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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL CONSIDERATION <br />Meeting Date: August 27, 2019 <br />Resolution – Endorse Pollinator Protection and Promoting Pollinator Habitat <br />OVERVIEW: <br />In front of you this evening is a resolution to endorse pollinator protection and promoting pollinator <br />habitat. <br />At the March 4, 2019 Parks and Environmental Commission meeting the Executive Director of <br />Pollinator Friendly Alliance presented on Pollinator Protections. Recommendations from the <br />Pollinator Friendly Alliance were then discussed at the Parks and Environmental Commission’s June <br />10, 2019 meeting. At the July 16, 2019 City Council work session, a draft pollinator protection <br />resolution was discussed. <br />Endorsing pollinator protection and promoting pollinator habitat includes a commitment to avoid using <br />neonicotinoid pesticides and pesticide treated plants. Neonicotinoids are considered systemic <br />pesticides. Systemic pesticides or insecticides are chemicals that are actually absorbed by a plant when <br />applied to seeds, soil, or leaves. The chemicals then circulate through the plant’s tissues, killing the <br />insects that feed on them. Unlike with traditional insecticides, neonicotinoids cannot be wash or peel <br />off systemic pesticide residues. <br />Parks and Environmental Commission Chair Erin Jordahl Redlin will be presenting this resolution and <br />along with staff, available for questions. <br />19