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Regular City Council Meeting Monday, April 10, 2023 Page 12 488 solve a problem with the wrong answer. Having heard this and not having any hard 489 data about how many arrests the City has had or how many cases inspected, he does 490 not favor a cap right now. 491 492 Mayor Roe asked if Councilmember Groff would want to go away from a cap of 493 twenty-four. 494 495 Councilmember Groff indicated that was correct. 496 497 Councilmember Etten agreed with much of what Councilmember Groff said but he 498 was not sure about no cap. He was not prepared to reduce the number at this time 499 for reasons that have been stated by multiple people. He appreciated giving addi- 500 tional tools to staff and the Police Department to ensure that there are quality, safe 501 businesses and that the people in the businesses are healthy and safe. 502 503 Councilmember Strahan stated she wanted to echo Mr. HessÓs concern that a charge 504 should not equal a revocation. The one transfer in a five-year period she struggles 505 with and she is not in a position to change the cap, also because she does not feel 506 comfortable adding additional for one business right now because that certainly can 507 be seen as preferential because they came forward and were the loudest. She was 508 comfortable with leaving the cap where it is right now but wants it to be known that 509 it does not include clinics or chiropractic massage and that the City is not forcing 510 fourteen businesses to close. The goal would be to eventually get down to a cap of 511 ten or whatever the cap would be. 512 513 Councilmember Schroeder explained she was glad to hear that everyone was in 514 support of stricter regulations and thought the City could actually end up doing 515 better law enforcement with the stricter regulations. She was very much in favor 516 of the stronger regulations and maybe even to go further on some of that. She was 517 a little concerned about the transferring piece because she did not think any other 518 type of business is restricted by that. She thought limiting the number seemed ar- 519 bitrary. She was all for having well established good businesses come into Rose- 520 ville and appreciated the thought about owner operators being in a separate 521 class. But she did think limiting the number would help to lessen the bad 522 businesses, and stricter regulations will help. She indicated she is struggling with 523 the cap as well. 524 525 Mayor Roe indicated he joined with Councilmember Groff and probably being the 526 most radical about the cap in terms of not having one. He has raised this question 527 throughout the process; what is this tool solving. He thought the Council heard 528 very much from people in the industry that everything else the City is trying to do 529 with the Ordinance is aimed at and will likely be successful to a greater degree 530 in terms of resolving the issues that are out there in the industry than the cap. 531 He personally will go along with what the Council agrees on regarding the cap but he is against keeping a cap. He thought it seemed that the majority of the Council