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Vote was taken on the motion to restrict hours to 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. Mot~on carried - Council members Murray, Beal, Hamel, Haws, and Shirey vot1ng aye; Council members Keller, Williams, and Bradley voting no. A~sistant Manager for clarification stated his understanding that the staff was d1re~ted t9.prepare an ordinan7e under the assumption that there would be a public hea:1~g conducted when t~e ord1na~ce was brought back for consideration. Mr. Murray ver1f1ed that understand1ng, and lt was understood that the Homebuilders Association Contractors Association, and others interested would be notified when; the hearing wa~ schedul ed. . I. Housing and Community Development Commission - Copies of memo from the Community Development Task Force, created to develop a budget and program for first year of the Community Development Block Grant program, were previously distributed to Council members. The Task Force recommended establishment of a permanent Housing and Community Develoment Commission comprising two City Council members, two Planning Commission members, two Eugene Renewal Agency members, and six members from the general public. There were also recommended two subcommittees - a reconstituted Joint Housing Committee and a new Joint Community Development Com- mittee. Councilman Murray, chairman of the Task Force, explained the proposal and said there was no dramatic departure from the present function other than to more directly incorporate the housing function into the overall community develop- ment process. Mr~ Murray mbved seconded by Mr. williams to adopt the recommenda- tion. Motion carried unanimously. J. Smoking in PUblic Meetings - In response to request from the Association of Nonsmokers Rights for a ban on smOking in public meetings held by the city or in city buildings, copies of a list of alternatives were previously distributed to Council members. Mr. Hamel moved seconded by Mr. Keller to reaffirm the first alternative (the present policy, no smoking permitted in formal city council meetings held in the Council Chamber). Councilman Bradley questioned the exclusion of consideration of other alternatives by voting on only one. As a result, the motion was withdrawn by Mr. Hamel. How- ever, Councilman Keller refused to withdraw his second, saying the issue was there and should be voted upon. Vote was taken on the motion to reaffirm the ban on smoking in the Council Chamber during formal Council meetings. Motion carried ,unanimously. Mr. Bradley moved seconded by Mr. Murray to approve Alternative 2 (prohibiting smoking at.either Councilor committee-of-the-whole meetings). Councilman Haws took the affirmative, saying the city should be consistent in its policies. It wasn't logical to take a stand against pollution caused by field burning and at the same time permit unlimited use of the automobile and permit 'individuals to pollute rooms with tobacco smoke. Councilman Keller took the negative. He felt there would be infringement on his rights in telling him he couldn't smoke if he wanted to. Councilman Murray added that no rights appeared to be takena~g, it was a matter of placing a limit on where people could smoke. Nonsmoking, he said, in no way added to polllution nor did it involve potential harm to others. Councilwoman Seal recognized the difficulty encountered by smokers having to re- frain, but she said she would. favor the motion. 4/28/75 - 28 2.3"3 ., , . . Comm 4/23/75 Approve It .