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Cupertino signs on to West Valley shelter feasibility study; council approves MOU with one dissent
Summary
The Cupertino City Council authorized the city manager to join a West Valley feasibility study on April 2 that will assess whether and how Campbell, Cupertino, Saratoga, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno could develop temporary housing, navigation centers or emergency shelter capacity.
The Cupertino City Council authorized the city manager on April 2 to execute a memorandum of understanding that adds Cupertino to a West Valley regional feasibility study examining the need for and options to develop temporary housing and emergency shelters for unhoused people.
Campbell is the lead jurisdiction and will procure and manage the consultant, Good City Company, using funds committed by Campbell; the consultant contract cost was cited at $99,000 and Cupertino's direct consultant contribution was listed as $0 in the staff presentation. Under the MOU Cupertino's obligations are to provide data and staff participation and to present the study results back to council when complete.
City staff framed the study as a step to understand local capacity and to help the city meet specific housing-element strategies. Nikki Vu, senior housing…
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