Minutes for WCPPA Leadership Team
June 8, 2004
Seattle Pacific University
Falcon Room (3rd Floor)

9:00 am Welcome and introductions
Liz, Don, Bob, Heleen, Gwen, Benita, Rachel, Steve, Eileen, Jane, Amy, Charlotte, Bob, Kristen, Linda, Pam, Kyle

9:15 Approve minutes and agenda
Minutes from April 6 approved. Agenda approved.

9:30 Roundtable
People share what they are doing ‘back home” with their programs.

• Don Willott shared the program they had going on Bainbridge. Had a kickoff public event. Have a $100K budget from the city. Got a $200,000 SR2S grant.
• Bob Weathers shared his research project at SPU on physical activity. Doing a needs assessment before determining program. There is sentiment in the faculty that something be required of all faculty. He also stated that a grad student were very supportive of increasing PE in the schools.
• Heleen Dewey reported the marketing for the 30-10-5 campaign in Spokane. Shared the insert that was in the Inlander. Also excited about the 1-week summer program for Native Americans. Shared the program to get safe walking communities centered on community centers (the schools are also usually close proximity). Have a big planned kickoff at the beginning of school.
• Gwen reported about the HPRC work with the activity of the Healthy Aging program and that they have developed a community resource guide that is being used to work with the National Council on Aging. They also have been working to design an audit tailored to aging population in the Southeast Seattle.
• Benita stated Bike-to-Work month which goes to June 19th. They have over 300 teams. In conjunction with BikeWorks, Cascade Bike Club wrote a grant for STEPs. Also talked about the summer camps that CBC does.
• Pam T shared her development of a CD for grades for fitness knowledge assessment and will be doing training on those modules after the summer. Also stated the receipt of a grant to support a comprehensive school health (a 4-year grant.) Pam also shared that there will be a meeting on the assessments of the HF requirement for the WASL. Don noted that the school bus program is related to the problem of physically inactive.
• Rachel said the Clark County finished work plans for Clark County STEPs. The School Board Challenge was just finished as well as some walkability assessments in Clark County with the Regional Transportation groups. Also stated that her Miss Clark County theme was nutrition and physical activity.
• Steve Daley is mapping the city trail systems and working with the school system to get SR2S.
• Kristen Richmond stated her main role is the legislation foci of the AHA. Talked about the development with WAHPERD to support next year’s legislation. AHA’s goal is to get 250 minutes per week for K-8. (Pam explained that the State Board of Ed has the authority to enforce the compliance of requirements. However, they are low in staff and politically it is a “hot potato”.)
• Eileen said Pierce County is partnering with Mary Bridge hospital for high-risk kids, and Forever Green is looking at 12 ft -wide trails in Pierce County to develop this project. Looking at $350 to $400K for funding. Also “walking at work” is going on with a 12-story office building at Pierce County government.
• Jane Moore shared her work with the public health commission of the Washington Academy of Family Physicians for their annual meeting.
• Linda talked about the BAW Bike Summer – a loose framework to get people to do something related to biking. Cascade is involved with the Bicycle Sunday were a stretch of road is closed to motor vehicles. The website is www.bikesummer.org. Also is involved with the Monorail project to insure that it is conducive to bike commuting. Will be putting in for a bill to Share the Road during the 2005 legislative session.
• Amy shared the Bike to Work commuter challenge that her workplace did—she captained the PHSKC team. (Benita shared that the Cascade website you can look up the teams.) PHSKC will be putting on an obesity symposium on September 15 (tentatively). There will be round tables before the meeting to get some topics to be addressed. PHSKC also applied for the PAPN SIPs grant. They are also updating the PA link and the work group working on it. ProWalk and ProBike will be in Victoria in September. (Linda shared that the KCPAC was a great meeting.)
• Tom shared that the Coalition is a community participant in the PAPN. Also shared that new PA guidelines will be all rolled out in the next couple of months by the ACSM and CDC.
• Bob Melson shared that the WAHPERD just had the board meeting and talked about SB 3496 that they are a principal in along with WASDA and DOH. The policy they are looking to be much more aggressive in the advocacy area. They are trying to partner with all the stakeholders to get those goals achieved. Their website is adding an advocacy. On Sep 9 the WAHPERD and AHA are having a summit for PE. Bob is going to DC this week to meet with all the state’s congressional delegates. PEP is also trying to be increased to $100 million. Shared that No Child Left Behind is negatively affecting the physical education of our children.
• Charlotte Claybrooke shared the obesity funding will be getting more funding to support our ongoing projects.
• Liz shared that the Skagit County PA Coalition and the launch of the website. Used it for the Walk and Roll event. They solicit testimonials for their website. The fire chief at one town has walked to work every day since last year’s walk event. Brought some copies of the Skagit County Walking Trail Guide that they printed 10,000 copies that are just about out. Skagit County gov’t wants them to redo the bike map. The NW Physical Activity Coalition had a bectiveforlife.org system. Working with KAFE in Bellingham the radio personalities are leading walks in the 4 counties. “There are 10440 minutes in a day—30 minutes is 2%. Isn’t your health worth it?” Trip reduction with worksites that have gotten people to park at churches. There is also an Active Community Environment (ACE) program in Skagit County. Mount Vernon Healthy Community formed an advisory group of 35 to 40 people that has been meeting. Decided on 3 areas of priority. 1—healthy nutrition for kids in school, 2-use an urban planning, 3—increase PA for youth outside of the school program. That plan will be taken to the planning commission and then to the Mt. Vernon city council. Liz attended the Aging summit in DC and was one of the few people from the ‘trenches” – it was a very exciting meeting. Was happy to note that on the back of the conference handouts they used the 30-10-5 logo. On July 8 the LGC will be doing a meeting in Bellingham.
• Kyle shared the Nutrition and Physical Activity plan was being talked about more and more by the biggies at the state. Talked about the Click-It campaign for preschoolers—to increase the amount of PA in the child-care centers. Also working with the ECAP centers (similar to head Start Centers) to provide families with good information on physical activity and nutrition.

10:00 Reports

Treasurer’s report – Linda Schwartz

• Linda shared the report that we are still solvent. Balance currently is $7,200. Will be getting ~$13K for SR2S, $19K for Capacity building, #20K for STEPs during the rest of the year and then could get a potential 25K from DOH on follow-up on Active Living. Wants to maybe explore checking to get better interest on the money.

Wrap-up on annual meeting

• Heleen reported attendance and financial results and discussed the evaluations. One big point to make note of for future conventions was the accessibility of the meeting location—especially by transit or by non-motorized means.

NGA – Charlotte Claybrooke

• Under-represented at the meeting were business leaders, high-level transportation, and legislators. Shared the survey results with the group in a handout. See blue handout for synopsis. Most useful were the speakers, next was the group work, “some important informational knowledge was shared with some pretty influential people”. Lots of feedback to keep it going. Summarized the work groups and gave what was felt were the priorities. See pink sheet.
• Asked group to give some feedback. Asked about Chenoweth study. An economist at the end of May felt that it was well done but was not familiar with the articles related to “presenteeism”. Don W. asked that a page summary would be the best for people asking him. Eileen requested “Talking Points”. May want to incorporate a survey from the points that was sent out to the group to prioritize. Asked if there was a plan to do another meeting or a follow-up. Charlotte said she would talk about.
  

Website – Tom Wells

• Notes taken by Steve will be incorporated into website development.

Funding – Ann Schwartz

A two-pronged approach would be taken. One would be the grants we have been getting. Two would be taken with a “pilot-project” to get operating funds. The question was asked whether we funded travel of leaders. Charlotte talked about the “rapid change” process of making small changes, studying it, acting on the results, and then moving forward again. Ann shared a rough draft of a letter she prepared to use with donors. Eileen and Kirsten shared that specific projects could be hosted (ie. Websites, annual meetings, workshops, promotional events). Charlotte suggested we take our workplan and use that as a menu for the donors to choose from. Benita shared that REI has granting program just for the non-profits such as us. Liz suggested that us asking for sponsorship to promote the work of our Coalition. Gwen shared that playing to the state related corporations as a community member. Group Health just published their new Funding Cycle. Ann talked about the Kresge foundation capacity that builds on established groups with $750,000 in the bank. The Seattle Foundation, the Northwest Health Foundation, and the Washington Health Foundation may be foundations to be considered. Eileen volunteered to help out. Benita also shared the other groups that make outdoor gear to pitch to.

Listserve – Heleen

Good news the program was purchased and everything was running but their own firewall would not let received letters through. Gwen will ask about the UW listserve hosting possibilities. Bob will also check.

STEPs – Amy Shumann

After the funding was reduced the PA around schools was given $100K (out of $250K) to determine on their own. Girls on the Run, YMCA and Children’s Hospital, Austin Foundation, PHSKC Fuel and Play the Healthy Way, Bike Works/Cascade Bike Club, and WCPPA.

Safe and Active Routes - Linda Schwartz

The state gave $1,000,000 out in May to get a proposal in by June 1. 56 schools from all over the state applied. The BAW is putting together a web-based approach (from WSTC) and they are putting together the site and recruiting. Charlotte asked if there was any opportunity to hand out materials at the OSPI.

Executive Director Report – Tom Wells

Liz asked me to followup to see whether they have professional pursuits coverage. Pam shared her experience as she inquired in regards to travel. Discussion continued and most members felt that we needed some broader coverage than just individual. Action: get directors level insurance!

1:00 The next annual meeting: Where, when, what and who?

Several questions were considered. Is the state going to have a joint meeting next year? Do we want to wait and see? Some were members of more than one coalition and thus the attendance was problematic. The evaluations said loud and clear that the meetings should be separate. Liz stated that we had decided that the Seattle location was decided upon by past low turnout. Amy brought up going to Moses Lake. Charlotte said there was not much there yet. Pam said realistically it is best to stay in the Puget Sound region. Gwen said we should just target a meeting of a related group and send a group. Steve brought up the Parks and Rec conference at Lake Chelan in April next year. Steve said we could probably set up a whole track. Kyle restated that the feedback was that it was a good conference but the next funding cycle did not budget the same number of dollars as this year. Some shared that we lost because of conflicts while others said we gained from other coalitions. Pam said maybe we should bookend with the other group. Discussion continued about the tracks at the Parks and Rec meeting to educating the P and R folks on the urban planning link parks with a trail system. Ann said we really need to target developers. Gwen talked about the movement to certify developers much like Green developers. ACTION: Liz asked Steve to see if there is a feasibility to develop a track. In terms of the annual meeting, put that on the agenda for August meeting. Everyone think about themes for the annual meeting and whether you wanted to lead the development!

1:45 Local coalitions—how do we facilitate their development?

Charlotte suggested we research what the local coalitions want or need through a survey. Along with the older coalitions (the 4 in the NW, King, Pierce, Spokane) each of the statewide STEPs counties is required to have a coalition. Don brought up the definition of a Coalition. Charlotte stated that we share the vision/mission would be a good start. Liz stated that the startup was pretty much the same process. Benita brought up that the process be made available. Gwen stated that there should be examples of the different forms. Kyle said that we should be strategic in the way we develop our Coalitions related to projects. Tom stated that advocacy should be a priority. Kyle thought about also a piece regarding the connectivity issue—key on that as a coalition. Eileen brought up the concept of readiness. Liz got back to Char’s suggestion about surveying the existing and then also the district health departments. Island, San Juan and Whatcom are running out of Regence money next year. Kyle talked about how the Oregon coalition tied in with PE support in the school. Char suggested the individuals working with local coalitions develop the survey. Bob asked about asking those who we just reached why we did not reach the people we missed. Kyle said the model of the parent plan to help support local coalitions.

Action-start with the 3 coalitions developing questions, send them to the Tom, and then act as a workgroup to have them put together, and develop and instrument for distribution. Get the survey results before the August meeting.

2:30 Active Living by Design—Workplan development

Charlotte shared the next steps from the April 21st meeting as well as the previously prepared Washington initiatives for developing a workplan for the upcoming $25k grant to be received. What pieces do we see will go forward with? Eileen asked how does the state workplan overlay with these? Pam brought out the legislative elections. What is the goal asked Benita? How will just the asking result in an action?

Action: Tom will contact Larry Morandi to see what they are doing and get out to the LT.
(See Tan sheet for the actions to follow)

Possibilities:
Follow up meeting. Possibilities

• Bring folks back together
• Send survey for prioritization
• Liz felt there was energy to bring the face-to-face back together
• Gwen thought that maybe the survey would bring a little more focus and then
• Do new people need to be brought in—maybe when a focus was not done
• Campaign to the public and policy makers. (State funds can be used in an education and informational means.)
• Talked about businesses that would benefit – REI, Starbucks, small business associations.
• Should be targeted to just key parts of the state.

Adjourned at 3:26 pm.

The next meeting is August 3 at Seattle Pacific University.

Respectfully submitted,Tom Wells, Executive Director

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