CITY COUNCIL MEETING
OCTOBER 25, 2022
PRESENTATIONS
HAYWARD
FOOD ACTION
PLAN
ITEM #11
WS 22-034
Hayward Food Action Plan
Scope and Timeline
Mary Thomas and Emily Hwang
October 25th, 2022
Council Work Session
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2 • Council ranked increasing the circular food economy as one of its highest priorities in the 2022 Strategic Roadmap
• During COVID-19, partners expressed a need for a community -led plan for food access and economic opportunities in the food economy
• Stupski awarded the City $125,000 for planning
• City’s role is to convene partners to develop a list of action steps to close services gaps in Hayward
Planning Grant from the Stupski Foundation
Partner List
▪ 4 C's
▪ Alameda County Community
Food Bank
▪ Cal State East Bay
▪ Centro Community Partners
▪ Chabot College
▪ DSAL
▪ Downtown Streets Team
▪ Eden Area Food Alliance
▪ Eden ROP
▪ Eden United Church of Christ
▪ First Pres/South Hayward Parish
▪ ForestR.org
▪ Glad Tidings
▪ Hayward Area Recreation and Park
District
▪ Hayward Community Gardeners
▪ Hayward Public Library
▪ Hayward Environmental Services
▪ Hayward Promise Neighborhoods
▪ Hayward Unified School
District/Tennyson High School
▪ Humanity for 100K Trees
▪ The Pop-Up Guide
▪ StopWaste
▪ Tiburcio Vasquez Health Center
▪ UC Cooperative Extension and
Nutrition staff
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4 Timeline
Kickoff Meeting
Council work session
Work group
sessions
Site visits/
speakers
Nov
March
Santa Cruz
Retreat in
January
Full group review of draft Action Plan
Data
Collection
Finalize Action Plan
Present Action Plan to Council and
Potential Funders
April
October
Working groups to identify priorities
across food topics
Food Access &
Security
Food Recovery
(Hayward-specific)
Career Pathways
&
Entrepreneurship
Culture, Heritage, &
Community
Wellness
• Conduct asset mapping
• Define target audiences
• Identify known and unknown gaps
in service
• Develop recommended near-term
steps
Work group objectives
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6 Utilizing Planning Grant Funds to Best
Engage the Community for a Local Vision
Community interviewing and surveying
Invitations for Speakers
Site visits and a planning retreat
Internships to support the Action Plan
Initial Findings
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8 • In 2017, up to 20% of residents were
food insecure and 14% were marginally
food insecure by census tract
• 2021 HPN Survey in South Hayward –
food the top concern for 61% of families
• 2016 CSUEB Survey - 69.1% of students
were food insecure
• 12.1% of Hayward residents on CalFresh
– average cost of meal 52% higher than
benefits
• Service providers note an increase in
demand and a change in demographics
Food Access Needs
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9 Food Access & Security
Assets
• South Hayward Parish/FirstPres,
Glad Tidings, Eden United Church,
and TVHC are participating
• Reaching out to other Hayward
providers
Challenges
• COVID relief funding is ending,
while demand is persistent
• Marginally food insecure
residents don’t qualify for
benefits
• Gap in culturally appropriate
food
• Language access as
demographics become more
diverse
Food
Bank
Agency
Network
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10 Assets
• T ennyson High School Farm 2 Fork
pathway
• Eden Area ROP culinary pathways
• Interest from Chabot College in building
pathways in culinary trades that could
transfer to CSUEB’s hospitality program
• Dig Deep’s commercial kitchen incubator
program coming to South Hayward
• Centro Community Partners supports
entrepreneurs through their business
planning app
Career Pathways & Entrepreneurship
Challenges
• Little to no capacity for
existing staff to develop
cohesive curriculum
across agencies
• Few current solutions to
help unlicensed food
vendors become
registered businesses
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11 Assets
• Hayward Community Gardens managed by
HARD
• UC Master Gardener Program
• Hayward Public Library Seed Lending
Library and Seed Savers' Club
• Forestr.org
• UC Cooperative Extension Urban
Agriculture Mapping T ool
Culture, Heritage, &
Community Wellness
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12 Challenges:
• Lack of capacity and funding
• Loss of Project Eat formerly run
by Alameda County Office of
Education
• Minimal access to lands for
growing
• Offering programming to
meet different language
backgrounds takes additional
resources
Culture, Heritage, &
Community Wellness
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13 Food Recovery in Hayward
Assets
• Alameda County Food Recovery
Network – StopWaste
• City's Environmental Services
Division's work towards SB1383
• Additional on the ground
partners: Alameda County
Community Food Bank,
Daily Bowls, DSAL, ForestR.org,
Hope 4 the Heart, South
Hayward Parish
Challenges
• Centralized model to connect food
generators and agencies that need
food
• Compost and mulch procurement
requirements to meet SB1383
• 12.5 thousand tons annually
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14 • First work group sessions next week
• Define goals and objectives of each working group
• Data collection phase will run from January-March
• Staff will return to Council with updates
• Staff to present final Hayward Food Action Plan to
Council and any other interested boards in April 2023
Next Steps
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15 1. Staff Presentation
2. Public Comments
3. Council Questions
and Discussion
Work Session
Format
CITY OF HAYWARD
SALARY PLAN FOR
FISCAL YEAR 2023
ITEM #12
LB 22-021
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1 Adopt a Resolution Approving an Amendment to
the City of Hayward Salary Plan
for FY 2023
Presenter:
Regina Youngblood, Asst. City Manager/Interim Director of HR Hayward Police Department Year-End Report
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Amendments to the City of Hayward Salary Plan for FY23
New Classification
CLASSIFICATION SALARY SETTING FISCAL IMPACT
Equity and Inclusion
Officer
Equivalent to Assistant to the
City Manager
Approximately $14,046 to the
General Fund for the
remainder of FY 2023
Regina Youngblood
, Asst. City Manager/Interim Director of
HR
CLASSIFICATION SALARY ADJUSTMENT FISCAL IMPACT
Local 1909 & Hayward Fire
Officers
Increase of 0.59% effective
7/1/2022
Approximately $201,188 to the General
Fund
Fire Chief Increase of 0.65% effective
7/1/2022
Approximately $5,183 to the General
Fund
Deputy Fire Chief Increase of 0.59% effective
7/1/2022
Approximately $5,183 to the General
Fund
Human Resources Manager Increase of 30% effective
10/24/2022
Approximately $82, 956 to the General
Fund for the remainder of FY 2023
Salary Adjustments
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Amendments to the City of Hayward Salary Plan for FY23
CLASSIFICATION SALARY SETTING FISCAL IMPACT
Deputy Director of Human
Resources
Increase 9.91% effective
10/24/2022
$14,761 to the General Fund
for the remainder of FY 2023
Regina Youngblood
, Asst. City Manager/Interim Director of
HR
Salary Adjustments
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Recommendation
Regina Youngblood
, Asst. City Manager/Interim Director of
HR
• That Council adopts a resolution approving the revised salary plan for FY 2023.