Austin Travis County Food Policy Board Regular Meeting of the Austin Travis County Food Policy Board

Agenda — original pdf

REGULAR MEETING of the AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD MONDAY, APRIL 14, 2025, 6:00 PM CITY OF AUSTIN PERMITTING AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER, ROOM 1406 6310 WILHELMINA DELCO DRIVE AUSTIN, TEXAS Some members of the Austin Travis County Food Policy Board may be participating by videoconference. Public comment will be allowed in-person or remotely via telephone. Speakers may only register to speak on an item once either in-person or remotely and will be allowed up to three minutes to provide their comments. Registration no later than noon the day before the meeting is required for remote participation by telephone. To register to speak remotely, call or email Amanda Rohlich, 512-974-1364, Amanda.Rohlich@austintexas.gov. CURRENT BOARD MEMBERS: Andrea Abel Lisa Barden, Vice-Chair Marissa Bell Mark Bethell Joi Chevalier, Chair Beth Corbett Nitza Cuevas CALL TO ORDER Board member roll call. Larry Franklin Hilda Gutierrez Kacey Hanson Natalie Poulos Matt Simon Andrew Smith AGENDA PUBLIC COMMUNICATION: GENERAL The first 10 speakers signed up prior to the meeting being called to order will each be allowed a three-minute allotment to address their concerns regarding items not posted on the agenda. APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Approve the minutes of the Austin-Travis County Food Policy Board Regular Meeting from Monday, March 10, 2025. STAFF BRIEFING 2. Briefing on Austin-Travis County Food Plan Implementation, Edwin Marty, Food Policy Manager at City of Austin and Yaira Robinson, Assistant Director of Environmental Programs at Travis County DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. 4. Discuss the impact of current executive orders and federal funding to Central Texas Food Bank, Board Member Beth Corbett Discuss the recommendation to support Goal 4 of the Austin Travis County Food Plan: Establish and fund a resilient, inclusive, and accessible emergency food provision system that ensures all community members, regardless of cultural background or medical needs, have access to safe, nutritious, and culturally relevant food during disasters and emergencies, Board Member Joi Chevalier 5. Reminder of tasks needed for reappointments. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 6. 7. 8. 9. Discuss and take possible action on appointing a representative and alternate from the Austin Travis County Food Policy Board to serve as a liaison to the Joint Sustainability Committee liaison. Discuss and take possible action on appointing a Chair and Vice Chair to the Austin Travis County Food Policy Board. Report out from the March 26th Joint Sustainability Committee Meeting, Marissa Bell. Review Board Member Assignments. FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Discussion and scheduling …

Item 2. Staff Briefing on Food Plan - April 2025 — original pdf

Austin-Travis County Food Plan ATCFPB April 2025 – Staff Update City of Austin Food Plan Updates Report back to Council in Spring 2025 ● City staff provided a Memo to Council in March 2025 ○ Updates on Strategy progress including defined leadership roles and responsibilities for implementation of the various strategies within the Plan ○ Funding needs in the Fiscal Year 2025-2026 budget for investment in and implementation of the Plan and to identify strategy priorities to be included as part of the next bond package ○ Updates on a Food Plan Dashboard ○ Updates on an Implementation Collaborative Climate,Water, Environment, Parks Committee (Austin City Council) ● City staff provided a summary of the Food Plan Memo to the CWEP Council Committee on April 1st 2025 ○ What is being done to start food production on Public Land ■ We are working on Asset Maps and will share those when complete ■ We are working with Watershed to explore farming on floodplain property and PARD to support development of John Trevino Park ○ What is being done to coordinate work between the City and the County ■ We are working on a contract and will have more info to Council shortly (ILA) ○ What is being done to coordinate inter-departmental work to implement the Food Plan ■ While there is no Department of Food, we are looking to the Climate Implementation Plan structure to explore how a similar structure could be created. Dashboard Preview - Now LIVE Implementation Collaborative ● City and County staff are developing an Interlocal Agreement to support a Food Plan implementation collaborative (Strategy 9.1) ● Staff are scoping and negotiating specifics and hope to have an Interlocal Agreement complete in spring 2025 ● RFP for support of an implementation collaborative will be released in mid-2025 Food Plan Implementation Convening ● May 9th at PDC ● Tentative Agenda: ○ Office of Climate Action & Resilience Updates: Memo & Dashboard, Budget, Food Policy Board Recommendations Implementation Collaborative Request for Proposals Food and Climate and Equity Grants Question & Answers Partner Updates ○ ○ ○ ○ ○ Next Steps: ■ ■ Fall meeting to introduce contractor Dashboard updates Travis County Food Plan Updates Travis County Parks Comprehensive Planning More community engagement opportunities open now - please participate! ● Second round of community engagement started April 12th and ends May 19th ● Public Workshops coming soon: ○ April 29th 12:00-1:00 …