HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 10-C27RESOLUTION NO. 10-C27
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF AZUSA
SETTING FORTH AZUSA'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, 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;
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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, by supporting the health of residents and the local workforce would
decrease chronic disease and health care costs and increase productivity;
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 the City of Azusa. 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 Azusa adopts this Healthy Eating Active Living resolution:
I. Built Environment
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Azusa 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:
■ 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 to
increase access to healthy food, including fresh fruits and vegetables;
■ 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.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that the City of Azusa encourages food retailers doing
business in the City of Azusa to prominently feature healthy check-out 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 City
of Azusa Healthy. Eating Active Living logo.
PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 3`d day of May, 2010.
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oseph R. Rocha, Mayor
I HEREBY CERTIFY that the foregoing Resolution No. 10-C27 was duly adopted by
the City Council of the City of Azusa at a regular meeting held on the 3`d day of May, 2010, by
the following vote of the Council:
AYES: COUNCILMEMBERS: GONZALES, CARRILLO, ROCHA
NOES: COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
ABSENT: COUNCILMEMBERS: MACIAS, HANKS
ABSTAIN: % COUNCILMEMBERS: NONE
Vera Mendoza, City Clerk