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MINUTES Eugene City Council Council Chamber City Hall 777 Pearl Street Eugene, Oregon January 19, 2010 10:00 a.m. COUNCILORS PRESENT: Alan Zelenka, Mike Clark, Andrea Ortiz, Jennifer Solomon, Chris Pryor, George Poling, George Brown, Betty Taylor. Her Honor Mayor Kitty Piercy called the public hearing of the Eugene City Council to order. 1. PUBLIC HEARING An ordinance Providing for Withdrawal of Annexed Properties from the Willakenzie Rural Fire Protection District, the Santa tiara Rural Fire Protection District, and from the Santa Clara Water District. City Manager Jon Ruiz stated the public hearing was for an ordinance to withdraw annexed land to the City from public service districts. There were eleven properties to be withdrawn from three service districts. City Council action was scheduled for February S, 2010. Ms. Piercy opened the public hearing and called for public testimony. Noting no one wished to address the council, she closed the public hearing. There were no questions from councilors. 2. PUBLIC HEARING An ordinance Prohibiting Smoking outside City- -owned Buildings Providing Services to Children and Amending Section 6.230 of the Eugene code, 1971. City Manager Jon Ruiz explained the purpose of the proposed change was to provide a healthier . atmosphere and better protection for children using City services by prohibiting smoking outside of City - owned buildings such as libraries, pools, sports parks and community centers. The proposed ordinance extending the prohibition to the curb outside affected buildings was anticipated to be easier to communi- cate to the public and thus take fewer resources to enforce. Ms. Piercy opened the public hearing and called for public testimony. Stephanie Young - Petersen, 135 East Sixth Avenue, identified herself as an employee for the Lane County Public Health Department, and a resident of the City of Eugene. She focused on research on second -hand smoke exposure and trends for eliminating this exposure in outdoor environments. Public awareness of the adverse health effects of second -hand exposure had grown as had the political will to do something about it. Oregon had a strong statewide smoke --free work place law due to the early leadership of the Eugene and Corvallis City Councils. In May -2007, researchers at Stanford University released the results in the Journal of the Air and waste Management Association on one of the first in -depth studies on the issue. The study concluded that a non - smoker sitting a few feet downwind from a smoldering cigarette was likely to be exposed to substantial levels of contaminated air. The researchers noted that although some outdoor environmental tobacco smoke (ETS) may be considered brief and of little concern to an MINUTES Eugene City Council January 19, 2010 Page I Work Session