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CITY OF COLTON Ida— AGENDA REPORT For Council Meeting of January 19, 1999 TO: HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY CO CIL APPROVAL: HENRY T_ GARCIA, CITY MANAGE FROM: CHIEF PATRIC C" � WE �� Is, ,� I�# > I� uW li 4tu Itx« IF _ u�;uI�� d1hw IIPIIII r ��1 ! ,I fs i�R►;i��lltli' SUBJECT: RESOLUTION NO. TO AWARD TOWING FRANCHISES TO SOUTH STATE TOWING AND EXCLUSIVE TOWING DATE: JANUARY 11, 1999 Background: On September 1, 1998, the City Council adopted Resolution No. R-83-98 setting forth the adopting criteria for granting tow truck franchises in accordance with Ordinance No. 0-18-98. Upon City Council direction and in accordance with the provisions of Chapter 10.40.050 of the Colton Municipal Code, staff published a Request for Qualifications in order to fill vacancies for two towing franchises on the police department's current tow roster. At the conclusion of the Request for Qualifications, the Purchasing Coordinator took the information provided by the responsive tow agencies, evaluated it against the criteria in the ordinance, and gave a numerical score at the bottom of the evaluation sheet with the total number of points. A total of seven (7) tow agencies responded to the Request for Qualifications. South State Towing scored the most points with 44, and Exclusive' Towing scored the second highest number of points with 43. Subsequent interviews were conducted b notice Department ep shatstaff with ter 10:40.656," outh State Towing and Exclusive 'Vowing as provided in Colton Chapter Discussion: In accordance with the City's ordinance and resolution, South State Towing and Exclusive Towing should be awarded the franchises. 'An issue was with respect to South States' eligibility. However, staff recommends that the City Council address the issue by confirming that tow operators registered with a California Highway Patrol ("CHP") office in San Bernardino County be treated as registrants with a local CHP office. Colton Municipal Code Section 10.40.060, subsection 20, requires that a tow applicant be an approved CHP towing service for the Riverside/San Bernardino area and shall have an operational agreement with the "local" CHP office. 'During Administrative Lieutenant Frank Sullivan's interview with South State Towing, it was discovered that South State Towing's area of approval for CHP -authorized tow was for the Rancho Cucamonga area. South State Towing has verified that they do tow in San Bernardino County using the tow agreement with the Rancho Cucamonga CHP office_ The City Attorney has advised staff that South State RVPL'91CSD156082