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Mr. Kelly shared Ms. Bettman's concern. He felt a lot of the smoking areas were rooms for all purposes and intents because of the way the administrative rule was written or because an establishment disre- garded the rule. He was not opposed to giving some latitude to smokers who go to a bar and want a truly outdoor area in which they could have drinks as well. He felt there would be enough air circulation that a server could occasionally enter an outdoor area to intervene in an altercation or other small emergencies. Ms. Taylor commented that even if it was truly outdoors, there was still some danger to the people who serve and the people who clean up. Ms. Osborn said it seemed that staff had clear direction to come back with some proposals. City Manager Taylor reiterated that it would be confined to bars and restaurants and would seek to protect employees from second-hand smoke. Mr. Lidz thought it possible to adopt a blanket 25-foot buffer for all publicly owned buildings, but he did not think the City could enforce it against the State or federal governments. He added that it was less clear regarding the County buildings. In response to a question from Mr. Pap6, Ms. Osborn said the City would pursue signage noting the 25- foot buffer. Mayor Piercy ascertained that no members of the council opposed the 25-foot buffer. The council indicated unanimous support. City Manager Taylor asked if the item could be included in the Consent Calendar, noting that Mr. Poling could pull it if he wished. The council indicated unanimous support for placement of the ordinance on the Consent Calendar. City Manager Taylor said he would ask Mr. Lidz and staff to look into what the council could do to keep from having a rush on permit applications for the construction of outdoor smoking areas. B. WORK SESSION: Downtown City Space Master Planning City Manager Taylor noted that Mike Penwell, Principal Facility Project Manager for the Facilities Division of the Central Services Department (CSD), was ill. As such, Facilities Division manager, Glen Svendsen, and Assistant City Manager Jim Carlson were standing in as staff for this item. Mr. Svendsen said this was the continuation of an item begun in November 2004. He recalled that there had been general consensus on the part of the council that a master planning process that would include public processes was needed for the downtown City spaces. He recalled that the council had been uncomfortable with the $750,000 price tag for the process and noted that the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) was also engaging in a similar process, slated to cost it $792,000. He related that staff had returned in January with a proposal that broke the process into stages, with the first stage slated to be a scoping element costing $75,000 that would involve both the council and the public in the development of the process. He provided a brief overview of the five options on how the master planning process should proceed. The fifth option was to take no action. MINUTES--Eugene City Council February 23, 2005 Page 4 Work Session