City of Alexandria, Virginia
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MEMORANDUM
DATE: MARCH 5, 2014 REVISED
TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL
FROM: RASHAD M. YOUNG, CITY MANAGER /s/
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Introduction and First Reading. Consideration. Passage on First Reading of a Proposed Amendment to Title 9 (Licensing and Regulation), Chapter 12 (Taxicabs and Other Vehicles For Hire), Division 2 (Certificates Of Public Convenience And Necessity) of The Code of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, 1981, as Amended.
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ISSUE: How to handle Grandfathered taxicab certificates upon the retirement of the holder to that certificate, and how to manage the issue of driver transfers among taxicab companies.
RECOMMENDATION: That City Council: (1) hold the public hearing, second reading and final passage on March 15, 2014, and adopt the ordinance (Attachment 2) which will allow certain grandfathered certificates to become permanently affiliated with a company when the driver retires; and, (2) reject [as recommended by the Taxicab Taskforce] the Tenants and Workers United proposal to liberalize the taxicab driver transfer process.
BACKGROUND: On May 14, 2013, the City Council passed Resolution 2558 (Attachment 3) creating a Taxicab Taskforce to review and make recommendations to City Council on the following three issues:
1. "The March 8, 2013 Tenants and Workers United (TWU) proposal to liberalize the taxicab driver transfer process;
2. The Traffic and Parking Board's proposal to allow grandfathered certificates to become permanently affiliated with the company with whom the driver is affiliated when the grandfathered certificate holder retires; and,
3. The issue of the operation of cab companies which operate below the Code required thresholds."
The Taxicab Taskforce forwarded the following recommendations to City Council on November 12, 2013:
Issue #1 - Tenants and...
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