Pledge Status
Complete
Pledge Date
Friday, December 4, 2020
Program Year
2021
Achievement
2021
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Action Items Committed for 2021
- 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.
- 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.
- Host or support a monarch neighborhood challenge to engage neighborhoods and homeowners' associations within the community to increase awareness, support community unity around a common mission, and/or create habitat for the monarch butterfly.
- Add or maintain native milkweed and nectar-producing plants in gardens in the community.
- Launch, expand, or continue an invasive species removal program that will support the re-establishment of native habitat for monarch butterflies and other pollinators.
- Remove milkweed from the list of noxious plants in city weed / landscaping ordinances (if applicable).
Past Pledge Archive
| Mayor Name | Program Year | Pledge Date | Achievement | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mayor Jim Ross | 2025 | 1/8/2025 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Jim Ross | 2024 | 2/13/2024 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mr. Jim Ross | 2023 | 1/17/2023 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Jim Ross | 2022 | 2/22/2022 | Signatories | View Pledge |
| Mayor Jeff Williams | 2021 | 12/4/2020 | Leadership Circle | View Pledge |
