March 2009 Community Garden Action Team Minutes

M.C.P
Community Gardens Action Team
www.communitygardensactionteam.blogspot.com
March 11, 2009 at Lakeside Apartments

Present: Procton Bonnell (resident), Ashley Taylor (resident), Lina Ortiz, Marylou Laubscher, Bill Miller, Harold Blair

Announcements
•Lakeside Community Garden Work Party, Saturday, March 14th 10-2pm, @ Lakeside
Volunteers needed to work the information table, the seed planting table and serving the food.
•Lina Ortiz, is the new Resident Services Manager at Lakeside and will be in charge of programming at the Lakeside Community Room and Case Management.
•Gaby looking to move to Lakeside
•Church of Nazarene Food Distribution 10:30am on Saturday mornings, you can sign in at 8am and return at 10:30am

Check In’s:
Procton, doing good, excited about the new garden and will be up early on Saturday to help with the community garden, he is a resident
Harold, retired social worker
Bill, photo journalist and will take pictures and write and article about Saturday’s event.
Elena, 3 years old and loves to dance, play with toys and dolls
Mary Lou, Senior Action Team and ready for the first garden at Lakeside
Ashley Taylor, in 4th grade at Meadow Homes and loves science

Lakeside Community Garden Work Party, Saturday, March 14th, 2009 10-2
• Lots of food ordered for workers from La Cabana, food around noon
• Bring plastic containers with lids to take food home possible leftovers.
• Cement blocks to be delivered on Saturday morning, workers to be contacted by Harold, Lina’s truck to be used.
• Procton will be there to receive blocks.
• Wes & Ekkert measured garden, Ekkert drew plans of garden layout.
• Markham Arboretum Society will put in $2,000 for soil and $360 for rebar.
• Trucks to be used, Lina and Ekkerts
• 9am set up, 1:30 clean up
• Concord Transcript photographer to arrive
• Harold will bring liability forms for workers to sign and picture waivers
• Information Table Outside: info for the residents who ask what is going on?
• Seed planting table: children and adults to plant
• Ribbon Cutting Ceremony with Procton and Deborah to say some words, both are residents.

Large Community Gardens Committee

Adopted into the Community Gardens Action Team on March 11, 2009 by members present
To meet with rest of group on March 12, 2009 at 10am at Wendy’s, 1551 Monument Blvd.

List of land in Concord that could be secured for a future Urban Farm (community garden) on Monument
• Area behind Orchard
• Galindo property
• BART property
• Across from the Concord Police Dept.

Next Steps
Come to the Lakeside Community Garden Work Party on Saturday, March 14th at 10 am
Meeting to be had with the Large Community Garden Committee on Thur., March 12 at 10am

Agenda for Next Meeting
Report on Lakeside Community Garden Work Party
Report on Large Community Garden Committee
Ivette to speak on Gleaners

This Meeting Highlights
Procton, residents input
Ashley, child resident input
Good planning for garden work party at Lakeside
Good coordination between members for work party

How this meeting could be improved
More residents to participate at meetings
More gardeners from Lakeside

Next Meeting
Regular Monthly Meeting (2nd Wednesday of Month)
Wednesday, April 8th 6-8 at Lakeside