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• CITY OF FALCON HEIGHTS COUNCIL RESOLUTION No. 00-16 Date: June 28, 2000 RESOLUTION RELATING TO DISTRIBUTION OF GUN LOCKS WHEREAS, a goal set forth by the City Council is "To protect the public health and safety" and furthermore to "support ....crime prevention efforts". WHEREAS, guns are present in 51 percent of Minnesota households and 53 percent of gun owners surveyed did not lock up their guns. WHEREAS, every day in the United States, 16 children age 19 and under are killed in gun homicides, suicides, and unintentional shootings and countless number of guns are stolen and used in crime. WHEREAS, the Saint Paul-Ramsey County Safe Gun Storage Campaign has distributed over 3,500 gun locks in St. Paul and over 550 gun locks in suburban Ramsey County. • WHEREAS, the Ramsey County Board of Commissioners, Regions Hospital, Saint Paul Area Council of Churches, Saint Paul Children's Hospital, Saint Paul City Council, Saint Paul Police Department, Saint Paul-Ramsey County Department of Public Health, the Gun Violence Action Team in Ramsey County, the City of Roseville and the City of Maplewood have all endorsed the safe gun storage campaign. NOW THEREFORE, the City Council of the City of Falcon Heights does hereby endorse the Saint Paul-Ramsey County Safe Gun Storage Campaign and authorizes the City Administrator or his/her assigned personnel to give away gun locks at City Hall and any other appropriate locations; and be it further RESOLVED, that the City Administrator or his/her assigned personnel undertake the necessary publicity to encourage Falcon Heights residents to utilize the free gun lock program. ------------------------------------------~Csl~W~v1~--------- Moved by: Lindstrom Approved by. ~~ . v'~~~'~ "`~ Mayor June 28, 2000 GEHRZ Da e - HUSTAD 4 In Favor Attested by: KUETTEL (absent) City Clerk • LINDSTROM 0 Against June 28, 2000 TALBOT Date