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very bad no one's making any money because if you wave the fee how about next year i don't think the business will get better unless you recollect tmcs. >> so you going to do it again and again and maybe find some permanent solution to the tmcs regulate some of them other thing i want to say waving the airport pickup truck u pickup fee if two to $4 i understand the cost of doing business is going up i can live with that but it must be built into the meter if you don't then you charge people $4 extra and the airport says oh, that's your tip i can't give a tip i gave you $4 already i see that
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happening all the time people when i'm charging them $2 they say what's the $2 they say that's the airport fee and they don't have any more money. >> hello commissioners. i'm against the fee as well i'm a prop k derivative and i think at this time we need unity and not differentiate between employee and prop k drivers it is a form of age discrimination too, and i think i would reiterate what the gentleman said and mr. rosen said. >> >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon.
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>> hi good afternoon director reiskin and fellow directors i'll speak fast one about the a card i want to point out that if you're not going to get provided enforcement to the level necessary to protect the ability to do our job and safely and fairly why should we pay the fees and thank you, eric that goes out to the cal train station it's not enough hours and time i thank you the ball games their occupying our - when we leaves his post all of a sudden all hell breaks loss why pay for the a cards i want to thank you for considering the waving of this and hopefully cooperation if the sfmta
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division of taxis pre k is doing a great job but didn't know when the meeting are happening and the airport fee if you forced it was not listed on the agenda not a pass through it is a pass through we're paying the $5 so it is really listed properly and what's happening i appreciate director heinecke's comments, however, not bans how the some system is working we don't see good enforcement the tmcs are blocking the ramps and ask you or have you pass a resolution and support this increase until we see the airport doing better enforcement but you'll take more money out of your pockets it are hard to collect the four or $5
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it is hard to do it. >> thank you. >> (calling names) >> good afternoon. >> you listed a public comment on matters on the agenda a different item it is items 11 and 12. >> oh that's (inaudible). >> good afternoon. >> thank you directors regarding item 12 i want to thank you all for being gracious and generous on behalf of a card holder and the people with the paying the medallion fee i agree it is a pre k medallion holder what you've that and the letter hopefully, you can reconsider
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that they should be waived as well and finally on the issue next year when this item comes up the fee set at one thousand dollars and it barriers no nexus to the staff there is a melt plate only changing the data lower fee if it gets restated something like $200 and item 11 the tmcs have paying $4 when they do you want and pick up we have a level the playing field and i take a differently i think you've sensitized the airport to allow the unsafe and illegal operations on the property is it so the city and county of san francisco and so when you have is drivers picking up in the tmcs that are not trained the vehicles radio to the inspected
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and not proper background checks your phasing with deep pocket responsibility and wipeout the revenue there was one other thing i wanted to say but i can't find it. >> those are about the wave of the two fees only (calling names). >> good afternoon director nolan and the member at the time of the taxi industry i think the taxi is a hard job she do our best to wave the fees so thank you very much for your attention to the cab chiropractor but overall we need to do another reform take all the drooifrz requirements requirements because the manager still in the value it is very go return almost 10 percent if you put the
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money in a lot of drivers want to guy it but you put conditions but today the tmc has 20000 on street how do you fight ten times more the odds so she do our best she want as the captain all you're a you are time is different but still had the problem in italian so this is we need to be more institute in this business the way we do it is total the gentleman we do the integrated industry and bring important institutes into this industry let the people wyoming who have no a card and the least
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cab drivers can't afford to guy that and also, we need another independent color you see that now long beach 60 percent are independent drivers but we need our own color scheme lastly where can we bring our medallion so we can survive. >> thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names) this is the late person to turn in a speaker card on items 11 and 12. >> good afternoon, sir. >> so first of all about medallions fees one thousand dollars if you can't wave for everybody please wave it at least or make it much less for the people that bow medallions and listen to the
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fair no matter who they are for free medallions of the previous police officers and firefighters, etc. people with big down payment and operate in san francisco with high interest and they is it is unfair if you make pay for some to pay let them pay for their medallion this is fair secondly, thousand drivers waiting for the short airport implemented but a distance not but the time if you increase the drivers safety on the road you will be needed flying back to the airport hundred miles per hour knowing it is a distance and it will be
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implemented this summer or next year it should be done as quickly as possible and also about the independent company free colors and every most 4 heed $500 and noticing from the company if you can do it or implement for us we will really appreciate it thank you very much. >> thank you. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> that is the last person turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon with the taxi alliance i want to clarify a big difference between tmcs and cab drivers cab drivers have to pickup everyone not only people with preapproved considered on
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file they're more dangerous rides and absolutely we should not be charged renewable or a accord or medallion fees as we're now surrounding by the tmcs that are completely unregulated not paying taxes to the city even though we're told how do you know who's driving them it is proprietor information according to lyft they're allowed to pick up their rates are not controlled by the city they can pass the complete airport fee into their passengers so this is a completely unfair situation and george the rolls and cruise the airport and see the lyft drivers circling the airport and as far as in the city you don't have
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enough enforcement officers on streets i can't go down because of tmcs parking in the bicyclist lanes and nobody is the po are not give ticket when they make u turned this is a ridiculous situation going on. >> thank >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names.) >> the last person. >> hi regarding the a card fee waiver there are thousands of urban insured drivers operating illegal not paying fees to the sfmta and it is unreliable inform apply to some taxis drivers are required to pay the fees than everyone should
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fees paid are acceptance are sensible to pay the taxi lanes and taxi stand and entertainment venues and picking up of the street hails the inform no protection of those spaces or activities the existence and pioneers with the lack of enforcement on the part of the sfmta has recommended if in a dramatic income it is unreasonable to expect the fees to remain the same taxi drives have no control over how those fees are used and no health care and it is unquestionable to require this be paid out of our pockets and anti i i'm out there 12 hours a night driving around and see hundreds of bringing
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preus with tmc gps stuck to the window with no license plate you may not have the ability to enforced the jurisdiction police are not doing anything about cars driving other than with no license plates you better be sure we'll you been getting pulled over and ticketed i'm not seeing is what are write supposed to do if someone gets into an accident it is a huge public safety issue. >> thank you, thank you your time is up. >> i'm not able to pass may fees on. >> thank you. next speaker, please. >> (calling names). >> good afternoon. >> good afternoon, commissioners first, i'd like to
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says as far as the airport goes i am the guy it charges the guy it bucks but as far as the rest definitely we shouldn't be charged one thousand dollars a year for medallions or one and one for the a card put yourselves in my cards 200 and $50 i'm told i have to guy a medallion i go out and work and i see uber and lyft cars in the bike lanes and loading up with the conflict and abusing every loading zone okay. not paying a single cent of revenue into the city tax collector none that that uber claims 26 thousand partners and maybe more if you
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count loiftd not paying a single people it is terrible why should i pay 200 and $50,000 for this this is not right guys seriously before you guys with the taxi commission the taxi commission had no problems are meter maid hound every town card that sat at any loading zone they wrote so many tickets they almost disappeared so, please waiting wave those fees it is just not fair thank you. >> (calling names). >> the last person turned in a speaker card. >> good afternoon directors about those airport fees everything is good, i request only when the taxis are lined up to the freeway we requested
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before and we humbling request through you that there should be a big electronic signs showing what our wasting time when we go down we're sitting in a two or three hour or two minutes we/no idea whatever the last car moving out and tagging the cars they should show last car time thanks to the airport they're providing physical property to 3 lots maybe 3 and a half lots and compared to tmc not using the property sitting open the freeway on a different building on a different road the airport write us facility by i did dispatches and everyone else they have to pay their salaries we pay them but don't give them
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profit we're not complaining about uber all our efforts in the wrong direction complaining complaining complaining not the correct way we should set up a committee and has the tenacity to compete with uber please look at that direction the positively not the negative way thank you. >> okay. we have one more speaker? >> okay. >> in this case that includes the public comment. >> i want to make a quick comment. >> state your name. >> richard i own a metro cab company with regard to the pre k
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medallion holders they're all elderly and their income is hit as hard as anyone else's one medallion is a widow i've had to reduce her income to keep my doors open when they today's you'll get the medallion and that's the case of many of them so i'll wave it for them please. that includes the public comment on those items members of the board was your pleasure. >> director heinecke. >> some discussion about this meeting to be built into the meter as the foes charged on the side of the meter box and to 4 under the current proposal my recollection it all adds up to
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one number. >> there's an extra bum they're able - >> it shows as one number and i'm also told for notice reasons we couldn't increase the 4 to $5 today, i'm i understanding that correctly or wait until the gentleman gets back. >> yes. that's. >> once you have a fee it's been noticed you can't change the fee after nosz so if we want to change to it $5. >> you can't increase it but lower it. >> so i guess my inclination for the reasons we've discussed go ahead with the item and move it but i'll ask we have a followup on this whether it makes sense to increase it to $5 or one of the speakers made an
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important point increase is to $5 at the option of sort of the derivative of the cab company advertised this is i realize a matter of practice but the way it's written it is optional. >> yes. >> that's my preference to ask staff to report back whether it is advisable to raise it to $5 and the cab drivers input whether it is worth it to them to recapture the dollar the airport is charging, and, secondly, would it be feasible but something the drivers want to have a half droufl fee. >> i'd like to comment thank you comment on the pre k people
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i noticed the pre k people can go out and find center work but people in their 70s and 80s it's not realistic. >> over the years there has been no driving requirement so i understand that people chosen to stay in the industry that's a positive their choose but the distinction the post k have to drive the prek don't and a lot of the corporate medallions locked in with the prek the corporations may hold multiple medallions. >> how many pre k. >> how many are held by individual and did 3 counterpart and 93 held by individuals. >> if you subtract the
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corporate ones we could do that. >> that would be a cost of $200,000 to the agency. >> members. >> i will support that. >> i will support that. >> i guess we need an amendment to the motion starter /* is that right eliminate the remanuel for the pre k but not - >> on the same concept for the post k drivers only one time for this year. >> that's in the form 6 an amendment i'll offer that as an amendment. >> i'll second, that mr. chairman let me get the proper motion so i can read it back. >> for the post k medallions
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and virtually held pre k medallions. >> so articulate. >> so the motion to amend the resolution to wave the 2016 medallion fee for pre k medallion holders. >> okay. so the motion and second. >> so we ask the director any concerns or a matter of dollars and cents. >> it's a matter of dollars and cents my feeling there is a lot of benefit to those pre k medallion holders will have accrued but i understand vinyl experiences by i hold in respect the decision we are trying to be philharmonic responsible for the cost recovery situation. >> so we have a motion and second on the amendment. > all in favor, say i. > i. > opposed no. >> for clarification that's a
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motion for item 12 not 11 leveling has to be with the airport. >> we'll move both of them at once. >> so then - it will apply to everyone the same. >> we're on - and so you've taken the motion to amend telephone now on the floor is move 11 and 12 as amended. >> > all in favor, say i. > i. > the i's have it thank you very much next item. >> mr. chairman going back to the public comment jurisdiction of the commission except agenda items. with respect to agenda items, your opportunity to address the commission will be afforded when commission will be afforded when
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the item is reached in the meeting. each member of the public may address the commission up to three minutes. >> good afternoon richard i'm the owner of metro cab and speakers say absent o a little bit are the widely unfair color schemes yellow cab pays $9,000 awhile metro has 16 cabs and pace 45 hundred if you recall mr. uber brought this to our attention and this year it is back the same this is the disparity since 2009 and mr. heinecke can he arranged the fee at the meeting i talked about the fee but rather the appearance of impropriety i mentioned by way of example i recently learned the large companies were secreting allowed to pay the color scheme fees i
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wrote the biggest check of the year after years of scratching my head i've seen an e-mail from the two members of the board i was given year she wrote it before the policy and governance meeting here understanding from the disparity to encourage the large profitable companies and smaller ones in the city i've been told we have too many 0 cab companies this is nauseating once suspected is actually policy i'll be closing my doors please don't allow this for going forward.
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>> (calling names). >> good afternoon ladies and gentlemen, i was here about a month ago and blew my top i'll trying to gooep keep it retained in you're talking about small potatoes the window dressing i'll glald pay you people if you were doing your damn jobs 20 thousand uber's running around that city committing insurance fraud fraud and the only way that can go on is because there is political corruption people are getting paved one way or another either through campaign attractions one person on the board i represent he's been in this business for a a long time director heinecke i'd
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like to found out how mayor eddy can tell his boys at the airport who we postponed to approve uber and lyft to work the airport when every one of those cars could be towed by the police department today committing insurance fraud those are commercial vehicles their defined as commercial vehicles by the dmv this earlier the whole thing is written out. uber is committing insurance fraud now god knows we all want our buddy to get his billion dollars okay but we can't compete with those people they're driving commercial vehicles with personal insurance
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denying i would liquor you to make calls and find out why this is going on you can do it >> thank you very much sir, your time is up (calling names). >> herbert wiener passenger at risk excuse me. >> on the 14 this month there is bow uber day i expect all the biologists who bike to work to obey the traffic lights and not crash the light i expect the bicycle coalition anyone that rides a bicycle on this board or in government to put the word out to obey the traffic signal not to crash their bikes or ride on the sidewalks that is a day of model
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