HomeMy WebLinkAboutCOUNCIL - PROCLAMATION - 05/19/2020 - PROCLAMATION DECLARING MAY 2020 AS BUILDING SAFETYPROCLAMATION
WHEREAS, The City of Fort Collins is committed to recognizing that our growth and
strength depends on the safety and economic value of the homes, buildings and infrastructure
that serve our citizens, both in everyday life and in times of natural disaster, and
WHEREAS, our confidence in the structural integrity of 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 and federal officials that 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, play; and
WHEREAS, our community benefits economically and technologically from using the
International Codes that are developed by a national, voluntary consensus codes and standards
developing organization, our government is able to avoid the high cost and complexity of
developing and maintaining these codes, which are the most widely adopted building safety and
fire prevention codes in the world; 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, efficient and livable buildings that
are essential to America’s prosperity.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Wade Troxell, Mayor of the City of Fort Collins, do hereby
proclaim May 2020 to be
BUILDING SAFETY MONTH
in the city of Fort Collins in honor of the men and women whose diligence and professionalism
keep the buildings where we live, learn, work and play safe and sustainable.
IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and the seal of the City of Fort
Collins this 5th day of May, A.D. 2020.
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Mayor
ATTEST:
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City Clerk