Program Description
Implements Which
Policy(ies)?
Responsible
Departments Supporting Departments/Partners Implementation Timeframe Status 2024 Update Strategic Priority HQL-1: Healthy Community Program
1. Healthy Community Program. T he City shall partner
with local health officials, planners, nonprofit
organizations, businesses, schools, hospitals, local health clinics, and community groups to conduct a study to
identify strategies, programs, and practices that prioritize the overall health of Hayward residents and employees.
Based on findings from the study, the City shall prepare and submit recommendations to the City Council on ways
the City can prioritize community health and remove
barriers to healthy living. [Source: New Program, City Staff] (PSR) HQL-1.1, HQL-1.3 City Manager
Development Services, Library and
Community Services, Healthy Eating
Active Living Cities
2020-2040 Complete and ongoing
Hayward's Local Hazard Mitigation Plan (LHMP), now called the Hayward Local Resilience Plan was adopted by Council on November 29, 2016 March 28, 2023. The Plan and an update is currently underway. The updated plan, titled the Hayward Resilience Plan, has been approved by the California Office of Emergency Services. The LHMP includes vulnerability assessments for fire, flood, and drought.
Vulnerability Assessment was also prepared in 2023 as part of the update of the Hazards Element of the General Plan. Sea level rise has also been documented and analyzed in numerous reports prepared by the Hayward Area Shoreline Planning Agency and the Adapting to Rising Tides project. The Shoreline Master Plan was completed in February 2021 and identified strategies for the mitigation of impacts associated with sea level rise.
HQL-2: Healthy Development Checklist
2. Healthy Development Checklist. The City shall
develop a checklist of health strategies that could be
incorporated into the design of discretionary
development projects and plans. The City shall share this resource with project applicants to help them design their projects to promote community health.
[Source: New
Program, City Staff] (RDR/PI)
HQL-2.1, HQL-5.2 HQL-5.3,
HQL-6.5
Development Services
Public Works & Utilities, Healthy
Eating Active Living Cities
2020-2040 Not started The City has not begun this program.
HQL-3: Food Policy Task Force
3. Food Policy Task Force. The City shall work with
Healthy Eating Active Living Cities Campaign (HEAL) to
develop and maintain a task force to advance healthy food options within the city.
[Source: New Program, City Staff]
(IGC/PI) HQL-3.1
Library and Community
Services
City Manager, Development Services,
Public Works & Utilities, Healthy
Eating Active Living Cities
2017-2019 Not started
The City has not begun this program due to limited staff and fiscal resources, along with other City priorities; however, through community collaborations, the Library has partnered with CSUEB, HPN, HARD, and 5 Sikh Seva to provide free, healthy meals, in food insecure neighborhoods of Hayward (Jackson Triangle, South Hayward, and Downtown neighborhoods). 5 Sekh Seva has donated tens of thousands of free meals to Hayward families on a regular basis, also in collaboration with the Alameda County Food Bank and HPN Feeding Programs. The Library also provides free meals to children during summer through the USDA and State Library supported Lunch at the Library program.
HQL-4: Senior Assistance Program
4. Senior Assistance Program. T he City shall conduct a study to identify service assistance, grants, loans, and/or special concessions in permitting procedures to maintain or modify homes to meet the needs of aging senior
residents. Based on findings from the study, the City shall prepare and submit recommendations to the City Council
on types of services, financial assistance, or incentives the City can provide to help meet the housing needs of
seniors. [Source: New Program, City Staff] (PSR)
HQL-6.4
Library and Community
Services,
Development Services, City Manager,
Finance
Ongoing Ongoing
The City currently supports several partner agencies offering services to seniors through its Community Agency Funding (CAF) process. These include senior food security, safe aging in place, legal assistance and home rehabilitation programs funded by both its community development block grant (CDBG) and general fund allocations.
Additionally, the City operates a non-ADA paratransit program funded through Measure BB, which includes subsidized transportation using transportation network companies, home food delivery for housebound adults and seniors, and public transit education. In late 2024, the Council approved a service expansion to the paratransit program which will include trained assistance to and from destinations, transportation for powered mobility devices, pre-planned group travel, and enhanced self-service reservation options. Upon successful implementation to these changes, the Community Services and Paratransit programs intend to better integrate each program’s services into a unified suite of senior services.
HQL-7: Parks and Recreation Guidelines
7. Parks and Recreation Guidelines. The City shall work with Hayward Area Recreation and Park District to
develop and adopt urban park guidelines that provide
flexible solutions for developing urban parks in infill areas where traditional neighborhood and community
parks are not feasible or appropriate. [Source: New
Program, City Staff] (MPSP/IGC)
HQL-10.1, HQL-10.2, HQL-
10.3, HQL-10.4
Development Services
Hayward Area Recreation and Park
District, City Manager, Maintenance
Services
2020-2040 Ongoing
The Planning Division refers all new development projects to the Hayward Area Recreation District (HARD) for review. Through that project-specific review, infill and pocket parks may be proposed as part of the development project.
HQL-8: Park Dedication Requirements
and In-Lieu Fees
8. Park Dedication Requirements and In-Lieu Fees.
The City shall work with the Hayward Area Recreation
and Park District to review and amend its ordinances (as necessary) to require sufficient park dedications or in-lieu fees to meet the parkland standards outlined in the
General Plan. [Source: New Program, City Staff]
(RDR/IGC) HQL-10.12, HQL-10.13 Development Services
Hayward Area Recreation and Park
District, City Manager, City Attorney
2014-1016 Complete This program was completed in 2020.
HQL-9: Park Dedication Incentives
Program
9. Park Dedication Incentives Program. The City shall
develop an incentives program that encourages private
development to dedicate parkland beyond the minimum
requirements.
[Source: New Program, City Staff]
(RDR/MPSP/IGC) HQL-10.12, HQL-10.13 Development Services Hayward Area Recreation and Park
District, City Manager
2017-2019 Complete
As part of the adoption of the Parkland In Lieu Fee Ordinance in 2019, staff expanded the number and type of credits that could be applied, which provides new development with additional options to satisfy the parkland dedication requirements.
HQL-10: Park Surveillance Program
10. Park Surveillance Program. The City shall develop
and implement a park surveillance program to train
citizens and neighborhood groups in the proper methods
of park surveillance and how to coordinate with the Police Department to report safety issues and address
neighborhood concerns. [Source: New Program, City Staff] (MPSP/IGC) HQL-10.10 Police
Hayward Area Recreation and Park
District, City Manager, Development
Services
2020-2040 Not started
There are ongoing discussions with HARD to collaborate about improving security measures at the parks.
Community Health and Quality of Life Element
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