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< a0D001rnre Atvnue Cuttemmna,: Ca!durnN 95014 lbli t+IDb)252•4505 CFFICE'UF'~THE CITY~W1ARdAtGER~ July 36, 1985 Sylvia Jutila, Cha',irman Smoke Free Coa'litin:l American Cancer So~iety 21017 Harrison Avenue Eureka:, Cal if;o'rn ia 9550'1i Dear Ms. Juti~la: CiitW of Curert/ir+o P.'C1 9 o. 58J C:upCrl/nco, CalilnrnraqSt1? i The City of Cupertino has had in:effect aismoking regulation ordi'nance si'nce June 18. 1985, ttherefore, we are unable to respond'to some of your'queszi':ant, ah,,ut our first year's experience, however, I have included a cop'y of'our :irdliartnro wloic'h yotti may fiindl interesting. IDu'rintg the hea'rin.g,s fcr the urdin- arnce t!t. ~ .: ts .•er, 14xtlie, if any, objection to regulating, smolcing; t',erv was scme c'pinion ti:,at it should be a voluntary rather than a maradatvry f+ru~ra'a- The most dif'f icult prc+blem with any smoking regulation ordinance is th', def ici- tiinn c^.' ttir i'nd'iviid;sal worker's work area. We solved this prot•ilem b%hoi:!in., rrslat,r';ihle for the defini.ion, however,, you may wish t• r,akE^ it ..-rc ra~iri; Ci~vL th.ln we lna've. Since the enactment ar,d! the su5s.>c;trcnt e::q.- tivr t:nic,- „f th.+ olJ'icance,, we have received two cr-plaiints aEcut t!-•t: ,c:-t p1'u'y~ra f1!t.,se complaints wcre handled' by mz thrrnugh a teleFtione c.1l'.'l t• t`,i.. er;loger asking for compliance ar.d explaining to chem, the ccnse.;ue'ncrs L:t n.•n- :•omrT ia'nr c;, I hive ^'een assured that the remedy wi11' take pl.tce. Ti,e Cit•• ..f Cutpc'rtir.u has a pnl•,ol.-ation of 38,0CL1, we are' ad; ;.,~rnt t. '1;>_: t:.,:, c;it.• ot Srl:i a:,•.l t[w City of Mountain View. t,e are :rss t.".na t: ....:_' ~ ir,^•: tlei• C'itv of Pt la e31tO. Those threr•e cities had p.ass..' t i-t „irtlir.ances p'n ,r trn the City of Cu,:ertin+,,s. Th.xa is n., ;;n:k:;t i.:;o t..,: ti,N: Fi:e,t-!) existif,4 s^urltinp: !'trdi'nances mado it mttn'h casicr i:, Cu,,^r"i:: •.I,; -;e:use ,.as, „lit,s timc• had eemc. ,, ir, . tt~.,~ ilntlorr.:.ir i. , i,, hel;-8r.r1, f vru nir I:rn.t.,itn• tno:, ••Lct., .. h,:S:t,t•c [0 uai]1 mt . - }}.,,,r, \•t t v trul ~ „ b.:r'. ,rr I . . t,ro„~il , Ac•n i s:'. rnt t'i, tlir. C t t•:' ".un.tr;,rr !4K'B/f j