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PROCLAMATION:. r r Week - May
21-27,2022
May 17, 2022 - REGULAR MEETING OF THE MOUNT
PROSPECT VILLAGE BOARD -
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PROCLAMATION
"NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK"
May 21 - 27, 2022
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, 650 people die each year in boat -related accidents in the
U.S.; approximately 75% of these are fatalities caused by drowning; and
WHEREAS, the vast majority of these accidents are caused by human error or poor
judgement 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; and
WHEREAS, today's life jackets are more comfortable, more attractive, and more
wearable than styles of years past and deserve a fresh look by today's boating public.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Paul Wm. Hoefert Mayor of the Village of Mount
Prospect, do hereby support the goals of the Safe Boating Campaign and proclaim
the week of May 21-27, 2022 as
"NATIONAL SAFE BOATING WEEK"
and the start of the year-round effort to promote 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 while
boating.
Paul Wm. Hoefert
Mayor
ATTEST:
Karen M. Agoranos
Village Clerk
Dated this 17th day of May, 2022