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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.
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City of Mounds View
2401 Mounds View Boulevard
Mounds View, MN 55112
Carol A. Mueller, Mayor
Nyle ikmun , City Administrator
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FETY MONTH 2020
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