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Environmental Policy Board (EPB) 5. 2. <br />Meeting Date: 05/21/2018 <br />By: Chris Anderson, Community <br />Development <br />Information <br />Title: <br />Update on Pollinator Friendly Projects <br />Purpose/Background: <br />The City of Ramsey is partnering with the City of Andover on two (2) native landscape and pollinator friendly <br />projects this year. Andover has hosted a Native Plant Sale for a couple of years and earlier this year, Staff was <br />asked if there was interest in participating in some fashion with their Native Plant Sale. Rather than holding separate <br />events, Ramsey Staff is simply promoting the Native Plant Sale that will be held at the Andover City Hall on June <br />2. We will have information in the next Weekly Update and the website. There was info included in the May/June <br />issue of the Ramsey Resident newsletter also promoting the event. <br />Andover's Pollinator Awareness Project (APAP) group has coordinated a Native Garden Tour for several years now <br />as well. Staff was also asked if there was any interest in a joint effort for this event. Staff has connected with two (2) <br />Ramsey property owners that have agreed to participate. The purpose of the tour is to showcase native <br />landscapes/gardens within the area to hopefully encourage others to enhance their landscapes to be more beneficial <br />to pollinators and other wildlife. The event has previously been promoted through various channels including the <br />Star Tribune, Northern Gardener magazine, and a couple smaller newspapers. The tour date is July 21, 2018 <br />anytime between 9am and 3pm. Property owners have agreed to be available that day to talk to attendees about their <br />landscapes and answer questions. This has been fairly successful in Andover the past couple years and Staff would <br />like to grow the number of properties participating in Ramsey. <br />Action: <br />No action necessary. <br />Previous Year Andover Tour Map <br />Ramsey Tour Map <br />Attachments <br />Form Review <br />Inbox Reviewed By Date <br />Tim Gladhill JoAnn Shaw 05/18/2018 09:07 AM <br />Form Started By: Chris Anderson Started On: 05/17/2018 03:53 PM <br />Final Approval Date: 05/18/2018 <br />