HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 2004-078 Supporting Hennepin County Ordinance #24- Smoking Ban CITY OF EDINA
�- RESOLUTION NO.2004-78
RESOLUTION SUPPORTING,ADVOCATING AND URGING THE HENNEPIN COUNTY
BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS TO ENACT ORDINANCE NO. 24, "SMOKE FREE
ORDINANCE"
WHEREAS,numerous studies have found that tobacco smoke is a major contributor to
indoor air pollution, and that breathing secondhand smoke (also known as environmental
tobacco smoke) is a cause of disease in healthy nonsmokers, including heart disease, stroke,
respiratory disease, and lung cancer. The U.S. Surgeon General has determined that
secondhand smoke is responsible for the early deaths of 65,000 Americans annually,and
WHEREAS, Edina residents and business community are concerned that the enactment
of a local ordinance prohibiting smoking may have a negative effect on the community's
businesses because businesses in adjacent communities will not be subject to the same
regulation;and
WHEREAS, the Edina City Council has heard from many residents and businesses that
a county-wide smoke free ordinance is more appropriate than a local ordinance so as to not
place at a disadvantage the businesses of this or any other individual community;and
WHEREAS the City deems it prudent, reasonable and necessary to support, advocate
and urge the passage of a County-wide ordinance prohibiting smoking in certain places.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY OF EDINA, MINNESOTA
THAT:
The City Council hereby supports, advocates and urges the Hennepin County Board of
Commissioners to enact Ordinance No. 24 prohibiting smoking in all bars and restaurants in
Hennepin County.
ADOPTED by the City Council this 7th day of September 2004.
Attest
Debra A. Mangen,Ci Jerk Dennis F. Maetzold,Ma or
STATE OF MINNESOTA )
COUNTY OF HENNEPIN ) SS
CITY OF EDINA ) CERTIFICATE OF CITY CLERK
I, the undersigned duly appointed and acting City Clerk for the City of Edina do hereby certify that the
attached and foregoing Resolution is a true and correct copy of the Resolution duly adopted by the Edina
City Council at its regular meeting of September 7, 2004, and as recorded in the Minutes of said regular
meeting.
WITNESS,my hand and seal of said City this day of 2004.
Debra A.Mangen,City Clerk