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PRELIMINARY WORK PLAN <br />Spring and Summer: <br />1) Promote the "Landscaping for Wildlife" concept throughout the City. <br />2) Improve existing map of maximum potential greenway for public <br />presentation. <br />3) Submit an article on the EQC's greenway mission for publication in Mounds <br />View Matters. <br />4) Recommend that the City -Council -take the greenway into consideration- when - <br />making zoning changes, and that it designate certain city -owned land as <br />greenway. <br />5) Prioritize portions of the potential greenway for immediate designation <br />efforts (see first draft below). <br />6) Solicit volunteers for a citizen action team trained to collect community -based <br />information that would enhance the City's capacity to establish and manage <br />the greenway. <br />7) Set up a regional meeting for coordination with adjacent cities. <br />8) Begin grant -application process for national environmental organization funds <br />for land acquisition and/or appropriate plantings within crucial portions of <br />the greenway. <br />Fall and Beyond: <br />1) Make the greenway a reality with voluntary registration of portions of <br />backyards or business property as "greenway". <br />2) Provide public education on the "Landscaping for Wildlife" concepts and <br />greenway maintenance and benefits. <br />3) Develop incentives for greenway registration. <br />4) Acquire and utilize grant money for greenway development. <br />5) Inventory bird and butterfly species within established corridor. <br />6) Consider walking (or biking) trail extensions into city -owned portions of <br />greenway. <br />7) Seek heavy involvement in Highway 10 redevelopment, to include landscaping <br />for wildlife and possible tunnel passage at junctions with other wildlife <br />corridors. <br />8) Provide progress reports to the Council and the public. <br />