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REQUEST FOR CITY COUNCIL AGENDA ITEM <br />Agenda Date Requested: 7-8-2019 <br />Requested By: Chief Ron Parker <br />Department: Police <br />4 Report i"" Resolution r Ordinance <br />Exhibits: Information regarding Tow & Go <br />Interlocal agreement with Harris County <br />Appropriation <br />Source of Funds: <br />Account Number: <br />Amount Budgeted: <br />Amount Requested: <br />Budgeted Item: r Yes r No <br />SUMMARY <br />Pursuant to the Texas Transportation Code Ann. §545.3051, all vehicle tows where the vehicle owner <br />does not or will not give permission for the vehicle to be moved from the roadway (hereafter "freeway <br />non -consent tows") require a law enforcement agency to authorize the tows. <br />The Houston -Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) and Harris County, acting for the Harris County Sheriffs <br />Office (HCSO), entered into an interlocal agreement dated August 13, 2014, to (1) contribute funding to <br />the operations of the HCSO Motorist Assist Program and (2) provide staffing to conduct freeway <br />surveillance at Houston TransStar. <br />The City of La Porte and Harris County wish to enter into this interlocal agreement so that HCSO <br />personnel may authorize freeway non -consent tows from certain freeways within the La Porte city limits <br />in Harris County, to include the main lanes, shoulders, exit ramps, entrance ramps, direct connectors, <br />and the County -managed lanes of the major freeways. Freeway frontage roads are not included in this <br />agreement. <br />The City will not incur any costs for this program and all invoices will be handled directly through the <br />HCSO and reimbursed by H-GAC. <br />The program will be administered by HCSO, at Transtar, through their Tow and Go Program. It is <br />designed make freeways safer and assist stranded motorists. <br />RECOMMENDED MOTION <br />Move to authorize the City Manager to enter into an interlocal agreement with Harris County <br />for freeway non -consent tows. <br />Approved for the City Council meeting agenda <br />Corby D. Alexander, City Manager <br />Date <br />