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A - FY 25-27 Adopted City Work Program - Modified December 2025

Cupertino City Council
October 20, 2026

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A - FY 25-27 Adopted City Work Program - Modified December 2025
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October 20, 2026
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ATTACHMENT A
# Project Title Project Description Council Goal 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 businesses1.2 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 Quality of Life, Fiscal Strategy
$200,000 Large City Manager's
Office
Year 1 start
2 Small Business Council/ Economic Development

1.3 Create a small business council, provide regulatory support. 1.4 Restore the EDC Quality of Life, Fiscal Strategy
$0 Small City Manager's
Office
Year 1
3 Grants Analyst 1.5 Explore a Grants Analyst Position Fiscal Strategy $0 Small Administrative Services Year 1 4 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 Medium Community
Development
Year 1 startYear 2 end
5 Financial, Investment, andCashflow 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 Small Administrative
Services
Year 1
6 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 Large City Attorney's
Office
Year 2 Start
7 Water Conservation Policies Reduce irrigation while increasing pollinator supporting vegetation (turf conversion). Optimize irrigation systems including CUSD use agreement sites.

Environmental Sustainability
$250,000 Medium Public Works Year 1 start
Year 2 end
Final FY 2025-2027 City Work Program
New Projects - Added March 2025
Attachment A - FY 25-27 Adopted City Work Program - Modified December 2025

ATTACHMENT A
# Project Title Project Description Council Goal Budget (Not including staff costs) Project Size Lead Department(s) Estimated Timeline Final FY 2025-2027 City Work Program
8 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 seniors6.3 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 Large Parks & Recreation Year 1 start Year 2 end
9 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 Medium Public Works Year 1 start Year 2 end
10 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
11 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 Medium Parks & Recreation Year 1 start Beyond for completion.
12 Urban ForestProgram
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.) Medium Public Works Year 1 start
Year 2 end
13 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 Small Community
Development
Year 1 start
14 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 Large Community
Development
Year 1 startYear 2 end
Attachment A - FY 25-27 Adopted City Work Program - Modified December 2025

ATTACHMENT A
# Project Title Project Description Council Goal Budget (Not including staff costs) Project Size Lead Department(s) Estimated Timeline Final FY 2025-2027 City Work Program
15 City Hall Annex Renovation including the EOC
Implement City Hall Annex renovation (including the EOC). Quality of Life $0 Small Public Works Year 1 16 City Hall Retrofit Implement the previously approved 2022 City Hall Retrofit. Quality of Life $0 Small Public Works Year 1 17 Preserve existing and develop new BMR/ELI Housing
Housing $238,000 N/A Community
Development
Year 1 startYear 2 end
18 Residential and Mixed Use Residential Design Standards Housing, Quality of Life
$240,000 N/A Community
Development
Year 1
19 Speed Limit Lowering (AB 43) Transportation $0 N/A Public Works Year 1 20 Sign Ordinance Quality of Life $200,000 N/A Community Development
Year 1 Start, Year 2 end
21 Active Transportation Plan Transportation $330,000 N/A Public Works Year 1 22 Bicycle Facilities Transportation $50,000 N/A Public Works Year 1 23 Art in Public and Private Areas Quality of Life $50,000 N/A Community Development
Year 1
24 Electrification Study Environmental
Sustainability
$50,000 N/A Public Works Year 1
Ongoing Projects - Added March 2025
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 developmentLower speed limits where feasible pursuant to state adopted Assembly Bill 43Update Sign Ordinance CANCELED at December 1, 2025 CC MeetingThis 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 plan18.2 Review and update the pedestrian plan18.3 Review current Complete Streets Policy and propose adjustments to create a better interface between all modes of transportationIncrease the inventory of bicycle facilities and amenities, such as bike racks, citywide.Revisit Municipal Code Standards for art in public and private development, including the standards in the Municipal Code and developing an Art-in-lieu fee policy.Conduct public outreach, policy research, and coordinate with regional efforts to develop policy options for electrification of Cupertino's buildings in light of recent legal rulings inhibiting certain electrification efforts.

Attachment A - FY 25-27 Adopted City Work Program - Modified December 2025 DEFUNDED

ATTACHMENT A
# Project Title Project Description Council Goal Budget (Not including staff costs) Project Size Lead Department(s) Estimated Timeline Final FY 2025-2027 City Work Program
25 Memorial Park Study Session A study session on Memorial Park and the proposed design. Most people I've spoken to love Memorial Park the way it is now where it is mostly naturally space, rather than one jam packed with stuff in the proposed plan. I hope to consider a minimalist option with upgrade of existing features and only include some low impact features.And reduce the cost. Maybe we might refer it to Parks and Rec Commission to consider options.

Quality of Life $0 N/A Public Works Year 1
26 Preserving Retail in the City Study session regarding potential ballot measure to protect frontage retail or consider rezoning of mixed-use sites to preserve retail Quality of Life $0 N/A Community Development Year 127 Protections for Parkland Consider establishing protections for parkland, similar to those adopted by the cities of Sunnyvale and Milpitas
Environmental Sustainability
$475,000 already allocated (includes both Parkland Rezoning and Tax Revenue Ballot Measures for 2026 Midterm Election) N/A Administrative
Services
Year 1
28 Red Light Cameras Explore Red Light Cameras in Cupertino Quality of Life $0 N/A Public Works Year 129 Housing Site Inventory Options for Expanding Housing Element Site Inventory to Address Potential Shortfall in Zoned Capacity
Housing $660,000 already allocated
for contract with PlaceWorks to address No Net Loss requirements.

N/A Community
Development
Year 1
30 Public outreach and engagement strategy
Establish citywide standards to embed meaningful engagement into every city project Public Engagement and Transparency
$25,000 (Requesting as part of adopted budget for FY 2026-2027) N/A City Manager's
Office
Year 1 Start, Year 2 end
New Projects - Added December 2025
Attachment A - FY 25-27 Adopted City Work Program - Modified December 2025

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