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3• DEFERENCE TO VOLUNTARY NEGOTIATIONS By applying a local government recommendation as a presumption, more of a burden would be Resolution of employment disputes through voluntary agreement between the arties i preferred to procedures which impose settlements by a third party. placed on the licensee to show good cause to overcome the recommendation. The local p s ,government recommendation would be based on a set of conclusions a 1 in the criterion 4• INSTALLATION OF ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENT developed by the OLCC, to the facts, as determined by the local government g The City supports expanding the existing exemption afforded to cable Recom companies from electrical permit and licensing requirements to include all foton communications cable e.. rms of 1 • Support legislation providing local governments with presumptive effect regarding the require the knowledge, skills and abil tie~reprepent d bh a co issuance of liquor licenses. (icense. Cities should not be required to pay the assn • types of installations do not Y mmercial electrician's licensed electricians to install telephone and computer cab a and equ pment~ ~eSeing requirements do not result in improved personnel or building safety, E• LIBRARY 1. SENATE INTERIM TASK FORCE ON LIBRARY COOPERATION D• LIQUOR LICENSING The City has an interest in partial funding to provide library resources to all Eugene residents through a variety of State programs including Oregon LINK and the Net Lender o sustain safe, livable neighborhoods, local government recommendations regarding the issuance of liquor licenses should have greater weight when the Oregon Liquor Contro Reimbursement program. The City will closely monitor legislative proposals to modify Commission acts on license applications. Adverse recommendations by local overn 1 or create new systems of library cooperation at the State level. should have "presumptive" effect, meaning that a liquor license applicant woul good cause to overcome an adverse recommendation from a g ments 2. FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION/FREEACCESS TOIDEAS d have to show city, Prior to 1988, adverse local government recommendations regardin iss The City will closely monitor legislativeeproposals that may have the effect of restricting did have a presumptive effect. The Oregon Liquor Control Commission (OLCC defi freedom of expression or access to ideas presented in literature and art, with a view presumptive effect as meaning that once an a licant g uance of liquor licenses ned toward ensuring that both State and U.S. Constitutional guarantees of these freedoms are on OLCC approval criteria, the OLCC wouldpnot issue a li ense tintless th recommendation based not eroded. show good cause that outweighed the local recommendation, e applicant was able to 3. BASIC PUBLIC LIBRARY SERVICE In 1988, the Attorney General issued an opinion stating that OLCC licensin cri Basic library service must remain available to all citizens and taxpayers free of additional a ocal governing body endorsement was invalid, that by giving presumptive effect to adver local government recommendations, the Commission was delegatin its 1' g tenon concerning charge. Basic public library service is defined as access to the building and collections, local governments unlawfully. The OLCC deleted the language and current lan ua a se checking out materials available for circulation and reference, or readers' advisory "Local government, other government agencies, organizations fat' g• tcensing authority to $ g now states: assistance. the Commission reliable factual information concerning whether theree s a bast touals may give a license or to impose license restrictions grant or deny F. PUBLIC RECORDS Creating (or re-establishing) a presumption against a license when an unfavorable recommendation is forwarded by a local jurisdiction should be pursed. Such a 1 • COPYRIGHT AUTHORITY statutes would allow local governing bodies a greater role in the licensing process. Local recommendations would c change in the ~y greater weight, while OLCC would la State law permits some agencies to copyright and market data, text compilations, and p y more of a reviewing role and would maintain statewide criterion, thus maintaining consistent in ' indexes of public information. The City will seek copyright authority for software the state. y licensing matters across systems and other electronic and data services and products that have a commercial and were developed using public funds. value City of Eugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 50 City ofEugene Legislative Policies, 2005 Session 51 I