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1 Health and Public Safety Committee August 28,2000 Page 2 Council President Pfeifer inquired whether Council Member Ujdak's amendments would provide another tool to the Administration for enforcement and Council Member White inquired about the overall intent of the amendments. Council Member Aranowski stated that under-age dancers were often a problem when he was a member of the Alcoholic Beverage Commission. There would often be problems of false social security numbers and false driver's licenses. He thought that Council Member Ujdak's amendments may help address these concerns. Council Member Ujdak stated that he would offer the amendments as a friendly amendment to Substitute Bill No. 28-00. He noted that he had discussed the amendments with Mr. Broden last week. Council Member King stated that he did not want to muddy the waters with adding new amendments to the Substitute Bill. He stated that he did not know if they would complicate the Bill or not and asked the Legal Department for a response. Aladean DeRose stated that they may help with regard to underage dancers and she did not believe that they would detract from the Bill. She also noted that they may help the owners of adult businesses for better compliance Council Member Kirsits spoke in favor of including Council Member Ujdak's amendments. He stated that he believed that they were similar to the Delaware regulations. He stated that the Council has had Council Member's proposals since June which should have provided ample time for all concerned to review them. He noted that since one establishment has already made it known that they are going after 18 year olds as patrons that the amendments would be an asset. He also inquired about the language on page 4, 9 2 of the substitute bill where reference is made to"February 15, 199r. Following discussion, Council Member White made a motion, seconded by Citizen Member Isabelle Gonzalez that the last sentence of q 2 on page 4 be struck. The motion passed. Assistant City Attorney Aladean DeRose stated that after conferring with Mr. Broden and Mr. Dennis Staffelbach, that Council Member Ujdak's amendments may add confusion to the Bill. She stated that they may ultimately be good but could be added at a later time. City Attorney John Broden added that the City of Peoria had an ordinance where alias names were challenged several years ago. Mr. Dennis Staffelbach noted that as a general rule including licensing of managers would be an excellent idea. He suggested that if the city pursues this area that licensing of managers, dances and owners of such establishments be considered. Mr. Patrick Mangan noted that he had provided a memorandum on the final version of Substitute Bill No. 28-00 to the Council (copy attached) which he provided as a summary of why the bill should be passed this evening. Council Member White spoke in favor of substitute bill no. 28-00. She stated that she believes it is a strong ordinance. The timing of the amendments offered by Council Member Ujdak posed a problem which she thought could be acted upon at a later point in time.