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CITY OF COLTON AGENDA REPORT For City Council Meeting of August 18, 1998 TO: Honorable Mayor and Council FROM: Police Department and City Attorney APPROVAL: Henry Garcia, City Manage SUBJECT DATE: TOWING FRANCHISE PROGRAM: , 'I Towing Franchise Regulations (Ordinance No. �-��Adding Chapter 10.40 to the Colton Municipal Code Establishing Tow Truck Franchises and Resolution No. -� �3, 9g Approving the Request for Qualifications) Towing Franchise Agreements (Resolution No. ��'��Awarding Franchise Agreements to Pepe's Towing Service, Inc. and Patriot Towing) August 18, 1998 Background: Aside from Police Department General Order Number 4.130, the City has not established towing service regulations. General Order Number 4.130 provides the Police Department discretion in selecting tow truck operators to provide towing services for the City, on behalf of the Colton Police Department, on a rotation basis. Thus, the Police Department maintains a tow roster of four tow truck operators under the General Order; and vacancies are filled on an "as needed" basis provided the tow truck operator meets certain requirements. The City Council Towing Service Ad Hoc Committee ("Committee"), however, has recommended that it is in City's best interests to adopt more objective criteria for the Police Department to use in selecting tow truck operators. The Ad Hoc Committee also recommended the adoption of a Towing Franchise Program to generate revenue for the City. TOWING FRANCHISE REGULATIONS Discussion: The City Council directed the City Attorney to work with staff to prepare the appropriate ordinance and selection criteria that would allow the City to award towing franchises under franchise program. Under the proposed ordinance, tow truck service candidates are required to meet the following criteria: (1) participate in a public selection process having met or exceeded the selection criteria; and (2) maintain an office and lot in the same location within a ten mile radius of the City's Police Department facility. Among other things, the ordinance limits the number of tow truck franchises to four and requires franchisees to pay the City an amount equal to ten percent of the franchisee's gross revenues attributable to towing and storage services. Staf� estimates that the franchise revenue is reflective of the costs that the City incurs. RVPUB�L,HH�47957 Item # 13