HomeMy WebLinkAbout1988-05-10; City Council; 9422; Child Care PolicyCIT OF CARLSBAD — AGEND BILL
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RECOMMENDED ACTION:
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Adopt Council Policy No.40 listing eleven specific child care policies
to guide future city actions.
ITEM EXPLANATION:
The Carlsbad City Council's Child Care Task Force reported their
findings and recommendations to the City Council on April 19, 1988.
One of their recommendations was for the City Council to adopt speci-
fic child care policies to express a commitment on the part of the
City of Carlsbad to work to encourage the expansion of child care
service throughout Carlsbad. The City Council concurred with the
Child Care Task Force's recommended policies and directed staff to
return to Council with the policy properly formatted for adoption.
The eleven specific policies are attached and formatted for Councils
consideration.
FISCAL IMPACT
Staff time in preparing documents,
EXHIBITS:
1. Council Policy No. 40
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CITY OF CARLSBAD
Policy No. 40
COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT
Date Issued 5/10/88
General Subject: CHILD CARE Effective Date 5/10/88
Specific Subject: Child Care Policies Cancellation Date n/a
Supercedes No. n/a
Copies to: City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Department and
Division Heads, Employee Bulletin Boards, Press, File
PURPOSE:
To acknowledge the importance of affordable, accessable and
quality child care as a necessary component of the city's human and
economic growth, and recognize that the provision of child care is
a collective responsibility to be shared by parents, child care pro-
fessionals, employers, employee organizations, schools, businesses,
community leaders and government officials.
STATEMENT OF POLICY;
1. Need
The City of Carlsbad acknowedges the importance of affordable and
accessible, quality child care and recognizes the detrimental impact
the lack of such care has on the individual, the family, the work
place, and the community. The City further recognizes that the num-
ber of families seeking affordable, quality child care services
greatly exceeds the current supply.
2. Partnerships
The City of Carlsbad, through its officers, departments and officials
will take a positive and active cole in the development and promotion
of cooperative relationships among parents, employers, child care
professionals, employee organizations, businesses, educators, com-
munity leaders and government officials. The common goal in such
partnerships is to increase the availability of accessible and
affordable quality child care.
3. Model
The City of Carlsbad wil'l work to become a model employer in terms of
being an informed source for the delivery of child care services to
its employees. In order to do so, the City will aggressively and com-
prehensively explore all options available to meet the child care
needs of its employees. The City will actively seek to demonstrate
that employer-sponsored child care support systems are a positive,
beneficial and cost-effective influence on the work force.
4. Planning
The City of Carlsbad will integrate the child care needs of those
who live or work in Carlsbad into the City's land use planning
process. This will be accomplished, in part, through the inclusion
of child care objectives and goals, where appropriate, in the
elements of the various Master Plans and Specific Plans.
CITY OF CARLSBAD Page Two of Three
Policy No. 40
COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT
Date Issued 5/10/88
General Subject: CHILD CARE Effective Date 5/10/88
Specific Subject: Child Care Policies Cancellation Date n/a
Supercedes No. n/a
Copies to: City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Department and
Division Heads, Employee Bulletin Boards, Press, File
PURPOSE
STATEMENT OF POLICY (Continued)
5. Facilities
The City will review existing procedures and institute changes
where appropriate to expedite the approvals and permits required
for the construction of child care facilities and or projects
which include the construction of child care facilities. The
City will investigate appropriate incentives for the development
of child care services in Carlsbad.
6. Property
The City will be cognizant of child care needs when in the future
vacant or under-utilized City-owned land or facilities become
available. Such facilities, if meeting adopted criteria, could
be made available to non-profit child care providers by lease
or other suitable arrangement.
7. Expertise
The City of Carlsbad shall ensure that appropriate personnel in
City departments pos,sess, requisite understanding of, and famil-
iarity with, all legal, regulatory and procedural requirements
for quality child care programs.
8. Resources
The City of Carlsbad shall utilize all services available through
Federal, State and County funded agencies, in order to enhance the
availability of affordable, quality child care in Carlsbad.
Page Three of Three
CITY OF CARLSBAD
Policy No. 40
COUNCIL POLICY STATEMENT
Date Issued 5/10/88
General Subject: CHILD CARE Effective Date 5/10/88
Specific Subject: Child Care Policies Cancellation Date n/a
Supercedes No. n/a
Copies to: City Council, City Manager, City Attorney, Department and
Division Heads, Employee Bulletin Boards, Press, File
PURPOSE
STATEMENT OF POLICY (Continued)
9. Legislation
The City of Carlsbad's State and Federal Legislative Program shall
include support of legislation consistent with the intent of this
policy and which assist the City in successfully pursuing the goals
of this policy. In particular, the City of Carlsbad will continue
to support State and/or Federal legislation which: seeks to reduce
the present regulatory complexities relating to child care services;
seeks to reduce the burden of insurance costs on other funding for
child care programs, and funding for the construction, renovation
and/or maintenance of child care facilities; provides reasonable
tax incentives for employers who offer child care services.
10. Policies
The City of Carlsbad shall encourage all employers in Carlsbad to
address the issue of child care. In particular, businesses will be
encouraged to adopt a stated policy on child care.
11. Review
To determine their effectiveness, the City of Carlsbad will annually
review all activities, programs and servicejs it has undertaken to
promote and encourage the expansion of child care services.