Office of the Mayor

Proclamation

Lawrence, Kansas

WHEREAS:       Building safety affects many aspects of American life.  Because of building safety code enforcement we enjoy the comfort of structures that are safe and sound; and,

WHEREAS:       Building safety officials work with citizens to address building safety and fire prevention concerns everyday; and

WHEREAS:       Building safety codes provide safeguards to protect the public from natural disasters that can occur all across the country, such as snowstorms and tornadoes.  Building safety codes also work to minimize other potential building catastrophes; and

WHEREAS:       Building Safety Week is an opportunity to educate the public.  It is a perfect time to increase public awareness of the role building safety officials play in the first line of defense to protect the public; and,

WHEREAS:       This year’s theme, “You Can Be a Part of Building Safety Week”, encourages all Americans to raise our awareness of building safety, and to take appropriate steps to ensure that the places where we live, work, play and learn are safe.  Countless lives have been saved because of the building safety codes adopted and enforced by local agencies; and

WHEREAS:       This year, as we observe Building Safety Week, I ask all Lawrence citizens to improve building safety at home and in the community, and to recognize the local building safety  officials and the important role that they play in public safety.

NOW, THEREFORE, I, David M. Dunfield, Mayor of the City of Lawrence, Kansas, do hereby proclaim the week of April 4 – 10, 2004, to be

“BUILDING SAFETY WEEK”

                                                                   David M. Dunfield, Mayor

April 6, 2004