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CC - 1993-63 - Proclaiming December 1993 as Natioanl Drunk & Drug Driving Prevention Month0 • RESOLUTION NO. 93-63 A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF ROSEMEAD PROCLAIMING DECEMBER 1993 AS NATIONAL DRUNK AND DRUGGED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH WHEREAS, drivers and pedestrians impaired by alcohol and other drugs account for nearly 17,700 highway deaths annually; and WHEREAS, motor vehicle crashes are the number one cause of death for children, adolescents, and young adults in the United States; and WHEREAS, alcohol is involved in nearly half of all traffic fatalities; and WHEREAS, injury and property damage resulting from impaired driving cause physical, emotional, and economic hardship for hundreds of thousands of adults and young people; and WHEREAS, a decade of intense public education effort has proved that alcohol-related highway crashes are not accidents and can be prevented; and WHEREAS, comprehensive community-based strategies to further reduce and prevent impaired driving tragedies are known; and WHEREAS, if we take a stand now, we can prevent impaired driving. NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that the City Council of the City of Rosemead hereby proclaim December 1993 as National Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month. We also call upon all citizens, government agencies, public and private institutions, businesses, hospitals and schools in the City of Rosemead to promote awareness of causes of driver impairment, existing and proposed laws intended to further reduce and prevent impaired driving, and opportunities to establish safer and healthier norms regarding the use of alcohol and other drugs for all citizens, particularly young people. PASSED, APPROVED and ADOPTED this 23rd day ember, 1993. ' Y© I hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 93-63 ATTEST.: was duly and regularly adopted by the City Council of the City of Rosemead at a regular meeting thereof held Z.L vv r7~71.lti~ on the 23rd day of November, 1993, by the following vote: C TY,CLERK Yes: Clark, Taylor, Bruesch, Vasquez, McDonald / No: None Absent: None Abstain: None