City and County
of San Francisco
Tuesday, June 05, 2012
1. Call to Order
2. Roll Call
3. Announcement of prohibition of sound producing devices during the meeting.
4. Approval of Minutes of the May 15, 2012 Regular Meeting
5. Communications
6. Introduction of New or Unfinished Business by Board Members
7. Director’s Report
8. Citizens’ Advisory Council Report
11. Amending Transportation Code Division II Sections 1106(p), 1108 and 1122, to: set the maximum rate that a taxi company may charge a driver for credit or debit card interchange fees for payment processing services at 3.5 percent; require taxi companies to accept credit and debit cards as payment for gate fees; require that credit and debit processing services offered by taxi companies be provided through a certified third party merchant contractually bound to deposit funds into an account of the driver’s choice within one business day; and allow drivers to use their own certified merchant account services provider
12. Amending Transportation Code Section 1104, 1108, 1109 and 1114, to require that all taxi color schemes implement a system that generates electronic trip data, or affiliate with a dispatch service that provides such a system, to eliminate the requirement that drivers and medallion holders maintain paper waybills to document taxi trips, and to require that color schemes provide drivers with electronic trip data no later than December 31, 2012
13. Amending Transportation Code Section 1113, to require that all taxi color scheme permit holders provide taxi customers with a credit and debit card payment system that is accessible to the visually impaired and that allows all taxi customers to swipe their own payment cards and choose their own tip amounts from the back seat of all taxicab vehicles by December 31, 2012
11. Amending Transportation Code Division II Sections 1106(p), 1108 and 1122, to: set the maximum rate that a taxi company may charge a driver for credit or debit card interchange fees for payment processing services at 3.5 percent; require taxi companies to accept credit and debit cards as payment for gate fees; require that credit and debit processing services offered by taxi companies be provided through a certified third party merchant contractually bound to deposit funds into an account of the driver’s choice within one business day; and allow drivers to use their own certified merchant account services provider
14. Recommending that the Board of Supervisors amend Transportation Code, Division I to repeal Article 16 of the Police Code and transfer the remaining provisions of that Article to Division I of the Transportation Code
15. Amending Sections 1102, 1103, 1105, 1106, 1108, 1113, 1114 and 1117-1123 of Article 1100 of Division II of the San Francisco Transportation Code
9. Public Comment
16. Closed session
10. CONSENT CALENDAR
17. Announcement of Closed Session.
18. Motion to disclose or not disclose the information discussed in closed session.
7. Director’s Report
