Natural Resources Commission
Regular MeetingProspect Heights, IL · August 14, 2025
Agenda
City of Prospect Heights
Natural Resources Commission Agenda
Thursday, August 14, 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 14th day of August, 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. Welcome – Louis Chatroop, New PHNRC Commissioner!
C. Roll Call
D. Approval of Minutes of the Board Meeting of May 8, 2025
II. PROSPECT HEIGHTS NATURAL RESOURCES COMMISSION
A. Status of Composition of the PHRNC Board
III. OLD BUSINESS
A. Volunteer Workdays
B. Prospect Heights Public Library/Park District Events
1. Nature Speaks Program
C. Projects – Update/Status
1. ComEd Seeded Prairie
A. Annual Goldenrod Assessment
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. Transplanting Wednesdays
2. Greenhouse Crew
E. Education Updates:
1. MacArthur Middle School
2. Wheeling High School
3. District 214 Micro Internships Initiative
F. Update: NRC Videos
G. Update: Community Events
• City of Prospect Heights Community Days – June 7, 2025
• Prospect Heights Block Party – June 21, 2025
• Independence Day Parades – July 4, 2025
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III. CONTINUOUS REPORTING
A. NRC 2024-2025 Budget
New items purchased
B. City Civic Meetings and PHNRC Representation
C. Summer Interns
1. Intern Extension
D. Friends of the PHNRC
IV. NEW INITIATIVES
Currently, none to report.
V. NEW BUSINESS
A. .Announcements to the Public
B. Visitor Comments
VI. ADJOURNMENT
VII. NEXT MEETING: September 11, 2025 – 7:00 p.m. CT