Re: Fwd: Term Limits in Community Gardens?

**a*@aol.com**

Here's my idea - you present the gardens as citizen run public space, i.e., parks/gardens/physical recreation/food security centers run on city land in the same way that volunteer firemen run volunteer fire houses. 

You have documentation of all the good things you've done/do, with letters of support from your elected officials, schools, police anti-crime programs, neighbors who enjoy your spaces and most importanly, all of your registered voter gardeners. 

Capisce?

Ask if your volunteer firehouses, citizen patrols, etc. have sunset provisions. Have someone do a cost/benefit analysis of what it would cost for your city to provide these services for your citizens. Then compare that to the one-time sale of your land and the annual real estate taxes your spaces would yield.  I think, looking at services of a good garden, the garden would win by a pro-rated margin of 25% a year. 

Think about it. 

Adam Honigman
Volunteer,
Clinton Community Garden 

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Subject: [cg] Fwd: Term Limits in Community Gardens?

Susan  McCorry
230 Pacific Street # 108
Santa Monica, CA  90405
310-392-9244
Smcpistil@aol.com

"We have learned that the  only solution is love, 
and that love comes with community." Dorothy  Day
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Hello Friends,

After 30 years of Community Gardens, we gardeners in Santa Monica, CA  are 
now facing term limits being imposed by the City Attorney to limit the City  
Council's "Legal Risk."  of course, in a city with 85,000 people and 70  
gardens, 
we think MORE gardens would be rather helpful!

As far as we know, no other city in the U.S. has term  limits.  I am 
compiling a list of cities with no limits and would  like to know about any city 
that 
has limits and how it works to present to  our Recreation & Parks Commission 
and then to the City Council in  November.  Your responses would be extremely 
helpful.  

Thanks for your input, Susan

Susan  McCorry
230 Pacific Street # 108
Santa Monica, CA  90405
310-392-9244
Smcpistil@aol.com

"We have learned that the  only solution is love, 
and that love comes with community." Dorothy  Day

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