Exhibit CC 05-16-2017 Study Session Item No. 1 Written Communication CC 05-16-2017 Study Session Item No. 1
Lauren Sapudar
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Sent: Saturday, May 13, 2017 3:54 PM
To: City Council
Subject: habitat restoration at mcclellan ranch
Honorable Councilmembers:
Concerning your upcoming budget considerations, I'd like to endorse the habitat restoration project going
on in the McClellan Ranch meadow, listed on page 304 in the Recreation & Community Services section of
the budget. The meadow was completely overrun with non-native invasive plants, with nasty Italian and milk
thistle leading the pack.
Three years ago, a large Water District grant got Acterra (and now its offshoot
Grassroots Ecology, grassrootsecology.org) started establishing large "islands" of native plants in the
meadow, with most of the soil preparation, planting, and weeding labor supplied by well-supervised
volunteers, and water and mowing by the City. Most of the native plants are now well-established and
thriving--but not ready yet to fend for themselves against the thistle and its ilk in the rest of the meadow.
Please keep the effort going by approving Cupertino funding for the so-called Greenfingers project. Any
questions?
Anne Ng
Greenfingers volunteer
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