HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 1024 - Adopt Continued Protection Of Brick Pavers On Lubbock Streets - 02_11_1982RESOLUTION 1024 - 2/11/82
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RESOLUTION
A RESOLUTION ADOPTING THE CONTINUED PROTECTION OF BRICK PAVERS ON LUBBOCK
STREETS.
WHEREAS, the City Commission authorized Lubbock's first brick street
paving in 1920; and
WHEREAS, the first portions of streets to be paved included the area
around the Lubbock County Courthouse; and
WHEREAS, these brick paving projects were continued throughout the
1920's and 1930's, and include many miles of brick streets; and
WHEREAS, many of Lubbock's brick streets are paved with red brick
manufactured by the Thurber Brick Company, Thurber, Texas, which is no
longer available; and
WHEREAS, brick streets are a part of the heritage of Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, preservation of this heritage will benefit existing and
future generations of Lubbock citizens; and
WHEREAS, brick streets provide a continuing useful and low maintenance
paving material; and
WHEREAS, numerous utility repairs and installations, street repair,
and re -surfacing of intersecting streets have left Lubbock's brick streets
a patchwork of brick, asphalt, and concrete; and
WHEREAS, the Urban Design and Historic Preservation Commission and
the Planning and Zoning Commission for the City of Lubbock have resolved
that the preservation and restoration of brick streets is a continuing
source of community pride;
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT any portion of any brick street surface disturbed by any public
or private agency for whatever reason be replaced in a manner consistent
with original construction.
Passed by the City Council this 11rh day of Fphriinry , 1982.
A TEST:ALAVMENRY, AYOR PR EM
Evelyn Ga fga, City S tary-Treasurer
APPRO E S TO C NT:
H. avid Jones, enior Planner
APP4PVED AS TO RM:
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Susan M. Horton
Asst. City Attorney