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REQUEST FOR COUNCIL ACTION Department Appr val: Manager Approval: � GM.0 _. C--\'� � Item Description: BACKGROUND Date: 3/27/00 Item No.: J- 1 Agenda Section: Ordinances and Resolutions Review Draft Changes in Roseville Liquor License Requirements Currently, for a first offense a seller to an underage purchaser receives an Administrative Offense Ordinance citation for $100.00. If that same person commits a similar violation within the year, the fine is raised to $125.00. For a first offense, the license holder receives an Administrative Offense Ordinance citation for $150.00. A second violation within the year results in a two-day suspension of the establishment's liquor sales. A third violation results in a five-day suspension. In 1998, we conducted two alcohol sales compliance checks. The first check resulted in 22 failures out of 38 license checks. The second check resulted in 13 failures in 38 checks. A marked improvement. Six establishments failed twice and received a two-day alcohol sales suspension. In 1999, we conducted two alcohol compliance checks. The first check resulted in eight failures out of 38 checks; the second check resulted in three failures in 39 checks, an improvement over last year. Over the last four compliance checks, six establishments have passed all four compliance checks; Fairviev� Liquors, Tower Glen Liquor, Network Liquor, Byerly's, B-Dale Club and the Midland Hills cc. Compliance checks are working. A number of communities are including "Responsible Beverage Server Training" as part of their liquor licensing requirements. This addition would include mandatory server training related to age of sales violations. The City could develop the training and require the establishments to provide that training within a specified time period to all the employees involved in liquor sales. If an establishment fails a compliance check but shows they compiled with the training requirements, the license holder would receive a warning letter stating the next failure would result in a two day license suspension. The establishment would not receive a fine for the first violation. Roseville alcohol beverage establishments have been working to achieve compliance. Their efforts can be undercut by non-compliant employees who bear little responsibility for a license. Part of the ordinance change would be to raise the seller's fine to $150.00 or $200.00. The extra penalty would serve to sharpen the seller's duty to ask far ID and refuse sales if the person is under 2 1. Another aspect of the ordinance revision would include setting receipt requirements for home delivery