AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD.
Austin City Code § 2-1-170
in effect§ 2-1-170 - AUSTIN-TRAVIS COUNTY FOOD POLICY BOARD.
(A) The Austin-Travis County Food Policy Board is composed of 13 members. The Board may include representatives from the retail food industry, consumer interest groups, the health care and wellness community, the emergency food program community, the local agriculture industry, soil and compost producers, the food or nutrition education field, the non-profit food organization community, the for-profit food industry, and the food manufacturing industry. Board members need not be city residents.
(1) The City Council shall appoint seven members nominated by the mayor.
(2) The Travis County Commissioners Court shall appoint six members.
(B) The Board shall serve as an advisory body to the City Council and Travis County Commissioner's Court concerning the need to improve the availability of safe, nutritious, locally, and sustainably-grown food at reasonable prices for all residents, particularly those in need, by coordinating the relevant activities of city government, as well as non-profit organizations, and food and farming businesses.
(C) The Board shall:
(1) monitor the availability, price and quality of food throughout the Austin and Travis County area;
(2) collect data on the food security (i.e., access to an affordable, diversified local food supply) and the nutritional status of city residents;
(3) inform city and county policy makers, administrators, and the public-at-large about the status of the region's food system and food security;
(4) monitor and analyze the administration of city and county food and nutrition programs;
(5) explore new means for the city and county to improve the local food economy, the availability, sustainability, accessibility, and quality of food and our environment, and assist city and county departments in the coordination of their efforts;
(6) review availability and recommend measures to promote the preservation of agricultural land in the City of Austin and Travis County;
(7) and recommend to the city and county adoption of measures that will improve existing local food production and add new programs, incentives, projects, regulations, or services.
(D) If only a quorum of the Austin-Travis County Food Policy Board is present at a meeting, a board action is adopted by an affirmative vote of two thirds of the quorum. If more than a quorum is present at a meeting, a board action must be adopted by an affirmative vote of the number of members necessary to provide a quorum.
Source: Ord. 20081120-058; Ord. 20101209-003; Ord. No. 20141211-204, Pt. 21, 7-1-15; Ord. No. 20160303-032, Pt. 1, 3-14-16.
Source: City of Austin, City Code and City Charter (Municode Library, library.municode.com)URL: https://library.municode.com/tx/austin/codes/code_of_ordinances?nodeId=TIT2AD_CH2-1CIBO_ART2BO_S2-1-170AUAVCOFOPOBOFetched: 10/27/2026