R2005-64 DESIGNATING TAXI LICENSE HEARING OFFICER

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f .. .. , � ^ COUNCIL MEMORANDUM #2005-03 DATE: May 11, 2005 TO: Honorable Mayor Osborne and City Council FROM: Steve City Manager SUBJECT: Taxicab License Hearing Officer SUlVIlVIARY RECO�NDATION: Staff recommends approval of the proposed resolution appointing the City Manager or his designee as the hearing officer for all new taacicab license applications. BAC`KGROUND: Because new taacicab applications are, in fact, rare, there has never been a clear-cut definition of who should be responsible for holding the required public hearings on such applications and for reporting findings to the City Council. This, in turn, can create problems for applicants because of the timing of council meetings where such an appointment would have to take place and can significantly delay the application process (hearing must be scheduled, notice must be given in advance of the hearing to a11 city taxi owners, etc.) The proposed resolution would name the City Manager or his designee as the person responsible for carrying out the application process as is spelled out in Chapter 60 of the City Code when a license is requested and for reporting those findings to the Council. The Council, however,would still have the ultimate resaonsibilitv of voting to aaprove or denv the aoplication based on renorted inaut from the hearings and other desired research. POTENTIAL OBJECTIONS: None, as this is not a vote on the actual license,just the appointment of a heazing officer. STAFF REFERENCE: Wendy Morthland, Corporation Counsel at 424-2807 BUDGET/TIlVIE IlVIPLICATIONS: We currently have an applicant for a new license.