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HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 6/24/2025CITY OF LUBBOCK REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING June 24, 2025 12:00 P. M. The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in regular session on the 24th of June, 2025, in City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas at 12:00 p.m. 12:04 P.M. CITY COUNCIL CONVENED City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas Present: Mayor Mark W. McBrayer; Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia; Council Member Tim Collins; Council Member David Glasheen; Council Member Gordon Harris; Council Member Brayden Rose; Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson; City Manager W. Jarrett Atkinson; City Secretary Courtney Paz; City Attorney Matt Wade Note: City Counci! addressed agenda items in the following order: • Executive Session; 2.1-2. 2; 3.1-3. 2; Citizen Comments 4; 5.1; 6.1-6. 6; 6. 8-6.1-�; 6.16-6. 28; 6. 7; 6.15; and 7.1-7.3. 1. Executive Session The meeting recessed at 12:05 p.m. and reconvened in Executive Session under the provisions of Section 551, Texas Government Code. City Council reconvened in open session at 1:02 p.m., and the meeting was called to order at 2:13 p.m. 1. 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. 1. 1. 1. Chapter 39 Unifed Development Code 1. 1. 2. Texas Department of Transportation - Upland Project 1. 2. 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 Building Board of Appeals, Canadian River Municipal Water Authority Board of Directors, and the Permit & License Appeal Board. Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 2 of 9 Immediately following Executive Session, City Council reconvenes in City Council Chambers in Work Session regarding items for presentation and discussion on such issues that may require in-depth consideration by the City Council. City Council reconvened at 1:02 p.m. 2. Hear and discuss presentations regarding the following and provide guidance to staff as appropriate. 2. 1. Impact Fees Update Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, introduced the item, gave comments, and answered questions from City Council. John Turpin, division director of engineering/city engineer; and Brandon Forsythe, with Kimley-Horn and Associates, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council. Topics discussed included: Impact Fee Basics; Impact Fee Collection and Utilization; Impact Fee Components, including service areas, land use assumptions, roadway capacity plan, service units, and max fees; Municipal Comparisons; Impact Fee Policy Decisions and CIAC Recommendation; and Impact Fee Schedule. 2. 2. Sales Tax and Budget Update Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council. Topics discussed included: City of Lubbock Sales Tax through April 2025; Texas Comptroller Comparison Month over Month for All Industries - FY 2024-25; Looking to the Remainder of FY 2025; and City of Lubbock Sales Tax FY 2026 Projections. 2:00 p.m. - City Council continues in Regular Session in City Council Chambers. City Council concluded work session and began regular session at 2:10 p.m. 3. CeremonialItems 3. 1. Invocation Minister Tom Rask, Church of the Blessed International, led the invocation. 3. 2. Pledges of Allegiance Pledges of Allegiance, to the United States and Texas Flags, were led by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia. Call to Order The meeting was called to order at 2:13 p.m. Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 3 of 9 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 June 24, 2025. Citizen Comments provide an opportunity for citizens to make comments and express a position on agenda items. Sign ups: • Shelia Patterson Harris, chair of Chatman Hill Neighborhood Association, appeared before City Council to speak on item 2.2 (Sales Tax and Budget Update). • Josh Shankles appeared before City Council to speak on item 2.1 (Impact Fees Update). 5. Minutes 5. 1. May 22, 2025 Special City Councii Meeting - Joint P&Z Meeting May 27, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting May 27, 2025 Special City Council Meeting - Grand Opening Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Tim Collins, to approve the May 22, 2025 Special City Council Meeting - Joint P&Z Meeting minutes; the May 27, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting minutes; and the May 27, 2025 Special City Council Meeting - Grand Opening minutes. Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried G. 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 Tim Collins, seconded by Council Member Brayden Rose, to approve items 6.1-6.6; 6.8-6.14; and 6.16-6.28. Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried 6. 1. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00067, Amendment 23, respecting the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance FY 2024-25 Operating Budget; providing for fling; and providing for a savings clause. 6. 2. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00068, Amendment 24, respecting the General Fund and Streets Capital Project Fund; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. 6. 3. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00069, Amendment 25, respecting the Parks Capital Project Fund and the Golf Capital Project Fund; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 4 of 9 6. 4. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00070, Amendment 26, respecting the HOME-American Rescue Plan Grant; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. b. 4. 1. Resolution - Community Development: Resolution No. 2025-R0273 authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1 to Contract 16354, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and the U. S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, for the Home Investment Partnerships Grant (HOME) American Rescue Plan. 6. 5. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00071, Amendment 22, amending the FY 2024-25 Budget for Municipal Purposes respecting the Abandoned Vehicle Fund; appropriating funds therefrom for the purchase of certain equipment to be used by the Police Department; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. 6. 6. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2025-00072, Amendment 27, an ordinance amending the FY 2024-25 Budget for municipal purposes; accepting and appropriating additional funding from the Texas Department of State Health Services in the amount of $229,485 to the Human Immunodeficiency Virus Disease Intervention Specialists Grant; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. 6. 7. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2025-R0292 authorizing the Mayor to execute a Street Use License, and related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and CBC Centre Suites, LLC, on Glenna Goodacre Boulevard from just east of University Avenue to Avenue X, Mac Davis Lane from just east of University Avenue to Avenue X, and Avenue X between Mac Davis Lane and Glenna Goodacre Boulevard, for the purpose of mounting streetlight banners. Erik Rejino, assistant city manager; and Matt Wade, city attorney, gave comments and answered questions from City Council. Motion by Council Member Tim Collins, seconded by Council Member Brayden Rose, to postpone this item to the July 22, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting. Vote: 3 - 4 Failed NAY: Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia Council Member David Glasheen Council Member Gordon Harris Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson Motion by Council Member David Glasheen, seconded by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, to approve Resolution No. 2025-R0292. Vote: 6- 1 Motion carried NAY: Council Member Tim Collins Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 5 of 9 6. 8. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2025-R0274 authorizing the Mayor to execute Real Property Sales Contract and Deed 18904, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and M&M Homes, for the sale of real property located within Lots 18 and 19, Block 1, Park View Addition to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, on 3rd Place, west of Avenue C. 6. 9. Ordinance lst Reading - Right-of-Way: Ordinance No. 2025-00073 abandoning and closing portions of an underground waterline easement located in Tract A-1-C of the City View Campus Addition. Block AK, Section 37, of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, east of Milwaukee Avenue, south of 46th Street, and north of SOth Street. 6. 10. Ordinance lst Reading - Right-of-Way: Ordinance No. 2025-00074 abandoning and closing portions of a public right-of-way located in Section 1, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas, on the east side of Geneva Avenue, north of 140th Street, due to a change in the development of this property. 6. 11. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2025-R0275 authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Memorandum of Agreement, and accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, the associated Street, Public Use, and Right-of-Way Deed, and all related documents, in connection with real property located in Section 34, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas (Parcel 4), on the west side of Upland Avenue, north of 66th Street, and south of 63rd Street, to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project. 6. 12. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2025-R0276 authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Memorandum of Agreement, and accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, the associated Drainage Easement, and ail related documents, in connection with real property located in the Southwest Quarter (SW/4) of Section 2, Block JS, Lubbock County, Texas (Parcel 6), on the east side of Milwaukee Avenue and north of 3rd Street, for the widening of Milwaukee Avenue from 4th Street to the north city limits, to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project. 6. 13. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2025-R0277 authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Memorandum of Agreement, and accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, the associated Street, Public Use, and Right-of-Way Deed, and all related documents, in connection with real property located in Section 8, Block E, of the GC & SF R.R. Co. Survey, Lubbock County, Texas (Parcel 14), on the south side of 82nd Street, east of I-27, for the 82nd Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard reconstruction, to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project. 6. 14. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2025-R0278 authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Memorandum of Agreement, and accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, the associated Street, Public Use, and Right-of-Way Deed, and all related documents, in connection with real property located in Section 31, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas (Parcel 21), on the south side of 66th Street between Winfield Avenue and Wausau Avenue, for the 66th Street Expansion Project, to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project. Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 6 of 9 6. 15. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2025-R0293 authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 to Professional Services Agreement Contract 17087, with HDR, Inc., for the reconstruction of Milwaukee Avenue from 4th Street to the north city limits of the City of Lubbock, to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project. Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, gave comments and answered yuestions from City Council. Motion by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, seconded by Council Member David Glasheen, to approve Resolution No. 2025-R0293. Vote: 6- 0 Motion carried Other: Council Member Tim Collins (RECUSE) 6. 16. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2025-R0279 authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement Contract 18859, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and AMD Engineering, LLC, for on-call general surveying services. 6. 17. Resolution Engineering: Resolution No. 2025-R0280 authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement Contract 18858, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and Parkhill, for on-call general surveying services. b. 18. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2025-R0281 authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement Contract 18860, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and R2M Engineering, LLC, for on-call general surveying services. 6. 19. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2025-R0282 authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 1 to Contract l 8063, and related documents, with Rink's Lease Service, Inc., for replacing and installing water lines ahead of paving in Manhattan Heights. 6. 20. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2025-R0283 authorizing the Mayor to execute Development Agreement Contract 18959, with Starlight Development, LLC, for the construction of a portion of the Southwest Lubbock Sanitary Sewer Expansion Project. b. 21. Resolution - Public Works - Water: Resolution No. 2025-R0284 authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 18884, with Petree Farms, for cattle grazing rights at the Wildlife Mitigation Area at Lake Alan Henry. 6. 22. Resolution - Public Works Water Utilities: Resolution No. 2025-R0285 authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 23106030, with L. Howard Construction, Inc., to supply and install replacement chopper pumps and piping modifcations for Digesters 8 and 9 at the Southeast Water Reclamation Plant. b. 23. Resolution - Public Works Water Utilities: Resolution No. 2025-R0286 authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 23106039 with Walker Process Equipment, to supply a replacement spur gear drive assembly for installation in the Plant 4, Train 1, Primary Clarifier at the Southeast Water Reclamation Plant. Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 7 of 9 6. 24. Resolution - Public Works Water Utilities: Resolution No.'s 2025-R0287 and 2025-R0288 authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 18670, with Averett Electric, and Contract 18828, with Ingram Professional Services, Inc., to provide instrumentation, electrical, and controls services at various City of Lubbock Water Utilities facilities. 6. 25. Resolution - Public Works Streets: Resolution No. 2025-R0289 authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 1 to Contract 18478, with Intermountain Slurry Seal, Inc., for services related to scrub seal/micro-surfacing. 6. 26. Ordinance lst Reading - Public Works Traffic Management: Ordinance No. 2025-00075 amending Section 20.05.103 of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, with regard to the establishment of school zones and speed limits. 6. 27. Resolution - Civic Center: Resolution No. 2025-R0290 authorizing the Mayor to execute Job Order Contract 18946, with JK Dennard Construction LLC, for Erosion Control at the Moonlight Musicals Amphitheatre in Mackenzie Park. 6. 28. Resolution - Fleet Services: Resolution No. 2025-R0291 authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 18701 with Williams Brake, Tune, and Tire, Contract 18856 with Bolton's Oil Change, Contract 18861 with Hub City Lube, Contract 18863 with Oil Changers, and Contract 18864 with Rapid Oil Change, for oil change services for City light and medium-duty vehicles. 7. Regular Agenda 7. 1. Public Hearing - Planning (District 1): Ordinance No. 2025-00076, for Zone Case 1943-E, a request of AMD Engineering, LLC for Mantle Finance Group, LLC, for a zone change from Heavy Commercial District (HC) to Medium Density Residential District (MDR), at 1101 N Memphis, located south of North Loop 289 and west of Memphis Avenue, on 15.81 acres of unplatted land out of Block A, Section 18. Kristen Sager, director of planning, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council. Mayor McBrayer opened the public hearing at 2:48 p.m. Will Stephens, with AMD Engineering, appeared to speak in favor. No one appeared to speak in opposition. Mayor McBrayer closed the public hearing at 2:50 p.m. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, to approve Ordinance No. 2025-00076. Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 8 of 9 7. 2. Public Hearing - Planning (District 2): Ordinance No. 2025-00077, for Zone Case 1825-A, a request of Keller Williams Commercial for Pinkie's Inc., for a zone change from Neighborhood Commercial District (NC) and Heavy Commercial District (HC) to Auto-Urban Commercial District (AC), at 2312 82nd Street, located east of University Avenue and north of 82nd Street, Oak Park Addition, Tract J. Kristen Sager, director of planning, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council. Jeremy Steen, the proponent, gave comments and answered questions from City Council. Mayor McBrayer opened the public hearing at 2:48 p.m. Jeremy Steen, the proponent, appeared to speak in favor. No one appeared to speak in opposition. Mayor McBrayer closed the public hearing at 2:50 p.m. Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, to approve Ordinance No. 2025-00077. Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried 7. 3. Resolution - Planning: Resolution No. 2025-R0294 approving and granting a variance from the applicable 300-feet minimum distance provision of the City of Lubbock Ordinance No. 2009-00060, at 3135 34th Street, for an alcoholic beverage permit for Pub 55. Kristen Sager, director of planning, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council. Zachary Kundinger, the proponent, gave comments and answered questions from City Council. Motion by Council Member Dr. Jennifer Wilson, seconded by Council Member Brayden Rose, to approve Resolution No. 2025-R0294. Vote: 5- 2 Motion carried NAY: Council Member Tim Collins Council Member David Glasheen 2:55 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED There being no further business to come before Council, Mayor McBrayer adjourned the meeting. Regular City Council Meeting June 24, 2025 Page 9 of 9 The June 24, 2025 Regular City Council Meeting minutes were approved by the City Council on the 22nd day of July, 2025. � MARK W. McBRAYER, M YOR A ST: Cou ney Paz, City 5ecre