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May 15, 2018 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
3. MAYOR'S REPORT
3.2 PROCLAMATION: National Safe Boating Week N May 19-25, 2018
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PROCLAMATION
"NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK"
May 19 - 25, 2018
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 support the goals of the Safe Boating Campaingn and proclaim the week of May
19-25, 2018 as
"NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK"
and the start of the year-round effort to proompt safe boating 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 a life jacket at all times when boating.
Arlene A. Juracek
Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this 15th day ofMay, 2018