Supporting to Reduce Underage Drinking Calling upon the Alcohol Outlets by Bassing Appropriate State Legislation

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SOU it) 8F i/fj /4O • \ City of South Bend a� Common Council 1865 . 441 County -City Building . 227 W. Jefferson Blvd South Bend, Indiana 46601 -1830 Charlotte D. Pfeifer February 23, 2005 President (574) 235 -9321 Fax (574) 235 -9173 TDD (574) 235 -5567 http: //w ci.south- bend.in.us Karen L. White Members of the Common Council Vice - President 4h Floor County -City Building South Bend, Indiana 46601 Roland Kelly Chairperson, Committee Re: Resolution Addressing Alcohol Outlets of the Whole Dear Council Members: Derek D. Dieter First District Recently the Council received a letter from Steve Bagbey, the President Charlotte D. Pfeifer of the Evansville Common Council, asking our Common Council to Second District consider adopting a resolution which would be aimed at helping to stop the proliferation of alcohol permits for gas stations and convenience Roland Kelly stores. Third District In yesterday's edition of the South Bend Tribune there was an article Ann Puzzello entitled "Liquor Sales Limit Sought" (copy attached) which noted that the Fourth District City of LaPorte may soon be acting upon a resolution similar to the one adopted by Evansville. David Varner Fifth District Based on the research done to date, there is a great deal of information on Ervin Kuspa the effects of alcohol and its availability. The attached resolution Sixth District highlights some of the information from the Indiana Coalition to Reduce Underage Drinking (ICRUD) and the Indiana Prevention Resource Center Al "Buddy' Kirsits (IPRC) which set forth alarming statistics for the state of Indiana. At Large Additionally, in an article entitled "Actual Causes of Death in the United States, 2000), as reported in the Journal of the American Medical Timothy A. Rouse Association dated March 10, 2004, deaths caused from alcohol was the 3 At Large leading cause in America. Last year, USA Today had an article it its Karen L. White October 7, 2004 edition entitled "Five Binge - Drinking Deaths `Just The At Large Tip of the Iceberg "' (copy attached) which focused upon the "culture of drinking on campuses ". Kathleen Cekanski - Farrand Council Attorney The Indiana Prevention Resource Center statistics for the state of Indiana on binge drinking which is defined as "the consumption of five or more alcoholic drinks at one sitting ", for the 1999 calendar year revealed: 18 % of 8s' graders in Indiana (13.7% national average) 29% of 108i graders in Indiana (24.3% national average) 37% of 12s' graders in Indian a (31.5% national average)