Recorded votes on C2015-0170

That Administration Recommendations 1, 2, 3 and 4 contained in Report C2015-0170 be adopted, as amended, as follows: That Council: 1. Refer Administration Recommendation 1 to Administration and report back to Council after consulting with Taxi Limousine Advisory Committee on timing for the release of 57 new taxi plate licences (TPL‟s) to no later than Q3 2015. This report should include 2015 taxi industry metrics, including data from Q1 (and Q2, where possible) on dispatch response times and idle times for existing taxis and data from dispatch services including busy times, hold times, and effectiveness of dispatch. 2. Approve the release of 7 new accessible taxi plate licenses in Q2 of 2015. 3. Direct Administration to report back to Council with a recommendation on the release of the remaining 193 plates no later than the first quarter of 2016, aligning with a Taxi Limousine Advisory Committee review into enabling new entrants into the Calgary market; and 4. Receive for information the findings of the driver independence review.