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• <br />81 788. 3 ` <br />TO: Mayo: and City Council <br />�,��FROM: Mark Bernhardson, City Administrator BUG 2^ <br />DATE: August 17, 198B U 9 OF CR9t <br />!"UBJECT: Underage Consumption <br />Attachment: A. Underage Consumption Memo Dated 10/88 <br />B. City of Edina Ordinance °9.05 <br />C. NPw `fork Times Article Dated 8'; -id <br />ISSUE - Underage consumption. <br />INTRODUCTION - At the Council's July 11 and 25, 1988 meetings <br />Councl1 held discussions relating to an ordinance amendment to <br />make it a misdemeanor for adults to allow consumption of alcohol <br />by underage individuals on premises they control. i,he Council <br />felt the language 4as overbroad as presented and perhaps too <br />intrusive. The Council tabled the matter for mcre input. <br />D_IS_C_USS_ION - Tn an effort to provide further information on -the <br />matter Chief Ki ] bo will be present that evening to addre:: ; any <br />questions you may have regarding this matter. In additio:, the <br />staff is looking to see if them_ is other language that -nay be <br />more acceptable to the Council in this matter and perhaps the <br />City of Edina's recently enacted ordinance provides a guide in <br />trying to limit the situations in which such an ordinance would <br />be iised. The attached article address-s the problem on a <br />Nat- onwide basis and mentions the DARE program that Orono, Mound <br />and Minnetrista will be commencing thi•5 fall DARE (Drug Abase <br />Resistance Education) is focused on 5th -6th gra,-er:, to build <br />s,lf esteem to resist peer pressure. Additionally relates <br />information would be given to K-4 3s part of the ongoing "Officer <br />Friendly" program. <br />Additionally there is the possibility to get public comment <br />through the use of the Mayor's Article over the next month. <br />A °NATIVES - <br />1. Accept the information as presented <br />2. Give :taff further thoughts -)n the matter <br />3. Tablo for public ' —it <br />4. Table indefinitely <br />5. Take no action <br />RECOMMENDATION - It is recommended that the C:.,: cif ccept the <br />information giving staff direction as to winethe a mos � nai rowly <br />drafted ordinance is the type cf diiect'-n th,t makes se -se to <br />ahem and whether they would like a-lditional pu._ lic input on the <br />matter. <br />PPOPOSED MOTION - Moves'. by __, 3econded by at the Council <br />having given comments to the staff recommenc' it the item be <br />tabled to the 7ctoher 10, 1938 Counci meet i 'eyes _ Nays <br />