May 2024 Building Safety Month prodamation
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WHEREAS, The City of Denton recognizes 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 to ensure the safe construction of buildings;and
WHEREAS, these modern building codes include safeguards to protect the public from hazards such as
hurricanes,snowstorms,tornadoes,wildland 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, 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,Gerard Hudspeth,Mayor of the City of Denton,Texas,do hereby declare and proclaim the month
of May 2024 as
"BUILDING SAFETY MONTH"
in the City of Denton and 1 encourage our citizens to join us as we participate in Building Safety
Month activities. "Mission Possible", the theme for Building Safety Month 2024, encourages
us all to raise awareness about building safety on a personal,local,and global scale.
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 r day of May 2024.
GE ETH,MAYOR
ATTEST:
LAUREN THODEN,CITY SECRETARY
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