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SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING
November 7, 2017
4:30 P.M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock,Texas met in special session on the 7th of November,2017,
at the Municipal Square,Police Department Auditorium,916 Texas Avenue,Lubbock,Texas
at 4:30 p.m.
4:36 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
Municipal Square,Police Department Auditorium,916 Texas Avenue,Lubbock,,
Texas
Present: Mayor Daniel M. Pope; Mayor Pro Tem Latrelle Joy; Council Member Juan A.
Chadis; Council Member Karen Gibson; Council Member Jeff Griffith; Council
Member Steve Massengale; Council Member Shelia Patterson Harris; City Manager
W. Jarrett Atkinson; City Secretary Rebecca Garza; City Attorney Chad Weaver
Note: City Council addressed agenda items in the following order:
01.1
1. Public Tour for Public Safety Projects
1. 1. The,City Council will participate in a tour of the Municipal Square Building, including areas
utilized by the Lubbock Police Department,the Municipal Court,and Traffic Engineering and will
discuss"Public Safety Improvements", including but not limited to,a Police Administration
Building, Police Substations, a Police Evidence Facility, a Police Crime Lab and a Municipal Court
Facility; including discussion on possible options and proposals for the facilities and methods of
financing the facilities. The City Council will take no action at this meeting.
Council Member Steve Massengale, Chair of the Facilities Committee, gave welcoming remarks,
introductions,and summarized the scope, goals,and purpose of the public safety projects.
A Community Policing Concepts video was shown.
Jarrett Atkinson, City Manager,gave a presentation on the Public Safety Project.
Jarrett Atkinson, City Manager,engaged in a Questions&Answers (Q&A)session with the
citizens of Lubbock. Greg Stevens, Chief of Police, gave comments and answered questions from
citizens.
Attendees were released to either tour the facility or visit the various information stations which
included, Community Policing, Financing Options, Project,and Current Facility. There was also an
Exit Station to provide citizens the opportunity to leave questions and comments.
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5:36 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, the meeting was adjourned.
The November 7, 2017 Special City Council Meeting minutes were approved by the City Council on
the 7th day of December, 2017.
DANIEL M. POPE, MAY R.
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