HomeMy WebLinkAbout17089 - RESOLUTIONS - 4/4/1990 PESOLIITIOP! \U. 17089
OF TNF CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY CF PALM
SPRINGS, CA,LIFOPNIA, 010101AI0110 TEMPO-
RARY TAXI I ICENSING IN THE EVENT OF A
WORK STOPPAGE BY DESERT TRANSPORTATION,
INC. , dba DESERT CAB.
WHEREAS, on September P, 1g87, the City Counci '. granted to Desert
Transportatior, Inc. , dba Desert Cab., a license to operate and maintain
taxicab .service over, along and upen all City- streets ; and
V.NEFFAS the license regV res "Licensee shall provide a sufficient
number of operatirg. . . .vehicle
s to serve the public ccnvenience and
necessity. Such public convenience and necessity shall be deemed to be
' served by Grantee when calls for service are responded to, and passen-
gers picked up, within fifteen (15) minutes of each call for, service
eighty-five (85) percent of the tame. " ; and
PPEPEAS the City Cmmcil has received -information that picketing or
sons other type of work-stoppage job action may he instituted by the
drivers of Desert Cnb; and
WHEREAS the City Courcil -Finds that any such, job acl iou which results
In the the service levels for public convenience and necessity not
h0 rg met shall be ground. for temp%,rary licensing of additional cab
c0mPe11ieq as an emergency r„easure. Said temporary licensing shall 0-
continued only a` long as necessary to meet the public cervenienCE and
necessity for the duraticr of any stoppage due to said job action; and
WHEREAS nhe City Courcil finds that it is not its intention to abrogate
Desert Cub ' s rights as &Fined in Article III nV License Agreement
0475, but that its intention is to ensure that tynica.b service will be
available to the treveliny public,
NCL THEREFORE RE it kESOLVED hl the City Council of tic City of Pa Ln
Sprinqs as follows:
Scc00n 1. That, in the event of a work stoppage nr other job actior
resultirq in response within 15 mirutes of each call for
service Psi of the time not briny met, the City Manager or
his Designee is hereby authorized to issue emergency
licenses to additional cab companies in order to meet the
public convenience and Necessity.
Sertion 2. That emergenry licensees shall be licensed properly within
the Cit" I& the Palm Springs Regional Airport, and shall
be responsibin for payment of a License Fee of four
percent, of gross , and an Airport Fee of $1 ,00, per trip,
to the Airport.
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Section 2. That the temporary l , censing shall terminate as soon Lis
Desert Crab resumes meeting the response time as specified
ir• License Agreement #1475.
ADOPTED this 4th day or April_, 1990.
AYES: Councilmembers Apfelbaum, Broich, Foster, Neel and Mayor Bono
NOES: None
PBSENT: None
ATTEST:
CITY OF PALM SPRINGS, CALIFORNIA
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REVtI_IuEO ARPRONED_��c_��
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