HomeMy WebLinkAboutRESOLUTIONS - 01011999 - 1999-247 "HE BOARD OF SUPERVISOR � �..
OF ,
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, STATE OF CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF )
DECLARING THE WEEK )
OF MAY 22-28, 1999 AS ) RESOLU77ON NO. 99/247
BOATING SAFETY IN )
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY)
WHEREAS, more Americans than ever before are heading to waterways for
recreation and relaxation as opportunities for on-the-water activities expand each
year. With this growth comes additional responsibility. It is essential that both
novice and experienced boaters practice boating habits, such as wearing a life
jacket.
WHEREAS,this year's theme for the 1999 National Safe Boating Campaign,"W, Var
Y-QurL1fQJackoA Boat Smart f ro h 5,. tart!"recognizes that boating safety begins
long before your boat leaves the dock.
WHEREAS, recent year averages indicate approximately 88 percent of the people
who drowned in boat accidents were not wearing a life jacket, and
WHEREAS, when you leave for a day of boating, you seldom expect to
unintentionally end up in the water. But if you do happen to fall overboard or
capsize and are not wearing your life jacket, you greatly increase your chance of
becoming a boating statistic, and
WHEREAS, in recognizing that hundreds of lives could be saved each year by
wearing life jackets—life jackets that are more comfortable,more attractive and more
wearable than styles of years past; and
WHEREAS, the law requires that wearable life jackets be carried for each person
on board a boat and little effort is put forth in wearing those life jackets;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT BY THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS OF THE
COUNTY OF CONTRA COSTA, RESOLVED that we hereby support the goals of
the National Safe Boating Campaign and proclaim May 22-28, 1999, as National
Safe Boating Week and the start of the year-round effort to promote safe boating
in Contra Costa County, and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that we urge all those
who boat to"Boat Smart From The Start" by wearing their life jacket and practicing
safe boating habits.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board members present on this 18th day of May,
1999.
1 hereby certify that this is a true and correct copy of an order entered on the
minutes of said Board of Supervisors on the date aforesaid.
Witness my hand and the Seal of the Board of
Supervisors mixed on this i r day of May, 1999.
i PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the Board of
Supervisors and County Administrator.
By:
Deputy Clerk