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Resolution endorsing the protection of bees and other pollinators and the enhancement of pollinator habitat in the City of Roseville, Minnesota. DRAFT WHEREAS, the City of Roseville has many established programs and practices that help protect pollinators, including preservation of natural areas, enhancing habitat and use of native plants in gardens and plantings, limited use of insecticides and herbicides in the landscape, pollinator education and outreach to the community; and WHEREAS, native bees, honey bees and other pollinators are a necessary component of a healthy ecosystem and food system, providing essential pollination of plants in order to grow vegetables, herbs, and fruits; and WHEREAS, pollinator populations are in sharp decline due to an ongoing loss of habitat as a result of human land use practices, coupled with a simultaneous pesticide use by homeowners, landscapers, and property managers; and WHEREAS, neonicotinoid (neonic) and other systemic pesticides have been shown to cause illness and death to bees and other pollinators; and WHEREAS, the City Council finds it is in the public interest to demonstrate its commitment to a safe and healthy community environment through the implementation of practices that protect pollinators on city parks, open spaces, and city property. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED for and on behalf of The City of Roseville, Minnesota and its citizens that: The City of Roseville is hereby declared a Pollinator-Friendly Community. The City celebrates current practices that protect and support pollinator health, and encourages residents and businesses to adopt pollinator-friendly practices. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT: The City shall undertake its best efforts to advance its status as a pollinator-friendly City by furthering best management practices to protect pollinators on public lands within the City; and: 1.The City shall review its practices for the use of insecticides and use best practices to limit systemic insecticide uses on city property including insecticides from the neonicotinoid family where possible and will encourage commercial applications to be free of systemic insecticides including neonicotinoids where possible. 2.The City shall undertake its best efforts to plant native plants and plants favorable to bees and other pollinators in the City's public spaces. 3.The City shall undertake its best efforts to communicate to all Roseville property owners, residents, businesses, institutions and neighborhoods the importance of creating and maintaining pollinator-friendly habitat and will encourage residents and business to use Roseville Pollinator Resolution - 3-30-17 Copy 1