Explanation
BACKGROUND: In November 2012, City Council was approached about developing regulations for food trucks and other mobile food vendors. On April 7, 2014 City Council passed ordinance 0773-2014 to amend Chapter 573 to establish comprehensive regulations for the operation of mobile food vendors on private property and in the public right of way. Section 573.16 of the new Chapter 573 created a Mobile Food Vending Advisory Board consisting of representatives from the City, from the community and from the mobile food vending industry. This resolution appoints the fifteen (15) members of the Mobile Food Vending Advisory Board, for a term to expire on December 31, 2014. In 2015, the members will either be appointed by the Mayor or, in the case of the industry members, elected by their fellow licensees.
The board positions and the individuals being appointed to those positions are listed below. Many of the individuals being appointed were part of the mobile food vending stakeholder process.
City representatives:
- A representative from the department of public safety: Ramona Patts, Administrator, Support Services Division
- A representative from the department of public service: Randall Bowman, Administrator, Division of Mobility Options
- A representative from city council: Gretchen D. James, Legislative Analyst to Councilmember Zachary Klein
Community representatives:
- A representative from the Columbus tourism industry:
o Kari Kauffman, Director, Tourism, Experience Columbus
- Two (2) representatives from the Columbus community that are not otherwise represented on the Mobile Food Vending Advisory Board:
o James Ellison, former ECDI Food Fort Coordinator, food writer
o Rick Harrison Wolfe, Executive Director of the North Market
- A representative from a business association, special improvement district, area commission or other similar organization serving congested areas north of 670 in the city of Columbus:
o Dana Bagwell, Clintonville Area Commiss...
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