2022-11 - Severe Weather Awareness Week 2022

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RESOLUTION NO. 2022-11 Baker, Bullock, Kepple, Litten, O'Malley, Rader, Shachner A RESOLUTION to take effect immediately provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the members of Council proclaiming March 20ththrough March 26f, 2022 "Severe Weather Awareness Week." WHEREAS, every state in the United States has experienced tornadoes and severe weather; and WHEREAS, tornadoes can occur day or night, during any time of year, with peak tornado season April through July; and WHEREAS, everyone is at risk and should take steps to prepare for when severe weather strikes in our community; and WHEREAS, planning for such threats as tornadoes and/or flooding can result in the saving of lives and prevention of injury, particularly in populations at schools, day cares, nursing homes and health care facilities and WHEREAS, as set forth in Section 2.12 of the Third Amended Charter of the City of Lakewood, this Council by a vote of at least two thirds of its members determines that this resolution is an emergency measure and that it shall take effect immediately and that it is necessary for the immediate preservation of the public property, health, and safety and to provide for the usual daily operation of municipal departments in that Severe Weather Awareness Week begins March 20, 2022; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: Section 1. That the City of Lakewood proclaims March 201h through March 26th, 2022 as "Severe Weather Awareness Week." Section 2. That Lakewood's Outdoor Early Warning Siren will sound at 9:50 a.m., on Wednesday, March 23rd, 2022, and that this exercise is specifically designed for local, municipal participation and for testing of the Emergency Alert System and other appropriate components of emergency management. Section3. That the Lakewood Division of Fire will observe tornado drills on March 23rd, 2022 in as many schools as possible. Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this council, and that all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. Section 4. This resolution is hereby declared to be an emergency measure necessary for the immediate preservation of the public peace, property, health, safety and welfare in the City and for the usual daily operation of the City for the reasons set forth and defined in the preamble to this resolution, and provided it receives the affirmative vote of at least two thirds of the