HomeMy WebLinkAbout04-15-14 Proclamation - Building Safety MonthBUILDING SAFETY:
Maximizing Resilianse, Minimizing Risks
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Proclamation
WbItreaO, Our City's continuing efforts to address the essential issues of safety, energy
efficiency, and resilience in the construction environment that affect our citizens, both
in everyday life and in times of natural disaster, give us confidence that our
structures are safe and sound, and;
Vbitre Our confidence is achieved through the devotion of vigilant guardians — building
safety and fire prevention officials, architects, engineers, builders, tradespeople,
laborers and others in the construction industry — who work year -round to ensure the
safe construction of buildings, and;
MUM%, Ehe Florida Building Codes, based on the International Building Codes, include
safeguards to protect the public from natural disasters such as hurricanes,
snowstorms, tornadoes, wild land fires and earthquakes, and;
M IMM9, building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code Council, to remind
the public about the critical role of our communities' largely unknown guardians of
public safety --our local code officials —who assure us of safe, efficient and livable
buildings, and;
3VbtVIta0, "A uilding Safety Month: Maximizing Resilience, Minimizing Risks" the theme for
Building Safety Month 2014, encourages all Americans to raise awareness of the
importance of building safe and resilient construction; fire prevention; disaster
mitigation, backyard safety; energy efficiency and new technologies in the
construction industry. Building Safety Month 2014 encourages appropriate steps
sustainable and recognizes that countless lives have been saved due to the
implementation of safety codes by local and state agencies; and,
Wy re alS, (Each year, in observance of Building Safety Month, Americans are asked to
consider projects to improve building safety, sustainability at home and in the
community, and to acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by our
code officials in protecting lives and property.
Ifow, tl(&V#V, I, S. Scott Vandergrift, Mayor of the City of Ocoee, do hereby proclaim the
month of May 2014 to be
Building Safety Month
I encourage our citizens to consider projects to improve building safety during this Building
Safety Month.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto have
set my hand and caused the Seal of the
City of Ocoee, Florida, to be affixed
this 15'" day of April, 2014.
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