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MINUTES OF THE ORONO CITY COUNCIL MEETING November 10, 2014 7:00 o’clock p.m. _____________________________________________________________________________________ Page 24 of 31 (10. ELECTRONIC CIGARETTES – ORDINANCE NO. 126 AND 127, Continued) McMillan noted this is the first time the ordinance has been before the City. Mayor McMillan opened the public hearing at 9:18 p.m. There were no public comments on this item. McMillan closed the public hearing at 9:18 p.m. Levang stated she is relieved the City will now have something in place and that she is fine with the ordinance. Printup stated the ordinance makes sense since it goes hand-in-hand with tobacco products. Mack noted due to the holiday this week, there will be a slight delay in publishing the ordinance, but that there is also a summary ordinance included for Council approval. Levang moved, Printup seconded, to adopt ORDINANCE NO. 126, Third Series, an Ordinance Amending and Adding New Sections to Chapter 50 of the Orono City Code Regulating Tobacco and E-Cigarettes; and to adopt SUMMARY ORDINANCE NO. 127, Third Series, an Ordinance Amending and Adding New Sections to Chapter 50 of the Orono City Code Regulating Tobacco and E-Cigarettes. VOTE: Ayes 4, Nays 0. 11. NAVARRE ACTIVE LVING DEMONSTRATION PROJECT Mack stated during the 2014 State Planning Conference, he attended a training session on opportunities that Blue Cross/Blue Shield is promoting as part of living and wellness throughout the state. Mack indicated it is a fairly new type of exercise Blue Cross/Blue Shield is undertaking with various entities that can apply for grants under this program. Mack noted the City has been looking for different opportunities for enhancement to the Navarre area and that he felt it would be appropriate to consider this program. Mack indicated he did have the opportunity to meet with the project manager from Blue Cross/Blue Shield in the Navarre area and that they talked about some of the possibilities for initiating this course of action. Mack stated the Blue Cross representative would provide the training and then afterwards the Council could make a decision on whether to proceed with initiating a task group of volunteers to work on this program in 2015. Mack stated in his view it would allow the City to keep the positive momentum moving forward with improvements in Navarre. Mack noted the Navarre area has seen some resurgence with new businesses opening in the area and that this will help enhance the community. Mack stated he would like to schedule the project manager from BCBS to come to the community and present the training. Staff would then ask for volunteers from the various commissions to attend the training and then pursue grant funding for a demonstration project. The project would depend on the volunteers and what they would like to make of it.