94-127 CITY OF CHANHASSEN
CARVER AND HENNEPIN COUNTIES, MINNESOTA
DATE:
December 12, 1994
RESOLUTION NO:
94-127
MOTION BY: Mason
SECONDED BY:
Dockendorf
A RESOLUTION PROCLAIMING DECEMBER AS NATIONAL DRUNK AND
DRUGGED DRIVING PREVENTION MONTH
WHEREAS, drivers and pedestrians impaired by alcohol and other drugs account for
nearly 17,500 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 alcohol-impaired driving cause
physical, emotional, and economic hardship for hundreds of thousands of adults and young
people; and
WHEREAS, comprehensive community-based strategies to further reduce and prevent
impaired driving tragedies are known; and
WHEREAS, health care costs resulting from motor vehicle injuries cost American society
over $14 billion a year; and save $35,000 in health care costs alone for each serious injury that
is prevented.
WHEREAS, if we take a stand now, we can prevent impaired driving.
NOW, THEREFORE, I, Donald J. Chmiel do hereby proclaim December 1994 as National
Drunk and Drugged Driving Prevention Month in the City of Chanhassen. I also call upon all
citizens, government agencies, public and private institutions, businesses, hospitals, and schools
in the City of Chanhassen 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 and adopted by the Chanhassen City Council this 12th day of December, 1994.
ATTEST:
Don Ashworth, City ~']'erk/Manager
'Donald J. C-~ayor - %
YES
Chmiel
Dockendorf
Wing
Mason
Senn
NO
None
ABSENT
None