[Communications] Native Garden Registry Status

[Lorraine Kells]

Thanks May.  We'll work this in. I hope we can get the newsletter out this
week.

Lorraine

On Mon, Jul 5, 2021, 9:16 AM M Toy <mtoy.usa at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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