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TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF THE CITY COUNCIL
VIA: TROY L. BUTZLAFF, ICMA-CM, CITY MANAGER
FROM: LOUIE F. LACASELLA, MANAGEMENT ANALYST
DATE: JANUARY 3, 2017
SUBJECT: CONSIDERATION TO AUTHORIZE THE MAYOR TO SIGN THE BEST CITIES FOR
SUCCESSFUL AGING MAYOR’S PLEDGE
SUMMARY:
The Milken Institute is seeking support from U.S. Mayors to sign a pledge supporting successful aging in their
respective communities, adding their city to a list of “Best Cities for Successful Aging.” The Mayor has asked
that this item be considered by the City Council. The proposed action authorizes the Mayor to Sign the Best Cities
for Successful Aging Mayor’s Pledge.
RECOMMENDATION:
Staff recommends that the City Council take the following action:
1)Authorize the Mayor to Sign the Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor’s Pledge.
DISCUSSION:
The Milken Institute's Best Cities for Successful Aging Pledge initiative reaches out to mayors across America to
improve the lives of older adults in their cities and to sign the "Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor's Pledge".
In cities across America and the world, there is a dramatic demographic shift that is posing unique challenges and
opportunities. The goal of the Milken Institute is to make cities work better for older residents.
In 2012, the Milken Institute (“Institute”), an independent, nonprofit think tank, first issued its "Best Cities for
Successful Aging" (BCSA) report. Best Cities for Successful Aging measures, compares and ranks U.S.
metropolitan areas for their capacity to enable successful aging. The BCSA methodology makes use of publicly
available data on health care, wellness, living arrangements, transportation and convenience, financial
characteristics, employment and educational opportunities, and community engagement.
The first edition of BCSA received extraordinary attention from national and local media, city leaders and
planners, and a wide range of other stakeholders. The Institute is not alone in seeking progress on this issue.
Recognizing the power of cities to change the landscape of aging, the World Health Organization's Global
Network of Age-Friendly Cities and Communities aims to transform cities as they prepare for an aging
population. Both nationally and globally, cities are in the spotlight.
APPROVED
COUNCIL MEETING
1/3/2017
Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor's Pledge
January 3, 2017
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In conjunction with the most recent edition of the report, the Institute is recognizing and publicly highlighting
mayors who are leading the way to better lives for their aging populations and demonstrating their commit ment to
positive change by signing the Best Cities for Successful Aging Pledge.
There are no set requirements placed on the City by signing the pledge, other than the commitment towards
working to improve conditions for older adults in the community.
FISCAL IMPACT:
There is no fiscal impact associated with the recommended action.
Prepared by: Reviewed and Approved:
Louie F. Lacasella Troy L. Butzlaff, ICMA-CM
Management Analyst City Manager
Attachments:
1) Best Cities for Successful Aging Mayor's Pledge
Dear Mayor:
As members of the Milken Institute Center for the Future of Aging’s Advisory Board, we’re
asking for your pledge to improve lives in your community. In cities across America and the
world, a massive demographic shift poses unique challenges and offers unprecedented
opportunities. We share the Center’s goal: to make our cities work better for older residents and
young people as well. Change is needed, and mayors stand at the forefront.
In 2012, the Milken Institute, a nonpartisan, nonprofit think tank, first issued its groundbreaking,
data-based Best Cities for Successful Aging (“BCSA”) report. In conjunction with the publication
of the second edition of BCSA in 2014, the Institute called upon mayors across the nation to sign
the Mayor’s Pledge. With the upcoming release of the third edition of BCSA, the Institute will
again publicly recognize mayors who are leading the way and demonstrating their commitment
to positive change by signing the Mayor’s Pledge.
Best Cities for Successful Aging measures, compares and ranks U.S. metropolitan areas for their
capacity to enable successful aging. Its methodology makes use of publicly available data on
health care, wellness, living arrangements, transportation and convenience, financial
characteristics, employment, educational opportunities and community engagement.
BCSA has received extraordinary attention from national and local media, public and private
sector leaders and a wide range of other stakeholders. Regularly cited in major outlets such as
PBS NewsHour, Forbes, Money, CBS, NBC, CNN, USA Today, Yahoo, Next Avenue, and the New
York Times, the report has been called “a valuable resource for Americans” by the Wall Street
Journal. We expect even greater visibility in 2016.
The Center is not alone in seeking progress on this issue. Recognizing the power of cities to
change the landscape, the age-friendly networks of the World Health Organization and AARP
aim to transform communities as they prepare for an aging population. Both nationally and
globally, cities are in the spotlight. In its July 2016 double issue, “240 Reasons to Celebrate
America Right Now,” Time magazine referenced the Mayor’s Pledge and highlighted “Cities that
embrace all generations” as a reason to celebrate.
Beyond making our cities work for an aging population, older adults should have the
opportunity to work for our cities. Older residents improve the lives of all generations through
volunteer activity and encore careers across the government, nonprofit and private sectors.
We respectfully ask you to sign the Mayor’s Pledge, and we look forward to celebrating your
commitment to making your city an even better place to live and age successfully. Thank you.
The Advisory Board
Center for the Future of Aging
DocuSign Envelope ID: E43CBDFA-1A73-4FCA-A15B-7B94523749A1 Attachment 1
Arthur Bilger
Founder and CEO, WorkingNation
Laura Carstensen
Professor of Psychology and Fairleigh S.
Dickinson Jr. Professor in Public Policy, Stanford
University; Director, Stanford Center on
Longevity
Henry Cisneros
Chairman, Executive Committee, Siebert
Cisneros Shank and Co., LLC; Chairman,
CityView; Former Secretary, U.S. Department of
Housing and Urban Development; Former
Mayor, San Antonio, Texas
Pinchas Cohen
Dean, Leonard Davis School of Gerontology;
Executive Director, Ethel Percy Andrus
Gerontology Center; William and Sylvia Kugel
Dean’s Chair in Gerontology, University of
Southern California
Catherine Collinson
President, Transamerica Institute; Executive
Director, Aegon Center for Longevity and
Retirement
Joseph Coughlin
Founder and Director, Massachusetts Institute
of Technology AgeLab
Ken Dychtwald
President and CEO, AgeWave
Marc Freedman
Founder and CEO, Encore.org
Linda Fried
Dean and DeLamar Professor of Public Health,
Columbia University Mailman School of Public
Health, Professor of Medicine, Columbia
College of Physicians and Surgeons; Senior Vice
President, Columbia University Medical Center
Lynn Goldman
Michael and Lori Milken Dean of Public Health,
Milken Institute School of Public Health, George
Washington University
Christopher Herbert
Managing Director, Joint Center for Housing
Studies, Harvard University
Michael Hodin
CEO, Global Coalition on Aging; Managing
Partner, High Lantern Group
Jo Ann Jenkins
CEO, AARP
Yves Joanette
Scientific Director, Institute of Aging, Canadian
Institutes of Health Research; Professor,
Faculty of Medicine, University of Montréal
Freda Lewis-Hall
Executive Vice President and Chief Medical
Officer, Pfizer Inc.
Robin Mockenhaupt
Chief of Staff, Robert Wood Johnson
Foundation
Philip Pizzo
Founding Director, Stanford Distinguished
Careers Institute; David and Susan Heckerman
Professor of Pediatrics and of Microbiology and
Immunology and Former Dean, Stanford
University School of Medicine
Andy Sieg
Head of Merrill Lynch Wealth Management;
Member, Operating Committee, Bank of
America Merrill Lynch
Rodney Slater
Co-Chairman, Transportation, Shipping and
Logistics Practice, Squire Patton Boggs; Former
Secretary, U.S. Department of Transportation
Trent Stamp
CEO, Eisner Foundation
Fernando Torres-Gil
Professor of Social Welfare and Public Policy
and Director, Center for Policy Research on
Aging, University of California, Los Angeles
Paul Irving
Chairman, Milken Institute Center for the
Future of Aging; Distinguished Scholar in
Residence, University of Southern California
Davis School of Gerontology
Additional information
If you have any questions, please contact Liana Soll at (310) 570-4876 or
lsoll@milkeninstitute.org.
Please submit your signed Pledge at your earliest convenience by email to
lsoll@milkeninstitute.org or by fax to (310) 570-4601.
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Mayor’s Pledge
I, _____________________, pledge to make _____________________ a city for successful aging:
To make our city work for older adults, I will take steps to:
Ensure that the well-being of our aging population is addressed by each department, agency
and division in our city government.
Make our city safe, affordable and comfortable for our older residents.
Provide older adults access to resources promoting health and wellness.
Support employment, entrepreneurship, education and other services to make our older
residents more financially secure.
Offer housing options that suit the varied needs of our older population.
Improve access to transportation and mobility options for our older adults.
To provide opportunities for older adults to work for our city, I will:
Promote the engagement of older residents in volunteer and paid roles that serve the needs
of our city and its residents.
Call upon higher education and workforce development programs to help older adults
refresh their skills, train and transition to a new stage of work focused on strengthening our
city.
Recognize older residents as an asset for our city and celebrate their contributions to
improving lives for all generations.
Signature:
Name:
Date:
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