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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
City Council Regular Meeting: January 18, 2022
AGENDA ITEM: Approve Pollinator Habitat Resolution AGENDA SECTION:
Consent
PREPARED BY: Nick Egger, P.E., Public Works Director AGENDA NO. 6.g.
ATTACHMENTS: Resolution APPROVED BY: LJM
RECOMMENDED ACTION: Motion to approve the Resolution Supporting Pollinator
Friendly Habitats and Environments
BACKGROUND
The Environment and Sustainability Commission (ESC) put together a resolution to establish the City of
Rosemount as a pollinator friendly community. Research was done by surrounding cities, including Eagan,
and Saint Paul, to identify additional ways to create more friendly environments to help pollinators thrive
in Rosemount open spaces.
Limited or no Neonicotinoid use is a common strategy for cities to implement to prevent accidental killing
of pollinator insects. Encouraging additional bees within the open spaces and planting pollinator friendly
plants in open spaces are also encouraged.
At the ESC’s January 11, 2022 meeting, the commission recommended that the City Council approve the
resolution.
RECOMMENDATION
Staff recommends the Council approve the Pollinator Friendly Habitat Resolution
CITY OF ROSEMOUNT
DAKOTA COUNTY, MINNESOTA
RESOLUTION 2022 - 05
A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING POLLINATOR
FRIENDLY HABITATS AND ENVIRONMENTS
WHEREAS, bees, butterflies, moths and other insects, collectively known as pollinators, are integral
parts to a wide diversity of essential food production; and,
WHEREAS, pollinators are being threatened due to habitat loss, pesticide use, pathogens and
parasites; and,
WHEREAS, research indicates use of neonicotinoid synthetic chemical insecticides 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
best 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.
ADOPTED this 18th day of January, 2022.
William H. Droste, Mayor
ATTEST:
Erin Fasbender, City Clerk