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Attachment A 1 EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING 2 OF THE 3 CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE 4* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * 5 Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of th 6 Roseville, County of Ramsey, Minnesota was duly held on the 9day of January, 2023, at 7 6:00 p.m. 8 The following members were present: , , , , and Mayor . 9 and the following were absent: . 10 Member introduced the following resolution and moved its adoption: 11 RESOLUTION No. 12 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING A TEMPORARY EXCEPTION TO SECTION 407 OF 13 CITY CODE, NUISANCE, IN SUPPORT OF ‘LESS MOW MAY’ 14 WHEREAS, the City of Roseville is supportive of a temporary exception to City Code, 15 Section 407.02, NUISANCES AFFECTING PUBLIC COMFORT OR REPOSE, allowing 16 homeowners to grow grass in their yards taller than 8 inches during the month of May; and 17 WHEREAS, insects, especially bees, serve a significant and critical role as pollinators of plants 18 including agricultural plants; and 19 WHEREAS, the City passed Resolution 11422 DECLARING THE CITY OF ROSEVILLE AS 20 POLLINATOR-FRIENDLY COMMUNITY; and 21 WHEREAS, the ideal pollinator-friendly habitat is one comprised of mostly native wild flowers, 22 grasses, vines, shrubs, and trees blooming in succession throughout the growing season; and 23 WHEREAS, the formative period for establishment of pollinator and other insect species and the 24 many songbirds and other urban wildlife species that depend upon them occurs in late spring and 25 early summer as they emerge from dormancy and require flowering plants as crucial foraging 26 habitat; and 27 WHEREAS, "No Mow May" is a community science initiative that encourages property 28 owners to limit lawn mowing practices during the month of May to provide early season 29 foraging resources for pollinators that emerge in the spring, especially in urban landscapes 30 when few floral resources are available; and 31 WHEREAS, the City of Roseville would like to increase pollinator-friendly habitat by 32 encouraging pollinator-friendly lawn care practices on their own properties for the month of 33 May during this formative period.