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SARATOGA CITY COUNCIL
MEETING DATE: September 21, 2011 AGENDA ITEM: DEPARTMENT: City Manager’s Office CITY MANAGER: Dave Anderson
PREPARED BY: Crystal Morrow DIRECTOR: Dave Anderson
Administrative Analyst II
SUBJECT: Budget Adjustment for Obesity Prevention Grant
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Accept report and approve the attached budget adjustment resolution.
BACKGROUND:
In September 2010, the Santa Clara County Public Health Department was awarded a $3.6 million grant funded by the Affordable Care Act from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention for obesity prevention. A total of $500,000 of this money has been made available to
cities in the County to help participate in countywide obesity prevention efforts. Each city is
eligible to receive a minimum of $15,000, plus an additional amount based on population.
Saratoga is qualified to receive a total of $20,140.28 in grant funds from the County. Because all of the cities in Santa Clara County have agreed to sign up for the Let’s Move Cities
and Towns initiative, the County is funding activities that are in line with the Let’s Move
program. A list of activities that the County will fund is included in Attachment B.
In August 2011, the Council adopted a Let’s Move City plan. Certain aspects of the plan, including development of a healthy vending machine policy for City vending machines,
development of healthy meeting food and beverage guidelines for City meetings, and
development of an ordinance that reduces off-street parking requirements for businesses that
provide bicycle parking, are eligible to be funded by the Public Health Department’s obesity prevention grant.
FISCAL IMPACTS:
Upon Council approval, revenue budget appropriations will be amended.
CONSEQUENCES OF NOT FOLLOWING THE RECOMMENDED ACTIONS:
Revenue appropriations will not be amended.
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ALTERNATIVE ACTION(S):
N/A
FOLLOW UP ACTION(S):
Implement Council direction.
ADVERTISING, NOTICING AND PUBLIC CONTACT:
Pursuant to Government Code 54954.2, this item was properly posted as a City Council agenda
item and was included in the packet made available on the City’s web site in advance of the
meeting. A copy of the agenda packet is also made available at the Saratoga Branch Library each
Monday in advance of the Council meeting.
ATTACHMENTS:
Attachment A: Budget Adjustment Resolution Attachment B: Santa Clara County Obesity Prevention Grant Strategies