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