Agenda - December 14, 2005
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA TAXICAB COMMISSION
FULL COMMISSION MEETING
2041 Martin Luther King Jr Ave Room 204
Washington DC 20020-7024
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2005 AT 10 AM
I. Call to order
II. Moment of silence
III. Determination of a quorum
IV. Communications from the following:
- Chairperson and Members of the Commission
V. Reports from the following:
- The Chairperson
- Status of Hacker Examination
- Panel appointments
- Next meeting
- Issues to be addressed
- Timeframe for test resumption
- Taxicab Fare Increase
- Panel attendees
- Issues to be addressed (Permanent local and interstate increase)
- Timeframe for completion
- Update on Request for Interstate Fare Increase
- Elimination of Physical Exams for Not-for-Hires
- DC Good Samaritan.com
- The Superintendent of Insurance - Thomas Hampton
- The Attorney Advisor
- The Office of Taxicabs
- Raymond Workeman - Request to Add Hybrid SUV to Taxicab Fleet
- Tariq I. Gabr - Request to Add SUV to Taxicab Fleet
- Others
- Joan Bullock - Taxicab Operator Dress Code
- Anthony Muhammad - Concerns with DMV Inspection Station
- Aleme Tadesse – DCgoodsamaritan.com
VI. Approve Consent Calendar
- Emergency/Proposed Rulemaking to Amend Appendix 8-2 (Taxicab Zone Map and Charge - Proposes a permanent zone fare increase: an 18% increase in 1 zone fare; 15% increase in 2 and 3 zone fares; and a 10% increase in 4 to 8 zone fares)
- Final Rulemaking Requiring Taxicab Operators to Notify the Office of Taxicabs of a Change in Information within Five (5) Business Days and the Implementation of a One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) Fine for Failure to Comply - 31 DCMR § 822.8
- Final Rulemaking Amending Civil Fine Schedule for a Taxicab Operator's Failure to Notify the Office of Taxicabs of a Change in Information (Increasing the Fine from Twenty-Five Dollars ($25.00) to One Hundred Dollars ($100.00) - 31 DCMR § 825.1
- Final Rulemaking Terminating Fuel Surcharge for Taxicab Trips on January 8, 2006 - 31 DCMR Appendix 8-2
- Final Rulemaking Changing the Age Requirement for Licensed Taxicabs from Eight (8) Model Years to Ten (10) Model Years - 31 DCMR § 609.1
- Proposed Rulemaking Adding a Penalty Provision for Taxicab Company and Association's Failure to Timely File Information Under Section 501 - 31 DCMR § 501.5
- Proposed Rulemaking Adding a Penalty Provision for Limousine Organization's Failure to Timely File Information Under Section 501 - 31 DCMR § 1202.9
VII. Non-Consent Calendar
- Mandatory Testing for Limousine Drivers
- Requirements for Letters of Good Standing
VIII. Adjournment
Next meeting date: Wednesday, January 18, 2006
Public Hearing
- Proposed Rulemaking Allowing the Usage of Credit Cards in Taxicab Vehicles - 31 DCMR § 801.5
- Proposed Rulemaking Requiring Limousine Operators to Notify the Office of Taxicabs of Change in Information within Five (5) Business Days and the Implementation of a One Hundred Dollar ($100.00) Fine for Failure to Comply - 31 DCMR § 1201.6
- Proposed Rulemaking No Longer Requiring a Shop Area Adjacent to a Taxicab Company or Association's Administrative Office - 31 DCMR § 502.1
- Proposed Rulemaking Requiring the Name of the Owner and a Working Telephone Number on all Independent Taxicabs - 31 DCMR § 505.4
