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HomeMy WebLinkAboutReso 2018-065RESOLUTION NO. 2018-065 RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA REPEALING COUNCIL POLICIES 840-01 “REGULATION AND PROHIBITION OF SMOKING IN CERTAIN AREAS IN THE CITY OF CHULA VISTA USED BY OR OPEN TO THE PUBLIC”, 840-02 “SMOKING IN NON- PUBLIC AREAS OF CITY BUILDINGS,” AND THE ENVIRONMENTAL TOBACCO SMOKE CONTROL DIRECTIVE WHEREAS, jurisdictions are becoming increasingly aware that cities play a critical role in supporting the health and well-being of their communities; and WHEREAS, the Healthy Chula Vista Action Plan, adopted January 5, 2016, included strategies to prohibit smoking on city facilities and in affordable housing projects; and WHEREAS, on December 19, 2017, City Council adopted amendments to Chula Vista Municipal Code Chapter 8.22, Regulations of Smoking in Public Places and Places of Employment (“CVMC Chapter 8.22”), to add e-cigarettes to the definition of smoking, prohibit smoking on all city owned property, and restrict smoking to designated areas in affordable housing projects; and WHEREAS, the City has previously adopted policies to prohibit and/or regulate smoking including Council Policy Nos. 840-01 and 840-02 and an Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control Directive adopted in 2017, which are now all superseded by CVMC Chapter 8.22; and WHEREAS, the City has additionally created a Human Resource Policy for smoking prohibitions of employees while on city owned property, in city vehicles, and during their work hours and has further met all meet and confer obligations, as required by the Meyers-Milias Brown Act (“MMBA”). NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, that it repeals Council Policy 840-01 (Regulation and Prohibition of Smoking in Certain Areas in the City of Chula Vista Used b y or Open to the Public), and 840-02 (Smoking in Non- Public Areas of City Buildings), and the Environmental Tobacco Smoke Control Directive. [SIGNATURE PAGE TO FOLLOW] DocuSign Envelope ID: B52246F1-029B-477E-9E39-6060A0F0D295 Resolution No. 2018-065 Page No. 2 Presented by Approved as to form by Kelly G. Broughton, FASLA Glen R. Googins Director of Development Services City Attorney PASSED, APPROVED, and ADOPTED by the City Council of the City of Chula Vista, California, this 1st day of May 2018 by the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers: Diaz, McCann, Padilla, and Salas NAYS: Councilmembers: None ABSENT: Councilmembers: Aguilar Mary Salas, Mayor ATTEST: Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk STATE OF CALIFORNIA ) COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO ) CITY OF CHULA VISTA ) I, Kerry K. Bigelow, City Clerk of Chula Vista, California, do hereby certify that the foregoing Resolution No. 2018-065 was duly passed, approved, and adopted by the City Council at a regular meeting of the Chula Vista City Council held on the 1st day of May 2018. Executed this 1st day of May 2018. Kerry K. Bigelow, MMC, City Clerk DocuSign Envelope ID: B52246F1-029B-477E-9E39-6060A0F0D295