CC 07-15-2025 Item No. 13. Stevens Creek Blvd Vision Study_Desk Item
CITY COUNCIL STAFF REPORT
DESK ITEM
Meeting: July 15, 2025
Agenda Item #13
Subject
Acceptance of the Stevens Creek Boulevard Vision Study
Recommended Action
Adopt Resolution No. 25-068 accepting the Stevens Creek
Boulevard Corridor Vision Study, including the additional qualifications
recommended by the Cupertino Bicycle Pedestrian Commission and Planning
Commission, and directing City staff to work through the multijurisdictional working
group and Steering Committee to further assess the Study's recommendations and
opportunities for implementation.
Background:
Staff’s responses to questions received from councilmembers are shown in
italics.
Q1: It would be very illuminating to have additional background on why the
Vision Study was originally extended all the way to Foothill Boulevard/
Expressway. My understanding is that Cupertino was the driving force
behind that extension and that it expands our potential for grant funding for
improvements to this area because interjurisdictional grant applications tend
to score better. Could staff please supply some additional history and context
on these points, including references to any prior public meetings that led to
the inclusion of SCB to Foothill in the Vision Study?
Staff response: The decision to extend the Vision Study to Foothill Blvd. was made by
Cupertino City Council at the February 15, 2022 meeting. The suggestion to extend
to Foothill Blvd. was originally made by Councilmember Chao at the meeting, and
ultimately included in the Council motion as a friendly amendment by
Councilmember Wei and accepted by Councilmember Willey. This addition was
proposed in order for the Study to better serve Cupertino residents along and near the
Foothill Blvd corridor and was not related to grant funding benefits.
Q2: Cupertino already had the Vision Zero plan and the Local Road Safety
plan, are those two plans considered by the consultant team who worked on
the Vision Study?
Staff response: Yes. The Cupertino Vision Zero Action Plan and the Local Roadway
Safety Plan have been considered by the consultant team as reference documents for
the Vision Study.
Q3: Have we compared the recommendations by the Vision Study with
Cupertino’s Vision Zero, Local Road Safety Plan? Any inconsistencies so we
might need to adjust any of the plans?
Staff response: Cupertino’s Vision Zero Action Plan and Local Roadway Safety Plan
have goals specifically related to enhancing safety and reducing collisions on
Cupertino’s roadways. The Stevens Creek Corridor Vision Study is primarily a
complete streets study with a focus on enhancing the user and transit experience along
Stevens Creek Blvd. Although the Vision Study promotes the creation of a safe
corridor, the focus of the Cupertino plans and the Stevens Creek Corridor Vision
Study are different. However, these plans do not conflict with each other.
Q4: The “Vision Study” is called the “Vision Study” versus just “study”. What
are the reasons?
Staff response: The purpose of the Vision Study is to create a broad plan for the
Stevens Creek Corridor, to be implemented through the completion of numerous short,
medium, and long-term goals. ”Vision” refers to foresight or imagination as the word
is defined.
Q5: What are the perceived funding sources and implications once the study is
accepted?
Staff response: Funding sources have yet to be identified. Acceptance of the study
increases the likelihood of receiving outside funding due to the multijurisdictional
cooperative nature of the recommendations identified in the study.
Q6: What’s the implication if Cupertino does not accept the study because
Cupertino does not agree with the proposed vision for mass transit?
Staff response: There are several mass transit alternatives identified in the study,
without a single recommended alternative. Regardless, implications for Cupertino
not accepting the study include potentially jeopardizing competitiveness for grant
funding, and the potential for Cupertino to be excluded from regional decision-making
processes that may ultimately affect Cupertino’s residents.
Attachments Provided with Original Staff Report:
A – Stevens Creek Boulevard Corridor Vision Study
B – Resolution 19-089
C – Draft Resolution
Attachments Provided with Desk Item:
None