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�- �` � „ _:�� , . TO: Parks & Recreation Committee FROM: Kim Stephan DATE: January 25, 2011 SUBJECT: Updates Tobacco in Parks Policv (Grahek) The following is email input from Chairperson Branch: Tobacco Free Zone: This item was tabled at the January meeting due to time consideration. This item was placed on the agenda at the request of a committee member. Ms. Stephan provided as background the wording of Blaine's tobacco use policy. The committee does not have the authority to make policy, but does make recommendations to the Council. I sincerely hope that our committee would refrain from making a recommendation to Council regarding , tobacco use in the parks. I The State of Minnesota has a law regulating the use of tobacco. While local governments have the latitude to implement more stringent ordinances, the State legislatures made a deliberate choice not to ban tobacco in open areas. I think that Centerville should follow the State's example. � Writing restrictive regulation is outside of the mission statement of this committee. Our purpose is to ' provide parks, trails, and park activities that appeal to a broad range of Centerville residents. I think that I writing regulations that restrict individuals is counter to this committee's intended purposes. That is not the kind of committee that I think we want to be. Youth Corus No current updates. Promotions � Handbook & Ouarterlv Flier Per Ms. Kris Sweeney, Utility Billing Clerk, it will cost the Committee/Wargo approximately $40-$50 to mail a flier with the utility bills, this does not include the cost of printing. Email update from Chairperson Branch: On Friday, January 14, 2011 Committee Member Seeley and I met with Ms. Deb Gallop, Wargo Nature Center to discuss the concept of inerging the Centerville Parks & Recreation Committee and Wargo Nature Center efforts to advertise events. Committee Member Seeley and Ms. Gallop had collectively come up with a concept of placing event notices on the opposite sides of a single sheet of paper, the City of Centerville