<div dir="auto">Hello,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I believe this would be a most productive meeting, and rat infestations are an ongoing issue for all community gardeners, so we welcome this outreach. Our website already contains important information concerning rats. This would be a good update to that information. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We hold monthly coordinating meetings for our five committee chairs on the third Tuesday of each month. In order to get the word out to have more of our gardeners attend, we might wait until our November meeting, or allow us to plan a workshop to have an even larger gathering in November.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Chairs and representatives of our committees will be meeting Tues.Oct 17, and hopefully we'll hear back from you before then to put this on our agenda, and allow us to plan. You are both welcome to attend this meeting which will be held at the Hatchery, 135 N Kedzie, from 6 to 7:30 pm.<br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Best,</div><div dir="auto">Communications team</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 2:11 PM Anne O'Brien via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal">My name is Anne O’Brien, and I’m a Senior Performance Analyst with the City of Chicago Office of Inspector General. OIG is conducting an audit of the Department of Streets and Sanitation’s Bureau of Rodent Control, and we’re hoping to align
our audit objectives with the issues most important to residents. I’m reaching out to ask if we could meet with CCGA to hear your members’ perspectives on City rat abatement services, alternative pest management strategies, and any other topics of interest
for community gardeners across Chicago. <u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">My project partner Amy (cc’d) and I would be glad to come to in-person meetings, speak over video call, or whatever would be most convenient. Thank you for your consideration and please feel free to give me a call at (773) 478-2333 if I
can answer any questions.<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Anne K. O’Brien<u></u><u></u></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Senior Performance Analyst | Audit and Program Review<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">City of Chicago Office of Inspector General<u></u><u></u></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">(773) 478-2333 | <a href="mailto:aobrien@igchicago.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">aobrien@igchicago.org</span></a>
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