DEPARTMENT: Police Department
DEPARTMENT HEAD: William McManus, Chief of Police
COUNCIL DISTRICTS IMPACTED: Citywide
SUBJECT:
Extension of Transportation Network Company (TNC) Agreements
SUMMARY:
The Transportation Network Company (TNC) agreements will expire during the coming months. Council was briefed during B Session on June 15, 2016 and support staff's recommendation to extend the current agreements to align them all with an October 2016 expiration date.
BACKGROUND INFORMATION:
On August 13, 2015, the San Antonio City Council passed an ordinance allowing the City Manager to approve an operating agreement with TNCs that would allow them to operate in San Antonio. The TNCs began operating in San Antonio on October 13, 2015 under a temporary nine-month operating agreement. Since that time, three companies have actively started working under the operating agreements - Uber, Lyft, and Get Me. A fourth company - Bid My Ride - has signed the agreement but hasn't yet started operations. The agreements for Uber, Lyft and Get Me expire on July 13, 2016, September 3, 2016, and October 14, 2016.
The operating agreements provide riders with the option to choose drivers that have voluntarily submitted to a 10-fingerprint identity verification criminal background checks. The agreement also allows individual drivers (who are in a sense, small business owners) to chose whether voluntary fingerprint checks make business sense for them. It is also designed to allow City Staff the opportunity to gather data on actual TNC operations in the City.
The operating agreement also:
? Requires TNCs to conduct initial and annual third-party criminal background and driver history checks.
? Requires training on, and compliance with, ADA requirements.
? Requires a zero-tolerance policy on drug/alcohol use, harassment (sexual or otherwise), and discrimination (on the basis of those categories outline in the City's Non-Discrimination Code).
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