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Minutes - San Leandro City Council Meeting - December 2, 1991 Page - 2 - PUBLIC COMMENTS (continued) The City Council asked a number of questions regarding the relationship between Bay Area Mini Cab, Bay Area Management, St. Mini Cab, Goodwill , and Veterans' Cab companies. Mrs. Hopkins explained that Bay Area Management was a company that she and her husband had put together to help smaller cab operators who don't have the know-how to compete for contracts in the Bay Area. She said originally St. Mini Cab had been one of these smaller companies. Nancy Hillis, Recreation-Human Resources Department, Coordinator of the Paratransit Program, said the proposal submitted by Goodwill Company in response to a Request for Proposal (RFP) was through Bay Area Management Company. She said the proposal was for Goodwill to work with a number of other smaller cab companies; however, Mrs. Hopkins could not identify which companies she would be using. Ms. Hillis said the contract Goodwill has worked under for the past few months during the emergency situation has not worked well . She said there have been problems with insurance, delays in getting insurance, and problems with pickup and waiting times. She said St. Mini Cab performed better than Goodwill under the current contract. She said while she appreciates what Goodwill has done in times of crisis, it is important to give the best possible service to the citizens. She said that, of the proposals submitted, the best was Mayflower; but there were not sufficient funds in the Paratransit Program to go with the Mayflower contract. Rusty, General Manager, Mini Cab, said they shared the emergency contract with Goodwill Cab under the name of Bay Area Management. She said Bay Area Management was never formed as a partnership. She said Goodwill Cab was riding on St. Mini Cab's insurance but was not named on the insurance or Workers' Compensation. She said, although Veterans' Yellow Cab is owned by the same company as St. Mini Cab, Veterans' Yellow Cab would not be providing service through the Paratransit Program. They would only be providing regular taxi service. In response to questions from the City Council , she said St. Mini Cab has been purchased by a new owner, who is currently getting a PUC number for the Company under his name, but St. Mini Cab does have an existing PUC number. Council Member Santos asked a number of questions regarding insurance. He asked if Mini Cab's insurance company had a policy and whether Goodwill was named as an additional insured. Rusty responded that it was not, nor was it named on the Bay Area Mini Cab insurance.