HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2018-R0017 - Downtown Patrol Program - 01/11/2018Resolution No. 2018-R0017
Item No. 8.13.1
January 11, 2018
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, on December 3, 2001, the City Council of the City of Lubbock (the "City
Council") authorized and established the Central Business District Tax Increment
Financing Reinvestment Zone Board (the "TIF Board") for, among other things, to generate
funds for Downtown Lubbock public improvements that benefit the City of Lubbock (the
"City"), its residents, and property owners; and
WHEREAS, the TIF Board and its Master Developer for Downtown Redevelopment (the
"Developer") have worked with the Lubbock Police Department to create a program that
would increase police presence in downtown Lubbock during certain hours of every week;
and
WHEREAS, the TIF Board, the Developer, and the Lubbock Police Department, along
with Market Lubbock, Inc., have developed the Downtown Patrol Program that would
provide additional security for downtown businesses, residents, and visitors, and would
help to increase business and commercial activity in downtown Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, at its meeting on December 13, 2017, the TIF Board unanimously approved
the Downtown Patrol Program, and recommended that the City Council establish the
Downtown Patrol Program to provide additional security for downtown businesses,
residents, and visitors, and to increase business and commercial activity in downtown
Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, the City Council recognizes that Chapter 380 of the Texas Local Government
Code allows the City Council to establish and provide for the administration of a program
that provides personnel and services of the City to promote local economic development
and to stimulate business and commercial activity in the City; and NOW THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
SECTION 1. THAT the City Council hereby establishes and provides for the
administration of the Downtown Patrol Program by the provision of the personnel and
services of the Lubbock Police Department to promote local economic development and to
stimulate business and commercial activity in the City by providing additional security for
downtown businesses, residents, and visitors.
SECTION 2. THAT the Downtown Patrol Program shall have an initial duration of nine
(9) months (the "Term"). During the Term, the Lubbock Police Department will deploy
four (4) officers to work in pairs to patrol downtown Lubbock during peak hours. Every
week during the Term, the officers in the Downtown Patrol Program will patrol downtown
Lubbock according to the following schedule:
Monday through Thursday
7:30 AM — 9:30 AM; 11:00 AM —1:00 PM; 4:00 PM — 6:00 PM
Friday
7:30 AM — 9:30 AM; 11:00 AM — 1:00 PM; 4:00 PM — 8:00 PM
Saturday
6:00 PM —10:00 PM
SECTION 3. THAT the officers participating in the Downtown Patrol Program will
operate in an overtime capacity and shall be funded through the Term by funding from the
TIF Board and from Market Lubbock, Inc.
SECTION 4. THAT the City Council, or its designee, may adjust the Term depending on
the availability of funding for the Downtown Patrol Program.
Passed by the City Council on January 11, 2018
ATTEST:
DANIEL M. POPE, MAYOR
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APPROVED AS TO CONTENT:
Blu osteli h, Chief Financial Officer
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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#option — CBD TIF Recommendation — Ch. 380 Downtown Patrol Program
, 2017