ATCFPB Approved Meeting Minutes - January 13, 2025 — original pdf

Approved Minutes

MEETING MINUTES January 13, 2025 Austin/Travis County Food Policy Board The Austin/Travis County Food Policy Board (ATCFPB) convened on Monday, January 13, at the City of Austin Permitting and Development Center, 6310 Wilhelmina Delco Dr, Room 1406, Austin, TX 78752. Board Members in Attendance: Andrea Abel, Lisa Barden, Marissa Bell, Joi Chevalier, Beth Corbett, Larry Franklin, Hilda Gutierrez, Kacey Hanson, Natalie Poulos, Matt Simon, Andy Smith Board Members Absent: Mark Bethell Staff in Attendance: Edwin Marty (City of Austin), Amanda Rohlich (City of Austin), Angela Baucom (City of Austin), Yaira Robinson (Travis County) CALL TO ORDER Chair Joi Chevalier called the meeting to order at 6:04 p.m. PUBLIC COMMUNICATION None APPROVAL OF MINUTES 1. Board Member Kacey Hanson motioned to approve the meeting minutes from the Regular Meeting on December 9, 2024, with Board Member Hilda Gutierrez, seconding the motion. Minutes passed on an 11-0 vote. 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 (see back-up materials for presentation). STAFF BRIEFING DISCUSSION ITEMS 3. Presentation from Drew De Los Santos, Executive Director at Austin Cooperative Business Association on the Del Valle Food Co-op (see back-up materials for presentation). Natalie Poulos stepped off the dias at 6:57 pm 4. Discuss the draft recommendation to support Goal 1, Strategy 1.12 of the Austin Travis County Food Plan: Fully fund City and County park plans that include strategies to support community agriculture (such as the Vision Plan at John Trevino Jr. Metropolitan Park) and include support for staff to implement community agriculture programs in these locations and distribute food grown to surrounding communities. Board Member Andrea Abel and Board Member Lisa Barden. a. Suggestion to add in the Austin-Travis County Food Plan strategy number, reference the specific strategy from the Austin Climate Equity Plan, and change language to a more specific dollar amount request or remove the language of “fully” funding. b. Suggestion to also include “medically relevant”. c. Suggestion to reference state code that makes this recommendation relevant. 5. Discuss draft recommendation(s) to support Goal 1 of the Austin Travis County Food Plan: Expand community food production, preserve agricultural lands, and increase the amount of farmland dedicated to regenerative food production long-term in Austin/Travis County, Board Member Marissa Bell (land acquisition) and Board Member Matt Simon (regenerative agriculture). a. Farmland Acquisition and Preservation – City Recommendation: Suggestion to update language to say “general funds” in place of “general obligation bonds”. b. Farmland Acquisition and Preservation – County Recommendation. Suggestion to update language with County’s “resolution of support” rather than adoption. c. Regenerative Agriculture – City Recommendation 6. Discuss draft recommendation(s) 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 a. Suggestion to simplify, make more general and less prescriptive. b. Suggestion to reference HSEM and previous relevant recommendations. c. Separate out into City and County recommendations. Larry Franklin left the dias at 7:51 pm 7. Discuss draft recommendation(s) to support Goal 5 of the Austin Travis County Food Plan: Create more resilient and sustainable local supply chains by adopting values aligned distribution and purchasing frameworks and increasing the percentage of institutional menus sourced locally, Board Member Marissa Bell a. Suggestion to soften language that City will play a supporting role instead of leading. b. Suggestion to bring clarity to institutional supply chain asset mapping and will supplement other asset mapping. 8. Discuss the draft recommendation(s) to support Goal 6 of the Austin Travis County Food Plan: Expand access to nutritious and culturally relevant food in food distribution programs and food retail locations for residents of Austin/Travis County experiencing food insecurity or facing barriers to food access (proximity, mobility, income, and availability) with priority investment in areas of experiencing high rates of food insecurity, Board Member Mark Bethell a. Suggestion to pare this recommendation down to high level bullet points 9. Report out from the December 18th Joint Sustainability Committee Meeting, Marissa Bell – no discussion. 10. Discuss Board Member appointments and reappointments 11. Review Board Member Assignments a. Andrea Abel will follow up with Drew De Los Santos regarding questions about the Del Valle Co-operative. b. All board members will continue to refine recommendations to bring final versions for voting to the February full board meeting. c. All board members to review item 8 and send suggestions directly to Mark Bethell. DISCUSSION AND ACTION ITEMS 12. Discuss and take action on an amendment to the Board’s 2025 meeting schedule adjusting the July meeting from July 7th to July 14th. Board Member Kacey Hanson moved to remove the July meeting from the calendar. Andy Smith seconded the motion. Friendly amendment to change the July meeting to July 14th. 8-1-0 with Kacey Hanson opposing FUTURE AGENDA ITEMS Discussion and scheduling of future agenda items 13. PARD to present on John Trevino Metro Park Master Plan 14. Presentation on the Bond Task Force (possibly JC Dwyer) 15. HSEM to present on Mass Care Branch work and how they are integrating the Disaster Food and Water Appendix ADJOURNMENT Chair Joi Chevalier adjourned the meeting at 8:24 pm. Minutes were approved at the February 10, 2025 full board meeting on Board Member Andrea Abel’s motion with Board Member Marissa Bell seconding. Minutes passed on a 11-0 vote.