Environmental Quality Commission Meeting Date: June 8, 2017
To: Environmental Quality Commission
From: Tim Behrendt, Streets and Parks Manager
Title
Update on Northfield being a Pollinator Friendly Community
Body
Action Requested:
The Northfield Environmental Quality Commission receives and files this update on Northfield being a pollinator friendly community.
Summary Report:
On May 15, 2016, the City Council adopted a resolution to be a pollinator friendly community and encouraging residents and businesses to adopt pollinator friendly practices.
The City of Northfield has a native plant landscaping rebate program. This program gives residents a 33% rebate up to $75 for planting native plants, which help support pollinators. This rebate is a credit on the resident’s water bill.
The Northfield Garden Club has two landscape beds at Riverside Park that have pollinator friendly plants. A third landscape bed will be constructed this summer.
The Street and Park Department is looking at a couple areas to start planting pollinator friendly plants. One such location is the Oddfellow triangle at Hwy 19 and Forest Ave.