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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Work Session: March 5, 2019
AGENDA ITEM: Request from RHS Students and Staff –
Climate Change Resolution
AGENDA SECTION:
Discussion
PREPARED BY: Dan Schultz, Parks and Recreation
Director AGENDA NO. 2.a.
ATTACHMENTS: Draft Resolution and information from
other cities APPROVED BY: LJM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Discussion only.
ISSUE
Parks and Recreation staff were contacted by Veda Kanitz, a teacher at Rosemount High School, asking if
a group of students could present information to the Parks and Recreation Commission regarding climate
change. The students hope to have the City of Rosemount adopt a resolution in recognizing the challenges
posed by climate change. The students feel that action is needed on a personal, local, state, and federal
level in order to protect the environment. A few of the students will be present at the work session to
make a few remarks.
Included in the packet are sample resolutions from other cities that have been adopted.
The Parks and Recreation Commission discussed the different resolution documents and asked that staff
bring back a resolution that was similar to the Red Wing, MN resolution of support. Staff created the
resolution as requested and at their regular meeting on Monday, September 24, 2018 they recommended
that the draft resolution be sent to the City Council to be considered for approval.
This topic has also been discussed at the City’s Environmental and Sustainability Task Force, and they
recommend approval of the attached resolution.
SUMMARY
Staff is requesting the City Council discuss the draft resolution that has been included in the packet and
provide direction to staff on next steps with this matter. If interested, staff will prepare the item for
formal action by the Council at a forthcoming meeting.
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
2019-
RESOLUTION OF THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
ENDORSING ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE
WHEREAS, the costs of climate change – including destabilized weather patterns, rising sea levels,
extreme weather events, and other serious impacts – now pose a substantial threat to the health,
prosperity, and security of Americans; and
WHEREAS, the costs are real, they are growing, and they are already burdening businesses, tax
payers, municipal budgets and families; and
WHEREAS, prudent action now will be far less costly than the consequences of delayed response
and will create a more stable business environment for our nation.
NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF ROSEMOUNT, that the City
Council of the City of Rosemount urges Congress to sponsor and/or support measures that will
acknowledge the serious threat posed by climate change and reduce greenhouse gas emissions in a
clear, transparent, and effective way.
ADOPTED this XX day of March, 2019.
William H. Droste, Mayor
ATTEST:
Erin Fasbender, City Clerk
CERTIFICATIONS
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of a resolution presented to and adopted by the
City Council of Rosemount at a duly authorized meeting thereof, held on the XX day of March, 2019, as
disclosed by the records of said City in my possession.
(SEAL)
______________________________________
Erin Fasbender, City Clerk
Motion by: ___________________________ Second by:______________________________________
Voted in favor: ________________________________________________________________________
Voted against: ________________________________________________________________________