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<br />CITY OF LA PORTE <br />WRECKER COMMITTEE <br /> <br />MINUTES OF NOVEMBER 6, 2006 <br /> <br />Committee Members Present: Wayne Sabo, Planning Director (designated representative of the City <br />Manager); Martha Gillett. City Secretary; and Aaron Corrales, Asst. <br />Police Chief (designated representative of the Police Chief) <br /> <br />Staff Members Present Clark Askins, Assistant City Attorney and Peggy Lee, Office <br />Coordinator <br /> <br />CALL TO ORDER <br /> <br />Meeting called to order by Chairman Wayne Sabo at 2:31 p.m. <br /> <br />2. CONSIDER APPROV AL OF OCTOBER 3, 2006, MEETING MINUTES. <br /> <br />Motion by Aaron Corrales to approve the Minutes of October 3, 2006. Second by Martha Gillett. <br />The motion carried with the Minutes approved as presented. <br /> <br />3. CONDUCT PUBLIC HEARING ON POSSIBLE ACTION TO CANCEL, REVOKE, OR <br />SUSPEND WRECKER PERMIT NUMBERS 481, 482, 483, AND 484 (ISSUED AS PERMIT <br />NUMBERS 475, 476, 477 AND 478 IN 2005), ISSUED TO DEWALT'S TOWING, LLC. <br /> <br />A. OPEN PUBLIC HEARING <br /> <br />Chairman Wayne Sabo opened the public hearing at 2:32 p.m. <br /> <br />B. STAFF COMMENTS <br /> <br />Debbie Wilmore, Chief Building Official, stated there were several outstanding items <br />noted at the October 3,2006, Wrecker Committee meeting regarding DeWalt's Towing. <br />The noted items were 1) insufficient screening of the wrecker yard, and 2) open gates <br />allowing visibility into the yard. Ms. Wilmore noted a City Staff member has visited the <br />subject site on numerous occasions and reported that double screening has been <br />completed and is in place. In addition, the gates were observed closed on September 6, <br />September 20 and October 5. The gates were half open on October 23, October 31, <br />November 2, and November 6, allowing visibility into the yard. Currently, there are no <br />outstanding code enforcement issues at the site. <br /> <br />C. PUBLIC COMMENTS <br /> <br />Tim DeWalt, of DeWalt's Towing, addressed the Committee. Mr. DeWalt noted that <br />during the last month, approximately 30 cars have been removed from the yard and the <br />gates were left halfway open during the time the cars were being picked up. Mr. DeWalt <br />is awaiting a quote to have electricity installed at the gate. The cost for the gate alone is <br />approximately $6,000. <br />