For City Council Meeting December 14, 2021
TO: Honorable Mayor and City Council
APPROVAL: Marcus Fuller, City Manager
FROM: Barbara A. McGee, City Clerk
Title
Request City Council to adopt Resolution No. 7802 Accepting Funding in the Amount of $20,000 from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Community Benefit Grant for the Healthy Rialto Nutrition Program 2022.
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BACKGROUND
Healthy Rialto offers healthy programs and services to residents of Rialto. The programs are designed to enrich and empower the lives of the people in our community. Healthy Rialto is dedicated to providing innovative and proactive solutions to everyone that has the desire to get fit and stay healthy. The Certified Farmer’s Market has been available to the community for 9 years, where EBT, WIC and Senior FMNP (Farmers’ Market Nutrition Program) are accepted by most vendors.
Healthy Rialto is also a partner in Market Match, a program by the Ecology Center, a non-profit organization that received a Food Insecurity Nutrition Incentive grant from the USDA. Market Match, California’s healthy food incentive program, is offered to those who use their Calfresh EBT at the Farmer’s Market with a $15 max benefit match to increase their purchase of fruits and vegetables, a healthier choice.
In order to accomplish some of the goals and programs of continuing to create and maintain a healthier community, Kaiser Permanente provided an opportunity to apply for a community grant in September 2021. The Kaiser Foundation Hospitals has been very supportive of Healthy Rialto programs through the years.
This year, the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals awarded a grant to the City of Rialto - Healthy Rialto in the amount of $20,000 to continue maintaining a healthy community through its Nutrition Program 2022.
ANALYSIS/DISCUSSION
The Nutrition Program 2022 will provide approximately 500 families, with an emphasis on targeting Hispanic and African-American families, with Farmer’s Market Veggie Bucks. This will increase healthy food awareness and how to choose healthier food options by visiting the Certified Farmer’s Market (Wednesdays, 10:00am-2:00pm).
This will be accomplished through planned school and/or church field trips and four health summits in coordination with San Bernardino County and non-profit organization partnerships.
ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT
The request is not a Project as defined by Section 15378 of the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA). A “Project” means the whole of an action, which has a potential for resulting in either a direct physical change in the environment, or a reasonably foreseeable indirect physical change in the environment. Pursuant to Section 15378 (b)(5) a project does not include organizational or administrative activities of governments that will not result in direct or indirect physical changes in the environment.
GENERAL PLAN CONSISTENCY
This action is consistent with Guiding Principle 3A in the General Plan:
Our City government will lead by example, and will operate in an open, transparent, and responsive manner that meets the needs of the citizens and is a good place to do business.
LEGAL REVIEW
The City Attorney has reviewed and supports this staff report
FINANCIAL IMPACT
Operating Budget Impact
Staff recommends City Council adopt a resolution amending the Fiscal Year 2021-22 budget to appropriate $20,000 in Account No. 010-500-3163-2021 for the Nutrition Program 2022.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the Resolution Accepting Funding in the Amount of $20,000 from the Kaiser Foundation Hospitals Community Benefit Grant for the Healthy Rialto Nutrition Program 2022.