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ITEM 6.
PUBLIC HEARING - 9:30 AM

AGENDA ITEM REPORT

DATE:December  7, 2021 
DEPARTMENT:County Attorney
REQUESTER:Andrea Fraser 
TITLE:Public Hearing Continuation: Repeal Taxicab/Vehicle for Hire Ordinance Nos. 11-25 & 15-05 

I.MOTION REQUESTED
 Continuation of the Public Hearing to repeal the Taxicab and Vehicle for Hire Ordinance Nos. 11-25 and 15-05.
II.ITEM SUMMARY
 Repeals Ordinance Nos. 11-25 and 15-05 and no longer regulate taxicab and vehicle for hire companies. Repeal of Ordinance 15-05 does not affect Lee County Port Authority’s Ground Transportation Policy Section 740, as amended by Lee County Board of Port Commissioners Resolution 20-11-08P. The Port Authority shall continue to have all rights to regulate ground transportation services at Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field as authorized by the Airports Rules and Regulations Ordinance 94-09, as amended, and other applicable laws and regulations.
III.BACKGROUND AND IMPLICATIONS OF ACTION
 A)Board Action and Other History
  On October 11, 2011, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Lee County Ordinance No. 11-25, regulating taxicab and livery companies. On March 17, 2015, the Board of County Commissioners adopted Lee County Ordinance No. 15-05 that amended and restated Ordinance No. 11-25. In 2018, the Legislature preempted local regulation of Transportation Network Companies (i.e. Lyft, Uber). At the Board’s regular Tuesday meeting on April 16, 2019, the Taxi Cab Ordinance was before the Board for directing to public hearing to delete references to TNC’s, when the suggestion of repealing the ordinances was discussed. On November 16, 2021, at the Board’s regular Tuesday meeting for conducting a public hearing to repeal Taxi cab ordinances 11-25 and 15-05, the Board continued the public hearing to Tuesday, December 7, 2021, at 9:30 a.m. requesting an analysis of the impacts of repealing the ordinances and bringing back the results for Board consideration and vote. Repeal of Ordinance 15-05 does not affect Lee County Port Authority’s Ground Transportation Policy Section 740, as amended by Lee County Board of Port Commissioners Resolution 20-11-08P. The Port Authority shall continue to have all rights to regulate ground transportation services at Southwest Florida International Airport and Page Field as authorized by the Airports Rules and Regulations Ordinance 94-09, as amended, and other applicable laws and regulations.
 B)Policy Issues
  
 C)BoCC Goals
  
 D)Analysis
  
 E)Options
  1. Repeal Lee County Ordinances 11-25 and 15-05
2. Do not repeal Lee County Ordinances 11-25 and 15-05.
IV.FINANCIAL INFORMATION   
 A)Current year dollar amount of item:
No funding required.
 B)Is this item approved in the current budget?N/A
 C)Is this a revenue or expense item?N/A
 D)Is this Discretionary or Mandatory?N/A   
 E)Will this item impact future budgets?
If yes, please include reasons in III(D) above.
No
 F)Fund:
Program:
Project:
Account Strings:  
 G) Fund Type?N/A   
 H)Comments:
 
V.RECOMMENDATION
 Approve  
VI.TIMING/IMPLEMENTATION
 
VII.FOLLOW UP
 
ATTACHMENTS:
DescriptionUpload DateType
Repeal Taxi Vehicle for Hire Ordinance10/25/2021Cover Memo
FAIS Form10/25/2021Cover Memo
120721R-930PH-6-ORD 21-1312/10/2021Ordinance
REVIEWERS:
DepartmentReviewerActionDate
County Attorney Jacob, Michael D.Approved11/17/2021 - 2:13 PM
Budget ServicesHenkel, Anne Approved11/18/2021 - 8:06 AM
Budget ServicesWinton, PeterApproved11/18/2021 - 11:42 AM
County AttorneyFraser, AndreaApproved11/18/2021 - 12:03 PM
County ManagerWinton, PeterApproved11/18/2021 - 12:22 PM