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AGENDA
Meeting Location: Meeting Date and Time:
Mount Prospect Senior Center Tuesday, April 27, 1993
50 South Emerson Street 7:30 P.M.
J. CALL TO ORDER - ROLL CALL
II. ACCEPTANCE OF MARCH 15 AND MARCH 20, 1993
BUDGET WORKSHOP MINUTES
ACCEPTANCE OF MINUTES OF MARCH 23, 1993
III. CITIZENS TO BE HEARD
REVIEW AND DISCUSSION OF DRAFT PARENTAL
RESPONSIBILITY/KEG TAGGING ORDINANCES
For the past year and one-haif, a group of concerned citizens has been meeting
to address one of the Village's most painful problems, the tragic loss of young lives
as a result of underage drinking and driving. The group is calted TAP Mount
Prospect, which stands for Teens and Parents for a Better Mount Prospect (TAP-
MP).
The ad hoc group was originally formed when Mayor Farley called together
representatives from concerned families and community organizations to determine
if t~ere should be any community response to the problem of underage drinking
and driving Concerned parents, and representatives from our local School
Districts, our Park Districts, many of our churches, the Library and the Village have
all volunteered their time to the group. But some of the most valuable insights into
the problem were provided by a group of young adults representing local High
Schools and Junior High Schools.
TAP-MP seeks to promote youth as responsible citizens [n Mount Prospect
through the cooperative efforts of youth, families and concerned community
organizations such as churches, schools, park districts, library and Vitlage. The
name "TAP Mount Prospect" was chosen to emphasize tapping the resources of
. the Village to work together for a better community, one that provides a safe and
secure enwronmem for all citizens In the fall of 1992~ Trustee Clowes assumed
chairmanship of the group
During the course of the last few months, TAP-MP made several important
decisions about community response to youth issues, parenting issues, and law
enforcement issues (these were the three subcommittees that TAP-MP broke its
work into). This was done after hearing from representatives of OMNi, CRUSH
and Fignling Back about their programs and activities The group wanted to make
sure they were not duplicating programs and activities that were already in place;
they a~so wanted to take advantage of existing programs and resources.
Some of the projects and proposals that TAP-Mount Prospect is currently working
on include:
Youth Producing a combined youth calendar for the summer catied
"YO-Mount Prospect!" Emphasis will be on unscheduled,
affordable activities "YO-Mount Prospect!" stands for Youth
Organizations of Mount Prospect.
Parenting Educating parents, teens and pre-teens on the laws that affect
them in Mount Prospect. Wherever possible, take advantage
of existing parenting programs and other activities run by
CRUSH, OMNI and Fighting Back
Law Enforcement Drafting a Parental Accountability law for Mount Prospect that
makes parents responsible, through fines, for any underage
drinking that occurs in their homes whether they have prior
knowledge of it or not,
The TAP-Mount Prospect Law Enforcement Sub-Committee has produced a draft
of a Parental Accountability Ordinance which Trustee Clowes and TAP-Mount
Prospect members would like to present to the Village Board for their review and
comments. This Ordinance was drafted with the assistance of Village Attorney
Everette Hill after several meeLings of the Law Enforcement Sub-Committee
including a meeting with Judge James Geocaris, Chief Judge for the Third
Municipal District.
The work of the Law Enforcement Sub-Committee also included the drafting of a
Keg Tagging Ordinance in line with one suggested by Trustee lrvana VVilks. The
draft Ordinances have several points which require discussion and policy decisions
by the Board in order to achieve a final and acceptable version,
Your packet of information contains a memorandum from Trustee Ciowes outlining
the salient points of the Ordinances, identifying discussion points and policy fssues
which the Village Board will need to address. The draft Ordinances with alternate
language are also attached, Members of TAP-Mount Prospect will also be in
attendance to contribute to the discussion.
V MANAGER'S REPORT
VI ANY OTHER BUSINESS
VI', ADJOURNMENT