Natural Resources Commission
Regular MeetingProspect Heights, IL · November 13, 2025
Agenda
City of Prospect Heights
Natural Resources Commission Agenda
Thursday, November 13, 2025 – 7:00 p.m.
www.phnrc.com
Public Notice is hereby given that the Natural Resources Commission of the City of Prospect
Heights, Cook County, Illinois, will hold a Board Meeting on the 13th day of November, 2025,
at 7:00 p.m. in the City Hall Council Chambers, 8 North Elmhurst Road, Prospect Heights,
Illinois.
I. OPENING ITEMS
A. Call to Order
B. Roll Call
C. Approval of Minutes of the Special Board Meeting of October 14, 2025
II. OLD BUSINESS
A. Volunteer Workdays
B. Prospect Heights Public Library/Park District Events
1. Nature Speaks Program
2. IAPD Award
C. Projects – Update/Status
1. ComEd Seeded Prairie
2. Heron Pond
3. Hillcrest Lake
(a) Pollinator Park
(b) Shoreline Restoration Project – Year 2025
4. Nature Preserve (Gary Morava), The
5. Public Service Commons
6. Remnant Prairie
7. Remnant Sedge Meadow
8. Residentials
9. Saint Alphonsus
10. Slough,
11. Tully Park
D. Seed/Greenhouse Program Update
1. Seed Collection Wednesdays – August 20 – October 22, 2025
2. Greenhouse Crew
3. Poplar Creek Prairie Stewards Seed Collection Day – October 19, 2025
E. Education Updates:
1. MacArthur Middle School Update: October 15, 2025 - Seed Collection and
Seed Processing
2. Wheeling High School
3. District 214 Micro Internships Initiative
F. Planting in the Parkway and Bioswale Program Update
G. BGHS Prairie Recap
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III. CONTINUOUS REPORTING
A. NRC 2024-2025 Budget
B. Adopt-A-Trail Program Update
C. City Civic Meetings and PHNRC Representation
D. Friends of the PHNRC Update
IV. NEW INITIATIVES
A. PHNRC Annual Seed Processing and Volunteer Appreciation Day –
November 9, 2025 (Sunday) – 10:00 a.m.
B. Prescribed Burns and Permit Renewal
C. New Procedure: PHNRC Budget Funding and Friends of the PHNRC
D. PHNRC Meeting Cadence and 2026 Scheduling
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. Announcements to the Public
B. Visitor Comments
VI. ADJOURNMENT
VII. NEXT MEETING: TBD