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Home My WebLink About2010 004-A CC RESO2010 004-A CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¸³Í«RESOLUTION NO. 2010-004 A A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BALDWIN PARK SETTING FORTH THE 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 City of Baldwin Park has a strategic goal to promote and develop safe and healthy cities; 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. 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, productivity of all Californians; WHEREAS, the annual cost to California-in medical bills, workers compensation and lost productivity- for overweight, obesity, and physical inactivity exceeds $41 billion; WHEREAS, California Senate Bill 375 and Assembly Bill 32 call on cities to adopt plans to reduce greenhouse emissions which include reducing vehicular miles traveled; and WHEREAS, local land use policy governs development of the built environment in which individuals make personal nutrition and physical activity choices; and WHEREAS, by supporting the health of residents and the local workforce would decrease chronic disease and health care costs and increase productivity; and BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 004-A-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO132175-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/20/2011-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 004-A CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¸³Í«Resolution No. 2010-004 Page 2 WHEREAS, the City of Baldwin Park is dedicated to becoming a leader toward improving quality of life through the health environment of the community. NOW, THEREFORE, LET IT BE RESOLVED that the City Council hereby recognized that obesity is a serious public health threat to the health and wellbeing of adults, children and families in Baldwin Park. While individual lifestyle 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 Baldwin Park adopts this Healthy Eating Active Living resolution: 1. Built Environment BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Baldwin Park 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 in existing areas; 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; Facilitate the citing of new grocery stores, community gardens and farmers markets in underserved communities to increase access to healthy food, including fresh fruits and vegetables; Expand community access to indoor and outdoor public facilities through joint use agreements with schools and/or other partners Map existing fast food outlets and draft an ordinance which will place limits on fast food around schools and in neighborhoods with over-concentrations of unhealthy food outlets; Revise comprehensive plans and zoning ordinances to increase opportunities for physical activity and access to health foods wherever and whenever possible, including compact, mixed-use and transit-oriented development; Build incentives for development project proposals to demonstrate favorable impact on resident and employee physical activity and access to healthy foods; 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 FUTHER RESOLVED that in order to promote wellness within Baldwin Park, and to set an example for other businesses, Baldwin Park will continue to implement the existing employee wellness program. The implementation of the wellness policy by Human Resources will: BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 004-A-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO132175-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/20/2011-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 004-A CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¸³Í«Resolution No. 2010-004 Page 3 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. BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED to set nutrition standards for vending machines located in city owned or leased locations2; BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED to set nutrition standards for food offered at city events, city sponsored meetings, served at city facilities and city concessions, and city programs. III. Healthy Food Access BE IT FUTHER RESOLVED that Baldwin Park encourages restaurants doing business in Baldwin Park to: Disclose the calorie amount and grams of fat for each menu item listed on a menu or menu board in a clear and conspicuous manner. Remove foods containing artificial trans fat from their menu offering. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Baldwin Park encourages food retailers doing business in Baldwin Park to prominently feature healthy checkout lanes free of high- density foods; BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that restaurants and food retailers that promote healthy food choice in the above manners be recognized by the city and will be entitled to display a Healthy Baldwin Park logo. IV. Implementation BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the head of each affected agency or 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, APPROVED, AND ADOPTED this 40T dpy df January 2010. 1 May include incentive such as fresh fruit in break rooms, gym discounts, fifteen minutes paid exercise time per day, etc. 2 Various standards available from HEAL Cities Campaign BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 004-A-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO132175-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/20/2011-U04 ROBIN-U04 2010 004-A CC RESOHÄ—@¸— ¸³Í«Resolution No. 2010-004 Page 4 ATTEST: STATE OF CALIFORNIA COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES S CITY OF BALDWIN PARK I, LAURA M. NIETO, Deputy City Clerk of the City of Baldwin Park do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2010-004 was duly adopted by the City Council of the City of Baldwin Park at a regular meeting thereof held on January 20, 2010 and that the same was adopted by the following vote to wit: AYES: COUNCIL MEMBER: Marlen Garcia, Monica Garcia, Susan Rubio, Mayor Pro Tern Ricardo Pacheco and Mayor Manuel Lozano NOES: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE ABSENT: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE ABSTAIN: COUNCIL MEMBER: NONE RA M. NIETO, CMC EPUTY CITY CLERK BIB] 40564-U01 2010-U02 004-A-U02 CC-U02 RESO-U02 LI3-U03 FO8417-U03 FO128036-U03 DO132175-U03 C6-U03 RESO-U03 1/20/2011-U04 ROBIN-U04