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Resident urges pollinator-friendly plantings and hosts fundraiser for Crestview Resource Center
Summary
Resident Sarah Sirfoss urged the council to encourage pollinator-friendly ground cover during 'NoMo March,' proposed cooperation with code enforcement and garden clubs, and invited donations for the Crestview Resource Center; she also highlighted that the city was historically designated a bird sanctuary in an ordinance she read aloud.
During public comment, resident Sarah Sirfoss introduced two community initiatives she said she is organizing: a fundraiser for the Crestview Resource Center and a local effort to promote pollinator-friendly plantings during 'NoMo March.' She read language she said appeared in a historical city ordinance designating the entire city as a bird sanctuary and asked the council to back active environmental work beyond signage, including promoting native trees and shrubs and cooperating with code enforcement and local garden clubs.
Sirfoss invited council members and officials to attend a town-hall event hosted by the Crestview Watch Group and emphasized outreach to working citizens who cannot attend daytime meetings. The city manager and council acknowledged her remarks; staff noted the McMahon designation and partner activity discussed earlier in the meeting.
