HomeMy WebLinkAboutTaxi Advisory Committee Minutes December 14, 2010_201402041306547749Nantucket Taxi Advisory Committee
David Sharpe, Chair
John O’Connor, Vice Chair
Meeting Minutes December, 2010
Meeting called to order by the chair on December 14, 2010am at 10:04 am EST.
Location: 2 Fairgrounds Road, Nantucket MA
In Attendance: David Sharpe, David Larivee, John O’Connor, Wendy Watts & Angus Macvicar.
Absent: None
Approval of Agenda: Agenda approved as written with no objections.
Approval of minutes: Minutes from approved as written by a vote of 4 ‐1 with Wendy Watts abstaining
because she was absent from that meeting.
Topics:
1) Review of Administrative responses
Chairman Sharpe read a letter from Town Administration with responses to questions about
wait list citizenship requirements & adding a place in the taxi regulations to stress charges are
from zone to zone and not charging for passing through zones while in transit.
In the letter Town Manager Gibson noted that there is no more requirements of citizenship to
obtain a taxi owners license than to own any other business in this State / Country. She also
stated that she felt no action needed to be taken on the issue of charging to drive through zones
as it should go without saying.
Therefore no action was taken by the committee.
2) Memo to Traffic Safety Workgroup to modify Tavern taxi stand as well as adding a stand to
the mid island area.
After much group discussion it was voted unanimously to have Chairman Sharp will prepare and
send a letter to the Traffic Safety group to get there opinion on how or if to move forward on
these two issues.
Roundtable Discussion:
A) Committee Members:
Wendy Watts suggested the committee look into a green intuitive program for Nantucket
taxi companies. It is not uncommon for cities around the United States to have taxi
companies conform to certain criteria with emphasis on cleaner burning fuel . The group
discusses the possibilities but seemed to thing since Nantucket owners used predominately
late model vehicles this plan would be difficult to implement. This discussion was tabled to
be possibly reopened at a later date.
Vice Chair O’Connor made a motion seconded by Dave Larivee to begin meeting bimonthly
beginning immediately with the next meeting being February 8, 2011 instead of January 11,
2011.
Motion carried by unanimous vote.
B) Public Comment:
None at this time.
Next Meeting: February 8, 2011 at 10:00am EST. at the 2 Fairgrounds conference room.
Adjourn: Meeting adjourned at 10:45am on a motion by John O’Connor with all in favor.
Drafted for review: 12/28/10
Approved: _______________