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May 20-26, 2023 National Safe Boating Week Prodamation by the Aapor of the Citp of Renton, Texa% To all to Whom tbege pregento oball come, (breetingo: WHEREAS, on average,650 people die each year in boating-related accidents in the U.S and 75 percent of these are caused by drowning; and WHEREAS, the vast majority of these accidents are caused by human error or poor judgment and not by the boat,equipment or environmental factors; and WHEREAS, a significant number of boaters who lose their lives by drowning each year would be alive today had they worn their life jackets. NOW,THEREFORE, I, Gerard Hudspeth,Mayor of the City of Denton,Texas, do hereby declare and proclaim this week of May 20-26,2023 as "NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK" in the City of Denton and encourage citizens to wear life jackets when boating and to promote safe boating. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the official seal of the City of Denton,Texas to be affixed this the date of May 16,2023. G GERARD HUDSPETH,MAYOR ATTEST. JESUS SALAZAR,INTERIM CITY SECRETARY BY.