CC 03-03-2025 Item No. 1 Middle Ranking Sheet from Workshop 3.3.25CC 03-03-2025
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Middle Ranking
Sheet from
Workshop 3.3.25
#Topic Proposed By Council
Member
Councilmember Submitted
Title Councilmember Proposed Project Description Council Goal Lead Department Est budget Est staff hours Lead Department(s)Total Ranking
13 City Properties / EOC KM
City Properties: Planning for
Optimal Use (Formerly City
Properties 2.0)
Revisit City Hall/Torre Annex Planning RE
Seismic/EOC. 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.
Quality of Life Public Works/City
Manager's Office $$Medium Public Works 4
14 Emergency
Preparedness RW
Emergency Operations
Readiness
Review fire, earthquake tornado, active shooter,
Tsunami, hazardous transport accident policies; and
ensure EOC is active and functioning with a
permanent position not consultant running the
program.
Sustainability
and Fiscal
Strategy
City Manager's
Office/SC County
Sheriff's Office
$$Medium City Manager's Office 2
15 Environmental / Trees SM
Urban Forest
Program
Expand tree list review in current CWP to include
specifics to develop an urban forest plan to increase
trees, landscaping and greenery in all parts of the city
Quality of Life Public Works/CDD $$ Medium Public Works 2
16 5G RW 5G Ordinance Update 5G Ordinance Quality of Life Public Works/City
Attorney's Office $Small Public Works 2
18 Unhoused KM
Unhoused Policies (Formerly
Support for the Unhoused 2.0)
Continue this work program item. Determine best
practices for limited budget smaller cities to manage
the unhoused. Review RV practices in surrounding
cities for impacts and potential adoption. Review
transitional housing outcomes in surrounding cities.
Policies to include nimble contingency plans.
Quality of Life CDD/Public
Works/City Attorney's
Office/City Manager's
Office
$Large Community
Development
2
22 Public Engagement JF
Public Engagement Strategy
and Policies in Support of
Planning Initiatives
Consolidate existing CWP (Attachment B Item 10) and
proposed CWP public engagement-related items
(Attachment B Items 4 and 5) to establish more
focused policies governing public outreach and
engagement with respect to General Plan
amendments and rezonings with special
consideration to lessons learned from the 6th RHNA
Cycle Housing Element revision.
Public
Engagement
and
Transparency
CDD/City Manager's
Office $$Large Community
Development
2
17 Permitting RW
SFH permitting review process.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. Simplify
permitting for small home upgrades.
Quality of Life CDD/City Attorney's
Office $Medium Community
Development
1
List of Priorities - For Ranking
#Topic Proposed By Council
Member
Councilmember Submitted
Title Councilmember Proposed Project Description Council Goal Lead Department Est budget Est staff hours Lead Department(s)Total Ranking
List of Priorities - For Ranking
20 Public Engagement SM
Leadership
Academy
Re-establish leadership program in collaboration with
neighboring cities and non-profits - to educate the
public on public policy issues, and encourage new
participation in city's civic life.
Public
Engagement
and
Transparency
City Manager's Office $Small City Manager's Office 1
21 Public Engagement LC
Enhance Notification Methods
for Development Projects and
General Plan Amendments
* Consider a community meeting requirement for any
major project application, especially those requiring a
general plan amendment, as some other cities have
adopted.
* Consider increasing notification radius from 300
feet to 500 feet (or even 1000 feet for major
projects) for any project application, especially those
requiring a general plan amendment.
* Consider additional notification requirements for
any project application seeking concessions/waivers
of existing standards, such as parking reduction,
building height, setback, retail space reduction,
and/or impact fees.
For city-wide general plan amendment, such as
multiple sites for the Housing Element, consider
comparable notification methods as single sites,
rather than only through the newspaper, which has
been insufficient.
Public
Engagement
and
Transparency
CDD/City Manager's
Office/City Attorney's
Office
$Medium Community
Development
1
23 Transportation LC
Adopt LOS and improve TDM
Accountability
Adopt LOS (Level of Service), in addition to VMT
(Vehicle Miles Traveled), in any traffic assessment,
since LOS is still a better measure of traffic impact.
Adopt requirements to ensure accountability of TDM
(Traffic Demand Management) system since TDM
often does not mitigate traffic impact as intended.
Transportation CDD/Public
Works/City Attorney's
Office
$$Large Community
Development
1
24 Transportation RW
Major thoroughfare congestion
study and road improvements.
Study De Anza, Stevens Creek, Stelling, Wolfe,
Homestead, and Bollinger, Road improvement
options include adaptive traffic signals, no turns on
red near schools during school hours, street paving,
and traffic enforcement of bikers, cars, and
pedestrians.
Quality of Life Public Works $$ Large Public Works 1
#Topic Proposed By Council
Member
Councilmember Submitted
Title Councilmember Proposed Project Description Council Goal Lead Department Est budget Est staff hours Lead Department(s)Total Ranking
List of Priorities - For Ranking
26 Environmental / Trees JF
Urban Forest 10-Year Plan Develop a plan and implementation strategy to
increase the tree canopy in Cupertino to achieve at
least 30% coverage in every city neighborhood by
2035 using climate-resilient species.
Sustainability
and Fiscal
Strategy
Public Works/CDD $$Medium Public Works 1
27 Impact Fees KM
Impact Fees Evaluate and realign impact fees.Sustainability
and Fiscal
Strategy
CDD/City Attorney's
Office/Public Works $$$Large Community
Development
1
28 Parks LC
Reduce the Scope of Memorial
Park Plan to under $40M
The Memorial Park Plan like other plans tend to
include too many features in one park, which the city
cannot afford to accommodate. We should reduce
the scope to under $40M to only essential elements
Sustainability
and Fiscal
Strategy
Parks &
Recreation/Public
Works
$$ Medium Parks & Recreation 1
29 Transportation JF Active Transportation Plan Continue the existing CWP item.Transportation Public Works $$ Medium Public Works 1
31 Public Engagement LC
Enhance Art In-Lieu Fee policy
for better engagement
Each development project has to dedicate art in-lieu
fee, but the selection process does not engage the
public to benefit the city as a whole. Explore policies
adopted in other cities for better public engagement.
NOTE: To expand the current work program item "Art
in Public and Private Areas": 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.
Quality of Life CDD/City Manager's
Office/City Attorney's
Office/Public
Works/Administrative
Services
$Medium Community
Development
1
35 Public Engagement SM
General Plan
Community
Meetings
Consider community meetings for any development
or project that requires a GP amendment.
Public
Engagement
and
Transparency
CDD/City Manager's
Office $Medium Community
Development
1
19 City Work Program KM
Work Program Process Review Work Program History, budget considerations
and timing, key takeaways, best practices, mission
and vision, goal categories, staff suggestions for
process improvement and workload management.
Include CIP projects which are in process and their
costs.
Sustainability
and Fiscal
Strategy
City Manager's
Office/ALL DEPT $Medium City Manager's Office 0
25 Economic
Development JF
Commercial Diversification Plan Develop a plan and implementation strategy to
diversify the range and types of medium-sized
businesses operating in the city.
Quality of Life City Manager's Office $$Medium City Manager's Office 0
#Topic Proposed By Council
Member
Councilmember Submitted
Title Councilmember Proposed Project Description Council Goal Lead Department Est budget Est staff hours Lead Department(s)Total Ranking
List of Priorities - For Ranking
30 4th of July JF
Independence Day Celebration
Enhancement
Identify and pursue low-hazard alternatives to the
traditional fireworks presentation if no safe venue for
traditional fireworks in Cupertino can be found.
Quality of Life Parks & Recreation $$Large Parks & Recreation 0
32 Public Engagement LC
Transparency for Commisison
Meetings
Restore Hybrid Commission Meetings with both
virtual and in-person public comments - with minimal
staff support.
Include presentations, design docs in the agenda
packet so that attendees who missed the meeting
have access to them, such as the design docs for bike
path projects.
Public
Engagement
and
Transparency
I&T/ALL DEPTS $Large Innovation &
Technology
0
33 Senior Services SM
Ad Hoc Senior
Commission
Establish an ad-hoc senior commission/
committee/working group to create channels of
communication between the senior population,
senior center, senior living facilities - and address
concerns re: housing, transportation, medical
facilities.
Quality of Life Parks &
Recreation/City
Manager's Office/City
Attorney's Office
$Large Parks & Recreation 0
34 Transportation KM
Night time safety awareness Coordinate public education and potential (private
and/or public) grants for night time safety for
bikes/peds/pets (Fall Bike Fest, SR2S, festivals)
Quality of Life Public Works/SC
County Sheriff's Office $ Medium Public Works 0