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Vote was taken on motion to prohibit smoking in both formal Council meetingsandcommittee-of-the-whole meetings. Motion carried, Council members Keller, williams, and Hamel voting no. It Mr. Murray moved seconded by Nr. Haws to adopt Alternative 3 (ef-courage all commissions, boards, and committees of the city to prohibit smoking at any of their meetings). Motion carried, Council members Williams and Keller voting no. Mr. Bradley moved seconded by Mr. Haws to adopt Alternative 4 (prohibit- ing smoking in any public meeting held at City Hall). Discussion of ~d~ption of this alternative in relation to adoption of Alternative 5 resulted in withdrawal.of the motion with the consent of the second. No action was taken on Alternative 4. Mr. Bradley mOved seconded by.Mr. Haws to adopt Aiiernative 5, langu.age.-i6read "sponsored by city.council" rather than "city'; (prohibitirig smoking in. any public meeting sponsored by the ci ty or ~n any public meeting held in any city building, except as parks department regulations govern recreation facilitie~). Comm 4/23/75 Approve Confusion over intent of the motion r~sulted in withdrawal of the second. Mr. Haws moved seconded by Mr. Bradley to adopt Al ternati ve 5, amending the language to exempt commissions, boards, and com- mittees of the city. Motion defeated, only Council members .Haws and Bradley voting aye. ' e. Councilman Keller asked for reconsideration of committee action. He thought the ban on smoking in committee meetings was unfair to him. He suggested that a nonsmoking area might be arranged for in committee meetings instead of a complete ban for those who did smoke. Councilman Williams wasn't too sure a separate area for nonsmokers would lessen the impact because most venti~ating systems in available meeting rooms were not too ef- fective. Also, he said, there was the question of propriety in telling a guest at an informal session of the Council whether he could or could not smoke. He was intrigued that a ban on smoking had not been recommended for parks and recreation facilities. He thought the real question was whether the most effective way of dealing with the problem had been chosen. Mr. Keller moved second by Mr. Hamel to disapprove committee action which would have proQibited smoking in committee meetings. Motion defeated - Council members Keller, Williams, and Hamel voting aye; Council members Murray, Beal, Bradley, Haws, and ~h.irey voting no. e K. Charter, Southeast Firs Association - Copies of the charter and a ma~.showing boundaries. of .two possible neighborhood associations in the Southeast Hills were distributed to Council with agenda. Assistant Manager explained that the Southeast Firs Association could have been a part of the Oak Hills Homeowners Association, but the proposed improvement of Agate Street gave impetus to forma- tion of the separate group. He said that there were distinctive characteristics that would allow separation and recognition of both groups. However, there is the potential within any neighborhood organization for "splintering" and if crea- tion of new assocations becomes the accepted solution to honest differences, the number of groups could eventually surpass the city'S ~~ility to provide staff support. He suggested public hearing to give the Council opportunity to re- solve the issue. Also noted was a Jurisdictional issue, some of the people in the area thinking Agate Street should be the dividing line, others thinking both sides of the northern portion of Agate Street should be included in the Southeast Firs group. '2.34' 4/28/75 - 29