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providing reasonable services to outlying areas or less desireable <br />districts of some communities. Even if a degree of deregulation is <br />advisable, some regulation will always be n,�eded making it <br />necessary to det(.:•mine who and how to enforce such regulations. <br />Since past attempts for central regulation and licensing have not <br />beer. successful, new legislation will be proposed which will <br />des`gnate the Regional Transit Board as the agency to develop <br />�nfforcr regulations, procedures, fare ceilings, etc., and oversee <br />municipal licensing. <br />H-1 UNIFORM REGULATIONS AND PROCEDURES <br />THE AMM DOES NOT OP?OSE DEVELOPMENT OF A UNIFORM LICENSING <br />PROC" S AND UNIFORM RULES AND PROCEDURES FOR REGULATION OF TAXI <br />CABS WITH LOCAL CONTROL AND LICENSING REMAINING A MUNICIPAL <br />FUNCTION. THE REGIONAL TRANSIT BOARD IS AN APPROPRIATE. AGENCY TO <br />DEVELOP UNIFORM RULES AND TO COORDINATE AND MONITOR THE PROCESS. <br />H-2 CENTRAL LICENSING <br />IF LEGISLATION PROGRESSES WHICH WOULD REMOVE LOCAL P.UTHORITY TO <br />REGULATE AND LICENSE TAXI CABS, THE AMM MEMEERSHIP PUTHORIZES THE <br />BOARD OF DIRECTORS TO ADOPT POLICY DELINEATING SPECIFIC CRITERIA <br />AND PROTECTION FOR MUNICIPAL AND GENERAL PUBLIC INTEREST SIMILAR <br />,0 1984 POLIO:. <br />H-3 RECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS <br />THE AMM WOL ENCOURAGE CITIES LICENSING TAXI CABS TO DEVELOP <br />FECIPROCAL AGREEMENTS FOR PASSENGER PICK-UP. <br />'J-I LIGHT RAIL TRANSIT ALTERNAT'.' ES <br />:.:ght Pail, as an alterr."tivu trtins t opportunity, is becoming a <br />s::;ect of n,ch ccneern and is generating a great deal of activity <br />in the Metropolitan Area. The Metropolitan Council modified its <br />'transportation Plan to allow consideration, of the issue and <br />ccipleted in March 1981 a state financed preliminary corridor <br />:election, criteria study. That study looked at 15 possible <br />corridors and narrowed the list to 6 corridors that might, qualify <br />f;r further feasibility study. :t did indicate that University <br />Are. was a most likely candidate for further study, but lacking <br />f,.;n s nothing further was done. MNDOT completed a study, of <br />:?'awatha Ave. and developed an EIS which is currently under <br />re3lera1 review. The Metropolitan Council discovered in Aigust of <br />that a $',00,00:) UMTA grant ras available for, detailed LR: <br />a:ternative study anj submitted P. grant application, to study the <br />'.,r..versitj and Sid corridors. T;ie Governor and State Legia:ature <br />`.zvt become increasingly involved in this issue anallocated <br />revera: million dollars for ;.R: engineering. <br />