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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Environment & Sustainability Commission Meeting: December 14, 2021
AGENDA SECTION:
AGENDA ITEM: Pollinator Habitat Draft Resolution Review
Old Business
PREPARED BY: Jane Byron, Stormwater Specialist AGENDA NO. 5.a.
ATTACHMENTS: Draft Resolution APPROVED BY: BLE
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Recommend City Council approve Pollinator Friendly Habitat
Resolution
DISCUSSION
In support of Goal 6 – Native Plants & Pollinator Habitat, Commissioner Delaney has compiled
background information on pollinator resolutions.
Commissioner Delaney is recommending that the City enact a pollinator resolution. City staff has drafted
a resolution for discussion prior to presentation to Council.
SUMMARY
Recommendation that City Council approve Pollinator Friendly Habitat Resolution.
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CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2022 - XX
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING POLLINATOR FRIENDLY HABITATS AND
ENVIROMENTS
WHEREAS, bees and other pollinators are integral parts to a wide diversity of essential food
production; and,
WHEREAS, native and honey bees are being threatened due to habitat loss, pesticide use, pathogens
and parasites; and,
WHEREAS, research indicates use of neonicotinoids, which are synthetic chemical insecticides
similar in structure to nicotine, causes die off of plant pollinators, including bees, butterflies, moths
and other insects; and,
WHEREAS, the Rosemount City Council finds it in the public interest to demonstrate its
commitment to a safe and healthy community environment through the implementation of pest
management practices in maintenances of the city parks, open spaces and property.
NOW, THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED that the City of Rosemount shall undertake its best
efforts to become a pollinator friendly city by undertaking best management practices in the use of
plantings and pesticides in all public spaces within the city.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that with the exceptions of the treatment of ash trees for emerald ash
borer, the city shall refrain from the use of pesticides from the neonicotinoid family on city property.
RESOLVED FURTHER, that the city shall undertake its best efforts to plant flowers favorable to
bees and other pollinators in the city's public spaces, with a preference for native species in native
spaces.
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ADOPTED this XX day of XXXXXX 2022.
William H. Droste, Mayor
ATTEST:
Erin Fasbender, City Clerk