Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Wednesday, April 27, 2022
Program Year
2022
Achievement
2022
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Action Items Committed for 2022
- 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 community garden groups and urge them to plant native milkweeds and nectar-producing plants.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Plant milkweed and pollinator-friendly native nectar plants along roadsides, medians, or public rights-of-way.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Facilitate or support a milkweed seed collection and propagation effort.
- Reduce or eliminate the use of herbicides, pesticides, or other chemicals that are harmful to monarchs and pollinators and urban wildlife.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Melvin Carter | 2024 | 4/30/2024 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Melvin Carter | 2023 | 4/30/2023 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Melvin Carter | 2022 | 4/27/2022 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
| Mayor Melvin Carter | 2021 | 4/28/2021 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
