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Police Chief Katers reviewed the staff report and recommendation to enter into a contract with <br />NorthStar Towing for two years based on the information provided. <br />Councilmember Riley stated that it appears that staff judged one proposal not complete. <br />Police Chief Katers responded that the impound storage proposed by one business did not meet <br />the requirements of the RFP and therefore was deemed incomplete. He explained how the RFP's <br />were reviewed. <br />Mayor Strommen stated that one of her goals for the discussion tonight is to make sure the basis <br />for the decision is clear, noting that there needs to be a balance between services provided and <br />cost. <br />Councilmember Kuzma questioned if NorthStar Towing has held the contract previously. <br />Police Chief Katers reported that NorthStar Towing did hold the contract from 2003 to 2009 and <br />Champlin Towing (now Citywide) provided services from 2009 through current. He stated that <br />he has not received any complaints on any of the four companies which provided a proposal and <br />he would not have a problem supporting any of the proposals the Council chooses, providing that <br />the RFP requirements are met. <br />Scott Grams, First Choice Recovery, stated that he received additional information tonight. He <br />referenced the required storage space and noted that between his two locations he would have <br />more than adequate space for storage and questioned what was incomplete on his proposal. <br />Police Chief Katers stated that he did not believe that adequate storage space indoors, or <br />outdoors, is provided at the Highway 10 location because of the zoning restrictions at that <br />location. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill stated that the Highway 10 location subleases their <br />site which is packed tight with a number of vehicles that are inoperable and stored outdoors. He <br />stated that upon site inspection there were some items that would need to be corrected under the <br />zoning codes and staff had concern that there would not be adequate outdoor storage space <br />available. <br />Mayor Strommen questioned if the zoning district does not allow inoperable vehicles outdoors or <br />whether there is simply not sufficient space for outdoor storage of vehicles. <br />Community Development Director Gladhill explained that inoperable vehicles are not allowed to <br />be stored outdoors in that zoning district and would need to be stored indoors. <br />Mr. Grams stated that his Nowthen location would have sufficient space and noted that <br />inoperable vehicles are allowed to be stored outdoors at that location. <br />Police Chief Katers stated that he did speak with the staff from the city of Nowthen and their <br />verbal agreement states that the business would only be allowed to have five inoperable vehicles <br />City Council / June 23, 2015 <br />Page 4 of 11 <br />