Pat Showalter
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26,606 appearances
60 recordings
2 series
first heard Sep 2023
last heard 2d ago
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Is that many native insects such as native bees, butterflies and moss co evolved.
over centuries with native plants.
So without the native plants, many native insects will become extinct.
And without native insects, native birds become extinct.
It seems unlikely that any biodiversity benefits would be offered by plants from other areas of North America.
The second thing, I want to thank staff for the many native plants they included in the planting around the magical bridge.
I was excited to see those.
And finally,
the recently the list of 10 most uh used tree species in mountain view contained only one native and that species and that was redwood so as far as trees are concerned um many trees in mountain view are chosen by private property owners so it's outside the city's influence i propose a city set a policy for itself when choosing a tree species on city property to always consider first
using a native species.
And if no native species meets the guiding principle of plant right place, then consider using non-natives.
Thank you.
Yes, I was lucky to be the first person to push the button for the motion.
Do I have to read anything?
Oh, good, okay.
off the hook.
Anyway, I wanted to add my thanks to the staff and all the people that have been involved in this.
We've been hearing about this plan for three years from people who filled out surveys and gone to public meetings and we've all had to kind of
stand back and let the public get involved.
So I just wanted to say that I am very delighted that you took the suggestions that we made at the last meeting very seriously and you incorporated them.
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