HomeMy WebLinkAboutMinutes - City Council - Regular - 4/28/2026CITY OF LUBBOCK
REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING
Apri128, 2026
1:00 P. M.
The City Council of the City of Lubbock, Texas met in regular session on the 28th of April, 2026, in
City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas at 1:00 p.m.
1:00 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: Ciry Council addressed agenda items in the follo��ing order:
• Executive Sessron; 2.1-2.2; Citizen Comrnents 3; -�.1; S.1-5.24; and 6.1-6.2.
Executive Session
The meeting recessed at 1:01 p.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 2:03 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. Texas Department of Transportation - 19th Street Project
1. 2. Hold an executive session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Section 551.072, to
deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property.
1. 2. 1. Lubbock Business Park
2:00 p.m. - City Council reconvenes in Open Session in City Council Chambers.
City Council reconvened at 2:00 p.m.
2. CeremonialItems
2. 1. Invocation
Reverand Darlene Hopkins, Shepherd King Lutheran Church, led the invocation.
2. 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 2:03 p.m.
3. 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 April 28, 2026. Citizen Comments provide an opportunity for citizens to
make comments and express a position on agenda items.
No one appeared to speak.
4. Minutes
4. 1. March 24, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Gordon
Harris, to approve the March 24, 2026 Regular City Counci) Meeting minutes.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
5. 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 Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Gordon
Harris, to approve items 5.1-5.24.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
5. 1. Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2026-O0043,
Amendment 22, amending the FY 2025-26 Budget for Municipal Purposes respecting the Streets
Capital Project Fund and Impact Eee Streets Zone E Fund, in connection with Certificate of
Obligation Funding for l 14th Street: Quaker Avenue to Indiana Avenue, and 82nd Street and Martin
Luther King Boulevard-22B.
5. 2. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2026-O0046,
Amendment 23, respecting the Opioid Abatement Trust Fund in connection with accepting funding
from Lubbock County in support of the Intermediary Care Clinic.
5. 3. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2026-O0047, Amendment
24, respecting the Streets Capital Project Fund in connection with Capital Improvement Pcoject
9281 l- 98th Street: Alcove Avenue to Upland Avenue - 22B, and Capital Improvement Project
92815 - Upland Avenue: 34ih Street to SOth Street - 22B, to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond
Project.
5. 4. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2026-O0048,
Amendment 25, respecting the Wastewater Capital Project Fund, in connection with
Capital Improvement Project 92843 - Water Reclamation Electrical Replacement and Monitor,
Capital Improvement Project 8709 - Major Sewer line condition assessment and Repair, and Capital
Improvement Project 92701 - Major Sewer line condition assessment and Repair.
5. 5. Budget Ordinance Amendment lst Reading - Finance: Ordinance No. 2026-O0049, Amendment
26, respecting the Stormwater Capital Project Fund in connection with Capital [mprovement Project
92881 - Stormwater System Improvements & Maintenance, and Capital Improvement Project 92743
- Playa Lake 054 Lateral Extension.
5. 6. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Right-of-Way: Ordinance No. 2026-O0044, and related documents,
abandoning and closing a portion of a drainage easement located in Tracts F& H2, of the Commons
South Addition, in Section 22, Block E2, Lubbock County, Texas, north of 122nd Street and east of
Quaker Avenue.
5. 7. Ordinance lst Reading - Right-of-Way: Ordinance No. 2026-O0050, abandoning and closing an
overhead power line easement located in Tract A, Block 134 of Overton Addition, in Section 2,
Block O, Lubbock County, Texas, on the east side of Avenue Q, south of l Oth Street, and north of
Main Street.
5. 8. Ordinance lst Reading - Right-of-Way: Ordinance No. 2026-O00S l, abandoning and closing a
portion of an alley located south of Tract A, Broadview Baptist Church Addition, in Section 6,
Block JS, Lubbock County, Texas, on the east side of North Frankford Avenue, south of Princeton
Street, north of Kemper Street.
5. 9. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2026-R0l 56 authocizing the Mayor to execute a Street
Use License Agreement, and related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and Hugo
Reed and Associates, Inc., for an aerial communications cable running from the southeast corner of
Lot 18, Block 192, Original Town of Lubbock, across Avenue N, to the northwest corner of Lot 4,
Block 193, Original Town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.
5. 10. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2026-R0157 authorizing the Mayor to execute a
Memorandum of Agreement, by and between the City of Lubbock and Oscar D. Lopez-Hermosillo,
for right-of-way real property located in Section 42, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas (Parcel
58), located on the west side of Upland Avenue, south of 29th Street, and north of 30th Street, to be
utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project.
5. 11. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2026-R0l 58 authorizing the Mayor to execute a
Memorandum of Agreement, by and between the City of Lubbock and Enrico G. Aguas and
Teresita A. Aguas, for the purchase of a 0.117-acre tract located in Section 22, Block AK, Lubbock
County, Texas (Parcel 25), located on the east side of Upland Avenue, south of 103rd Street, and
north of 109th Street, to be utilized for the 2024 Street Bond Project.
5. 12. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2026-R0159 authorizing the Mayor to execute a
Memorandum of Agreement, by and between the City of Lubbock and Enrico G. Aguas, Teresita
A. Aguas and Forty Five Holdings, Ltd., by and through The Aguas Family Trust, its General
Partner, for the purchase of a 0.181-acre tract located in Section 22, Block AK, Lubbock County,
Texas (Parcel 26), located on the east side of Upland Avenue, south of 103rd Street, north of 109th
Street, and no��th of Parcel 25, to be utilized for the 2024 Street Bond Project.
5. 13. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Resolution No. 2026-R0160 authorizing the Mayor to execute a
Memorandum of Agreement, by and between the City of Lubbock and Carmelita A. Mirza and
Saiyed I. Mirza, for the purchase of a 0.052-acre tract located in Section 22, Block AK, Lubbock
County, Texas (Parcel 32), located on the east side of Upland Avenue, across from 103rd Street, to
be utilized for the 2024 Street Bond Project.
5. 14. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2026-R0161 authorizing the Mayor to execute
Professional Services Agreement, Contract No.l 9585, and related documents, by and between the
City of Lubbock and Fceese Nichols, Inc., a Texas corporation, for Construction Phase Services for
Upland Avenue from 34th Street to SOth Street, to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project.
5. 15. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2026-R0 (62 authorizing the Mayor to execute a
Reimbursement Agreement for Contract 19584, and related documents, by and between the City of
Lubbock and Lubbock & Western Railway, L.L.C., to be utilized for the 2022 Street Bond Project.
5. 16. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2026-R0163 authorizing the Mayor to execute Public
Works Contract 19178, and related documents, with Deerwood Construction, for the Bailey County
Transmission Line Upgrade, consistent with the terms of the attached bid.
5. 17. Resolution - Engineering: Resolution No. 2026-R0164 authorizing the Mayor to execute
Amendment No. 1 to Professional Services Agreement, Contract No. 18963, and all related
documents, by and between the City of Lubbock, Texas, and Enprotec/Hibbs & Todd, Inc., to
extend the contract duration and scope of service changes, to meet federal and state reyuirements.
5. 18. Resolution - Water Utilities: Resolution No. 2026-R0l 65 authorizing the Mayor to execute
Contract 19415, with Brandon Patschke, for hay harvesting at the Lubbock Land Application
site and the Hancock Land Application Site.
5. 19. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Public Works Traffic Operations: Ordinance No. 2026-O0045,
amending Section 20.05.102 of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, with regard to the
establishment of speed limits, to change the speed limits on the Loop 88 Main Lanes and Frontage
Roads; Indiana Avenue, from l 14th Street to 135th Street; and Quaker Avenue from 102nd Sireet to
140th Street.
5. 20. Resolution - Public Health Services: Resolution No. 2026-R0166 authorizing the Mayor to
execute the Consulting Laboratory Director Agreement, CON3781005, and all related
documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and the Texas Tech University Health Sciences
Center, to provide a qualified professional to serve as Consulting Laboratory Director and Clinical
Consultant for the City of Lubbock Health Department.
5. 21. Resolution - Public Health Services: Resolution No. 2026-R0167 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Amendment No. 3 to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Contract No.
HHS001331300015, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and the State
of Texas, acting by and through DSHS under the Immunization Locals Grant Program, to prevent
and control the transmission of vaccine-preventable diseases in children and adults.
5. 22. Resolution - Public Health Services: Resolution No. 2026-R0 l68 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Amendment No. 5 to the Department of State Health Services (DSHS) Contract No.
HHS001439500038, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and the State
of Texas, acting by and through DSHS, under the Public Health Emergency Preparedness
Cooperative Agreement from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
5. 23. Resolution - Public Transit Services: Resolution No. 2026-R0169 authorizing the Mayor to
execute Purchase Order 27126529, through BuyBoard Contract 715-23, with Reeder Distributors,
Inc., for the purchase of eight Heavy Duty Column Lifts for Citibus.
5. 24. Resolution - City Manager: Resolution No. 2026-R017 l authorizing the Mayor to execute
Contract No. 19658 with the Texas Veterans Land Board, for reclaimed water, to be used for
irrigation purposes at the West Texas State Veterans Cemetecy.
6. Regular Agenda
6. 1. Ordinance lst Reading - Engineering: Ordinance No. 2026-O0052 amending Chapter 36 of the
Code of Ordinances by adding "Division 2 Paving Alleys by Petition" to Article 36.08, establishing
a process for the paving of unimproved alleys through a petition initiated assessment process and
providing for placing a lien on p►•operty for unpaid assessments.
Erik Rejino, assistant city manager, gave a presentation and answered questions from City Council.
Motion by Council Member David Glasheen, seconded by Mayor Pro Tem Christy
Martinez-Garcia, to approve Ordinance No. 2026-O0052.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
6. 2. Resolution - Civic Center: Resolution No. 2026-R0170 authorizing the City Council's approval of
a Conceptual Design, as presented by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc. dba TVS,
for further development of the future expansion and renovation of the Lubbock Memorial
Convention Center.
Jarrett Atkinson, city manager, introduced the item, gave comments, introduced Paul McKeever
with TVS, and answered questions fi•om the City CounciL Paul McKeever gave a presentation and
answered questions from City Council.
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Dr.
Jennifer Wilson, to approve Resolution No. 2026-R0170.
Vote: 7- 0 Motion carried
3:06 P.M. CITY COUNCIL ADJOURNED
There being no further business to come before Council, Mayor McBrayer adjourned the meeting.
The April 28, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting minutes were approved by the City Council on the 26th day
of May, 2026.
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