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Ratification by the Board of Education of a No Cost Services Agreement by and between the District and the Regents of the University of California, on behalf of its UC Cooperative Extension Office for Alameda County, Hayward, CA, for the latter, through the UCCE Alameda Master Gardener Program (MGP), mentor food corps service members and EFG Champions (OUSD teachers and staff) through the academic year, including initial garden assessment at school site and ongoing garden questions; deliver four Saturday monthly educational talks on garden topics mutually agreed upon by OUSD team at The Center and MGP volunteers; Provide team leaders for requested school garden community work days; Assist growing and providing school garden seedlings through The Center Greenhouse Wednesday Seed and Start program; Explore future use of The Center community garden spaces for community plant sales as agreed upon by The OUSD Center staff and OUSD Facilitron reservation system (Contact for Master Gardener Program: Allyson Greenlon) and provide other services, as described in Exhibit A of the Agreement, incorporated herein by reference, as though fully set forth, via the Community Schools and Student Services Department, for the period October 1, 2024 through June 30, 2027, at no cost to the District.