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