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People Serving People CITY OF RIVERSIDE CITY COUNCIL MEMORANDUM iRivcrside Alt-America City 1998 HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL DATE: November 19, 2002 ITEM NO: lO SUBJECT: APPLICATION FOR VEHICLE FOR HIRE: VALLEY MEDI VAN - PUBLIC HEARING BACKGROUND: The applicant, Ms. Somchit Cabe d.b.a. Valley Medi Van has requested a Vehicle for Hire Permit to operate a non-emergency medical transportation business in this City. The applicant reports being licensed in the cities of Moreno Valley and Perris. Inquiries by the City of Riverside indicate no negative reports in either city. The application accompanies this report as Attachment 1. Ms. Cabe reports that she has sixteen years of experience in the non-emergency medical transportation business. The application submitted this year indicates that there would be three van drivers: Mr. Marvin Sims, Ms. Elizabeth Gago and Ms. Somchit Cabe. The applicant now reports that the only driver will be Ms. Somchit Cabe although there are two transport vans. The City has had previous contact with this applicant: 1. A previous application from this applicant was denied by the City Council without prejudice on January 6, 1987. A letter from the City was sent to the applicant on June 2, 1994 to cease and desist soliciting a transportation business in this City at Riverside General Hospital after the City received a complaint (Exhibit 1). The applicant was invited to apply for a Vehicle for Hire Permit, but an application was not forthcoming. On July 24, 1996, the City again sent a letter to the applicant to immediately cease and desist soliciting and conducting a business in the City of Riverside (Exhibit 2). This letter resulted from two complaints filed with the City. On April 15, 1999, the State Department of Health Services wrote to the applicant and reported that their on-site visit of the applicant's business was not as represented in her certification and therefore the applicant was out of compliance with State regulations to be a Medi-Cal provider (Exhibit 3). On October 7, 1999 City staff confirmed with a representative of the State Department of Health Services that this applicant continued to be in violation of the cited sections of State regulations (see April 15, 1999 letter). On October 29, 1999, the City again wrote to the applicant regarding other deficiencies in the applicant's application for a Vehicle for Hire Permit (Exhibit 4). 10-1