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Parks board backs tobacco-free city property ordinance to pursue TSET grants for parks projects
Summary
Parks staff and TSET representatives outlined two grant programs; the board voted to support updating city ordinances to ban tobacco on city properties (including Westwood Golf Course and park parking lots) and to recommend a zoning change restricting tobacco sales within 300 feet of schools and playgrounds to strengthen grant eligibility.
The Board of Park Commissioners voted to support staff recommendations that city ordinances be updated to ban tobacco use on city-owned property — specifically including Westwood Golf Course and park parking lots — and to ask city council to adopt a citywide tobacco-free policy and a zoning restriction on tobacco sales within 300 feet of schools and playgrounds.
Sarah Bloom and Kenzie Thompson of the Tobacco Settlement Endowment…
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