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[Mobile Food Vendor License & Permit Town Hall on June 10, 2026.]
YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.WE, LIKE I SAID EARLIER, UM, THIS, THIS ROOM IS COMPLETELY FULL.
AND THEN WE HAVE AN OVERFLOW ROOM DOWNSTAIRS.
DO YOU WANNA GET THE SOUND ONE MORE TIME, WILLIAM? OR GOOD, SORRY.
I'M NOT SURE WHAT'S CAUSING THIS.
THERE IT GOES AS THE KEYBOARD MAYBE.
THERE ARE TIMES A CHARM, RIGHT? AS I SAY, UH, MY NAME IS TODD MES.
I'M A PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER HERE, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AND, UM, THAT SEEMS TO TAKE CARE OF IT, RIGHT? UH, I'M TOM MURS.
I'M A A PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAM MANAGER HERE WITH AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
AND, UM, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR COMING TODAY.
AS I MENTIONED, UH, THIS ENTIRE ROOM IS FULL AND, UM, DOWNSTAIRS THERE'S AN OVERFLOW ROOM, WHICH HAS JUST ABOUT AS MANY PEOPLE.
YOU GET ALL THIS EQUIPMENT IN HERE AND IT CHANGES THINGS A LITTLE BIT.
SO, UM, THIS IS NORMALLY THE ROOM WE HAVE OUR, OUR, UH, STAFF MEETINGS IN AND THINGS AS WELL.
IT'S A REALLY BEAUTIFUL ROOM SET UP, REALLY NICE FOR US.
AND THEN, UH, DOWNSTAIRS IS ANOTHER, UH, NICE OVERFLOW ROOM.
SO I'LL ASK, UH, THEY'RE NOT GONNA BE OUT HERE DOWNSTAIRS WITHOUT A MIC, UNLESS THIS MIC'S PICKING UP.
CAN KEN DOWNSTAIRS HEAR THEN AS WELL? THAT'S OKAY.
WHO CAN, CAN EVERYBODY HEAR ME, ERIC? GREAT.
I WILL, I'LL TALK LIKE THIS, UM, DURING OUR MEETING AND, UM, EVERYBODY ELSE THAT FOLLOWS WILL ALSO PICK UP.
YOU GOOD? ALRIGHT, WELL, THANK YOU.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING OUR TOWN HALL MEETING REGARDING THE IMPLEMENTATION OF HOUSE BILL 28 44 IN THE AUSTIN TRAVIS COUNTY AREA.
UH, ALL VERBAL COMMUNICATION WILL BE SIMULTANEOUSLY TRANSLATED INTO SPANISH.
SO IF YOU ARE SPEAKING TODAY, EVERYONE THAT IS PRESENTERS, AND IF LATER ON AT THE END OF THE PRESENTATION YOU HAVE QUESTIONS SPEAK, UH, NOT SUPER SLOW, BUT SLOWLY ENOUGH, THE INTERPRETER CAN PICK UP WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AND THEN TRANSLATE THAT INTO ENGLISH OR INTO SPANISH.
SO WHAT IS OUR AGENDA TODAY? WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE PURPOSE OF THIS MEETING.
WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT THE BRIEF OVERVIEW OF HOUSE BILL 28 44, AND THE JULY 1ST, 2026 TRANSFER OF LICENSING AND PERMITTING AUTHORITY TO THE STATE OF TEXAS, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
AND FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS, I'M JUST GONNA SAY THE STATE, THAT'S A LOT TO SAY IN ONE, ONE LINE.
UM, WE'RE GONNA TALK ABOUT HOW IMPLEMENTATION WILL WORK LOCALLY AND HOW THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND ALL OF OUR DEPARTMENTS WILL SUPPORT THIS VARIATION OF PERMITTING.
UM, THE ORDER MEETING WILL GO LIKE THIS.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE, UM, SHARE SOME BRIEF INFORMATION FROM THE STATE ABOUT THEIR ROADMAP, ROADMAP TO GET A MOBILE FOOD VENDING PERMIT AND HOW TO DO THAT.
THEN NEXT WE'RE GONNA HEAR FROM THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND HOW THESE DEPARTMENTS, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND AUSTIN FIRE, AND, UM, HOW THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT THIS VARIATION OF PERMITTING.
AND THEN ALSO AT THE VERY END, WILL BE A TIME FOR QUESTION AND ANSWER.
SO PLEASE HOLD YOUR QUESTIONS TILL THE VERY END AND WE'LL MAKE THAT KNOWN AND, UM, AND GO FORWARD FROM THAT.
WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT SOME HISTORY.
SO, 35, 40 YEARS, WE REALLY CAN'T PUT A, ANY, A CLEAR FINGER ON WHEN THE EXACT DATE IS, WHEN AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH STARTED, UH, LICENSING
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AND PRETTY MOBILE FOOD, UH, VENDOR UNITS.UM, BUT, UH, HOUSE BILL 28 44, IT'S, IT'S CHANGING THAT, UH, IT TRANSFERS AUTHORITY FROM LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS IN TEXAS AND GIVES IT TO THE STATE.
AND THAT BEGINS HERE SHORTLY, JULY 1ST, 2026.
SO I WANNA WARN EVERYBODY, AND NOT SO MUCH WARN, BUT GETS A LITTLE, JUST REMEMBER, IF EVERYBODY COULD HAVE PATIENCE, THERE IS ANOTHER COOK IN THE KITCHEN NOW.
AND SO THE PROCESS TO OBTAIN A MOBILE FOOD VENDING PERMIT MIGHT TAKE A LITTLE LONGER, BUT I TELL YOU, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IS COMMITTED TO MAKING SURE THAT WE WORK CLOSELY WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES SO YOU CAN GET YOUR PERMIT SO YOU CAN SUPPORT THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL OF THE WORLD AND ALL THE EVENTS THAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS GREAT CITY AND COUNTY.
I'M TALKING JENNIFER, TELL ME THAT THE LIGHTS THAT YOU CANNOT HEAR ANYTHING WE'RE, UH, COME WITH A TECHNICAL DIFFICULTY FOR ANYBODY WATCHING ONLINE.
QUICK, QUICK, GREAT TEAM RESOLVED THAT, THAT, UH, SO TO REPEAT, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES WILL HANDLE ALL MOBILE FOOD VENDING LICENSING AND PERMITTING IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.
YOU MUST HAVE A TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES LICENSE TO OPERATE, UM, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES BEGAN ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS ONLINE.
JUST THIS MONTH THEY JUST STARTED THAT THEY LAUNCHED EVERYTHING LAST WEEK.
AND SO YOU CAN GO, UH, ACCESS THAT APPLICATION BY THEIR ONLINE LICENSING SERVICES IF EVERYONE WANTS TO TAKE THEIR PHONE OUT RIGHT NOW, AND YOU CAN SCAN THAT QR CODE AND YOU CAN SAVE IT FOR LATER.
AND IF YOU DON'T HAVE A CHANCE TO DO IT NOW, UM, I'M GONNA HAVE TO SLIDE UP A COUPLE MORE TIMES DURING THIS PRESENTATION.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT HOW THEY GET THAT PERMIT WITH THE STATE.
UM, HERE'S SOME KEY APPLICATION STEPS.
FIRST, YOU WANT TO GATHER ALL YOUR PAYMENT INFORMATION, A LICENSE OF YOUR CURRENT LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMIT, THINGS LIKE THAT TO UPLOAD.
SO ALL YOUR DOCUMENTS, YOU WANNA PUT THEM IN SOME SORT OF, UM, FILE PDF FILE THAT YOU CAN UPLOAD FOR LATER.
'CAUSE IN THE STATE'S WEBSITE WILL KIND OF GO THROUGH THAT.
AND I'LL GO THROUGH SOME OF THOSE EXAMPLES IN HERE JUST A MINUTE.
UM, BUT THERE ARE TWO APPLICANT CATEGORIES.
THERE'S, THERE'S CATEGORY ONE, AND THAT'S FOR FOLKS THAT ALREADY HAVE A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT LICENSE WHO ALREADY HAS A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT LICENSE IN HERE.
SO MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN HERE, YOU'RE GONNA BE CATEGORY ONE.
AND SO WITH YOU HAVING A CA UH, A LICENSE ALREADY WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, YOU MAY CONTINUE OPERATING BEGINNING JULY 1ST.
IF EVERYBODY SAY, IF, IF, ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.
IF, IF YOU GO TO THE STATE WEBSITE THAT WAS POSTED EARLIER, YOU, UH, SUBMIT YOUR APPLICATION, YOU PAY THE FEES THAT ARE ASSOCIATED WITH THAT, AND THEN YOU'RE GONNA PRINT AND KEEP THAT PHYSICAL COPY OF THAT APPLICATION WITH YOU AND THE PAYMENT RECEIPT AND YOU'RE GONNA KEEP THAT ON YOUR MOBILE AND THAT'S GONNA BE YOUR LICENSE TO OPERATE BEGINNING JULY 1ST.
SO, PRETTY SIMPLE AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
FOR THE OTHER CATEGORY, CATEGORY TWO, THIS WOULD BE FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO HAVE A MOBILE WHO IS A NEW, WHO WANTS TO HAVE A MOBILE THAT DOESN'T HAVE ONE.
FIVE OR SIX FOLKS HERE, THAT'S GREAT.
AND I'M SURE THERE'S SOME DOWN IN THE OVERFLOW ROOM AS WELL.
FOR THOSE THAT DON'T HAVE A LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT LICENSE FROM A, UH, LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN TEXAS, YOU CANNOT OPERATE UNTIL A PRE-LICENSING INSPECTION IS DONE.
SO THAT'S A BIG DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE TWO FOR BOTH CATEGORIES.
ONCE THE PRE-LICENSING INSPECTION IS COMPLETED SUCCESSFULLY, THE STATE WILL ISSUE THE MOBILE FOOD VENDING LICENSE FOR THAT APPLICABLE VEHICLE.
AND THAT LICENSE WILL EXPIRE ONE YEAR FROM THAT PRE-LICENSING INSPECTION.
SO IT DOESN'T EXPIRE FROM THE DAY THAT YOU DO YOUR APPLICATION.
IT EXPIRES FROM THE DAY FROM WHEN YOU'RE UP, FROM THE DATE OF YOUR PASSING, YOUR PRE-LICENSING INSPECTION.
WE'LL TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE INSERT.
WE'RE, I'M SORRY, WE'RE GONNA TAKE QUESTIONS AT THE END.
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AND HERE'S THAT, UM, LOGO.I SAID THAT POST AGAIN AND, UH, REALLY IT JUST SAYS, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FROM THIS POINT OUT, UH, YOU NEED TO CALL THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES AND NOT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH BECAUSE THEY ARE THE AUTHORITY.
I KNOW IT'S BEEN THE SAME FOR A LONG TIME.
35, 40 YEARS WE'VE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER VERY CLOSELY.
AND, UM, SO PLEASE REACH OUT TO THEM.
THAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THE INFORMATION.
UM, THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY HAVE REALLY BEEN WORKING HARD TO ROLL THIS OUT.
THEY WENT FROM 18,000, OR EXCUSE ME, 1800 ALMOST TO MAN OVER 20,000.
SO THAT'S A BIG JUMP OF WHAT THEY'RE TRYING TO GET THEIR, THEIR PROCESSES AROUND.
SO LET'S TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE CITY OF AUSTIN ROLES HERE.
SO WE HAVE ANOTHER NUMBER OF FOLKS HERE.
I SEE PARTNERS THAT I WORK WITH, UH, DAY IN, DAY OUT, WEEKEND, WEEK OUT, AND THEN, UM, REAL CLOSELY THAT HAVE COME TODAY AS WELL.
AND I THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.
SO WE'LL TALK A LITTLE ABOUT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AND WHAT WE'RE, HOW WE'RE DOING.
WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO IS SUPPORT THIS VARIATION OF PERMITTING.
SO AS I MENTIONED EARLIER, UH, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS HANDLED LICENSING, PERMITTING, UH, AUTHORITY FOR MOBILE FOR AT LEAST 35 TO 40 YEARS.
AND THEN ABOUT 16 YEARS AGO, AUSTIN FIRE AND TRAVIS COUNTY JOINED THE PROCESS TO COMBINE WITH US TO HAVE A ONE STOP SHOP EXPERIENCE FOR THE MOBILE FOOD VENDOR.
YOU COULD COME THROUGH, YOU WOULD LICENSE, YOU WOULD GET YOUR PERMITTING AND YOUR SCHEDULING ALL HANDLED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
WE WOULD SEND THE SCHEDULE OUT TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND THEN, UH, WE WOULD ALL COORDINATE WITH THE VENDOR, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO GET ALL THAT DONE WITH ONE STOP.
AND, UM, THAT WAS A GREAT TEMPLATE.
AND, UM, BUT WHAT COULD WE DO AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH TO SUPPORT THAT? WELL, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH HAS SIGNED AN INTERLOCAL AGREEMENT WITH THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES TO PROVIDE MOBILE FOOD VENDOR INSPECTION SERVICES FOR AN INITIAL 13 MONTH TERM, BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026.
SO THIS IS HOW TO PLAN FOR THOSE INSPECTIONS AFTER THIS TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES PROCESSES.
YOUR APPLICATION, THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES, WILL SEND YOU A LETTER TO SCHEDULE THAT PRE-LICENSING INSPECTION ONCE YOU RECEIVE THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF THE STATE HEALTH SERVICES LETTER, CONTACT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH AT 5 1 2 9 7 8 0 3 0 0.
AND THAT NUMBER IS ON THE SCREEN IN FRONT OF YOU THERE.
I'VE ALSO PLACED THINGS IN CASE YOU RUN IT INTO TROUBLE WITH DOCUMENTS YOU MIGHT NEED LATER.
I PUT THE PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUEST.
THAT'S NOT OUR DEPARTMENT, THAT'S A CITY DEPARTMENT, BUT THAT'S THE WAY WE HAVE TO THE PROCESS.
WE HAVE TO GO TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO YOU FOLKS AS FAR AS THAT GOES IS ALSO GO, YOU CAN ALSO JUST GO ON THE WEB AND LOOK UP PUBLIC INFORMATION REQUESTS AND IT'LL POP UP ON YOUR, ON YOUR BROWSER AS WELL.
SO LET'S TALK ABOUT, HERE ARE SOME OF THE SCHEDULING EXPECTATIONS REGARDING THESE.
SO FOR CATEGORY ONE, REMEMBER WHAT'S CATEGORY ONE? YOU ALL HAVE A, THOSE ARE THE FOLKS THAT ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE, WHAT? THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, RIGHT? THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT.
THESE WILL BE SCHEDULED ON A FIRST COME FIRSTER BASIS.
GENERALLY ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS, JUST LIKE WE'VE ALWAYS CONDUCTED OUT HERE IN OUR PARKING LOT.
WE, WE ARE STILL, UM, WE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
WE'RE AT THIS POINT, WE'RE, WE'RE NOT SURE HOW THIS LAUNCH WILL GO BEGINNING JULY 1ST.
WE DON'T KNOW IF WE'RE GONNA HAVE A THOUSAND IN OUR QUEUE TO DO OR ONE.
IT'LL REALLY DEPEND ON THE, ON THE PROCESS WITH THE STATE.
REMEMBER, THERE'S ANOTHER COOK IN THE KITCHEN, SO THIS IS, THIS CYCLE TAKES A LITTLE LONGER, BUT I'M SURE ONCE IT GETS UP AND GOING, IT'LL, IT'LL MOVE, UH, QUICKLY.
HOW ABOUT CATEGORY TWO? THAT'S FOR THOSE FOLKS THAT WANT TO GET LIKE YOURSELF, THAT WANT TO GET A, WANNA GET A MOBILE FOOD VENDING PERMIT.
WELL, YOU'LL, UM, THOSE WILL BE SCHEDULED WITHIN 14 DAYS OF YOUR, UM, YOUR SUBMISSION AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
YES, 14 DAYS AND LIKELY ON TUESDAYS AND THURSDAYS AS WELL.
WHY THE DIFFERENCE, WHY THERE'S A DIFFERENCE THERE? WELL, WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED LIVE, LIVE MUSIC IN AUSTIN.
WE HAVE THIS THING CALLED, UM, YOU KNOW, BEING, ALLOWING BUSINESS TO OPERATE AND MAKE MONEY.
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CATEGORY ONE CAN BEGIN MAKING MONEY DAY ONE JUST BY FILLING OUT THE APPLICATION AND SUBMITTING THE FEES AND HANGING ONTO THAT, THAT PERMIT APPLICATION AND THOSE FEES AS WELL, AND KEEP IT ON THEIR MOBILE.CATEGORY TWO, CAN'T DO ANYTHING.
THEY'RE NOT ALLOWED TO OPERATE UNTIL THEY HAVE THAT INSPECTION.
SO WE'RE REALLY EXPEDITING THAT AS FAST AS AS WE CAN.
SO YOURS WILL BE DONE WITHIN 14 DAYS AT LEAST.
AND, UM, AND SO THAT'S KEEPING THINGS MOVING AND IT'S GONNA BE QUITE A TURNAROUND, UH, FOR SOME OF THE EVENTS THAT COME IN FOR ACL SOUTH BY AND STUFF THAT COME IN FROM OUT OF THE STATE.
WE'RE GONNA WORK CLOSELY WITH THE STATE.
I'M NOT SAYING IT'S GONNA BE SLOW, BUT WE'RE GONNA WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THEM TO TRY TO STREAMLINE THESE PROCESSES AND GET THESE HAMMERED DOWN BEFORE ACL HOPEFULLY.
AND, UM, AND GET THOSE UP AND GOING.
SO HERE ARE SOME PRACTICAL TIPS, UM, FOR YOU FOR APPLYING.
I MENTIONED THIS BOARD, BUT TAKE A CLEAR PHOTO OF YOUR EXISTING LOCAL PERMIT.
THAT'S THE PERMIT THAT'S ON YOUR VEHICLE.
THE STICKER THAT WE HAVE HERE IN AUSTIN.
THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.
AND THEN ALL THOSE OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT I MENTIONED EARLIER, HAVE THEM READY TO UPLOAD.
ALSO THAT INSPECTION, ANY PAST INSPECTIONS YOU'VE HAD, UPLOAD SOME OF THOSE AND, YOU KNOW, LABEL AN INSPECTION, PAST INSPECTION, HAVE ALL THOSE READY, HAVE THAT PAYMENT READY TO GO.
AND THE REASON I'M SAYING WHY THIS, WHEN YOU GO, WE HAD ONE EXPERIENCE WHERE IF YOU LEAVE YOUR COMPUTER AND YOU HAVE THE APPLICATION UP AND YOU LEAVE AFTER A SE PERIOD OF TIME, IT, IT MAKES YOU GO BACK TO THE BEGINNING AGAIN.
SO THAT'S WHY I'M TRYING TO HELP YOU OUT, HAVE EVERYTHING READY.
SO IT'S NOT FRUSTRATING FOR YOU.
I WANT YOU TO BE, UM, IN A GOOD MOOD AND HAPPY AND, AND MAKE IT BE AS SEAMLESS AS POSSIBLE FOR YOU TO HAVE ALL THIS STUFF READY BEFORE YOU DO THAT.
UM, WHAT ELSE ARE SOME THINGS THAT YOU CAN MENTION AS FAR AS THAT GOES? UM, AGAIN, HAVE YOUR PAYMENT READY, PRINT AND KEEP YOUR APPLICATION SUMMARY AND PAYMENT RECEIPT ON THE VEHICLE WHILE OPERATING.
CAN'T STRESS IT ENOUGH THAT YOU HAVE THAT IF YOU'RE, YOU DON'T HAVE THAT INFORMATION ON THE VEHICLE WHEN YOU'RE OPERATING AFTER JULY 1ST, YOU DON'T HAVE A PERMIT IF YOU HAVEN'T HAD THAT PRE-LICENSE YET.
YOU HAVE A PHYSICAL LICENSE YET THE ONLY THING YOU HAVE IS THAT APPLICATION AND PAYMENT RECEIPT.
SO HERE'S THE, UM, HERE'S THAT SLIDE AGAIN.
SO LET'S, LET'S SUMMARIZE SOME OF THE, WHAT WE TALKED ABOUT.
HOUSE BILL 28 44 MOVES ALL LICENSING AND PERMANENT AUTHORITY FROM LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS TO THE STATE.
BEGINNING JULY 1ST, 2026, AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH WILL PROVIDE INSPECTION SERVICES UNDER AN INTERLOCAL GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT FOR AT LEAST THE INITIAL 13 MONTHS TO SUPPORT THIS TRANSITION.
AND THEN HERE'S SOME ACTION ITEMS FOR YOU.
APPLY TO THE DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES NOW HAVE YOUR PAYMENT AND PROOF OF LOCAL PERMITS.
READY, CONTACT, AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH AFTER YOU RECEIVE YOUR LETTER, YOUR SCHEDULING LETTER AND THOSE, THAT'S THE BEST THING WE CAN REALLY PROVIDE WITH THESE TYPES OF TIPS AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
SO AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR COMING AGAIN AND, UM, WE'RE GONNA CONTINUE WITH THE REST OF THE PRESENTATIONS AND THEN THE Q AND R.
SO WHAT WE'RE GONNA DO, WE'RE GONNA, UM, TRANSITION.
WE HAVE CHIEF DE LA REZA HERE ALSO AS CAPTAIN SANTIAGO IS HERE AS WELL.
UM, THEY'RE GONNA COME AND PRESENT SOME INFORMATION HOW THEY'RE GONNA SUPPORT THIS VARIATION OF PERMITTING.
I'M, UH, ANDRE ESA WITH THE AUSTIN FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I'M ASSISTANT CHIEF OVER THIS.
I WANNA START OFF WITH A THANK, UH, A GREAT THANKS TO A PH TODD FOR INVITING US OVER HERE TO HELP Y'ALL.
WE HAVE HAD 16 YEARS OF WORKING TOGETHER AS A CITY AND AS A COUNTY TO PROVIDE FOR YOU ALL.
YOU ALL SUPPORT THE COMMUNITY THAT WE WORK, JUST LIKE WE SUPPORT IT AND WE APPRECIATE YOU AND WE RESPECT HOW IMPORTANT THE SERVICES Y'ALL PROVIDE TO THAT AND THE FOOD.
HONESTLY, I'M A FOODIE, SO I LIKE IT.
SO I THANK Y'ALL FOR WHAT Y'ALL DO.
WHEN WE FIRST STARTED, IT WASN'T SMOOTH, BUT IT HAS GOTTEN VERY SMOOTH WHERE WE WERE AT A SINGLE POINT OF CONTACT AND IT WAS AN EASIER EXPERIENCE AS ANY GOVERNMENTAL PROCESS CAN BE FOR THAT, AS PART OF THE GOVERNMENT, THINGS DO CHANGE SOMETIMES.
SO RIGHT NOW WE HAD A CHANGE FORCED UPON US BY THIS HOUSE BILL.
SO AS YOU HEARD FROM TODD, THERE WILL BE CHANGES FOR THE EXISTING PROCESS FROM THE PUBLIC HEALTH SIDE OF IT.
JUST FOLLOW ALL THE ADVICE THEY WILL BE, THAT'LL HELP.
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WILL CONTINUE.IF YOU OPERATE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, YOU NEED AN AUSTIN FIRE INSPECTION.
IF YOU HIT THOSE CALIBERS, CAPTAIN SANTIAGO IS GONNA COME UP HERE AND HE IS GONNA TELL YOU THE DETAILS OF WHEN YOU NEED THAT IMMEDIATELY.
THERE'S TWO REALLY STRONG CAVEATS FOR IF YOUR BUSINESS USES THESE THINGS, YOU'LL NEED THAT INSPECTION.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO WORK AS WE CAN WITH THAT.
BUT BECAUSE OF THIS STATE, UH, STATE PROCESS AND HOUSE BILL THAT CAME OUT, YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO REACH OUT TO TWO PEOPLE.
YOU GOTTA REACH OUT TO THE STATE AND THEN YOU HAVE TO WORK, REACH OUT TO THE FIRE.
AND THEN IF YOU'RE WORKING TO OPERATE IN THE COUNTY, YOU GOTTA READ OUT TO THE TRAVIS, UH, COUNTY FIRE MARSHALS.
WE ARE CONTINUING TO WORK AND SEE IF WE CAN GET MORE AGREEMENTS TO TRY TO BRING IT BACK TO AS LITTLE PIECES AS POSSIBLE.
WE'RE GONNA TELL YOU WHEN AND HOW TO DO IT, BUT I ENCOURAGE YOU ASK QUESTIONS EARLY.
DON'T WAIT TILL YOUR INSPECTION'S EXPIRING TO GET THERE.
THIS IS THE TIME TO GET UP THERE.
THE LEAST LAST THING WE WANT IS SOMEONE OPERATING WITHOUT A LICENSE OR BEING IN SOMETHING UNSAFE.
OUR ULTIMATE GOAL IS FOR YOU AND YOUR WORKERS TO BE SAFE.
AND FOR THE PEOPLE WHO ARE PURCHASING FROM FOOD FROM Y'ALL TO BE SAFE, THAT'S GONNA BE BETTER FOR EVERYONE.
IT'S GONNA ALLOW US TO CONTINUE TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY THAT WE GO.
CAPTAIN SANTIAGO, WHO NEEDS TO TAKE, UH, NEEDS TO CONTACT THE AUSTIN FIRE.
AND WE DID PROVIDE HANDOUTS OUT TO THE PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM.
CHRISTIAN, DID WE GET THOSE TO THE DOWNFLOW OVERFLOW ROOM? YEAH.
WE GOT A GREAT TEAM BACK HERE, SO WE'LL BE ABLE TO HELP WITH THE, UH, QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS.
SO, SO THE MAIN CHANGE THAT WE HAVE, OKAY, SO THE MAIN CHANGE THAT WE HAVE IS WE USED TO PROCESS YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH, UH, THROUGH A PH.
NOW THAT THE STATE'S TAKEN OVER, WE HAVE TO RECEIVE A PAYMENT THROUGH OUR PORTAL.
SO THE NUMBER ONE THING THAT YOU GUYS NEED TO DO IS TO MAKE SURE YOU GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND ACTUALLY, AND, UM, YOU NEED TO GO TO THIS WEBSITE AND ACTUALLY, UM, GO AHEAD AND REGISTER ON THE A, B, C PORTAL, OKAY? BEFORE YOU CAN GET AN EXP AN INSPECTION IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR FIRE, YOU NEED TO REGISTER HERE, OKAY? BEFORE, UH, THE NUMBER ONE THING YOU NEED TO DO IS GO TO THIS PORTAL AND REGISTER SO YOU CAN GET AN INSPECTION, OKAY? A FIRE INSPECTION.
UM, YOUR FIRE INSPECTION'S GONNA LAST A YEAR AND IT'S, IT'S GONNA BE THE SAME AS IT WAS BEFORE.
THE ONLY DIFFERENCE IS WE'RE COLLECTING A PAYMENT THROUGH THE A BC PORTAL.
UM, WHO NEEDS TO GET A FIRE INSPECTION? EVERYONE NEEDS A HEALTH INSPECTION, BUT ONLY SOME PEOPLE NEED A FIRE INSPECTION.
SO IF YOU OPERATE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, YOU'RE GONNA NEED TO GET A FIRE INSPECTION THROUGH THE AUSTIN FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
IF YOU APPROACH UNINCORPORATED YES.
ANYBODY THAT OPERATES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IT'S UNINCORPORATED.
SO IT'S NOT IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
WE'RE, WE ALSO HAVE OUR TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL TO HELP ANSWER THESE QUESTIONS.
SO IF YOU'RE OPERATING IN, MY NAME'S GARY HOWELL, I'M THE TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL.
IF YOU'RE OPERATING IN TRAVIS COUNTY, UNINCORPORATED TRAVIS COUNTY, WHICH INCLUDES ALL THE ESDS, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A PERMIT THROUGH THE TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE.
UH, ALSO IT'S LIKE AUSTIN, OTHER THAN WE HAVE A DIFFERENT, WE'RE GONNA COLLECT OUR OWN FEES NOW.
UM, AND IF YOU, IF YOU HAVE A, A PEN AVAILABLE, AND I'LL HAVE OUR GUYS, WE'LL WRITE THIS ON THE BACKBOARDS ALSO, YOU HAVE TO GO TO T-C-F-M-O PERMITS WITH AN S.COM.
YOU'LL HAVE TO REGISTER OR AS A USER, AND THEN YOU'LL BE ABLE TO PUT IT, FILL OUT AN APPLICATION AND REQUEST AN INSPECTION.
AND I'LL WRITE, WE WILL WRITE THAT DOWN.
UH, WE'LL WRITE IT ON BOTH THE BOARDS IN THE BACK SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT THAT IS.
UH, AGAIN, IF YOU OPERATE IN UNINCORPORATED TRAVIS COUNTY, A MOBILE FOOD TRUCK, UM, YOU'RE, YOU'RE REQUIRED TO HAVE A, A INSPECTION THROUGH OUR OFFICE.
AND THEN AGAIN, LIKE CHIEF UH, CHIEF SAID, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS WHERE IT'S ONE PERMIT.
WE'RE WORKING ON THAT REALLY HARD FOR Y'ALL, WHERE IT'S GONNA BE ONE SHOP.
AGAIN, WE'RE ONE PLACE THAT YOU GO.
NOW IT SOUNDS LIKE WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH TODD AND HIS GROUP, WHEREVER THE, WHEREVER THE, UH, HEALTH INSPECTIONS ARE AT, THAT'S WHERE WE'RE GONNA TRY TO BE AT.
WHERE YOU DON'T HAVE TO MO RUN AROUND THE CITY, GOING TO GO TO GET YOUR HEALTH, UH, HEALTH INSPECTION AND THEN GO TO AUSTIN AND THEN COME.
WE'RE GONNA TRY TO STILL DO THAT.
BUT WHAT, WHAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING FOR, WE'RE, WE'RE ALREADY ALIGNED.
WE'RE JUST TRYING TO MAKE SURE WE GET OUR DUCKS IN A ROW, EXCUSE ME, WHERE WE HAVE A SINGLE PERMITS, WHAT WE'RE REALLY WORKING TOWARDS, ALRIGHT? THAT WAY YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE TWO FIRE PERMITS.
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ALWAYS START WITH THE HEALTH AND PERMIT.'CAUSE IF YOU DON'T HAVE THAT, THEN FIRE PERMIT'S NOT GONNA HELP YOU AT ALL.
GET THE HEALTH INSPECTION, UH, IF THE FIRST, AND THEN REACH OUT AND SCHEDULE WITH FIRE.
IF, IF YOU'RE UNSURE, REACH OUT TO EITHER OF US WHO YOU THINK YOU'RE GONNA BE DOING YOUR PRIMARY BUSINESS.
WE'LL POINT YOU, WE'LL ANSWER YOUR QUESTIONS.
UH, WE'LL HAVE THAT THAT FOLLOW THE QR CODE.
YOU WANT TO CONTACT US BEFORE YOU TRY TO SCHEDULE THAT INSPECTION, BECAUSE YOU HAVE TO SET UP PAYMENT BEFORE, AND THEN YOU'LL COME OVER THERE FOR CITY OF AUSTIN.
IF YOU OPERATE WITH PROPANE OR HAVE GREASE LAID IN FAVORS, THEN YOU NEED A FIRE INSPECTION.
UH, TRAVIS COUNTY, SAME THING.
SO WE'LL CONTINUE TO WORK ON THERE.
IT'S GONNA BE A CO-LOCATED SPACE, BUT YOU GOTTA CONTACT TWO PEOPLE BEFORE YOU SHOW UP.
WE WILL CONTINUE TO TRY TO FIND EFFICIENCIES.
WE UNDERSTAND THIS IS A BIT OF A PAIN AND WE APPRECIATE WE WE'RE TRYING TO MINIMIZE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AND TRYING TO GAIN THOSE EFFICIENCIES, BUT IT'S WHAT WE HAVE TO DO TO BE ABLE TO PROVIDE AND MEET THE RULES THAT THE STATE IS REQUIRING FROM US.
ANYTHING ELSE YOU WANNA ADD? YEAH, IF YOU DO HAVE A CURRENT, UM, FIRE INSPECTION, IT'S STILL VALID TO THE EXPIRATION DATE.
SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT JUST TRYING TO GET ONE JULY THE FIRST.
BUT I, I WOULD SAY THIS, UH, WE WOULD, WE WOULD LIKE, UH, I THINK THAT WE WOULD, AT ONE POINT WE WOULD LIKE THE HEALTH INSPECTION AND THE FIRE INSPECTION TO, TO COEXIST AT THE SAME TIME.
SO AT SOME POINT WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO TRY TO FIGURE THAT OUT, RIGHT? UM, THAT WAY YOU'RE NOT COMING IN TWICE.
IF YOU, IF MY, IF YOUR FIRE INSPECTION ENDS IN MAY AND YOU'RE, YOU'RE TRYING TO DO IT IN JULY AND THEN HAVE IT COME BACK, I DON'T WANT YOU TO DO THAT.
WE WANT YOU TO COME BACK AND ONLY COME ONE TIME IF WE CAN DO THAT, IF THAT MAKES SENSE TO EVERYBODY.
SO IF I AGREE WITH, WITH THE CAPTAIN, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU GOT AN INSPECTION FROM OUR OFFICE, YOU'RE GOOD.
BUT IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME IN AND GET A HEALTH INSPECTION, TRY TO SET IT UP WHERE YOU GO AHEAD.
IT'S OKAY TO HAVE ANOTHER INSPECTION EARLY IF YOU NEED TO.
YEAH, WE'RE GONNA ALLOW RENEWING EARLY YES.
TO HELP GET Y'ALL BACK IN LINE.
YEAH, BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE, WE DON'T WANT Y'ALL TO HAVE TO, TO BREAK DOWN OR OR LOSE WORK TO COME AND TRY TO GET AN INSPECTION.
WE WANT YOU TO BE ABLE TO, ONE TIME IS, IS IS WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR.
WE'RE TRYING TO BE USER FRIENDLY.
WE'RE GONNA, WE'RE GONNA HOLD OFF.
WE'VE GOTTA A WHOLE CREW OF PEOPLE WHO ARE PART OF THIS, WHO HAVE BEEN WORKING HARD TO MAKE THIS AS EXTREMELY AS POSSIBLE.
WE'LL BE AVAILABLE THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE QUESTION AND ANSWER, BUT TODD, DO YOU HAVE OTHER, OTHER PARTS? YEAH.
SO THANK YOU GENTLEMEN, VERY MUCH FOR SHARING, UM, YOUR PLAN TO SUPPORT THIS.
AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO WORKING WITH YOU AND HELPING EVERYBODY TO, UH, GET THE PERMITS THEY NEED AND, AND KEEP EVERYBODY SAFE AND HEALTHY.
UM, GARY HAD A, UH, IN FACT HE'S WRITING ON THE BOARD RIGHT NOW.
AND, UM, HE'S WRITING THE, THE, UM, THE WEBSITE.
YOU NEED TO GO TO GET SOMETHING FROM TRAVIS COUNTY.
SO, AND, UH, ONE OF MY STAFF ALSO PROVIDED IT, SO IF YOU WANNA WRITE THIS DOWN, THIS IS FOR TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE.
IT'S WWW OF COURSE, AND THEN A DOT, AND THEN TCF AS IN FRANK, M AS IN MARY, O AS IN OSCAR, PERMITS, AND THEN A.COM, SO T-C-F-M-O PERMITS.COM.
AND THEN AUSTIN WILL HAVE THEIR STUFF UP HERE SHORTLY.
AND BY THE WAY, THEY'RE DEVELOPING SOME, SOME STATEMENTS TALKING ABOUT HOW YOU CAN GET THE PERMIT WITH THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND UM, AND THEIR INFORMATION, THINGS LIKE THAT.
THEY'RE GONNA BE SENDING THAT, WE'LL PUT THAT ON OUR WEBSITE SO YOU CAN FIND IT THERE.
YOU'LL ALSO FIND IT ON THEIR OWN WEBSITES, BUT WE DEFINITELY WILL HAVE THAT MESSAGE ON OUR WEBSITE AS WELL.
SO IT KIND OF GIVES YOU ONE PLACE TO COME AND GET EVERYTHING YOU NEED.
UH, WE'LL NOW OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS.
AND HERE'S THE WAY I LIKE IT TO GO, IF YOU WOULD.
SO WE HAVE PEOPLE DOWNSTAIRS THAT MIGHT HAVE A QUESTION.
UM, SO PLEASE, I WANT YOU TO RAISE YOUR HAND IF YOU HAVE A QUESTION.
AND I WANT YOU TO WAIT FOR THIS MIC THAT'S BEEN A LITTLE FICKLE
IF IT DOESN'T WORK, WE'RE GONNA HAVE THEM AND YOU'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION.
AND I'LL REPEAT THE QUESTION HERE.
THAT WAY EVERYBODY CAN HEAR THE QUESTION AND THEN WE CAN PROVIDE AN ANSWER.
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AS THAT GOES, SO, UH, SPEAK CLEARLY, SPEAK IN A RELAXED MANNER SO WE, THE TRANSLATOR CAN PICK UP EXACTLY WHAT YOU'RE SAYING AS FAR AS THAT GOES.SO, UH, ANY QUESTIONS SO FAR? YES, SIR.
IN THE VERY BACK, UM, I HAVE TWO ONE'S.
ONE'S FOR THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND ONE IS FOR THE STATE.
UH, I HAVE AN OVERSIZED TRAILER.
LET ME, UH, THIS PART WE NEED TO SIMULTANEOUS, UH, THIS MIC IS NOT WORKING, SO UNLESS YOU CAN GET IT WORKING.
SO HIS QUESTION IS, HE HAS TWO TRAILERS.
ONE FOR, I HAVE ONE TRAILER, BUT IT'S LIKE 45 FEET LONG.
IT WON'T FIT IN YOUR PARKING LOT HERE WITHOUT A LOT OF DIFFICULTY.
AND I KNOW THAT, UH, WHEN I CAME IN EARLIER, WHEN I CAME IN EARLIER, BEFORE ALL OF THIS WAS TO THIS POINT, AND I, I ASKED THE LADIES, WERE THEY GONNA CONTINUE DOING ONSITE INSPECTIONS FOR FIRE AND HELP? THEY TOLD ME THEY DIDN'T KNOW AND THEY DIDN'T HAVE AN ANSWER FOR ME.
AND I'M ASKING NOW, IS THAT STILL AN OPTION AT AN ADDITIONAL FEE OR IS THAT BEING ERADICATED COMPLETELY PROGRAM? THAT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION.
SO HE IS, HIS QUESTION IS, UM, HE HAS A, A VERY LONG TRAILER AND WOULD LIKE TO OPT IN FOR THE, UM, ONSITE MOBILE VENDING PERMITTING THAT WE WERE, WE TRIED OUT LAST YEAR, WE DID A PILOT PROGRAM AND THEN WE ACTUALLY, UH, HAD THAT THROUGH THIS YEAR AND SCHEDULED THAT AT, RIGHT NOW, AT THIS MOMENT WE DON'T HAVE THAT OPTION.
UM, BUT AS THINGS ROLL FORWARD, WE CAN SEE HOW THINGS GO.
BUT AT THIS MOMENT, IT'S NOT A PERMITTING OPTION THAT WE HAVE AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
WE CAN'T CHARGE FEES THAT ARE DIFFERENT THAN THE STATE.
WE, THE STATE COLLECTS THE FEES.
WE HAVE NO, WE HAVE NO WAY OF, OF CAPTURING THAT STATE HASN'T DEVELOPED ANYTHING LIKE THAT.
SO ANY RULES, ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT MOBILE FOOD VENDING AND THE NEW PROCESS? UNFORTUNATELY YOU GOTTA GO BACK TO THE STATE AND ASK THOSE.
SO IT'S, WE WILL DO A, A PERMITTING INSPECTION FOR THE STATE, BUT UM, HOLD THE FIRE REPORT, DO IT.
ON A SITUATION LIKE THAT, WHICH IS KIND OF RARE, RIGHT? UM, YOU CAN FEEL FREE TO CALL, CALL US AND WE COULD ACTUALLY SEND SOMEBODY OUT TO DO YOUR FIRE INSPECTION.
I'M RIGHT NEXT DOOR TO THE TRAINING FACILITY.
SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE WORKING ON THE SCHEDULING OBVIOUSLY, 'CAUSE THEY'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS, WE'RE TAKING APPLICATIONS, SO IT'S KIND OF HARD TO SCHEDULE EVERYTHING TOGETHER.
HOPEFULLY WE'VE WORKED THROUGH THAT.
UM, BUT THE FIRESIDE IS A LITTLE BIT EASIER, UM, AS FAR AS THE INSPECTION.
AND IF WE HAVE TO MAKE MINOR CHANGES, WE WILL TO TRY TO ACCOMMODATE PEOPLE.
AND, AND WERE YOU OPERATING IN THE CITY OR IN UNINCORPORATED? IT'S UNINCORPORATED.
SO IT WOULD COME TO ME, YEAH, FROM US IS IS CITY OF AUSTIN WHERE I'M AT.
SO THEN THAT WE DEFER TO THE FIRE MARSHAL.
EVIDENTLY YOU'VE BEEN HERE BEFORE, RIGHT? IT'S JUST REALLY HARD TO GET IN HERE.
CORRECT? IT'S REALLY HARD TO GET IN HERE.
BECAUSE WE WEREN'T PART OF THAT PILOT PROGRAM AND THE STAFF AT THE FIRE AT THE COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S OFFICE IS NOT LARGE ENOUGH TO, TO ACCOMMODATE ON SITE.
BUT THERE'S SOMETHING THAT MAYBE WE COULD TALK ABOUT AFTER OUTSIDE.
UH, WHILE WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HISTORICAL STUFF, MICHELLE JUST REMINDED ME TO MENTION SOMETHING.
SO THANK YOU MICHELLE FOR REMINDING ME.
SO HE BROUGHT UP THE HISTORICAL STUFF ABOUT WHAT WE DID DO.
ANOTHER THING, UM, IS THAT, ARE THERE ANY EVENT ORGANIZERS IN HERE, SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZERS, SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER? IF YOU RAISE YOUR HAND, IF YOU'RE A SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZER.
DON'T SEE ANY HERE, BUT I'M SURE THAT SOME ARE WATCHING ONLINE ARE EITHER DOWNSTAIRS.
SO WE HAVE A LOT OF SPECIAL EVENTS HERE IN AUSTIN.
THE EVENT ORGANIZERS DO AMAZING JOB OF SETTING ALL THOSE UP.
UM, WE WORK VERY CLOSELY WITH THE ACME, UM, WHICH USED TO BE CALLED ACE FOR, FOR TO REVIEW THOSE PLANS, UM, THAT PEOPLE SUBMIT.
WE ALL WORK REALLY CLOSELY TOGETHER AND, UH, LOOK AT THOSE HOLISTICALLY FROM ALL DEPARTMENTS TO MAKE SURE THEY'RE JUST THE BEST, SAFEST EVENT.
AND THEY'RE FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH BOTH OUR DEPARTMENT AND THE EVENT ORGANIZERS.
AND, UM, AND SO ONE OF THE THINGS THAT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT IS TRADITIONALLY FOLKS COULD COME FROM OUTTA STATE TO SUPPORT AN EVENT.
AND BECAUSE OF THE TIME IT TOOK TO GET SOMEONE IN HERE WHEN THEY SHOW UP AND GET THEM TO COMPLETE THE APPLICATION AND TO, UH, INSPECT THOSE VEHICLE MOBILE FOOD VEHICLES PRIOR TO THE EVENT IS A VERY QUICK TURNAROUND.
SO WHAT WE DID FOR YEARS, THOSE FOLKS THAT CAME IN FROM OUTTA THE STATE, THEY WERE COMING IN AND LEAVING.
WE WOULD ISSUE THEM A TEMPORARY FOOD PERMIT AND THAT WOULD BE GOOD FOR ONE TIME PER YEAR.
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THAT ALLOWS US TO EXPEDITE THAT.NOW IT DIDN'T GET A FIRE INSPECTIONS, WHY WE DIDN'T DO IT MORE THAN ONCE.
THEY DID GET A BASIC OF FIRE INSPECTION BY THE, THESE, THESE FOLKS AS TEAMS HERE AT THE EVENT, BUT IT DIDN'T INCLUDE, UH, A MORE IN DEPTH FIRE INSPECTION.
UM, SO THAT'S WHY WE ONLY DID IT ONCE.
SO I'M SAYING ALL THAT TO SAY THIS IS A HEADS UP TO ALL EVENT ORGANIZERS IN THIS CITY OF AUSTIN.
COME, LET'S COME UP WITH A WAY THAT WE CAN KNOW AHEAD OF TIME THOSE MOBILES THAT ARE GONNA SUPPORT YOUR EVENT.
SO WE CAN HAVE THAT INFORMATION AND WE CAN REACH OUT TO THE STATE AND MAKE SURE WE HAVE THE AUTHORITY, UH, TO WORK WITH THOSE, THOSE FOLKS.
SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE, WE DID DISCUSS.
UH, THEY BROUGHT UP LAST MEETING THAT WE HAD AND, UH, THOUGHT THAT WAS A GOOD WORKAROUND.
BUT ANYWAY, THERE THE STATE IS NOT GONNA ALLOW THE ISSUANCE OF TEMPORARY LICENSES TO MOBILE FOOD VENDORS ANYMORE.
THE STATE HAS PUT A MORATORIUM ON THOSE, SO THAT PUTS US IN QUITE A PICKLE.
SO THERE AGAIN, THERE'S ANOTHER COOK IN THE KITCHEN, BUT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO WORK WITH DISHES TO STREAMLINE THIS PROCESS.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT THE LIVE MUSIC INDUSTRY IS.
WE KNOW HOW IMPORTANT YOUR BUSINESS IS TO YOU AND HOW IMPORTANT YOU ARE TO THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY AND OUR ECONOMY.
YES, WE HAVE AN ONLINE QUESTION.
THREE, THREE DOWNSTAIRS QUESTIONS.
YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM OR DO YOU WANT ME TO ANSWER? UH, YOU CAN DO THAT.
THIS IS OUR, UH, DIVISION CHIEF FOR, FOR A WHILE LONGER HERE.
UH, I JUST RENEWED MY LICENSE IN APRIL FOR $700.
ANOTHER TRUCK IS DUE IN SEPTEMBER.
AM I EXPECTED TO GET BOTH OF THESE RENEWED AND PAY OVER $3,000 IN THE SPAN OF THREE MONTHS.
SORRY, I'M A VENDOR WHO JUST RENEWED MY LICENSE IN APRIL FOR $700.
I HAVE ANOTHER TRUCK DUE IN SEPTEMBER.
AM I EXPECTED TO GET BOTH OF THESE RENEWED AND PAY $3,000 OVER $3,000 IN A SPAN OF THREE MONTHS.
SO THERE WAS NO TRANSITION BETWEEN THE R PERMIT AND THE STATE PERMIT.
THERE WAS NO, WELL, SINCE THE STATE'S TAKEN OVER, UH, AND IT'S APRIL, CAN I JUST OPERATE WITHOUT A LICENSE FOR THERE? THERE WAS NOT THAT OPTION.
NO CITY IN TEXAS, NO MUNICIPALITY IN TEXAS HAD THAT OPTION.
TRUST ME, WE ALL TALK, I HAVE COLLEAGUES ACROSS THE STATE, WE ALL HAD THE SAME STRUGGLE.
IF YOU GOT A PERMIT THIS YEAR, AS OF JULY THE FIRST, IT IS NO LONGER VALID.
I KNOW THERE MIGHT HAVE BEEN TALKS YOU MIGHT HAVE SEEN IN THE NEWS, I THINK OUTTA WEST TEXAS.
THERE WAS A NEWS ARTICLE THAT SAID, OH, WE'RE GONNA GRANDFATHER THOSE PERMITS.
THE STATE CAME OUT AND WITH, WITH A CLEAR INTERPRETATION FOR ALL THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTS, ALL LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT PERMITS ARE NULL AND VOID AS OF JULY THE FIRST.
SO I HOPE THAT ANSWERED THAT QUESTION.
UH, ANOTHER QUESTION IS, WHY ARE TRAILERS THAT ARE NOT INTERESTED IN MOVING AROUND AND SETTING IN ONE SPOT, WHY DO THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR PERMITS THE SAME AMOUNT AS THE ONES THAT ARE MOVING AROUND? IT'S NOT REALLY A, A FAIR OPTION.
THIS NEITHER THE CITY OF AUSTIN OR ANY CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS SET THOSE FEES.
THESE FEES WERE SET BY THE STATE OF TEXAS, TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF STATE HEALTH SERVICES.
THEY'RE THE AGENCY THAT SET THAT.
NO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, NOT AUSTIN, NOT HOUSTON, NOT DALLAS, NOT SAN ANTONIO, NOT EL PASO HAD A SAY IN HOW THOSE FEES ARE SET.
CAN THE NEW PERMIT OVERRIDE THE INDEPENDENT PERMITS? FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN REQUIRES SEPARATE PERMITTING AND FIRE INSPECTIONS.
THE WAY THE NEW STATE OF TEXAS PERMIT IS, IS INTENDED FOR, IS TO BE USED ACROSS THE ENTIRE STATE OF TEXAS.
THAT INCLUDES LOCAL UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.
THE TRANSLATORS ARE REQUESTED, IF YOU CAN SPEAK UP BECAUSE THAT CAN'T BE TRANS.
SO THIS OR, OKAY, I'LL, I'LL FACE THAT WAY.
FOR EXAMPLE, THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS HAS THEIR OWN HEALTH PERMIT AND THEIR OWN FIRE INSPECTIONS.
I'M ONLY SPEAKING FOR THE HEALTH, FOR THE HEALTH PERMIT.
YES, THE NEW STATE LICENSE WILL OVERRIDE AND CAN TAKE OVER WHATEVER THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS OR ANY COLLEGE OR ANY UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, WHATEVER PERMIT THEY HAVE.
THIS NEW STATEWIDE PERMIT WILL NOT BE VALUED.
YOU CAN USE THE STATEWIDE PERMIT ON THAT CAMPUS, BUT ALSO MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PERMISSION TO BE ON CAMPUS.
BECAUSE WE WORK WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AND THEY DO THEIR OWN INSPECTIONS AND EVERYTHING, BUT YOU HAVE TO HAVE, SIGN A CONTRACT, FILL OUT ALL THE INSURANCE TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE BEING TAKEN CARE OF.
SO IT'S NOT LIKE I CAN JUST GO AND POST UP WITH THE DEPARTMENT.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M SAYING? THE THE QUESTION CAME UP IS THAT
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THEY, CAN THEY OPERATE ON CAMPUS? YOU STILL WANT TO CHECK WHEREVER YOU'RE GONNA OPERATE TO MEET, SHOULD YOU MEET ALL THEIR LOCAL RULES.BUT AS FAR AS A SEPARATE PERMIT, THE WAY THAT WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED IS THE STATE LICENSE IS GOOD STATEWIDE AS FAR AS THE FIRE INSPECTIONS, UH, FOR THE FIRE, UH, DEPARTMENT AND FIRE INSPECTIONS.
IF YOU'RE OPERATING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, YOU NEED THE CITY OF AUSTIN FIRE INSPECTION COUNTY.
YOU NEED THE FIRE, UH, UH, INSPECTION.
IF YOU'RE WITHIN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, THEY'RE THE STATE.
THEY FALL UNDER THE STATE FIRE MARSHAL AND THEY TRUMP US.
SO YOU WILL HAVE TO GET THERE.
SO IF YOU'RE JUST OPERATING ON UT CAMPUS, THEN YOU'RE, YOU JUST NEED THE UT FIRE MARSHALS INSPECTION.
YOU DON'T NEED OUR INSPECTION.
BUT IF YOU COME OFF OF CAMPUS AND YOU'RE OPERATING IN CITY OF AUSTIN, YOU WILL NEED BOTH.
ANOTHER QUESTION IS A WILLIAMSON COUNTY PERMIT CONSIDERED A PERMIT TO FALL UNDER A TYPE ONE CATEGORY? SO THE TYPES OF PERMITS THAT TODD'S SPEAKING ABOUT, THE TYPE ONE OR THE TYPE TWO THAT'S STATEWIDE, IT DOESN'T MATTER WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRAVIS COUNTY, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, THOSE ARE CATEGORY ONE AND TWO.
AND THEN TYPE 1, 2, 3, MAKE SURE WE'RE GETTING THAT RIGHT.
RIGHT, I'M TALKING TYPE TYPE ONE.
THAT'S A WHOLE NOTHER, YOU CAN SPEAK TO MY STAFF AFTERWARDS ABOUT WHAT TYPE OF CATEGORY YOU MIGHT FALL INTO.
BECAUSE WITH THE CITY OF AUSTIN, YOU HAVE ONE PERMIT.
STATE OF TEXAS, YOU HAVE THREE TYPE ONE, TYPE TWO, TYPE THREE OR IT'S CATEGORY.
CATEGORY ONE, TWO, TYPE, 1, 2, 3.
TYPE ONE BEING THOSE OLD PUSH CARDS AND THINGS, THEY'RE, SO AS FAR AS THE PROCESSES, THE TWO PROCESSES TYPE WAS TALKING ABOUT, DID YOU CALL 'EM TYPE THEY'RE CATEGORIES.
CATEGORY ONE WOULD BE ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE.
CATEGORY ONE, YOU ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE.
CATEGORY TWO DON'T HAVE CATEGORY TWO, YOU DON'T HAVE A LICENSE THAT'S GONNA APPLY.
UM, SO CAME BACK, I RECEIVED AN EMAIL FROM THE A, B, C THAT I HAD TO SEND PICTURES OF, OF MY BUSINESS.
AND THEN THE, THE CITY OF AUSTIN, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT WENT TO DO IT IN THE INSPECTION AND I HAD PAID A FEE.
SO AM I GOOD? THE QUESTION WAS ABOUT A, UH, TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION INSPECTION IN OCTOBER.
UH, WE, WE CAN TALK THAT ONE MIGHT BE A SPECIFIC QUESTION MY STAFF CAN'T ANSWER OFFLINE, BUT THIS IS TALKING ABOUT TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION.
I'M NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TABC.
THEY SENT ME, UH, AN EMAIL AND I SEND PICTURES OFT A, B, C SEND ME YOU SEND PICTURES.
WE RECOMMEND CONTACTING THE TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION TO SEE WHAT QUESTIONS THEY MIGHT HAVE.
IT LOOKS LIKE YOU HAD YOUR HANDS GO AHEAD AND RUN, ROTATE IN HERE BECAUSE I HAVE A FEW MORE, BUT LET'S ROTATE BACK IN THIS ROOM.
OKAY, SO WE HAVE THE OPPOSITE PROBLEM OVER WHAT HE HAS.
WE'RE LIKE AN UNDERSIGNED TRAILER AND THAT'S A FOUR BY FIVE.
AND WE ACTUALLY TO THE
UM, WHAT CLASSIFICATION WILL WE FALL UNDER IN TERMS OF IS IT A TIER TWO OR TIER THREE? AND CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR MENU AGAIN, THE MENU OR THE QUESTION? UM, BECAUSE IT'S BASED ON WHAT YOU'RE SELLING, THAT TYPE OF THING.
WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HOT HOLD AND REHEAT, DO YOU HOT HOLD, CHILL, REHEAT AND REHEAT REHEATING AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
AND DOING, IF YOU'RE REHEATING THINGS, I THINK IF YOU GO TO THE STATE'S WEBSITE, EMRICK, WE'RE NOT, THIS IS NOT OUR PROGRAMMING, BUT IF YOU GO THERE, YOU'LL SEE THAT YOU'RE PROBABLY GONNA BE LIKELY TIER THREE.
IF YOU'RE COOK AND SERVE, IT'LL BE TWO, I THINK HAVE TWO.
BUT WE'LL, LET ME, WE CAN VERIFY YOUR QUESTION.
WE'LL HAVE OUR STAFF LOOK AT THAT.
AND I CAN GIVE YOU THIS RIGHT HERE.
MICHELLE, YOU CAN VERIFY THIS QUESTION THREE.
SO LIKE I, THAT, THAT'S A PUSH CARD.
IT'S YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE HANDLING EXPOSED FOODS.
BUT WE'LL, WE'LL GET THAT, SHE'LL VERIFY THAT HERE.
WE'RE GOING TO THE STATE WEBSITE TO VERIFY THIS INFORMATION.
SO, UM, SHE'LL BE LIKE, SAID YOU HAVE THAT.
SHE'S THE, UH, THE ROCKSTAR FOR THE MOBILE FOOD VENDING PROGRAM HERE AT AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
IT SOUNDS LIKE WHAT YOU'VE DESCRIBED SO FAR THAT YOU WOULD BE A TYPE THREE MOBILE THAT'S A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR THAT PREPARES, COOKS, HOLDS, AND SERVES FOOD FROM A FOOD VENDING VEHICLE.
IT'S NOT, UM, IT'S NOT UNIT SPECIFIC.
IT'S THE TYPE OF FOOD THAT YOU'RE MAKING.
AND SO WHAT I CLASSIFY, BECAUSE IT'S A BAD RIGHT, LIKE A FOOD VENDING VEHICLE.
WE CLASSIFIED NOT LIKE A, A MOBILE, WE'RE NOT TECHNICALLY DRIVING STILL JUST IT'S NOT CLASSIFIED AS A PUSH CART THING.
UH, THEY HAVE THAT AS PART OF THEIR APPLICATION PROCESS, BUT IT DOESN'T AFFECT WHAT SORT OF TYPE THAT YOU ARE.
YOU'D EITHER BE A TYPE ONE, TYPE TWO
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OR TYPE THREE.AND THEN THERE'S THE DIFFERENT VEHICLE TYPES WITHIN THOSE, UM, TYPES.
OH, THE PLUS TWO YEARS WE WE'RE TYPE TWO, WE'RE IN 60 STREET VENDORS.
IS IS DIFFERENT CATEGORY BECAUSE WE HAVE WORKED WITH RIGHT AWAY GIVEN THE PROXIMITY OF THE OTHER BUSINESSES.
GIVEN THE SIZE OF OUR TRAILER.
SO GIVEN THE SIZE OF YOUR TRAILER, YOU'RE SAYING THAT YOU'VE WORKED WITH THE STATE BEFORE AND THEY CONSIDERED YOU A TYPE TWO PUSH A PUSH CART.
WITH THE WAY THAT THE STATE IS ROLLING THINGS OUT NOW, IT'S EITHER TYPE ONE, TYPE TWO, OR TYPE THREE SOLELY BASED OFF OF THE TYPE OF FOOD AND PROCESSES THAT YOU'RE FOLLOWING.
SO THE CITY OF AUSTIN TYPICALLY DEALT WITH RESTRICTED AND UNRESTRICTED BEFORE, AND THOSE WERE OUR TWO TYPES OF PERMITS.
RESTRICTED BEING AGAIN, THE TYPE OF FOOD THAT YOU'RE SERVING.
AND THEN WE WOULD ALSO SELECT THE UNIT THAT YOU WERE, THE UNIT TYPE OF PUSH CART, A TRAILER OR A TRUCK.
THIS IS KIND OF FOLLOWING SOMETHING SIMILAR, BUT IT BREAKS IT DOWN INTO THREE TIERS.
NOW SEE THE DIFFERENCE WAS MORE HANDLING LAWSUIT, NOT, THAT'S HOW I, RIGHT.
SO WITH THE STATE, UM, THERE'S EITHER TYPE ONE THAT SELLS PREPACKAGED ITEMS, UH, INCLUDING THE TCS OR TIMER, TEMPERATURE CONTROL FOR SAFETY FOODS.
UH, A TYPE TWO, UH, CELLS, PREPACKAGED FOODS THAT ARE, UM, ROP REDUCED OXYGEN PACKAGING SUCH AS, UH, VACUUM SEALED ITEMS, FOOD PREPARED FOR IMMEDIATE CONSUMPTION INCLUDING COLD HOLD, SAWING, AND OR REHEATING COMMERCIALLY PROCESSED PRODUCTS.
AND UH, SO THAT WOULD BE LIKE IF YOU'RE COOKING HAMBURGERS OR SOMETHING AND YOU'RE IMMEDIATELY SELLING IT, THE TYPE THREE IS THE MORE COMPLICATED ITEMS THAT YOU'RE COOKING.
WHAT ABOUT OUR TYPE REQUIREMENTS HERE? I'M TAKE ANOTHER, ANOTHER QUESTION HERE AND WE'LL GET BACK, WE'LL, WE'LL ROTATE AROUND A LITTLE.
I KNEW IF YOU HAD YOUR HAND UP A LITTLE BIT.
DO I NEED TO WAIT FOR THE MICROPHONE? NO, YOU'RE GOOD.
YOU CAN HEAR YOU CLEARLY FROM HERE.
UH, I, WHAT I HOPE IS A QUICK QUESTION FOR FIRE FOLLOWED WITH A QUESTION FOR HEALTH.
THE QUICK QUESTION I HOPE FOR FIRE, DOES FIRE DO TEMPORARY PERMITS FOR THE RESPECTIVE JURISDICTIONS? SO IF SOMEBODY JUST WANTS TO COME IN FOR ONE DAY OR THREE DAYS, DO ANY OF THE FIRE JURISDICTIONS OFFER 10? AND SO THE QUESTION, IF YOU DIDN'T HEAR IT, THE QUESTION IS WHETHER OR NOT FIRE REQUIRES OR OFFERS A TEMPORARY FIRE PERMIT TO THEIR APPLICANTS.
SO ONE, ONE DAY IN JURISDICTION AND YOU NEED AN ANNUAL PERMIT.
DID YOU WANT TO ANSWER THAT ONE? WE DID, YEAH.
DO YOU WANNA ANSWER FOR THE PAPERS ONLINE? SO FOR CITY OF AUSTIN WE DO NOT.
YEAH, THOSE ARE ACCORDING TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
FOR THOSE ONLINE, THEY DO NOT OFFER THOSE.
UH, THE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES NOT OFFER TEMPORARY, UH, LICENSES AT ALL.
AND THEN QUESTION, GETTING BACK, IT WAS A WEB QUESTION AND IT WAS KIND OF ADDRESSED.
THE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH WEBSITE LISTS 180 DAY REFUND POLICY ON FEES FROM THE DATE THE PAYMENT WAS MADE.
SO FOR EXAMPLE, I MADE A PAYMENT AT THE END OF FEBRUARY, 180 DAYS FROM THAT IS IN AUGUST.
WOULD I BE ABLE TO GET A REFUND FOR MY MOBILE FEE? AND IF NOT, I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW WHEN THAT POLICY CHANGE WAS MADE.
SORRY, I'M VERY SHARP ELBOWED QUESTION, BUT I JUST SPENT TWO GRAND ON ALREADY PERMITTED UNITS, SO UNDERSTOOD.
AND, UH, HIS QUESTION DEALS WITH, UH, THE FEES AND THAT HE HAS ALREADY PAID, UM, THROUGH OUR NORMAL PROCESS TO OBTAIN A PERMIT THROUGH AUSTIN AND THE FIRE DEPARTMENT AND PAID THOSE, THOSE FEES ALREADY.
HIS QUESTION IS OF WHETHER OR NOT THEY CAN BE REIMBURSED.
AND SO, UM, WHEN, WHEN THIS BILL WAS RELEASED, AND IF YOU LOOK IN THE MEDIA, YOU'LL SEE THAT IT WAS PROMISED THAT THEY WOULD HONOR THOSE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT LICENSES THROUGHOUT THEIR EXPIRATION OF THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT LISTED EXPIRATION DATE.
SO IF YOU GOT ONE IN JANUARY OF THIS YEAR, IT'D BE GOOD TILL JANUARY OF NEXT YEAR.
AND THEN AFTER THE LAWYERS STARTED GOING THROUGH THE BILL, UM, THEY INFORMED US IN APRIL THAT THEY WERE NOT GOING TO HONOR THOSE ANYMORE.
SO WHAT WE DID DO IS THE CITY OF AUSTIN STARTED OFFERING PRORATED PERMITS FOR VENDORS.
SO IF YOU HAD THREE MONTHS LEFT, YOU WOULD PAY, UM, $75 IF YOU NEEDED ONE THIS MONTH, RIGHT NOW YOU'RE PAYING $25.
SO WE'RE OFFERING PRORATED PERMITS, BUT AT NO TIME DID THE STATE CONSULT WITH US ABOUT OUR POLICY AND THINGS LIKE THAT, UH, REGARDING PROVIDING ANY REFUNDS.
SINCE THIS IS A STATEWIDE PERMIT, IF WE WOULD LIKE, SAY, SAY FOR EXAMPLE, IF I WAS TO GO TO SAN ANTONIO, WOULD I HAVE TO GET WITH THE FIRE PEOPLE THERE AS WELL? THERE'S NOT NOTHING ACROSS THE BOARD.
THERE WOULD BE LIKE A, LIKE HORSE STREET, LIKE ELECTRICAL NATIONAL CODE WHERE YOU'RE, YOU'RE GOOD ANYWHERE
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YOU GO BECAUSE YOU GOT THE LEVEL THAT YOU NEED.IT'S A GREAT TO, TO ADDRESS THAT.
YEAH, IT'S A GREAT QUESTION FOR ONLINE AND FOR THE TRANSLATORS.
THE QUESTION IS SPECIFICALLY TO FIRE.
IF YOU, SINCE THERE'S A NEW STATE MANDATE, CAN THAT TRANSLATE TO OPERATING ANYWHERE IN THE STATE FOR HEALTH? YES, BUT YOU ARE STILL BEHOLDEN TO YOUR LOCAL MUNICIPALITY OF WHERE YOU'RE OPERATING FOR A FIRE.
SO YOU GET ONE HEALTH INSPECTOR.
BUT IF YOU DECIDE TO GO DOWN TO SAN ANTONIO, YOU HAVE TO CHECK WITH THEM.
THEY MAY OR MAY NOT OFFER, WE'RE WORKING OUT TO TRY TO BRIDGE THE GAP FOR THE REGIONAL AREA BETWEEN AUSTIN AND THE TRAVIS COUNTY, BUT RIGHT NOW WE WOULD NOT HONOR A SAN ANTONIO FIRE INSPECTION IF THEY WERE COMING IN HERE.
THERE'S TOO MANY DIFFERENCES BETWEEN FIRE CODES AND WHICH MUNICIPALITIES THEY'RE OFFERING.
SIR, UH, TAKE SOME QUESTIONS OVER HERE.
GOT THE SIDE ROOM CAMERA, TAKE YOU DOWN AT THE END PLEASE.
I HAVE A QUICK, UH, I DIDN'T OPERATE LAST 14 YEARS AND I SEE I TRIED IT FOR A NEW WORK LIKE FIVE YEARS AGO AND I DON'T HAVE FIVE IMPRESSIONS.
SO DO I NEED IT NOW FOR THE NEWS? I'M, UH, IN, UH, CITY O YOU'RE, YOU'RE IN TRAVIS COUNTY.
HE'S ASKING A QUESTION ABOUT FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEMS AND CHIEF DEEZ IS GONNA TAKE THAT ONE.
SO, SO AS WE BRING UP OUR TECHNICAL EXPERT, YOU'VE BEEN OPERATING FOR 15 YEARS? 14 YEARS.
YOU HAVE A CURRENT FIRE INSPECTION? YES, I, UH, I HAVE.
SO IF YOUR PREVIOUSLY GRANDFATHERED IN, WERE NOT CHANGING THE FIRE CODE ON YOU, IT'S STILL GONNA BE THE SAME FIRE CODE, THE SAME REQUIREMENTS THAT YOU HAD BEFORE.
AND A NEW UNIT THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU GOT A NEW UNIT? NO, I, I DIDN'T, I USED, I KNOW THAT IS MY, UH, PERMIT EXPIRES THE FIRST WEEK IN SEPTEMBER.
HOW SOON? I GOTTA DO MY, MY SOON I REQUEST, SORRY, I THOUGHT HE WAS TALKING.
THERE WAS A QUESTION ABOUT IF YOUR CURRENT, UM, HEALTH PERMIT EXPIRES IN SEPTEMBER OR GOING FORWARD WHEN YOU WOULD NEED TO RENEW FOR THAT.
AND EVERYONE IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, ALL OF THEIR PERMITS ARE NOLAN VOID.
UH, THE LOCAL JURISDICTIONAL PERMITS STARTING JULY 1ST.
YOU NEED TO, YOU CAN START APPLYING NOW.
I WOULD SUGGEST STARTING TO APPLY NOW SO THAT YOU CAN GET IN THAT QUEUE.
BECAUSE EVEN THOUGH YOUR HEALTH PERMIT SAYS THAT IT'S VALID UNTIL SEPTEMBER, IT'S NO LONGER VALID UNTIL SEPTEMBER.
IT'S VALID UNTIL JUNE, UH, 30TH.
AND THEN YOU NEED TO GET THE STATE PERMIT GOING FORWARD.
YEAH, JUST THAT'S ONE OF THOSE ACTION ITEMS WE MENTIONED EARLIER.
YOU GUYS NEED TO GO GO TO THE WEBSITE.
IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE RIGHT NOW FROM ANY HEALTH DEPARTMENT IN TEXAS, GO TO THE WEBSITE, THE STATE'S WEBSITE, THAT QR CODE THAT WE HAD UP EARLIER.
WILLIAM WILL BRING THAT UP AGAIN.
UM, AND, UM, WE CAN HAVE THAT GO THERE AND GET YOUR PERMIT.
IT'S THERE TO ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS AND, UM, YOU CAN REMEMBER TO GET ALL YOUR STUFF READY, UPLOAD IT, PAY THE FEE, AND YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
FOR THOSE THAT ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE, YOU'RE GOOD TO GO.
JUST HANG ON TO THAT PHYSICAL APPLICATION AND THAT PAYMENT.
HERE I HAVE SOME FOR THE FIRE.
UM, SO GOING BACK TO THE PUSH PART.
SO FOR THE HEALTH, WE DIDN'T NEED A FIRE INSPECTION.
SO NOW THINK THE TILES ARE CHANGING AND THEY'RE COOKING WHAT THEY NEED.
UM, ARE YOU COOKING, ARE YOU COOKING WITH GREASE LADEN VAPOR? IT'S LIKE HOT DOGS.
THERE'S TACO, THERE'S NO, IT'S NOT ENCLOSED, RIGHT? YOU'RE PUSHING A CART.
YEAH, I CAN ACTUALLY PUSH CART.
ARE YOU IN THE COUNTER OR IN THE CITY? WELL, FOR EITHER.
I DON'T THAT WOULD BE A, YEAH.
SO, UH, ACCORDING TO OUR HAZMAT ENGINEERS, ANYTHING UNDER 20 POUNDS OF PROPANE IS, IS NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A FIRE PERMIT FOR THE CITY.
UM, ANY PROPANE ABOVE THAT IS REQUIRED.
UM, AND IF, IF YOU'RE COOKING WITH, UH, ELECTRIC ON A PUSH CART, THEN UM, THE, THE GREASE LADEN VAPORS DISSIPATE.
AND SO WE AREN'T WORRIED ABOUT THAT IN THAT SITUATION.
BUT THE PROPANE IN THAT, UM, SCENARIO IS THE CATALYST FOR A FIRE INSPECTION.
AND THEN WHAT ABOUT THE RENEWALS? THEY'RE GONNA CONTINUE THE THING LIKE RENEWAL FOR CITY, JUST THE PLUMBER TEST AND THE FIRE SUPPRESSION THAT NEEDS TO BE TAKEN CARE OF OR WOULD THEY ALSO NEED IN THE NUTRITION, LIKE, SO AGAIN, RENEWALS, WERE NOT CHANGING ANY OF THE REQUIREMENTS ON THE RENEWAL PERMITS.
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AND THEN TRAVIS COUNTY WILL STILL NEED THOSE ALL THREE INSPECTIONS.AND WHAT IT, RIGHT NOW, CURRENTLY, YES, YOU'RE GONNA NEED THE, THE, THE THREE INSPECTIONS, OR AT LEAST YOU'RE GONNA NEED ONE FROM HEALTH, YOU'LL NEED A, A CURRENT HEALTH INSPECTION OR PERMIT AND THEN YOU'LL NEED A FIRE INSPECTION OR A PERMIT FROM OUR OFFICE.
WE ARE WORKING REALLY HARD TO TRY TO MAKE THIS WHERE WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT EASIER ON Y'ALL WHERE WE DON'T HAVE MULTIPLE PERMITS IN THIS AREA.
I THINK FOR THE RENEWAL IT'S LIKE, WOULD YOU REQUIRE THE ELECTRICAL TEST AND, AND THE RENEWAL? WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING IN THE PERMITTING PROCESS.
OR THE INSPECTION PROCESS THAT WE'RE WE'RE, THAT WE'RE CURRENTLY UNDER.
I'M GONNA TAKE THE GENTLEMAN, GONNA TAKE THE GENTLEMAN IN THE BACK PLEASE.
KIND OF A FOLLOW UP TO WHAT YOU ADDRESSED EARLIER.
BUT INITIALLY YOU WERE SAYING AS LONG AS WE HAVE FOR EXISTING PERMIT ORDERS, YOU HAVE THE APPLICATION AND YOU KEEP THE RECEIPT FOR YOUR PAYMENT, YOU'LL BE ALLOWED TO OPERATE BUT ONLY UNTIL OUR STATE INSPECTION.
SO BASICALLY IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE AND IT'S OKAY, UH, IT'S, THANKS FOR ASKING AGAIN.
SO IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT, THE ONLY THING YOU NEED TO DO NOW IS GO TO THAT QR CODE RIGHT THERE, SCAN IT, GO TO THAT, FILL OUT THE APPLICATION.
BUT BEFORE YOU FILL OUT THE APPLICATION, GET ALL YOUR STUFF READY, RIGHT.
UPLOAD IT, PAY FOR IT, YOU WILL HANG ON THAT APPLICATION.
AND THAT FEE RECEIPT IS YOUR LICENSE BASICALLY TO OPERATE UNTIL YOU GET YOUR ACTUAL PHYSICAL LICENSE.
AND GUESS WHEN YOU GET THE PHYSICAL LICENSE, AFTER YOU GET YOUR PERMITTING INSPECTION CONDUCTED BY AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, AT THAT TIME WE'LL SEND IT BACK.
AND THEN THEY WILL MAIL OUT TO YOUR, YOUR PHYSICAL, UH, LICENSE.
AND AGAIN, THAT LICENSE WILL EXPIRE ONE YEAR AFTER THE ISSUANCE OR CONDUCTION WHEN YOU PASS THAT PERMITTING INSPECTION.
SO IN SOME OF THESE INSTANCES, IT SOUNDS CLEAR TO ME THAT SOME OF THESE ARE GONNA BE VALID FOR WELL OVER A YEAR.
AND UM, WE'RE GONNA WORK REALLY HARD TO GO THROUGH THOSE, BUT IT'S GONNA TAKE US A MINUTE TO GET THROUGH THOSE.
SO IF YOUR BEST VALUE WILL BE THE FIRST YEAR LICENSING, YOU'RE GONNA GET MORE THAN A YEAR.
IT, SO I WOULD THINK THE WAY, UH, THE, THE VAST AMOUNT OF PEOPLE THAT WE HAVE TO PERMIT BEGINNING ALL OVER AGAIN, UH, JULY ONE.
UH, THIS NEW RULES AND NEW LAWS ARE ONLY FOR FOOD TRUCKS.
UH, THE 10, LIKE ME, I, I, I AM A VENDOR, UM, EVENT VENDOR AND I WAS TRYING TO UPGRADE TO A TRAILER.
ARE WE GONNA STILL DOING THE PERMITS, LIKE TEMPORARY PERMITS OR ARE WE GONNA GO THROUGH THE STATE FOR GETTING, UH, TEMPORARY PERMITS? I'M GONNA MAKE SURE I GET YOUR QUESTION RIGHT.
SO DO YOU HAVE, ARE YOU JUST A, UH, TEMPORARY FOOD EVENT? BENFORD? YES.
YOU'RE JUST A TEMP VENDOR? YEAH.
IS IT? AND I WORK FROM A TENT.
LIKE I DON'T, I WAS, I'M TRYING TO GET A UPGRADE TO A FOOD, UH, TRAILER.
OR RIGHT AS RIGHT NOW I'M WORKING AT THE, IN A TENT.
AND YOUR QUESTION AGAIN REGARDING THAT IS WHAT? I'M SORRY, THE, FOR THE PERMITS, ARE WE GOING TO BE GETTING THE PERMIT TO THE STATE OR ARE WE STILL GONNA BE GETTING TO THE COUNTY? GOOD.
THAT'S, UM, I DO DIFFERENT COUNTIES.
UM, ALL OF OUR RESTAURANTS, GROCERY STORES, EVERYTHING ELSE THAT WE INSPECT AND PERMIT, NOTHING HAS CHANGED.
AND ALSO IN REGARD TO OUR TEMPORARY FOOD ESTABLISHMENTS THAT WE HAVE ALL OVER THE CITY THAT ALSO SUPPORT THE SPECIAL EVENTS AND THE LIVE MUSIC SCENE HERE IN AUSTIN, THEY, UH, NOTHING'S CHANGING THERE EITHER.
SO THAT'S ALL STAYING THE SAME.
IT'S JUST MOBILE FOOD VENDORS.
THAT PROGRAM HAS MOVED TO THE STATE.
ONE MORE ONLINE, NO OR NO? ONE MORE BEFORE ONLINE.
UM, LEMME TAKE ONE MORE HERE, THEN I'LL GO BACK TO THIS SIDE OF THE ROOM.
SO I HAVE THREE FOOD TRUCKS, UM, MULTIPLE TRIPS, BUT THEY'RE CLOSED.
I HAVE A QUESTION FOR YOU AND I ALSO HAVE A QUESTION FOR THE MARSHALS.
UM, MY QUESTION FOR YOU WOULD BE, WHAT IS THE COST OF THIS NEW PERMIT? AND MY OTHER QUESTION FOR THE MARSHALS IS, I'M WORKING WITH ELECTRIC, SO I USE NO PROPANE, ALL MY FOOD'S IN PACKAGED.
DO I STILL NEED TO HAVE THAT PERMIT FROM YOU GUYS, THAT INSPECTION? OR IS IT JUST YOU'RE OKAY TO GO SIGN? OR WHAT IS THE PROCESS FOR THAT? EITHER OR CITY OR, UM, IT COULD BE COUNTY.
COUNTY BECAUSE MICHAEL BULL TRUCKS MOVE AROUND IN AUSTIN AND THEY GO THROUGH BACK SHOP.
THEY GO TO MAIN, THEY GO TO EL.
SO I NEED TO KNOW WHAT IS THE PROCESS OF THESE FOLLOWING, UM, STEPS THAT I NEED TO TAKE? THAT'S A LONG, LENGTHY QUESTION.
UM, I CAN GET WITH YOU AFTERWARDS IF YOU WANT AND TAKE CARE OF YOUR QUESTIONS.
AND, AND WE'LL TAKE CARE OF THAT ONE.
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A LOT OF INS AND OUT.WE'D HAVE, WE'D HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND SIT DOWN AND WE WANT WE TO ANSWER QUESTION PROPERLY.
BUT CAN UM, CAN I ANSWER THE FIRE SIDE? YEAH, SURE.
AND I'LL DEFER TO YOU AFTERWARDS.
IN THE CITY, IF YOU ARE IN THE, IN THE, IN THE SCENARIO SHE PROPOSES AS SHE'S OPERATING IN THE CITY WITH ELECTRIC, NO GREASE LAID IN VAPORS, YOU DO NOT NEED A FIRE INSPECTION.
THE TWO TRIGGERS FOR IN THE CITY, WHETHER OR NOT YOU NEED A FIRE INSPECTION IS IF YOU HAVE PROPANE OVER 20 GALLONS, IF IT'S ENCLO, IF IT'S, UH, EXTERIOR OR ANY, ANY PROPANE.
IF YOU WANNA GET INTO THE DEFINITION OF GREASE LAID AND VAPORS, COME TALK TO US AFTERWARDS.
UH, AND FOR THE COUNTY, SO THE COUNTY, WE WERE PERMITTING THOSE, RIGHT? AND WE'RE WORKING REALLY HARD NOT TO, WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO ALIGN WITH A FT.
ALRIGHT, SO RIGHT NOW YOU'RE KIND OF SITTING IN THIS GRAY AREA, BUT I'M TRYING, WE'RE TRYING OUR BEST NOT TO, TO PERMIT THOSE TYPES OF, SO IF YOU ARE, IF YOU'RE A ICE, UH, SNOW CONE OR, UH, SOMEBODY THAT DOES THINGS LIKE THAT AGAIN, THAT NO GREASE, LATENT VAPORS, NO PROPANE.
WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT WHERE WE'RE IN LINE WITH, WITH WHAT AUSTIN'S DOING, STOPS THE CONFUSION.
AND THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.
SO YOU WANT ANSWER THAT QUESTION? YEAH.
SO, UH, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER, I'LL GIVE YOU AN EXAMPLE FOR ONE OF THEM.
UM, GIMME ONE OF YOUR, UH, VEHICLES.
WHAT, WHAT YOUR MENU IS, UM, WHAT DO YOU COOK? IT'S, UH, TACOS, BUT THEY'RE JUST ALL LIKE, IT'S A COLD PACKAGED STUFF, READY TO, OKAY.
SO DO YOU, UM, YOU, UH, SELL, UH, IS, IS IT COMMERCIALLY MANUFACTURED? SO IT'S ALL PREPACKAGED BY THE MANUFACTURER AND YOU'RE JUST SIMPLY HANDING IT TO THE CUSTOMER? RIGHT? OKAY.
SO YOU'RE NOT REALLY HANDLING FOOD.
SO IN THAT CATEGORY, YOU WOULD BE, ARE YOU HEATING IT UP AT ALL OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, NOT REALLY.
IT'S JUST PACKAGED, PREPACKAGED.
SO IF IT'S ALL PREPACKAGED ACCORDING TO THE WEBSITE AT DISHES, REMEMBER WE'RE NO LONGER THE AUTHORITY.
WE HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE LOOKING AT THIS SHOULD BE A TYPE ONE FOR THAT, FOR THE HEALTH INSPECTION.
THIS WAY YOU'D BE, AND THE FEE THAT THEY HAVE CURRENTLY PROPOSED AT THIS TIME IS $309 FOR A TYPE ONE.
SO SOMETHING REALLY BASIC LIKE THAT.
SO THAT PLUS THE FIRE FEE, UM, THAT'S ALL THE TYPE ONE HAS RIGHT NOW AS FAR AS THAT GOES.
THAT WOULD GET YOU STARTED FOR ONE, ONE OF THOSE UNITS.
AND THEN WE HAVE A NUMBER OF QUESTIONS ONLINE, UM, DOWNSTAIRS, YEAH.
THEY'RE QUESTIONS FROM ONLINE, BUT THEY'RE FROM DOWNSTAIRS IN OUR OVERFLOW ROOM.
WILL THE FIRE PERMIT FROM SAN MARCO OBTAINED THIS YEAR STILL BE VALID UNTIL RENEWAL? I THINK YOU ALREADY ANSWERED IT, BUT GO AHEAD.
YEAH, SO ONCE AGAIN, REGARDLESS, IF YOU'RE OPERATING IN AUSTIN, YOU NEED AN AUSTIN FIRE.
IF YOU, IF YOU'RE THE ONES THAT WE TALKED ABOUT JUST RECENTLY, AND IF YOU'RE IN COUNT IN THE COUNTY, YOU NEED A TRAVIS COUNTY, SAN MARCO, SAN ANTONIO, EL PASO, NONE OF THOSE WILL WORK FOR OPERATING INSIDE OF CITY OF AUSTIN OR IN THE COUNTY.
QUESTION, WILL A FIRE DEPARTMENT INSPECTION FROM AUSTIN WORK IN HOUSTON? THEY MAY.
THEY, IT'S, I CAN'T SPEAK FOR THEM.
YOU HAVE TO TALK TO THEM IF THEY HONOR OR GIVE RECIPROCITY.
WE ARE WORKING TO GIVE RECIPROCITY BETWEEN OURSELVES, BUT IT REQUIRES A LEGAL AGREEMENT ACCORDING TO OUR CITY LAWYERS.
UH, HOUSTON MAY CHOOSE TO HONOR OTHER PEOPLE OR NOT, BUT THEY MAY NOT BE OPERATING OFF.
WE'RE OPERATING OFF OF THE 2024 CODE.
THEY'RE OPERATE OFF IN A 2021 CODE.
IF THEY'RE IN A DIFFERENT CODE, IT, IT REALLY DEPENDS ON THAT AUTHORITY HAVING JURISDICTION.
ANOTHER QUESTION FROM DOWNSTAIRS IS, WHAT ARE THE NEW STATE HEALTH INSPECTION REQUIREMENTS? WHERE CAN THOSE BE FOUND? FOR EXAMPLE, WHAT, WHAT ARE THE WATER TANK SIZES? UH, FIRST PLACE TO START AGAIN IS GONNA BE THE STATE WEBSITE.
I'M GONNA OFFER THIS, I'M GONNA SURPRISE MY TEAM HERE FOR A MINUTE.
UH, 'CAUSE I KNOW WE'RE, WE'RE RUNNING SHORT ON TIME.
WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS ONLINE IN HERE AND DOWNSTAIRS.
JUST IN CASE WE RUN OUTTA TIME, WRITE DOWN THIS EMAIL ADDRESS AND HELP ME SPREAD THE WORD TEAM.
WE CAN MAYBE WRITE IT DOWN THE BOARD AND DOWNSTAIRS PLEASE SHARE WITH THE TEAM.
SO STATE WEBSITE FIRST, TRY AND SEE IF YOU, YOU CAN ANSWER DOWN THERE.
IF YOU CANNOT FIND YOUR ANSWER, WE'LL WORK WITH OUR STATE COUNTERPARTS, BUT IF NOT, YOU CAN GO TO E HSD DOT SERVICE AT AUSTIN.
SPELLED OUT TEXAS SPELLED OUT DO GV.
SO THAT'S E HSD SERVICE@AUSTINTEXAS.GOV.
SO THAT'S, THAT'S FOR ANY QUESTIONS THAT WE AREN'T ABLE TO ANSWER RIGHT HERE, OR IF WE, IN CASE WE RUN OUT TIME, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF QUESTIONS THAT WE WANT TO BE ABLE TO COVER AS
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MANY AS POSSIBLE.THE OTHER QUESTION, SO WE HEARD THAT A PH WILL NO LONGER BE ABLE TO ISSUE TEMPORARY MOBILE FOOD VENDOR PERMITS.
WILL A PH STILL ISSUE TEMPORARY FOOD VENDOR PERMITS FOR FESTIVALS TO VENDORS THAT ARE NOT SERVING OUT OF A TRUCK OR A TRAILER? SO THE ANSWER ON THAT ONE IS YES.
IF YOU'RE OPERATING FROM A TENT, OUR TEMPORARY FOOD PROGRAM WILL NOT CHANGE.
NOW, HOWEVER, FOR THE MOBILES THAT ARE OPERATING AT FESTIVALS, YOU NEED TO GET A STATE HEALTH PERMIT FOR MOBILE FOOD VENDING.
I KNOW IN THE PAST, ON A CASE BY CASE BASIS, WE WOULD ISSUE A TEMPORARY FOOD PERMIT TO A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR STATE SAID THAT, NOT THAT IT'S THEIR PROGRAM, THEY WILL NOT ALLOW THAT.
YOU CANNOT GET A TEMPORARY FOOD LICENSE FOR A MOBILE FOOD PERMIT IN TEXAS.
AND LAST QUESTION THEN WE'LL COME BACK TO THIS ROOM.
HOW OFTEN DO I HAVE TO BRING MY TRAILER TO THE OFFICE FOR INSPECTION? YEARLY OR ONLY ONE TIME? THIS IS A FANTASTIC QUESTION.
I KNOW WE KEEP TALKING ABOUT THE FEES AND OH MY GOD, THIS IS SO MUCH AND HASSLE EVERY YEAR WITH HEALTH.
I'M NOT SPEAKING FOR FIRE, FOR HEALTH.
ONE TIME UNDER THE NEW STATE LICENSING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS YEAR.
BUT THE SECOND YEAR, IF YOU ALREADY HAVE A LICENSE, ALL YOU GOTTA DO IS GO TO THE WEBSITE, SUBMIT YOUR RENEWAL, AND YOU'RE DONE.
YOU GET YOUR LICENSE IN THE MAIL.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO COME BACK AND SEE AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH, WILLIAMSON COUNTY, SAN MARCO, SAN ANTONIO.
YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO BACK FOR YOUR RENEWAL.
NO MORE HAVING TO COME BACK TO THE OFFICE FOR RENEWALS.
YEAH, SO THAT'S, THAT'S ACTUALLY, I MEAN, OUT OF ALL THIS CHANGE, THAT'S PROBABLY ONE POSITIVE ASPECT, BUT FOR FIRE, I'LL LET THEM SPEAK ABOUT THAT.
CAN YOU EXPLAIN THAT AGAIN? THAT WAS A LITTLE, YEAH, THAT WAS A LITTLE, UH, SOME CLARIFICATION ON THAT.
SO I'LL START, I'LL GIVE TWO EXAMPLES.
IF YOU ARE A BRAND NEW VENDOR AND THIS YEAR ONLY THIS YEAR, EVERYBODY'S CONSIDERED A BRAND NEW VENDOR, YOU HAVE TO COME SEE US FOR HEALTH FOR A PRE-LICENSING BEFORE YOU OPERATE INSPECTION.
THAT'S WHERE YOU NEED THE GENERATOR.
SO LET'S GO, LET'S PRETEND WE'RE ALREADY IN YEAR TWO.
WE'RE IN YEAR TWO OF THE STATEWIDE LICENSING PROGRAM.
YOU ALREADY HAD A PERMIT THROUGH THE STATE AND YOU NEED TO RENEW.
YOU DO NOT HAVE TO CONTACT US, YOU WILL NOT GET A, HEY, YOU HAVE TO SHOW UP IN TWO WEEKS TO COME GET YOUR RENEWAL INSPECTION.
THAT PROCESS DOES NOT EXIST WITH THE STATE.
YOU'RE ONE AND DONE LONG AS YOU STAY IN OPERATION AND AS LONG AS YOU DON'T SWITCH OUT YOUR, YOUR TRAILER.
SO KEEP THE TRAILER STAY IN BUSINESS ONE AND DONE DOES THE FEE CHANGE.
YOU WILL NOT HAVE TO PAY A PRE-LICENSING INSPECTION.
SO RIGHT NOW, THIS FIRST YEAR YOU'LL HAVE TO PAY YOUR APPLICATION FEE AND THEN A PRE-LICENSING FEE NEXT YEAR.
IT'S JUST THE APPLICATION FEE.
UH, THAT'S, THAT'S YOU ASKED, YOU MENTIONED SOMETHING ABOUT TEMPS.
SO WE ARE, WE REGULARLY WILL GO OFF TO SAY CODA AND CODA WILL PULL A TENT.
'CAUSE WE TAKE A MOBILE VENDING UNIT, BUT THEN WE ALSO SET UP A TABLE OUTSIDE THAT IS NOT PART OF THE MOBILE FOOD UNIT.
I KNOW, RIGHT? SO WHO, WHOSE, WHOSE, WHOSE JURISDICTION DOES THAT TABLE FALL UNDER? THE MOBILE FOOD VENDING ASPECT OF IT WILL FALL UNDER AWESOME PUBLIC HEALTH ONCE YOU GET OUTTA THE MOBILE UNIT.
THE STATE HAS BEEN CLEAR, WE DON'T TOUCH ANYTHING OUTSIDE OF THE UNIT THAT IS LOCAL ORDINANCES.
SO IN YOUR MOBILE UNIT STATE, ONCE YOU TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF YOUR MOBILE UNIT, LIKE AT FESTIVALS ACL, SOUTH BY SOUTHWEST, THEN YOU'LL TALK TO TWO UNFORTUNATELY STATE AND LOCAL.
AND, UH, SO THE STATE FINALLY GETS TO BE A GOOD GUY.
THEY'RE THE ONE AND DONE THERE.
FIRE, WE'RE STILL REQUIRING AN ANNUAL INSPECTION.
SO YOU, YOU WILL HAVE TO DO A SITE VISIT WITH FIRE AS WE, AS WE DEVELOP THE, THE COORDINATION IN THERE.
THAT MAY CHANGE, BUT AS OF RIGHT NOW IT IS STILL AN ANNUAL INSPECTION FOR FIRE.
IF WE CHANGE IT, WE WILL UH, WE WILL PAPER AND, AND CONTACT, WE, WE WILL PUT IT OUT ON SOCIAL MEDIA.
WE WILL MAKE SURE YOU KNOW THAT WHEN YOU APPLY FOR YOUR, YOUR, UH, PERMIT.
NEXT, THE SECOND YEAR AND ON, WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHERE YOU NEED TO GO.
LET'S TAKE A COUPLE MORE QUESTIONS, MA'AM.
YES, I HAVE, THIS IS FOR FIRE.
FOR EXAMPLE, IF LIKE
WE CAN OPERATE NO MATTER THAT WE HAVE THE, UH, PERMIT FOR THE STATE, THE HEALTH PERMIT, YOU CAN'T, IF YOU HAVE GREASE LAID AND VAPORS OR PROPANE,
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YOU CANNOT OPERATE WITHOUT A FIRE INSPECTOR.SO INSPECTION, WE DON'T HAVE THE INSPECTION FOR THE FIRE MARSHAL.
WE HAVE THE QUARTERLY PERMIT FOR FIRE.
I TAKE HERE OF THE LADY WITH THE, YEAH.
UM, HOW LONG DO YOU, UH, ANTICIPATE THE FREE LICENSEE PROCESS TO TAKE WITH THE NEW BILL? OR IS THAT JUST IN DSHS? IT REALLY WILL.
IT, IT'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S KIND OF LIKE YOU'VE HEARD THE SAYING THE CHECK'S IN THE MAIL.
WELL YEAH, AS SOON AS WE GET THAT NOTIFICATION OR YOU GET THAT NOTIFICATION TO CONTACT US, THAT'S WHEN WE'LL START SCHEDULING THOSE.
SO THAT'S A BIG PROGRAM, BIG ROLLOUT.
THEY COULD BE READY THE FIRST, THEY COULD BE READY TO SEND US STUFF PRIOR TO THAT.
SAY, HEY, WE HAVE THINGS READY TO GO FOR JULY 1ST FOR YOU GUYS TO DO.
BUT REALISTICALLY FOR MOST PEOPLE, IF THERE'S 2000, UH, UH, MOBILE FOOD VENDORS IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, TRAVIS COUNTY RIGHT NOW, WE CAN'T DO 'EM ALL THE FIRST WEEK, MONTH, OR THE SECOND MONTH.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A WHILE TO GET THROUGH ALL OF THOSE.
SO CATEGORY TWO, I KNOW THAT IT SAYS THAT THEY'RE PRIORITIZING THE PRE-LICENSING, UH, INSPECTION, UM, FROM LIKE APPLICATION AND FEE PAYMENT TO THEN GETTING THAT LETTER.
HOW LONG DO YOU THINK THAT PROCESS IS TAKEN? SO, SO THE QUESTION'S GOOD AND IT'S, IT'S A VERY VALID QUESTION.
ONE WE REALLY NEED TO THINK THROUGH FOR ALL OF OUR, ALL OF OUR, UH, EVENT, SPECIAL EVENT ORGANIZERS LISTENING RIGHT NOW IS, UM, THE STATE HAS NOT GONNA ALLOW US TO ISSUE THOSE TEMPORARY PERMITS TO THOSE MOBILES COMING FROM THE OUTSIDE.
SO IF THEY'RE COMING IN OR ANYBODY'S APPLYING FOR A NEW PERMIT, LIKE THIS GENTLEMAN FROM YOU HERE, UM, WANTS TO BECOME A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR, UM, THEY WILL APPLY TO THE STATE AND THEY CANNOT OPERATE, UH, PER IN THE CATEGORY TWO BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE A LICENSE WITH THE LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENT YET.
SO EVEN THOUGH THEY GO AND AND SUBMIT THAT AND PAY THAT, UM, THEY CANNOT OPERATE UNTIL THEY GET THAT PHYSICAL INSPECTION, UH, COMPLETED AND THEY PASS, UH, BY THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
NOW THOSE ARE REQUIRED TO BE DONE WITHIN 14 DAYS.
WE WILL EXPEDITE THOSE AND PUT THEM AT THE FRONT OF THE LIST.
WE ARE IN OUR MINDS RIGHT NOW THINKING THROUGH, WE'RE RESERVING A SPOT JUST FOR THOSE.
HOW MANY WE GET? WELL WE DID A HAND RAISE TODAY.
MOST OF THE PEOPLE IN HERE HAVE A CURRENT PERMIT AND ABOUT 5% OUR NEW MOBILE FOOD VENDORS AS A SAMPLE IN THIS ROOM.
SO NOT AS MANY OF THOSE WILL BE NEEDED.
UH, SLOTS WILL BE NEEDED FOR THOSE FOLKS.
I HOPE THAT ANSWERS YOUR QUESTION.
UM, LET'S GO BACK WAITING FOR A LONG TIME.
I STILL HAVE MY PERMIT IF I DON'T HAVE A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR REAL ID ISSUED BY THE STATE OF TEXAS.
THIS QUESTION HAS COME UP OFF.
AND THE QUESTION IS, IF I DON'T HAVE A REAL ID OR UH, SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER OR SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER, CAN I GET A MOBILE FOOD VENDOR PERMIT FOR THE STATE OF TEXAS? IT DEPENDS.
TRANSLATING OVER HERE, THE QUESTION IS, IF I DO NOT HAVE A REAL ID OR A SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER CANNOT OPERATE A MOBILE, UH, CAN I APPLY FOR AND OBTAIN A STATE MOBILE FOOD VENDING LICENSE? THE ANSWER IS, IT DEPENDS.
IF YOU'RE OPERATING A MOTORIZED VEHICLE, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A VALID US IDENTIFICATION, NOT NECESSARILY A REAL ID.
AND I UNDERSTAND THAT, CALLED OUT THAT SPECIFIC ONE.
BUT THE WAY THE STATE LAW IS WRITTEN, NOT, NOT EVEN D-S-D-H-S MADE THIS RULE THE WAY THE LAW WAS WRITTEN BY THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR MUST HAVE A VALID US IDENTIFICATION IF YOU'RE GONNA OPERATE A MOTORIZED VEHICLE.
SO ANY RULES, LIKE IF YOU'RE OPERATING A, A TACO TRUCK IN THE STATE OF TEXAS, YOU'RE ON US ROADS, STATE ROADS.
SO TO OPERATE THAT VEHICLE BY THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF MOTOR VEHICLES, YOU WOULD NEED A VALID US IDENTIFICATION OR IN THAT CASE A US DRIVER'S LICENSE.
SO YES, YOU WILL NEED A VALID US DRIVER'S LICENSE.
AND I SHOULDN'T SAY ID EITHER, BECAUSE YOU CAN'T HAVE AN ID AND DRIVE A VEHICLE IN TEXAS MUST HAVE A VALID US DRIVER'S LICENSE TO OBTAIN A MOBILE FOOD, UH, STATE LICENSE.
NOW, IF YOU'RE, IF YOU'RE UH, ONLY OPERATING A PUSH CART, YOU'RE NOT DRIVING IT, YOU DO NOT NEED A US UH, DRIVER'S LICENSE.
NOW IT GETS CONFUSING BECAUSE I DID LOOK AT THE APPLICATION AND THE APPLICATION DOES ASK, WHAT IS YOUR
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TEXAS DRIVER'S LICENSE NUMBER? I DON'T KNOW WHETHER IT WAS A REQUIRED FIELD, IF IT'LL LET YOU SUBMIT THE APPLICATION, WHETHER IT'LL GET REJECTED.DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YES, I HERE, YEAH.
UH, MINE IS ACTUALLY MOSTLY BEFORE THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
I'VE ALWAYS HAD AUSTIN AND TRAVIS COUNTY PERMITS AND I NEVER HAD TO, WELL, TRAVIS COUNTY WOULD DO THE FIRE INSPECTION FOR ME AND THEN I DIDN'T HAVE TO PAY FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN AT THAT TIME.
AND I KNOW Y'ALL TRYING, YOU SAID YOU'RE TRYING TO GET IT BACK TOGETHER AGAIN.
UM, IS THE FEES GONNA STAY THE SAME FOR THE FIRE INSPECTIONS OR THEY GONNA BE AN INCREASE ON THE FIRE INSPECTIONS THIS YEAR? SO RIGHT NOW UNTIL WE CAN GET A COMBINED, UH, RELATIONSHIP FORMALIZED, IT WILL BE A FEE IF YOU'RE OPERATING IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN AND A FEE IF YOU'RE IN A COUNTY.
OUR FEES ARE GONNA STAY THE SAME THEY ARE.
UM, AND THE THE THING IS, I THINK WE'RE A LITTLE DIFFERENT IN WHAT OUR FEEDS ARE AND WHAT WE'LL DO AS WE'RE WORKING THROUGH THIS, OUR FEED WE'RE, YOU'LL SEE OUR, OUR FEES ARE PROBABLY DROPPED, MORE LIKELY.
LIKELY WE'RE AT 2 66 AND THEY'RE AT TWO.
WE'RE GONNA PROBABLY DROP OURS.
AND I SAY THAT THEY MAY COME UP, I DON'T KNOW, WE'LL JUST SEE.
AND MY SECOND PART OF THE QUESTION ALSO PERTAINS TO THE FIRE INSPECTION.
MY TRAILER WAS A BARBECUE TRAILER AT ONE TIME.
NOW IS YOUR, ARE THE ONES THAT ARE GRANDFATHER IN WITHOUT HAVING TO HAVE A FIRE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM, IS THAT GO BY THE BUSINESS NAME OR THE OWNER NAME? IT GOES BY THE VEHICLE.
SO IF I WAS TO GO FROM LIKE SAY BARBECUE TO HOT DOGS, I WOULD BE STILL GRANDFATHERED IN.
AND I KNOW YOU SAID THAT YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE THE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM OR ANYTHING UNDER 20 POUNDS OF PROPANE.
SO YEAH, ANYTHING UNDER 20 POUNDS OF PROPANE, SO WE'RE TALKING LIKE YOUR CAMPING STOVE, RIGHT? UH, TYPE SITUATION.
ANY PROPANE CYLINDER, LIKE YOUR BARBECUE GRILL AT HOME, THAT'S GONNA REQUIRE A FIRE INSPECTION.
UM, SO I WOULD STILL BE GRANDFATHERED IN FOR THE SUPPRESSION SYSTEM IF ALL I'M GONNA HAVE IS A FLAT TOP GRILL, RIGHT? YES.
IF YOU'RE NOT CHANGING OWNERSHIP AND YOU'RE NOT CHANGING THE, THE GENERAL USE OF IT, IT'S THE SAME VEHICLE.
YOU'D BE STILL GRANDFATHERED IN.
THE BUSINESS NAME MAY CHANGE, BUT THE OWNER ITSELF ATTACHED TO THAT BIN IS GOING TO BE THE SAME.
I JUST WANTED TO CLARIFY THAT PART OF IT, YOU KNOW.
THE DRIVER LICENSE OR CAN IT BE LIKE ANOTHER EMPLOYEE? YEAH, I THINK, UH, WE'RE ALL POINTING TO THE WEBSITE RIGHT NOW TO GET THAT, THAT QUESTION ANSWERED.
THEY DO HAVE A LOT OF INFORMATION ON THE WEBSITE.
YOU MENTIONED CATEGORY TWO PRIORITIZED FOR THE PROCESSING.
WHAT ABOUT CATEGORY THREE? UH, OKAY, LET'S, LET'S TALK ABOUT TERMINOLOGY AND THAT GOT A LITTLE MIXED UP A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
SO CATEGORY ONE IS WHAT EVERYBODY REPEAT.
WHAT IS THAT PEOPLE WITH THAT ALREADY HAVE A WHAT PERMIT.
TWO IS FOR WHAT PEOPLE THAT DON'T HAVE DON'T HAVE A PERMIT.
THAT'S THE TWO CATEGORIES THERE.
WHAT ALSO THE STATE WILL TALK ABOUT IS TYPES.
TYPES ARE BASED ON RISK, RISK, 1, 2, 3 RISK, ONE BEING THE LOWEST.
THE LADY'S OPERATION OVER HERE, SHE'S JUST SIMPLY HANDING SOMEONE SOME PREPACKAGED FOOD THAT WAS COMMERCIALLY PREPACKAGED.
IT'S ALL, THERE'S NO HANDLING AT ALL REALLY IN THAT.
UH, TYPE TWO WOULD BE, UM, YOU'RE DOING A COOK AND SERVE THINGS LIKE THAT FOR THE MOST PART.
AND THEN TYPE THREE YOU'RE ACTUALLY REHEATING AND THOSE TYPE OF THINGS.
AND ALL THESE, THESE TYPES ARE ON THE WEBSITE.
THAT DISH HAS EXPLAINS THAT AND UH, MICHELLE DID READ THAT, BUT I WOULD HAVE YOU GO BACK AND LOOK AT, IT SAYS THERE'S A TITLE THAT SAYS LICENSING BY PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND TYPE, BUT THE RISK BASED CATEGORIES YES.
SO WE HAVE A BUSINESS LOCATED IN
HOW WOULD THAT WORK FOR THE INSPECTION? BECAUSE SINCE WE'RE BASED OUT THERE, WOULD WE HAVE TO COME FOR THE INSPECTION HERE OR DO WE HAVE TO STAY OVER THERE BECAUSE WE'RE, WE'RE MAINLY LOCATED OVER THERE AND I DON'T KNOW HOW THE FIRE MARSH OR LIKE THE AUSTIN FIRE OR DO WE HAVE TO GET EXTRA, UM, INSPECTIONS OVER THERE WHEN THE FIRE MARSHALS AND FAST ARE FOR, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU GUYS YEAH, AND THAT'S A GREAT QUESTION BECAUSE NOT, NOT EVERYBODY'S SIGNED A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE, RIGHT? SO
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THEY'RE OBVIOUSLY GONNA HAVE YOU GO TO THE, UH, TO A PLACE THAT'S GONNA OFFER YOU AN INSPECTION, RIGHT? SO WE DON'T KNOW HOW THIS IS ALL GONNA PAN OUT WITH THE STATE.WE KNOW THAT ONCE YOU GET THE LETTER THAT SAYS OUR NAMES, THAT WE'RE GONNA WORK WITH YOU TO GET THAT INSPECTION DONE AND COMPLETED.
THAT'S THE ONLY WE CAN TELL YOU RIGHT NOW.
WE HAVE THOSE SAME QUESTIONS AND WE DON'T KNOW, WE KNOW, UH, WE'RE THE FIRST LARGE CITY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS TO SIGN A CONTRACT WITH THE STATE.
HOW'S THAT? WE'RE THE FIRST LARGE CITY, SO AUSTIN PUBLIC HEALTH.
SO, AND, AND WE, WE WERE HESITANT TO DO THIS BECAUSE THERE'S SO MANY UNKNOWNS, RIGHT? BUT YOU KNOW, YOUR HEALTH AND THE SAFETY AND THE IMPORTANCE OF OUR ECONOMY, ALL THOSE REASONS ARE REASON TO SAY, YOU KNOW WHAT, WE MAY NOT LOOK GREAT BY JUST STEPPING OUT AND DOING WHATEVER WE CAN 'CAUSE WE DON'T HAVE ALL THE ANSWERS AND HOW THIS IS GONNA WORK.
WE REALLY WANTED TO COMMIT TO THAT.
SO I, I APPLAUD MY LEADERSHIP AND THE LEADERSHIP OF THE CITY OF AUSTIN FOR MOVING FORWARD AND SIGNING THAT CONTRACT WITH THE STATE.
SO AT LEAST WE HAVE A PLACE SO WE CAN WORK TOGETHER AS BEST WE CAN AND WORK WITH THE STATE TO KIND OF GET THIS STREAMLINED.
HAVEN'T HEARD FROM YOU YET, SIR.
ALRIGHT, UH, TWO QUESTIONS FOR HEALTH.
AND WE HAVE, UM, RE RENEWAL UP FOUR, FOUR MORE YEARS AFTER THAT SO WE CAN RENEW IT UP TO FOUR MORE YEARS.
SO THE CONTRACT IS A FIVE YEAR CONTRACT.
UM, THE FIRST YEAR IS A LONGER ONE.
IT'S A THIRD TWO MONTH CONTRACT.
THE INITIAL INSPECTION YOU ISSUED YOUR STATE LICENSING AND THEN IT'S STATE INSPECTIONS AT THAT POINT.
MAYBE I MISUNDERSTOOD YOUR QUESTION.
SO I THOUGHT YOU'RE ASKING A QUESTION NOT ABOUT OUR CONTRACT WITH THE STATE.
YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT WHAT DID, CAN YOU REPEAT YOUR QUESTION? I'M SORRY.
WELL, YES, SO, SO THE ADDITIONAL INSPECTION WILL BE WILL HANDLED BY US
AND THEN ONE YEAR FROM NOW FOR 13 MONTHS, YOU KNOW, IT'S LIKE, OKAY, IS DURING THIS FIRST YEAR, IS AUSTIN GOING OFF AND DOING THE ROUTINE INSPECTIONS OR IS IT A STATE? YES, AND SO THAT'S A GOOD QUESTION.
AND SO, UM, OBVIOUSLY THIS YEAR WE ONLY HAVE SO MUCH MONEY TO WORK WITH BECAUSE THEY'RE PAYING US TO DO THIS.
THEY WANT US TO FOCUS HEAVILY ON THESE, THESE, UH, PERMITTING INSPECTIONS, MAKE SURE WE HAVE SUFFICIENT MONIES.
THAT'S THEIR FOCUS THIS YEAR, GETTING EVERYTHING UP AND GOING.
AND THEN, UH, UH, TENTATIVELY THE PLAN IS NOW, 'CAUSE RIGHT NOW EVERYTHING'S FLUID, RIGHT? THINGS TO BE CHANGING WEEKLY, UH, ROLLING THIS OUT, BUT TENTATIVELY, UH, THE MAJORITY OF OUR INSPECTIONS BECAUSE THERE'S NO MANDATORY, UH, PRE-LICENSING INSPECTION ANYMORE AFTER THIS FIRST ONE WITH THE STATE.
UM, MOST OF THAT FOCUS WILL BE ON JUST ROUTINE INSPECTIONS.
UH, FINAL FINAL PART, SOME SEPARATION OF, UH, RESPONSIBILITIES, UH, SPECIFICALLY SINCE THE PREPARATION FACILITY.
YES, THERE'S NOW THE TERMINOLOGY IS NOW CPF AND A NEW ONE SERVICING AREA YOU.
AND SO IF YOU LOOK AT THAT'S NOT, NONE OF THOSE TERMS ARE NEW, UM, SERVICING AREA.
WE HAVE SOME CHATTER BACK HERE.
UM, SO THOSE TERMS ARE NOT NEW AND UM, SERVICING AREA WAS ALWAYS PART OF THE DEFINITION OF A ESSENTIAL PREPARATION FACILITY.
THAT'LL, THOSE ARE, WE HAVE, UH, A NUMBER OF THOSE HERE IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
AND SO THEY CAN COME IN AND, YOU KNOW, UH, DUMP HERE WITH LIQUID WASTE THERE AT THE CENTRAL PREPARATION FACILITY.
YOU CAN ACTUALLY SHOP THERE, UM, STORE YOUR FOODS THERE, UH, ALL SORTS OF DIFFERENT TYPES OF CENTRAL PREPARATION, FACILIT AND THE SERVICES THEY PROVIDE.
BUT THOSE ARE NECESSARY FACILITIES THAT MOBILES THAT, UM, UH, HAVE, ARE HANDLING FOOD, UH, AND EXPOSED FOOD AND, UM, CAN'T KEEP EVERYTHING ON THE MOBILE.
THEY'LL NEED THAT CENTRAL PREPARATION FACILITY AGREEMENT.
AND THAT'S PART OF THAT APPLICATION PROCESS WITH THE STATE SERVICING.
IT WAS LOCAL AND IT, AND REMEMBER THIS IS A WONKY, WONKY BILL AS FAR AS THIS STUFF.
THERE'S A LOT OF THINGS THAT WERE NOT THOUGHT OF.
SO, UM, WE WILL LIKELY IF THIS CON AS THIS CONTINUES, IF THIS IS GETS AWKWARD, WE ARE GOING TO WORK WITH, UH, LEGISLATORS TO GET THIS CLEANED UP REGARDING ESSENTIAL PREPARATION FACILITIES, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT I CAN TELL YOU NOW.
AND I HAVE ADRIAN PAPIER SOMEWHERE WITH OUR AREAS OVER THERE.
HE'S WITH OUR, UM, HE WITH OUR, UH, AUSTIN WATER FOLKS.
AND SO THEY'RE, THEY'RE, THEY'RE VERY INTERESTED IN KEEPING OUR SEWERS CLEAN BECAUSE IF, IF YOU'RE GOING TO ANY, UH, RESTAURANT ANYWHERE AND USE IT AS A CENTRAL PREPARATION FACILITY, IT'S POSSIBLE THAT THOSE ADDITIONAL GREASE LADEN WATER WASTE WE'LL CLOG THE SEWERS IF YOU DON'T HAVE A SUFFICIENTLY SIZED GREASE TRAP.
SO FOR THE CITY OF AUSTIN, IF YOU ARE
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ESSENTIAL PREPARATION FACILITY IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN, NOTHING IS CHANGING.YOU WILL NEED TO GO THROUGH AND GET THAT WEIRS NUMBER, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE A PROPERLY SIZED GREASE TRAP.
WE WILL NOT ISSUE ESSENTIAL PREPARATION FACILITY AT OUR OFFICE UNTIL WE GET THAT WEIRS NUMBER FROM AUSTIN WATER.
AND, UM, SO THAT'S NOT A NEW REQUIREMENT.
WE'RE NOT CHANGING ANYTHING AT ALL.
AND, UM, WE VERIFIED THAT, UH, WE DID RUN THAT QUESTION A COUPLE WEEKS AGO, PAST THE STATE.
THEY REALIZE IT'S A LITTLE WONKY.
THEY COULD BE SAYING THAT'S A, THAT'S A GREAT PLACE TO TAKE YOUR, THAT YOU CAN USE.
THEY'RE NOT GONNA WORK WITH AUSTIN OR ANY OTHER CITY ON WHETHER OR NOT IT'S PERMITTED.
WE WILL, WE WILL BE, NO ONE CAN UTILIZE OR OFFER ESSENTIAL PREPARATION FACILITIES IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN UNLESS THEY HAVE A WEIRS NUMBER.
THAT'S THE WAY TO WORK IN THE CITY OF AUSTIN.
UH, AS WE START TO WRAP UP, I WANNA SAY THAT THERE'S A LOT MORE QUESTIONS OUT THERE.
THERE'S A LOT OF RESOURCES AVAILABLE FOR YOU.
YOU'VE SEEN PLENTY OF INFORMATION ON HOW BEST TO GET FROM THE STATE FOR THE HEALTH, UH, THE QR CODE, WHICH I DON'T KNOW IF YOU CAN ZOOM IN ON FOR OUR ONLINE MEMBERS, WE'RE GONNA ACTUALLY GIVE THE CAMERAMAN SOMETHING TO DO AND I'M GONNA READ IT OUT FOR PEOPLE.
IT IS WWW DOT AUSTIN, TEXAS ALL SPELLED OUT.GOV/FIRE/MOBILE-FOOD-VENDING-FIRE-INSPECTIONS.
HENCE WHY WE HAVE A QR CODE THAT WILL TAKE YOU TO A WEBSITE THAT HAS OUR FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS.
IT HAS A LINK TO THE TRAVIS COUNTY FIRE MARSHAL'S FOOD INSPECTION SITE IF YOU'RE OPERATING THERE, WHICH HAS INFORMATION ON HOW TO CONTACT THEM.
IT HAS EMAIL ADDRESS, IT'S GOT PHONE NUMBERS.
WE ARE HERE WITH YOU TO FIGURE OUT HOW THIS ALL GOES.
WE WILL, THERE IS NO WAY WE WERE GONNA ANSWER EVERYONE'S QUESTIONS HERE TODAY.
WE'LL STICK AROUND AND ANSWER SOME ON THE BACK, BUT REACH OUT TO US, GET INFORMED AND DO IT EARLIER RATHER THAN WAITING TILL THE LAST MINUTE THAT'S GONNA SET US UP ALL FOR SUCCESS.
WAIT, IT LOOKS LIKE WE HAVE ONE MORE, ONE MORE COMMENT.
YOU WANNA INTRODUCE YOURSELF? SURE.
TO THE CAMERA, I'M, UH, JAY PORTER.
I'M DIVISION MANAGER FOR UTILITY COMPLIANCE SERVICES FOR AUSTIN WATER.
SO THE QUESTION CAME UP ABOUT CENTRAL PREP FACILITIES AND WHILE THAT STAYS THE SAME, I KNOW A LOT OF YOU, UH, FOOD TRUCK VENDORS ALSO HAD THE ABILITY TO USE LICK OF WASTE HAULERS TO HAUL WASTE.
UM, THAT IT'S IMPORTANT FOR YOU GUYS.
THERE'S SOME ROGUE PEOPLE OUT THERE THAT ARE NOT PERMITTED.
WE PERMIT ALL LIQUID WASTE HAULERS.
UH, AND YOU GUYS CAN ALSO BE HELD RESPONSIBLE.
YOU NEED A MANIFEST, UH, IF SOMEONE'S NOT LEAVING YOU A MANIFEST.
ALSO, I WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU, IF YOU'RE GONNA HIRE A LIQUOR WASTE HAULER, THAT YOU HAVE THEIR PERMIT, THAT THEY SUPPLIED THE PERMIT WITH YOU.
SO YOU KNOW YOU'RE USING SOMEONE LEGAL BECAUSE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THE WASTE IS GOING IF THEY'RE NOT MANIFESTING THAT WASTE.
WELL, LAST PERSON THAT'S IN THE HALLWAY, IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ABOUT SMALL BUSINESS, WE HAVE SMALL BUSINESS ADMINISTRATION HERE AS WELL.
I MEAN, THE CITY OF AUSTIN REALLY TURNED OUT THEY'VE BEEN PLAN.
WE'VE BEEN PLANNING THIS MEETING FOR A WHILE TO TRY TO SUPPORT THIS CHANGE AND, UH, TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS MIGHT DO.
AND SO I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY FOR COMING TODAY.
THANK YOU FOR OUR TEAM AND, UH, THANK YOU MOBILE FOOD VENDORS FOR SUP SUPPORTING THE LIVE MUSIC CAPITAL WORLD AND ALL YOU DO.