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RESOLUTION NO. $565-12 BY: Anderson, Bullock, Juris, Madigan, <br />Nowlin, Powers, Smith. <br />A RESOLUTION proclaiming proclaims March 26th through March 30th, 2012 "Severe <br />Weather Awareness Week." <br />WHEREAS, each year brings the potential for violent weather to Ohio; and <br />WHEREAS, large portions of our state, including Lakewood, can be devastated by flooding, <br />tornadoes, hail, wind and ice storms, and other emergencies; and <br />WHEREAS, Community awareness and planning for such threats as tornadoes andfm• <br />flooding can result in the saving of lives and prevention of injury, particulatly in populations at <br />schools, day cares, nursing homes and health care facilities. Now Therefore, <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF LAKEWOOD, OHIO: <br />Section 1. That the City of Lakewood proclaims March 26th tluough March 30th, 2012 as <br />"Severe Weather Awareness Week". <br />Section 2. That Lakewood's Outdoor Early Warning Siren will sound at 9:50 a.m., on <br />Wednesday, March 28, 2012, and that this exercise is specifically designed for local, municipal <br />participation and for testing of the Emergency Alert System and other appropriate components of <br />emergency management. <br />Section3. That the Lakewood Division of Fire will observe tornado drills on March 28, <br />2012 in as many schools as possible. <br />Section 4. It is found and determined that all formal actions of this Council concerning and <br />relating to the passage of this resolution were adopted in an open meeting of this council, and that <br />all such deliberations of this Council and any of its committees that resulted in such formal action, <br />were in meetings open to the public, in compliance with all legal requirements. <br />Adopted: ~ A.w ~-- 5~~ 2 e (Z ~'~ ~,®,~------_- _ <br />President <br />Approved: ~2 (~ ~ ~. <br />