Printed Agenda

City of Lubbock, Texas
Regular City Council Meeting
October 24, 2023

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

W. Jarrett Atkinson, City Manager
Chad Weaver, City Attorney
Courtney Paz, City Secretary

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City Council Chambers, Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas

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Note: On occasion the City Council may consider agenda items out of order.

1:30 p.m. - City Council convenes in City Council Chambers in Open Session and immediately recesses to Executive Session.

Executive Session

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 Electric Utility Board, Permit & License Appeal Board, and the Planning & Zoning Commission.

Adjourn from Executive Session

2:00 p.m. - City Council reconvenes in Open Session in City Council Chambers.

Ceremonial Items

Invocation

Pledges of Allegiance

Call to Order

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 October 24, 2023. Citizen Comments provide an opportunity for citizens to make comments and express a position on agenda items.

Minutes

August 23, 2023 Special City Council Meeting - Lubbock Economic Development Alliance
September 26, 2023 Regular City Council Meeting

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.

Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance No. 2023-O0133, Amendment 1, amending the FY 2023-24 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Grant Fund to accept and appropriate from the U.S. Department Federal Highway Administration; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.

Budget Ordinance Amendment 1st Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 2, amending the FY 2023-24 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Engineering Fees; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.

Ordinance 1st Reading - Engineering: Consider an ordinance amending the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, "UTILITIES" and Chapter 36, "STREETS, SIDEWALKS, AND OTHER PUBLIC WAYS", and repealing certain inapplicable provisions, in order to comply with the engineering review and construction inspection fee requirements in House Bill 3492.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Housing Trust Group Lubbock, LLC, located at 1202 Main Street, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc. to be provided to Housing Trust Group Lubbock, LLC, located at 1202 Main Street, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing a Commercial Revitalization Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Weinerschnitzel, located at 301 University Avenue, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing a Commercial Revitalization Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Hoff Gardens Apartments, located at 1919 34th Street, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing a Commercial Revitalization Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Hoff Gardens Apartments, located at 1919 34th Street, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing a Commercial Revitalization Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Westminster Presbyterian Church, located at 3321 33rd Street, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing a Commercial Revitalization Grant Program (Facade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Dixie Partners II, LP, located at 1805 Parkway Drive, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

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Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing a Commercial Revitalization Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Dixie Partners II, LP, located at 1805 Parkway Drive, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of the Amended and Restated Bylaws of the Market Lubbock Development Corporation.

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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0134, abandoning and closing portions of street and alley right-of-way in Section AK, Block 38, Lubbock County, Texas, in the West Milwaukee Ridge Subdivision, east of Upland Avenue between 37th Street and the Lubbock & Western Railway tracks.

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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0135, abandoning and closing all remaining easements and right-of-way located in Block 130, Original Town of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, south of Broadway and north of 13th Street, and west of Avenue L and east of Avenue M.

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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement Contract 17625, with Freese and Nichols, Inc., for engineering design services as it relates to Upland Avenue from 50th Street to 66th Street.

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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Contract 17669, with dredgeSMART, for professional design services of the Terminal Storage Reservoir Improvements Project.

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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement Contract 17258, with Halff Associates, Inc., for professional services for watershed boundary and drainage studies.

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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement Contract 17620, with Parkhill, for engineer of record services and project assistance, as it relates to the 34th Street Back-of-Curb Project.

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Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement Contract 17636, with Halff Associates, Inc., for engineering services for the reconstruction of Upland Avenue from 19th Street to 34th Street.

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Resolution - Public Works Water: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17410, with Rangeline Utility Services, Inc., for the installation of isolation valves and vaults associated with Pump Station No. 4.

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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Building Safety: Consider Ordinance No. 2023-O0136, amending Article 2.03, Division 13, of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, regarding the duties and responsibilities of the Model Codes and Construction Advisory Board.

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Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution ratifying the actions of the Mayor in executing Human Services Commission (HHSC) Contract No. HHS000537900338, and all related documents, under the Medicaid Administrative Claiming Program, by and between the City of Lubbock and the State of Texas Health and Human Services Commission.

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Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract 17450, and all related documents, with Stages of Recovery, Inc., for Substance Use Treatment Provider Services.

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Resolution - Civic Centers: Consider a resolution accepting, on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a public art donation titled The Naiads, comprised of four sculptures by artist Glenna Maxey Goodacre, from Civic Lubbock, Inc., for the City of Lubbock Public Art Collection.

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Resolution - Information Technology: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 33001792, with Microsoft Corporation, for the annual renewal of the Enterprise Services Work Order Agreement, to provide technical assistance in maintaining Microsoft products and applications.

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Resolution - Information Technology: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 32501090, with Dailey & Wells Communications, Inc., for the scheduled replacement of portable radios for Public Safety.

Regular Agenda

Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider appointments to the Airport Board, Animal Services Advisory Board, Citizens Traffic Commission, Health/Educational Facilities Development Corporation Board, Lubbock Emergency Communications District Board of Managers, Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Inc. Board of Directors, Market Lubbock Economic Development Corporation Board of Directors, Model Codes & Construction Advisory Board, Museum & Art Standing Sub-Committee, Permit & License Appeal Board, Planning & Zoning Commission, and the Veterans Advisory Committee.

Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider appointments to the Electric Utility Board.

Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution making findings that the Cypress Ranch Public Improvement District (PID) meets the requirements of Chapter 372 of the Texas Local Government Code; accepting the Cypress Ranch PID Petition, which covers a portion of an area in the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, generally bounded by the Levelland Highway to the North, agricultural land to the East, railroad tracks to the South, and Inler Avenue to the West; and calling for a public hearing to receive public comment on the formation of a public improvement district in the area depicted and described.

Resolution - Planning: Consider a resolution approving and granting a variance from the applicable 300-foot minimum distance provision of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances No. 2009-O0060, at 5001 Avenue Q, Suite A, for an alcoholic beverage permit for Quince's Taco Shack.

Resolution - City Council: Consider a resolution creating a citizen committee to study amortization and strategic downzoning in the City of Lubbock.

Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution regarding the process which will be followed for assigning customers to the entities previously selected to serve as the Provider of Last Resort (POLR) in the Lubbock Power & Light (LP&L) certificated area upon LP&L's entry into retail competition.

Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution regarding the process which will be followed for assigning customers to the entities previously selected to serve as the Default Retail Electric Providers (DREP) in Lubbock Power & Light's (LP&L) certificated area upon LP&L's entry into retail competition.

Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution determining that condition #7 in the Customer Choice Resolution adopted by the City Council on February 22, 2022, related to the sufficiency of the number of retail electric providers, including a sufficient number of independent, unaffiliated retail electric providers within the Electric Reliability Council of Texas market, has been satisfied, such that competitive customer choice can be adequately provided to customers within the Lubbock Power & Light certificated service area.