HomeMy WebLinkAbout6195 - ADMIN Resolution - City Council - 1979/01/02JANUARY 2, 1979
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RESOLUTION NO. 6195
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING STATE-WIDE CAMPAIGN TO
,REDUCE THE OCCURRENCE OF DRUNK DRIVING IN
MINNESOTA
WHEREAS, 60 percent of all traffic fatalities in Minnesota
involve a drinking driver, and at least half of the drivers in fatal
accidents are legally intoxicated; and
WHEREAS, the costs in human life, medical expenses, personal
property damage affect all St. Louis Park citizens; and
WHEREAS, the people living in St. Louis Park should have the
right to be safe from intoxicated drivers when driving on the streets
and roads; and
WHEREAS, it is in the best interest of all residents to keep the
drinking driver out of the driver's seat; therefore,
BE IT RESOLVED that the City Council of St. Louis Park heartily
endorses a state-wide campaign to increase the awareness of the
consequences of driving while intoxicated and to ultimately reduce the
number of persons killed and injured as a result of intoxicated
drivers; the City Council hereby urges every citizen of St. Louis Park
to become personally and individually responsible for keeping drinking
drivers out of the driver's seat.
Adopted by the City Counc 'i January 2, 1979.
(2§.4101.14410111,
City Clerk
Review -d for administration: Approved as to form and legality:
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City Attorne