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Item No: 06A <br />Meeting Date: April 27, 2009 <br />Type of Business: Special Order of Business <br />City Administrator Review: __________ <br />City of Mounds View Staff Report <br />To: Honorable Mayor and City Council <br />From: Kathi Osmonson, Building Official/Fire Marshal <br />Item Title/Subject: PROCLAMATION FOR BUILDING SAFETY WEEK 2009 <br /> <br /> <br />INTRODUCTION <br /> <br />Building Safety Week will be celebrated across the nation and around the world during the <br />week of May 3 through 9, 2009. Building Safety Week raises public awareness of building <br />safety by promoting the use, enforcement and understanding of building safety and fire <br />prevention codes. The purpose of these codes is to help protect lives and property. <br />“Building Safety: Where You Live, Work and Play” is the theme of Building Safety Week <br />2009. <br /> <br />BACKGROUND AND DISCUSSION <br /> <br />The International Code Council Foundation, an organization dedicated to changing the <br />devastating effects of natural disasters and other building tragedies at home and around the <br />world, sponsors Building Safety Week. It was first observed in 1980. <br /> <br />All of the code enforcement officials in the City work to ensure the structures that you and <br />your families live, work and play in are safe. The City of Mounds View is an active member <br />of the International Code Council (ICC), an association that develops building safety and fire <br />prevention codes in use by more than 15,000 jurisdictions across the United States. <br /> <br />The Community Development Department uses Building Safety Week to educate the <br />community. It is an opportunity to increase public awareness of the role building safety and <br />fire prevention officials, local and state building departments, and federal agencies in the <br />protection of lives and property. These officials and inspectors are the “silent defenders” <br />who the public rarely sees but work daily to ensure safety in the built environment. Mounds <br />View can demonstrate our commitment to building safety and fire prevention in our city by <br />adopting the attached proclamation designating May 3 through 9, 2009 as Building Safety <br />Week 2009. <br /> <br /> <br />RECOMMENDATION <br /> <br />Staff recommends that the City Council adopt the attached proclamation for Building Safety <br />Week 2009. <br /> <br /> <br />Attachment - Proclamation <br />