HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2022-209RESOLUTION NO. 2022-209
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
CHULA VISTA ACCEPTING GRANT FUNDS FROM THE
SAN DIEGO FOUNDATION AGE-FRIENDLY
COMMUNITIES GRANT TO CREATE AND IMPLEMENT AN
AGE-FRIENDLY BUSINESS DESIGNATION AND BUSINESS
DISTRICT AND APPROPRIATING FUNDS THEREFOR
WHEREAS, the World Health Organization (WHO) launched an international effort,
entitled the Age-Friendly Cities and Communities Program, to help cities prepare for rapid
population aging and the parallel trend of urbanization, and in the United States the American
Association of Retired Persons’ (AARPs’) Age-Friendly Communities Network (the “Network”)
is the affiliate to the WHO program; and
WHEREAS, the City Council authorized staff to submit an application to enter the
Network on May 10, 2016 by Resolution No. 2016-068 and in July 2016, the City of Chula Vista
became the 99th jurisdiction in the United States to enter, committing to a five-year process to
evaluate, develop an Action Plan and implement Age-Friendly concepts to encourage the
livability of the community for all generations; and
WHEREAS, on July 10, 2018, City Council adopted the first Chula Vista Age-Friendly
Action Plan, entitled ‘Chula Vista: Creating an Age-Friendly City, Age-Friendly Action Plan’; and
WHEREAS, on August 2, 2022, The San Diego Foundation announced that the City of
Chula Vista was awarded a grant under the 2022 Age-Friendly Communities Grant in the amount
of $40,000.00 to accomplish goals under the Outdoor Spaces & Buildings, Social Participation,
Respect & Social Inclusion, Community & Health Services, and Communication & Information
Respect Sections of the Action Plan; and
WHEREAS, grant funds will enable the city to create a toolkit for businesses to designate
as an “Age-Friendly Business” and implement an “Age-Friendly Business District” within
Downtown Chula Vista, previously known as the Third Avenue Village area.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula
Vista, that it does hereby accept funds in the amount of $40,000.00 from The San Diego
Foundation Age-Friendly Communities Grant, authorizes the City Manager or designee to enter
into necessary agreements to implement such grant, and authorizes the appropriation of such
funds.
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Resolution No. 2022-209
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Presented by Approved as to form by
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Laura C. Black, AICP Glen R. Googins
Interim Director of Development Services City Attorney
PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista,
California, this 27th day of September 2022 by the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers: Cardenas, Galvez, McCann, Padilla, and Casillas Salas
NAYS: Councilmembers: None
ABSENT: Councilmembers: None
Mary Casillas Salas, Mayor
ATTEST:
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
STATE OF CALIFORNIA )
COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO )
CITY OF CHULA VISTA )
I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing
Resolution No. 2022-209 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a
regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 27th day of September 2022.
Executed this 27th day of September 2022.
Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk
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