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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE * * * * * * * Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the twenty-seventh day of August, 2012, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: Pust, McGehee, Willmus, Johnson, and Roe and the following were absent: none. Member Pust introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: RESOLUTION No. 11003 Opposition to the Proposed Constitutional Amendment known as the "Marriage Amendment" WHEREAS, the City of Roseville has declared that it is public policy of the city to fulfill its responsibility as a partner of the state department of human rights in securing for all citizens an equal opportunity in housing, employment, public accommodations,public services and education, and to work consistently to improve the human relations climate of the city; and WHEREAS, the City of Roseville has established within the city a human rights commission whose purpose is to secure for all citizens equal opportunity in employment, housing, public accommodations, public services and education and full participation in the affairs of this community, and to increase the sense of community by reaching out to all members of the community and ensuring that our city government and its activities, programs and services are accessible understandable and responsive to all; and WHEREAS, in 2011 the Minnesota State Legislature voted to include the following question on the election ballot in November 2012: "Shall the Minnesota Constitution be amended to provide that only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota?"; and; WHEREAS, the proposed amendment would add a new Section 13 to the Minnesota Constitution stating: "Only a union of one man and one woman shall be valid or recognized as a marriage in Minnesota;" and;