FSP 05-20-2010 City of Cupertino
Fiscal Strategic Plan Committee
Minutes
May 20, 2010
1. CALL TO ORDER
At 10:43 a.m. David Woo called the meeting to order at Cupertino City Hall, 10300 Torre
Avenue, Conference Room A, Cupertino.
2. ROLL CALL
Present Kris Wang, Orrin Mahoney, Aarti Shrivastava, David Woo, Kelly Kline, Carol
Atwood (arrived at 11:20 a.m.)
Absent Roger Lee
3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES
David Woo recommended a correction to the expenditure streamlining discussion. Orrin
Mahoney moved to approve the minutes of March 8, 2010 with the recommended
correction. Aarti Shrivastava seconded and motion passed unanimously.
4. ORAL COMMUNICATIONS
None
5. WRITTEN COMMUNICATIONS
None.
6. OLD BUSINESS
A. Finalize Work Program
The Committee agreed to make the following changes to the implementation
timeline:
1. Create a separate archived list of timeline items.
2. Use letters instead of colors to indicate the status of items.
3. Change the 2010 -11 status of various items:
a. Change "Approach Foothill/DeAnza to share sheriff costs" to not
approved and archive it.
b. Change "Sales Tax. Increase" to under review.
c. "Road Impact Fees- Oversize Vehicles" to not approved and
archive it.
d. "Advanced Planning Fee" to under review.
e. "Adopt Tree Maintenance Ordinance" and "Adopt Sidewalk
Liability Ordinance" to not approved and archive them.
f. "Even Year Municipal Elections" to not approved.
4. Change the 2009 -10 stratus of "Marijuana Zoning" to not approved to
match the 2010 -11 status.
5. Add the following for 2010 -11:
a. "Review BMR Program" as under review.
b. "Online Permit" as under review.
6. Archive the following: Re- assess Park Dedication Fee, Annexation of
Quarry Property, Support Redevelopment Projects, County
Communications Fee, Subdivide /Sell Simms Property, Require
Developers to Maintain Open Space, Require Safety
Enhancements/New Development, Contract School Maintenance, CIP
if Ongoing Maintenance Funding Available, Increase BL, NW, CERT
Graduates, Change Accounting for Enterprise Funds, Cost Saving
Options for Medical /Retiree Medical, Adopt Tree Maintenance
Ordinance, Adopt Sidewalk Liability Ordinance, and Review Sanitary
Sewer District Structure;.
7. NEW BUSINESS
A. Re -visit Fee Schedule
It was noted how the City is subsidizing development by not increasing fees. The
Committee recommended that based on strategic issues, the City should retook at
a fee schedule increase.
B. Storm Drain Fee
The Committee discussed election costs, timing, vote threshold levels, and the
financial situation of the fund that collects and uses this $12 per parcel fee which
was first established in 1992 and unchanged since then. The Committee
concluded that it was acceptable to further investigate increasing this fee.
C. Next Meeting Date
The Committee will meet in the future about the sale of City's water system to
San Jose Water Company, about the below market rate program, about storm
drain fees, and about establishing a capital project priority ranking system.
S. ADJOURNMENT
The meeting was adjourned at 12:08 p.m.
David Woo
Finance Director
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