Q&A
Mapping underutilized city land and criteria for urban agriculture models
1:45:02
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3 min
Qiana Mickie explains the process of mapping underutilized city land for urban agriculture and discusses the criteria used for identifying urban agriculture opportunities. The office is working on creating a comprehensive tool for visualizing and analyzing urban agriculture data.
- The office is collaborating with Esri to build a beta map using existing city data
- The map will incorporate climate resilience information and input from urban agriculture stakeholders
- The office is developing criteria for urban agriculture models and sites, with plans to refine and expand these criteria through stakeholder engagement
Qiana Mickie
1:45:02
Alright.
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I might when we get there, I might need to restate number 3.
1:45:06
But I do wanna start off with, I really appreciate this hearing and hearing directly from council members on their perspective on intro 693.
1:45:18
I you know, the mayor's office of Urban Agriculture will take this information back, and we have the bandwidth and look forward to continuing to collaborate, to, move urban agriculture opportunities and interest forward.
1:45:33
For 1 oh, that was number 1.
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Number 2, in terms of the dashboard, the Urban Agriculture office collaborated, with a partner, which is quite familiar with the city, Esri, on building our beta map.
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So where we started with was the existing data that the city already had and just leverage that.
1:45:53
So that has been, existing OTI data maps around the school gardens.
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SRI?
1:45:57
You said it was?
1:45:58
SRI.
1:45:58
Okay.
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E s r I.
1:46:00
Okay.
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I can get more information.
1:46:03
Yes.
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And we share a little bit more about this in the progress report.
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But, we started the beta map with existing urban agriculture information, but we do understand there's additional research and refining to that.
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But what is missing, again, is the information from our urban agriculture and, partners and stakeholders in terms of metrics, measurements, and also may additional information if some of our information from the city is a little bit behind.
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So what we're creating with the tool is not just a map, which will be, published soon, but not just a map that you're able to see existing data, datasets.
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And we're gonna continuing to build and refine existing I mean, build new datasets to build on top of that.
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We're also finding ways to overlay climate resilient information.
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So, this is comprehensive urban ag information, but also the intersection around other needs like space, like climate.
1:47:03
And it's great to work with a partner like Esri that has the capacity to build out robust, maps like that moving forward.
1:47:11
Again, another partner that I shouldn't mention is our UrbanAg stakeholders.
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We are building an approach that will engage them intentionally and, hopefully, accurately in the year to come and starting in this year, and how they can help inform us on what some of the metrics are that we might be missing as a city in urban ag.
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So we can tell a stronger story from the ground up with their information.
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So we have a place that's or not just a repository for information, but it's an interactive data visualization on urban agriculture models, sites, projects, activities, but also ways to leverage that data internally as well as externally in the community.
1:47:57
And then the third question was?
Jennifer Gutiérrez
1:47:59
You can get back to me because I know that the chair has some more questions, but it's we're just related to maybe it's in your report.
1:48:04
I apologize.
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Some of the criteria based on these, like, on this mapping that you are all utilizing.
Qiana Mickie
1:48:10
Yeah.
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So we we started with, some initial research around urban agriculture models, sites, and current activity.
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But, as we mentioned earlier, that we're continuing building urban ag criteria and then refining that.
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So it's a little bit more accurate and relevant in finding a way to engage more stakeholders and informing that moving forward.
1:48:32
Thank you.
