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Community Health & Public Safety Element

The Community Health & Public Safety Element consolidates public safety, human services, and community health policies to support the wellbeing of all Lynnwood residents. It addresses emergency preparedness, behavioral health access, housing instability, and the need for equitable distribution of social services and safe public spaces. The element relies heavily on partnerships with South County Fire, Verdant Health, Edmonds School District, and nonprofit organizations to meet the growing service demands of a diversifying community.

Community Wellbeing Social Safety Governance
Key Commitments
Crisis Care Center opened 2024; Human Services Needs Assessment updated every 5 years
Goals (3 total)
  • CH Goal 1: Further public safety by providing services to the community to maintain a safe environment for the public, while being equitable and efficient
  • CH Goal 2: Connect community members with appropriate resources in times of need
  • CH Goal 3: Support community health and social well-being through policies, programs, and the built environment
Stronger Policy Language (12 policies)
  • CH Policy 1.4: Ensure City staff are equipped and prepared to operate the Emergency Operation Center through training, exercises, and coordination with county, state, and federal agencies.
  • CH Policy 1.6: Develop and maintain a disaster resilience system that incorporates local, state, tribal, and federal partners to facilitate enhanced disaster readiness, response, and recovery.
  • CH Policy 2.5: Ensure human service programs, such as, shelters, hygiene centers, and food providers are regularly available and located near areas where transit and non-motorized facilities exist.
  • CH Policy 2.7: Coordinate that people experiencing homelessness are connected to life-saving services by coordinating the City's response to the housing crisis...
  • CH Policy 3.1: Enhance Lynnwood's built environment to be a safe, attractive, and accessible place to walk, bike, roll, and be physically active by implementing the Connect Lynnwood and PARC Plans.
Aspirational / Monitoring Language (14 policies)
  • CH Policy 2.4: Support programs working to lower youth violence, substance use, untreated mental illness, and suicide in the community.
  • CH Policy 2.6: Encourage the development of partnerships among the City, schools, human services providers and other interested parties...
  • CH Policy 3.2: Encourage beneficial social interaction and community cohesiveness for the community by identifying, enhancing, or creating publicly accessible gathering spaces.
  • CH Policy 3.3: Promote Civic Health by supporting programs aimed at improving communication between the City and community members.
  • CH Policy 3.7: Incorporate natural elements into the built environment to facilitate opportunities for effortless engagement with nature...

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