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Beach Boy Trolley Corporation v Escambia County Area Transit
F.T.A. Charter Service Docket No. 2007-13
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CLERK OF THE COURT website and item # 2008-000656. The 2 pages missing were entered into the County Records by the Board of County Commissioners at the meeting on June 19, 2008.
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The documents shown were entered into the public record during the regular meeting of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners on May 15, 2008.
This complaint was submitted by Beach Boy Trolley against Escambia County Area Transit (ECAT) acting on behalf of the Escambia Board of County Commissioners in August of 2007.
As you will read, Beach Boy Trolley alleged that ECAT entered into an illegal contract to lease equipment (trolleys) to Winterfest of Pensacola, Inc. in violation of
the FTA charter regulation, 49 CFR Part 604.
On June 26, 2006, Winterfest of Pensacola, Inc. filed a "willing and able" letter to ECAT as required by the Federal charter regulations stating that they were a legal transportation company and had transit vehicles.
However, the F.T.A. determined that Winterfest of Pensacola, Inc. did not meet the definition of "willing and able" as set forth at 49 C.F.R. 604.5(p).
The F.T.A. found that Winterfest of Pensacola, Inc. did not own or lease any vehicles and they did not have the authority to operate vehicles for hire for the transportation of passengers.
Beach Boy Trolley would like to thank all of their charter customers and friends that have supported them during this complaint process.
We all knew that Beach Boy Trolley would prevail in the end.