Chicago City Wire

City of Prospect Heights Natural Resources Commission met March 7.

Here is the agenda provided by the commission:

I. OPENING ITEMS

A. Call to Order

B. Roll Call

C. Approval of Minutes of Board Meeting of February 8, 2024

II. OLD BUSINESS

A. Volunteer Workdays

B. Prospect Heights Public Library/Park District Events

1. Nature Speaks Program

(a) Kathleen Garness – February 22, 2024

(b) PHNRC Presentation – April 25, 2024

C. Projects – Update/Status

1. ComEd Seeded Prairie

2. Heron Pond

3. Hillcrest Lake

(a) Pollinator Park

(b) Shoreline Restoration Project – Year 2024

4. Nature Preserve (Gary Morava), The

5. Remnant Prairie

6. Remnant Sedge Meadow

7. Residentials

8. Saint Alphonsus

9. Slough, The

10. Tully Park

D. Seed/Greenhouse Program Update

E. Education Updates:

1. Wheeling High School – PHNRC Presentation

2. MacArthur Middle School

3. District-214 Micro-Internships

F. Spring Prescribed Burns

G. PHNRC 10th Anniversary Celebration – February 10, 2024

III. CONTINUED REPORTING

A. Eagle Scout Projects Update

B. Adopt-a-Trail Update

C. NRC 2023-2024 Budget and Treasurer’s Report- John Kamysz

1. New Budget expenditures

D. NRC 2024-2045 Budget and Comprehensive Equipment List

E. City Civic Meetings and PHNRC Representation

F. Sierra Club Workday – April 21, 2024

G. Sierra Club Presentation – March 14, 2024

H. Tree Initiative Program – East Side of Prospect Heights

IV. NEW INITIATIVES

A. Friends of the PHNRC

V. NEW BUSINESS

A. Living Green Expo (Grace Lutheran Church, MP) – June 8, 2024

B. Prospect Heights Community Days – June 1, 2024

C. Independence Day Parade – July 6, 2024

D. Announcements to the Public

E. Visitor Comments

VI. ADJOURNMENT

VII. NEXT MEETING: April 11, 2024 – 7:00 p.m. CT

https://www.prospect-heights.il.us/AgendaCenter/ViewFile/Agenda/_03072024-1411