Houston City Council Proposed Ordinance to Require Obtaining City Permits for Truck Traffic (5)

01 August 2007 Subject: Houston Regulatory Alert (5) The Houston City Council will decide today the fate of the proposed ordinance creating a new tax on oversize/overweight vehicles. TMTA President John D. Esparza offered invited testimony before the Houston City Council Tuesday afternoon along with Texas Aggregates and Concrete Association President Michael Stewart, as well as a host of TMTA Houston chapter members including TMTA-Houston Chairman Steve Davis. Trucking industry stake holder’s concerns were shared by the Houston East End Chamber of Commerce President, Diane Lipton, who was also on hand to offer testimony in support of the concerns initially raised by the trucking industry. The Houston East End Chamber partners include: Anheuser-Busch, Inc./Silver Eagle Distributors, AT&T, Gulfgate Center – Wulfe & Company, Gulf Winds International, IGS Capital Management, Oak Farms Dairy, Port of Houston Authority, Valero – Houston Refinery, Forest Park Lawndale Funeral Home & Cemetery, H-E-B, Allied Waste Services, CFF Recycling, Comerica Bank, Fortson & Co. P.C., Garver Real Estate, Houston Distributing Company, Houston Dynamic Services, International Bank of Commerce, JSC Federal Credit Union, JNS Consulting Engineers, KBR, The Laredo National Bank, Maximus Coffee Group, Mobilease, Inc., Perry Homes, A Joint Venture, Prudential Financial, Sara Lee Coffee & Tea Foodservice, Texas Port Recycling, Tara Energy and Vdao Direct The Houston City Council is scheduled to take action today at 9:00 a.m. If you have any further questions please feel free to contact Les or John at 1-800-727-7135.

Past Alerts Alert 1 with the full proposal link Alert 2 with TMTA letter to Councilman Garcia and the full proposal link Alert 3 with Mayor and Council Members contact information Alert 4 with Press Release