FROM:
Dannielle Mauk, Director of Community Services
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San Anselmo Community Gardens Draft Bylaws and Rules
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RECOMMENDATION
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Staff recommends that Town Council review and adopt the attached revised bylaws and rules for the San Anselmo Community Gardens at Robson-Harrington Park.
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BACKGROUND
The Robson Harrington Park community gardens are located in a public park. The gardens were created in the 1970's after the Town received the land and building for use as public space. The Town has operated under several agreements with an indepedent community garden board, and last entered into an agreement in 1993 with the garden board to manage and operate the gardens.
Staff is proposing that the Town assume coordination and management of the garden program by replacing the existing agreement with a set of bylaws and rules that will provide consistency and transparency for the management of the community gardens. If approved, the gardens would be managed by the Recreation Department with oversight by the Parks and Recreation Commission, and a steering committee formed much like what exists with the Dog Park Steering committee.
At the August 23, 2022, Town Council meeting, the Council reviewed the proposed community garden bylaws and rules and suggested a series of changes which are demonstrated in the attached "track changes" version and addressed later in this report. Council also directed staff to hold a community meeting to discuss the community garden program at Robson-Harrington Park and the proposed garden bylaws and rules.
DISCUSSION
A special Parks and Recreation Commission meeting was held on September 29, 2022, with the goal of inviting the community in the discussion about the community garden program. The meeting notification was placed on the Town website, included in the Town Manager's newsletter, mailed to all homes within 300 ft of Robson-Harrington Park, emailed to the members of Friends of Robson...
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