<div dir="ltr">I concur with May; it looks good to me<div><br></div><div>Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:20 PM M Toy <<a href="mailto:mtoy.usa@gmail.com">mtoy.usa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi Amy,<div><br></div><div>It looks good to me and I totally agree with your edits.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div>May</div><div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div>The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. Do not share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur again.</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 25, 2020 at 10:05 PM Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Hi again,<div><br></div><div>Today got away from me! Below are a few suggestions for the survey. I think it would encourage people who don’t have an immediate need to fill out the survey if we state our purpose. Feel free to edit! Please let me know what you think.</div><div>I’m creating the survey form now and will forward it for a look soon.</div><div><br></div><div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">CCGA Water Survey -DRAFT 2</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular"><br></div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Water is a vital resource. We understand that some community gardens are struggling to access water due to the City of Chicago Dept, of Water's new policy and procedure to obtain a fire hydrant permit. We will be working on facilitating better water access for community gardens in need. We need your help! We’re asking you to please take the following survey. The purpose of this survey is to gain a clearer picture about community gardens’ water access. All information will be held confidential. </div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular"><br></div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">Please provide the following information:</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">1) Name </div><div><font face="AvenirNext-Regular">2) Contact Email or Phone Number</font><br><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">3) Garden Name</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">4) Garden Address</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">5) Garden Leader (If not same as above)</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">2) Garden Leader Contact Email or Phone Number</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">6) Do you currently have access to water for your community garden?</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">7) Does your community garden use water from a fire hydrant?</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">8) If you don't use a fire hydrant, what is the main source of water for your community garden?</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">9) Did your community garden have to get a permit for your water?</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">10) Does your community garden have to pay for its water?</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">11) Does your community garden have liability insurance? </div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">12) Does your community garden need help with water access or help to lower the cost of water?</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular"><br></div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">…</div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular"><br></div><div style="font-family:AvenirNext-Regular">CCGA Water Survey -DRAFT</div><div><font color="#00afcd"><span><br></span></font>Water is a vital resource and we understand that some community gardens are struggling to access water given the City of Chicago - Dept of Water's new policy and procedure to obtain a fire hydrant permit. We are working on water access for community gardens. Please take the following survey. All information is held confidential. <br><font color="#00afcd"><span><br></span></font>Please answer the following questions.<br>1) Your Name <br>2) Your Email or Phone Number <br>3) Garden Name<br>4) Garden Address<br>5) Are you the garden leader? If not, please provide the garden leader's name and contact information.<br>6) Do you currently have access to water for your community garden?<br>7) Does your community garden use water from a fire hydrant?<br>8) What is the main source of water for your community garden if you don't use a fire hydrant?<br>9) Did your community garden have to get a permit for your water?<br>10) Does your community garden have to pay for it's water?<br>11) Does your community garden have liability insurance? <br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="auto"><div><div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div><div>12) Does your community garden need help with water access or help to lower the cost of water?</div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jul 25, 2020, at 9:14 AM, Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:</div><br><div><div dir="auto">Zoom is really easy but email may better keep the focus on this issue alone. So yes, go with email. Put a reasonable deadline for response on committee email to get this moving. People may be in their gardens and not respond in a timely manner if not pressed to do so. Just a thought.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 9:09 AM Amy Olson <<a href="mailto:akeo@me.com" target="_blank">akeo@me.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">I agree about looping in the larger working groups and ideally having a motion of support. Can we do it via email if a meeting can’t be arranged soon?<div><br></div><div>I’d like to suggest a few edits to the survey May drafted. I’ll send those along via this thread this morning. And I will set it up using the template we have from past forms and surveys.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks May!!</div><div><br></div><div>Amy<br><br><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div>.…….…</div><div>amy olson</div><div>sent via iphone</div><div><br></div></div><div dir="ltr"><br><blockquote type="cite">On Jul 25, 2020, at 08:59, Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br><br></blockquote></div><blockquote type="cite"><div dir="ltr"><div dir="auto">Any thought of putting this before a coordinating committee motion for full acknowledgment? We should at least host a zoom meeting and make sure we are including chairs and working groups. So far this has been just a few of us.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sat, Jul 25, 2020, 2:48 AM M Toy <<a href="mailto:mtoy.usa@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer" target="_blank">mtoy.usa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Amy has a CCGA template for a survey/form so I think we should just go ahead and use that to collect the data. Maybe Mamie can email the link once Amy has it set up. Below is an updated draft of the survey. Please edit as needed. I have a work day at Skinner Park tomorrow ( or rather today ) so will have only limited access to email. <div><br></div><div>I think we should use all channels to collect this information. Please send out when ready. </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div>May<br><div><br></div><div>---</div><div><br></div><div>CCGA Water Survey -DRAFT</div><div><br></div><div>Water is a vital resource and we understand that some community gardens are struggling to access water given the City of Chicago - Dept of Water's new policy and procedure to obtain a fire hydrant permit. We are working on water access for community gardens. Please take the following survey. All information is held confidential. </div><div><br></div><div>Please answer the following questions.</div><div>1) Your Name </div><div>2) Your Email or Phone Number <br><div>3) Garden Name</div><div>4) Garden Address</div><div>5) Are you the garden leader? If not, please provide the garden leader's name and contact information.</div><div>6) Do you currently have access to water for your community garden?</div><div>7) Does your community garden use water from a fire hydrant?</div><div>8) What is the main source of water for your community garden if you don't use a fire hydrant?</div><div>9) Did your community garden have to get a permit for your water?</div><div>10) Does your community garden have to pay for it's water?</div><div>11) Does your community garden have liability insurance? </div><div>12) Does your community garden need help with water access or help to lower the cost of water?</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div>The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. Do not share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur again.</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:42 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks for the update. <br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:40 PM M Toy <<a href="mailto:mtoy.usa@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mtoy.usa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Breanne was at Skinner this morning and I spoke with her a little bit about it. For the Park District community gardens only 2 use fire hydrants and she is trying to help them but apparently the City of Chicago's law department is insisting on liability insurance even though it sits on Park District land. Mainly because the Park District agreement with community gardens is that the Park District assumes no liability,<div><br></div><div>I'm helping Breanne to get lower cost liability insurance for those gardens.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div>May<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div>The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. Do not share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur again.</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 2:33 PM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">Yes. Include this question. May, when do you plan to send the survey/questionaire? Using Mamie's list, I assume to reach most people. If possible we could put it on the website to reach additional advocacy even if the particular garden is not affected by water issue with hydrant, we all have an investment in safe water policy in the city.<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">We need Breanne to possibly add some information , so.forward this to her?<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I did send an email to her an email on the 23rd and you were copied May, but no reply as yet.</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 2:23 PM M Toy <<a href="mailto:mtoy.usa@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mtoy.usa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Thanks Lorraine and Amy.<div><br></div><div>Can we also add the question : Does your community garden have liability insurance?</div><div><br></div><div>The City of Chicago is requiring a liability insurance policy and non-Neighborspace gardens usually will not have their own policy including many Park District gardens.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div>May<br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><div>The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. Do not share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur again.</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020 at 9:09 AM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">May,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I forgot to mention that I did call Mary Fanning and had to leave a message, so this is a way to pull information and people together who might otherwise be out left high and dry!</div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 8:59 AM Lorraine Kells <<a href="mailto:lxkells@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">lxkells@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="auto">May,<div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I think this is a great idea. We need to get ahead of news stories that don't provide any steps to action. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Lorraine</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jul 24, 2020, 7:25 AM M Toy <<a href="mailto:mtoy.usa@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mtoy.usa@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr">Hi all,<div><br></div><div>Can we send out an email or survey to all the community gardens asking the following questions? I can set up this up as a survey in Google Docs if everyone thinks that would be easier. If we can get a list of community gardens who don't have access to fire hydrants or who don't have a permit this year but did in prior years, I can start to advocate for water access for those immediately even if it's on a temporary basis for this year while working towards a long term policy. </div><div>To pass an ordinance codifying access and rates for community gardens will take several months once we can get buy-in from the aldermen and the City. </div><div><br></div><div>We are advocating for water access for community gardens. Please answer the following questions.</div><div>1) Garden Name and Garden Leaders Names</div><div>2) Garden Address</div><div>3) Do you currently have access to water for your community garden?</div><div>4) Does your community garden use water from a fire hydrant?</div><div>5) What is the main source of water for your community garden if you don't use a fire hydrant?</div><div>6) Did your community garden have to get a permit for your water?</div><div>7) Does your community garden have to pay for it's water? </div><div><br></div><div>Thanks.</div><div>May</div><div><br></div><div><br clear="all"><div><div dir="ltr"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><div>The content of this email is confidential and intended for the recipient specified in message only. Do not share any part of this message with any third party, without a written consent of the sender. If you received this message by mistake, please reply to this message and follow with its deletion, so that we can ensure such a mistake does not occur again.</div></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:18 PM Mamie Gray <<a href="mailto:mamiegray2012@gmail.com" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">mamiegray2012@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div><div><div dir="auto">Hello Lorraine! I am checking through my files. In the meantime, I am forwarding an email from “Mary Rachel Fanning” (that you might already have) in a separate email. Mamie</div></div></div><div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Thu, Jul 23, 2020 at 2:00 PM Lorraine Kells via Resources <<a href="mailto:resources@chicagocommunitygardens.org" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank">resources@chicagocommunitygardens.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div>Mamie,</div><div><br></div><div>Communications would like to talk with these gardeners, could you give us a contact please?</div><div><br></div><div>Unfortunately, there is no mention of what the most recent changes are that denied Monarch Community garden an inspection. We're all playing catch-up with this and need to keep track of it no matter how quickly it changes. Has anyone of you been in touch with this garden?</div><div><br></div><div><a href="https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/community-garden-without-water-after-paying-city-of-chicago-1700" rel="noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer noreferrer" target="_blank"><font color="#222222"><br></font><font>https://www.fox32chicago.com/</font><font>news/community-garden-without-</font><font>water-after-paying-city-of-</font><font>chicago-1700</font></a></div></div></blockquote></div></div>
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