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MEMORANDUM TO: SAMANTHA ORDUNO, CITY ADMINISTRATOR 111 FROM: MICHELE SEVERSON, ADMINISTRATION SEC•E1A DATE: JULY 1, 1993 RE: PERMITTED PEDDLERS (AUSTIN DIVERSIF ED PRODUCTS) On June 23, 1993 Gabrielle Lanette Matlock filled out an application for a peddler's permit for the group Action Diversified Products (which is a cleaner) . Ms. Matlock paid the fee of $100 to sell the products for one month, paid the $10. 00 first time investigationfeeand paid $2 .50 for six salespersons'- - identification cards. Those persons are as follows: Doris D. Wright RaeAnn Haberland Maria Mercado Charles Saulsberry J. P. McClung Gabrielle L. Matlock (applicant) After the police department completed a drivers license check the application was brought back to me as denied. I informed Ms. Matlock that her application had been denied and that she should talk to Police Chief Ramacher to rectify the situation. Ms. Matlock contacted Police Chief Ramacher and the Police Department okayed the permit which was then approved on June 25, 1993 . Staff has received numerous complaints regarding this sales group beginning on Friday, the day the permit went into force. The complaints are generalized and are as follows: • Wouldn't take no for an answer, pushy, overbearing and persistent when asked to leave • Described as obnoxious and overbearing - wanted a resident to take her picture • Residents reported that the salespersons were clapping, jumping and this made the residents nervous (thought perhaps persons might be on drugs) • Salesperson pulled open a storm door on a handicapped residence • Group not organized - having different people stopping from the same group - been to some houses three times • Sales person was asked for license and stated that she did not have to be licensed