Pledge Status
Active
Pledge Date
Tuesday, January 9, 2024
Program Year
2024
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Action Items Committed for 2024
- Issue a proclamation to raise awareness about the decline of the monarch butterfly and the species’ need for habitat. This proclamation must incorporate a focus on monarch conservation.
- Engage with city parks and recreation, public works, sustainability, and other relevant staff to identify opportunities to revise and maintain mowing programs and milkweed / native nectar plant planting programs.
- Engage with gardening leaders and partners (e.g., Master Naturalists, Master Gardeners, Nature Centers, Native Plant Society Chapters , other long-standing and influential community leaders) to support monarch butterfly conservation.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Change weed or mowing ordinances to allow for native prairie and plant habitats.
- Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor TJ Cawley | 2024 | 1/9/2024 | View Pledge | |
| Mayor TJ Cawley | 2023 | 12/15/2022 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor TJ Cawley | 2022 | 12/29/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor TJ Cawley | 2021 | 4/19/2021 | Signatories | View Pledge |
