Hi Kathryn (and everyone)
Last week when Ana and I were flyering at your complex about the ivy
we actually bumped into the landlord and talked to him about it. He
took our letter which we got signed by almost 10 tenants and said he
would get back to us. I will likely follow up with him next week.
Although he didn't oppose it, he had some concern about the reasoning
and maintenenance and didn't seem too enthusiastic about it. We should
definitely talk about it this weekend (yes we will be having our
regular meeting at 11:00). If we do go forward with it, we intend to
work on this every day of the event as we expect it will take a while!
We also got word that Commissioner Fritz will be joining us on
Saturday June 5th as she is an advocate of the No Ivy League!
Tentative agenda for Saturday:
1) create drawings for planter strip work. This is needed for our
final Bureau of Transportation meeting next Monday where they will
take the drawings and "approve" the project. The person I spoke to
said we can draw one planter strip as an example for the whole area,
but we need to provide a drawing of the whole area showing which
strips will be worked on, the width of the street, sidewalk and
planter stips, as well as any existing trees and telephone poles,
etc.
2) ivy pulling - how to move forward with landlord. alternative plans
(remove from specific areas rather than the whole thing), buy in and
help from residents
3) how to get the word out about the Yard/Art sale on May 22/23.
Hope that helps and sorry I haven't sent an update recently.
Morgan
On May 5, 9:27 am, Kathryn Blau <
kathrynb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Just wondering if there are any updates about the ivy pull at Gladstone
> Gardens. Is there a date set or will it be ongoing throughout the VBC week?
> I will be out of town May 22-30 but would love to help out when I'm back.
>
> Should be able to swing by the meet up if there is one this Saturday.
>
> Thanks!
> Kathryn
>
> --
> Kathryn Blau
>
kathrynb...@gmail.com