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e M I NUT E S EUGENE CITY COUNCIL February 28, 1979 Adjourned meeting from February 26, 1979, of the City Council of the City of Eugene, Oregon, was called to order by His Honor Mayor Gus Keller, 11:45 a.m., February 28, 1979, in the City Council Chamber, with the following Council members present: Jack Delay, Betty Smith, Eric Haws, Scott Lieua11en, Gretchen Miller, and Emily Schue; Councilors D. W. Hamel and Brian Obie were absent. e I. Items from Mayor and Council A. National League of Cities Policy Committees--Mr. Delay said the Policy Committees had been reorganized from seven to five. He has been asked to serve as a member of the Natural Resources Steering Committee, which includes energy and environmental issues. Hopefully, he will be able to bring the concerns regarding the Wastewater Treatment Plan to that committee in Washington, D.C. this week. B. Legislation Regarding Smoking--Emily Schue noted Council's discussion and subsequent referral of HB 2276 to the Legislative Subcommittee from Council IS February 21 meeting. She understood the Legislative Subcommittee had not acted. The Legislature had a hearing yesterday and a work session scheduled tomorrow on the bill. She felt the Council should make some statement that could be used for the work session tomorrow. Manager noted there 'were several bills regarding this particular issue. He said written material had been received regarding HB 2276, but when the Legislative Subcommittee met last Thursday, it did not have the bill. The Subcommittee wished to take no position until it had time to read the bill. Ms. Smith understood that modifications in the bill were being sugges- ted in Salem. She felt that Council should take a position of suppor- ting prohibiting smoking in public areas. Mr. Haws favored the Council's making a policy statement regarding prohibiting smoking. He noted his position would be to prohibit smoking whenever two persons met. However, he felt the Council should at least forbid smoking in public meetings and public work spaces. - Ms. Schue moved, seconded by Mr. Delay, that the City of Eugene support a policy banning smoking in public places. including work places, such as public meetings, restaurants, and other public places. Ms. Miller thought smoking was a kind of activity that should be done in private between consenting adults. She had read the bill and favored it. She felt the motion generally reflected the intent of the bill. Ms. Schue noted that the enforcement of such a bill would come under the area of health regulations. 2/28/79--1 [23