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California Safe Digging Month —April 2014
WHEREAS, excavators, homeowners, and professional contractors can save time and
money while making California's communities a safer place to live and work by dialing 811 in
advance of all digging projects; and
WHEREAS,the 811 "Call Before You Dig"program is a vital public education and
awareness program dealing with the safety of subsurface excavation, and education is the key to
promoting safe digging practices; and
WHEREAS, the five steps to a safe excavation are: survey and mark, call before you dig,
wait the required time, respect the marks, and dig with care as utility lines are often buried only a
few inches underground, making them easy to strike and cause damage and harm even during
shallow excavation projects; and
WHEREAS, undesired consequences, such as service interruption, outages, damage to
public and private infrastructure and property, damage to the environment, personal injury, and
death, are risked by failing to call 811 before digging or safely marking utility lines; and
WHEREAS, Underground Service Alert of Northern California and Nevada, in
cooperation with California's public and private utilities, provide an effective damage prevention
service that protects California's citizens, communities, public services, environment, and
underground facilities at no cost to the caller; and
NOW,THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED THAT I, David Glass, Mayor of Petaluma,
along with the members of the City Council, do hereby proclaim April 2014 as California Safe
Digging Month and encourage all excavators,homeowners, and professional contractors to call 1
811 in advance of all digging projects.
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