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MINUTES <br /> <br /> Eugene City Council <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> Council Chamber-Eugene City Hall <br /> <br /> June 10,2002 <br /> 8 p.m. <br /> <br />COUNCILORS PRESENT: Betty Taylor, David Kelly, Nancy Nathanson, Scott Meisner, Gary <br /> Rayor, Gary PapS, Bonny Bettman, Par Farr. <br /> <br />CITY COUNCIL MEETING <br /> <br />Mayor James D. Torrey called the meeting to order. <br /> <br />1.CEREMONIAL MATTERS <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey introduced Urban Forester Mark Synder. Mr. Synder introduced Robert Johnson <br />from Tree City USA, who presented the Tree City USA Growth Award to Mayor Torrey. Mr. <br />Johnson commended the City for being one of 38 Oregon cities to qualify for the Tree City Growth <br />Award. He noted the criteria associated with the award, and said Eugene significantly exceeded <br />those standards. Mr. Synder described some of the City's special tree-related projects, and <br />introduced Troy Treger of the NeighborWoods Program, former Mayor Ruth Bascom, and John <br />Weber of Parks Planning, who were instrumental in the creation of the Hayes Memorial Garden, <br />who were present to display the Tree City USA award banner. <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey thanked Mr. Johnson, Mr. Treger, Ms. Bascom, and Mr. Weber. <br /> <br />2. PUBLIC FORUM <br /> <br />Mayor Torrey reviewed the protocol for the Public Forum. <br /> <br />Will Kramer, 593 Sierra Street, Eugene, said he represented several Eugene business owners. <br />He noted that Tillamook County had recently decided to adopt the State's guidelines regarding <br />smoking. The City of St. Helens had also changed its law. That left Eugene with the only council- <br />imposed smoking ban in the State. He read from the minutes of the St. Helens City Council <br />withdrawing the ordinance. He appealed to the City to withdraw its ordinance. <br /> <br />Sarah Coffelt, 1157 Elizabeth Street, identified herself as a cocktail waitress and said since the <br />smoking ban was implemented, her wages had been cut in half, making it difficult to support her <br />child. She said that the smoking ban made it more difficult to track customers. She did not want <br />to have to take another job to support herself and her family. <br />Cheryl McCabe, 362 North 42nd Street, said she owned the Old Pad Tavern and represented the <br />Eugene Business Owners Association. She said the smoking ban in bars and taverns had a <br />negative impact on those businesses. She referred to a document distributed to the council <br /> <br /> MINUTES--Eugene City Council June 10, 2002 Page 1 <br /> Regular Meeting <br /> <br /> <br />