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RESOLUTION #708 - 2/12/81
WHEREAS, the widening of University Avenue has been contemplated
and studied, and a plan for the reconstruction of University Avenue has
been developed which is entitled: "University Avenue: 4th Street to
19th Street --Plan #7"; and,
WHEREAS, University Avenue is an integral part of the City of
Lubbock's transportation system and is so designated in the Lubbock
Urban Transportation Plan; and,
WHEREAS, implementation of the proposed plan will increase street
efficiency and improve the traffic flow on University Avenue; and
WHEREAS, implementation of the proposed plan will serve to reduce
the traffic and parking congestion currently prevalent on University
Avenue;
WHEREAS, implementation of the proposed plan will reduce the current
rate of accidents, provide for safer pedestrian flow, and generally
increase traffic safety on University Avenue; NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the City Council of the City of Lubbock does hereby support
and approve the selection of the plan for the reconstruction of University
Avenue which is entitled: "University Avenue: 4th Street to 19th Street --
Plan #7" together with modifications as specified herein and hereby
authorizes commencement of engineering for implementation of said plan
and approves a time table and schedule for construction (attached).
THAT existing 30° angle parking on said portion of University
Avenue be retained and all other existing angle parking be changed to
30° angle parkin,& where permitted.
THAT the existing 30 mile per hour speed zone on University Avenue
between 4th Street and 19th Street be retained.
THAT additional parking be provided for on 10th Street and Main
Street in the proximity of their intersection with University Avenue.
THAT the City of Lubbock staff shall diligently pursue all possibi-
lities for providing additional parking on 13th Street and 14th Street
in the proximity of their intersection with University Avenue.
THAT the far East lane on University Avenue between 4th Street and
19th Street be retained for parking maneuvering and/or right turn pur-
poses for North bound traffic.
THAT the time limit for angle parking on said portion of University
Avenue be studied and arrived at with the co-operation and recommendations
of the merchants in that area.
THAT the City staff consider all recommendations and suggestions
made at the City Council Meeting of February 21, 1981 and report as
to the feasibility of such recommendations at the City Council Meeting
of February 26, 1981.
Passed by the City Council on this 12t1$ay of February ; 1981.
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ATTEST:
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Evelyn-Gaf ga, City Se ry-Treasurer
APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
R McDaniel, Traffic Engineering Director
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Angela Ahams, Asst. City Attorney
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CRENSHAW. DUPREE & MILAM
ATTORNEYS AT LAW 16061 762•52SI
FIRST NATIONAL- PIONEER BUILDING P. O. BOX 1499
JACK MCCUTCHIN.JR. LUBBOCK. TEXAS 79401 79406
February 10, 1981
Mayor Bill McAlister
c/o City of Lubbock
Post Office Box 2000
Lubbock, Texas 79457
Mr. M. J. "Bud" Aderton
c/o City of Lubbock
Post Office Box 2000
Lubbock, Texas 79457
Mr. Alan Henry
3208 - 34th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79410
Mr. E. Jack Brown
Post Office Box 2878
Lubbock, Texas 79408
Mrs. Joan Baker
4610 - 20th Street
Lubbock, Texas 79407
Mr. Larry Cunningham
City Manager .
City of Lubbock
Post Office Box 2000
Lubbock, Texas 79457
Mr. Jim Bertram
City Planning & Zoning
City of Lubbock
Post Office Box 2000
Lubbock, Texas 79457
RE: Proposed plan to widen University Avenue
between 4th Street and 19th Street
Dear Mayor, Members of the City Council, and Gentlemen:
We represent Lubbock College Associates, a Texas Limited Partner-
ship, which owns Bromley Hall. Hopefully, you will recognize
Bromley Hall (formerly known as The College Inn) as the privately
owned dormitory and commercial business building located on the
east side of University Avenue between 10th Street and Main Street.
This building has dormitory space for up to one -thousand students,
parking space for up to five hundred automobiles, plus commercial
business property for up to ten commercial tenants.
February 10, 1981
Page Two
No doubt, Bromley Hall is the largest single piece of property
which will be affected by the proposed plan to widen University
Avenue. Because of its tenants, both students and .commercial
and their automobiles, our client certainly has an interest in
the proposed plan that was submitted to the public at your meeting
of Thursday, February 5, 1981.
We would like to be given the opportunity to address the City
Council at your meeting scheduled for February 12, 1981, to express
our views on your proposed plan. While it is true that our parking
spaces and method of parking along University Avenue is not to be
changed, under the proposed plan, we nonetheless have some areas
which we wish to address the Council on. These areas are as follows:
(1) Pedestrian crossings. We are most concerned about the
pedestrian crossings in the proposed plan as they affect
our building. Our student tenants must cross University
Avenue numerous times daily to and from their classes,
labs, and most all other University related activities.
The total number of crossings estimated by the students
is substantial. In addition, our special summer programs
bring into our building hundreds of younger students
between eight and seventeen who attend summer camps such
as the Tech coaches football camp. We also have summer
programs attended by people who are over sixty-two years
of age. All of these tenants must cross University
Avenue to attend their classes, seminars, or camps on
the Tech campus. While most of these crossings are made
from the Southwest corner of our building, some are made
from our Northwest corner such as those who attend the
coaches.camps. These pedestrian crossings gravely con-
cern us and the safety of our tenants including the
customers of our commercial business.property. This does
not even consider the pedestrial traffic created by those
students who live in apartments and in the "Tech getto"
who also cross University Avenue daily to get to Tech.
If you must proceed with the widening of University Avenue at this
time, we would ask that you consider a changed in the proposed plan
by adding or having a protected pedestrian crossing at each corner
of Bromley Hall. That is, a pedestrian crossing protected by a light
at the corner of Main and University Avenue and at the corner of
10th Street and University Avenue.
(2) Automobile traffic flow. We are most concerned about the
traffic flow around Bromley Hall, if the proposed plan
is implemented without any changes. If the left-hand turn
going South on University Avenue onto Main Street and the
left-hand turn from 10th Street onto University Avenue
going South is eliminated, as proposed, we fear this will
cause serious problems of access to and from our parking
February 10, 1981
Page Three
garage for all of our tenants, both students and
commercial. By eliminating such intersections, one
cannot travel down 10th Street to University.Avenue
-and go South on.University Avenue and one cannot go
South on University Avenue and have direct.access to
our building and its parking garage by turning left on
Main Street. This also does not consider the traffic
on Main Street and 10th Street as was apparently intended
to be a main access to and from the downtown area nor
the students who live on 10th Street in apartment com-
plexes close to our building.
If you must proceed with the widening of University Avenue, at
this time, we would ask that you consider the following changes in
your proposed plan:
(a) Leave the intersections as they now exist at Main
and 10th Streets. There is ample room in the .
fourteen foot proposed planted median in front of
our building to have a left-hand turn lane onto
Main Street by eliminating the median. Your pro-
posed plan calls for a traffic -pedestrian crossing
light to be maintained at that intersection anyway.
To eliminate both these intersections would defeat
the purpose of Main and 10th Street being one-way
streets.
(bj If you must close the Main Street intersection to
automobile traffic, at least leave open the inter-
section of 10th Street to automobile traffic. With-
out the capability to turn left onto University from
10th Street, a cumbersome traffic pattern is created.
(c) If you must close down both intersections, please
consider as a minimum opening 10th Street at least
for the single block between University Avenue and
Avenue X to two-way traffic. Such action would allow
much greater access to and from our building and our
parking garage than would the proposed plan. .
(3) Parallel parking. While your proposed plan does not
affect our building by any change in our parking spaces
or their design, we are concerned over parallel parking.
In the eleven or twelve years of the building, the building
has had seventeen commercial tenants come and go. In the
two and one-half years our clients have owned the building,
we have had five commercial tenants come and go. We
.February 10, 1981
Page Four
currently have one vacant space for a commercial tenant.
We strongly believe that parallel parking and the lack
of parking spaces has been a strong factor in the large
turnover of our commercial tenants. While our commercial
tenants.do have access to our parking garage for their
customers, you must also consider how your proposed plan
would also limit access to our parking garage which would
also have an adverse affect on our commercial tenants.
If all parking on University Avenue becomes parallel
parking, we cannot help but believe that it will have an
adverse affect.on all commercial property fronting Univer-
sity Avenue.
We would like the opportunity to express the above matters to the
City Council at its meeting scheduled for February 12, 1981, begin-
ning -at 1:30 o'clock p.m. We are preparing appropriate plats and
charts that we believe will help us all in understanding the above
areas. We believe our presentation would take somewhere between
ten to fifteen minutes and would like the opportunity to be heard.
As one of the largest properties along University Avenue, we would
like to address the Council early in the meeting, if possible.
Thank you for your consideration and should any of you have any
questions concerning any of the above and wish to consult with us
about them, please feel free to contact the undersigned.
Yours truly,
CRENSHAW, DUPREE & MILAM
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