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Regular City Council Meeting Monday,April 10, 2023 Page 11 the therapy that these businesses offer. She likes almost everything in the proposed Ordinance,but more massage is needed and to put the cap at ten is not a good thing as it will stop other people who may come out as students who are just now getting back into massage. She asked the Council to reconsider the cap at ten and an alter- native might be to have something separate for sole proprietors which might help with the regulations. Ms. Tonnie McCloney, Owner of Optimal Wellness Ms. McCluney indicated if the City caps the massage therapy at ten, her business and Ms. Lauer's business are essentially two of the ten and the cap would only allow eight more facilities in the entire City of Roseville. She did not understand that and felt the cap is a problem. She indicated they were just through a health crisis in the last three years. People are conscious of their health and wellness and are going to be reaching out more to people that are providing alternative care and utilizing salons so if anything, they need more legitimate services in Roseville, not fewer. She thought there needed to be another solution because the cap does not make sense to her. Mr. Roger Hess, Wagner Place Mr. Hess explained it is great to make sure that everyone who is working in Roseville is legitimate and the City can easily do that without destroying the whole industry.The City does not need to limit the number of massage therapy businesses, just get rid of the bad ones. He explained right now the industry is supporting 24 locations in the City and if the total is decreased to ten,where will all of the clients go. He indicated people need massage and there are alternate ways to make sure the businesses are legitimate and a charge should not equal a revocation unless the person is actually guilty of the crime. Mayor Roe closed the public comment. Mayor Roe stated the biggest question the Council has before them is capping the number of establishment licenses or not and what the cap should be if there is one. Councilmember Strahan thought it was more important for people to know that this is not a new Ordinance. There is an Ordinance in place and right now the limit is twenty-four. She thought it was important to understand that the current limit is twenty-four and should be the starting point. Councilmember Groff indicated he was very concerned with the caps, especially with hearing from these very legitimate businesspeople talking about their busi- nesses and how this would affect their business. This is exactly the thing he does not like to see government getting involved in, over regulating things and trying to solve a problem with the wrong answer. Having heard this and not having any hard data about how many arrests the City has had or how many cases inspected,he does not favor a cap right now.