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Council approves amendment limiting herbicide use after resident warnings about "forever chemicals"
Summary
Palos Verdes Estates council unanimously approved Amendment No. 4 to the city's Bennett Landscaping contract to limit chemical herbicide application to areas shown in the contract exhibit after a public commenter warned of long-term soil contamination.
Palos Verdes Estates City Council on April 14 approved an amendment to its citywide landscape maintenance contract that narrows where chemical herbicides may be applied.
The measure, Amendment No. 4 to the Bennett Landscaping agreement, restricts herbicide use to the specific "selected areas" outlined in Exhibit B and removes a sentence staff and council members said added ambiguity about permitted locations. The amendment was approved after council members asked staff to tweak a…
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