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EXTRACT OF MINUTES OF MEETING OF CITY COUNCIL CITY OF ROSEVILLE RAMSEY COUNTY, MINNESOTA Pursuant to due call and notice thereof, a regular meeting of the City Council of the City of Roseville, Minnesota was duly held at the City Hall in said City on Monday, the 19th day of November, 2007, at 6:00 p.m. The following members were present: Roe, Pust, Kough, Ihlan and Klausing and the following were absent: none Councilmember Roe introduced and moved the adoption of the following resolution: RESOLUTION NO. 10567 RESOLUTION SUPPORTING ICLEI MEMBERSHIP AND CITIES FOR CLIMATE PROTECTION CAMPAIGN AS RECOMMENDED BY THE PUBLIC WORKS ENVIRONMENT AND TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION WHEREAS, scientific consensus has developed that carbon dioxide (C02) and other greenhouse gases released into the atmosphere have a profound effect on the Earth's climate; and WHEREAS, the 2007 Fourth Assessment Report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) states that it is very likely that most of the observed increases in globally averaged temperatures since the mid-20~' century are due to human-induced greenhouse gas emissions; and WHEREAS, in 2006 the U.S. National Climatic Data Center confirmed clear evidence of human influences on climate due to changes in greenhouse gases; and WHEREAS, the U.S. Conference of Mayors endorsed the 2005 U.S. Mayors' Climate Protection Agreement initiated by Seattle Mayor Nickels and signed by 494 mayors in the United States as of May 2007; and WHEREAS, the Urban Environmental Accords adopted by local government delegates during UN World Environment Day 2005 call for reduced emissions through energy efficiency, land use and transportation planning, waste reduction, and wiser energy management; and WHEREAS, in 2003 the American Geophysical Union adopted a Statement noting that human activities are increasingly altering the Earth's climate and that natural influences cannot explain the rapid increase in near-surface temperatures observed during the second half of the 20th century; and WHEREAS, in 2001, at the request of the Administration, the National Academy of Sciences (NAS)