HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 1/9/2024CITY OF LUBBOCK
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
January 9, 2024
11:00 A. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in regular session on the 9th of January, 2024, in
City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas at 11:00 a.m.
11:00 A.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED
City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas
Present: Tray Payne, Mayor; Shelia Patterson Harris, Mayor Pro Tem; Latrelle Joy, Council Member;
Christy Martinez-Garcia, Council Member; Steve Massengale, Council Member; Mark W.
McBrayer, Council Member; Dr. Jennifer Wilson, Council Member; W. Jarrett Atkinson, City
Manager; Courh�ey Paz, City Secretary; Chad Weaver, City Attorney
Note: City Counci/ addressed agenda items in the fo/loN�ing order:
• 1.1; Executive Session; 3.1-3.2; Citizen Comments -l; 5.1; 6.1-6.27; and 7.1-7.5.
•Item No. 7.4 failed.
I. Hear and discuss presentations regarding the following and provide guidance to staff as
appropriate.
1. l. Texas Anti-Gang Unit Update and Community Report
Mayor Payne introduced Sergeant Tony Williams with the Texas Anti-Gang Unit and the
Lubbock County Sheriffs Office. Sergeant Williams introduced Melissa Orosco, analyst with
the Lubbock County Sheriff s Office, and gave a presentation on a community report with
updates from the Texas Anti-Gang Unit. Topics discussed included: fentanyl education and
related drugs containing fentanyl; fentanyl trafficking; gangs in Lubbock; stories of those lives
taken by fentanyl; and City Council was shown several videos of fentanyl use and gang-related
activity in Lubbock.
At the completion of the Work Session, City Council recesses into Executive Session.
2. Executive Session
The meeting recessed at 11:58 a.m. and reconvened in Executive Session under the
provisions of Section 551, Texas Government Code. City Council reconvened in open
session at 2:00 p.m., and the meeting was called to order at 2:02 p.m.
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2. 1. Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 551.071, with
legal counsel for advice about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement agreement and on
matters in which the duty of the attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional
Conduct conflicts with Chapter 551.
2. 1. 1.
2. 1. 2.
Loop 88 Land Acquisition
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Park Land Dedication
2. 1. 3. Discuss Chapters 380, 501 and 504 of the Local Government Code, the Bylaws of the
Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Inc., and Market Lubbock, Inc., and their
Articles of Incorporation
2. 2.
2. 2. 1.
2. 2. 2.
2. 3.
2. 3. 1.
Hold an executive session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Section 551.072, to
deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or va(ue of real property.
Loop 88 Land Acquisition
Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Park Land Dedication
Hold an executive session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Section 551.074, to
discuss personnel matters, the appointment, employment, evaluation or reassignment of the
following:
City Attorney
2. 4. Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code Section 551.074, to
discuss personnel matters, regarding the duties, responsibilities, and/or appointments to the
Permit & License Appeal Board, Urban Design & Historic Preservation Commission, Urban
Renewal/Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
2:00 p.m. - City Council reconvenes in Open Session in City Council Chambers.
City Council reconvened at 2:00 p.m.
3. CeremonialItems
3. 1. Invocation
Executive Pastor Ben Lagasse, Redeemer Church, led the invocation.
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3. 2.
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Pledges of Allegiance
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Pledges of Allegiance, to the United States and Texas Flags, were led by Mayor Pro Tem Shelia
Patterson Harris.
Call to Order
The meeting was called to order at 2:02 p.m.
4. Citizen Comments - According to Lubbock City Council Rules, any citizen wishing to
appear in-person before a regular meeting of the City Council, regarding any matter
posted on the City Council Agenda below, shall complete the sign-up form provided at the
meeting, no later than 2:00 p.m. on January 9, 2024. Citizen Comments provide an
opportunity for citizens to make comments and express a position on agenda items.
5.
5. 1.
No one appeared to speak.
Minutes
December 5, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting
Motion by Council Member Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Steve
Massengale, to approve the December 5, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting minutes.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
6. Consent Agenda - Items considered to be routine are enacted by one motion without
separate discussion. If the City Council desires to discuss an item, the item is removed
from the Consent Agenda and considered separately.
Motion by Council Member Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Dr.
Jennifer Wilson, to approve items 6.1-6.27.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
6. 1. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No.
2023-00151, Amendment 4, amending the FY 2023-24 Budget for municipal purposes
respecting the North Overton TIF Operating and Capital Projects Fund; providing for filing; and
providing for a savings clause.
6. 2. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2023-00152,
Amendment 5, amending the FY 2023-24 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Traffic
CIP Fund; providing for fling; and providing for a savings clause.
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b. 2. 1. Resolution - Traffic Operations: Resolution No. 2024-R0001 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Agreement No. #2740-02-016, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
for the City to furnish and install traffic signal equipment at the intersection of FM2641/Regis
Street at IH 27.
6. 2. 2. Resolution - Traffic Operations: Resolution No. 2024-R0002 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Agreement No. 0053-18-048, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
for the City to furnish and install traffic signal eyuipment at the intersections of US84/Avenue Q
at 13th Street, I Sth Street, and Broadway.
6. 2. 3. Resolution - Traf�c Operations: Resolution No. 2024-R0003 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Agreement No. # 130-OS-089, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
for the City to furnish and install traffic signal equipment at the intersection of US62/19th Street,
at Martin Luther King, Jr. Boulevard.
6. 2. 4. Resolution - Traffic Operations: Resolution No. 2024-R0004 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Agreement No. C 130-5-85, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT), for
the City to furnish and install traffic signal equipment at the intersections of US62/SH114 (19th
Street) and Crickets Avenue, Buddy Holly Avenue, Texas Avenue, Avenue K, Avenue L,
Avenue Q, Avenue T, and Avenue U.
6. 2. 5. Resolution - Traffic Operations: Resolution No. 2024-R0005 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Agreement No. #1502-01-029, with the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT),
for the City to furnish and install traffic signal equipment at the intersections of Loop 88 (FM
1585)/130th Street at University Avenue, Indiana Avenue, Quaker Avenue, Slide Road, and
Chicago Avenue.
6. 3. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2024-00001,
Amendment 6, Amending the FY 2023-24 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Parks
Capital Project Fund; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.
6. 3. 1. Resolution - Parks and Recreation: Resolution No. 2024-R0006 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Contract 17666, with WR Construction, for construction of a new pickleball facility to
be located at McAlister Park.
6. 4. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2024-00002,
Amendment 7, Amending the FY 2023-24 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Bell
Farms Public Improvement District Fund; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.
6. 4. 1. Ordinance lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2024-00003 amending Ordinance No.
2023-00097, with regard to the 2023 Service and Assessment Plan for the Bell Farms Public
Improvement District, by including additional funding for maintenance costs.
6. 5. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2024-00004,
Amendment 9, amending the FY 2023-24 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the North &
East Lubbock Neighborhood & Infrastructure Fund; providing for filing; and providing for a
savings clause.
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6. 6. Resolution - Finance: Resolution No. 2024-R0007 authorizing the City Manager to execute an
Interlocal Agreement, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and the
Region 16 Education Service Center, for cooperative purchasing of goods and services.
6. '1. Resolution - Susiness Development: Resolution No. 2024-R0008 authorizing a program or
expenditure of the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, to be provided to Hydroflo
Pumps USA, pursuant to Section 501.073 of the Texas Local Government Code.
6. 8. Resolution - Business Development: Resolution No. 2024-R0009 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Contract 17281, with Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc., for design and engineering
services for the West Walking Track development in the North Point Public Improvement
District.
6. 9. Resolution - Business Development: Resolution No. 2024-R0010 authorizing a Commercial
Revitalization Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to
Broadway Fish and More, located at 1702 E. Broadway, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the
Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.
6. 10. Ordinance lst Reading - Right-of-Way: Ordinance No. 2024-00005 abandoning and closing
portions of a blanket garbage collection easement, a blanket underground utility for service
easement, an underground utility easement, a transformer pad easement, and a switching
enclosure easement, located in Section 37, Block AK to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County,
Texas.
6. 11. Ordinance lst Reading - Right-of-Way: Ordinance No. 2024-00006 abandoning and closing
an underground streetlight cable easement located in Lincoln 16 Addition, Lot 323, South
Queens Street, in the West portion of Section 6, Block JS, Lubbock County, Texas.
6. 12. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2024-R0011 authorizing the Mayor to accept, for
and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, three Dedication Deeds, and all related documents, in
connection with certain real property located in Tract "A", Block 130, Original Town Addition,
a replat of Lots 1-20, Block 130, Original Town Addition to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock
County, Texas, to be utilized for street, curb, gutter, drainage right-of-way, public utilities, and
other public purposes.
6. 13. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2024-ROOl2 authorizing the Mayor to accept, for
and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Dedication Deed, and all related documents, in
connection with certain real property located in Section 4, Block AK, E.L. & R.R. R.R. CO.
Survey, Abstract No. 746, located at 3714 146th Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to be
utilized for streets, public use, right-of-way, and other public purposes.
6. 14. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2024-R0013 authorizing the Mayor to accept, for
and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Dedication Deed, and all related documents, in
connection with certain real property located in Section 4, Block AK, E.L. & R.R. R.R. CO.
Survey, Abstract No. 746, located at 3726 146th Street, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to be
utilized for streets, public use, right-of-way, and other public purposes.
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6. 15. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2024-R0014 authorizing Mayor to accept, for and
on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Dedication Deed, and all related documents, in connection
with certain real property located in Section 5, Block AK, E.L. & R.R. R.R. CO. Survey,
Abstract No. 163, Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, to be utilized for streets, public use,
right-of-way, utilities, and other public purposes.
6. 16. Resolutions - Facilities Management: Resolution No.'s 2024-R0015; 2024-R0016; and
2024-R0017 authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Orders 10026967, 10027008, and
10027033, with Officewise, for the purchase and installation of Furniture, Fixtures, and
Equipment - Package 1, for the new Public Health Facility.
Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave comments and answered questions from City Council.
6. 17. Resolutions - Facilities Management: Resolution No.'s 2024-R0018 and 2024-R0019
authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Orders 10026968 and 10027034, with 1 st Class
Solutions, for the purchase and installation of Furniture, Fixtures, and Equipment - Package 2,
for the new Public Health Facility.
6. 18. Resolution - Public Health Services: Resolution No. 2024-R0020 authorizing the Mayor to
execute four City of Lubbock Health Department - Prevention Resource Center, Region 1
Memorandums of Understanding, and all related documents, by and between the City of
Lubbock, and Cenikor Foundation, Hub City Outreach Center, Amend Together, and Rocc Solid
Fitness, in support of the Health Department's behavioral health and prevention
resources programs.
6. 19. Resolution - Information Technology: Resolution No. 2024-R0021 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Purchase Order 364523, with Dell Marketing LP, for the expansion of the Power Scale
Data Storage Systems to provide additional data storage capacity for the Marketing and
Communications Department.
6. 20. Resolution - Fleet Services: Resolution No. 2024-R0022 authorizing the Mayor to execute
Purchase Order 31078798, with Warren CAT, for the purchase of one Excavator and two
Articulated Dump Trucks, to be used at the Solid Waste Landfill.
b. 21. Resolution - Fleet Services: Resolution No. 2024-R0023 authorizing the Mayor to execute
Contract 17728, with Mighty Wash Operations LLC, for car washing services for the City's light
and medium-duty vehicles.
6. 22. Resolution - Police: Resolution No. 2024-R0024 authorizing the City Manager, and/or his
designee, to execute an Addendum, and all related documents, to the Fugitive Task Force
Memorandum of Understanding, RE: Body-Worn Camera Use by Task Force Officers, by and
between the City of Lubbock and the United States Marshals Service.
b. 23. Ordinance lst Reading - City Secretary: Ordinance No. 2024-00007 ordering the 2024
Regular Municipal Election of the City of Lubbock to be held May 4, 2024.
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6. 24. Ordinance lst Reading - City Secretary: Ordinance No. 2024-00008 amending Section
1.02.004 of the Code of Ordinances of the City of Lubbock, Texas, with regard to voting
precinct boundaries and the establishment of the same by the City Council; creating additional
and new voting precincts; and providing a map of the voting precincts and districts of the City of
Lubbock.
6. 25. Resolution - City Secretary: Resolution No. 2024-R0025 adopting a voting system for use in
any one or more elections ordered by the City of Lubbock, at all Early Voting and Election Day
polling locations in Lubbock County.
6. 26. Resolution - City Secretary: Resolution No. 2024-R0026 authorizing a joint election with other
eligible governmental units in Lubbock County, and authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract
for services with Lubbock County and the eligible governmental units, for said joint election(s),
through September 30, 2024.
6. 27. Resolution - City Manager: Resolution No. 2024-R0027 authorizing the Mayor to execute a
Letter of Engagement for legal services, with Barron, Adler, Clough & Oddo, LLP, and related
documents.
7. Regular Agenda
7. 1. Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider appointments to the Central Business District
Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors, Community Development &
Services Board, Comprehensive Plan Oversight Committee, Cultural Arts Grants Review
Standing Sub-Committee, Health/Educational Facilities Development Corporation Board,
Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors, Libraries Board, Lubbock Business Park Tax
Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors, Model Codes & Construction
Advisory Board, North Overton Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of
Directors, Permit & License Appeal Board, Public Transit Advisory Board, Urban Design &
Historic Preservation Commission, Urban Renewal/Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission,
Veterans Advisory Committee, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Central Business District Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors:
Reappointment of Gabriel Vitela, Brett McDowell, and Robert Taylor.
Community Development & Services Board: Reappointment of Nitra Barnes.
Comprehensive Plan Oversight Committee: Reappointment of Alan Holly and John
Zwiacher; and the appointment of Kyle Rable to replace Danna Lamb-Vines.
Cultural Arts Grants Review Standing Sub-Committee: Reappointment of Christena
Gonzales.
Health/Educational Facilities Development Corporation Board: Appointment of Dr. David
Long to replace Dr. Lori Rice Spearman.
Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors: Reappointment of William Dannevik; and
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the appointment of Kyndra Watson to replace Dwight Overton.
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Libraries Board: Reappointment of Eddie Kirkpatrick, Sheri Lewis, and Kathy Kitten.
Lubbock Business Park Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of
Directors: Reappointment of Dr. Kathy Rollo and Tony Whitehead; and the appointment of
Christopher Hook to replace Steven Brett Cate.
Model Codes & Construction Advisory Board: Appointment of Marvin White to replace
Mark Branscome.
North Overton Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of
Directors: Reappointment of Timothy Pridmore.
Permit & License Appeal Board: Appointment of Tarek Redwan to replace Thomas Hawkins.
Public Transit Advisory Board: Appointment of Kristen Murray to replace Naomi Couture.
Urban Design & Historic Preservation Commission: Reappointment of Mary Crites; and the
appointment of Sheila Powell to replace Betty Wheeler; Matthew Weaver to replace Jared
Horsford; and Daniel Biase to replace Lal Williams.
Urban Renewal/Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission: Reappointment of Amber
Sanders, Robert Baxter, and Milton Lee; and the appointment of Brenda Hawkins to replace Dr.
Steve German and Michael Gomez to replace Joshua Frost.
Veterans Advisory Committee: Appointment of Jeff Lowry to replace Aaron Johnson.
Zoning Board of Adjustment: Reappointment of Joe Phea, Jr.; the promotion of Djuana
McPherson to a member position to replace Jeremy Hamilton and the promotion of Shannon
Spencer to a member position to replace Zane Vaughn; and the appointment of Danielle Craig to
an alternate position to replace Djuana McPherson and Jose Valenciano to an alternate position
to replace Shannon Spencer.
Motion by Council Member Steve Massengale, seconded by Council Member Latrelle Joy,
to appoint, reappoint, and promote the aforementioned citizens to the Central Business
District Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors, Community
Development & Services Board, Comprehensive Plan Oversight Committee, Cultural Arts
Grants Review Standing Sub-Committee, Health/Educational Facilities Development
Corporation Board, Housing Finance Corporation Board of Directors, Libraries Board,
Lubbock Business Park Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors,
Model Codes & Construction Advisory Board, North Overton Tax Increment Financing
Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors, Permit & License Appeal Board, Public Transit
Advisory Board, Urban Design & Historic Preservation Commission, Urban
Renewal/Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission, Veterans Advisory Committee, and
the Zoning Board of Adjustment.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
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7. 2. Board Appointments - City Secretary: Declare two appointments by the Mayor to the
Lubbock Housing Authority Board of Commissioners: Ayda Martinez and Amanda Gray.
Mayor Tray Payne read into the record the declaration of two appointments by the Mayor to the
Lubbock Housing Authority Board of Commissioners: Ayda Martinez and Amanda Gray.
7. 3. Public Hearing - Business Development: Ordinance No. 2024-00009 reviewing classifcations
for the methods of assessing special benefits for the services and improvements of property in
the Cypress Ranch PID; approving, adopting, and filing with the City Secretary the assessment
role; levying 2024 assessments for the cost of certain services and improvements to be provided
in the district during FY 2024-25; fixing charges and liens against the property in the district and
against the owners thereof; and providing for the collection of the assessment.
Brianna Brown, director of business development, gave a presentation and answered questions
from City Council.
Mayor Payne opened the public hearing at 2:13 p.m.
No on appeared to speak in favor or opposition.
Mayor Payne closed the public hearing at 2:14 p.m.
Motion by Council Member Steve Massengale, seconded by Council Member Mark W.
McBrayer, to approve Ordinance No. 2024-00009.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
7. 4. Public Hearing - Planning (District 3): Consider a request for Zone Case 1511-0, a request of
Kesham, LLC, for a zone change from Neighborhood Commercial District (NC) to Auto-Urban
Commercial District (AC), at 4502 SOth Street, located north of SOth Street and east of Salem
Avenue, Gordon Heights Addition, Lot 113 and the east 25 feet of Lot 114, and consider an
ordinance.
This item failed.
Kristen Sager, director of planning, gave a presentation and answered questions from City
Council. Kristen Sager, director of planning; and Eric Rejino, assistant city manager, gave
comments and answered questions from City Council.
Mayor Payne opened the public hearing at 2:17 p.m.
No on appeared to speak in favor or opposition.
Mayor Payne closed the public hearing at 2:18 p.m.
Motion by Council Member Mark W. McBrayer, seconded by Council Member Steve
Massengale, to approve this item.
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Vote: 0 - 7 Failed
NAY: Mayor Tray Payne
Mayor Pro Tem Shelia Patterson Harris
Council Member Latrelle Joy
Council Member Christy Martinez-Garcia
Council Member Steve Massengale
Council Member Mark W. McBrayer
Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson
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7. 5. Public Hearing - Planning (District 5): Ordinance No. 2024-00010, for Zone Case 3058-G, a
request of Seventeen Services, LLC., for Tommy Ford, for a zone change from Low Density
Single-Family District (SF-2) to Auto-Urban Commercial District (AC), at 7201 SOth Street,
located south of SOth Street and east of Upland Avenue, on 6.192 acres of unplatted land out of
Block AK, Section 35, and consider an ordinance.
Kristen Sager, director of planning, gave a presentation and answered questions from City
Council.
Mayor Payne opened the public hearing at 2:25 p.m.
No on appeared to speak in favor or opposition.
Mayor Payne closed the public hearing at 2:26 p.m.
Motion by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, seconded by Council Member Christy
Martinez-Garcia, to approve Ordinance No. 2024-00010.
Vote: 6- 1 Motion carried
NAY: Council Member Latrelle Joy
2:32 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, Mayor Payne adjourned the meeting.
The January 9, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting minutes were approved by the City Council on the
13th day of February, 2024.
ATTEST:
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Courtney Paz, City Secretary
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