A proposal for a farm in a Pogonip meadow advanced Tuesday as city leaders began a roughly two-year process to gather public input and study potential environmental effects. The Homeless Garden Project has planned a farm in a Pogonip meadow near Golf Club Drive for years. Pogonip is a city-owned wildland area with trails adjacent to UC Santa Cruz. Shortly after the Santa Cruz City Council approved the project in 2018, city workers discovered lead and other contaminants related to skeet shooting in that lower meadow.