LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION memorializing Governor David A. Paterson to
proclaim May 2010, as Building Safety Month in the State of New York

WHEREAS, Our State's continuing efforts to address the critical issues
of safety, energy efficiency and sustainability in the built environment
that affect our citizens, both in everyday life and in times of natural
disaster, give us confidence that our structures are safe and sound; and
WHEREAS, Our confidence is achieved through the devotion of vigilant
guardians, building safety and fire prevention officials, architects,
engineers, builders, laborers and others in the construction industry,
who work year-round to ensure the safe construction of buildings; and
WHEREAS, These guardians, dedicated members of the International Code
Council, develop and implement the highest-quality codes to protect
Americans in the buildings where we live, learn, work, worship, and
play; and
WHEREAS, The International Codes, the most widely adopted building
safety, energy and fire prevention codes in the Nation, are used by most
cities in the United States, counties and states; these modern building
codes also include safeguards to protect the public from natural disas-
ters such as hurricanes, snowstorms, tornadoes, wildland fires and
earthquakes; and
WHEREAS, Building Safety Month is sponsored by the International Code
Council and International Code Council Foundation to remind the public
about the critical role of our communities' largely unknown guardians of
public safety, our local code officials, who assure us of safe, effi-
cient and livable buildings; and
WHEREAS, "Building Safety Month: Commemorating a 30-year Legacy of
Leadership," the theme for Building Safety Month 2010, encourages all
New Yorkers to raise awareness of the importance of building safety;
green and sustainable building; pool, spa and hot tub safety; and new
technologies in the construction industry; Building Safety Month 2010,
encourages appropriate steps everyone can take to ensure that the places
where we live, learn, work, worship and play are safe and sustainable,
and recognizes that countless lives have been saved due to the implemen-
tation of safety codes by local and state agencies; and
WHEREAS, Each year, in observance of Building Safety Month, New York-
ers are asked to consider projects to improve building safety and
sustainability at home and in the community, and to acknowledge the
essential service provided to all of us by local and state building
departments and federal agencies in protecting lives and property; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That this Legislative Body pause in its deliberations to
memorialize Governor David A. Paterson to proclaim May 2010, as Building
Safety Month in the State of New York, and to encourage all New Yorkers
to join with their communities in participation in Building Safety Month
activities; and be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution suitably engrossed, be trans-
mitted to The Honorable David A. Paterson, Governor of the State of New
York.