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RESOLUTION NO. 95-05 <br />INTRODUCED BY: Mayor Rinker and Council as a Whole. <br />A resolution proclaiming the week of 1Vlarch 12-18,1995 as <br />Tornado and Flood Safety Avvareness Week <br />ancl urging parficipation in safety activities. <br />WHEREAS, Cuyahoga County is located in an area of the State of Ohio described <br />as Tornado Alley, wherein the potential hazards of loss of life and injury to persons and <br />property from tornadoes are high; and Cuyahoga County is also located in an area of <br />the State of Ohio wherein there is the potential for the loss of life and injury due to the <br />perils of floods; <br />AND, WHEREAS, Community awareness and planning for such threats as <br />tornadoes and/or flooding can result in saving of lives and prevention of injury, <br />particularly among special populations such as schools, day cares, nursing homes and <br />health care facilities. <br />NOW, THEIZEFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of Mayfield Village, Ohio, <br />that the Council, hereby joins Governor George V. Voinovich and the Board of County <br />Commissioners in proclaiming March 12-18,1995, as "Tornado and Flood Safety <br />Awareness Week" in and throughout Cuyahoga County; <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that Mayor Bruce Rinker and the Mayfield Village <br />Council urge all citizens of the County to be aware of and participate in Tornado and <br />Flood Safety Week activities and to become informed about tornado and flood safety; <br />BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a Tornado Safety Exercise will be conclucted <br />on Wednesday, March 15,1995, and 10:10 a.m.; such exercise was specifically designed <br />for county-wide elementary school and local municipal participation and for testing of <br />the Emergency Broadcast System and other appropriate components of emergency <br />management. <br />BE IT FLJRTHER RESOLVED that the Clerk of Council be, and is hereby <br />instructed to transmit a copy of this resolution to Edwin C. Mecklenburg, Manager, <br />Emergency Management Division. ? <br />IVI-KRK FI?C TR, Council President <br />1995 <br />RINKER, Mayor <br />APPROVED AS TO <br />DATE: <br />" Director of Law <br />ATTEST: m + <br />DONNA . EATH, Clerk of Council