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<br />EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING <br />OF CITY COUNCIL <br />OF CITY OF ROSEVILLE <br />RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA <br /> <br />Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, <br />Minnesota, was held in the City Hall in said City on Monday, September 10,2001, at 6:30 o'clock p.m. <br /> <br />The following members were present Klausing, Mastel, Goedeke, Maschka and Kysylyczyn, and the <br />following were absent none. <br /> <br />Council member Kysylyczyn introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: <br /> <br />RESOLUTION 9935 <br /> <br />RESOLUTION SUPPORTING <br />RESTRICTIONS IN THE USE AND SALE <br />OF PHOSPHOROUS LAWN FERTILIZERS <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City of Roseville is tributary to significant fresh water resources; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, there has long been established a well-documented relationship between the use of <br />phosphorous lawn fertilizers and the degradation of water quality; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, as a matter of policy, the City of Roseville desires to reduce the consumption and use of <br />phosphorous lawn fertilizers; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, subject to unique circumstances, regional soil conditions have an abundance of natural <br />phosphorous; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, industry leading fertilizer manufacturers and retailers have failed to produce and market <br />low phosphorous lawn fertilizers to the public; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, over two decades of public education has had minimal effect when in competition with <br />corporate advertising and their refusal to formulate to local needs; and <br /> <br />WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Roseville has demonstrated their commitment to <br />phosphorous lawn fertilizer reduction by the adoption of an ordinance restricting the use and sale of <br />phosphorous lawn fertilizers within the City of Roseville; <br /> <br />NOW THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Roseville supports <br />legislation restricting the sale of any lawn fertilizer, liquid or granular, that contains any amount of <br />phosphorous or other compounds containing phosphorous, such as phosphate, except, small quantities <br />may be sold when a soil test indicated added phosphorous is needed to support healthy turf growth, or <br />during the first year when new area or turf is being established. In addition, displays of lawn fertilizer <br />