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<p class="MsoNormal">Good morning Lorraine, no problem at all. Amy and I will both be able to attend on Tuesday and we appreciate your fitting us into the agenda. Looking forward to meeting you all then!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
<p class="MsoNormal">Anne<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>Anne O’Brien<o:p></o:p></b></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><b>From:</b> Lorraine Kells <lxkells@gmail.com> <br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 12, 2023 7:25 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Anne O'Brien <aobrien@igchicago.org><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CCGA communications <communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org>; advocacy-outreach@chicagocommunitygardens.org; Amy Dupuis <adupuis@igchicago.org>; € CCGA / Resources committee email <resources@chicagocommunitygardens.org>; € CCGA / Education committee
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Communications] Office of Inspector General - Informational Interview Request<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Anne, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Sorry for the confusion of that last email. It started as a draft and was inadvertently sent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You are welcome to our meeting, and it's understood you can only stay until 7 pm. You will be at the top of our agenda. A meeting remember and agenda will be sent, likely Monday.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Again, I apologize for the error in that earlier email.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards, <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lorraine<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 4:46 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">You ate welcome at our meeting, and you will be on the agenda for 7pm.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">A reminder will be sent.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Regards<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Lorrai<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 4:02 PM Anne O'Brien <<a href="mailto:aobrien@igchicago.org" target="_blank">aobrien@igchicago.org</a>> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Good afternoon, thank you very much for your reply.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">We would be glad to plan for November if that would allow more members to attend, and I think your ideas for a workshop or group meeting sound wonderful. We’ve had the opportunity
to read CCGA’s ‘Guide to Rats in Community Gardens’ and are interested to hear the challenges and successes members have had with various approaches, as well as their concerns or suggestions about the City’s approach to rats.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">If it would be helpful for planning purposes, you can find more information about OIG’s Audit & Program Review Section in our
<a href="https://igchicago.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/Audit-and-Program-Review-Section-2023-Annual-Plan.pdf" target="_blank">
2023 audit plan</a>, which includes a short summary on p. 15 about our initial scope for this project. You can also find more information about OIG in general on our website
<a href="https://igchicago.org/about-oig/" target="_blank">here</a>.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you for the invitation to the Oct. 17<sup>th</sup> meeting – I’m available until about 7pm that evening, so perhaps I could come by the for first part of the discussion to
say hello and brainstorm. Let me know if that seems all right!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Thank you,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>From:</b> Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>>
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<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, October 12, 2023 3:44 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Anne O'Brien <<a href="mailto:aobrien@igchicago.org" target="_blank">aobrien@igchicago.org</a>><br>
<b>Cc:</b> CCGA communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>>;
<a href="mailto:advocacy-outreach@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">advocacy-outreach@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>; Amy Dupuis <<a href="mailto:adupuis@igchicago.org" target="_blank">adupuis@igchicago.org</a>>; € CCGA / Resources committee email
<<a href="mailto:resources@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">resources@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>>; € CCGA / Education committee email <<a href="mailto:Education@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">Education@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Communications] Office of Inspector General - Informational Interview Request<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: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. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt: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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Best,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">On Thu, Oct 12, 2023, 2:11 PM Anne O'Brien via Communications <<a href="mailto:communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org" target="_blank">communications@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">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.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto">Sincerely,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><b>Anne K. O’Brien</b><o:p></o:p></p>
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