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Item No: 6B Meeting Date: April 25, 2011 Type of Business: Special Order of Business City Administrator Review: _______ City of Mounds View Staff Report To: Honorable Mayor and City Council From: Kathi Osmonson, Building Official/Fire Marshal Item Title/Subject: PROCLAMATION FOR BUILDING SAFETY MONTH 2011 INTRODUCTION Building Safety Month will be celebrated across the nation and around the world during the month of May 2011. Building Safety Month raises public awareness of building safety by promoting the use, enforcement and understanding of building safety and fire prevention codes. The purpose of these codes is to help protect lives and property. BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION The International Code Council Foundation, an organization dedicated to changing the devastating effects of fire and natural disasters at home and around the world, sponsors Building Safety Month. It was first observed in 1980 and this is the first year it is recognized for an entire month. It has previously been known as building safety “week.” All of the code enforcement officials in the City work to ensure the structures in the City are safe. The City of Mounds View is an active member of the International Code Council (ICC), an association that develops building safety and fire prevention codes in use by more than 15,000 jurisdictions across the United States. The Community Development Department uses Building Safety Month to educate the community. This is an opportunity to increase public awareness of the role building safety and fire prevention officials, local and state building departments, and federal agencies in the protection of lives and property. These officials and inspectors are the “silent defenders” who the public rarely sees but work daily to ensure safety in the built environment. Mounds View can demonstrate its commitment to building safety and fire prevention in the city by adopting the attached proclamation designating May 2011 as Building Safety Month 2011. RECOMMENDATION Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached proclamation designating May 2011 as Building Safety Month. Respectfully submitted, Kathi Osmonson – Building Official/Fire Marshal Attachment – Proclamation