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e I e ~ ~~ILLS MEMORANDUM DATE: Agenda Item 2.C June 14,2005 TO: Mayor and Council ~. Michelle Wolfe; City Administrator \/lI; I ~ Thomas J. Moore; Director of Operations & Maintenance ~ V ~ No Smoking in City Parks Policy Discussion FROM: SUBJECT: BackJ!round At the March 22, 2005 Parks, Trails & Recreation Committee (PTRC) meeting, discussion took place regarding the possibility of establishing a No Smoking policy for City parks. Committee member David McClung indicated that he would take the lead on this project and would gather any and all relevant information and report back to the PTRC at the April 26, 2005 meeting. At the April 26, 2005 PTRC meeting, Ms. Katie Engman from the Ramsey County Tobacco Coalition made a presentation. In addition, three Mounds View High School Students, Suzanne Florey, Christina Florey and Nicole Holm also made a presentation. The three students are members of Peers Acting to Challenge Tobacco (PACT). A copy of their presentation is attached. At the May 24, 2005 PTRC meeting, the PTRC discussed the possibility of establishing a No Smoking Policy for City parks. The PTRC passed a motion (5-0) stating that the PTRC recommends to the City Council that they adopt a No Smoking Policy for City parks. A copy of similar policies adopted by area cities is included in the attached "A Policy Maker's Guide to Tobacco-Free Policies for Parks, Playgrounds and Athletic Facilities." The Budf!et No Smoking signage will be supplied by the Ramsey Tobacco Coalition and the members of PACT will install the signs. City Staff will provide the labor for 'locates' of utilities. Requested Council Action Council direct staff to develop a No Smoking/TC'bacco Free Policy for the City's park system and to present such policy to the City Council for approval at the June 27, 2005 Council Meeting. \\Earth\pr&pw\Parks\Memos\05 No Smoking in Parks Policy. doc