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Santa Rosa city leaders are considering ending the use of chemical weed killers in city parks. The City Council yesterday agreed to re-bid a landscaping contract to avoid using synthetic herbicides like Roundup after the state listed the key ingredients in the weed killer as a known cause of cancer. The city will seek bids for landscaping methods using common chemical sprays, as well as bids using more organic methods. Activists applauded the decision as a more environmentally friendly approach to managing the city’s properties.