PREPARED BY: GREG DWYER DATE OF MEETING: 02/05/2024
SUBJECT:
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CONSIDER RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO AUTHORIZING (1) THE DISSOLUTION OF THE SAN PABLO CHILDHOOD OBESITY ADVISORY GROUP (COPAG), AND (2) CONSOLIDATION OF THE TEAM FOR YOUTH (TFY) GRANT PROGRAM AND THE CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION GRANT PROGRAM INTO ONE GRANT PROGRAM.
CEQA: This proposed action is not a project as defined by CEQA.
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
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COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
FY 2021-23 Council Priority Workplan
Improve connections to healthy eating and active living, and San Pablo Beacon Community Schools Initiative are both adopted policies contained in the FY 2023-25 City of San Pablo City Council Priority Workplan, effective May 1, 2023.
BACKGROUND
Team For Youth (TFY)
On February 21, 2012, the City Council authorized Measure Q to be placed on the June 2012 ballot. Measure Q was a sales tax that helped fund youth services to reduce gang activity; improve police presence in San Pablo schools and neighborhoods; fund the Childhood Obesity Prevention Advisory Group and provide support for local job training and economic development. Measure Q was passed with a 74% approval from voters.
Over the years Measure Q has helped fund the scope of work of the TFY Grant Program, which has been improved over the years to meet the needs of the community and to keep pace with the growing national trends in the Community Schools arena.
On July 20, 2020, the City Council authorized that Measure S be placed on the November 2020 ballot to keep in place the revenue stream from Measure Q, which was scheduled to expire in 2022. Measure S passed and provided the City with an additional 10 years of funding.
This funding mechanism has been the foundation for developing and deploying the Community Services Department/Youth, Schools, and Community Partnerships Divisions vision, by providing financial support for the p...
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