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Comments: Per legal review, the term "floor space" implies a structure of some kind, rather than a <br />public park generally or a street. However, the bill is not a model of clarity and it would <br />be good to have a more specific definition of "place of public assembly" or an exemption <br />for unenclosed spaces. <br />Our concern is that the bill could be interpreted to apply to events in public parks and <br />also to permitted uses of the rights of way (e.g., parades). Both of these “places of public <br />assembly” typically have more than 25 people a day present (for example, in a regional <br />park or walking on a downtown street). However, neither of these “facilities” typically is <br />described in terms of “floor space.” <br />If parks and permitted uses of the rights of way are subject to this legislation, then we <br />have a problem. Where would a defibrillator be housed? It is not reasonable that we <br />would leave them laying around in parks of on the sides of the street. And the bill clearly <br />identifies the owner, not the permitted user, as having the responsibility. <br />For Public Works to not recommend an oppose position to this bill, we need to hear from <br />someone that the types of “facilities” described above are exempted for this bill. <br />Otherwise, we would recommend a fairly strong oppose position unless amended to <br />exclude public parks and permitted uses of the rights of way (this version of the bill may <br />actually cause more problems for us than the bill as introduced, which at least set a <br />threshold of 500 people). <br />Contact Respondent Dept Updated Priority Policy Poli Numb Recommendation <br />Glen Potter Glen Potter EFD 4/27/2009 Pri 3 No Support <br />Comments: Good bill, especially with the amendments. We believe that most if not all places of <br />public assembly (as defined in the bill) in Eugene already have AEDs, but we are still in <br />favor of more AEDs, in Eugene and elsewhere. <br />8 <br />