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TAXICAB COMMISSION AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING

 

February 13, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.

City Hall,1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place               

Room 400

  1. Call to Order/Roll Call
  2. Public Convenience and Necessity [INFORMATION and ACTION]
  3. Consideration of the Consent Calendar. [ACTION]
  4. Staff Report and Commissioner Announcements [INFORMATION]
  5. Public Comment (Please limit public comment to items NOT on the agenda).
  6. Adjournment

Taxicab Commission Agenda - Regular Meeting
February 13, 2007, 6:30 p.m. 
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400

 

CONSENT CALENDAR   

 

All matters listed hereunder constitute a Consent Calendar, are considered to be routine by the Commission and will be acted   upon by a single roll call vote of the Commission. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless a member of the Commission so requests, in which event the matter shall be removed from the Consent Calendar and considered as a separate item.

 

 

A.                  Consideration of the Minutes for the January 23, 2007 Taxicab Commission Meeting.

 

B.                   Recommendation of the Taxi Detail for consideration of Public Passenger Vehicle Driver permit to:

 

  • Adalberto Araujo Junior
  • Elena Bulgac
  • Marco Aurelio Vargas Santos
  • Adam Detrick Rogers
  • Fabio Henrique De Souza
  • Max Abesera
  • Alexandre Lopes Frazao
  • Frederick Shadracks
  • Nimer Abumarta
  • Anatoliy Arkadeivich Emmanuilov
  • Gavin J. George
  • Noman Abdo Ali
  • Avi Langer
  • Gurwinder Pal
  • Raphael Bernard Coeffic
  • Bikash Sainju
  • Ham Hwa Cho
  • Resham Singh
  • Billy Ray O'Neal
  • Harry A. Maung
  • Robert A. Collins
  • David Lew Wong
  • Jahsway Pernell
  • Sai Mon
  • Dipak Shahi Thakuri
  • James Richard Ferguson
  • Sameer Fahed Issa Beru
  • Djasur Makhkamov
  • Kenneth Alexander Small
  • Sandeep Tulachan
  • Uday Kumar Shetty
  • Tilak Bahadur Gurung

 

 

C.                   Consideration of the Taxi Commission to grant a Taxicab or Ramp Taxicab Medallion Holder Permit to:

 Taxicab Permit Applicant:

Medallion #:

Color Scheme:

1.  Philip Chiu

730

DeSoto Cab

2.  Ketema S. Ketema

805

Yellow Cab Co-Op

D.                  Consideration of the Taxi Commission to approve a Taxi Wrap Color Scheme for the following Color Scheme:

Color Scheme:

Luxor Taxi

Medallion #s:

 916, 966, 2210

Duration of Campaign:

March 1, 2007 – April 1, 2007

Advertiser:

The Economist

Color Scheme:

Luxor Taxi

Medallion #s:

 2228

Duration of Campaign:

March 6, 2007 – April 6, 2007

Advertiser:

Think London

 

E.                   Consideration of the Taxi Commission to grant a Color Scheme Change to:

Medallion Holder Name:

Medallion #:

Change:

1. Richard Hone Fee Lee

1017

United to Delta Cab

2. Jamshid Eslam Khajvandi

481

Yellow Cab to Royal Cab

3. Richard Arvin

997

Yellow Cab to Royal Cab

 

F.                   Consideration to Grant a Dispatch Permit to:

Applicant Name:

Dispatch Company Name

Name on FCC License

1.  Taso Zografos

SF Ramp Taxi Dispatch

Yellow Cab

 

G.                   Consideration of adopting findings in the Michael Merrithew ADA case

 

H.                  Consideration of  2007 Budget

 

I.                     Consideration of adopting Resolution 001-Creation of two Investigator positions

 

J.                    Consideration of adopting Resolution 002- Medallion fee increase

 

 

Taxicab Commission Agenda - Regular Meeting
February 13, 2007, 6:30 p.m.   
City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 400

NOTICE

 

This is not an agenda item for this meeting, but serves as a public notice.  The following individuals have filed and completed applications for Taxicab Medallion Holder Permits, Ramped Taxicab Medallion Holder Permits or Color Scheme Changes which will be reviewed and considered on the February 27, 2007 hearing.

               

A.            Consideration of the Taxi Commission to remove the following applicant name(s) from the Taxicab/Ramp Taxi waiting list in accordance with Municipal Police Code Section 1080(c)(2) for failure to respond and/or submit an application:

Applicant Name(s)

List #

1.  Abdulhadi Yassin

6-367

2.  Michael Chow

6-254

B.            Consideration of the Taxi Commission to grant a Color Scheme Change to:

Medallion Holder Name:

Medallion #:

Change:

1.  Michael Kipnis

1094

Luxor to B&W Checker

2.  Steven Dale Doherty

471

American Cab to Regents Cab

3.  Ronald Joseph Brothers

349

Luxor to Yellow

C.            Consideration of the Taxi Commission to grant Color Scheme to:

Applicant Name:

New Company Name:

 Medallion #:

Mark Gruberg

Green Cab

1106; other to be determined

D.            Commission Request to Calendar

President Gillespie

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

PC & N Hearing and Service Hearing

August 8, 2006

February 2007

Vice President Breslin

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

Request to calendar a service hearing regarding courtesy of drivers, cleanliness of cab, and quality of service.

April 25 & July 11, 2006

 

Application process for taxi stands with DPT.

April 25, 2006

 

Request to calendar a hearing on Jim Gillespie’s case.

May 23, 2006

 

 

Request to calendar consulting with DPT on expediting the process on placing the approved Macy’s Taxi Stand.

September 26, 2006

 

Request to calendar enforcement of illegal limousines

September 26, 2006

 

Commissioner Kwok

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

Commissioner Kwok requests to calendar a discussion on color schemes that want to change dispatch service from one company to another, that it be approved by the Commission. Also they must provide enough parking spaces for the cabs to change shifts.

June 13, 2006

 

Commissioner Paek

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

Request to calendar to work with the Art Commission on approving exterior and interior advertisement designs on taxicabs.

September 26, 2006

 

Commissioner Heinicke

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

Request to calendar a hearing to discuss recommending to the Board of Supervisors a plan for incentives for purchasing alternative fuel vehicles and an analysis what the savings are for drivers and taxi companies.

September 26, 2006

March 13, 2007

Commissioner Oneto

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

Request to discuss the monitoring & enforcement of gate fees charged to drivers

November 22, 2006

 

Review & discussion of qualifications for a medallion.  Specifically the test administered to prospective medallion holders.

 

Discussion & possible action to establish standard administrative penalties for companies that verify false waybills.

 

Further investigation of Union Cab - Eugene Shu

 

Hearing on the standards Police use to deny an A-card to a driver based on a criminal background

December 12, 2006

 

Public Comment may be limited to two minutes for a specific item number depending on the number of speakers.  Copies of the Commission’s “Procedures for Protesting the Prospective Issuance of a Taxicab/Ramped Taxi Permit (Medallion)” are available upon request at the San Francisco Police Taxicab Detail, 850 Bryant Street, Room 458, each Business day from 9am to 4pm (Documents distributed are in parenthesis) Copies of obtainable documents may be viewed or obtained at the San Francisco Police Taxicab Detail, 850 Bryant Street, Room 458.

ACCESSIBLE MEETING POLICY

 

Accessible seating for persons with disabilities (including those using wheelchairs) will be available.

 

Members of the public who wish to listen to, and/or participate in this meeting but are unable to physically attend, may call the Taxi Commission Bridge Line at (415) 554-9632.  Call after 6:30 pm and a staff person will handle requests to speak at the appropriate times on the agenda. 

 

Upon request, American Sign Language interpreters and/or sound enhancement systems will be available.  Please contact the Taxi Commission at (415) 503-2180, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.  Late requests will be honored if possible.

 

Upon request, minutes of meetings are available in alternative formats.  If you require the use of a reader during a meeting, please contact the Taxi Commission at (415) 503-2180, at least 72 hours prior to the meeting.  Late request will be honored if possible.

 

Individuals with severe allergies, environmental illness, multiple chemical sensitivity or related disabilities may call the Taxi Commission at (415) 503-2180 to discuss meeting accessibility.  In order to assist the City’s efforts to accommodate such people, attendees at public meetings are reminded that other attendees may be sensitive to various chemical based products.  Please help the City to accommodate these individuals.

 

The closest accessible BART station is located in the Civic Center at Market and Eighth Streets.  Accessible MUNI lines serving this location are Nos. 42 and 90.  For information about MUNI accessible services, call (415) 923-6142.

 

Accessible parking is available at the following locations: two (2) designated blue curb spaces on the southwest corner of McAllister Street at Van Ness Avenue; and the Performing Arts Garage (entrance on Grove Street between Franklin and Gough Streets, immediately behind the San Francisco War Memorial and Performing Arts Center).

 

KNOW YOUR RIGHTS UNDER THE SUNSHINE ORDINANCE

 

Government’s duty is to serve the public, reaching its decision in full view of the public.  Commissions, boards, councils and other agencies of the City and County exist to conduct the people’s business.  The Sunshine Ordinance assures that deliberations are conducted before the people and that City operations are open to the people’s review.  For more information on your rights under the Sunshine Ordinance (Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code) or to report a violation of the ordinance, contact Adele Destro, Interim Administrator by mail to Sunshine Ordinance Task force, City Hall, 1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place, Room 244, by phone at (415) 554-7724, by fax at (415) 554-7854 or by e-mail at sotf@sfgov.org  

Citizens interested in obtaining a copy of the Sunshine Ordinance can request a copy from Ms. Adele Destro or by printing Chapter 67 of the San Francisco Administrative Code on the Internet, at http://www.amlegal.com/sanfran/viewcode.htm

 

SAN FRANCISCO LOBBYIST ORDINANCE

 

Attention: Individuals and entities that influence or attempt to influence local legislative or administrative action may be required by the San Francisco Lobbyist Ordinance [SF Campaign & Governmental Conduct Code § 2.100] to register and report lobbying activity.  For more information about the Lobbyist Ordinance, please contact the San Francisco Ethics Commission at 30 Van Ness Avenue, Suite 3900, San Francisco, CA 94102; telephone (415) 581-2300; fax (415) 581-2317; web site: sfgov.org/ethics.

 

WARNING

The ringing of and use of cell phones, pagers, and similar sound-producing devices are prohibited at this meeting.  Please be advised that the Chair may order the removal from the meeting room of any person(s) responsible for the ringing or use of a cell phone, pager, or other similar sound producing electronic devices.  (San Francisco Administrative Code, sec. 67A.1)

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