City of Lubbock, Texas
Regular City Council Meeting April 11, 2023
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Tray Payne, Mayor Shelia Patterson Harris, Mayor Pro Tem, District 2 Christy Martinez-Garcia, Councilwoman, District 1 Mark W. McBrayer, Councilman, District 3 Steve Massengale, Councilman, District 4 Dr. Jennifer Wilson, Councilwoman, District 5 Latrelle Joy, Councilwoman, District 6 |
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W. Jarrett Atkinson, City Manager Chad Weaver, City Attorney Courtney Paz, Acting City Secretary |
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City of Lubbock City Council Meetings are available to all persons regardless of disability. If you require special assistance, please contact the City Secretary's Office at (806)775-2061 or write to Post Office Box 2000, Lubbock, Texas 79457 at least 48 hours in advance of the meeting.
Note: On occasion the City Council may consider agenda items out of order.
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10:30 a.m - City Council convenes in City Council Chambers. Upon convening, the City Council recesses into Executive Session. |
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Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 551.071, with legal counsel for advice about pending or contemplated litigation or settlement agreement and on matters in which the duty of the attorney under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct conflicts with Chapter 551. |
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Electricity Brokerage Professional Services Agreement
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Section 108 Loan Discussion
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Hold an executive session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Section 551.072, to deliberate the purchase, exchange, lease, or value of real property. |
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34th Street and Upland Avenue Street Widening Project
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Loop 88 Land Acquisition
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Texas Parks and Wildlife Department - Park Land Dedication
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Hold an executive session in accordance with the Texas Government Code, Section 551.074, to discuss personnel matters, the appointment, employment, evaluation or reassignment of the following: |
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City Secretary
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Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code Section 551.074, to discuss personnel matters, regarding the duties, responsibilities, and/or appointments to the Junked Vehicle Compliance Board, Lake Alan Henry Board of Appeals, Permit and License Appeal Board and the Water Board of Appeals. Click to View |
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Adjourn from Executive Session |
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1:00 p.m. - City Council reconvenes in Work Session in City Council Chambers, regarding items for presentation and discussion on such issues that may require in-depth consideration by the City Council. No action will be taken by the City Council in Work Session
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Citizen Comments - Any citizen wishing to address the City Council in person, regarding Item 2.2,as posted on the City Council Work Session,shall complete the sign-up form provided at the meeting, no later than 1:00 p.m. on April 11, 2023. Citizen Comments provide an opportunity for citizens to make comments and express a position on agenda items. |
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Hear and discuss presentations regarding the following and provide guidance to staff as appropriate. |
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Lubbock Police Department Annual Report, Update, and Plans |
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At the completion of the Work Session, City Council recesses.
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2:00 p.m. - City Council reconvenes in Open Session in City Council Chambers. |
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Ceremonial Items |
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Invocation |
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Pledges of Allegiance |
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Call to Order
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Citizen Comments - According to Lubbock City Council Rules, any citizen wishing to appear in-person before a regular meeting of the City Council, regarding any matter posted on the City Council Agenda below, shall complete the sign-up form provided at the meeting, no later than 2:00 p.m. on April 11, 2023. Citizen Comments provide an opportunity for citizens to make comments and express a position on agenda items. |
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Minutes |
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March 7, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting Click to View |
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Consent Agenda - Items considered to be routine are enacted by one motion without separate discussion. If the City Council desires to discuss an item, the item is removed from the Consent Agenda and considered separately. |
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Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance 2023-O0024, Amendment 13, amending the FY 2022-23 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Community Development Fund to appropriate funding for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. Click to View |
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Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Community Development Funding Contract 17180, and all related documents, with the Texas Department of Housing and Community Affairs, for the Comprehensive Energy Assistance Program "Emergency Supplemental", to assist low-income households in meeting their immediate energy needs, and to encourage consumers through education, to control energy costs. Click to View |
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Budget Ordinance Amendment 1st Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 14, amending the FY 2022-23 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Radio Shop Fund and the Radio Shop Capital Fund; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. Click to View |
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Budget Ordinance Amendment 1st Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 15, amending the FY 2022-23 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Lubbock Power & Light Operating and Capital Program; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause. Click to View |
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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution receiving the recommendations made by the Downtown Parking Task Force and the Central Business District Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board. Click to View |
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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17053, with West Texas Services, Inc., dba Tom's Tree Place, for repair and maintenance services of public assets in Public Improvement Districts. Click to View |
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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17147, with Johnson General Contractors Group, LLC, for repair and maintenance services of playground equipment in Public Improvement Districts. Click to View |
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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc. to be provided to Grimes Insurance Agency, Inc., located at 1651 Broadway, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation. Click to View |
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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Grimes Insurance Agency, Inc., located at 1651 Broadway, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation. Click to View |
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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Historic Cactus Theater of Lubbock, Inc., located at 1812 Buddy Holly Avenue, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation. Click to View |
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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Historic Cactus Theater of Lubbock, Inc., located at 1812 Buddy Holly Avenue, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5 of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation. Click to View |
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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0025, abandoning and closing portions of Wausau Avenue street right-of-way located in Section 34, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas. Click to View |
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Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing a portion of a drainage easement and a public access easement located in Tract A, Cooper West High School Addition to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, and abandoning and closing a drainage and impoundment easement located in Section 6, Block AK, E.L. & R.R. RR. Co. Survey, Abstract No. 760, Lubbock County, Texas, to allow for redevelopment of the land. Click to View |
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Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing portions of North Ivory Avenue street right-of-way, and portions of underground utility easements, blanket garbage collection easements, utility and private irrigation line easements, access and irrigation line and utility easements, utility and access easements, blanket underground utility easements, drainage easements, and other necessary easements located in Section 38, Block D, Lubbock County, Texas. Click to View |
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Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing a drainage easement located in Section 34, Block AK, Lubbock County, Texas. Click to View |
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Resolution - Right-of-Way: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Street Dedication Deed from Crystal Riley, in connection with real property located in Section 6, Block A, Lubbock County, Texas, to be utilized for unpaved road improvements. Click to View |
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Resolution - Right-of-Way: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Street Dedication Deed from Alfred Mendez, in connection with certain real property located in Section 6, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas, to be utilized for unpaved road improvements. Click to View |
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Resolution - Right-of-Way: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Street Dedication Deed from Debbie Vidales, in connection with certain real property located in Section 6, Block E, Lubbock County, Texas, to be utilized for unpaved road improvements. Click to View |
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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Public Works Contract 16917, with Lone Star Dirt & Paving, Ltd., for Erskine Street Reconstruction and Water & Sewer Ahead of Erskine Street Widening. Click to View |
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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 2 to Contract 6114, with Lone Star Dirt & Paving Ltd., for 114th Street Paving Improvements from Slide Road to Quaker Avenue. Click to View |
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Resolution - Water Utilities: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 1 to Contract 15565, and all related documents, with Master Meter Inc., for Automated Metering Infrastructure. Click to View |
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Resolution - Water Utilities: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement, Contract 16932, with HDR Engineering, Inc., for engineering services related to the Lead & Copper Rule Revisions compliance assistance. Click to View |
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Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute, Amendment No. 2 to the Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) Contract No. HHS000779500002, under the Substance Use Disorder Treatment, to provide funding for Treatment Adult Services, by and between the City of Lubbock, and the State of Texas acting by and through HHSC, and all related documents. Click to View |
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Resolution - Parks and Recreation: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17132, with Gorman Outdoor, Inc., for turf management of mowing, Group 6. Class D Park and Properties. Click to View |
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Resolution - Parks and Recreation: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17243, with MDM Mowing, for turf management of mowing, Group 7, Class C SW Loop Turnarounds and Class E Right-of-Way Property. Click to View |
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Resolution - Parks and Recreation: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17242, with Raider Power Lawncare, LLC, for turf management of mowing, Groups 5, 9, and 10 all Class C Parks and Properties, and Group 7 Class B Broadway Street Caps. Click to View |
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Resolution - Parks and Recreation: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17177, with PowerHouse Lawn & Landscape, for landscape management at the City of Lubbock Cemetery. Click to View |
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Resolution - Parks and Recreation: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17066, with SKTR, Inc., dba Pro Chem Sales, for the purchase of chemicals used to spray various City parklands and properties. Click to View |
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Resolution - Parks and Recreation: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17062, with TurfMaster Irrigation & Landscaping, Inc., for grass seed and growth material for City parks and athletic fields. Click to View |
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Resolution - Fleet Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Sole Source Service Contract, Purchase Order 31073001, with Keystone Engineering and Manufacturing Corporation, for the purchase of a Flatliner FL36 Diamond Attachment with Diamond Tools, for the Paved Streets Department. Click to View |
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Resolution - Fleet Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 31072907, with Versalift Southwest, for the purchase of one 2024 Ford F-550 Cab & Chassis with a Versalift VDT-40-MHI Aerial Body, for the Traffic Operations Department. Click to View |
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Resolution - Fleet Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 31073039, with Randall Reed's Planet Ford 635, for the purchase of thirteen 1/2 Ton Pickup Trucks for various City of Lubbock departments. Click to View |
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Resolution - Information Technology: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 2 to Contract 15678, with Bohannon Huston, Inc., for digital orthophotography and other GIS data acquisitions. Click to View |
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Resolution - Police: Consider a resolution authorizing Floyd Mitchell, Chief of Police, to apply for and execute an agreement with the State of Texas, Office of the Governor's Bullet-Resistant Shield Grant Program for FY 2023, to fund the purchase of ballistic shields for the City of Lubbock Police Department. Click to View |
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Resolution - Police: Consider a resolution authorizing the Fleet Support and Acquisition Coordinator or the Fleet Administrative Assistant for the City's Fleet Services, to execute all documents pertaining to exemption from the inscription requirements established by Chapter 721 of the Texas Transportation Code, for vehicles assigned to the City of Lubbock Police Department. Click to View |
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Resolution - Police:Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 10026220, with GT Distributors, Inc., for ammunition. Click to View |
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Resolution - City Manager: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Amendment to the Park Lease, dated April 25, 1938, regarding a forty-five acre tract of land known as Mackenzie Park, located in Lubbock County, Texas, by and between the City of Lubbock and Lubbock County, extending the term from ninety-nine years to one hundred and twenty-five years, for the maintenance and operation of Mackenzie Park by the City of Lubbock. Click to View |
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Resolution - City Manager: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment No. 1, to the American Rescue Plan Act Funding Agreement, Contract 16514, with MBE 3, LLC, to change the information identifying the new lender, Peoples Bank, who is taking over the private investment portion of the project. Click to View |
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Resolution - City Manager: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an agreement for Interim Human Resources Director Services with Strategic Government Resources (SGR). Click to View |
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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 3): Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0026, for Zone Case 1511-L, a request of Kesham, LLC for Ramesh Krishnan, for a zone change from Restricted Local Retail District (C-2A) to Local Retail District (C-2), at 4502 50th Street, located north of 50th Street and east of Salem Avenue, Gordon Heights Addition, Lot 113 and the east 25 feet of Lot 114. Click to View |
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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 4): Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0028, for Zone Case 3477, a request of AMD Engineering, LLC for Betenbough Homes, LLC, for a zone change from Transition District (T) to Two-Family District (R-2), generally located north of 146th Street and east of Avenue S, Bell Farms Addition, Lots 1753 - 1807, Lots 2087 - 2117 and Tracts V - X. Click to View |
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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 5): Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0029, for Zone Case 3096-H, a request of Flying O Investments, LLC, for a zone change from General Retail District (C-3) to Commercial District (C-4) with a Specific Use for a Bar, at 11010 Slide Road, located north of 111th Street and west of Slide Road, Abbey Commercial Addition, Tract E. Click to View |
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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 5): Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0030, for Zone Case 3468-A, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for DWTP, LLC, for a zone change from Reduced Setback Single-Family District (R-1A) to Two-Family District (R-2), generally located south of 114th Street and west of Milwaukee Avenue, on 16.4 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 19. Click to View |
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Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider appointments to the Animal Services Advisory Board, Audit and Investment Committee, Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, Community Development and Services Board, Keep Lubbock Beautiful Advisory Committee, Lake Alan Henry Board of Appeals, Libraries Board, Model Codes and Construction Advisory Board, Parks and Recreation Board, Public Transit Advisory Board, and the Veterans Advisory Committee. Click to View |
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Public Hearing - Business Development: Hold a public hearing on the proposed 2023 assessment rate for the Upland Crossing 2 Public Improvement District (PID), and consider an ordinance reviewing classifications for the methods of assessing special benefits for the services and improvements of property in the Upland Crossing 2 PID; approving, adopting, and filing with the City Secretary the assessment role; levying 2023 assessments for the cost of certain services and improvements to be provided in the district during FY 2023-24; fixing charges and liens against the property in the district and against the owners thereof; and providing for the collection of the assessment. Click to View |
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Public Hearing - Business Development: Hold a public hearing on the proposed 2023 assessment rate for the Upland Crossing 3 Public Improvement District (PID), and consider an ordinance reviewing classifications for the methods of assessing special benefits for the services and improvements of property in the Upland Crossing 3 PID; approving, adopting, and filing with the City Secretary the assessment role; levying 2023 assessments for the cost of certain services and improvements to be provided in the district during FY 2023-24; fixing charges and liens against the property in the district and against the owners thereof; and providing for the collection of the assessment. Click to View |
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Public Hearing - Planning (District 2): Hold a public hearing and consider an ordinance for a request for annexation, from the City of Lubbock, to annex an area of approximately 197.05 acres, adjacent to the eastern city limits of the City of Lubbock, east of East Loop 289, north and south of 50th Street, into Lubbock's corporate limits, along with the adjacent right-of-way. Click to View |
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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 3): Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0027, for Zone Case 2126-I, a request of Classic Design Group for Mighty Wash, LLC, for a zone change from Local Retail District (C-2) to General Retail District (C-3), at 5309 50th Street, located south of 50th Street and east of Bangor Avenue, Chen Addition, Lot 2 and Tract 1-B. Click to View |
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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 6): Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0031, for Zone Case 3256-A, a request of AMD Engineering, LLC for CoNetrix, for a zone change from Single-Family District (R-1) to Neighborhood Service District (C-1), at 6224 34th Street, located north of 34th Street and west of Iola Avenue, on 9.55 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 44. Click to View |
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Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution adopting the Fiscal Year 2023-24 System Delivery and Discretionary Rate Schedules pursuant to Section 2.03.415(a) of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances. Click to View |
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Resolution - City Manager: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement, Contract 16874, and related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock, and TFS Energy Solutions, LLC d/b/a Tradition Energy, for electric energy consulting and management services, Click to View |
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