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SR-6-H (23) ~ D IPtj (h11f qt o/f r;c5 ~W FEB 1 0 f9S8 JM GP C \WINDOWS\TEMP\PED$STFR WPD Council Meeting February 10, 1998 Santa MOnica, California TO Mayor and City Council FROM City Staff SUBJECT Recommendation to Approve Resolution Setting Fees Necessary to Administer a Pilot Program for Pedicabs INTRODUCTION This report recommends that the City Council approve the attached resolution to set certain fees necessary to administer a pilot program for pedicabs BACKGROUND On January 20,1997, the City CounCil held a public hearing and Introduced for first reading an Ordinance to allow the City Manager to approve a one-year pilot program for pedicabs, exempting them from certain rules and regulations for taXicabs The second reading of this ordinance occurred on January 27, 1998 The attached resolutIon (Attachment A) has been prepared to set the fees necessary to administer the pilot program as anticipated DISCUSSION Pedicab owners must register each pedicab for a period of up to one year ending on June 30 each year, and must obtain a decal to be affixed to the pedicab providing eVidence of such registration Potential pedicab drivers must be fingerprinted and obtain 1 (PH FEB 1 0 ma ~ a Pedicab Dnver's PermlVPhoto Badge once their applicatIon IS approved, a process expected to take up to two weeks The proposed fees are $10 for each pedIcab registration and decal, $10 for each Pedicab Driver's Permit/Photo Badge, $10 for each replacement of a lost or stolen Pedicab Driver's Permit/Photo Badge, and $50 for flngerpnntmg These charges are similar to charge currently levied for similar services, permits and decals provided by the City Pedicab bUSinesses operating under the pilot program will be claSSified under Tax Rate Group III business classifications as speCified In S M M C 6 08 150 BUDGET/FINANCIAL IMPACT Mlmmal revenues will be generated by the proposed fees and permits, estimated not to exceed $800 00 RECOMMENDATIONS It IS recommended that the City CounCil approve the attached resolution to set certain fees necessary to administer a pilot program for pedicabs Prepared by Jeff Mathieu, Director of Resource Management Howard Robinson, Economic Development Manager Gwen Pentecost, Sr Admin Analyst, Economic Development Attachment "A~ Proposed ResolutIOn 2 - -- - - - - . - ! F \atty\munl\laws\mJm\pedlcab res City Council Meeting 2-10-98 Santa Monica, California RESOLUTION NUMBER 9239 (City CounCIl Series) A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA SETTmG FEES FOR PEDICAB REGISTRATION, PEDICAB DRIVER FINGERPRINTG'G, AND PEDICAB DRIVER PElU.lIT WHEREAS, It IS the policy of the City of Santa MonIca to charge for the fully allowable costs of services provided by City Staff when such services benefit IndivIdual users rather than members of the community as a whole, and WHEREAS, the City CounCil directed City Staff to Implement a one-year pedicab pilot program beginning April 1. 1998, which Involves the proVIsion of decals to register each pedIcab, the provISIon of pedlcab driver permlt/photo badges, the fmgerpnntlng of each pedicab driver, and the InclUSIon of pedicab businesses under the Tax Rate Group III business classification (Santa Monica Municipal Code 6 08 150), and WHEREAS, the Business License DIVISion and the Police Department will be administering the pedicab pilot program by ISSUing the required driver permits. busIness licenses, and decals, NOW, THEREFORE, THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA MONICA DOES RESOLVE AS FOLLOWS t t SECTION 1 Fee rates are set as follows Registration and Decal for each pedIcab $10 00 for a penod of up to one year and explnng on June 30 of each year Pedicab Dnver Permit/Photo Badge $1000 for a penod of up to one year and explnng on June 30 of each year Flngerpnnt Fee for each Pedicab Dnver $5000 (one-tIme fee If photo badge IS renewed each consecutIve year) SECTION 2 The fee for replacement of lost or otherwise mIssing Pedicab Dnver Permit/Photo Badges or pedicab decals shall be $10 00, and the replacement shall retain the same eXpIration date as the permIt/photo badge or decal being replaced SECTION 3 The Tax Rate Group Classification for pedicab businesses shall be Tax Rate Group III. S M M C 608 150 SECTION 4 ThIS ResolutIon shall be effective from March 15. 1998 to the end of the pedicab pilot program or until changed by subsequent resolution If the pedicab program IS contmued beyond the antIcipated one-year penod SECTION 5 The City Clerk shall certify to the adoptIon of thIS Resolution, and thenceforth and thereafter the same shall be In full force and effect MARSHA J~-S MOUTRIE City Attorney - ~ . Adopted and approved this 10th of February, 1998 - - - ~ /Jr,-VV"\'?'-- ~G1- / . 1:' , ",./. ~ ( I ;.. -.' -~- ~~ . ~ " , Pam O'Connor, Mayor Pro Tempore I, Mana M Stewart, City Clerk of the City of Santa MOnica, do hereby certify that the foregomg Resolution 9239 (CCS) was duly adopted at a meeting of the City CounCil held on the 10th of February, 1998 by the following vote Ayes Councllmembers Ebner, Felnstem, Genser, Greenberg, O'Connor, Rosenstein Noes Council members None Abstain Councllmembers None Absent Councllmembers Holbrook ATIEST ~~_~J Mana M Stewart, CIty Clerk