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Health Impact Assessment Overview Development Committee

June 12, 2013

Janice Hill, AICP Executive Planner, Kane County Development and Community Services Department

HIA Presentation

• What is Heath Impact Assessment (HIA)?
• Kane County HIA project
• How can it be used in our county?

What is Health Impact Assessment (HIA)?

A systematic process that uses an array of data sources and analytic methods and considers input from stakeholders to determine the potential effects of a proposed policy, plan, program or project on the health of a population and the distribution of those effects within the population. HIA provides recommendations on monitoring and managing those effects.

National Research Council of the National Academies, 2011

Steps of HIA

Screening Determines the need and value of a HIA Scoping Determines which health impacts to evaluate, methods for analysis, and a workplan Assessment Provides: 1) a profile of existing health conditions 2) evaluation of potential health impacts Recommendations Provide strategies to manage identified adverse health impacts and maximize benefits to health Reporting Includes: 1) development of the HIA report 2) communication of findings & recommendations Monitoring Tracks: 1) impacts on decision-making processes and the decision 2) impacts of the decision on health determinants

When is an HIA carried out?

The purpose of HIA is to inform decision-makers before they make decisions. HIA is most often carried out prospectively - before the decision is made or the policy is implemented. The final product can be a report, presentation, letter, peer-reviewed publication, etc

The Value of HIA

• It involves a broad-range of impacted people
• It’s an effective tool for meaningful cross-sector collaboration
• There is a strong business case for HIA
• Identifies harms & benefits before decisions are made
• Identifies evidence-based strategies to promote health &

prevent disease

• Increase transparency, support inclusiveness, democracy, and

community engagement in the policy decision-making process

Source: Human Impact Partners, HIA Toolkit, 3rd Edition

Kane County HIA

The HIA examines the health outcomes if the Farmland Protection Ordinance is amended to

• promote participating farms of all sizes
• include all locations within the county
• Promote farms that grow fruits, vegetables, dairy

and meats for local consumption

• reach the county’s most vulnerable populations

Health Impacts the HIA Examined

• Health issues:

– Healthy food access – Nutrition – Obesity – Chronic disease – Mental health – Economic tie-ins

• Job creation
• Increased food security

Increase production of fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy through amendment to Ordinance 01-67 Term agreements Expand program to include farms of all sizes in rural and urban areas

Priority to farmers who sell fresh produce, meats, and dairy for local consumption/vulnerable populations

Donation to food bank/pantry Increase in number of potential parcels available for open space/protected land Increase in number of farms/farmers Increase in in number

• f parcels available

for growing Increase in commodity supply (diversity/volume) Growth of local economy (food hub, processing, marketing, etc) Increase in fresh fruits and vegetables available for market (wholesale and direct) Decrease in cost of fresh fruits and vegetables Decrease in unemployment Increase in food security Increased consumption of fresh fruits and vegetables and better nutrition Increase in physical activity Better/healthier eating choices Increase in social and emotional wellness of residents Increase in attention in school/ child care Lower rates of

• besity

Lower rates of chronic disease Improved health

• utcomes for

vulnerable populations/ decrease in health disparities

Kane County Farmland Protection Ordinance Amendment Pathway Diagram

Increase in life expectancy

Example: Comprehensive Plan

• Specific chapter, targeted area,

entire report

• Merced County General Plan

Update

• Recommended:

– Focusing population growth and development in areas where there is existing urban development, infrastructure and municipal services – Promoting higher residential densities in urban areas to align with the San Joaquin Valley Blueprint Project Preferred Scenario

Example: Transportation Project

Roundabout installation instead of a traffic signal

• The intersection is located near a residential area
• n the border of the city and is expected to have

increased traffic volume in the coming years

• Inform commissioners
• n design of the

intersection

Example: Zoning Code Revisions

City of Baltimore zoning code revision considered the role zoning can play in creating healthier communities.

Recommendations:

• Maintain increased allowances for mixed use

development, promoting walkability

• define and offer zoning incentives for stores that

carry healthy food

• limit the concentration of off-premises alcohol

sales establishments to prevent violent crime

What’s Next?

• Consider HIA as a tool
• Read the draft HIA report
• Read the HIA fact sheet
• Questions?

PHASE I ENGINEERING DESIGN

CROSS COUNTRY COURSE & FITNESS TRAIL

PROPERTY BOUNDARY

AIRPHOTO

SETTLER’S HILL / FABYAN UTILIZATION STUDY

BRIEF HISTORY

• March 2006 - Fabyan

Property Utilization Subcommittee formed

• September 2011 –

Subcommittee regroups and becomes more active

• September 2012 – Public

Hearing held

• October 9, 2012 – Kane

County Board Adopts Resolution 12-300 Setter’s Hill / Fabyan Property Master Plan

• 2013 Activities - Settler’s

Hill Cross County Course and Fitness Trail Phase I

ConceptualFeatures

Fabyan Utilization Study

Cross Country Track and Skiing Trails

PHASE I

Weaver Boos Consultants Report & Plans

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

FABYAN PARKWAY

PHASE 1 ENGINEERING DESIGN

GRADING PLAN

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

FABYAN PARKWAY

PHASE 1 ENGINEERING DESIGN

GRADING PLAN

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

FABYAN PARKWAY

PHASE 1 ENGINEERING DESIGN

DESIGN CROSS SECTION

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

FABYAN PARKWAY

PHASE 1 ENGINEERING DESIGN

• Clean Fill - Soil Clean
• Clean Construction or

Demolition Debris (CCDD)

• Permitting Requirements
• Costs

FILL MATERIAL

UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD

FABYAN PARKWAY

PHASE I ENGINEERING DESIGN

NEXT STEPS

• Phase II Engineering Planning & Design
• Waste Management Inc., Kane County Forest Preserve District

and County of Kane Agreement

• Illinois Environmental Protection Agency Permitting
• Coordination with City of Geneva & City of Batavia