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RESOLUTION NO. 8926 -17 BY :Anderson, Bullock, Litten, Marx, <br />Nowlin, O'Leary, O'Malley. <br />A RESOLUTION proclaiming March 191i through March 25 m 2017 "Severe Weather Awareness <br />Week." <br />WHEREAS, every state in the United States has experienced tornadoes and severe weather; and <br />WHEREAS, last year was the most active year for disasters in recent history, with more than 1,000 <br />weather related fatalities and 8,000 injuries; and <br />WHEREAS, everyone is at risk and should take steps to prepare for when severe weather strikes in <br />our community; and <br />WHEREAS, planning for such threats as tornadoes and /or flooding can result in the saving of lives <br />and prevention of injury, particularly in populations at schools, day cares, nursing homes and health care <br />facilities. Now Therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: <br />Section 1. That the City of Lakewood proclaims March 19 '11 through March 25'h 2017 as "Severe <br />Weather Awareness Week ". <br />Section 2. That Lakewood's Outdoor Early Warning Siren will sound at 9:50 a.m., on Wednesday, <br />March 22, 2017, and that this exercise is specifically designed for local, municipal participation and for <br />testing of the Emergency Alert System and other appropriate components of emergency management. <br />Section3. That the Lakewood Division of Fire will observe tornado drills on March 22, 2017 in as <br />many schools as possible. <br />Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating <br />to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this council, and that all such <br />deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings <br />open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. <br />Adopted: ,, 1 t, _ Z , ; <br />Approved <br />siden <br />rre ,'1 <br />r, ✓�f . �t, �� <br />Clerk <br />Mayor <br />