HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution - 2020-R0244 - Transfer of 82nd St. between Slide Rd. and Western City Limit to the City of LubbockResolution No. 2020-RO244
Item No. 7.20
July 28, 2020
RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, the State of Texas, by and through the Texas Department of Transportation
(TxDOT) has proposed through the Urban Street Turnback Program that certain state highways
located within the incorporated city limits of various cities of population over 50,000 in the State
of Texas be conveyed to those cities with the understanding that thereafter the city alone would
accept full responsibility to repair and maintain said highways; and
WHEREAS, in 2005, Resolution No. 2005-R0192, the City of Lubbock authorized the
Mayor of the City of Lubbock to send a letter to TxDOT requesting the removal of Spur 313
(82"d Street) from FM 1730 (Slide Road) to US 62/82 (Brownfield Highway) from the State
Highway System (Subject Roadways); and
WHEREAS, on January 26, 2006, the Texas Transportation Commission issued Minute
Order 110415 removing the Subject Roadways from the State Highway System and returning
"control, jurisdiction and maintenance" to the City of Lubbock; and
WHEREAS, TxDOT and City further desire to undertake all necessary activities and
obligations to effectuate the complete transfer of the Subject Roadways to the City; NOW,
THEREFORE:
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK:
THAT the Mayor of the City of Lubbock is hereby authorized and directed to formally
request the Texas Department of Transportation fully remove the Subject Roadways from the
State Highway System and transfer or convey any and all interest in said roadways and all rights -
of -way in connection therewith, as well as all surface and subsurface infrastructure on, under,
over, and attendant to said roadways and rights -of -way to the City of Lubbock.
THAT the City of Lubbock, a home rule municipal corporation, acting through its City
Council herein accepts the transfer or conveyance of any and all interest in said roadways and all
rights -of -way in connection therewith, as well as all surface and subsurface infrastructure on,
under, over, and attendant to said roadways and rights -of -way related to the Subject Roadways.
Passed by the City Council on July 28, 2020
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DANIEL M. POPE, MAYOR
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Rebecca Garza, City Seer"
APPROVED AS TO CONfLN l :
Jesicy cLefiern, As�t City Manager
APPROVED AS TO FORM:
Ryan Br ce, Assistant City Attorney
RES.Request & Accept-TxDOT Tumback-82nd
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