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Residents upset after herbicide applied to pocket prairie; council members say notification should have been provided
Summary
Council members discussed a complaint and media coverage about herbicide sprayed on a local "pocket prairie" area; officials said residents should have been notified and expressed concern about children playing in the space.
Council members raised a recent report that herbicide had been applied to a small community "pocket prairie" near the Garden neighborhood. Speakers said the area had been maintained by volunteers for several years and that some parcels are city-owned while others are privately maintained.
One council member said the local newspaper devoted significant coverage to the herbicide incident and that residents were upset because children play in the area. Officials said someone should have contacted the volunteers in advance of herbicide application and acknowledged the public-relations consequences of the action.
The council did not take policy action but noted the complaint and said staff should consider improved notification procedures for similar situations in the future.
