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MINUTES Eugene City Council Regular Meeting Council Chamber--Eugene, Oregon September 25, 2000 7:30 p.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Pat Fart, David Kelly, Gary Rayor, Gary Pap~, Bonny Bettman. I.PUBLIC FORUM Mayor James D. Torrey called the regular session of the City Council to order. He explained that, as there was a new rule that limited the public forum portion of the meeting to 30 minutes, the time allowed would be divided equally among those wishing to speak. Mayor Bill Walton of Central Point congratulated the council on its work on the smoking ordinance. He submitted a copy of his city's smoking ordinance. He said that he was a school teacher for 33 years and had seen the detrimental effect of smoking on young people. Joan Hunt, 2693 Canterbury Road spoke as a nonsmoker, but believed that smoking was an issue of personal rights. She said that Bingo Mania was a great thing because it had gone through so much trouble to have a separate smoking area for those who used cigarettes. Jackie Driscol, ~14~15 South Bertelson Road, said that she had heard people comment at the previous public hearing on the smoking ordinance that they wanted to drink without being exposed to smoke. She commented that drinking was more dangerous than smoking and that drunk driving would escalate if the smoking ban applied to adult establishments that sold alcohol. Sonia Gohl, ~14~15 South Bertelson Road, read a poem to the council. William Rogers, 3875 Gilham Road, said that smoking was an issue of choice and that everyone needed a place to go. He urged council not to take those places away from smokers. Dean Mordhorst, 9~1662 North Coburg Road, urged the council not to move the Farmers Market to the fairgrounds. Vicki Chandler, 6~18 South 34th Street, Springfield, spoke as a representative of ARC of Oregon. She said that adults could smoke legally and it was their legal right to do so. Eileen Given, 83609 Rock Hill Drive, urged that bars, restaurants, and bingo parlors be exempted from the smoking ordinance. She said that smokers were being railroaded. She said that many things caused bad air besides smoking. Alan Lee Wagner, 2650 Chuckanut Street, said that forcing smokers to smoke in their homes would expose more kids to the effects of secondhand smoke. He said that even adult smokers did not want to see kids start smoking and opined that more would start if their parents were MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 25, 2000 Page 1 Regular Meeting