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TO: Sharon Wirth, City Councilperson
FROM: Steven L. Schainker, City Manager
DATE: October 17, 2000
SUBJECT: Smoking Ban in Mesa,Arizona
In response to your request for information regarding the smoking ban in Mesa, Arizona, I contacted
Paul Wenbert, the new Assistant City Manager. Paul provided me with the attached correspondence. I
hope it satisfies your inquiry.
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Steve Schainker
From: <Paul Wenbert@ci.mesa.az.us>
To: Steve Schainker<schainker@city.ames.ia.us>
Sent: Monday, October 16, 2000 2:37 PM
Subject: Re: Phone#
This was actually passed by the voters as a ballot proposition first in
1992 and again in 1996 (some refinements were made to improve the
ordinance). The general consensus around here is that it has generally
been neutral as far as business impact. There were a few restaurants who
gave that as their reason for closing after the ordinance passed. However
people from surrounding communities have also reported that they come to
our restaurants because of the smoking ban. By the way, a restaurant can
still provide a smoking area although there are some design issues which
make it costly. Apparantly the raw Ws regarding restaurant sales show a
continual increase however in our economy that is normal so it is difficult
to quantifiably determine the impact. You might call the Chamber of
Commerce at 480-969-1307 to get their spin on it. Take care.
10/17/2000