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Acme Up & Down, 99 West 10th Avenue - RMB (Retail Malt Beverage) - New outlet Comm submitted by Richard and Donna1ee Miegs. 9/3/75 2.Monroe Street Market, 1.123 Monroe Street - PS (Package Store) - Change of Pub Hrng e ownership - submitted by Charles and Mary Pilant (formerly Margaret Becker - Becker's Market). Comm Mr. Keller moved second by Mrs. Beal to schedule public hearing 9/3/75 for September 8 Council meeting on Acme Up & Down application, and Approve recommend approval of the Monroe Street Market change-of-ownership application. Motion cal-ried unanimously, Mr. Hamel not present. C. Parks Facilities Rental Policy - Copies of the policy were previously distributed to Council members showing how requested USe of parks department facilities and buildings was handled and priorities used. Councilman Murray wondered how certain political groups would fit into the categories listed - discussion groups, committee meetings, seminars of a political party where no particular candidate was making a presentation and where there was no fund raising. Dan George, parks department, explained that because of the diversity of requests coming in for use of the community centers the categories shown were chosen because they seemed to cover the using groups best. Requests coming in from groups not fi tUng readi ly into those categories required a judgment at the t.ime. If it was considered of an educational nature, open to the general public, it was placed in the educational category, paying the least fee or no fee at all. If a group repre- sented only one political point of view or a debate of issues, it might be placed in the next category. Usually, something considered beneficial to the community but not confined to one political viewpoint would be placed in the educational category. In response to Mr. Murray, Mr. George said candidates appearing with no intent to solicit funds would be placed in the commercial/nonfund raising classifi- e cation. In that category, they would have the option to solici t. Councilman Murray asked for an explanation of the rationale for charging extra fees for those types of political groups, why they were put into a commercial classifica- tion. Mr. George answered that it was not easily defined, that the overall impact of all groups using the facilities was a consideration so that the distribution of availability of the facilities would be consistent. If the Democratic and Republican parties were having meetings at which their policies were being explained and it was a generally informative meeting, it was considered educational. However, a presenta- tion by one party only would not be considered as educational as a presentation of both viewpoints. Assistant Manager added that when the present guidelines were developed and reviewed by the manager's office several years back, the question was whether the public should bear the cost of the facilities' being open. While a single political party espousing particular viewoints was of public benefit, still it was an effort of an organization to benefit itself as distinguished from the broader general benefit in the community. Councilman Murray explained that the subject was brought up as the result of a com- plant that use of a facility was denied because of association with a political part y , and the complaint was presented second- or third-hand so he could not vouch for its validity. He was somewhat disturbed, however, that such could be the case because he looked upon political participation as something that should be encouraged. So long as everyone was treated equally, he did not see that it was particularly alarm- ing if only one viewpoint was presented at a time. He thought in a community such as Eugene, for many people political interests might be a major leisure time occupation e and he didn't want to see the city taking the position of saying it would rather it not be done. Manager said there were many political parties, many viewpoints from one extreme to another,. not just the two parties mentioned. For that reason, he said, there was some basis for considering that type of use a general education. 4-93' f'l 10 /-,c c