitated housing opportunities for special-needs groups by allowing emergency shelters as a permitted use in the "BQ" Quasi-Public Building zoning district. In 2021, the City established the City Unhoused Task Force to address the needs of unhoused residents through resource referral and partnered with the West Valley Rotating Safe Car Park (RSCP) program. The RSCP program is an emergency homeless
program made up of a network of local city governments, service organizations, and volunteer faith-based host sites that provide temporary overnight parking for homeless
individuals/families living out of their cars. The RSCP program is still active, and there is a maximum of 30 people at a time per safe parking site.
Continue, through Stra tegy HE-5.1.1. The
updated strategy amends the Zoning Code to
permit in the Quasi-Public zoning district
without discretionary review and commits the
City to review and revise managerial standards.
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Table B6-2 Review of the 5th Cycle Housing Element Programs No. Programs/Actions Achievements/Effectiveness Continue/Modify/Delete The same year, the City created a pilot Homeless Jobs Program with two Cupertino unhoused residents participating in the program. The City Work Program is renewed on an annual basis by the City Council, and contains a variety of different projects, one of which being the City Plan To End Homelessness. The City Council did not prioritize the Plan To End Homelessness for the FY 2023-25 City Work Program. This item was
concluded, and no final version of the Plan was created. Unused funds will be returned to the General Fund. .
HE-5.1.2 Supportive Services for Lower-Income
Households and Persons with Special
Needs
The City will continue to utilize its Below
Market-Rate Affordable Housing Fund,
Community Development Block Grant
(CDBG) funds, and General Fund Human
Service Grants (HSG) funds to provide for a
range of supportive services for lower-
income households and persons with special
needs
During the planning period, the City took various steps to provide supportive services for lower-income households and persons with special needs, including:
Establishing the City Unhoused Task Force to address the needs of unhoused residents.
CDBG $164,807 to Live Oak Adult Day Services, a senior adult day care.
CDBG $299,156 to West Valley Community Services
(WVCS) CARE Program, a community access to resource
and education program.
HSG $66,189 to Catholic Charities of Santa Clara County, a long-term care ombudsman program.
HSG $25,000 to MAITRI, a transitional housing direct client services program.
HSG $105,999 to Senior Adult Legal Assistance, a legal assistance to elders program.
HSG $266,778 to WVCS Haven to Home program, a
supportive services and housing resources program for the homeless.
Continue, through Strategy HE 5.1.2. The
program has been a success and is carried
forward with added focus on areas along the
Interstate 280 corridor, in the areas abutting at
the intersection of Highway 85 and Stevens
Creek Boulevard, along N. Foothill Boulevard
(western edge of Creston-Pharlap
neighborhood), and along Miller Avenue north
of Creekside Park.
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Table B6-2 Review of the 5th Cycle Housing Element Programs No. Programs/Actions Achievements/Effectiveness Continue/Modify/Delete The City developed and funded the Homeless Jobs
Program to provide up to eight months of employment for two unhoused residents in Cupertino.
HE-5.1.3 Rotating Homeless Shelter
The City will continue to support the
operation of a Rotating Homeless Shelter
program
The City provided Faith in Action Rotating Shelter with space at City Hall to provide intake and registration for the community each night until it was shut down in 2017.
In 2021, the City partnered with the West Valley RSCP program, an emergency homeless program made up of a network of local city governments, service organizations, and volunteer faith- based host sites that provide temporary overnight parking for homeless individuals/families living out of their cars. Through $299,156 in CDBG funding, the City assisted 887 households and provided services to prevent homelessness.
Modify, through Stra tegy HE-5.1.3. The
Strategy has been updated based on previous
program outcomes. The City will continue to
support the Rotating Safe Car Park program.
HE-6.1.1 Fair Housing Services
The City will continue to:
Provide fair housing services, which
include outreach, education, counseling,
and investigation of fair housing
complaints
Retain a fair housing service provider to
provide direct services for residents,
landlords, and other housing
professionals
Coordinate with efforts of the Santa
Clara County Fair Housing Consortium
to affirmatively further fair housing
In 2020, the City coordinated with the Regional CDBG/Housing Coordinators group to begin drafting the City's Affirmatively Furthering Fair Housing Plan. The City has provided a total of $850,000 in BMR AHF funds to fair-housing services and
landlord/tenant rental mediation programs.
Continue, through pr ogram HE-6.1.1. The
strategy will also include commitments to
partner with a local fair housing service
provider.
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Table B6-2 Review of the 5th Cycle Housing Element Programs No. Programs/Actions Achievements/Effectiveness Continue/Modify/Delete Distribute fair housing materials
produced by various organizations at
public counters and public events
HE-7.3.1 Coordination with Outside Agencies and
Organizations
The City will meet with these
agencies/organizations periodically to
discuss the changing needs, development
trends, alternative approaches, and
partnering opportunities:
School districts
Housing providers
Neighboring jurisdictions
Association of Bay Area Governments
(ABAG)
Air Quality Management District
Housing Trust Silicon Valley
Santa Clara County Fair Housing
Consortium
Santa Clara County HOME Consortium
Santa Clara County Continuum of Care
(COC)
Housing Authority of Santa Clara County
(HASCC)
Valley Transportation Authority (VTA)
The City coordinated with these groups to engage in
discussions about grant funding opportunities, regional housing needs, and efforts to address homelessness. The City
participated in the following groups: Santa Clara County PLHA Consortium, Regional CDBG/Housing Coordinators Group,
SV@Home, Non-Profit Housing of Northern CA. The
participants in these groups, including the City, work together to pool their knowledge and share expertise. The County’s Office of Supportive Housing helps to coordinate these efforts and provides the participants with invaluable technical assistance.
Through the SCC PLHA Consortium, the City was awarded an allocation of PLHA funding and is currently working towards implementing the funding for projects in Cupertino. Housing CA, Grounded Solutions, US Department of Housing and Urban
Development, among others. In 2021, the City provided
referrals to COVID-related funding sources and services. The City Council did not prioritize the Plan To End Homelessness for the Fiscal Year 2023-25 City Work Program. This item was concluded, and no final version of the Plan was created. The unused funds will be returned to the General Fund.
Continue, through Strategy HE-7.3.1. The City
will commit to meet with these agencies and
organizations to periodically discuss the
changing needs, development trends,
alternative approaches, and partnering
opportunities.
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B6.7 APPROPRIATENESS IN GOALS, OBJECTIVES, AND POLICIES The goals, objectives, and policies identified in the 2015 Housing Element were appropriate for the 2015-2023 timeframe because they directly relate to the program requirements listed by the California Department of Housing and Community Development (HCD).
As for new construction, the greatest progress wa s made in producing housing in the Moderate Income and Above Moderate-Income categories, where the City permitted approximately 68 percent and 119 percent of the needed units, respectively . The City permitted only a bout 13.5 percent of its needed Very Low-Income units and 9.2 percent of its Low-Income units. As was the case in prior years, the cost of land and construction continued to be high in Cupertino, making affordable housing difficult to develop in this market.
B6.8 SUMMARY
Like many communities, the City of Cupertino ex perienced less construction than expected in its 2015–2023 planning period. Of the 1,064 units it identified in its table of quantified housing objectives (Table HE-6 on page H-19 of the 2015 Housing Element), the City was able to issue building permits for546 units (approximately 51.3 percent), most of them for Above Moderate-Income households, even though the City had entitled more than 3,400 units (including more than 1,201 lower income units) during this time frame.
Nonetheless, the goals, objectives, policies, and actions in the 2015–2023 Housing Element complied with State Housing Law that was in effect at th e time and provided proper guidance for housing development in the city. With the 2023-2031 Housing Element update, objectives for each of the goals will be modified as appropriate to more specifically respond to the housing environment in Cupertino.
Policies will also be modified as needed to respond to current Housing Element Law and existing and anticipated residential development conditions.
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