Keynote Address

The California Endowment's Vision for the Next Ten Years (audio file)
Marion Standish, Director, The California Endowment

Marion Standish describes The Calfironia Endowment's (TCE's) vision for Building Healthy Communities, including how it will build on the experience from Healthy Cities and Communities and other place-based movements. TCE's goal is to support the development of communities where children and youth are healthy, safe and ready to learn. Ms. Standish highlights how TCE's ten year strategic direction represents their commitment to elevate the experiences of local communities to shape and influence regional, state and national policy decisions.

Plenary

City, County and Regional Responses to Climate Change Issues (audio file)
Panel
Rick Cole, City Manager, City of Ventura
Eric Frykman, Riverside County Health Officer, Director, Community Health Agency, Riverside County, Department of Public Health
Huasha Liu, Director, Planing Methods, Assessment and Compliance, Southern California Association of Governments
Moderator
Katherine Aguilar Perez, Executive Director, Urban Land Institute, Los Angeles District Council

California is at the forefront of confronting climate change, as communities begin to plan how to meet new legislative air quality requriements and some are taking the next step of incorporating these issues in their efforts to create sustainable communities. Our plenary speakers engage in a provocative discussion among themselves and with conference attendees on the role of cities, counties, regional entities and the private sector in tackling climate changes issues. The panel also explores where cooperative efforts are working and how the multiple levels of government and community partners can work together and integrate Healthy Cities principles as they address climate change and the related issues.

Concurrent Sessions

What Works in Joint Use and Why It's Important - Voices of Experience
Presenters
Bill Fortmueller, Assistant Director, Recreation and Community Services, City of Vista
Rick Gould, Director, Parks, Recreation and Community Serivces, City of Santa Clarita
Dave Moore, Community Services Superintendent, City of Rancho Cucamonga
Moderator
Gerardo Mouet, Executive Director, Parks, Recreation and Community Services Agency,
City of Santa Ana

In this session, presenters and participants explored the issues involved in developing and sustaining effective joint use agreements (JUA's) that maximize the use of existing facilities. Each of the presenters has extensive, direct experience creating joint use opportunities among traditional partners (cities and school districts), as well as some unique and creative examples to share. Panelists will engage in a lively discussion with each other and audience members regarding key joint use issues such a forging partnerships, legal requirements, contractual dos' and don'ts, benefits, challenges and financial aspects. In the current economic climate when construction of new facilities is a rarity, this session helps participants understand how to make joint use work in their community.

Plan Now or Pay More Later: Community-Based Planning for an Older Adult Population
Presenters
Crispin Delgado, Management Analyst III, San Mateo County Health Dept, Health Policy and Planning
Tina Sray, Community Services Director, City of Chino
Moderator
Joan Twiss, Executive Director, Center for Civic Partnerships

California is facing a demographic transormation as the 65+ population skyrockets over the next 25 years. Participants in this session learn about the planning process th City of Chino and County of San Mateo are using to identify the needs of current and future older adults, i.e. "baby boomers" and the implications of their results. Speakers will address the impetus behind their efforts, the development of their tools and methodologies, and present key findings. Panelistsdiscuss the challenges and opportunities they have encountered in planning for an older adult population with very different interests and expectations than municipal governments have traditionally met through senior centers and related programs.

Communities Making Strides in Improved Mobility and Housing Alternatives
Presenters
Dorit Fromm, AIA, Design Research Communication
Mary Poole, Senior Management Analyst, City of Citrus Heights
Moderator
Clare Smith, oan Twiss, Executive Director, Center for Civic Partnerships

Livable and aging-friendly communities require housing models that support aging within neighborhoods and multiple tranportation/mobility options that allow residents of all ages and abilities to fully participate in community life. This panel explores innovative housing examples from Europe and the United States that provide ideas for a different generation of older adults beginning to need care and social services. Participants learn about the City of Citrus Heights' comprehensive effort to identify obstacles to neighborhood mobility and strategies being implemented to address those obstacles. This session will provide both a theoretical framework and practical strategies for improving mobility and housing across the age span.

City/County Partnerships
Presenters
Jean Armbruster, Director, Chronic Disease and Injury Prevention Program, County of Los Angeles Public Health, P.L.A.C.E. Unit
Angelica Baltazar, Healthy Communities Program Officer, San Bernardino County Department of Public Health
Dede Benson, Community Services Coordinator, City of Fontana
Moderator
Ron Arias, Director, City of Long Beach, Department of Health and Human Services

How can cities and counties work together to create healthy communities? Panelists present various approaches at different stages of development for aligning cities and counties to achieve mutual and complementatry Healthy Cities' goals. Representing the county and city perspectives, speakers address the opportnunities and challenges these partnerships present and provide concret examples of working partnerships in Los Angeles and San Bernardino counties.

Roundtable Discussions

Implementing the Healthy Cities Model
Facilitator
Jerry Van Leeuwen, Director of Community Services, City of Escondido

There are core Healthy Cities principles that underlie this approach. In this roundtable discussion, participants had the opportunity to share and explore soem of those principles and strategies with each other and the facilitarore, who has 17 years of experience in developing and sustaining a Healthy Cities program in Escondido.

Collaboration 2.0: Going Beyond the Basics
Facilitator
Margery Pierce, Neighborhood Services Director, City of Oceanside

How do you get beyond the "usual suspects" and engage non-traditional partners and community residents in your Healthy Cities/communities initiative? This roundtable provided an opportunity for participants to hear about some of the successful strategies the City of Oceanside has used to engage a diverse group of community stakeholders over its 15 years as a Healthy City and to share with each other the collaboration challenges and successes from their own communities.

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