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· Plan for sustainable open space, water, energy, and air quality within our <br />finite resources. <br />· Strengthen economic vitality to provide jobs, services, revenues, and <br />opportunities. <br /> <br />This work also is grounded in County-wide public health and sustainability goals. Get <br />Healthy San Mateo identified four priorities in their Strategies for Building Healthy, <br />Equitable Communities2 report to ensure that all San Mateo County residents have the <br />opportunity to live long and healthy lives. Developing healthy neighborhoods was one of <br />these priorities. To justify this priority the report highlighted that: <br />· 81% of workers in San Mateo County currently drive to work, <br />· 54% of workers within the county do not engage in regular physical activity, <br />and <br />· Transportation accounts for nearly 50% of annual greenhouse gas emissions <br />in the county. <br /> <br />Complete neighborhoods promote health by creating opportunities for everyday physical <br />activity, access to healthy foods, expanding the local economy, and supporting social <br />connections. Having safe walking and biking routes bike increases physical activity, the <br />leading strategy for preventing weight gain and obesity as well as diabetes and heart <br />disease. When people drive less, air pollution declines and asthma and other health <br />issues decrease, all while slowing the negative effects of climate change. This work is <br />particularly important for Redwood City: in Get Healthy San Mateo’s report Creating <br />Healthier Streets (Attachment 3), high walking and biking collision rates are noted on <br />the border between North Fair Oaks and Redwood City, near schools, and along El <br />Camino Real. The Redwood City/North Fair Oaks border is one of three hot spots in the <br />County for bike and pedestrian collisions, along with Burlingame and Daly City. Of note, <br />the collision rates disproportionately affect people of color. <br /> <br />As part of their plan, Get Healthy San Mateo identified the following opportunities for <br />action: <br />· Promote Vision Zero, a framework for addressing pedestrian and bike <br />fatalities on streets and within transportation systems. <br />· Advance community and street design, and land use and transportation <br />planning that promote all modes of transportation. <br />· Increase investment in creating places to walk and bike, and affordable <br />access to public transportation for those with limited options. <br /> <br />Finally, the City’s Climate Action Plan (2013)3 also identified transportation and land use <br />strategies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Among these strategies are <br />implementing Smart Growth development (by prioritizing higher density and mixed-use <br />development in areas served by high-quality transit service) and redesigning the urban <br /> <br />2 http://www.gethealthysmc.org/ <br />3 http://www.redwoodcity.org/home/showdocument?id=3670 <br />6.3.A. - Page 2