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Girl Scout honored for Ross Park pollinator garden as council advances bee‑keeping rules
Summary
Alice Cardona received a proclamation from Mayor Hawkins for a multi‑phase Ross Park renovation that included a 3,000‑sq‑ft pollinator garden; council also gave a first reading to a new ordinance regulating keeping bees in residential areas, which planning commission had unanimously approved.
Alice Cardona, a Girl Scout, described a four‑phase Silver Award project to renovate Hilda Ross Memorial Park, telling council she planted a 3,000‑square‑foot pollinator garden with more than 200 native flowers, refurbished playground equipment, installed trail signage and helped place a Little Free Library. Mayor Lawrence C. Hawkins read a proclamation declaring Sept. 3, 2025, "Alice Cardona Day" in recognition of the work.
Council later held the first reading of an ordinance to amend the city code regulating small‑scale animal husbandry and to add a new section addressing the keeping of bees in residential yards. Planning commission reviewed the amendment and returned it to council with unanimous approval. Council member Sullivan Weiskopf spoke in favor of the changes and tied the measure to local pollinator efforts, saying bees are important to local ecosystems and supported the timing of the ordinance alongside Cardona’s work.
What’s next: The bee‑keeping ordinance will return to council for a subsequent reading and possible adoption; the city will hold a ribbon‑cutting for the Ross Park improvements on Sept. 8.
