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..~ Delete Boards and Commissions During the past several years, you have made a concerted ~ffort to not create new boards and commissions without careful consideration, and you have e eliminated boards and commissions when their primary missions have been accomplished. We are recommending the deletion of three boards because the focus of their activities have either changed over the years or will no longer be required due to revisions in the Eugene Code. The primary functions of the Public Solicitations Commission and the Advisory Committee on Gambling were to review business license applications for compliance with the Eugene Code. We are now recommending that the Charitable Solicitations Business License be deleted and that the Gambling be regulated through UBP laws. Changes to these licenses would negate the need for either body to perform a review of business license applications. In adopting the 1971 Eugene Coae, the City Council repealed all laws affecting the Civil Service Commission and abolished its duties. Thus, the commission has not had membership or been operative since that time. Deletion of Business Licenses In addition to the Business Licenses that you deleted in April, we also recommend that the following licenses be deleted. 1. Alarm Monitoring Services/Suppliers: This license primarily addresses how private alarm services are maintained and how they connect with public services. The 911 system changes how the City wishes to regulate services and suppliers. We recommend that these activities be regulated through modifications to Chapter 4 of the City Code and not by a Business License. The new language will speak to false alarms and the penalty for setting a false alarm. e 2. Electrical Sales: The City is not responsible for the enforcement of the Electrical Safety Law. In fact, the City is prohibited by statute from enforcing a local ordinance relating to the same matters encompassed by the Electrical Safety Law. Thus, any local law is preempted by the State law. The Attorney General suggests that the City report any local violations of the Electrical Safety Law to the State for enforcement through established civil penalty and injunction remedies. 3. Special Sales: This Business License was originally created to insure that firms going out of business did intend to go out of business and did not price their sale goods higher than they were originally marked. Because the primary purpose of the Business Regulations has been defined to address health or safety issues, there appears to be no reason to continue to monitor this type of business activity. 4. Photoaraohers: In the near future, the City will consider the regulation of commercial solicitors. Those laws will address concerns of not only door-to-door photographers, but any person who sells door-to-door or on the public streets. - 5. Transient Merchants: For purposes of City regulations, there are three basic types of merchants: those who operate in permanent structures and must abide by zoning and building jaws; those who operate on the publ ic right-of-way; and those who do outdoor -3-