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• E!/E/2ETT RESOLUTION NO. 4008 A RESOLUTION OF the Everett City Council establishing a no-smoking policy for City of Everett facilities. WHEREAS, RCW 70.160, Washington Clean Indoor Act, regulates smoking in public places. Except for restaurants and a few other types of public facilities, it prohibits smoking in portions of buildings used by or open to the public. Smoking is allowed in designated smoking areas; and WHEREAS, the Washington State Department of Labor & Industries is proposing a regulation that is to go into effect on October 8, 1994, that regulates smoking within the indoor work environment. Smoking will be prohibited in common areas including lunchrooms and restrooms. This regulation is intended to protect workers from exposure to secondhand smoke. It permits smoking in designated smoking areas that meet certain criteria. It is the employers responsibility to ensure compliance with this regulation; and WHEREAS, since May, 1992, the City has had an administrative policy which forbids smoking in City vehicles and in City buildings except for established smoking areas; and WHEREAS, the City Council has received complaints concerning smoking in City facilities; and WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes the impact that smoking has on the health and well-being of its employees and citizens; NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE EVERETT CITY COUNCIL that smoking is prohibited in all City facilities (i.e., any building or enclosed facility owned, leased or rented by, and/or operated by the City) including City Park facilities, restaurants, and City vehicles, except as provided in designated smoking areas and outside smoking areas in accordance with administrative regulations approved by the Mayor and BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE EVERETT CITY COUNCIL that