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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,November 14, 2011 Page 17 Even though the consequences seemed harsh to her, Councilmember McGehee expressed her appreciation of Chili's no tolerance policy; and suggested posting at the site to calculate ages of patrons and driver's license years if that would help. At the request of Councilmember McGehee, Lt. Rosand confirmed that the under- age compliance checker was 20 years old; and clarified that under-age driver's li- censes and identification clearly stated the age of the person; with concurrence by Mr. Keske. Mr. Van Ness, as General Manager at Chili's, also expressed his personal apolo- gy; and as the Manager on Duty that night, expressed his initial shock when told by the bartender that they had failed the sting; when policies were clearly in place and the server had received the training. Mr. Van Ness reviewed the multiple places listing dates of those age 21 and under that was very visible to servers; and the regulation that anyone under 25 needed to be double-checked by the Manager on Duty; and noted that on that night, neither of those was followed by the server. Councilmember Johnson complimented Mr. Keske and Mr. Van Ness on their demeanor in coming forward tonight; and for recognizing the issue; and expressed confidence and his favorable impression in Chili's initiative to change their train- ing to January. Councilmember Johnson recognized that mistakes happen; how- ever, he opined that the City Council could not afford to have them happen in its community. Johnson moved, Willmus seconded, approval to allow the Roseville Police De- partment to issue and administer the presumptive penalty as set forth in Roseville City Code, Section 302.15 for alcohol compliance failure by Chili's Restaurant. Roll Call Ayes: Willmus; Pust; Johnson; McGehee; and Roe. Nays: None. Mayor Roe noted, specific to this request as well as several others, there remained the question of training violations as addressed in the RCA, lines 31-32 regarding violation of City Code, Section 302.08 for Manager and Server Training and fail- ure to comply with that provision being sufficient grounds for denial or non- renewal of a requested license in 2012. Mayor Roe consulted City Attorney Bar- tholdi on whether additional notice, beyond that of tonight's meeting, was re- quired to alert the firm of this potential denial. City Attorney Bartholdi recommended additional notice specific to that offense for Section 302.08; since the initial notice on the Public Hearing was sent to all li- cense holders and was specific to renewal, not specific to this actual sale viola- tion.