This agreement is binding. SOAR retains the right to suspend the Community Garden Committee as a subcommittee of SOAR District if any factors of the agreement are not upheld.

Signed this ________ day of April, 2005 by the SOAR Board of Directors.

John Bushnell__________________________________________
Marie Clasen____________________________________________
C.B. (Carol) Davis ______________________________________
Ben Ehrenstrom_________________________________________
Bonnie Malone__________________________________________

Signed this ________day of April, 2005 by the Sisters Community Garden Committee.

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The Community Garden Project and SOAR District

RESOLUTION #2005-00

The SOAR Board of Directors agrees to accept the Sisters Community Garden Committee as a sub-committee of Sisters Organization for Activities and Recreation District with the following conditions:

1. The Community Garden Committee will retain responsibility for all financial matters relating to the community garden program (including maintenance costs, fundraising and grant writing and proposals) independent of the SOAR District annual budgets.
   
   
2. The Community Garden Committee is responsible for maintenance of the Community Garden.
   
   
3. The Community Garden Committee is responsible for maintaining membership in its own committee and scheduling of its members for garden maintenance and garden projects. The committee must maintain a membership which is capable of performing the duties of the garden program and administration, and is responsible for all costs related to the garden projects and membership. SOAR District staff will not be involved with these projects.
   
   
4. The Community Garden Committee is responsible for any additional insurance expense incurred by SOAR for liability (or other necessary) insurance coverage for the community garden program. This additional insurance coverage is expected to be variable, depending on SOAR's annual budget; the responsibility for variable costs is that of the Community Garden Committee.
   
   
5. The Community Garden Committee is responsible for a quarterly report to the SOAR Board of Directors, which will include minutes from Community Garden Committee meetings, on-going and future projects and all other information related to the function of the community garden and the Community Garden Committee. A Community Garden Committee officer will present this report at a SOAR monthly board meeting.