| Date of Meeting: |
Tuesday, June 9, 1998 and |
Enquiry: Candy Davidovits
Wednesday, June 10,
1998Committee Secretary |
| Time: |
9:30 a.m. |
395-7362
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| Location: |
Council Chamber
2nd Floor, Metro Hall
55 John Street
Toronto |
Fax: 395-7337
E-Mail: cdavidov@
city.north-york.on.ca
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DECLARATIONS OF INTEREST PURSUANT TO
THE MUNICIPAL CONFLICT OF INTEREST ACT.
CONFIRMATION OF MINUTES. (MONDAY, MAY 4, 1998 AND MONDAY, MAY 11, 1998)
COMMUNICATIONS/REPORTS.
1.NOTICE OF PUBLIC MEETING.
Councillor Denzil Minnan-Wong, Don Parkway
(May 29, 1998)
Forwarding a copy of a Notice of the Public Meeting of the Task Force to Review the Taxi Industry, which was distributed
to the key contacts in the industry and individuals that have registered an interest on this topic.
2.PLAN TO REFORM THE TAXI INDUSTRY.
Councillor Howard Moscoe, North York Spadina
(May 12, 1998)
Proposing the following measures:
(1)Advise all present owners that their plates will be grandfathered. In the case of individuals they can continue to hold
them for life. They can be passed on to spouses and minor children, but they continue to be the property of the City and
must be returned if they cease to be operated by the lessor. In the case of corporations, they will be grandfathered for a
period of not more than ten years.
(2)There will be a designated five-year period in which plates may be sold or leased. After that period the only agencies
that will be permitted to lease out plates will be the Council of the City of Toronto, and those who hold grandfathered
plates.
(3)The Council will offer to lease back plates from any owners. For the first two plates leased back, the City will pay $500
a month, for the second two $400 a month, for the third two $300 a month, and for the remaining $200 a month. These
payments would be guaranteed for life to individuals, their spouses and minor children. Plates held by corporations and
numbered companies would be non-transferable, and in the case of corporations or numbered companies the payments
would terminate after a fixed period of time (say ten years).
(4)The City would in turn lease the plates to drivers, from the drivers' list, for $500 per month, on condition that:
a)The person who leases the plates must hold a valid taxi driver's licence.
b)That person must drive the plates himself/herself, as their principal occupation. They can hire a second shift driver, but
no more than one other.
c)If at anytime they cease to fulfill (b) they must return the plate to the City for re-lease.
(5)The owners' list would be abolished and the drivers' list would continue.
3.COMMUNICATIONS RECEIVED ON THIS ISSUE.
(a)Captain Douglas K. Campbell, Mariner, Poet, Pub., Pilot
(March 20, 1998)
(b)Mr. Stephen Adams
(March 25, 1998)
(c)Mr. Mike Leveque
(April 2, 1998)
(d)Mr. Robert Donaldson, President, Fareport Capital Inc.
(May 20, 1998)
(e)Mr. Alasdair Moore
(May 27, 1998)
(f)Mr. Stan Steiner, Taxicab Consulting Services
(May 29, 1998)
(g)Mr. Lawrence Eisenberg, President, The Toronto Taxicab Owners and Operators Association
(June 1, 1998)
4.RESCHEDULING OF JUNE 22, 1998 MEETING.
(A Special Meeting of City Council has been scheduled for June 22 and 23, 1998. Members are requested to reschedule the
June 22, 1998 of the Task Force to another date.)
ANY OTHER MATTERS. [Agenda index]
