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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Work Session <br /> McNutt Room--City Hall <br /> <br /> February 23, 2005 <br /> Noon <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Jennifer Solomon, Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Gary Papd, Bonny Bettman, <br /> Andrea Ortiz, Chris Pryor. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS ABSENT: George Poling. <br /> <br />Mayor Kitty Piercy called the work session of the Eugene City Council to order. She announced that Mr. <br />Poling had requested no action be taken at the present meeting as he was unable to attend due to illness. <br /> <br />A. ACTION: <br /> An Ordinance Concerning Prohibited Smoking; and Amending Sections 6.225, 6.230, 6.240, and <br /> 6.990 of the Eugene Code, 1971 <br /> <br />City Manager Dennis Taylor explained that this was a continuation of the public hearing that had been held <br />at the previous City Council meeting. He asked Keli Osbom, Permit Review Manager for the Planning and <br />Development Department (PDD), to highlight the ordinance as proposed. <br /> <br />Ms. Osbom conveyed the staff recommendation that a 25-foot no smoking buffer around City-owned <br />buildings be declared. But, she said, the second item, which sought to incorporate the administrative order <br />regarding outdoor smoking areas into the City Code, had been withdrawn from the proposal. She asked that <br />the council provide direction to staff and possibly schedule a work session to discuss this issue further, <br />which would provide time to further research existing outdoor smoking structures and determine how the <br />City wanted to approach such facilities. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy ascertained from Ms. Osborn that, in the interim, the administrative rule would still govern <br />outdoor smoking areas. <br /> <br />Mayor Piercy called on the council for questions and comments. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly reiterated his support for the 25 -foot buffer. Regarding the issue of outdoor smoking areas, he <br />recalled the discussion that had occurred when the council was crafting the original ordinance, which <br />emphasized that such outdoor areas should only be built for bars and restaurants and only in the outdoors. <br />He felt some of the examples the council looked at during the public hearing would not be judged as outdoor <br />areas. He supported outdoor facilities when they were clearly outdoor areas, such as patios that were <br />covered to protect patrons from the rain. <br /> <br />MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 23, 2005 Page 1 <br /> Work Session <br /> <br /> <br />