BEVERLY HILLS—The City of Beverly Hills has been recognized with the Outstanding Achievement City Livability Award, which pertains to cities with less than 100,000 people, from the U.S. Conference of Mayors. A press release from the City of BH indicates that the national award was handed out to 20 other cities throughout the country, and honors city governments that develop programs that increase the quality of life in its urban areas.

The U.S. Conference of Mayors chose Beverly Hills’ Embrace Civility program, which was created by the Human Relations Committee. The City decided to enter the competition at the recommendation of Councilmember John Mirisch.

It consists of three elements that include: the original Embrace Civility program, which developed a City civility pledge and recognizes an individual in the community each year with a Civility Award for demonstrating kind and caring behavior; the Anti-Bullying Video Contest, which rewarded creative video submissions from Beverly Hills junior high and high school students; and the Civil City campaign, which promotes civil streets and sidewalks by encouraging courteous behavior among motorists, bicyclists and pedestrians.

“I want to congratulate and thank the Human Relations Commission for their outstanding leadership,” said Mayor Lili Bosse who was in Dallas to attend the annual mayor’s conference. “Their civility campaign took on some major issues such as bullying and street safety and wove it together into an innovative program that truly represents the very heart of our community.”

Waste Management Inc. was also a sponsor for the award. Additional information on the program can be found atwww.beverlyhills.org/embracecivility.