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Pledge Status

Did Not Report

Pledge Date

Tuesday, March 16, 2021

Program Year

2021

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City of Minneapolis, Ward 2

Minneapolis, MN

Cam Gordon

CIty Council Member

Pledge Summary

Minneapolis is a wonderful city with amazing natural amenities including the Mississippi River Gorge that runs right through the City and the Second Ward. We also have a great park system. In August 2015, the Minneapolis City Council passed a resolution to increase pollinator forage (including native plants) and decrease the use of pesticides on all city-owned and controlled property and to encourage property owners throughout Minneapolis to adopt pollinator-friendly practices. We have been working hard to follow up on that ever since. Prior to that, we amended our ordinances to allow native plantings and lawns that did not need to be mowed short. Last year we approved a new comprehensive plan that calls for the City to encourage native and pollinator-friendly species in landscaping, and the regulation of, and education around, the use of pesticides and chemical compounds on privately owned land.

Community Spotlight

Action Items Committed for 2021

Communications and Convening ▸

Launch or maintain a public communication effort to encourage residents to plant monarch gardens at their homes or in their neighborhoods. (If you have community members who speak a language other than English, we encourage you to also communicate in that language; Champion Pledges must communicate in that language.)
Engage with community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
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.

Program and Demonstration Gardens ▸

Host or support a native seed or plant sale, giveaway or swap.

Systems Change ▸

Launch, expand, or continue an effort to change municipal planting ordinances and practices to include more native milkweed and native nectar producing plants at city properties.
Launch, expand, or continue one or more ordinances to reduce light pollution to benefit urban wildlife.

Past Pledge Archive

Mayor Name	Program Year	Pledge Date	Achievement
CIty Council Member Cam Gordon	2021	3/16/2021		View Pledge