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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 14, 2011 Page 15 Ms. Donna Fass, one of the principle partners and representing Good Earth was present, having been associated with the firm almost since their inception. Ms. Fass assured Councilmembers that they took seriously the training and education of their servers and in being a good community member. Ms. Fass admitted to her anger, embarrassment and disappointment in this compliance failure; and their internal checks and balances in operations, as well as determining how this failure happened given their training emphases. Even though understanding the human element, Ms. Fass sincerely apologized to the City Council and assured them that the Good Earth, and their parent organization, Parasol Holdings took the failure seriously; and expressed the availability of Good Earth to do whatever the City Council deemed necessary for this situation. Ms. Fass introduced the others from Good Earth present with her tonight, including the Assistant Manager on Duty that night, and the Serve who had served the minor; noting her rationale in all at- tending and taking their personal responsibility seriously and in seeking the City Council's forgiveness. The Assistant Manager on Duty, Cindy, expressed her personal and sincere apol- ogy for the failure and her regret that legal requirements were not complied with; noting that this was not typical of performance at Good Earth, when they had not failed in over ten (10) years; and expressing her personal shock that it had oc- curred. Ms. Fass introduced the Server, Maggie, and advised that she had been suspended for one (1) week; and was now responsible for training other employees on the importance of checking identification; and reiterating the need for alcohol aware- ness and postings on site. On behalf of the City Council and the community, Mayor Roe expressed appreci- ation for the firms' conscientious training and their commitment to not serving minors. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Ms. Fass confirmed that the Good Earth required servers to card anyone under age 40; as well as posting that infor- mation throughout the establishment. Pust moved, Johnson seconded, approval to allow the Roseville Police Depart- ment to issue and administer the presumptive penalty as set forth in Roseville City Code, Section 302.15 for alcohol compliance failure by Good Earth Restaurant. Councilmember Johnson expressed his patronage and support of Good Earth, along with Councilmember Pust. Councilmember Johnson noted that, while he supported them as an institution in Roseville, as a City Councilmember he also had a responsibility to uphold. Councilmember Johnson expressed appreciation for the candor and honesty of those representing the Good Earth; and expressed