Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Thursday, January 6, 2022
Program Year
2022
Achievement
2022
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Community Spotlight
Woods Creek Reach 6/7 Restoration
The Woods Creek Reach 6/7 Restoration Project Stabilized 1,200 L.F. of eroded stream channel and 2,200 L.F. of tributary channel and ecologically restored 26 acres of riparian habitat.
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Trails of Woods Creek Natural Area
The Village of Algonquin worked directly with a large developer to convert an old golf course into a single-family home community that includes a 33 acre naturalized green infrastructure corridor that ties in to the Woods Creek Riparian Corridor.
Dixie Creek Reach 5
Constructed in conjunction with a sanitary sewer upgrade, this stream was depositing silt and woody debris into a downstream stormwater basin, causing flooding. The restoration repaired erosion & removed the dead woody material, alleviating flooding.
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 developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.
- 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.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Integrate monarch butterfly conservation into the city’s Park Master Plan, Sustainability Plan, Climate Resiliency Plan or other city plans.
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Village President Debby Sosine | 2026 | 1/9/2026 | View Pledge | |
| Village President Debby Sosine | 2025 | 1/10/2025 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Village President Debby Sosine | 2024 | 3/31/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Village President Debby Sosine | 2023 | 2/17/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Village President Debby Sosine | 2022 | 1/6/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
