File #: 2005-0365    Version:
Type: Motion Status: Passed
File created: 8/22/2005 In control: Labor, Operations and Technology Committee
On agenda: Final action: 8/29/2005
Enactment date: Enactment #: 12190
Title: A MOTION approving a project report for an accessible taxicab demonstration project.
Sponsors: Jane Hague, Carolyn Edmonds
Indexes: Taxicabs
Attachments: 1. Motion 12190.pdf, 2. 2005-0365 revised staff report Accessible Taxi Council Action.doc, 3. A. Accessible Taxicab Demonstration Project Report dated August 29, 2005, 4. A. Accessible Taxicab Demonstration Project Report dated August 29, 2005, 5. A. Accessible Taxicab Demonstration Project Report, 6. A. Accessible Taxicab Demonstration Project Report, dated August 22, 2005
Drafter
Clerk 08/25/2005
Title
A MOTION approving a project report for an accessible taxicab demonstration project.
Body
      WHEREAS, the 2005 Budget Ordinance, Ordinance 15083, CIP Attachments, included a transit capital improvement program accessible taxis project, and
      WHEREAS, this project would provide county-owned accessible vehicles with wheelchair securement capability to local taxicab operators for a limited period demonstration project, and
      WHEREAS, this project would: test the economic viability of privately owned and operated wheelchair accessible taxicabs providing on-demand service to private-pay passengers at taximeter rates, assess the demand for such service, and estimate the number of accessible taxicabs needed to provide responsive service, and
      WHEREAS, the executive has transmitted an ordinance that would make several changes to the taxi licensing provisions of the King County Code to enable an accessible taxicab demonstration project to proceed, and
      WHEREAS, the 2005 adopted budget included a proviso restricting the expenditures on such a project until the council has approved by motion a report and proposal for an accessible taxicab demonstration program, and
      WHEREAS, the executive has now transmitted a project report on the accessible taxicab demonstration project for the council's review in the form of Attachment A to this motion;
      NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT MOVED by the Council of King County:
 
      The accessible taxicab demonstration project report, Attachment A to this motion, is hereby approved.
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