HomeMy WebLinkAboutCC RESO 2013-60RESOLUTION NO. 2013 — 60
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OF THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY
SETTING FORTH THE CITY OF NATIONAL CITY'S
COMMITMENT TO OBESITY PREVENTION
WHEREAS, in 2004, the League of California Cities adopted an Annual
Conference resolution to encourage cities to embrace policies that facilitate activities to promote
healthier lifestyles and communities, including healthy diet and nutrition, and adoption of city
design and planning principles that enable citizens of all ages and abilities to undertake
exercise; and
WHEREAS, the League of California Cities has a strategic goal to promote and
develop safe and healthy cities; and
WHEREAS, in July 2010, the League of California Board of Directors resolved to
partner with and support the national Let's Move Campaign, and encourages California cities to
adopt preventative measures to fight obesity; and
WHEREAS, on November 18, 2011, the League of CA Cities Board of Directors
unanimously voted to encourage 100% board participation in the HEAL Cities Campaign; and
WHEREAS, more than half of California's adults are overweight or obese, and
therefore at risk for many chronic conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, cancer, arthritis,
stroke, and, hypertension; and
WHEREAS, one in four youth between the ages of 9 and 16 in California is
overweight, including 35.2% of 2,518 students tested in 5th 7th and 9th grades are overweight in
National City; and
WHEREAS, more children are being diagnosed with diseases linked to
overweight and obesity previously seen only in adults, such as Type 2 diabetes and heart
disease; and
WHEREAS, the current generation of children are expected to have shorter lives
than their parents due to the consequences of obesity; and
WHEREAS, obesity takes a tremendous toll on the health and productivity of all
Californians; and
WHEREAS, the annual cost to California —in medical bills, workers
compensation and lost productivity —for overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity exceeds
$41 billion; and
WHEREAS, teens and adults who consume one or more sodas or sugar
sweetened beverages per day are more likely to be overweight or obese; and
WHEREAS, by supporting the health of residents and the local workforce would
decrease chronic disease and health care costs and increase productivity; and
NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the City Council of the City of
National City hereby recognizes that obesity is a serious public health threat to the health and
wellbeing of adults, children, and families in the City of National City. While individual lifestyle
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changes are necessary, individual effort alone is insufficient to combat obesity's rising tide.
Significant societal and environmental changes are needed to support individual efforts to make
healthier choices. To that end, the City of National City adopts this Healthy Eating Active Living
resolution:
I. Built Environment
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of National City planners, engineers,
park and recreation department, community economic and redevelopment personnel
responsible for the design and construction of parks, neighborhoods, streets, and business
areas, should make every effort to:
• Prioritize capital improvements projects to increase the opportunities for physical activity;
• Plan and construct a built environment that encourages walking, biking and other forms
of physical activity;
• Address walking and biking connectivity between residential neighborhoods and
schools, parks, recreational resources, and retail;
• Expand community access to indoor and outdoor public facilities through joint use
agreements with schools and/or other partners;
• Revise comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances to increase opportunities for
physical activity wherever and whenever possible, including complete streets policies,
compact, mixed -use and transit -oriented development;
• Include health goals and policies related to physical activity in the general plan update
and specific area plans;
• Build incentives for development project proposals to demonstrate favorable impact on
resident and employee physical activity; andf
• Examine racial, ethnic, and socio-economic disparities in access to healthy foods and
physical activity facilities or resources and adopt strategies to remedy these inequities.
II. Employee Wellness
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that in order to promote wellness within the City of
National City, and to set an example for other businesses, the City of National City pledges to
adopt and implement an employee wellness policy that will:
• Offer employee health incentives for healthy eating and physical activity;
• Establish physical activity breaks for meetings over one hour in length;
• Accommodate breastfeeding employees upon their return to work;
• Encourage walking meetings and use of stairways;
• Set nutrition standards for vending machines located in city owned or leased locations;
and
• Set nutrition standards for food offered at city events, city sponsored meetings, served at
city facilities and city concessions, and city programs.
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III. Healthy Food Access
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of National City planners, community
economic and redevelopment personnel responsible for the design of parks, neighborhoods,
streets, and business areas, should make every effort to:
• Facilitate the siting of new grocery stores, community gardens and farmers markets in
underserved communities to increase access to healthy food, including fresh fruits and
vegetables;
• Revise comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances to increase opportunities for access
to health foods wherever and whenever possible, including prioritizing healthy food retail
in compact, mixed -use and transit -oriented development policies, proposals and
projects;
• Include health goals and policies related to access to healthy food in the general plan
update;
• Build incentives for development project proposals to increase access to healthy foods
by residents and employees; and
• Examine racial, ethnic, and socio-economic disparities in access to healthy foods and
adopt strategies to remedy these inequities.
IV. Implementation
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the head of each affected department should
report back to the City Council annually regarding steps taken to implement the Resolution,
additional steps planned, and any desired actions that would need to be taken by the City
Council.
PASSED and ADOPTED this 7th day of May, 2013.
on Morrison, Mayor
ATTEST:
Michael R. Dalla, Ci$' Clerk
PROV ; AS TO FORM:
a a Silva
City Attor
Passed and adopted by the Council of the City of National City, California, on May 7,
2013 by the following vote, to -wit:
Ayes: Councilmembers Cano, Morrison, Natividad, Rios, Sotelo-Solis.
Nays: None.
Absent: None.
Abstain: None.
AUTHENTICATED BY: RON MORRISON
Mayor of the City of National City, California
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City Clerk of th Cit f National City, California
By:
Deputy
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the above and foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of
RESOLUTION NO. 2013-60 of the City of National City, California, passed and adopted
by the Council of said City on May 7, 2013.
City Clerk of the City of National City, California
By:
Deputy