<div dir="ltr">Amy,JW<div> </div><div>A brief discussion of the Native Garden registry will be given within the Ed Committee report, so I don't think any additional item need go on the agenda. This looks like it could be a long meeting, so I'm up for it.</div><div><br></div><div>Lorraine <div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Feb 16, 2021 at 11:32 AM 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 Lorraine,<div><br></div><div>Thanks for bringing the proposed native garden registry for the agenda for tonight's CCGA meeting.</div><div><br></div><div>Attached is some information for the meeting tonight. </div><div><br></div><div>I pulled up info on the Chicago weed ordinance and after reading & thinking about it...there is no value to the native garden registry. It's basically an out for the City to continue to erroneously ticket gardners. The current "weed" ordinance already states that if a plant (or garden) is managed and maintained then it's NOT a weed...which is the same language as the registry. </div><div><br></div><div>The weed ordinance does not require gardeners to adhere to the additional restrictions (10 inch height and 3 ft property line and parkway limits.)</div><div><br></div><div>There is a "false/misleading" benefit referenced in the registry ordinance by saying that gardeners will be exempt from the weed ordinance because they already are exempt as long as they maintain their garden. They are basically asking gardeners to sign away their rights without any benefits in return.. The problem is really in that the City is erroneously ticketing gardeners in some cases. </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><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></div></div>
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