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34 of the plants. If it has gone No Mow for all of April and May the person would 35 want to mow once at the tallest setting of the mower the first or second week of 36 June and then maybe go to every other week mowing. He explained there are 37 municipalities that have adopted managed natural landscapes. 38 39 Chair Ficek asked if “good time Charlie” and dandelions were badfor bees. He 40 noted this is what Mr. Fester indicated in his comment to the City. 41 42 Mr. Henry begged to differ with Mr. Fester, in fact, food is important so if an animal 43 chooses to eat from something, and animals have an innate wisdom and know when 44 and where to get their food and if that is the only food that is available, at least it is 45 available. 46 47 Member Cicha asked if Mr. Henry could talk about the how to prep flower beds in 48 the fall to make safe haven for pollinators and the purpose of not clearing the leaves 49 off of them in the spring and not cutting old flower stems. 50 51 Mr. Henry explained he believes in leaving the leaves because different species of 52 moths and butterflies lay their cocoons in the fall on the leaves. He encouraged 53 people to leave someleaves in the flower bed but not on the lawn because leaves 54 will smother a lawn. Leaving stalks up for bees is very important as well. 55 56 Chair Ficek thanked Mr. Henry for the presentation. 57 58 Mr. Johnson continued with a quick presentation on No Mow/Less Mow May. 59 60 Mr. Englund highlighted for the Commission the 2022 No Mow May complaints 61 that occurred in June. 62 63 Chair Ficek asked what the Ordinance states regarding lawn maintenance. 64 65 Mr. Englundreviewed the City Ordinance with the Commission. 66 67 Member Collins asked if there is a reason why the Ordinance has a height set at 68 eight inches. 69 70 Mr. Englund explained that is what the City Council decided on for the Ordinance. 71 He was not sure what it is based on. He noted this is similar to other cities but there 72 is a range out there for other heights. 73 74 Member Cicha asked if there were people that did not consider their lawn a lawn 75 but rather a planet area, a garden space, instead of growing vegetables there would 76 be an area within a parameter where a lawn would be grown up like a flower bed. 77 78 Mr. Englund indicated there are several properties in the City where in a front yard 79 there is a lawn planting area. Ordinance is pretty specific on this. He reviewed the Page 2of 5