Wednesday, August 20 2008
According to this report in the Ukiah Daily Journal (
ukiahdailyjournal.com), three of the area's busiest public parks will soon be "smoke-free."
By a vote of 5-0, the Ukiah City Council on Wednesday deemed it a punishable offense to smoke in Alex R. Thomas Plaza, Carpenter Hudson Park and the Ukiah Sports Complex.
During discussion on the item, Councilmember Benj Thomas said he was interested in seeing other city properties added to the list of non-smoking areas.
"We talked about that last meeting (adding Todd Grove Park)," he said.
Katie Merz, Community Services supervisor, said that the Parks, Recreation and Golf Commission had talked about doing just that at an earlier meeting.
Sage Sangiacomo, Community Services director, said more research would have to be done before other locations could be added to the ordinance.
Smoking ban in small parks enacted
