Printed Agenda

City of Lubbock, Texas
Regular City Council Meeting
December 10, 2024

Mark W. McBrayer, Mayor
Christy Martinez-Garcia, Mayor Pro Tem, District 1
Gordon Harris, Councilman, District 2
David Glasheen, Councilman, District 3
Brayden Rose, Councilman, District 4
Dr. Jennifer Wilson, Councilwoman, District 5
Tim Collins, Councilman, District 6

W. Jarrett Atkinson, City Manager
Matt Wade, City Attorney
Courtney Paz, City Secretary

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

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Executive Session Disclosure Statement: The City Council reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of the meeting to discuss any item listed on this agenda as authorized by Chapter 551 of the Texas Government Code, including but not necessarily limited to §551.071 (Consultation with Attorney), §551.072 (Deliberations regarding Real Property), §551.073 (Deliberations regarding Gifts and Donations), §551.074 (Personnel Matters), §551.076 (Deliberations regarding Security Devices), §551.086 (Public Power Utilities: Competitive Matters), §551.087 (Deliberations regarding Economic Development Negotiations).

A quorum of the City Council will be physically present in City Council Chambers located in Citizens Tower, 1314 Avenue K, Lubbock, Texas, as it is the intent of the City Council to have a quorum physically present at this location. One or more members of the City Council, however, may participate in the meeting by video-conference call as permitted under Section 551.127 of the Texas Government Code.

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

12:30 p.m. - City Council convenes in City Council Chambers and immediately recesses into Executive Session.

Executive Session

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.

Community Development & Services Board

Comprehensive Plan Oversight Committee

Lubbock State School, Block 1

Central Business District

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.

Lubbock State School, Block 1

Central Business District

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 Central Business District Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors, Lubbock Business Park Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors, North Overton Tax Increment Financing Reinvestment Zone Board of Directors, Planning & Zoning Commission, Urban Design & Historic Preservation Commission, Urban Renewal Agency/Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.

Hold an executive session in accordance with Texas Government Code, Section 551.087, to discuss or deliberate regarding commercial or financial information that the governmental body has received from a business prospect that the governmental body seeks to have locate, stay, or expand in or near the territory of the governmental body and with which the governmental body is conducting economic development negotiations or to deliberate an offer of a financial or other incentive to such business prospect.

Central Business District

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 December 10, 2024. Citizen Comments provide an opportunity for citizens to make comments and express a position on agenda items.

Minutes

November 12, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting
November 14, 2024 Special 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. 2024-O0149, Amendment 4, amending the FY 2024-25 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the Gateway Capital Project Fund to establish Capital Improvement Project 92895, East 19th Street from Keel Avenue to East Loop 289; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.

Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor, or his designee, to execute Contract 18520, an economic development program and development agreement pursuant to Texas Local Government Code Chapter 380 with the Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, for expanding and improving East 19th Street from Keel Avenue to East Loop 289.

Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance No. 2024-O0151, Amendment 8, amending the FY 2024-25 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the General Fund Capital and Water/Wastewater Fund Capital; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.

Budget Ordinance Amendment 1st Reading - Finance: Consider Budget Ordinance Amendment 5, amending the FY 2024-25 Budget for municipal purposes respecting the General Fund by establishing Cost Center 5901, West Texas State Veterans Cemetery; providing for filing; and providing for a savings clause.

Resolution - Finance: Consider a resolution approving and adopting the FY 2024-25 City of Lubbock Investment Policy and Investment Strategy, as reviewed and recommended by the Audit and Investment Committee.

Resolution - Risk Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Settlement Agreement in a pre-litigation claim involving damages to the City of Lubbock's Vital Statistics records between the City of Lubbock and MCCi, LLC & DRS Imaging Services, LLC.

Ordinance 1st Reading - Right-of-Way: Consider an ordinance abandoning and closing portions of a private utility easement located south of 48th Street, between Avenue P and Avenue Q, in the Wayland Edward Addition to the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas.

Resolution - Right-of-Way: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, one (1) Street, Public Use, and Right-of-Way Deed, and all related documents, in connection with real property located in Section 1, Block D-6, Lubbock County, Texas (Parcel 14), on the east side of Upland Avenue, south of 4th Street, and north of 8th Street, to be utilized for the North Upland Avenue Project, which is a portion of the 2022 Street Bond Project.

Resolution - Right-of-Way: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to accept, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, one (1) Street, Public Use, and Right-of-Way Deed, and all related documents, in connection with real property located in Section 1, Block D-6, Lubbock County, Texas (Parcel 15), on the southwest corner of Upland Avenue and 4th Street, to be utilized for the North Upland Avenue Project, which is a portion of the 2022 Street Bond Project.

Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 1 to Contract 17649, and all related documents, with MH Civil Constructors, Inc., for the Playa Lake 054 Lateral Extension.

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Resolution - Public Works Water Utilities: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Professional Services Agreement, Contract 18493, with Freese & Nichols, Inc., for services related to updating the City's Water Distribution System Master Plan.

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Resolution - Solid Waste Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Personal Property License Agreement with South Plains College and Career Education, Inc, dba ATDS, for the use of City-owned vehicles to conduct Commercial Drivers License training through the South Plains College driving school operated by ATDS.

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Resolution - Solid Waste Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Change Order No. 2 to Contract 18166, with MJE LLC, for improvements to the entrance to Cell 6 at the West Texas Regional Disposal Facility.

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Resolution - Building Safety: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute an Interlocal Cooperative Agreement with Texas Tech University to provide construction plan review, permitting, and inspection services for a facility to be located on Texas Tech University property.

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Resolution - Planning: Consider a resolution dissolving the Comprehensive Plan Oversight Committee and transferring the duties to the Planning and Zoning Commission.

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Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution accepting the recommended Community Health Improvement Plan and the associated findings of the Community Health Needs Assessment.

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Ordinance 1st Reading - Community Development: Consider an ordinance amending Article 2.03, Division 2, of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, regarding the duties and responsibilities of the Community Development & Services Board.

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Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution dissolving the Neighborhood Redevelopment Commission of the City of Lubbock.

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Resolution - Public Transit Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 27125018, with Gillig, to purchase five (5) 40-foot hybrid electric buses and five (5) 35-foot hybrid electric buses for Citibus.

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Resolution - Civic Center: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Contract No. 18135, with Dennard Construction, for Phase One of the Erosion Control Plan at the Moonlight Musicals Amphitheatre, located at 413 East Broadway, Lubbock, Texas.

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Resolution - Fleet Services: Consider a resolution rejecting all bids received, for the purchase of five (5) commercial cab & chassis, for the Solid Waste Residential Collection Department.

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Resolution - Fleet Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Purchase Order 31086729, with Rush Truck Center, for the purchase of two (2) Sewer Jetter Trucks for the Wastewater Collection Department.

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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 4): Consider Ordinance No. 2024-O0153, for Zone Case 3257-Q, a request of AMD Engineering, LLC for 1585 Development, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Medium Density Residential District (MDR), generally located west of Elgin Avenue and north of 137th Street on approximately 34.61 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 1.

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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 4): Consider Ordinance No. 2024-O0154, for Zone Case 3511, a request of AMD Engineering, LLC for BARCCC Ventures, LLC – Series C, and Crowtracks, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Heavy Commercial District (HC), at 3201 116th Street, located south of 116th Street and east of Indiana Avenue, on 29.61 acres of unplatted land out of Block E-2, Section 21, and consider an ordinance.

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Ordinance 2nd Reading - Planning (District 6): Consider Ordinance No. 2024-O0155, for Zone Case 3207-A, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for West End Hotels, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) and Heavy Commercial District (HC) to Heavy Commercial District (HC), at 2909 Iola Avenue, located at the intersection of 29th Street and Iola Avenue, West End Addition, Tract K, and consider an ordinance.

Regular Agenda

Budget Ordinance Amendment 2nd Reading - Finance:Consider Budget Ordinance No. 2024-O0152, Amendment 6, amending the FY 2024-25 Capital Program to create and appropriate the 2024 Street Bond Capital Projects approved by the voters.

Resolution - Finance: Consider a resolution expressing intent to finance expenditures to be incurred in the General Fund for various capital projects approved by the City Council in the Fiscal Year 2024-25 Operating Budget and Capital Program, and to reimburse the City from the proceeds of obligations that will be issued after the expenditure of funds to pay costs of such projects.

Finance - Resolution: Consider a resolution ratifying three American Rescue Plan Act (ACT) Memorandums of Understanding between the City Manager and Various City Departments, for the City to comply with the ACT which requires that all American Rescue Plan Act funding be committed by December 31, 2024.

Resolution - City Council: Consider a resolution approving the 2025-26 Legislative Agenda for the 89th Texas Legislative Session and the 119th United States Congress, for the purpose of defining the position of the City of Lubbock on State and Federal Legislative issues.