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Regular Council
STAFF MEMO
Meeting: Regular Council - Apr 14 2022
Staff Contact: Jose Rodriguez, Building Official
Proclamation Recognizing May as Building Safety Month
Department: Building
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Building Safety Month s May, 2022
WHEREAS, the Village of Tequesta is committed to recognizing that our growth and strength depends
on the safety and essential role our homes, buildings and infrastructure play, both in everyday life and
when disasters strike, and;
WHEREAS, our confidence in the resilience of these buildings that make up our community is achieved
through the devotion of vigilant guardians —building safety and fire prevention officials, architects,
engineers, builders, tradespeople, design professionals, laborers, plumbers and others in the
construction industry —who work year-round to ensure the safe construction of buildings, and;
WHEREAS, these guardians are dedicated members of the International Code Council, a nonprofit that
brings together local, state, terYitorial, tribal and federal officials who are experts in the built
environment to create and implement the highest -quality codes to protect us in the buildings where we
live, learn, work and play, and;
WHEREAS, these modern building codes include safeguards to protect the public from hazards such as
hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, wild=and fires, floods and earthquakes, and;
WHEREAS, Building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code Council 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, sustainable and affordable buildings that are essential to our prosperity,
and;
WHEREAS, "Safety for All: Building Codes in Action," the theme for Building Safety Month 2022,
encourages us all to raise awareness about planning for safe and sustainable construction; career
opportunities in building safety; understanding disaster mitigation, energy conservation; and creating a
safe and abundant water supply to all of our benefit, and;
WHEREAS, each year, in observance of Building Safety Month, people all over the world are asked to
consider the commitment to improve building safety, resilience and economic investment at home and
in the community, and to acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by local and state
building departments, fire prevention bureaus and federal agencies in protecting lives and property.
WHEREAS, each year, in observance of Building Safety Month, people all over the world are asked to
consider the commitment to improve building safety, resilience and economic investment at home and
in the community, and to acknowledge the essential service provided to all of us by local and state
building departments, fire prevention bureaus and federal agencies in protecting lives and property.
NOW. THEREFORE, I, Molly Young, Mayor of the Village of Tequesta, do hereby proclaim the month of
May 2022 as Building Safety Month. Accordingly, I encourage our citizens to join with their communities
in participation in Building Safety Month activities.
In Witness Whereof, we have set our hand and caused to be affixed the seal of the Village of Tequesta
this Iq day of , 2022.
MAYOR
Molly Young
ATTEST
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Lori McWilliams, MMC
Village Clerk