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(JWF: 12115/09) <br />RESOLUTION NO. 2009-064 <br />A RESOLUTION OF THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA <br />ANA ADOPTING REVISED ORANGE COUNTY TAXI <br />ADMINISTRATION PROGRAM REGULATIONS. <br />BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SANTA ANA AS <br />FOLLOWS: <br />Section 1. The City Council of the City of Santa Ana hereby finds, <br />determines and declares as follows: <br />A. Government Code Section 53075.5 et. seq. requires every city or county <br />to protect the public health, safety, and welfare by adopting an Ordinance <br />or Resolution in regard to taxicab transportation services which are <br />operated within the jurisdiction of said city or county; and <br />B. Orange County cities have formed a voluntary association, the Orange <br />County Taxi Administration Program (OCTAP), to coordinate taxicab <br />service permitting and other administrative functions with the Orange <br />County Transportation Authority (OCTA) in order to increase public <br />safety, to reduce administrative costs for the public and the private <br />sector, and to expand the provisions of private transportation service in <br />Orange County; and, <br />C. The City has entered into an interagency agreement with the OCTA in <br />which the City agreed to participate as a member agency in OCTAP and <br />the OCTA agreed to provide the staff and administrative services <br />necessary to implement the Program; and <br />D. OCTAP established uniform regulations applicable to taxicab companies <br />and taxicab drivers, adopting minimum standards for insurance, <br />equipment, mechanical conditions, taxicab fares, and other aspects of <br />taxicab operations; and <br />E. The uniform regulations established by OCTAP are designed to comply <br />with the City's responsibilities under Government Code Section 53075.5; <br />and, <br />+r.. <br />Resolution No. 2009-064 <br />Page 1 of 3 <br />