PREPARED BY: ANDREA MENDEZ DATE OF MEETING: 07/02/18
SUBJECT:
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RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SAN PABLO APPROVING THE REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR PROGRAMS AND SERVICES FOR CHILDHOOD OBESITY PREVENTION
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CITY MANAGER RECOMMENDATION
Recommendation
Adopt Resolution
BODY
COMPLIANCE STATEMENTS
Develop Childhood Obesity Prevention Task Force // Strategic Work Plan is an adopted policy item under the FY 2018-21 City Council Priority Work plan, effective November 1, 2017.
CEQA Compliance Statement
This is not a project as defined by CEQA
BACKGROUND
On January 9, 2012, City Council authorized the establishment of a Citywide Childhood Obesity Prevention Task Force (COPTF), Resolution 2012-008, to develop an overall Strategic Plan for addressing the growing childhood obesity epidemic in San Pablo. There also was a COPTF Steering Committee that assisted in guiding the work of the COPTF.
Over the next year and half, the COPTF worked with the COPTF Steering Committee, City staff, and outside consultants to create a Community Action Plan (CAP), which was presented and adopted by the City Council in April 2014, Resolution 2014-063. The CAP was a document that outlined a variety of programs and policy recommendations for the COPTF that annually guided the COPTF work of reducing childhood obesity in San Pablo.
Through FY2015/16 and FY2016/17, the San Pablo City Council provided a total of $100,000 in one-time discretionary funding ($50,000 each over those two fiscal years) to assist the COPTF in addressing a number of the policy and program recommendations outlined in the CAP, such as providing low-cost healthy eating active living recreational classes, community outreach materials/information, and minor capital improvements to the San Pablo park facilities. Still there was a need to seek a sustainable revenue source to continue to address the ongoing need to eradicate childhood obesity in San Pablo.
On April 2, 2018, City Council adopt...
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