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City Manager Findings in Consideration of Written Submissions During the fifteen -day comment period, the City received 5 written comments regarding the proposed amendments to the Public Passenger Vehicle Fee Schedule ("proposed Fee amendments"). A summary of the continents received, and findings addressing the comments, are set out below: 1. Four comments voicing concern about the proposed $10,000 TNC license fee, stating that the fee is too high. These commenters want the proposed $10,000 TNC license fee lowered. One comment states that the fee is too high and, therefore, favors the large/established TNCs and that it will discourage entrepreneurship and will create monopolies. Two comments state that a $10,000 TNC license fee will serve as a roadblock and believe that $1,000 is more reasonable. The fourth comment states that the proposed TNC license fee is significantly higher than the rate of similar sized cities in Oregon. Findings. As a result of these comments, the adopted TNC license fee is $8,000 per year and, to mitigate potential inequities, the current $100 per vehicle permit fee is capped at $8,000 per year per company. The addition of the TNC license fee addresses the administrative rule change to the vehicle permitting requirements. Prior to the Public Passenger Vehicle Rule amendments adopted today by Adnan Order No. 53-18-08-F, all vehicles -for -hire (both hailable and non -bailable) were required to have a City -issued public passenger vehicle permit. The fee schedule was based upon the prior rules, i.e., both hailable and non-hailable vehicles -for -hire were required to have a vehicle permit that cost $100 per permit. That meant, for example, a public passenger vehicle company with a fleet of 85 hailable vehicles paid $8,500 in annual vehicle permitting fees. Similarly, under the fee schedule proposed to be amended, a public passenger vehicle company (such as a TNC) with 200 non-hailable vehicles would have paid $20,000 in annual vehicle permitting fees. Pursuant to the amended Public Passenger Vehicle Rules adopted today, only hailable vehicles -for -hire are required to have a City -issued public passenger vehicle permit. Thus, unless the fee schedule is amended, a public passenger vehicle company with 85 hailable vehicles will continue to pay $8,500 in annual vehicle permitting fees, but a public passenger vehicle company (such as a TNC) with 200 non-hailable vehicles would pay $0. The addition of a TNC licensing fee mitigates the fee inequity between traditional taxi companies (that must obtain vehicle permits at $100/vehicle) and TNCs (that are not required to obtain vehicle permits). 2. Comment stating that proposed $0.20 per -trip fee should not be adopted because it unfairly burdens traditional taxi companies. A taxi company submitted a comment stating that the per -trip fee creates additional administrative costs for, and unfairly burdens, traditional taxi drivers because taxi drivers, unlike TNC drivers, accept cash. The commenter also states that TNCs entry into the City's PPV market should not increase costs to taxi companies that have been operating in the City for many years and annually paying the application, license, Exhibit A to Administrative Order 53-18-09-F Findings in Consideration of Written Submissions - Page 1 of 2