Beach Flats Garden Rally to City Council

Join gardeners, students, and community members at 5:30pm this Tuesday, to march from the Beach Flats Garden to City Hall. We need your support!!

The Beach Flats Garden is on the City Council's 7:00pm meeting agenda. If you can't participate in the march, you can still meet us over at City Hall.

DETAILS:
City staff will be presenting their six-month progress report regarding commitments made by City Council on October 27, 2015: 1) to negotiate with Seaside Company to acquire the Garden property, 2) to consider a variety of funding sources for purchasing the land, and 3) to finalize an interim lease agreement with Seaside.

We will be asking that the city fulfill its promises to the Beach Flats gardeners in good faith. Not only has an interim lease not been signed, it appears there has been no real attempts to allocate funds for purchase, pursue substantiative negotiations with Seaside, or to even assess the value of the garden property.

Additionally, on March 24th, City employees entered the garden without warning, using heavy machinery to clear the portion of the garden that Seaside seeks to reclaim— destroying mature fruit trees and long-tended perennials, in violation of agreements made with gardeners. The City describes this action as an "inadvertent error."

We will be calling on the City to provide appropriate compensation for the loss of the trees and perennials, and to take sincere actions demonstrating accountability for this significant violation of trust. In addition, we're calling for the fulfillment of the city's promises to the gardeners of a new shed, benches, water spigots, and a restroom.

Please join us on Tuesday to communicate a strong message to City Council about how much our communities value the Beach Flats Garden and all that it represents!

* No More Broken Promises! * Purchase the Whole Garden! * Viva El Jardin! *

ALSO THIS WEEK— MARK YOUR CALENDARS!:
May Day March for Food Justice— in solidarity with the Beach Flats Jardín & Familias Unidas por la Justicia!:
May 1st, 11:00am— meet @ City Hall

For more info, please see:
http://beachflatsgarden.org/
https://vimeo.com/139610416