2020 05-11 Building Safety Month

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I PROCLAMATION OF BUILDING SAFETY MONTH WHEREAS, the "Building Code" was adopted by the Mounds View Town Board on July 30, 1954 (Ordinance 15); and, WHEREAS, the Minnesota State Building Code was adopted by reference, by the Mounds View City Council, effective July 1, 1972, and amended from time to time; and, WHEREAS, about 6,700 people work in Mounds View. Total building valuation is about $1 billion. These lives and property are protected through sound plan review and inspections conducted by public officials trained in building and fire safety; and, WHEREAS, Building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code Council, publisher of the 2020 Minnesota Building Code, to remind the public about the critical role of our communities' largely unknown protectors of public safety; our local code officials, who assure us of safe, efficient and livable buildings that are essential to America's prosperity; and WHEREAS, "Safer Buildings, Safer Communities, Safer World," is the theme for Building Safety Month 2020. Building Safety Month encourages appropriate steps everyone can take to ensure the safety of our built environment, and recognizes that the implementation of safety codes by local and state agencies has saved lives and protected homes and businesses in Mounds View, since 1954; and, NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Mounds View, hereby proclaims the month of May 2020 as Building Safety Month. Adopted this 11th day of May, 2020. ATTE AT i ,�T: (seal) City of Mounds View 2401 Mounds View Boulevard Mounds View, MN 55112 Carol A. Mueller, Mayor Nyle ikmun , City Administrator 9 0�111 S�LUILDING an FETY MONTH 2020 Page 1 of 1