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Regular City Couna:il Meeting Monday, January 1.4, 200 Page 4 Roll Call Ayes: Pust; Roe; Kough; Ihlan; and Klausing. lOTays: None. S. Consider Items Removed from Consent 9, Goner•al ®rdinances a. Discussion of an ®rdinance Relating to Social Plosting Councilmember Pust provided background information on a proposed ordinance that would allow law enforcement to impose criminal responsibility by charging an individual hosting an underage drinking party; with the intent to serve as a de- terrent effect and reduce the number of such parties, hopefully reducing the num- bers of teens and young adults choosing to use alcohol. Councilmember Pust noted that this was simply to serve as an introduction of a draft ordinance for Council consideration; with specific ordinance language developed for future ac- tion. Michelle Edwards, a Counselor with School District 623 at the Roseville Area High School, and a former Chemical Health Coordinator, provided a presentation on drug and alcohol issues of students, and comparisons between a 2001 and 2004 Student Survey, of 6`h, 9th and 12th graders. Ms. Edwards noted that the 2007 Stu- dent Survey had just become available, and would provide additional statistics and comparisons from the previous two studies. Ms. Edwards' presentation provided male and female demographics; race/ethnicity; selected benchmarks (i.e., substance use, signs of distress, school climate, substance abuse among family members, binge drinking, and other risk behaviors) and their relationship in chemical abuse issues; and comparisons with regional school districts and state-wide figures. City of Roseville Police Chief Carol Sletner was also present, and provided her perspective, and advantages in such an ordinance; providing specifics of past in- cidents where the City's Police Department was limited under current law, and inability to enforce, if everyone present denies that adults furnished alcohol. Chief Sletner opined that other communities would be adopting similar ordi- nances throughout the state, noting several conununities that had adopted such an ordinance, and that this would serve as another tool for the Department's use in reducing underage alcohol consumption. Councilmember Pust noted that several model ordinances were included as infor- mation in the Council packet.