Healthy Sustainable Food Systems Initiative — Portland, ME
Date: 2016-01-22

Agenda
 Shaping Portland’s Food System
 Steering Committee
 January 22, 2016
 10:00 – 11:30, City Hall, Room 24


 Welcome and Introductions
 Draft proposal for Portland Food Council – discussion
 Project and Subcommittee updates

 - Policy

 - Food Security

 - Enterprise and Infrastructure

 - Urban Agriculture

 - Institutional Purchasing

 Announcements:

 Updated community garden webpage on City website

 Adjourn - Next Meeting –Shaping Portland’s Food System full committee
 meeting February 26, 10:00 AM; Shaping Portland’s Food System Steering
 committee meeting March 25, 10:00 AM.

Minutes
 Shaping Portland’s Food System
 January 22, 2016
 10:00 – 11:30, City Hall, Room 24


1. Welcome and introductions of meeting attendees:
 In attendance: Christina Gastellum, Maeve Mcinnis, Meghan Quinn, Mary Alice Scott,
 Kate McCarty, Selby Beebe-Lawson, Jeremy Bloom, Olivia Dooley, Sandy Gilbreath,
 Jennifer Rowland, Susan McCloskey, Joe Conroy, Bruce Wood, Susan Nelson, Sara
 Schwartz, Phyllis Reames, Jim Hanna, Tim Fuller, John Naylor, Ben Tettlebaum and
 Stephanie Gagne.


2. Draft proposal for Portland Food Council – discussion
 Ben led the meeting with an overview of the progress that the policy subcommittee
 has achieved in regards to the completion of a survey conducted by intern Olivia
 Dooley. The aim of the survey was to gather information and preliminary
 stakeholder feedback on the structure of a Portland food council. The compiled
 survey data was separated into two categories, and assembled into two documents,
 entitled “Portland Food Council Survey Responses: Structure” and “Portland Food
 Council Survey Responses: Function”. Both documents are available as an appendix
 to this document. Additionally, Ben shared an updated implementation timeline and
 action plan that outlines the steps and stages of how Shaping Portland’s Food
 System will become the Portland Food Council. Bylaws and resolution are slated to
 be completed by the end of February by CLF, a series of community forums are
 slated to take place March-May with the support of the Steering Committee, and the
 goal is to go before City Council in June or July.


 The full draft of Ben’s proposal will be shared with the Steering Committee prior to
 this group’s next meeting on February 26, 2016.


 The group also reviewed the Vision, Function, and Structure document.


3. Project and Subcommittee updates


 Policy – see above
 Food Security – Jim informed the group that the state is implementing an asset limit
 for SNAP recipients. He also gave a brief introduction to Feeding the 5000, an event
 the Cumberland County Food Security Council has been discussing with community
 members.


 Enterprise and Infrastructure – John Naylor reported on his most recent
 conversation with City Manager John Jennings, in which Jennings stated a
 commitment to coordinate services among different city departments to streamline
 things such as the permitting process for new food establishments. John said he will
 continue to be in communication with the city Manager on this process. Jackie
 Potter and Daniel Wallace, who were not in attendance, were working on an
 economic food cluster survey, as reported by Ben. Presently, they are working
 independently and are no longer members of Shaping Portland’s Food System
 Steering committee.


 Urban Agriculture – Jeremy reported that the community garden page on the City’s
 website has been updated. Also a donation was made from TD Bank for 20 trees
 which will be planted in the back lot at PATHS.


 Institutional Purchasing – No one present had an update.

4. Adjourn - Next Meeting –Shaping Portland’s Food System full committee meeting
 February 26, 10:00 AM; Shaping Portland’s Food System Steering committee meeting
 March 25, 10:00 AM.