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Robert B. Thompson, 2108 Lincoln Street, stated he was in the process of estab- e lishing a crowd control business, Oregon Event Enterprises, in the Eugene area. He said he was concerned with maintaining public welfare, but he added that he was also concerned with specific items within the ordinance as written. He asked for some clarification on the phrase "substanti al physical force" in Section 3.005. He said he felt the $6.25 fee to be excessive, explaining that the fee would be prohibitive when hiring personnel for a one-night event. He also questioned the three-day prior submission requirement, stating that the requirement would not allow for any last minute increase in the number of personnel. He stated that the limitation placed on the number of work days would restrict the use of experience personnel. He concluded his comments stating that the ordinance as written would create a hardship for the small business owner and he would like to see the amendment modified. There being no further testimony, the public hearing was closed. Responding to the questions raised in the testimony, Ms. Grondona stated that the Section 3.005 phrase in question had been deleted from the proposed ordinance by the modifications mentioned earlier and that she would furnish Mr. Thompson with a revised copy of the proposed ordinance. In regard to the fee, she stated that staff felt it was reasonable to assess the fee due to the police clearance review performed on each individual. She stated that the intent of the ordinance, in the case of a work stoppage situation where temporary security service was being provided, explaining that the temporary individual license would run seven days, with the option of the license being extended for three additional seven-day periods. She said the ordinance did not mean that an individual could only work four times during the year. Ms. Grondona explained that the three-~ay e prior submission requirement was based on the time required by the police to conduct a review on the individual prior to issuing a license. In response to a question by Mayor Keller, Ms. Grondona stated that staff hoped to be flexible enough to respond to any last minute personnel requirements, explaining that some police overtime might be required to accomplish the review for the license to be issued in less than three days. In response to a question, Ms. Grondona explained that the limitation of allowing only four seven-day periods pertained only to one temporary event. She said that the event could not be viewed as temporary after the four periods and would require another classification of the Merchant Police employee. She said that the individual at that time would be reclassified to Merchant Police II and the payment of the $6.25 fee for each of the four license periods would pay for the regular yearly application fee. She said staff would then address the $25 1 icense fee. She said the individual would be administratively reclassified if the event went beyond one month and if it was the intent of the agency to continue use of that individual. In response to a question, Ms. Grondona said staff did not have the experience to address the question of relicensing individual personnel on a continuing basis. She said staff felt there would be sufficient time between the oppor- tunities for individuals working in the security service capacity to make subsequent police reports appropriate. In response to a question, Ms. Grondona said that all the area security firms e had reviewed the first drafts of the ordinance. MINUTES--Eugene City Council November 21, 1983 Page 3