Drafter
Clerk 07/24/2008
Title
AN ORDINANCE establishing a King County regional food policy council; and adding a new chapter to K.C.C. Title 2.
Body
BE IT ORDAINED BY THE COUNCIL OF KING COUNTY:
SECTION 1. Sections 2 through 6 and 8 of this ordinance should constitute a new chapter in K.C.C. Title 2.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 2. The King County regional food policy council is hereby established.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 3. The mission of the regional food policy council is to undertake activities and make recommendations to King County on policies, programs or operations to strengthen the local food system. The goal of these activities and recommendations is to improve public health, reduce impacts on the environment, support vulnerable communities, strengthen the regional economy, protect and sustain agricultural lands and increase the region's food security and emergency preparedness. As no single jurisdiction has sole authority over the local food system, the regional food policy council is encouraged to collaborate with cities, towns and other public and private organizations in King County who impact or are impacted by the local food system.
NEW SECTION. SECTION 4. The definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter unless the context clearly requires otherwise.
A. "Ancillary food policy sectors" means:
1. Food and community gardening, such as individual gardeners, staff or agency personnel who support community gardening programs such as those in cities and schools;
2. Labor, such as union representatives, labor advocates or others who address labor in a food system context;
3. Emergency preparedness, such as emergency preparedness planners with expertise in food access and food resources;
4. Planning and land use, such as environmental organizations, urban planners and other land use professionals or experts;
5. Transportation, such as transportation planners, advocacy organizations or other professio...

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