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File #: 20-485    Version: 1 Name:
Type: Staff Report Status: Passed
File created: 10/8/2020 In control: Council
On agenda: 10/26/2020 Final action: 10/26/2020
Title: Taxi Application - V.I.P. Taxi
Attachments: 1. Attachment No. 1 - PTB Municipal Notice - Taxi Application (V.I.P. Taxi)

REQUEST FOR DECISION

 

DATE:                       October 8, 2020                     Report No. ADM-20-026

TO:                       Laurie Hurst, Chief Administrative Officer                                           

FROM:                      Rachel Dumas, Manager of Corporate Services

SUBJECT:

 

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Taxi Application - V.I.P. Taxi

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RECOMMENDATION:

 

Recommendation

That Council provide comments, if any, pertaining to the taxi application for V.I.P. Taxi Service or taxi services in general, as set out in Staff Report ADM-20-026, and direct staff to forward the comments to the Passenger Transportation Board for consideration of the application.

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RELEVANT POLICY:

 

Passenger Transportation Act

Community Charter s.59

Business Licence and Regulation Bylaw, 2013, No. 2810

 

STRATEGIC RELEVANCE:

 

This Request for Decision does not directly relate to a specific Council Strategic Priority. 

 

BACKGROUND:

 

Attached is a Municipal Notice of a Taxi Application from the Passenger Transportation Board. The Board is requesting comments within 30 days of receipt of the Notice (by October 30th, 2020), in order to be able to consider the Township’s comments prior to making a decision on the application from Dumitru Constantinescu, carrying on business as V.I.P. Taxi. 

 

ISSUES: 

 

Rationale for Selected Option

The applicant is requesting approval to provide a new taxi service with a fleet size requested of one conventional taxi servicing the Capital Regional District area. Details of the application are set out in attached Notice [Attachment No. 1].

 

2.  Organizational Implications

There are no organizational implications.

 

3.  Financial Implications

There are no financial implications.

 

4.                     Sustainability & Environmental Implications

There are no sustainability or environmental implications.

 

5.  Communication & Engagement 

Once Council has provided its comments, if any, on the application staff will provide those to the Passenger Transportation Board for its consideration within the time-frame requested. After an applicant sends its municipal notices and submits its application, the Board publishes the application in the Board’s “Weekly Bulletin.”  Bulletins are published on Wednesdays and may be viewed online at: <http://www.th.gov.bc.ca/ptb/bulletins.htm>.

 

ALTERNATIVES:

 

1.                     That Council provide comments, if any, pertaining to the taxi application for V.I.P. Taxi Service or taxi services in general, as set out in Staff Report ADM-20-026, and direct staff to forward the comments to the Passenger Transportation Board for consideration of the application.

 

2.                     That Council provide further direction to staff.