City of Philadelphia - File #: 110281

• File #: 110281
• Version: 0
• Type: Resolution
• Status: ADOPTED
• File created: 4/14/2011
• In control: CITY COUNCIL
• Final action: 4/28/2011
• Title: Proclaiming the Month of May 2011 as "Building Safety Month."
• Sponsors: Councilmember Miller, Councilmember Sanchez, Councilmember Green, Councilmember Kenney, Councilmember Jones, Councilmember Reynolds Brown, Councilmember Goode, Councilmember Blackwell, Councilmember DiCicco, Councilmember Greenlee, Councilmember Kelly, Council President Verna, Councilmember Krajewski, Councilmember O'Neill, Councilmember Rizzo, Councilmember Tasco

Date	Ver.	Action By	Action	Result	Tally
4/28/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	ADOPTED
4/14/2011	0	CITY COUNCIL	Introduced and Ordered Placed On Next Week's Final Passage Calendar	Pass

Title
Proclaiming the Month of May 2011 as "Building Safety Month."

Body
The City Council of Philadelphia designates the Month of May 2011 as "Building Safety Month" in Philadelphia and encourages all to participate in a month-long celebration of all aspects of building safety that helps families, employers and leaders understand and appreciate the best practices that keep the places where we live, work and play safe.

WHEREAS, The International Code Council Foundation is sponsoring Building Safety Month throughout the month of May 2011 to help create community-wide recognition and understanding of building safety and sustainability and the critical role of codes and code officials; and

WHEREAS, For the last 30 years the 50,000 worldwide members of the International Code Council (ICC) have celebrated advances in building safety, and widespread interest in the campaign has grown significantly; and

WHEREAS, All communities need building codes to protect their citizens from every day tragedies like fires, weather-related events like floods and structural collapse that follows deterioration over time of buildings of all kinds; and

WHEREAS, Model building codes, adopted intact and enforced by a well-trained professional code officials are society's best way to protecting homes, offices, schools, manufacturing facilities, stores and even places of entertainment; and

WHEREAS, Countless accidents still occur in homes across the U.S. and globally where codes are poorly understood or used improperly; and

WHEREAS, The expanded Building Safety Month will help bridge these gaps and provide a broader platform to share the sphere of knowledge among architects, engineers and skilled industry veterans so that families, businesses and communities can be safe, strong and sustainable; and

WHEREAS, For example, the range of support from the President, governors, city mayors, county executives and other officials in 2009 demonstrated widespread interest and ...