Pledge Status
Active
Pledge Date
Thursday, February 12, 2026
Program Year
2026
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Action Items Committed for 2026
- 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 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.
- Engage with developers, planners, landscape architects, and other community leaders and organizers engaged in planning processes to identify opportunities to create monarch habitat.
- Plant or maintain a monarch and pollinator-friendly demonstration garden at City Hall or another prominent or culturally significant community location.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Display educational signage at monarch gardens and pollinator habitat.
- Increase the percentage of native plants, shrubs and trees that must be used in city landscaping ordinances and encourage use of milkweed, where appropriate.
- 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 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Michael Kelly | 2026 | 2/12/2026 | View Pledge | |
| volunteer pat lawlor | 2025 | 12/9/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Michael Kelly | 2024 | 3/19/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Michael Kelly | 2023 | 3/22/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Michael Kelly | 2022 | 3/31/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
