[Communications] Native Garden Registry Status

[M Toy]

Hi Lorraine,

Thanks for the draft.  I would recommend making the following changes to
the last paragraph.

Alderman Hopkin's office had indicated that the majority of our
recommendations were accepted but would be incorporated as part of the
rules to be promulgated by DPD.   A revised draft of the ordinance was
written which we felt was too ambiguous with the rules still unknown and to
be created after the ordinance had passed.  At a defining meeting in May,
CCGA was asked to name our make-or-break items for inclusion in the revised
ordinance. Our response was for the registry to be free and for the
establishment of an advisory panel including CCGA, where we would have
ongoing input moving forward.   Our understanding from IEC was that the
City of Chicago had agreed to these two items for inclusion into the
ordinance.  As of June 15, we have not received a new update on the status
of the ordinance from the IEC or the City of Chicago. ...so how does this
end?


Sorry for any typos or grammar mistakes...not my strong point.

Thanks.
May




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On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 12:13 AM Lorraine Kells <lxkells at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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