Item 2. Staff Briefing on Food Plan - June 2026 — original pdf

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Austin-Travis County Food Plan ATCFPB June 2026 – Staff Update City of Austin Food Plan Updates City Staff Updates ● City staff sent City Council a Food Plan Update Memo on May 5th 2026 ● City staff have completed the annual update of the Food Plan Dashboard ● Funding from the MUFPP Award will be released via a RFA in fall 2026 ● ACAR is hiring! ○ Food and Climate Program Coordinator position ● Food Plan Implementation Collab (pass to Kelly for Q2 updates)   Action Station Affiliated Goals Identified Quick Win (one clear & specific action the Collaborative could take in 90 days) Green Dot Votes Red Dot Votes Grow Local Food Goals 1 & 2 Access for this network to maps that clearly overlay available viable land for gardening with food access points and other relevant data like mobility routes. Support Food Workers Goal 3 Power map within key Food + Bev sector leaders: identify + design what we want workers to engage with. Focus on food workers + farm workers initially. Goals 4 & 6 Summer food access for families coordinated via children serving organizations (at Summer Meal Program sites - enhance with referrals + additional food resources) Get Food to People – Group 1 Get Food to People – Group 2 Buy + Serve Better Food Goals 4 & 6 Goals 5 & 8 Rescue & Reuse Food Governance & Infrastructure Goal 7 Goal 9 Communication: initial steps for a food access + resource map/hotline: (1) hold a meeting for food access providers to identify who’s missing (2) Shared internal doc: what is your org; what do you offer •Develop a community outreach plan for Central Texas Farm to School Collaborative to bring more stakeholders to the table – do in collaboration with CAC, Network Weavers and Backbone Team •Pilot a Lunchbox Pepper Project to pilot how to produce commitments, between schools and local farmers. Incorporate a public awareness campaign that highlights the initiative and the Farm to School collaborative A convening / mini-summit to create a community of interest, create a network map, and develop a shared comms campaign/language Submit an LOI for funding for the Collaborative to the St. David’s Foundation Catalyzing Community-Led Leadership grant opportunity by 6/11. 14 1 1 10 8 14 6 1 6 19 5 3 2 17 Next Steps Within 30 days Within 60 days Within 90 days • Distribute meeting summary Follow-up survey to sign up for the charter development working group and other Quick Wins work groups Open Slack channels for engagement and participation • Schedule Collaborative meetings for the rest of the year Convene the charter development working group • Host the next Collaborative meeting in September (and quarterly meetings thereafter) Open planning for next spring’s Food Plan Summit SDF Catalyzing Community-Led Change Funding Opportunity (cid:0) Governance & Infrastructure breakout: recommendation to submit a LOI by June 11th (cid:0) Follow-up Grant meeting: recommendation to submit as a fiscally sponsored entity (cid:0) 3 fiscal sponsors potentially interested (Fruitful Commons; Keep Austin Neighborly; Good Work Austin) (cid:0) Invited additional information on their fiscal sponsorship model + practices and organizational health (cid:0) Seeking volunteers to review responses and recommend a match (cid:0) Revising LOI draft to submit by Thursday SIGN UP FOR UPDATES City of Austin 2026 Bond - Next Steps ● Council asked staff to continue developed the ‘Alternative Scenario’; for a 2026 Bond. ● July 23rd, 2026: City Council Meeting – consideration of an ordinance to call for a bond election and set ballot language ● November 3, 2026: Bond election Travis County Food Plan Updates Implementation Updates In July, 2025, the ATCFPB approved a recommendation for a bylaws change to increase the terms of County-appointed members from two to four years. The first step in the process of changing the bylaws in accordance with that recommendation is to have Travis County Commissioners Court approve the change. That item will be considered during voting session on June 23, 2026. Thank You! www.austintexas.gov/food /austinsustainability