HomeMy WebLinkAbout3.1 Proclamation: Rail Safety WeekBoardDocs® Pro
Agenda Item Details
Meeting
Category
Subject
Access
Public Content
Page I of I
Sep 18, 2018 - REGULAR MEETING OF THEM UT PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD - 7:00 p.m.
3. MAYOR'S REPORT
3.1 PROCLAMATION: Rail Safety Week - September 23-29, 2018
2919M
iii ilii iii III iii iii IIIsafe-i.:-y weeIk (003),III-:Xtf K[:.3)
Administrative Content
Executive Content
https://www.boarddocs.com/il/vomp/Board.nsf/Public 9/19/2018
PROCLAMATION
"NATIONAL RAIL SAFETY WEEK"
September 23 - 29, 2018
WHEREAS, 2,105 rail grade crossing collisions resulted in 807 personal
injuries and were responsible for 274 fatalities in the United States
during 2017; and
WHEREAS, 1,027 trespassing incidents have occurred in the United
States resulting in 520 pedestrians being killed and another 507 injured
while trespassing on railroad property rights of way during 2017; and
WHEREAS, educating and informing the public about rail safety,
reminding the public that railroad right of ways are private property,
enhancing public awareness of the dangers associated with highway rail
grade crossings, ensuring pedestrians and motorists are looking and
listening while near railways, and obeying established traffic laws will
reduce the number of fatalities and injuries; and
WHEREAS, the International Association of Chiefs of Police, National
Operation Lifesaver, United States Department of Transportation, and all
local, state, county, and railroad law enforcement officers, first
responders, and railroad corporations commit to partnering together in
an effort to educate at a national level all aspects of railroad safety, to
enforce applicable laws in support of National Rail Safety Week;
THEREFORE, I Arlene A. Juracek, Mayor of the Village of Mount
Prospect, do hereby attest my full support proclaiming September 23rd
to 291h, 2018
"National Rail Safety Week"
and I encourage all citizens to recognize the importance of rail safety
education.
Arlene A. Juracek, Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen M. Agoranos, Village Clerk
Dated this 18TH day of September, 2018