10/01/84 Board of Public Works Minutes

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REGULAR MEETING OCTOBER 1. 1984 Road, South Bend, Indiana, had not been received Board meeting held on September 4, 1984, but was Police Department for a records background check above referred to applicants. until after the referred to the with the other At this time, Mr. Hill inquired if anyone present at the meeting had any comments concerning the above license applications. Mr. Mitchell Heppenheimer, Attorney at Law, 704 West Washington Street, South Bend, Indiana, representing the above"applicants was present and addressed the Board. Mr. Heppenheimer advised that the applicants which he is representing are somewhat unhappy with the length of time the Board has taken in conducting the above referred to police background checks. He further advised that the applicants meet the ordinance requirements in every way and recommended that the Board move forward with the approval of the applications today and stated that they should be granted licenses. As a point of clarification, Mr. Heppenheimer stated that the Massage Establishment to be located at 229 North Lafayette Boulevard, South Bend, Indiana, and the establishment to be located at 932 East Ireland Road, South Bend, Indiana, are not connected. To clarify the applicants compliance with ordinance requirements concerning the need for a diploma from a recognized school or in lieu thereof provided proof of experience as a massage technician for a period of three (3) years, Mr. Hill asked Board Attorney Carolyn V. Pfotenhauer to advise the Board on the technical compliance of the applications received for Massage Technician licenses from K. Gabrielse, 932 East Ireland Road, South Bend, Indiana, and Chung Sun Sin, 932 East Ireland Road, South Bend, Indiana. Ms. Pfotenhauer advised that Chong Sun Sin has provided a diploma but that diploma does not indicate the address or location of the school from which it was issued. She further indicated that K. Gabrielse did not provide a diploma and neither application indicated employment history, education or training. It was Ms. Pfotenhauer's determination that neither application met the ordinance requirements concerning training or education. Mr. Hill advised that the reports he has received from the Police Department contain information in regards to both applicants for Massage Technician licenses as well as to the applicants for Massage Establishment licenses He stated that the compilation of information concerning all of the above applicants has taken a considerable amount of time in that a number of other Police Departments had to be contacted for information. He advised that the Police Departments of Waterford, Kentwood, Wyoming, Grand Rapids, Saginaw City Police and Saginaw Township Police and Oakland Police Departments, all in the State of Michigan, were contacted for information. In regards to the Massage Technician license application for K. Gabrielse, Mr. Hill stated that the investigation revealed that Ms. Gabrielse was acting as the manager of the Japanese Sauna Club in Kentwood, Michigan in October of 1983. On October 31, 1983, she was charged with a violation of City Ordinance as a result of allowing a non -licensed massage technician to work at the establishment. She was fined as a result of that violation. Additionally, since 1979, there were three (3) arrests for solicitation and one (1) arrest for illegal sale of alcohol at the establishment. Concerning the applicant Chong Sun Sin, Mr. Hill advised that the inves`tig-ation indicated that information received from the Saginaw Township Police Department revealed five (5) arrests in relation to an oriental massage parlor in that community. One involved the applicant in the area of accosting for sex which occurred in the last several weeks. 0 1 1