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# Project Title Project Description Council Goal Est budget (Not including staff costs) Project Size Lead Department(s) Estimated
Timeline
1 Economic Development for
Retail and Small Businesses
1.1 Streamline permitting process for small businesses
1.2 Retention and recruitment of retail and small businesses: Explore options to support small businesses/startups, fill empty storefronts, and encourage entry of new forms of retail to promote revitalization
• Explore more themed events like restaurant week, and other festivals to bring vitality to Cupertino businesses
• Improve placemaking in the city and the city's revenue stream
1.3 Create a small business council, provide regulatory support.
1.4 Restore the EDC
1.5 Explore a Grants Analyst Position
Quality of Life,
Fiscal Strategy
0.5 FTE will be requested
during proposed budget
1.1: $100,000
1.2: $100,000
1.3: $0
1.4: $0
1.5: $0
100-71-705 750-260
Large
Community
Development
Year 1 start
2 Permit Streamlining and
Simplification for Small Home
Upgrades
Develop a suite of improvements to (1) improve access to, and (2) speed the processing of permits for small home upgrades so as to enhance compliance and improve overall efficiency. Improve turnaround times. Set SLA' s for staff and outsourced reviewers, customer service KPI' s, templates to reduce back and forth, internal staff expertise to reduce consulting expenses.
Quality of Life
$250,000
100-71-701 750-261
Medium Community
Development
Year 1 start
Year 2 end
3 Financial, Investment, and
Cashflow Policy Review
Review and assess the City’s investment policy and best practices with an analysis of quarterly treasurers report.
Establish a cashflow management policy with the goal to reduce the total percentage in cash from 20% to 2% and to reduce the total percentage in cash and cash-equivalent to at most 10%, on par with other cities.
Fiscal Strategy
$25,000
100-40-400 700-702
Small Administrative
Services
Year 1
4 Defensible Impact Fee Nexus
Study for Traffic Impact Fee,
Retail Impact Fee, BMR Impact
Fee, and Parkland Impact Fee
Conduct nexus studies to review a range of impact fees, such as Traffic Impact Fee, Retail Impact Fee, BMR Impact Fee, and Parkland Impact Fee, and other means of offsetting conversion of commercial land uses to residential to ensure the impact fees are defensible against legal challenges.
Fiscal Strategy
$1 Million
100-71-705 750-263
265-72-711 750-263
100-80-800 750-263
100-88-844 750-263
Large City Attorney's
Office
Year 2 Start
5 Water Conservation Policies Reduce irrigation while increasing pollinator supporting vegetation (turf conversion). Optimize irrigation systems including CUSD use agreement sites.
Environmental
Sustainability
$250,000
100-84-813 750-264
Medium
Public Works Year 1 start
Year 2 end
Final FY 2025-2027 City Work Program
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6 Enhance Senior Services 6.1 Due to the high cost of senior centers, many seniors have to "age in place", but do still need services typically provided in senior centers, in addition to common home maintenance.
6.2 Utilizing the survey results conducted in 2022 and 2023 to meet the needs of Cupertino seniors
6.3 Consider consultant services similar to Palo Alto or Saratoga Senior Center to enhance services, while reducing cost to the city.
NOTE: Cupertino Age-Friendly could make a presentation on the result of 2023 survey, in collaboration with the city staff.
NOTE: Successful Aging Solutions & Community Consulting (SASCC), who runs the Saratoga Senior Center could provide a free gap analysis and feasibility analysis
Quality of Life $65,000
100-60-601 750-265
Large Parks & Recreation Year 1 start
Year 2 end
7 City Properties: Planning for
Optimal Use
Future planning strategies for Stocklmeir house/garages, Blech House, Blue Pheasant. Goal of judicial use of city-owned properties. Investigate potential purchase of CUSD Finch/Phil property. Include the McClellan Barn and the house at the entrance of Blackberry Farm.
Quality of Life
$200,000
100-80-800 750-266
Medium Public Works Year 1 start
Year 2 end
8 5G Ordinance Prepare an ordinance that regulates small cellular facilities in the public right of way.
Quality of Life $0 Small Public Works Year 1
9 Emergency Operations
Readiness
Review fire, earthquake tornado, active shooter, Tsunami, hazardous transport accident policies; and ensure EOC is active and functioning with a permanent position not consultant running the program.
Quality of Life
$40,000
100-60-601 750-267
Medium Parks & Recreation Year 1 start
Beyond for
completion.
10 Urban Forest
Program
Create an Urban Forest Master Plan that includes an updated and expanded tree list which will increase the number of trees, enhance the City's tree canopy, and promote landscaping throughout the City.
Environmental
Sustainability
$250,000
($110,000 is already
allocated for the tree list
item under the current
CWP.)
100-86-825 750-235
Medium
Public Works Year 1 start
Year 2 end
11 Add notifications for SB 330 and
other projects during the
application and approval process
11.1 Consider a community meeting requirement for any major project application, especially those requiring a general plan amendment, as some other cities have adopted.
11.2 Consider increasing notification radius from 300 feet to 500 feet (or even1000 feet for major projects) for any project application, especially those requiring a general plan amendment.
11.3 Improve notification methods for SB 330 preliminary applications, streamlined projects, not requiring planning/council approval and other projects
Public
Engagement
and
Transparency,
Housing
$10,000
100-71-701 750-268
Small
Community
Development/CMO
Year 1 start
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12 Unhoused Policies Determine best practices for limited budget smaller cities to manage the unhoused. Review RV practices in surrounding cities for impacts and potential adoption. Review transitional housing outcomes in surrounding cities. Policies to include nimble contingency plans.
Quality of Life $100,000
100-72-720 750-269
Large Community
Development
Year 1 start
Year 2 end
13 City Hall Retrofit and City Hall
Annex Renovation including the
EOC
Implement the previously approved 2022 Council plan with EOC migration Quality of Life $0 Small Public Works Year 1
$2,280,000
# Project Title Project Description Council Goal Est budget (Not including staff costs) Project Size Lead Department(s) Estimated
Timeline
14 Preserve existing and develop
new BMR/ELI Housing
Ongoing CWP Item
Housing
$250,000
(Already Allocated, no new
funding needed)
100-71-702 750-235
N/A CDD Year 1 start
Year 2 end
15 Residential and Mixed Use
Residential Design Standards
Ongoing CWP Item
Housing, Quality
of Life
$240,000
(Already Allocated, no new
funding needed)
100-71-702 750-090
N/A
CDD Year 1
16 Speed Limit Lowering (AB 43)
Ongoing CWP Item
Transportation
$0 N/A Public Works Year 1
17 Sign Ordinance
Ongoing CWP Item
Quality of Life
$200,000
(Already Allocated, no new
funding needed)
100-71-702 750-102
N/A CDD Year 1 Start, Year 2
end
18 Active Transportation Plan
Ongoing CWP Item
Transportation $330,000
(Already Allocated, no new
funding needed)
100-88-844 750-243
N/A Public Works Year 1
Ongoing CWP Items
Explore opportunities to preserve existing expiring BMR housing.
Develop ELI (Extremely Low Income) and BMR housing units for Developmentally Disabled individuals (IDD) on City-owned property as well as the County-owned sites.
Create objective design standards for residential projects, including ensuring adequate buffers from neighborhood low-density residential development Lower speed limits where feasible pursuant to state adopted Assembly Bill 43 Update Sign Ordinance
This item is a consolidation of existing and new transportation efforts aiming to further goals outlined in the City's Vision Zero Initiative, including:
18.1 Review and update the bike plan
18.2 Review and update the pedestrian plan
18.3 Review current Complete Streets Policy and propose adjustments to create a better interface between all modes of transportation Total Funding Needed for New Projects
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19 Bicycle Facilities
Ongoing CWP Item
Transportation $50,000
(Already Allocated, no new
funding needed)
100-88-844 750-219
N/A Public Works Year 1
1,070,000
3,350,000
Increase the inventory of bicycle facilities and amenities, such as bike racks, citywide.
Total Funding Already Allocated
Total Combined