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REQUEST FOR <br />COUNCIL ACTION <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING DATE: <br />SEPTEMBER 4, 2012 <br />TITLE: <br />AGREEMENT WITH THE PARTNERSHIP <br />FOR A HEALTHIER AMERICA INC. <br />Az?'?S? <br />,CITY MANAGER <br />RECOMMENDED ACTION <br />CLERK OF COUNCIL USE ONLY: <br />APPROVED <br />? As Recommended <br />? As Amended <br />? Ordinance on 1s` Reading <br />? Ordinance on 2"d Reading <br />? Implementing Resolution <br />? Set Public Hearing For_ <br />CONTINUED TO <br />FILE NUMBER <br />Authorize the City Manager and Clerk of the Council to execute the attached agreement with the <br />Partnership for a Healthier America. <br />DISCUSSION <br />The Partnership for a Healthier America Inc. ("PHA") has invited cities and towns across the <br />United States to apply for $50,000 in funding to get kids and communities active as part of the <br />nationwide PHA Play Streets program. Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency will <br />be applying for this grant for the Cedar-Evergreen area to provide much needed physical <br />activities. This agreement will be submitted along with our proposal, as required in the PHA <br />Request for Proposal. If our application is selected for funding, a future council action item will be <br />submitted to recognize and appropriate the program funding. <br />Play Streets are based on the tenet that cities and towns are incubators for change and action. <br />Play Streets close specific streets to traffic on a routine basis and open that space to the <br />community to encourage physical activity. They offer a high-impact, low-cost approach to <br />encouraging and increasing physical activity. Cities around the country have experienced the <br />benefits of the Play Streets concept, such as Chicago, Fort Worth, Portland, and San Francisco. <br />Preference is given to those applicants who attract residents and children within low-income <br />neighborhoods and that incorporate a large mix of stakeholders and public and private <br />partnerships. <br />The Cedar-Evergreen Co-Op includes residents, landlords, property managers, business owners, <br />churches, and non-profit organizations that have joined a multi-agency City Task Force to <br />address the disproportionately high volume of calls for police service reported in the 1600-1800 <br />blocks of Cedar and Evergreen Streets. The Co-Op has been meeting regularly to address these <br />issues and is committed to improving the quality of life in the area. The Co-Op will have support <br />from the Madison Neighborhood Association and these groups will work together to invite the <br />Cedar-Evergreen residents to become actively involved in this effort, to participate in the annual <br />walk-a-thon, and to become members of the walking club, which meets weekly. <br />25G-1