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<div>These advocates are fighting to keep a sustainable organic gardening space open for all of us to use and enjoy.</div>This seems to me to be a worthwhile project for us Greens to support as the environmentalists that we purport to be.<div>What do you think? Can you attend this hearing?</div><div>Andrea<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: 'Lucida Grande'; font-size: medium; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; "><table bgcolor="#f0ffd9" border="0" bordercolor="#dadada" width="100%" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" style="border-top-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-right-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-bottom-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-left-color: rgb(218, 218, 218); border-top-width: 1px; border-right-width: 1px; border-bottom-width: 1px; border-left-width: 1px; border-top-style: solid; border-right-style: solid; border-bottom-style: solid; border-left-style: solid; background-color: rgb(240, 255, 217); "><tbody><tr><td width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1"><a name="LETTER.BLOCK13"><table border="0" width="100%" cellpadding="10" cellspacing="0" id="content_LETTER.BLOCK13"><tbody><tr><td styleclass="style_MainText" rowspan="1" align="left" colspan="1" style="color: rgb(98, 98, 98); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "><font color="#626262" size="1" face="Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" style="color: rgb(98, 98, 98); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 8pt; "> <span styleclass="style_PromotionTitle" style="color: rgb(117, 165, 14); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; "><font color="#75a50e" size="5" face="Georgia,Times New Roman,Times,serif" style="color: rgb(117, 165, 14); font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: 18pt; ">A Letter from Alrie Middlebrook</font></span><font size="3" style="font-style: italic; "><span style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; "><br><div>A Hearing and a Master Plan<br></div></span></font> <br><div><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font size="2" style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); ">Dear Friends and Supporters,<br></font><div style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0); "><font size="2"><br><font><div>The city wants to pave paradise and put up a parking lot at 76 Race Street, home of Middlebrook Gardens Nursery and headquarters of CNGF. The first hearing ended in favor of the city, but we have not given up!</div><br><div>The second land-use appeal hearing date before the San Jose Planning Commission has been set! Please mark your calendars and join us to show your support.</div><br><div><span style="font-weight: bold; ">January 13, 2010 at 6:30 pm</span></div><div>San Jose City Hall Council Chambers</div><div>200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose</div><div>(See map link and parking suggestions at the end of this letter.)</div><br><div><b>If you wrote a letter of support or attended our last hearing, can we count on you again? And if you did not, will you do it now?</b></div><b><br></b><div><b>Please direct emails to the following individuals:<br><br></b></div><div><b>Mike Enderby - Senior Planner, Dept. of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement -</b><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><font><font><a shape="rect" href="mailto:mike.enderby@sanjoseca.gov" target="_blank"><b>mike.enderby@sanjoseca.gov</b></a></font></font></div><div><b>CC to: Joseph Horwedel, Planning Director, City of San Jose -</b><font><font><a shape="rect" href="mailto:joseph.horwedel@sanjoseca.gov" target="_blank"><span class="Apple-converted-space"><b> </b></span><b>joseph.horwedel@sanjoseca.gov</b></a></font></font></div><div><b>CC to: Laurel Prevetti, Deputy Director of Planning Service, City of San Jose -</b></div><a shape="rect" href="mailto:laurel.prevetti@sanjoseca.gov" target="_blank"><b>laurel.prevetti@sanjoseca.gov</b></a><br><div><br>If you choose to mail a letter, please send to:</div><br><div>City of San Jose Department of Planning, Building & Code Enforcement</div><div>Attn: Mike Enderby</div><div>200 East Santa Clara Street, 3rd Floor Tower</div><div>San Jose, CA 95113-1905</div><br><div>If you can attend this meeting and show your physical support, it will make a HUGE difference. Can we count on you to help us fill the room?</div><br><div>Since our first hearing in October, this is what we have been working to accomplish:</div><br><div>The California Native Garden Foundation is providing outdoor classroom space for St. Leo The Great School next door. Beginning in February, CNGF and Middlebrook Gardens will host classes for at least four classroom teachers. We'll be working on understanding and observing fungi culture, building worm bins, composting and growing winter veggies. We have CNGF volunteers pledging their time to assist the classroom teachers with their lessons in our outdoor and indoor classrooms.</div><br><div>The busy Middlebrook Gardens staff is getting things ready!</div><ul><li>We are building a gate for the students easy access adjacent to their school.</li><li>We are taking down our chain link fence and creating a new attractive entry from Race Street.</li><li>We're cleaning out and sprucing up our indoor classroom space. Volunteers are welcome to lend a hand!</li><li>We will be installing a greywater system that will also function as a teaching aid for future classes.</li><li>We have submitted 76 Race Street as a possible test garden site for the Sustainable Sites Initiative, the national rating system for sustainable landscaping, comparable to LEEDs Certification in Architecture.</li><li><font><font><font size="2"><font>We are setting up student internship work programs with Foothill College, Cabrillo College, Santa Clara University, and San Jose State. (If you are or know of a student in horticulture, design, art, nutrition, environmental studies, or engineering in any of these schools, who must fulfill an internship requirement, please contact us. We have projects ready for you!)</font></font></font></font></li></ul><div><font><font><font>On<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><span style="font-weight: bold; ">Saturday, January 9, at noon and at 3 p.m.</span>, I will present a slideshow called A Master Plan to show you what 76 Race Street can look like as a teaching playground and outdoor classroom. This proposed land use at the corner of Garland Street and Race Street will demonstrate to our community what the future San Jose could look like.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></font></font><font size="2"><font><font><font><font>To protect and perpetuate nature in San Jose</font></font></font></font></font><font><font><font>, the city could make room for native gardens, edible gardens, vertical urban farms, subterranean classrooms with living roofs<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></font></font><font size="2"><font><font><font><font>that supply food</font></font></font></font></font><font><font><font>, and other features that are all included in the master plan.<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><br><br>Join us for the presentation on January 9 (noon or 3 pm) at 76 Race Street and again at the hearing on January 13 (6:30 pm) at the San Jose City Hall Council Chambers.<br></font></font></font></div><font><font><font><br></font></font></font><div><font><font><font>Thanking you in advance for your much appreciated support,</font></font></font></div></font></font><font size="2"><font><font><font><font>Alrie Middlebrook, staff, and all the volunteers at CNGF<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></font></font></font></font><br></font><font size="2"><font><font><font><font><br></font></font></font><div><font><font><font><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102898514970&s=2382&e=0011Hk1T963leM6lFjS5eY302_NbjdZlbRRZN9rjCmbSR_bWdjE0_xaSn4ELNBcw4mjpgxmgKNQjVKIu4sfzEej-fiwMCq86r5_okF3QClvtnPdSr-mThapvNvccRGTDxdEMDoUXLE3ejafiwVNWW5-ETHsPZq1o5B7DXCFJPGp1-yW46JMLyW-RqlXGD0YaX8b7HVT2u_AHm_mggXCYiSAL9JoJZzIqBlRsQ-9LKIRym318Por1igFzA4qrvKG_Jpo6icwOTaJQQLx5qJAectzJme1FStykTz5Sc7a2z7o89WKTBpQSRC2q1lqxTsiW0qh3NsFFVg8JqQQ5PobEoawrYugAN-4V5Xu5H5MFn8OImy4HNNAI4CqKXRzN0Y2tRQitUthAMDIVfFclbHK9jLDJGnR6kXIhA7wT9haj7BEUc_Yf9o-h7YTe7MRuXcOeYXExFl4oMdvokxPdVZ0INFd9UeUCmaTisHDTEDYgFOS1xamoq3F2neWcQrI0lYNUnKPKbnvYn4lkjg=" linktype="link" target="_blank">Map</a><span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span>to San Jose City Hall, 200 E. Santa Clara Street, San Jose</font></font></font></div><font><font><font><br></font></font></font><div><font><font><font>Parking for San Jose City Hall:</font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font>4th Street Garage</font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font>44 S. Fourth St. @ San Fernando</font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font>Across from the Library</font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font>Cost: $3.00 after 6:00PM</font></font></font></div><font><font><font><br></font></font></font><div><font><font><font>City Hall Garage</font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font>200 E. Santa Clara Street @ 6th Street</font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font>Cost: $0.75 every 20 minutes, $15 max</font></font></font></div><div><font><font><font>More City Hall info at<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a track="on" shape="rect" href="http://rs6.net/tn.jsp?et=1102898514970&s=2382&e=0011Hk1T963leM4uZkW-CGez5DCBzRNiTjp28ndPxH2d7315KdKhOfKiwtsGL0Di5r5eKOuT7_inFUs2Z2jE8RB2xXzUsk4EX6_4RKjNOGz5Bocu4NceEVtClpOfz_GTeJHc0xjjQccwhLjFt1FzcgnKLzoSBR8GQdwMToc8dnnsUk=" linktype="link" target="_blank">http://www.sanjoseca.gov/newcityhall/gettingThere.asp#driving</a></font></font></font></div></font><br></font></div><font size="2"><br></font></div></div></font></td></tr></tbody></table></a></td></tr><tr><td height="250" valign="top" width="100%" rowspan="1" colspan="1" style="padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; height: 250px; "><a name="LETTER.BLOCK19"></a></td></tr></tbody></table></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></blockquote></div><br></div></body></html>