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TAXICAB COMMISSION AGENDA

REGULAR MEETING

 

June 12, 2007 at 6:30 p.m.

City Hall,1 Dr. Carlton B. Goodlett Place               

Room 400

  1. Call to Order/Roll Call
  2. Consideration of Clean Air policy for Taxis [DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION]
  3. Consideration of the Consent Calendar. [ACTION]
  4. Organization of Charter Reform Working Group: Creating a Selection Panel [DISCUSSION AND ACTION]
  5. Disciplinary Hearing for Revocation of Color Scheme Permit for Union Cab Company for violation of Taxicab/Ramped Taxicab Rules and Regulations 5.A.1, 5.A.3, 5.A.4, 5.H.2, 5.H.3, 5.H.4, 5.H.6, 5.H.9, 5.H.15, 5.H.16, 5.H.17, 5.I.2, 5.I.3, 5.K.3., 5.C.2, 5.C.3, 5.C.5, 5.E.1.c, and MPC§1140(a), §1123(a), §1135.1(b)(ii), §1147.4, §1148.6(b), and §1187.1.  [DISCUSSION and POSSIBLE ACTION]
  6. Staff Report and Commissioner Announcements [INFORMATION]
  7. Removal of Tu Lam and John Nguyen from the Union Cab Company color scheme permit at Mr. Lam and Mr. Nguyen’s request [ DISCUSSION AND POSSIBLE ACTION]
  8. Public Comment (Please limit public comment to items NOT on the agenda).
  9. Adjournment

  

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 May 22, 2007 Taxicab Commission Meeting.

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

Ali Yaqin Abdalrahman

Darrin Trenton Brown

Mike Guan

Seid Seidov

Andrew Laurence Boyle

Darryl Guy Agurs

Mohammad Ibrahim Naz

Shahzad Kahlon

Angela Lyman

Dawite Debela Wondmu

Mohammed Marc Zaroual

Sukhmander Singh

Aziz Ahmed William Rohela

Deeq Mursal

Omokahai Benjamin Igtekhume

Surafel Asfaw Mengesha

Beverly Vivian Moy

Ephrem Joseph

Ram B. Acharya

Tadesse Alemayehu Ali

Brian J. Williams

Eugene O. Akamien

Robert Johnson

Theodore Mark Marshall

Cairo Brasil Machado

Jemal A. Hassen

Ronald Zi Ning Chen

Thiago Campos Rocha

Charles Edward Flippo

Joao M. Souza Rosa

Samy S. Alyasiry

Varish Ismail Shaikh

Darbara Singh

Maxwell Myozaw

Sebsibe Desta Baraki

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

Medallion Holder Name:

Medallion #:

Change:

1.  Thai Hoang Hong

1249

Union Cab to Fog City Cab

2.  Yen Ngoc Le

1209

Union Cab to Fog City Cab

3.  Leonard Charles Ribeiro

740

Royal Taxi to American Taxi

4.  Majid Ghorbani

1287

Crown Cab to Royal Taxi

5.  Amy Welch Chapman

684

Yellow Co-Op to Green Cab

6.  Yale Feder

1202

Metro Cab to Green Cab

D.            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.  Vincent J. Williams

6-450

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

Applicant Name:

New Company Name:

 Medallion #(s):

1.  Pablo L. Gravador & Floro Giron Asuncion

Skywest Taxi

536 & 211

2.  Saam Alaee Aryan, Mohamed Bathai & Firouz Ekdeloo Mahdavi

Six 2 Six Taxi

9037, 1157 & 419

F.             Consideration to Change Taxi Dispatch Service:

Color Scheme:

Change:

1.  Union Cab

Union Dispatch to Black & White Checker Dispatch

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

 Taxicab Permit Applicant:

List #:

Color Scheme:

Medallion Type:

1.  Abdel Sdaigui

 6-787

Luxor Cab

Ramp

H.            Consideration to Adopt the Executive Director’s decision regarding recommendation from the Hearing Officer:

               

(a)    Admonishment and fine for James Richard Gillespie, Medallion Number 987 in the amount of $1,680.00, for failure to drive under Municipal Police Code Section 1081(f). *

            Note: On remand, the hearing officer recommended a fine of $1463.32

(b)    Revoke Public Passenger Vehicle Permit, # 61311 held by Jacob Brettholz for violation of Taxicab/Ramped Taxicab Rules and Regulations 6.D.1.2 and 3.; 6.A.4 and 6.A.1.

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 June 26, 2007 hearing.

               

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

Medallion Holder Name:

Medallion #:

Change:

1. Azzam Rashad Ennazer

431

Yellow to Town Taxi

2. Wing Seek Tse

1128

Bay to Delta Cab

3.  Michael Chong

1040

Town to DeSoto Cab

4.  Kin C Ching

1009

Union to Delta Cab

5.  Elizabeth Ann Bertran

103

Luxor Cab to Desoto Cab

6.  Anthony Carl Scoma

104

Luxor Cab to DeSoto Cab

7.  Stephen H. Saw

1289

Union Cab to Town Taxi

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

Medallion Holder Name:

Medallion #:

New Company Name:

1.  Grasshopper Alec Kaplan

 9062

 Grasshopper Cab

C.            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.  Joseph Sierra

6-377

2.  Dennis Lawson

6-453

3.  Bruce Fehling

6-456

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

Taxicab Permit Applicant:

List #:

Color Scheme:

Medallion Type:

1.  Paul Vickers Ridley

6-449

National Cab

Regular

2.  Richard J. Leeds

6-455

Yellow Cab Co-Op

Regular

3.  Tom Sideris

6-452

Yellow Cab Co-Op

Regular

E.             Commission Request to Calendar

President Gillespie

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

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.

Would like for the bike coalition to speak to cyclist and taxi cab safety.

April 25 & July 11, 2006

December 2006

April 10, 2007

Application process for taxi stands with DPT.

April 25, 2006

Request to calendar enforcement of illegal limousines

September 26, 2006

Commissioner Oka

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

Would like a working group to be created to review ramp medallion applicants.

Review of Taxi School curriculum regarding sensitivity of disabled community.

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

Dispatch discussions

 February 13, 2007

May 22, 2007

Commissioner Oneto

Date of Request

Planned Hearing Date

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

November 22, 2006

December 12, 2006

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

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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