HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2023-R0549 - Amend Code, Attest, Set Date For Public Hearing, Low-Level Marijuana Offenses - 11/07/2023Resolution No. 2023-R0549
Item No. 5.16
November 7, 2023
RESOLUTION
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor and City Council of the City of Lubbock hereby receive from the City
Secretary all papers pertaining to a Petition and proposed Ordinance seeking to create "Freedom
Act Lubbock" regarding measures to reduce enforcement of low level marijuana offenses, and a
Certificate attesting to the number of verified signatures on said Petition. Said documents are
attached hereto and incorporated in this Resolution as if fully set forth herein and shall be
included in the minutes of the Council; and
THAT a public hearing related to such proposed ordinance, which shall be open to the
public and the public is permitted to present arguments for or against such ordinance, is hereby
set for Tuesday, November 14, 2023 at 9:00 a.m.
Passed by the City Council on November 7, 2023
ATTEST:
Courtney Paz, City Secre ary
APPROVED AS TO CO ENT:
Courtney Paz, City Secr y
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
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. Sims, Deput ' Attorney
STATE OF TEXAS §
COUNTY OF LUBBOCK §
CITY OF LU13130CK §
CERTIFICATION OF CYTY SECRETARY
I, Courtncy Par, City Secretary of the City of Lubbock, Texas do hereby certify, in the
performance of the functions of my office, that the attached citiren initiative petition seeking
amendment to the City of Lubbock Codc of Ordinances, with rcgard to measures to reducc
enforcement of low-level marijuana offenses, filed in my office on August 18, 2023, by membcrs
of thc initiating committec, is sufficicnt and valid.
"1'he petition contains 10,450 signatures, of which 5,185 were verified as qualificd and valid.
�l'his is in excess of the required 4,800 valid and qualificd signatures. "1'he petition verification
process was conducted in accordance with the City of Lubbock Charter, Chapter 1, Article 4,
Scction I—"Initiativc & Rcfercndum", and all relevant statc laws. Members of thc initiating
committee arc Kimbcrlcigh Gonralcz, Adam Hcrnandcz, Morgan Kirkpatrick, Joshua Shanklcs,
and Jarod Cannon Roberts.
In witncss whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal of the City of Lubbock, '1'cxas this
thc 7th day of November, 2023.
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