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Councilor Taylor favored the amendment because it allowed for an honest person who made a mistake. Councilor Kelly reiterated Councilor Pap~ in that he wanted monitoring of the program so that the City knew if it was working the way it should. Councilor Fart favored the amendment for the same reason as Councilor Taylor. He raised a concern that the ordinance addressed such a small part of the problem of teen smoking. He said that small businesses were being "picked on" to address a problem that was not being addressed elsewhere in society. He noted that kids smoking were not stopped on the street and the school yard. Roll call vote; the amendment passed unanimously, 8:0. Roll call vote; the main motion, as amended, passed unanimously, 8:0. City Manager Johnson asked the council to consider Council Bill 4746 by number only. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved that the bill be approved and given final passage. Roll call vote; the motion passed unanimously, and became Ordinance No. 20211. City Manager Johnson asked council to consider Council Bill 4747, an ordinance concerning tobacco products and smoking; amending sections 6.225, 6.230, 6.235, and 6.990 of the Eugene Code, 1971; adding Section 6.240 to that code; and providing an effective date. Mr. Klein said that the ordinance provided a provision that included smoking rooms. He said that under Oregon Liquor Control Commission (©LCC) rules the ordinance, as currently crafted, would not work. He suggested that if the smoking room provision was included, the council needed to allow employees to enter it. Alternatively, he said that the council could eliminate the smoking room provision. In response to a question from Councilor Pap~ regarding when an employee would be allowed to go in a designated smoking room, Jan Bohman of the City Manager's Office said that the ©LCC required employees to be present where customers were drinking. Councilor Bettman said that the second ordinance needed to pass before the third ordinance could be addressed. Mr. Klein said that if the smoking room provision of the second ordinance was eliminated, then changes would have to be made to the third ordinance as well. Ms. Bohman noted that bingo parlors in Oregon were not adult establishments. She said that if there was an exemption for bingo parlors, they would have to become adult establishments. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved that the bill, with unanimous consent of the council, be read a second time by council bill number only, and that enactment be considered at that time. Councilor Taylor, seconded by Councilor Nathanson, moved to amend the motion by deleting the provision for smoking rooms. MINUTES--Eugene City Council September 25, 2000 Page 13 Regular Meeting