HomeMy WebLinkAboutMINUTES - 04271993 - 1.22 IN THE BOARD OF SUPERVISORS
OF
CONTRA COSTA COUNTY, CALIFORNIA
IN THE MATTER OF RESOLUTION NO. 93/192
Proclaiming May as Drowning Prevention
Month in Contra Costa County,
WHEREAS,summer is,approaching and unfortunately is the time of increased numbers of drow-
ing incidents, and
WHEREAS,children under the age of five are especially vulnerable to drowning deaths and inju-
ries associated with near drowning submersions; and
WHEREAS,The Drowning Prevention Foundation, in cooperation with the Contra Costa Health
Services will conduct a drowning prevention educational campaign in the spring and summer of 1993, the
purpose of which is to inform the public that drowning can be prevented when people are aware of the
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problems and know how to eliminate them;
NOW,THEREFORE,BE IT RESOLVED that the Board of Supervisors hereby proclaims May
as Drowning Prevention Month launching a much needed anti-drowning educatoin campaign which will
focus attention on this preventable killer of children.
PASSED by unanimous vote of the Board Members present on this 27th Day of April, 1993.
I hereby certify that the foregoing is a true and correct copy of an Order entered on the minutes of
said Board of Supervisors of the date aforesaid.
Witness my Hand and the Seal of the
Board of Supervisors affixed on this
27th Day of April, 1993.
PHIL BATCHELOR, Clerk of the
Board Co, ty Admipistrator
By: Aw
Deputy
Introduced by:
Supervisor Tom Torlakson, District V
Chair of the Board of Supervisors