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Meeting May 16, 2017 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
Category 3. MAYOR'S REPORT
Subject 3.3 Proclamation: National Safe Boating Week - May 20-26, 2017
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PROCLAMATION
"NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK"
May 20 - 26, 2017
WHEREAS, National Safe Boating Week is part of the North American Safe Boating
Campaign, which unites the efforts of a wide variety of boating safety advocates, including
the United States Coast Guard, the National Association of State Boating Law
Administrators, and the National Safe Boating Council; and
WHEREAS, on average, 600 people die each year in boat -related accidents in the U.S.;
approximately 84% of these are jatalities 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 lifejackets; and
WHEREAS, today's life jackets are more comfortable, more attractive, and more wearable
than styles of years past and deserve afresh look by today's boating public.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Arlene A. Juracek, Mayor of the Village of Mount Prospect, do
hereby proclaim the week of May 20-26, 2017 as
"NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK"
in the Village of Mount Prospect, and I urge all residents to who participate in boating
related activities to practice safe boating habits and to Wear It!
Arlene A. Juracek
Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this I e day ofMa_y, 2017