Submitted By
Marcella Bondie Keenan, Chief Sustainability Officer
Reviewed By
A.M. Zayyad, Deputy Village Manager
Agenda Item Title
Title
A Motion to Approve a Proclamation to Declare May as Monarch Butterfly Month
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Overview
Overview
The Month of May is declared as Monarch Butterfly Month in support of the Village's participation in the Mayors' Monarch Pledge initiative, a tri-national partnership between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada to engage communities in monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation.
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Recommendation
Recommendation
Approve the motion.
Background
May is declared as Monarch Butterfly Month in support of the Village's participation in the Mayors' Monarch Pledge initiative, a tri-national partnership between Mexico, the U.S., and Canada to engage communities in monarch butterfly and pollinator conservation.
Oak Park first participated in this annual pledge in 2017, and issued a Village proclamation and planted monarch-supporting plants on Village property. In 2021, the Village joined local partners, including the Oak Park Public Library, Friends of the Oak Park Conservatory, Interfaith Green Network, School District 97, and School District 200), in celebrating the Year of the Butterfly. The Village participated by signing the Illinois Monarch Project Pledge, issuing a proclamation declaring 2021 the Year of the Butterfly, and installing a certified Monarch Waystation at the Public Works Center. The Village continued to support pollinators in 2022 by adopting the Climate Ready Oak Plan, which includes actions to protect and enhance biodiversity, and a commitment to establish thirty percent of Oak Park's land as green infrastructure or enhanced park management by 2030.
In 2023, the Village re-affirms its commitment to combatting the global crisis of biodiversity decline and species extinction by pledging to initiate the following actions in fulfillment of the Mayor's Monarch Pledge initiative.
1. Issue a Proclamation to raise...
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