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City of ��
<br />RAMSEY
<br />Building Safety Month Proclamation
<br />Building Safety Month — May, 2018
<br />WHEREAS, the City of Ramsey is committed to recognizing our growth and strength depends on the
<br />safety and economic value of the homes, buildings and infrastructure that serve our citizens, both in
<br />everyday life and in times of natural disaster, and;
<br />WHEREAS, our confidence in the structural integrity of these buildings that make up our community
<br />is achieved through the devotion of vigilant guardians —building safety and fire prevention officials,
<br />architects, engineers, builders, tradespeople, design professionals, laborers and others in the
<br />construction industry —who work year-round to ensure the safe construction of buildings, and;
<br />WHEREAS, these guardians are dedicated members of the International Code Council, a U.S. based
<br />organization, that brings together local, state and federal officials that are experts in the built
<br />environment to create and implement the highest -quality codes to protect us in the buildings where
<br />we live, learn, work, worship, play, and;
<br />WHEREAS, our nation benefits economically and technologically from using the International Codes°
<br />that are developed by a national, voluntary consensus codes and standards developing organization,
<br />our government is able to avoid the high cost and complexity of developing and maintaining these
<br />codes, which are the most widely adopted building safety and fire prevention codes in the nation;
<br />these modern building codes include safeguards to protect the public from natural disasters such as
<br />hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, wildland fires, floods and earthquake; and;
<br />WHEREAS, Building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code Council to remind the
<br />public about the critical role of our communities' largely unknown guardians of public safety —our
<br />local code officials —who assure us of safe, efficient and livable buildings that are essential to keep
<br />America great, and;
<br />WHEREAS, "Building Codes Save Lives" the theme for Building Safety Month 2018, encourages all
<br />Americans to raise awareness of the importance of building safe and resilient construction; fire
<br />prevention; disaster mitigation, and new technologies in the construction industry. Building Safety
<br />Month 2018 encourages appropriate steps everyone can take to ensure that the places where we
<br />live, learn, work, worship and play are safe, and recognizes that countless lives have been saved due
<br />to the implementation of safety codes by local and state agencies, and,
<br />WHEREAS, each year, in observance of Building Safety Month, Americans are asked to consider the
<br />commitment to improve building safety and economic investment at home and in the community,
<br />and to acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by local and state building
<br />departments, fire prevention bureaus and federal agencies in protecting lives and property.
<br />NOW, THEREFORE, I, John LeTourneau, Acting Mayor of the City of Ramsey, do hereby proclaim the
<br />month of May 2018 as Building Safety Month.
<br />Signature
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