Resolution of the United States Conference of Mayors Recognizing the City of Beverly Hills Healthy City Initiative
Adopted at the 85th Annual Meeting in 2017
WHEREAS, the City of Beverly Hills is a Healthy City that seeks to support and practice innovative policies and programs that focus on health and wellness of the individual, the business community and local government; and
WHEREAS, local government can play an important role in encouraging individual health and wellness, including ample exercise, nutrition, restful sleep, and practicing yoga and meditation; and
WHEREAS, the City of Beverly Hills sponsored a ??Walk with the Mayor' program in 2014, which has been revitalized in 2017, whereby the mayor leads hundreds of citizens on a walk of at least three miles each Monday to visit businesses and other destinations in the City; and
WHEREAS, on May 12, 2017, the City of Beverly Hills hosted a free community event on the steps of City Hall where world renowned mindfulness expert Deepak Chopra led hundreds of community members in meditation, which was the first in a series of SOUL Sessions (Seek Original Unique Learning); and
WHEREAS, bringing residents and businesses together to build a stronger local economy is beneficial to the prosperity and quality of life and the wellbeing of residents, businesses and visitors; and
WHEREAS, the City of Beverly Hills is partnering with the business community in a BOLD revitalization campaign (Businesses Open Later Days) to develop evening events and programs that will bring visitors and residents into the Beverly Hills business districts in the evenings; and
WHEREAS, the City of Beverly Hills believes that a healthy government is transparent and interactive, such that residents are informed and engaged in the policies and decisions of their community by attending more face-to-face meetings and accessing multiple sources of information; and
WHEREAS, the City of Beverly Hills is working with a citizens' Sunshine Taskforce to bring government even closer to the community, through policy changes, posting more information online and informing the community of more meetings where City business is conducted; and
WHEREAS, the City of Beverly Hills hopes to inspire other cities to focus on the complete wellness of the individual, the business community and local government by developing and implementing their own healthy city campaigns,
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED,?that The United States Conference of Mayors recognizes the efforts the City of Beverly Hills has undertaken to encourage a collective Healthy City approach to governing; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED,?that The United States Conference of Mayors will encourage all cities to develop initiatives and programs to advance community health and wellness.