Resolution #21: Mid-Sized Cities and Rural Communities Methamphetamine Initiative: "No Place to Hide" calls for: 1) immediate action to implement the recommendations of the Conference of Mayors commissioned CASA report entitled "No Place to Hide: Substance Abuse in Mid-Sized Cities and Rural America," and the report of the Federal Interagency Methamphetamine Task Force, to initiate demonstrations projects that will develop, test and implement prevention, treatment and interdiction strategies for methamphetamine in mid- sized cities and rural communities, which can then be applied to cities of all sizes as the methamphetamine crisis spreads across the nation; and 2) the U.S. Congress to act and fund a comprehensive effort to fight the growing problem of methamphetamine including increased support for: federal, state and law enforcement; site clean-up; and prevention and treatment.

Resolution #22: Weapons of Mass Destruction Preparedness and Mayors as "First Responders" calls for 1) increased federal efforts to provide equipment and training to mayors and their public safety personnel with a particular focus on communication systems inter-operability; 2) the federal government to provide significant resources to develop a training curriculum specifically for mayors as the "first responders"; 3) the U.S. Department of Defense to establish an initiative, in cooperation with other relevant federal agencies, to enter into agreements with cities to provide resources including equipment, personnel and supplies; 4) the federal government to assist in a coordinated training effort for private sector health care personnel; and 5) increased funding for a network which would improve a local health department’s response to biological emergencies.

Resolution #24 : Fire and Injury Prevention urges mayors and their fire chiefs to work with local schools to implement the "Learn Not to Burn," "Risk Watch," and "Fire Drills: The Great Escape" fire and injury prevention programs and/or develop their own programs as part of their city contribution to local schools and education.

Resolution #25: Commending the Million Mom March and Calling for Immediate Action on its Gun Safety Legislative Agenda calls on Congress to take immediate action to pass the broad package of gun safety initiatives supported by the Million Mom March including:

• the licensing and registration of handguns;

• meaningful consumer product safety standards for guns;

• "one handgun per month" purchasing limitations; and

• a requirement that every private sale, including those at gun shows, be subject to a background check.

Resolution #26: Tracing all Crime Guns Recovered by Law Enforcement Agencies supports the Administration’s Gun Enforcement Initiative to move toward tracing every crime gun in America; urges the Congress to support full funding for the Administration’s Gun Enforcement Initiative; and promotes the tracing of all recovered crime guns in every city as part of a national effort to help solve, prosecute and reduce violent crimes.

Resolution #61: Reauthorization of Violence Against Women Grant Programs supports the Violence Against Women Act grant programs and urges Congress to reauthorize these programs through fiscal year 2005 to continue to promote a comprehensive community response to violence against women.

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