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<br />Ms. Hettman said rhe c~)Uncd's original illtent \vas rcHectcdin Section 6.2300) of the code. \-vhIc]} <br />required aU employers to provide a place of employment for all ernployees in which crnrlnyecs were not <br />exposed to the smoking of others. She said that secondhand smoke kiJL<;.Workers were not exposed to <br />other toxic substances rhat jeopardized their health and should not be exposed to secondhand smoke <br />either. She bdicved everything f()lj~)Vvcd frorn that core v<llue. For that reason, she thought the City <br />should be considering 75 percent open space and 25 percent enclosure. She helieved that a 50 percent <br />endosure with a roof was "very enclosed" and exposed workers to ~,ecolldhand smoke. t."is. Bcttman <br />indicated she would seek amendments to the ordinance to that effect. <br /> <br />Spcaking to the issue of assisting businesses to transition to new bcilities, I\1s. BeUman said she <br />supported such 8ss1stance as long as the business in question was transltioning to snmething that ftl1fiJled <br />the objective uCthe original ordil1<mce. She suggested the eouncillonk to the Risk Fund fm those dollars. <br /> <br />City Manager Ta.ylor indicated thnt an executive session could occur later that evening if time nUov,'ed, <br />f()llowing the regular meeting scheduled at 7:30 p.m. <br /> <br />Responding to a question from Mr. Kelly, City 'Ma.nager Taylor indicated he \-vould prep8re an ordinance <br />to extend the moratorium for the council's consideration on September 26. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly said he liked the idea of offering businesses assistance to ease requirernent-, and suggest.ed the <br />councIl could also look to the General Fund Contingency as another funding source.J:-Ie pointed out that <br />in some cases, those businesses the council was discussing grandfathering in had consciously looked for <br />loopholes in the regulations, He was n,)t wiJJing to "play Santa Cbus endlessly" to such busincssc~,. <br /> <br />Mr. Kelly liked the point made by J'v1s. Orti~~ in regard to honoring those businesses th8t went by the spirit <br />and the letter of tne jaw and wanted to do Uwt in any way the Cit.y could. He suggested the City give those <br />businesses recognition. <br /> <br />Mr. Pare noted that the council kepr discussing percentages for wall openings, and sug,gested that that the <br />ratio of the f100r area to the waH area and the existing ventilation capacity should be taken into account as <br />well. <br /> <br />Mr. Pape sUPPOlicd grandf:1thering in the L:tcilities of those businesses thdt complied with the original <br />ordinance but liked Mr. Pryor"s idea of ~)ffenng assistance to those businesses iJthc council did not take <br />thar approach. <br /> <br />1\.011'. Pape thought the council already compromised on the moratorium extension and he did not fwor any <br />moratorium exten;;;ion at this time. <br /> <br />JY[s, l'aylor pointed out that someone had to clean up the smoking 8reas in question even ifthey were <br />located outdoors, and people could be exposed to secondhand smoke whi1e cleaning up. She liked the <br />idea of honoring those businesses that complied \vith the law and did not try to subvert it. <br /> <br />The meeting adjourned at 7: J 5 p.llI. <br /> <br />Respectfully submitted, <br /> <br />MINUTES~Eugcne City Council <br />\Vork Session <br /> <br />September 12, 2005 <br /> <br />Page 13 <br />