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PVAC Minutes 10/01/2007 R October 1, 2007 MINUTES OF THE MEETING OF THE COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC VEHICLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Naples, Florida, October 1,2007 LET IT BE REMEMBERED, that the Collier County Public Vehicle Advisory Committee in and for the County of Collier, having conducted business herein, met on this date at 9:30 A.M. in REGULAR SESSION at the Collier County Development Services Building, 2800 N. Horseshoe Drive, Conference Room #609, Naples, Florida, with the following members present: CHAIRMAN: VICE CHAIRMAN: Tony Marino (excused) Reg Buxton Russ Berghuis (excused) Tom Lugrin Randall Smith Steven Quinn, Alternate ALSO PRESENT: Marlene Serrano ~ Supervisor/Code Enforcement Michelle Arnold - Director/Code Enforcement Lazara Chavez - Code Enforcement Evelyn Trimino - Code Enforcement Michaelle Crowley - Investigator/Code Enforcement Kitchell Snow - Investigator/Code Enforcement Jeff Wright - Assistant County Attorney COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC VEHICLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE AGENDA Date: October 1, 2007 at 9:30 A.M. Location: Collier County Community Development Services Building, 2800 N. Horseshoe Dr, Naples, FL, Conference Room # 610 NOTICE: PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK AT THE MEETING NEED TO COMPLETE A "REQUEST TO SPEAK" FORM. SPEAKERS MAY BE LIMITED TO THREE (3) MINUTES FOR DISCUSSION UNLESS ADDITIONAL TIME IS GRANTED BY THE COMMITTEE. ALL PARTIES PARTICIPATING IN THE PUBLIC MEETING NEED TO SPEAK ONE AT A TIME AND STATE THEIR FULL NAME AND COMPANY THEY REPRESENT, IF APPLICABLE, SO THAT THE COURT REPORTER CAN RECORD ALL STATEMENTS BEING MADE. ANY PERSON WHO DECIDES TO APPEAL A DECISION OF THIS BOARD WILL NEED A RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS PERTAINING THERETO, AND THEREFORE MAY NEED TO ENSURE THAT A VERBATIM RECORD OF THE PROCEEDINGS IS MADE, WHICH RECORD INCLUDES THAT TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE UPON WHICH THE APPEAL IS TO BE BASED. PLEASE ENSURE ALL PAGERS AND CELL PHONES ARE OFF OR IN A QUIET POSITION. 1. CALL TO ORDER A. Roll Call 2. APPROVAL OF AGENDA 3. APPROVAL OF MINUTES: September 10,2007 4. COMPLAINT REPORT 5. NEW BUSINESS A. New Applications 1. Luxury Taxi Service - New CTa 2 Advanced Quality Transport Service - New CTa 6. OLD BUSINESS 7. SPEAKERS 8. NEXT MEETING DATE: November 5,2007 9. ADJOURN October 1, 2007 I. Call to Order The meeting was called to order by Vice-Chairman Reg Buxton at 9:34 A.M. A. Roll Call Lazara Chavez called the roll and a quorum was established. II. Approval of Agenda Tom Lugrin moved to approve the agenda. Second by Steven Quinn. Carried unanimously, 4-0. III. Approval of Minutes: September 10, 2007 Tom Lugrin moved to approve the minutes of September 10, 2007. Second by Randy Smith. Carried unanimously, 4-0. IV. Complaint Report: (Handout) Michaelle Crowley presented her report (covering the time period since Sept. 10) as follows: · 45 Patrol cases and 11 Complaints from industry or staff. · Seven vehicles at the Barron Collier homecoming event were checked. One Notice of Violation for license not carried and one verbal warning for a missing decal were given out. Two follow up issues are being investigated: 1. TLC non emergency transportation- the matter of the gentleman dropped off at the wrong destination. Ms Crowley will be checking to see if any violations of any County Ordinance occurred and the circumstances of the incident. 2. USA Taxi- owner died leaving 50% to widow and 25% each to two children. Ms Crowley will be discussing with the County Attorney to see if the new owners have to be approved by Public Vehicle Advisory Board and the proper method of serving any Notice of Violation in this situation. Ms Crowley reported there were also a several cases that included: . operating without Certificate To Operate (CTO) . dri ver not carrying an ID . carrying the old version. . operating with an expired ID V. New Business: Lazara Chavez presented the following application packages, which have been recommended for approval by Staff. A. New Application: l. Luxury Taxi Service- Request is for new CTO. Arben Xhani is the applicant and was present. 2 October I, 2007 Questions arose regarding confusion that may result with the color scheme and lettering; due to the vehicle being a former Metro Beach vehicle. Michelle Arnold read the requirements pertaining to this situation, stating that the color scheme and lettering must be "unique and readily distinguishable" from that of other vehicles for hire. Lazara Chavez passed around a picture of the Metro Beaeh vehicle, explaining the changes proposed by Mr. Xhani. The Advisory Board agreed that a proposed addition of a wide white stripe with contrasting lettering and removal of the palm tree symbol would meet the requirements and remove the similarity to Metro Beach vehicles. Tom Lugrin moved to approve the CTO application, conditioned upon the implementing of the lettering and striping changes. Second by Randall Smith. Carried unanimously, 4-0. 2. Advanced Quality Transport Services, Inc - Request is for new CTO. Michael Edward Litton is the applicant and he was present. Occupational License is to be obtained upon approval. Tom Lugrin moved to approve the CTO application with the stipulation that Occupational License be obtained upon approval. Second by Randall Smith. Carried unanimously, 4-0. VI. Old Business: NONE VII. Speakers: Fizz Papps (Dolphin Transportation) brought up the following issues: · Purpose of the Advisory Committee · The impression amongst the industry members that the Code Enforcement is running the Public Vehicle Advisory Committee. · Code Enforcement makes changes without notifying or informing the industry members of the changes; and, are they Administrative or Advisory Committee changes. · Committee should have more authority and control with what is going on in the industry and why it was originally set up. · Members of the industry should be required to attend meetings in order to be informed of changes affecting their businesses. Vice Chairman Buxton noted the importance of discussing the issues and requested they be put on next month's agenda. 3 October I, 2007 Michelle Arnold asked that specific items and instances of the Code changes referred to be itemized for that meeting, in order for explanations to be researched and provided. Ken Mastrodomenico (Taxi Time) distributed copies of a letter, addressed to the Code Enforcement Supervisor, which pointed out several issues and some recommended changes that could improve the procedures and practices of the Code Enforcement Dept., thus streamlining the licensing process. He asked that: · The Advisory Committee read over the letter and consider discussing its contents. · In addition to the issues brought up by Fizz Papps, licensing reform and clear cut definitions of fines and regulations be added to the discussion. · He noted that the industry is of the opinion that the PV AC has gotten away from its original intent of representing the taxi industry. Michelle Arnold recapped the topics to be on the agenda for the next meeting: · Notification to Certificate Holders of procedural changes · Definition of fine policy versus regulations · Licensing Reform · Representation of the taxi industry on PV AC VIII. Next Scheduled Meeting Date is November 5, 2007 - 9:30 A.M. IX. There being no further business for the good of the County, the meeting was adjourncd at 9:57 A.M. COLLIER COUNTY PUBLIC VEHICLE ADVISORY COMMITTEE Vice Chairman Reg Buxton These minutes were approved by the Board/Committee on presented , ore as amended as 4