B4 | Saturday, November 7, 2020 |HoustonChronicle.com and chron.com |Houston Chronicle HH BUSINESS Division insideQuibi preceded decision to Texas Commission on environmenTal APPLICATION HAS BEEN MADE WITH THE QualiTy TEXAS ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGE COMMISSION noTiCe oF reCeiPT oF aPPliCaTion anD FOR ABEER RETAIL DEALER’S OFF-PREMISE inTenT To oBTain WaTer QualiTy LICENSE, AWINE ONLY PACKAGE STORE shut it down for good PermiT reneWal PermiT no. WQ0010495119 PERMIT AND APACKAGE STORE TASTING aPPliCaTion. City of Houston, 10500 PERMIT BY QUALITY LICENSING CORP. D/B/A By Ryan Faughnder Bellaire Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77072, QUALITY LICENSING CORP.(STORE #7357) has applied to the Texas Commission on LOCATED AT 8208 BARKER CYPRESS RD, and WendyLee Environmental Quality (TCEQ) to renew Texas Pollutant Discharge Elimination HOUSTON, HARRIS COUNTY,TEXAS 77433. LOS ANGELESTIMES System (TPDES) Permit No. WQ0010495119 (EPA I.D. No. TX0098191) to authorize OFFICERS OF SAID COMPANYARE JOHN the discharge of treated wastewater at SCUDDER, PRESIDENT/CEO; ANDREA M. avolume not to exceed an annual average Shortlyafter Jeffrey Kat- flow of 23,100,000 gallons per day. The LAZENBY, ASSISTANT SECRETARY; MATTHEW zenberg and MegWhitman domestic wastewater treatment facility W. ALLEN, VP; WAYNE HAMILTON, VP; DAVID is located at 9400 White Chapel Lane, launched Quibi on April6, Houston, in Harris County, Texas 77074. L. READING, ASSISTANT SECRETARY. The discharge route is from the plant site it wasclear something to Keegan's Bayou; thence to Brays Bayou needed to change. The Above Tidal; thence to Brays Bayou Tidal, which is part of Houston Ship Channel/ CAUSE NO. 2020-46327 companyhad sold itself as Buffalo Bayou Tidal. TCEQ received this In re: § the next big media brand, application on June 30, 2020. The permit Isaac Green § application is available for viewing and Requesting Discovery of: Notice To butconsumers were not copying at City of Houston, Houston § Public Works, Wastewater Operations, Kirby Inland Marine, L.P. § taking the bait.App down- 10500 Bellaire Boulevard, Houston, Texas. IN THE DISTRICT COURT This link to an electronic map of the site loads were dropping fast, or facility's general location is provided OF § HARRIS COUNTY, Creditors as apublic courtesy and not part of the and the name Quibi, which application or notice. For the exact location, TEXAS§ stands for“quick bites,” refer to the application. https://tceq.maps. 334TH JUDICIAL DIS- arcgis.com/apps/webappviewer/index.ht TRICT § hadbecome arunning joke ml?id=db5bac44afbc468bbddd360f8168250f& FIFTH AMENDED NO- TICE OF HEARING Ad marker=-95.542777%2C29.669444&level=12 online. aDDiTional noTiCe. TCEQ's Executive Please be advised that Weeks after Quibi’spre- Tribune News Servicefilephoto Director has determined the application is PLAINTIFF’S RULE 202 administratively complete and will conduct VERIFIED PETITION has miere, the company Jeffrey Katzenbergand MegWhitman were behind atechnical review of the application. been set for submission $74.00* After technical review of the application on Monday, November brought in marketing con- entertainmentapp Quibi, whichends service Dec.1. is complete, the Executive Director may 16, 2020 at 8:00 a.m. in sultants to help salvage the prepare adraft permit and will issue a the 334th Judicial District Call the Legals Team preliminary decision on the application. Court of Harris County, short-form streaming ser- him,”one executive who “Wecould have tried noticeoftheapplication andPreliminary Texas. 713-224-6868 Decision will be published and mailedto Respectfully submitted, vice’srollout,according to knows Katzenberg said.“It some other things before those whoare on the county-widemailing ARNOLD &ITKIN LLP Ext. 6435 or 4204 twopeople familiar with waspitching nonstop.” giving up,soalot of people, list andtothose whoare on themailing list /s/ Ryan S. MacLeod for this application.Thatnotice will contain Jason A. Itkin the matter whorequested Many industry analysts including myself,were the deadline for submittingpubliccomments. Texas Bar No. 24032461 *$74.00 includes first 36 lines PuBliC CommenT/PuBliC meeTinG. Cory Itkin anonymitytoprotect rela- questioned Katzenberg’s shocked thatthe company you may submitpubliccommentsorTexas Bar No. 24050808 and 1Affidavit of Publication tionships. ideatocharge forshortvid- decided to give up so fast,” request a public meeting on this application. Ryan S. MacLeod The purpose of apublic meeting is to provide Texas State Bar No. *$1.92 per line over 36 lines The marketing experts eos thatsubscribers would Uzzaman said. Hiscompa- the opportunity to submit comments or 24068346 to ask questions about the application. Michael Darling pitched multiple ideas to watchduring“in-between ny invested $35millionin TCEQ will hold apublic meeting if the Texas State Bar No. shakeupQuibi’sapproach. moments,”such as while Quibi and expects to geton- Executive Director determines that there 24105778 is asignificant degree of public interest in 6009 Memorial Drive One plan wastoheavily standing in line forcoffee. ly about 20 percent to 40 the application or if requested by alocal Houston, Texas 77007 Mr Tammy Spurlen Iamnolonger responsible for legislator. Apublic meeting is not acontested Telephone: (713) 222- any other debts other than my own. promoteseveral marquee Young adults and GenZ percent of it back. case hearing. 3800 showsonthe app, similar to consumers already had But Katzenberg and oPPorTuniTy For aConTesTeD Facsimile: (713) 222-3850 Case HearinG. After the deadline for e-service@arnolditkin. howNetflix used “House of YouTube, TikTok,Twitter Whitman said theyhad lit- submitting public comments, the Executive com Director will consider all timely comments [email protected] Cards” to legitimize itself. and Instagram forthat. An- tle choice, citing acombi- and prepare aresponse to all relevant and material, or significant public comments. ATTORNEYS FOR PLAIN- But their suggestions alysts were perplexedby nation of badtiming and a unless theapplication is directly referred TIFF were largely rebuffed by Katzenberg’sideatomake coreideathatwasn’tstrong for a contestedcase hearing, theresponse to comments, andtheexecutive Director's companyexecutives, the “movies” on Quibi,broken enough to survive as a decision on theapplication,will bemailedto everyone whosubmittedpubliccomments peoplesaid. Katzenberg up into“chapters” of stand-alone entity. andtothose persons whoare on themailing HOUSTON INDEPEND- and Whitman still wanted roughly10minutes each. If One of Quibi’sbiggest listfor this application.ifcommentsare ENT SCHOOL DISTRICT received, themailingwill also provide NOTICE TO PROPOSERS to establish Quibiasa people wanted to watcha challenges wascompeti- instructions for requesting reconsideration The Houston Independent oftheexecutive Director's decision and School District located in brand in and of itself andbe movie in segments,they tion from established for requesting a contestedcase hearing. A contested case hearing is alegal proceeding the Hattie Mae White Ed- avolume play, pushing could just hit “pause” on brands with popular con- similar to acivil trial in state district court. ucational Support Center at 4400 West 18th Street manyshows at once. the Netflix app, theysaid. tent and deep pockets. Mul- To reQuesT aConTesTeD Case Houston, Texas 77092 will HearinG, you musT inCluDe Thiskey early challenge Whitman, speaking at tiple serviceshavesprout- THe FolloWinG iTems in your accept proposals, until reQuesT: your name, address,phone the stated date and time of Quibi —how to sell an un- January’sCES show in Las ed in the last year to attract number; applicant'sname andproposed deadlines, in the Board known service to amass au- Vegas, acknowledged that audiencestotheir plat- permit number;thelocation anddistance Services Office, Level C1 of your property/activities relative to the •Project 21-10-08 – dience —was the subjectof building an audience for forms. Disney+ has more proposedfacility; aspecificdescription of RFP /Privacy and Cyber how you wouldbeadversely affectedbythe Security Insurance –with much internal debate at the Quibi would not be easy. than 60 million paying sub- facilityinaway notcommon to the general adeadline of 10:00 a.m. Hollywood-based compa- “Myviewisweare scribers since launching a public; alist of all disputed issues offact that on Tuesday, December 8, you submitduringthecommentperiod and, 2020. Avirtual Pre- ny,people close to the start- launching anew consumer year ago. thestatement“[i/we] request a contested -Proposal Conference for case hearing.” if therequestfor contested this project will be held in up said. The push-and-pull service, which is going to Netflix has 195million case hearing is filed on behalf of a group or conjunction with the RFP association,therequest mustdesignate the on Tuesday November 17, often reflectedagenera- take time to build,”Whit- global subscribers. NBCU- group'srepresentative for receivingfuture 2020 at 10:00 am. Email tional divide between the man,the former CEO of niversal’s Peacock, which correspondence; identify byname and constance.wright@ physical address an individual member of houstonisd.org by 3:00 topexecutivesand the Hewlett-Packard Co.and has afreead-supportedver- the groupwhowouldbeadversely affected pm CST on November 16, younger staff,manyof eBayInc., said in an inter- sion,has clocked 22 million by the proposedfacilityoractivity;provide 2020 to request ameet- theinformation discussed above regarding ing link whom were partofthe de- view. “No one’severheard sign-ups. theaffected member'slocation anddistance •Project 21-10-14 – from the facilityoractivity; explain how and RFP/Security Camera mographic thatQuibi was of Quibi. We have to explain “The factthatwehave why themember wouldbeaffected; and Systems Service, Mainte- supposed to target. the use case.” such adeep library of famil- explain howtheinterests the group seeks to nance, Repair and Instal- protect are relevanttothe group's purpose. lation –with adeadline of “Whathappened was, To thatend, the compa- iar stuff,it’skind of the op- Following the close of all applicable comment 10:00 a.m. CST on and request periods, the Executive Director December 16, 2020. The theyweretoo much trying ny spent millionsofdollars positeofQuibi,”NBCUni- will forward the application and any requests Pre-Proposal Conference to explain the service rath- on outdoor advertisements versal CEO Jeff Shell in an for reconsideration or for acontested for this project will be case hearing to the TCEQ Commissioners virtual on November 19, er than sayingthisisthe and TV commercials to sell earnings call thisweek. for their consideration at ascheduled Commission meeting. 2020 at 10:00 a.m.CST. Foraccess please send killer content thatyou need the Quibi concept. In thatcrowded environ- The Commission may only grant arequest an email request to heath for acontested case hearing on issues [email protected] to have the apptosee,”said The startup deployed ment,Quibi needed some the requestor submitted in their timely Gene Del Vecchio,anenter- $63 million on TV,digital megawattshows to break comments that were not subsequently no later than November withdrawn. if a hearing is granted, the 18, 2020 at 2:00 p.m. tainment marketing expert and print adsthisyear, through, said Del Vecchio, subject of a hearingwill belimitedto CST. disputed issues offact or mixedquestions •Project 16-10-25-C whoteachesatthe Univer- making it the fifth-biggest the marketing expert, espe- offact and law relatingtorelevant and RFP/Districtwide Instruc- material water quality concerns submitted tional Software,16-10-47- sityofSouthern California’s advertiser in streaming,ac- ciallywhen it wasasking duringthecommentperiod. TCeQ may CRFP/ Tutorial Services Marshall School of Business cording to MediaRadar,a people to pay$5to$8a act on an application torenew a permitfor for Students, 16-10-46-D dischargeofwastewater withoutproviding RFP/ Enrichment Serv- and has no relationship to NewYorkcompanythat month. an opportunity for a contestedcase hearing ices, 16-10-48-E RFP/ Quibi. tracks ad spending.A30- “No one knewwhatQui- ifcertain criteria are met. Teacher and Staff Devel- mailinG lisT. If you submit public opment, 17-02-02-C RFP/ Quibi did not makeany second Super Bowl spot bi was, which wasaprob- comments, arequest for acontested Supplemental Curriculum case hearing or areconsideration of the and Materials– with a executivesavailable for thatcost $5.6 million lem, and it didn’t have the Executive Director's decision, you will be deadline of 10:00 a.m., on added to the mailing list for this specific Wednesday, January 6, comment.The company showedateamofbank rob- killer content,which you application to receive future public notices 2021. The Pre-Proposal defended its marketing ap- berswhose getawaydriver need, particularly when mailed by the Office of the Chief Clerk. In Conference for this proj- addition, you may request to be placed on: ect will be held via Micro- proach, saying it wanted to is delayedbecause he’s you’re late to the party,” he (1) the permanent mailing list for aspecific soft Teams on Wednes- applicant name and permit number; and/or day, November 18, 2020, gather data on what shows watchingaQuibi show. said. (2) the mailing list for aspecific county. If you 2:00 p.m. customers responded to Avideo introducing the Quibi’smarketing efforts wish to be placed on the permanent and/or •Project 21-07-09 – the county mailing list, clearly specify which RFP/Facility Scheduling beforelaunching full mar- ad on social mediaalso also suffered from execu- list(s) and send your request to TCEQ Office Web-Based Software Sys- keting efforts forthose ti- leaned intothe weirdness tive turnover. Brand and of the Chief Clerk at the address below. tem –with adeadline of inFormaTion availaBle online. 10:00 a.m. CST on tles. In response to aques- of Quibi. The video fea- content marketing head For details about the status of the December 15, 2020. The application, visit the Commissioners' Pre-Proposal Conference tion about its culture, the tured “JimmyKimmel Live” Megan Imbres left the com- Integrated Database at www.tceq.texas. for this project will be streamercited dozens of correspondent/security panyinApril,soon after gov/goto/cid. Search the database using the virtual on November 17, permit number for this application, which is 2020 at 10:00 a.m. CST. publicposts on LinkedIn guardGuillermoRodriguez launch.Inaninterview provided at the top of this notice. For access please send an aGenCy ConTaCTs anD email request to heather. from employees writing comicallystruggling to pro- with the NewYorkTimes, inFormaTion. Public comments [email protected] no about their positive experi- nounce the service’sname. Katzenbergcited a“differ- and requests must be submitted either later than November 16, electronically at https://www14.tceq.texas. 2020 at 2:00 p.m. CST. encesthere. It wasn’t just Rodriguez ence of opinionabout what gov/epic/eComment/, or in writing to the Texas Commission on Environmental •Project 21-08-10-A Quibi did create cam- whofound the name con- the strategy wouldbegoing Quality, Office of the Chief Clerk, RFP /Independent Edu- MC-105, P.O. Box 13087, Austin, Texas cation Evaluation for paigns around individual founding.Shortlybefore forward.”Imbres declined 78711-3087. Please be aware that any Adaptive Physical Educa- contact information you provide, including tion, Materials &Evalua- showsafter its launch, in- launch, thecompanycon- to comment. your name, phone number, email address, tion Equipment –with a cluding forawide rangeof ductedmarketresearch From the beginning,Kat- and physical address will become part deadline of 10:00 a.m., of the agency's public record. For more Wednesday, December 16, seriesand moviessuch as thatcameback saying that zenbergpresented Quibi as information about this permit application 2020. The Pre-Proposal or the permitting process, please call the Conference for this proj- “Most DangerousGame” asubstantial number of re- employing mostlyyoung TCEQ Public Education Program, Toll ect will be held virtually and “#FreeRayshawn,” spondents thought “Quibi” people —with82percent of Free, at 1-800-687-4040 or visit their website Thursday, November 19, at www.tceq.texas.gov/goto/pep. Si desea 2020, at 10:00 a.m. CST. which wontwo creative wasthe name of afood de- its staff 40 years old or informacion en Espanol, puede llamar The solicitation for bids is al 1-800-687-4040. available on the HISD arts Emmys in short-form livery service, according to younger —and empower- Further information may also be obtained web-site at www.houston acting categories in Sep- one person briefed on the ing them to pick content from the City of Houston at the address isd.org. To access, go to stated above or by calling Ms. Carol La Directory, Purchasing tember. research whowas not au- their peers wouldlike. Breche, P.E., at 832-395-5813. Services, Solicitation of Issuance Date: October 16, 2020 Bids. The District It wastoo little toolate. thorized to comment.Qui- But therewerefrustra- reserves the right to re- On Oct. 21, Quibi an- bi denied thatcharacteriza- tions among people who ject any or all proposals, or, to accept the proposal nounced it wasshutting tion, first reportedbyNew worked on Quibishows and that is most advanta- down just oversix months York Magazine, calling it in- customers abouthow the geous to the District. after launching.Quibi, accurate. appwas designed. When it which employed265 as of But some believedin first launched,the appdid April, said it would cease Quibi’spitch, which posi- not have afeaturefor peo- operations, return $350 tioned Katzenberg and ple to sharescreenshots on million to investors and sell Whitman as the marriage social media or projectpro- off assets. between Hollywood and grams ontoTVs,makingit Therewereearly signs of Silicon Valley. In the lead- difficult to sharethe con- trouble even beforethe up to Quibi, Katzenberg tent. app’slaunch. While some toutedhis abilitytofind Quibi said these features high-profile executives popular content,while laterbecame partofthe joined Katzenberg’scru- Whitman said her experi- appand followedthe natu- sade to bringHollywood ence at Quibi wassimilar to ralprogressionofany new production value to short- when sheran eBay, which technology platform. form video,manyques- shejoined when the e-com- Amonth after the Emmy tionedthe ideafromthe merce companyhad only wins, Katzenberg and Whit- start. 30 employees and$4mil- man held separate meet- Katzenberg,the former lioninrevenue. ings forinvestors and staff DreamWorks Animation AnisUzzaman,CEO of to announce theywere CEO knownfor histireless Pegasus Tech Ventures, shutting down Quibi. Many work ethic and salesman- saidhewas impressed with found outabout the deci- ship,would pitch the idea major studios’ investments sion through media re- relentlessly at lunches and and advertisers’ commit- ports. meetings. ments beforeQuibi The appwill endits ser- “It wasall-consuming for launched. vice Dec. 1.