[Communications] Native Garden Registry Status

[Lorraine Kells]

Sorry,

Here is the draft



On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 2:17 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:

> May,
>
> Amy and I and the Communications team are working on our Summer
> Newsletter, due out in a few days.  I think we want to include our team
> collaboration on the Native garden registry.  I believe Amy followed up
> with your and Breanne's March 1, *CCGA's **Response to Proposed Managed
> Native Garden Registry* and prepared the doc that never went out to
> community gardeners, if I'm not mistaken.  Here's a draft for the
> newsletter about the registry and a little 'history' on working with the
> city since it's still an open issue.  A good untitled theme for this
> newsletter is Outreach and Advocacy as we have a team newly named and
> focused on the same, and we're pulling people from more committees to get
> CCGA involved in whatever impacts community gardeners from beginning to end
> to empower community gardens.
>
> The newsletter will include the Rat Project and their survey, an example
> of very positive collaboration.
>
> Please feel free to comment and edit the draft.
>
> Lorraine
>
>
>
>
>
> On Fri, Jun 25, 2021 at 9:19 AM M Toy <mtoy.usa at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hi Lorraine, Amy, and Breanne,
>>
>> Adding Breanne to this thread.
>>
>> Next week, I'll send an email to Lisa Ryan at Ald Hopkins office to see
>> what is the status of the ordinance he is sponsoring.
>>
>> Yesterday, I met with Ald. Burnett about Skinner Park and also spoke with
>> him about working with CCGA on another native garden registry ordinance if
>> this current one doesn't happen and he is willing to do that.
>>
>> Thanks.
>> May
>>
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>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021 at 2:46 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Sounds good to me, May. We should never have been left hanging
>>> especially after our request for an update and even after all our input
>>> that really proved that too much was left out.
>>>
>>> Lorraine
>>>
>>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 1:58 PM M Toy <mtoy.usa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>
>>>> I think that Daniel LaSpata is interested.  He supposedly was working
>>>> on one with Scott Wausapak before Brian Hopkins/IEC version.
>>>>
>>>> I can also talk to Walter Burnett about it.  We should find out what
>>>> stopped this version from moving forward first.
>>>>
>>>> May
>>>>
>>>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 1:41 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Ok, thanks for the update. Do you think we can find out and possibly
>>>>> start somewhere to campaign for a new and more equitable process and better
>>>>> ordinance? Who would be a good ald to go with?
>>>>>
>>>>> What are your thoughts?
>>>>>
>>>>> Lorraine
>>>>>
>>>>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 1:21 PM M Toy <mtoy.usa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi Lorraine,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> No one responded...so I don't know if the plan is to now to abandoned
>>>>>> the native garden registry.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> May
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Mon, Jun 21, 2021, 1:08 PM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com>
>>>>>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>>> May,
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Did anyone respond to your Jun 15 request for an updated status on
>>>>>>> the Native Garden registry? No one?  This is not good.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> What do you think? Amy & I are putting together the summer
>>>>>>> newsletter, with a July 4 date in mind.  Do you have anything you want to
>>>>>>> include?
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> Lorraine
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> On Tue, Jun 15, 2021 at 9:10 AM M Toy <mtoy.usa at gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hi everyone,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Hope you are all doing well.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I'm writing to see if there is an updated status about the Native
>>>>>>>> Garden Registry Ordinance.   CCGA has a coordinating meeting today before
>>>>>>>> taking a break until August.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> From our end, we have discussed it and I want to let you know that
>>>>>>>> CCGA is willing to take on a supportive role to help DPD administer and
>>>>>>>> manage the native garden registry.  Once the City is ready with more
>>>>>>>> details of the support needed, we can take a formal vote but I have
>>>>>>>> reviewed with CCGA what was covered in our virtual meeting in terms of
>>>>>>>> outside support.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>> May
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> May Toy
>>>>>>>>
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