October 8, 2014

Vision: All San Franciscans have access to healthy eating and active living where they live, work, learn and play. Mission: To create equitable and sustainable environments, systems and policies that promote healthy eating and active living across the lifespan in San Francisco. Goals:   1. Increase access to healthy food 2. Increase opportunities for physical activity 3. Decrease consumption of sugary drinks Values: Prevention, Social Justice, Diversity, Collective Impact

Present: Ayanna Davis, Janna Cordeiro, Tacing Parker, Shalini Iyer, Jim Illig, Erik Halaas, Emily Claymore, Desirae Feria, Erika Sarmiento, Janelle Phung, Nancy Buffum, Genaro Escarzaga, Brittni Chicuata, Ana Validzic, Susana Hennessey Lavery, Alice Hu, Michael Bennett, Sarah Fine, Nicolas Mottola, Michael Chae, Nicole Schneider, Orla O’keeffe, Bea Cardenas-Duncan, Chuck Collins, Jamie Bruning, Christina Goette, Marianne Szeto, Libby Albert

Welcome and Introductions - Bea and Chuck welcomed the Coalition and introduced YMCA SF’s new Chief Operating Officer, Jamie Bruning. Bea provided update to strategic planning process. The Steering Committee has met to discuss two of the priority strategies (decreasing sugary drink consumption and increasing physical activity). We will discuss increasing access to healthy food on October 27 from 1-2:30 at 25 Van Ness. (Please let Marianne know if you’d like to join us.) These meetings are not the only opportunities to provide feedback. We will synthesize all the feedback and convene a broader discussion for the Coalition to respond to before the end of this year. Brittni and other advocates went before the SF Chronicle Editorial Board in favor of Prop E. Their information was well received and helped solidify the Chronicle’s endorsement of Prop E. Read the editorial.

Bayview HEAL Zone Updates –  

1. HZ awarded a Community Opportunity Fund Grant to put in a walking path and play structure at MLK Park.
2. Staff transitions – Andrea has accepted a position as a Community Educator Coordinator with the Southeast Public Utilities Commission. Rheema transitioned to POWER, and Jazz is teaching yoga and teaching at SFSU.

Walk and Roll to School Day  – Nicole Schneider, Walk San Francisco
Safe Routes to School partnership is celebrating a record breaking year with 84 schools and 14,000 students participating. 84% of SFUSD elementary schools participating.

At Bessie Carmichael Elementary School, over 150 students walked with parents, or joined one of five “walking school buses,” to make their way through SoMa to reach school before the bell rang, sending a strong message to thousands of nearby commuters: families live here, children walk here.

Mayor Ed Lee, Supervisor Jane Kim, Superintendent Richard Carranza, Police Chief Greg Suhr, SFMTA Director Ed Reiskin, SF Department of Public Health Officer Tomás Aragon, and SF Recreation and Parks General Manager Phil Ginsburg, joined school Principal Tina Lagdamen, and parents Tiffany Brown and Adrienne Lawrence, to recognize the school’s students and celebrate pedestrian safety improvements for Bessie Carmichael’s elementary and middle school campuses, which are located among some of the most dangerous streets in San Francisco.

Safe Routes to School Update – Ana Validzic, SFDPH
SRTS partnership has grown – hired two new outreach staff whose purpose is to work with parent community. SRTS gas expanded its mission to promote not just walking and biking, but carpool and transit as well. Expanded from 15 to 25 elementary schools across the city. Read the list of 25 schools.

SRTS was awarded a nearly $1M grant to provide tailred school transportation toolkits to 100 schools (with maps, enrollemnt data, suggested walk/bike routes, crossing guard locations, etc) and traffic enforcement in the high injury corridors (in alignment with Vision Zero).

Student Nutrition Services and Wellness Policy Update – Orla O’Keeffe, SFUSD

• SFUSD has over 55K students in 139 prek-12 schools and serves over 35K meals a day. Studies show a correlation between healthy eating and academic achievement. Students who got mostly A’s are also eating more vegetabls and breakfast than students who got mostly D’s and F’s.
• SFUSD has expanded meal services and transitioned from afterschool snack to supper program. Nearly one third of SFUSD schools are serving 3 meals/day.
• Through partnership with IDEO, designed dining space refresh and redesign as well as mobile food cart. There will be evaluation to measure impact. Learn more or donate at www.sfusdfuturedining.org
• Food and Fitness Advisory Committee provided recommendations to Board of Ed. Through a SFDPH grant, SFUSD hired a coordinator to form a cross department team (PE, School Health, Nutrition Education, Student Nutrition Services) to review the recommendations and make draft poliby. They will present their draft policy to the Food and Fitness Committee on 10/29 from 3-5 at 95 Gough St. Expected timeline – 1st reading in early December and acted upon likely in late January or February.

 PE Update – Desirae Feria, SFUSD PE Department. The foal is to instill Fitness for Life.

1. Elementary PE – in various capacities, supporting 72 elementary schools (compared to 3 in 2007!). There are 31 Elementary PE Specialists who support 1 to 5 sites a week. To build sustainability, the PE Specialists use a team teaching model with gradual release. PE Department provides equipment for every student to learn at their own pace and replenish inventory each year. There are a number of culminating experiences as well and hope to take it to scale. (Field Day, First Tee, 4th grade 5K.).
2. Middle School PE is focused on self-assessment.
3. High School PE has a partnership with TRX and focused on increasing aerobic capacity, esp for African American and Latino high school students.

Youth and Family Ballot Measures – Michelle Parker, District 2 PTA, SF Parent PAC
Michelle provided an overview of:

Prop C – Children’s Fund, Public Education Enrichment Fund (PEEF), Children and Families Council and Rainy Day Reserves

Prop E – Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax

Prop H – Requiring Certain GGP Athletic Fields to be kept as grass with no artificial lighting

Prop I – Renovation of playgrounds, walking trails and athletic fields

See powerpoint for more details.