Speaker 8: Dominate by.
Speaker 1: Noting case A2.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Item 19, which is the outdoor smoking areas item. Yeah.
Speaker 1: Item 19 is communication from Councilwoman Price. Councilwoman Gonzalez. Councilmember Richardson. Recommendation to require city attorney to drive an ordinance banning smoking on outdoor seating areas of publicly and privately owned eating establishments.
Speaker 0: Thank you. Councilwoman Price.
Speaker 7: So this item is pretty self-explanatory. I'll spare everyone the wordy comments in support of it. I do ask my colleagues to support it in drafting the ordinance and.
Speaker 1: It.
Speaker 7: Should. The item passed this evening. One of the things I would like to ask included in this motion is that the city attorney look at including language.
Speaker 1: Which.
Speaker 7: Would allow an exemption for special events where people they might want to have a cigar party on a patio and they apply for some sort of a permit or special permit to do that that they could be able to do so. Additionally, since the the the gist of the item is really to provide healthier spaces at food or eating establishments, I think providing some sort of a carve out for patio areas where there is no food served, but rather it's used as a smoking patio. We have that at some live entertainment facilities, at some bars, things like that, where their food is not really served, but the patio is used as a space for smoking. I think it be the limited circumstances where those restaurants or I'm sorry, those those facilities would have an outdoor area where food is not served. But I'd like to include some sort of language that gives of some flexibility so that those particular establishments that are not serving food on the patio can be exempted. And I'd love to hear from my colleagues. We did do extensive outreach on this item and have received overwhelming support from the business. We did extensive outreach to the business community and have received extensive support from the business community in favor of this item. So thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Richardson.
Speaker 2: Thank you, Mr. Mayor. And thank you, Councilman Price. And a lot of the conversation on this stems back to the smoke free Long Beach campaign. The health department drove back when L.A. County was just driving a lot of money around tobacco prevention. And and so I'm supportive of this. The pilot that happened, the smoke free dining pilot was successful. And I think this is the next natural step. Thanks for including some conversation or some thoughts around those exemptions. I would also say one thought that we should ask them to consider is or figure out is, you know, if it's like adult hours, right? Like, a lot of times if you think about patio dining, you go with your family. You don't want to you don't want to deal with the smoking. But if it's 11:00 at night, I'm probably not going to have my three year old out there. And if there's a patio, I wouldn't want the businesses to have to go through a special permit for nighttime stuff. So some. That's when the rules get relaxed a little bit. So there's just something to consider. You're open to something like that?
Speaker 7: Absolutely. Absolutely.
Speaker 2: Great. Thanks.
Speaker 7: I mean, I think if the city attorney were to look at some maybe best practices of how those carve outs, because the intent is really.
Speaker 1: Adult or child.
Speaker 7: The intent is really in eating establishments to save everyone the the the requirement that they have to now inhale that secondhand smoke if they don't want to.
Speaker 2: I also think it's I mean, in addition to just the eating, I mean, when you have patio dining, if someone's walking down the street, they shouldn't have to smell it when they walk past. But I mean, around 11:00 at night, you're probably an adult at that point. So. So, yeah, I like this.
Speaker 0: I think you got to Amber Peirce.
Speaker 1: Yes. I want to thank my colleagues for bringing this item forward. I did have some conversations with the Heart Association as well as some of the businesses in my district. And so I think following along that same idea, you know, we've got some, you know, like I have Fourth Street Vine in my district that has a back patio that closes at 10:00 at night. But they have entertainment license, but they have finger food. So they have a cheese plate and a pretzel plate, you know, so it's not weight service. It's they go and pick up a little snack and they take it outside themselves. So again, looking at some options that don't limit adults, I think venues would be ideal. And then thinking about as a weight service like Lola's outside, there's waiters, it's very different full meal that you're sitting down to enjoy versus just kind of snacking on some, you know, simple food. So I support the intent of this item. I look forward to seeing what the city attorney comes back with with some of those ideas about how we create a healthier space. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you, Councilmember Gonzalez.
Speaker 8: Yeah. Thank you, Count Councilmember Gray serving in this board. I think many of our downtown residents had that exact concern. A lot of the smoke goes up into the buildings and into their units and oftentimes, you know, poses an issue. And so it's great that we're bringing it up. But I do like the flexibility in ours and looking at some other options, I look forward to coming back. Thank you again.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And I'll just add, I strongly support this and this is a great next step in all the work that's happened. And so I want to thank Councilman Price for bringing this forward and for doing the work of meeting with folks on this. And the one suggestion I'll have to our city attorney, obviously, I know how we classify a restaurant versus a bar or bar bars that sell food versus a restaurant I know is very different in the city and there's a very strong classification difference. And so I'd be interested in that language as well because I know I can think of of many places that are not restaurants that are essentially bars, but that also serve food. But they're not it's not suite service, but, you know, just walk down the promenade or anywhere on Pine Avenue on any given Friday or Saturday. And there are specific places that are bars that are not restaurants, which is very different than, you know, restaurants with patios. And so I just as we as we have that conversation, I'll be interested in that. I think this is a really good policy and step. And I know that when we have done these types of ordinances in the past, there has been some good communication between the city and the kind of restaurant owners or the bar owners, and I'm sure that will exist in this as well. So a very good item, Councilmember Pearce. Any public comment on this item? CNN. Yes. Please come forward.
Speaker 3: And I'll make it brief very, very quickly also. My name is Primo Castro with the American Cancer Society Cancer Action Network. Mayor and City Council. The American Cancer Society Action Network supports evidence based policy and legislative solutions designed to eliminate cancer as a major health problem. We are asking the Council to move forward and support this ordinance in the city. I currently serve as a co-chair of the Coalition for a Smoke Free Long Beach, where we have been working on this issue for over four years and are excited to see this item coming to fruition. Finally, a smoke free dining patio ordinance would make our restaurant patios in a city 100% smoke free, which over 80% of respondents prefer. And a survey conducted by the Long Beach Health Department a couple of years ago. The current law calls that two thirds of a patio is to be smoke free. That's current law right now. We all know that tobacco, obviously, and other types of smoke does not stay in the same place, which is truly a danger for our children and restaurant staff. Establishments like Berlin Bistro and and Portfolio Coffeehouse, along with Lola's and countless others, have voluntary smoke free patios currently in the city. Recently, the Long Beach Police Department was awarded $211,000 from the Tobacco Law Enforcement Grant Program from the California Department of Justice. And the Long Beach Health Department was also secured over $640,000 for fiscal year 1819, which will help support this particular effort through the coalition. We not only surveyed residents on their thoughts, but we also engage the business community via the Council of Business Associations. We're asking for a comprehensive policy that includes restaurants and bars. Thank you. I would like to be, you know, be more than happy to answer any questions. I also ask that as you make your decision as to please I have the the city attorney consult with the Long Beach Health Department in terms of the language on this. Thank you.
Speaker 0: Thank you so much. And with that, please cast your votes.
Speaker 8: I'm an I.
Speaker 1: Motion case here.
Speaker 0: Thank you. And I missed an item. 23 was also on the list to be moved up. So sorry about that. So. So next up is so 23. It was 24, which was the dock management system, affordable housing and roundup.
Recommendation to request City Attorney to draft an ordinance banning smoking on outdoor seating areas of publically and privately owned eating establishments, and within a given distance from outdoor eating establishment seating.