HomeMy WebLinkAbout2021-001 - ResolutionRESOLUTION NO. 2021-001
A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
RANCHO CUCAMONGA, CALIFORNIA, FORMALIZING THE
CITY'S COMMITMENT TO EQUITABLE AND INCLUSIVE
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga, through its Healthy RC initiative, has
demonstrated a long-standing commitment to innovative community partnerships and is already
a recognized leader among cities that prioritize engaging with residents; and
WHEREAS, in February 2019, the City of Rancho Cucamonga finalized a five-year
Strategic Communications Plan to help streamline community engagement initiatives and
facilitate effective community outreach efforts; and
WHEREAS, in March 2019, the City Council of the City of Rancho Cucamonga adopted
the following goal: "Building off the Strategic Communications Plan, develop a Community
Engagement Policy with a health equity framework to ensure RC's diverse community
perspectives are included in shaping City policies, practices, programs, and services"; and
WHEREAS, health equity is about attaining the highest level of health for everyone in our
community; and
WHEREAS, to promote health equity, efforts need to be made to ensure that everyone
has equitable access to opportunities that help them lead healthy lives; and
WHEREAS, addressing health equity means seeking ways to remove barriers to
achieving good health, and creating opportunities to address the social determinants of health
(i.e. education, income, employment status, social support, neighborhood and built environment,
gender, culture, race/ethnicity etc.) by decreasing inequities that exist among certain population
groups; and
WHEREAS, a focus on equity is essential to any community engagement process in order
to engage, serve, and improve outcomes for all community members, especially for priority
neighborhoods or populations that have a higher risk of experiencing health inequities than the
rest of the community; have a high percentage of structurally disadvantaged people; have been
historically underserved and deprived of investment; or have been identified as "disadvantaged
communities" by the California Environmental Protection Agency pursuant to Section 39711 of
the California Health and Safety Code; and
WHEREAS, studies show that community engagement initiatives can have a positive
impact on health outcomes and health behaviors if they are effectively designed and
implemented; and
WHEREAS, successfully engaging community members in governmental decision
making can foster connectedness, build public trust in government, increase residents' leadership
capacity, and improve government operations; and
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WHEREAS, as the composition of Rancho Cucamonga's population continues to change,
the City needs to continually revisit and expand its community engagement efforts in order to
ensure that growing demographic groups are represented in governmental decision making and
barriers that discourage people from participating are mitigated; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga recognizes that residents have skills,
experiences, and knowledge that are vital to developing policies, programs, projects, and services
that meet their needs; and
WHEREAS, the City of Rancho Cucamonga desires to formalize its long-standing
commitment to community engagement by implementing consistent practices across all City
departments and by directing the City's outreach staff and other public engagement resources to
activities that are inclusive and effective and that encourage participation by a broad range of
community members; and
NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA
HEREBY RESOLVES AS FOLLOWS:
1. That the City of Rancho Cucamonga affirms its commitment to equitable and inclusive
community engagement to advance health equity.
2. That the City of Rancho Cucamonga directs staff to develop an administrative policy that
ensures equitable and inclusive community engagement practices are implemented
across all City departments.
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PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED this 6th day of January 2021.
E'De)v is Michael, Ma r
ATTEST:
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STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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CITY OF RANCHO CUCAMONGA )
I, Janice C. Reynolds, City Clerk of the City of Rancho Cucamonga, do hereby certify
that the foregoing Resolution was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council of
the City of Rancho Cucamonga, at a Regular Meeting of said Council held on the 6th day of
January 2021.
AYES:
Hutchison, Kennedy, Michael, Scott, Spagnolo
NOES:
None
ABSENT:
None
ABSTAINED:
None
Executed this 7th day of January, 2021, at Rancho Cucamonga, California.
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