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Sacramento Hunger Commission: April 2003 Agenda
| Date: |
Tuesday, April 15, 2003 |
| Location: |
Mather Community Campus Dining Hall
3587 Bleckely |
| Time: |
11:30-1:00pm |
| Directions: |
From downtown take Highway 50 east to Mather
Field Road/Rancho Cordova exit and turn right on Mather Field Rd.
Stay in the right lane (after Rockingham the road will split). Then
turn left on Peter McCuen Blvd. (at a traffic signal). At the first
stop sign, Bleckely, turn right. Turn in at the first entrance on
your left; the one-story dining hall will be on your right. Plenty
of parking. |
| You may bring a brown-bag lunch or
buy lunch for $3 in the Mather dining hall. If you prefer to buy lunch,
please come at 11:15 so you will have time to get it before the meeting
starts at 11:30. |
Agenda
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11:30-11:35
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- Welcome and introductions
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11:35-11:40
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11:40-11:50
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- Commissioner and staff brief reports/announcements/idea
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11:50-12:20
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- Policy update
- State level - What is happening with AB 231 (Food Stamps)
and
SB 43 (tax check-off to support food banks)?; state budget
update;
Hunger Action Day
- Local level I - Action Item: SETA Community Services Block
Grant May hearing - discussion and approval in concept of
Hunger Commission testimony
- Local level II -- Update on proposed budget cuts at local
level and implications for programs and services related to
food security; direct implications for Hunger Commission
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12:20-12:55
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- Panel on Sacramento Community and School Gardens - What has
happened in the last year? What are the current issues, challenges,
and opportunities?
- Speakers:
- Bill Maynard, founder of the Sacramento Area Community Garden
Coalition (SACGC)
- Danielle Blacet, Government Affairs Analyst, Western Growers
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12:55-1:00
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- Meeting evaluation (Plus/Delta)
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