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HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2022-R0245 - Downtown Parking Task ForceResolution No. 2022-RO245 Item No. 8.3 May 10, 2022 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") in order to, among other things, generate funds for Downtown Lubbock public improvements that benefit the City of Lubbock (the "City"), its residents, and property owners; and WHEREAS, on July 9, 2019 via Resolution No. 2019-RO247 the City Council approved an agreement between the TIF Board and Overland Partners, Inc. ("Overland") for the creation of an Updated Downtown Master Plan (the "Plan); and WHEREAS, Overland's completed Plan included a recommendation to perform a downtown parking study to evaluate current and future parking needs in Downtown Lubbock; and WHEREAS, on April 13, 2021 via Resolution No. 2021-0136, the City Council approved a professional services agreement with WGI, Inc. (the "Consultant") of Houston, Texas to perform a comprehensive downtown parking study (the "Study"); and WHEREAS, on April 26, 2022 the City Council heard a presentation from the Consultant regarding the Study, and the City Council adopted the Study via Resolution No. 2022-R0215; and WHEREAS, as part of Resolution No. 2022-RO215 the City Council also agreed to create a task force for the oversight and implementation of the Study; and NOW THEREFORE: BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK: THAT, the City Council hereby creates the Downtown Parking Task Force (the "Task Force"); and THAT, the City Council hereby establishes the Task Force for the purpose of working with City staff to review the Study and make recommendations to the TIF Board and the City Council regarding a project implementation matrix that shall include identifying specific needs in downtown for each downtown zone and recommending the proper timing for addressing those needs; THAT, the recognized zones in Downtown Lubbock include the following districts: 1. Broadway; 2. Arts; 3. Courthouse; 4. Depot; and 5. Government; and THAT, the membership of the Task Force shall be a maximum of nine (9) members, who shall serve a term of four (4) months from the date of the first Task Force meeting, unless otherwise extended by City Council; and THAT, the Task Force membership shall include the Lubbock Police Department Parking Control Manager as a non -voting, ex-officio member, as well as the following members hereby appointed by the City Council, including the Task Force Chairperson as appointed by the Mayor of the City of Lubbock: I 1. Chad Davis —Chair 12. Dan Williams 3. Ted Hogan 4. George Hardberger 5. Larry Simmons 6. Mont McClendon 7. Elizabeth Nelson 8. Erik Paltrow 9. Arkese White THAT, meetings of the Task Force shall be advisory in nature, a quorum of the Task Force shall be a majority of the members, and a majority vote of the quorum shall be required for any action to be taken by the Task Force. All meetings and procedures of the Task Force shall be consistent with the policies of the City of Lubbock concerning advisory boards and commissions. The City Manager of the City of Lubbock, the City Attorney of the City of Lubbock, and other City staff, or their designees, may attend all meetings of the Committee, and shall serve as a resource to the Task Force as requested; and THAT all Task Force members shall serve at the pleasure of, and may be removed by, the City Council; and Passed by the City Council on May 10, 2022 DANIEL M. POP , MAYOR ATTEST: - Q&t4' Rebe ca Garza, Ci 6 Se et APPROVED AS TO CONTENT: W. Ja.4ett Atkinson, City Manager APPROVED AS TO FORM: i��- I(elli Leisure, Assistant City Attorney ccdocs/RES. Formation and Establishment of the Downton Parking TF 05.03.22