22. 



meeting of the council was held on October 23rd and discussed such 

 items as sponsorship of garden areas, reouirements and job description 

 of a director and staff, and the iniles and regulations for gardeners 

 and farmers. 



November : 



The first meeting of the Advisory Council for this month 

 was on November 7th and broke into several subcommittees, including 

 a group on staffing, a group on farming, and a third group on 

 community gardening. 



The council met a second time during the month and approved 

 two drafts. One on the functions of this division, and one on the 

 staffing recommendations. 



Since the council was still in the process of looking for 

 possible sources for funding, it was felt that one or more volunteers 

 would be needed to work on the division. Secretary for the council, 

 Warren K. Colby, was asked to work on the division's program and he 

 accepted. 



December ; 



The bulk of the fifth meeting was taken up with a detailed 

 review of the proposed regulations for community gardening and those 

 for farming. 



February ; 



The Advisory Coxjncil met in Commissioner Chandler's office 

 here in the Department of Agriculture on the 20th of the month to 

 present to the commissioner the final report of the council on the 

 proposed operation of the farming and gardening programs. The report 

 consisted of a preamble, functions of the Division of Agricultural 

 Land Use, job description of the director, staffing recommendations, 

 and the proposed rules and regulations for farming and commimity 

 gardening. 



The lack of funding was discussed at length, and it was 

 the feeling of the council members that they should make every effort 

 to arouse public support through information as to the necessity for 

 funding of a basic staff. 



March ; 



This month saw an honest effort to begin locating land 

 for the comiTiunity gardening program. All of the agencies having 

 land were contacted regarding the possibility of turning over to 

 the department land that could be used for gardening that was 

 currently not being used by the land holding agency. 



