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,I 00m. MEMORANDUM To: Mayor and City Council Date: April 2, 2015 From: City Manager fl)-� Subject: Community Proposal from Building Healthy Communities for a Wellness District Background On January 12, 2015, at the Finance, Economic Development and Technology Committee meeting, a group of residents and business owners, represented by Building Healthy Communities presented an item to the Committee related to a Market Study for the Downtown for Wellness Goods and Services. This presentation included a proposed resolution to direct the City Manager to establish a Wellness District for the Downtown. The report was presented by a Canadian firm, The Next Practice, and was commissioned by the California Endowment in collaboration with Building Healthy Communities. The report was prepared to support their efforts related to health and wellness activities. The members of the Committee requested the City Manager review the elements of the proposed resolution, meet with the members of Building Healthy Communities, and bring back this item to the City Council for discussion in March. The City Manager and staff met with representatives of Building Healthy Communities on January 26, 2015 to provide initial comments and feedback from the City on the various elements of their proposed resolution. This was followed with a written response to the group on February 4, 2015. This response provided a point by point response for each of major requests that were listed in the proposed resolution. In addition, staff provided a listing of all city owned parcels as requested by the group. On March 4, 2015, Building Healthy Communities provided staff with a revised proposed resolution, comments to the City's responses, and a second proposed resolution related to the creation of a new community advisory committee for economic development planning. On March 11, 2015, a third revised proposal was submitted to the City. At the March 17, 2015 City Council Meeting, the Work Study Session to discuss this item was continued to April 7, 2015, which allowed staff to provide comments on the latest version submitted (Attachment 9). The City Attorney's Office did not have the opportunity to provide their review of the revised comments. Options A. Approve one or more of the Building Healthy Communities Resolution elements /proposals B. Request that staff continue working with Building Healthy Communities on their proposal and /or City Council direction WS -A -1