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School district seeks permission to run summer-meals food truck at Buckner water park
Summary
Stacy Wallard, food service director for the Porto Sage School District, asked the board to allow a state-funded district food truck to serve free summer meals at the new water park and neighborhood sites June 23–Aug. 8; the district needs a signed site agreement and state health approval before operating.
Stacy Wallard, food service director for the Porto Sage School District, told the Buckner Park Board during public comment that the district wants to use a recently purchased, state-funded food truck to expand its free summer meals program.
"We offer a summer meals program that is free to all students 18 and under," Wallard said, describing plans to serve at the new water park and other neighborhood locations Monday through Friday for about 30 to 45 minutes per stop between June 23 and Aug. 8. She said the truck would also serve disabled adults over 18 who participate in the program.
Wallard said the vehicle is not used for on-site cooking, runs on a generator, carries warmers and coolers, and will meet the same meal-component rules as school lunches (entrée, vegetable, fruit and milk). She said the district already operates 8–10 summer-feeding sites and that the truck would allow service north of Highway 24, including at Hawthorne Apartments, a site that has already given approval.
The district asked the board to sign a state-required site agreement that authorizes the vehicle to park on city property; Wallard said the state health department would inspect the truck before it operates and that she expected to have permitting steps underway immediately. She told the board she could likely have an answer for the May 7 meeting about whether the state would approve the water-park stop.
Board members asked about trash management, noise from the generator, and whether external electricity would be required; Wallard said the truck runs on its own generator, that staff would help manage litter and could provide foldable tables and cordoned-off seating, and that the district would handle advertising and signage.
The board did not take a formal vote on permitting the truck at the water park during the public-comment exchange; members directed staff to coordinate with the district, review any relevant city food-truck ordinance language and bring a site agreement for signature if required.
Next steps: the district will pursue state permitting and presented a tentative timeline for the board’s May 7 meeting to consider formal authorization.
