Austin Travis County Food Policy Board - Sept. 13, 2021
Austin Travis County Food Policy Board Regular Meeting of the Austin Travis County Food Policy Board - Regular meeting location - NEW City of Austin Permitting and Development Center
AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 13th FROM 6:00 TO 8:00 PM City of Austin Permitting and Development Center 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Room 1405 Event Center Austin, TX 78752 CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Sharon Mays, Chair Joy Casnovsky, Vice Chair Andrea Abel Joi Chevalier Kacey Hanson Karen Magid Emily Nicola DeMaria Ryan Rosshirt Ellen Sweets AGENDA CALL TO ORDER and Introduction of new board member CITIZEN COMMUNICATION: GENERAL 1. APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM AUGUST MEETING 2. STAFF and COMMUNITY BRIEFINGS a. Food System Planning Updates, Edwin Marty, Food Policy Manager, City of Austin 3. OLD BUSINESS b. Board Infrastructure & Protocol i. Review Board Members’ meetings with City and County Officials c. Board vacancies and appointments d. Review Prior Board Recommendations and Discuss City and County Budgets e. Community Engagement 4. NEW BUSINESS a. Discussion of Strategic Planning for October b. Working Group Briefings and Recommendations i. Healthy Food Access to All Communities ii. Governance iii. Food and Climate iv. Build Opportunities for Food Entrepreneurs v. Support Farms & Farmers vi. COVID-19 Food System Response c. Review of Board Member Assignments FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS ADJOURNMENT The City of Austin is committed to compliance with the American with Disabilities Act. Reasonable modifications and equal access to communications will be provided upon request. Meeting locations are planned with wheelchair access. If requiring Sign Language Interpreters or alternative formats, please give notice at least 2 days (48 hours) before the meeting date. Please call Amanda Rohlich at Amanda.Rohlich@austintexas.gov or call 512-974-1364 at Office of Sustainability for additional information; TTY users route through Relay Texas at 711. For more information on the Austin-Travis County Food Policy Board, please contact Amanda Rohlich at Amanda.Rohlich@austintexas.gov or call 512-974-1364.
AUSTIN FOOD SYSTEM PLAN ATCFPB UPDATES Food Policy Team is currently: ● Distributed a memo to Mayor and Council providing updates on the planning process ● Reviewing food system plans from across the country to develop list of best practices (11 Food System Plans) ● Interviewing food system plan project managers from across the country to learn about planning process, budget, community engagement & centering equity (6 interviews) ● Interviewing COA staff on planning initiatives (Resilience Hubs, Austin Climate Equity Plan) to identify lessons learned and building interdepartmental team for planning process (8 interviews) ● Developing a RFP for consultant Food System Planning: Plan Review Government-led Plans: New York, NY: Food Forward: 10 Year Food Policy Plan - 2020 ⭐ Makes clear City government’s role in the food system; provides clear examples / callouts of work already underway Seattle: Food Action Plan - 2012 ⭐ Work that is already underway ; Proven impact: Fresh Bucks program, Farm to Table program Denver, CO: Food Vision - 2017, Food Action Plan - 2018 ⭐ Baseline Report, Vision, and Action Plan all separated out as digestible components of a larger planning process; Goals are SMART and target rationales are transparent ; declaration of support Community-led Plans: San Diego County, CA: Food Vision 2030 - 2021 ⭐ Deep engagement ; Land & People Acknowledgement ; Movement + Power Building Framework ; Interactive Website Pittsburgh, PA: Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan - 2020 ⭐ Deep community engagement ; Empowerment framework ; evaluation built into goals ; Food Policy Audit (U Virginia) Food System Planning: Project Interviews ● Completed interviews: ○ San Diego County, CA (Food Vision 2030) ■ Meeting w/ San Diego County Food System Alliance: 08/11/21 ○ Denver, CO (Food Action Plan) ■ Meeting w/ city staff: 08/25/21 ○ Pittsburgh, PA (Greater Pittsburgh Food Action Plan) ■ Meeting w/ city staff: 08/19/21 ■ Meeting w/ Pittsburgh Food Policy Council: 08/19/21 ○ Philadelphia, PA (Eating Here: Greater Philadelphia Food System Plan) ■ Meeting w/ city staff: 09/07/21 ○ New York, NY (Food Forward: 10 Year Food Policy Plan) ■ Meeting w/ city staff: 09/13/21 ○ Dallas, TX ■ Meeting w/ city staff: 9/9/21 ● Coming up: ○ Seattle, WA: Food Action Plan ○ Minneapolis, MN: Food Action Plan 07/26/21 + 08/26/21 (Marc) (Ongoing bi-weekly meeting scheduled) Food System Planning: COA Interviews ● Completed interviews: ○ Austin Public Health - 08/31/21 ○ Austin Resource Recovery - …
