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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 10, 2023 Page 11 443 wellness center for five years before opening up her business in Roseville. She 444 started her business in 2020. After COVID, she started back up and slowly came 445 back up to speed with her business. She explained her work is important and people 446 need the therapy that these businesses offer. She likes almost everything in the 447 proposed Ordinance, but more massage is needed and to put the cap at ten is not a 448 good thing as it will stop other people who may come out as students who are just 449 now getting back into massage. She asked the Council to reconsider the cap at ten 450 and an alternative might be to have something separate for sole proprietors which 451 might help with the regulations. 452 453 Ms. Tonnie McCloney, Owner of Optimal Wellness 454 Ms. McCluney indicated if the City caps the massage therapy at ten, her business 455 and Ms. LauerÓs business are essentially two of the ten and the cap would only 456 allow eight more facilities in the entire City of Roseville. She did not understand 457 that and felt the cap is a problem. She indicated they were just through a health 458 crisis in the last three years. People are conscious of their health and wellness and 459 are going to be reaching out more to people that are providing alternative care and 460 utilizing salons so if anything, they need more legitimate services in Roseville, not 461 fewer. She thought there needed to be another solution because the cap does not 462 make sense to her. 463 464 Mr. Roger Hess, Wagner Place 465 Mr. Hess explained it is great to make sure that everyone who is working in 466 Roseville is legitimate and the City can easily do that without destroying the whole 467 industry. The City does not need to limit the number of massage therapy businesses, 468 just get rid of the bad ones. He explained right now the industry is supporting 24 469 locations in the City and if the total is decreased to ten, where will all of the clients 470 go. He indicated people need massage and there are alternate ways to make sure 471 the businesses are legitimate and a charge should not equal a revocation unless the 472 person is actually guilty of the crime. 473 474 Mayor Roe closed the public comment. 475 476 Mayor Roe stated the biggest question the Council has before them is capping the 477 number of establishment licenses or not and what the cap should be if there is one. 478 479 Councilmember Strahan thought it was more important for people to know that this 480 is not a new Ordinance. There is an Ordinance in place and right now the limit is 481 twenty-four. She thought it was important to understand that the current limit is 482 twenty-four and should be the starting point. 483 484 Councilmember Groff indicated he was very concerned with the caps, especially 485 with hearing from these very legitimate businesspeople talking about their busi- 486 nesses and how this would affect their business. This is exactly the thing he does 487 not like to see government getting involved in, over regulating things and trying to