Apr 23, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting

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ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

IT IS 1230 ON THE DOT ON THIS 24TH.

EXCUSE ME. 23RD DAY OF APRIL OF 2024.

CITY COUNCIL IS CONVENING IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS FOR PURPOSES TODAY OF WORK SESSION TO BEGIN.

THEN WE WILL MOVE TO EXECUTIVE SESSION.

AND THEN ONCE EXECUTIVE SESSION IS CONCLUDED, WE WILL BEGIN OUR REGULAR AGENDA PROMPTLY AT 2 P.M.

DR. WILSON WILL BE A FEW MINUTES DELAYED THIS MORNING.

SHE'LL BE HERE ABOUT 10 TO 15 MINUTES.

SO, WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND GET STARTED WITH THE WORK SESSION AS WE START WITH THE AGENDA ITEM 1.1, WHICH IS THE POLICE DEPARTMENT ANNUAL REPORT.

[1. Police Department Annual Report]

CHIEF, THANKS FOR BEING WITH US THIS AFTERNOON.

AND WE'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

HERE WE GO.

YOU MAKE THIS BIG? THERE YOU GO.

THANK YOU. WELL.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR COUNCIL.

MR. ATKINSON. MY NAME IS GREGORY W RUSH, AND I'M THE INTERIM POLICE CHIEF, AND I'M HERE TODAY.

I SEE YOUR PASSING OUT THE ANNUAL REPORTS, AND THIS IS THAT TIME OF YEAR TO GIVE YOU AN UPDATE ON OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT, BOTH IN THE PAST YEAR.

EXCUSE ME. THE PAST YEAR, AS WELL AS CURRENTLY.

FIRST OF ALL, AS YOU SEE HERE IS OUR STAFFING.

AND WE HAVE 451 AUTHORIZED SWORN POSITIONS AND 128 CIVILIAN POSITIONS.

YOU SEE THE NUMBERS BELOW THE 451 AUTHORIZED ON THE LAW ENFORCEMENT SIDE.

AND IF YOU COUNT THOSE NUMBERS, THERE'S 57 VACANCIES BENEATH THAT, NOT VACANCIES, BUT PEOPLE THAT ARE NOT WORKING THAT ARE IN OTHER STATUS.

ACTUALLY, TODAY IT'S 27 VACANCIES AND EIGHT IN TRAINING STATUS.

BUT MONDAY WE START WITH 19.

SO, I FLIP FLOP THOSE JUST FOR YOU FOR THE FUTURE.

AND WHEN YOU HAVE 57 OPENINGS SUCH AS THAT CAUSES STAFFING ISSUES FOR THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

SO, WHAT WE'VE DONE, RECOGNIZING THAT THE LIFEBLOOD OF ANY ORGANIZATION IS THE RETENTION AND THE RECRUITING, WE HAD OUR ACADEMY STAFF COME OUT.

WHO DOES THE RECRUITING FOR US RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT? AND THEY WE HAD OUR STAFF COME AS WELL, AND WE ALL THREW STUFF UP ON THE BOARD AND CAME UP AFTER A COUPLE DAYS OR SO OF A COMPREHENSIVE RECRUITMENT PLAN FOR THE FUTURE, FOR US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO RECRUIT THE BEST PEOPLE NEXT.

WE ALSO CREATED A LATERAL TRANSFER PROGRAM, WHICH JUST WENT TO CIVIL SERVICE ON THE 17TH A COUPLE A FEW DAYS AGO, AND I BELIEVE THURSDAY THEY'RE GOING TO HAVE THE SECOND READING AND IT WILL BECOME OFFICIAL.

SO, IN OUR NEXT TEST COMING UP ON MAY 4TH, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO USE THAT.

AND WHAT THAT DOES IS IT TAKES OFFICERS THAT ARE ALREADY WORKING AT OTHER CITIES SUCCESSFUL OFFICERS.

THEY CAN THEN COME TO LUBBOCK AND NOT TAKE A HIT ON THEIR YEARS OF SERVICE.

WITH PAY. THEY CAN THEN STEP UP INTO THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL WITHIN OUR PAY ORGANIZATION.

THEY WON'T GET, THEY WON'T GET SENIORITY OR ANYTHING ELSE, BUT THEY WILL GET THAT PAY.

WE'VE ALREADY HEARD A LOT OF REALLY POSITIVE COMMENTS FROM OTHER DEPARTMENTS AND OFFICERS OF MAYBE THINKING OF COMING TO LUBBOCK, SO WE'RE EXCITED ABOUT THAT.

WE ALSO ARE LOOKING AT A TWO-TESTING CITY AT THE SAME TIME, AND UNDER CIVIL SERVICE YOU CAN HAVE MORE THAN ONE TEST.

THEY JUST GOT TO BE AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME.

THEY HAVE TO MERGE THE LIST TOGETHER.

AND WE WERE LOOKING POSSIBLY AT LIKE EL PASO AND HERE, NOT FOR THIS NEXT COMING TEST 54 BECAUSE SPEAKING WITH HR, THEY GOT TO GET THEIR DUCKS IN A ROW A LOT WITH THAT AND GET THE STAFFING AND GET THE MACHINES AND THINGS TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR THAT IN THE FUTURE AS WELL, TO GET MORE PEOPLE IN TO CONSIDER.

WE ALSO HAD OUR FIRST WOMEN IN LAW ENFORCEMENT ABOUT A WEEK AGO OR SO.

ACTUALLY, IT WAS 321.

AND WHAT THAT IS, IS A PROGRAM TO TRY TO BRING MORE WOMEN INTO THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

MANY MIGHT HAVE THOUGHT THAT IT'S A MALE DOMINATED, THAT MALE DOMINATED AREA, BUT IT'S REALLY NOT.

WE REALLY NEED MORE REPRESENTATION FROM FEMALES.

AND SO, WE HAVE THAT. WE HAD IT IN MY PAST DEPARTMENT AND WORKED VERY WELL.

AND OUR FIRST ONE WE HAD HERE, WE HAD 30 PEOPLE, I BELIEVE, FROM THE COMMUNITY POSSIBLY LOOKING FOR JOBS, AND WE THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO SOME GOOD WITH THAT IN THE FUTURE. ONE THING THOUGH, AND I THINK IS THE MOST IMPORTANT, IS WORD OF MOUTH.

WHEN YOU KNOW SOMEBODY AND THEY TELL YOU ABOUT A GOOD JOB, THEN IT MEANS MORE TO YOU.

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AND SO, IF THEY KNOW SOMEONE THAT MAKE A GOOD POLICE OFFICER OR ANY OTHER POSITION YOU SEE ON THE RIGHT SIDE OF THAT SLIDE, THEN PLEASE LET THEM KNOW.

AND OF COURSE, OUR OWN OFFICERS AND OUR OWN EMPLOYEES AS WELL TO BE THOSE RECRUITERS.

THIS IS A REALLY IMPORTANT SLIDE.

THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THIS IS SOMETHING NEW THAT WE'VE DONE.

EVERYBODY HAS A MISSION STATEMENT.

GENERALLY, ANY BUSINESS GOVERNMENT BUSINESS PRIVATE BUSINESS.

BUT ONLY THE BEST REALLY KNOWS WHAT THAT MISSION IS.

AND THEY LIVE BY IT. AND YOU HAVE TO KNOW IT TO LIVE BY IT.

YOU CAN'T HAVE SOMETHING HANGING ON THE WALL.

BUT OUR MISSION STATEMENT, WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT PEOPLE PAY TAXES TO GET SERVICES FROM OUR CITY THAT ENHANCES THEIR QUALITY OF LIFE. AND OUR JOB IS SAFETY.

IT'S NOT PARKS AND RECREATION OR STREETS OR ANYTHING ELSE.

IT'S SAFETY. AND THAT UNDERPINS EVERYTHING.

ALL THOSE OTHER SERVICES THAT ARE PROVIDED CAN'T BE GREAT SERVICES WITHOUT BEING SAFE.

SO, WE HAVE REALLY A FOUNDATIONAL JOB, I THINK, AND WE WANT TO PROVIDE OUTSTANDING POLICE SERVICES, AS IT SAYS IN THE FIRST PART, IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE COMMUNITY.

THE COMMUNITY IS ESSENTIAL BECAUSE WE HAVE 451 AT OUR BEST DAY.

AS YOU KNOW. NOW WE HAVE 357, 397 BECAUSE OF SHORTAGES RIGHT NOW, NOT WORKING, BUT THE CITIZENS 265,000 OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WE GET THOSE BEING OUR EYES AND EARS OUT THERE.

THAT'S WHAT MAKES US A BETTER CITY, A SAFER CITY.

SO, THIS IS OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

THIS IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO ACCOMPLISH AS A DEPARTMENT.

THIS IS WHAT BINDS US TOGETHER, TIES US TOGETHER.

AND THEN WE WANT TO MEASURE TO SEE WHETHER OR NOT WE'RE ACTUALLY ACHIEVING THAT.

AND WE HAVE CRIME RATE, TRAFFIC SAFETY, TIMELY SERVICE AND QUALITY SERVICE AS OUR PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT SAFEST CITIES, YOU LOOK AT THE PLACES TO LIVE PEOPLE THAT DO THOSE ARTICLES, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC SAFETY COMES IN VERY IMPORTANT IN ALL OF THOSE CONSIDERATIONS. AND CRIME RATE IS SOMETHING THAT THEY USE TO LOOK AT TO COMPARE CITIES.

AND I'LL GO INTO THAT MORE IN A LITTLE BIT.

EXPLAIN THAT MORE TRAFFIC SAFETY.

OF COURSE. THE NUMBER ONE WAY TO GET KILLED IN THE CITY OR GET INJURED IS NOT BY CRIME, IT'S BY A CRASH.

SO, TRAFFIC SAFETY IS A VITAL ROLE OF OURS, TOO.

AND IT'S EVERYBODY'S, A TRAFFIC OFFICER, IS WHAT I SAY.

THAT'S WHY WE HAVE, YOU KNOW, RADAR GUNS AND ALL THE SQUAD CARS.

EVERYBODY'S JOB IS TO DO TRAFFIC AND TO CHANGE DRIVER BEHAVIOR.

TICKETS ARE NOT A MEASURE OF SUCCESS.

IT'S CHANGING DRIVER BEHAVIOR AND REDUCING THOSE CRASHES AND RESULTING INJURIES AND DEATH.

TIMELY SERVICE. WE KNOW THAT EVERYBODY TIME IS THE MOST PRECIOUS THING WE HAVE.

ASK A GUY LIKE ME THAT'S OLDER.

IT'S REALLY PRECIOUS, AND WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE PROVIDE TIMELY SERVICE IN EVERY WAY.

BUT TO QUANTITATIVELY MEASURE THAT, YOU HAVE TO HAVE A WAY TO DO THAT.

SO, WE USE RESPONSE TIME, AND WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE.

AND LASTLY IS QUALITY OF SERVICE THE QUALITATIVE MEASURE.

AND WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT IN THE FUTURE THROUGH CITIZEN SURVEYS TO SEE WHAT THEY THINK OF CRIME, WHETHER IT'S INCREASING, DECREASING, ET CETERA.

WE'LL TALK MORE ABOUT THAT IN A MINUTE, TOO.

I'M GOING TO COVER THOSE FOUR THINGS RIGHT NOW IN THAT ORDER.

SO, THE FIRST THING WE DO IS WE LOOK AT CRIME RATE AND YOU'RE GOING, YOU SEE SEVEN CRIMES THERE ON THE LEFT HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, LARCENY, BURGLARY, AUTO THEFT. THOSE ARE TERMS COINED BY THE FBI FROM UNIFORM CRIME REPORTS.

WE DON'T DO THAT. THAT'S NOT OUR STATUTES.

AS THE MAYOR KNOWS.

YOU KNOW, WE HAVE SEXUAL ASSAULT.

THEY HAVE RAPE HERE. AS AN ATTORNEY, HE KNOWS THAT.

SO, IF YOU ASK US, HOW MANY RAPES DO WE HAVE AND THEN HOW MANY SEXUAL ASSAULTS? WE HAVE TWO DIFFERENT NUMBERS.

RAPE IS A SMALLER AMOUNT OF, BE A SMALLER NUMBER OF RAPES COMPARED TO THE LARGER AMOUNT.

IT'S MORE INCLUSIVE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT FOR OUR STATUTE.

BUT THIS IS WHAT WE USE BECAUSE THE COUNTRY USES THESE.

EVERYBODY HAS TO REPORT ALL THEIR CRIME INTO THOSE DEFINITIONS OF THOSE CRIMES TO THE FBI, AND THEN THEY BREAK THOSE DOWN PER THOUSAND POPULATION.

SO, YOU CAN COMPARE SMALLER CITIES TO LARGER CITIES.

YOU CAN DO LUBBOCK TO NEW YORK CITY IF YOU WANTED, AND SEE HOW WE FARE, AND WHAT PERCENTAGE OF THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE HAVING THESE TYPES OF CRIMES OCCUR TO THAT POPULATION.

SO, FOR AND THEN OF COURSE, BELOW YOU SEE THESE ARE CALLED MAJOR CRIMES AS WELL AS PART ONE CRIMES.

AND THE VIOLENT CRIMES AND PROPERTY CRIMES ARE TWO DIFFERENT HOMICIDE, RAPE, ROBBERY, AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, VIOLENT CRIMES, BURGLARY, LARCENY AND MOTOR VEHICLE THEFT ARE PROPERTY CRIMES.

FOR ALL CRIMES WERE DOWN 23% LAST YEAR.

VIOLENT CRIMES ARE DOWN 20% AND PROPERTY CRIMES ARE DOWN 24%.

AND WHEN I CAME HERE, I HEARD SOMEBODY SAY SOMETHING ABOUT DOUBLE COUNTING STATISTICS OR SOMETHING FOR CRIME.

UCR'S BEEN AROUND SINCE 1921, 1989.

SOMETHING CALLED NIBERS CAME IN BECAUSE THAT HAD BEEN THERE FOR 60 YEARS, AND IT DOESN'T GET ENOUGH INFORMATION TO REALLY FIGHT CRIME.

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THEY COULD BE BREAKING IN TO COMMIT A RAPE.

THEY CAN BE BREAKING IN TO KILL SOMEONE.

THEY CAN BE BREAKING IN FOR A LOT OF DIFFERENT REASONS.

YOU WOULDN'T KNOW THAT WITH UCR, BUT THEY HAVE TO REPORT ALL THE CRIMES THAT ARE INVOLVED IN A PARTICULAR INCIDENT FOR NIBERS.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY DID THAT.

SO, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND CRIME BETTER.

BUT WHENEVER YOU COMPARE CRIME, IT GOES FROM THE UCR IS USED FOR COMPARISON.

YOU DON'T USE YOU CAN'T USE NIBERS FOR COMPARISON.

AND ACTUALLY ALSO 99% OF TEXAS IS USING NIBERS.

SO, IF YOU EVER HEAR THERE'S LIKE A DIFFERENCE, THERE'S REALLY NOT.

THE FBI DID STUDIES BACK THEN AND THERE WAS LIKE A 1 OR 2% DIFFERENCE POTENTIAL BY THE TERMS. AND HOW THEY UPDATED THINGS LIKE THEY, THE UCR HAD RAPES WERE AGAINST WOMEN AND THE OTHER HAS MEN AND WOMEN, WHICH IS A LARGE NUMBER, BUT IT WILL MAKE A SLIGHT DIFFERENCE.

BUT EVERYBODY'S IN NIBERS.

SO, IF YOU EVER HEAR THAT THIS IS THE NUMBERS THAT EVERYBODY GOES BY AND YOU CAN COUNT ON THESE NUMBERS, THE ONLY THING THAT MATTERS IS HOW THEY'RE REPORTED AND HOW THEY'RE CLASSIFIED BY US.

AND IN THE FIRST QUARTER OF THIS YEAR, YOU SEE THAT WE'RE STILL DOWN ON PROPERTY CRIMES, 23%, VIOLENT CRIMES DOWN 7%.

MAJOR CRIMES TOTALED DOWN 20%.

THIS IS JUST AN EXAMPLE OF ONE OF OUR AREA'S SPECIAL OPERATIONS AND CRIME SUPPRESSION, AND THE GOOD WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE IN THE PAST YEAR TO WORK ON CRIME.

OBVIOUSLY, EVERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT IS DOING THIS.

I JUST WANTED TO, I DIDN'T WANT THIS TO LAST ALL DAY, SO I WANTED TO CUT IT DOWN.

BUT THIS IS VERY IMPRESSIVE OF WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

THE CRIME, CRIME, SUPPRESSION AND NARCOTICS ARE ON THE LEFT.

THOSE STATS. AND ON THE RIGHT IS THE TEXAS ANTI-GANG CENTER.

TOTALS FOR CRIMES THAT THEY'VE SOLVED, THE ARRESTS THEY'VE MADE, GUNS THEY'VE RECOVERED, AND ALL THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO, THEY'RE DOING SOME GOOD WORK OUT THERE.

BUT THE TAG UNIT AND THE OTHER UNITS TO WHAT THEY DO IS THEY TRY NOT ONLY RESPOND TO CRIMES, BUT THEY TRY TO BE IN THE PLACES WHERE THEY THINK AND THEY'RE GOING TO OCCUR USING INTELLIGENCE TO TRY TO PREVENT THOSE CRIMES AND MAYBE ENFORCE OTHER LAWS BEFORE IT GETS INTO A SHOOTING OR SOMETHING MORE SERIOUS.

AND ALSO, WHENEVER YOU DO HAVE A CRIME, EVEN IF IT'S AFTER THE FACT, YOU'VE GOT TO SOLVE THAT AND FIND THOSE PEOPLE QUICKLY.

IF YOU WAIT, THEY'RE GOING TO CONTINUE TO VIOLATE THE LAW AND COMMIT FUTURE CRIMES.

SO, TIMELINESS IS VERY IMPORTANT.

THE SECOND PERFORMANCE MEASURE IS TRAFFIC SAFETY.

AND AGAIN, THIS IS CHANGING DRIVER BEHAVIOR.

OUR CRASHES WERE DOWN LAST YEAR 9%, INJURY CRASHES 2%, AND FATALITIES WERE UP FROM 34 TO 35 3%.

THE AVERAGE PERSONS FOR 2023 SEVEN PERSONS WERE HURT IN A CRASH EVERY DAY AND THREE PERSONS WERE KILLED EVERY MONTH.

THOSE ARE STAGGERING, BUT THIS IS WHAT IT IS.

ACROSS THE COUNTRY, PEOPLE GOT TO REALIZE HOW WE HAVE TO REALLY PRACTICE GOOD DRIVER SAFETY AND THINK ABOUT THAT EACH AND EVERY DAY WHEN WE DRIVE.

AND IF YOU SEE SOMETHING, CALL US AND LET US KNOW.

THE FIRST QUARTER ON CRASHES.

WE SEE THOSE THINGS CONTINUALLY TO GO DOWN, CRASHES DOWN 18%, CRASHES WITH INJURIES DOWN 9%.

AND FATALITIES ARE UP AGAIN BY ONE IN THIS PAST YEAR.

I'M SORRY IN THIS PAST QUARTER, THIS YEAR, FIRST QUARTER.

HERE WE SEE SOME OF THE ACTIVITY THAT WE'VE TRAFFIC EFFORTS WE'VE MADE THROUGHOUT THE DEPARTMENT.

EVERY PERSON, AS I SAID EARLIER, IS A TRAFFIC OFFICER.

THEY ALL HAVE RADARS IN THEIR CARS, AND THEY'RE EXPECTED TO WORK ON THIS VITAL, VITAL SAFETY ISSUE FOR US AS TRAFFIC.

YOU SEE HOW MUCH TRAFFIC STOPS 32% CITATIONS ARE UP, 8% 3% FOR VIOLATIONS ISSUED, 50% FOR WARNINGS AND 10% ON DWI.

SO ONCE AGAIN, WE'RE TRYING TO CHANGE THE DRIVER BEHAVIOR.

AND THERE'S A LOT OF WAYS TO DO IT THROUGH EDUCATION, THROUGH ENFORCEMENT, THROUGH WARNINGS, WHATEVER IT MIGHT TAKE.

AND THE OFFICERS HAVE TO MAKE THOSE DECISIONS WHEN THEY'RE OUT THERE.

WHAT'S GOING TO WORK TO DO THAT? THE THIRD PERFORMANCE MEASURE IS TIMELY SERVICE.

AND HERE YOU SEE THAT WE HAVE THAT WE THAT WE ARE DOWN IN 22-23 AND TOTAL RESPONSE TIME.

LOOK AT THE TOP AND THE BOTTOM OF THE TOP THERE.

THAT SAYS SIX MINUTES FOR 2023 DOWN ONE SECOND IN RESPONSE.

WE HAVE A VERY LARGE COMMUNITY.

WE HAVE 142MI².

I CAME FROM A CITY HALF OF THAT WITH MORE POPULATION, AND THAT'S A LOT OF DRIVING TO DO.

AND SO, THIS IS REALLY HARD TO GET DOWN BECAUSE PART OF THAT IS THAT DRIVING TIME.

AND I KNOW WE'VE ARRANGED, REARRANGED A COUPLE BEATS AND DID SOME THINGS TO TRY TO REDUCE THAT, BUT WE'RE ALWAYS LOOKING TO REDUCE RESPONSE TIME.

THAT'S VERY IMPORTANT, PARTICULARLY FOR PRIORITY 1 OR 2 CALLS.

THERE'RE FOUR PRIORITY CALLS.

WE RESPOND ON PRIORITY ONE WITHOUT GOING THROUGH THIS HUGE LIST.

IT'S THINGS WHERE A RAPID RESPONSE MAKES A DIFFERENCE.

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THERE'S A REAL REASON TO BE THERE VERY QUICKLY.

SOMEBODY'S READY TO SHOOT SOMEBODY.

THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY ONE.

PRIORITY TWO IS JUST THE STEP BELOW THAT.

AND THREE AND FOUR ARE NOT NECESSARILY IN PROGRESS OR RAPID RESPONSE MAKES A DIFFERENCE TAKING REPORTS AND THINGS.

BUT THAT'S IMPORTANT, TOO.

ANYTIME YOU HAVE YOUR WORST DAY AND YOU'RE BURGLARIZED, YOU'RE HURT, OR YOU HAVE SOME INJURY, THEY DON'T CALL THE POLICE ON A GOOD DAY.

THEY CALL US WHEN THEY HAVE THEIR WORST DAY, AND WE HAVE TO BE THERE IN A REASONABLE AMOUNT OF TIME.

WE'VE REALLY WORKED HARD ON THAT IN THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, AND WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB.

AND THEN RESPONSE TIMES FOR PRIORITY TWO YOU SEE BELOW ARE 647.

AND WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE STATS AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

INTO THE FIRST QUARTER.

WE WERE DISPATCHED.

TIME ON THE TOP. LET'S GO TO THE TO THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM.

THE RED UP THERE, PLUS 12%.

THAT'S ONLY FOR ONE REASON.

THAT'S AN ANOMALY. BECAUSE WE MOVED OUR DISPATCH CENTER FROM OVER THERE TO OVER HERE.

AND IN DOING THAT, WE HAD TO CUT DOWN SOME OF OUR ABILITIES TO DISPATCH WITH DISPATCH.

SO THAT'S WHY YOU SEE THAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN THAT IN THE PAST.

WE DON'T EXPECT IT IN THE FUTURE.

REALLY GOOD RESPONSE TIME.

STILL OUR FIRST QUARTER WERE FIVE MINUTES AND 43 SECONDS COMPARED TO THE FIRST QUARTER OF LAST YEAR.

THAT'S 0.6% DECREASE.

AND PRIORITY TWO, YOU SEE THAT THIS THE -4% THERE ON THAT AS WELL.

SO, WE'RE DOING REALLY WELL ON OUR RESPONSE TIMES.

THIS QUALITY OF SERVICE.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED DOING THESE SURVEYS YET BECAUSE WE HAVEN'T GOT THERE YET.

AND I KNOW JOHN SITTING IN THE FRONT ROW IS WORKING HARD.

JOHN CASPER, ASSISTANT CHIEF, HE'S WORKING ON THAT.

THAT'S IN HIS AREA.

AND WE'RE GOING TO IT'S A WORK IN PROGRESS.

WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT THE QUALITY OF POLICE SERVICES, WHAT THEY THINK ABOUT THAT.

HOW WOULD THE GREATEST A, B, C, D PRETTY EASY TO UNDERSTAND.

YOU GET A D, YOU'RE NOT DOING GOOD.

YOU GOT AN A OR A B.

PLUS YOU'RE GETTING THERE.

YOU'RE DOING PRETTY WELL.

QUALITY OF LIFE IN LUBBOCK.

BECAUSE IF WE'RE TRYING TO IMPACT THE QUALITY OF LIFE, WE GOT TO UNDERSTAND WHAT PEOPLE THINK.

THE QUALITY OF LIFE IS NOT JUST FROM US, BUT OVERALL.

AND IF WE SEE THAT RISE, THEN WE KNOW MAYBE WE HAD SOMETHING TO DO WITH THAT.

PERCEPTION OF OVERALL SAFETY IN LUBBOCK.

IS SAFETY GOING UP, DOWN OR STAYING THE SAME? YOU GOT A PROBLEM IF YOU THINK EVERYBODY'S, IT'S GETTING WORSE, AND THE CRIME STATS ARE GOING DOWN.

YOU WANT PEOPLE, YOU WANT TO EDUCATE THEM TO UNDERSTAND EXACTLY WHAT THE RISKS ARE IN THE COMMUNITY, TO PROTECT THEMSELVES.

AND IF THEY HAVE, THEY BELIEVE IT'S MORE DANGEROUS.

WE NEED TO CLOSE THAT GAP WITH EDUCATION OR IF THEY DON'T UNDERSTAND THAT AND APPRECIATE IT, WE NEED TO BRING THEIR CAUTIONS UP A BIT SO THEY CAN, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE IT STARTS WITH THE CITIZENS. THE FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE AGAINST CRIME IS NOT US, IT'S THE CITIZENS.

IT'S THE CITIZENS. WHEN THEY CAN PROTECT THEIR PROPERTY AND THEY HAVE TO WORK WITH US TOGETHER BECAUSE WE'RE TRYING TO DO THE SAME THING, TRYING TO GET THE SAME GOAL.

HERE YOU SEE CALLS FOR SERVICE ON TOP AND OFFICER-INITIATED EVENTS ON BOTTOM.

THEY'RE THERE FOR A REASON BECAUSE THERE'S TWO WAYS TO GET A CALL, SO TO SPEAK, OR GET A REPORT.

ONE IS SOMEBODY CALLS US FROM THE COMMUNITY, AND WE GO OUT AND WE ISSUE A REPORT.

AND THE OTHER IS WE SEE SOMETHING HAPPEN BECAUSE WE'RE PATROLLING, OR WE LEARN ABOUT IT AHEAD OF TIME.

WE'RE IN A HIGH CRIME AREA AND THEN WE MAKE OUR OWN CALL.

YOU'LL NOTICE THAT THIS HAS BEEN A DOWNWARD TREND ON THE CALLS FOR SERVICE.

BUT LOOK AT THE UPWARD TREND ON THE OFFICER-INITIATED EVENTS.

OUR OFFICERS ARE WORKING HARDER.

THEY'RE HAVING MORE OFFICER-INITIATED EVENTS.

THE CALLS FOR SERVICE ARE VERY IMPORTANT.

THIS IS INTERESTING AND FOR ANOTHER REASON YOU WOULDN'T THINK OF.

MAYBE. BUT HERE'S THE TYPES OF CALLS THAT WE GET.

THE NUMBER ONE IS CHECK SUBJECT OR AREA.

WHAT THAT MEANS IS THAT'S KIND OF THE TALK THAT THEY USE FOR THEIR INDUSTRY.

BUT IT MEANS A SUSPICIOUS PERSON.

CIRCUMSTANCE IS SOMETHING YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON.

LOOK AT THOSE OTHERS.

DISTURBANCE, DOMESTIC DISTURBANCE, ALARM, TRAFFIC CRASH.

THEY KNOW THEY'VE BEEN A VICTIM OF CRIME, OR THEIR NEIGHBOR HAS, AND THEY'RE CALLING HIM BECAUSE OF A CRIME.

THIS IS IMPORTANT TO LOOK AT THE NUMBER ONE CALL BECAUSE THAT MEANS CITIZENS, THEY DON'T HAVE TO CALL IN ON THOSE CALLS, BUT THEY ARE BECAUSE THEY CARE ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY, THEIR NEIGHBORS, AND MAYBE THEY FEEL AN ATTACHMENT TO THE POLICE, THAT PARTNERSHIP THAT WE HAVE.

BUT WE HAVE TO INCREASE THAT PARTNERSHIP BECAUSE THAT'S THE EYES AND EARS OUT THERE.

BUT THAT'S A VERY GOOD SIGN THAT THAT'S THE NUMBER ONE TYPE OF CALL THAT WE DO GET.

I WAS GOING TO MENTION, TOO, THAT WE OUR NUMBER ONE GOAL FOR OUR CRIME PREVENTION UNIT IS TO INCREASE OUR NEIGHBORHOOD CRIME WATCH AREAS, WHICH WE GOT A LONG WAY TO GO, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET GOING ON THAT.

WE HAD OUR FIRST FAITH-BASED MEETING.

WE HAD ALL THE PEOPLE IN THE FAITH-BASED COMMUNITY COME IN.

WE'RE GOING TO DO OUR NEXT STEP IS GOING TO BE THE CORPORATE MEETINGS NEXT.

AND I THINK, JOHN, YOU'RE WORKING ON THAT AS WELL.

SO, LOOK FOR SOME GOOD THINGS IN THE FUTURE.

OUR CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECTS.

YOU'RE AWARE OF THESE? OF COURSE.

WE HAD THE HEADQUARTERS RIBBON CUTTING.

AND THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THAT IS AN INCREDIBLE BUILDING.

AND EVERYBODY'S VERY HIGH ON THAT.

AND IT'S ESPECIALLY THE DISPATCHERS.

YOU KNOW, THEY WERE IN THE BASEMENT AND ALL BAD THINGS GO TO THE BASEMENT.

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AND IT REALLY HELPS US A LOT.

SO, WE ALSO HAVE A PROPERTY AND EVIDENCE AND CRIME LAB EXPECTED ABOUT THE FIRST QUARTER OF 2025.

TECHNOLOGY PROJECTS.

HEADQUARTERS. DISPATCH WAS A HUGE TECHNOLOGY PROJECT.

AND WITHOUT TIM VARNER AND SOME OF THOSE OTHER PEOPLE ARE GREAT.

IT STAFF, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO BE IN THAT BUILDING RIGHT NOW.

AXON'S A GAME CHANGER FOR US.

IT SIMPLY BODY CAMERAS AND VEHICLE CAMERAS.

BUT IT'S MUCH MORE LICENSE PLATE READERS FOR CARS.

SO, IF WE'RE LOOKING FOR A PARTICULAR VEHICLE, IT'S WANTED.

IT'S STOLEN ALL THE UNITS AS THEY'RE TRAVELING WITHOUT EVEN LOOKING AROUND THE CARS, CHECKING THOSE THINGS TO TRY TO FIND THEM, FIND THOSE INDIVIDUALS.

IT CAN ALSO BE USED TO NOTE WHERE LICENSE PLATES WERE AND PEOPLE WERE AT CERTAIN TIMES AS THEY DRIVE BY INTERVIEW ROOM CAMERAS, CLOUD STORAGE, WHICH WE WON'T DO.

THE CLOUD STORAGE, THEY WILL DO THAT FOR US.

AND THEY DO IT IN A VERY GOOD WAY.

DIGITAL EVIDENCE MANAGEMENT TODAY THERE IS SO MUCH VIDEO.

AND THIS IS GOING TO HELP US MANAGE THAT, WHICH IS I KNOW JOHN DOES THAT TOO.

AND HE'S GOT A BIG SMILE ON HIS FACE OVER THAT CASE FILINGS WITH THE DA'S OFFICE RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE TO. IT'S JUST A BEATING.

THEY HAVE TO GO THROUGH AND GET ALL THE DOCUMENTS AND TURN EVERYTHING OVER TO MAKE SURE THAT THE DEFENSE AND EVERYONE GETS THEIR INFORMATION THAT THEY NEED.

SO, WE DON'T LOSE A CASE BECAUSE OF THAT.

NOW IT'S GOING TO BE DONE ONLINE AND MUCH EASIER.

THE DIRECT VIDEO SUBMISSION WHERE WE CAN ACTUALLY TAKE A PICTURE IN THE FIELD AND SEND IT RIGHT INTO EVIDENCE ON OUR PHONES, WHICH YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM DOWN THERE.

AND OF COURSE, OUR TASERS, OUR ELECTRONIC TICKET WRITERS ARE GOING TO DO RACIAL PROFILING FOR US OR ALL THAT INFORMATION, AND THEY'RE LINKED TO THE COURT SYSTEM.

SO, THEY CAN ACTUALLY POPULATE RIGHT THERE RATHER THAN WRITE A TICKET.

AND WHEN YOU SAY WRITE A TICKET, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE READ A TICKET.

I SHOULDN'T ASK THAT QUESTION.

BUT PEOPLE THAT READ TICKETS, SOMETIMES THEY CAN'T READ THEM, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO READ THESE BECAUSE THESE ARE PRINTED BY A PRINTER, LIKE A TYPEWRITER OR SOMETHING.

SO, IT'S GOING TO COME OUT WITH TYPE WRITTEN TICKETS, AND THEY'RE GOING TO POPULATE THE COURT SYSTEM SO THEY CAN PAY THEM VERY QUICKLY IF THEY NEED TO.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO WAIT FOR THEM TO GET FROM STATIONS BACK TO THE HEADQUARTERS OR BACK TO THE COURT, CENTRAL SQUARE, MS. RECORDS MANAGEMENT SYSTEM AND COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH.

THOSE ARE GOING TO BE LATE AUGUST.

AND THE ANALYSIS PORTION OF THAT, THE CRIME ANALYSIS FOR DATA DRIVEN POLICING IS GOING TO BE VITALLY IMPORTANT.

RIGHT NOW. WE'RE TRYING WE'VE KIND OF SWITCHED.

WHEN I CAME HERE, WE HAD SOMETHING CALLED COMPSTAT, AND IT WAS A MEETING WHERE THEY MEET, AND IT'S BASICALLY JUST A BUNCH OF DATA.

IT'S NOT REALLY ANALYSIS AT ALL.

IT ISN'T ABOUT CRIME. IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE'S ACTIVITY.

AND I TOLD MY, I ASKED MY PEOPLE AND THEY SAID, WE DON'T WANT TO DO THIS.

SO, WE IMMEDIATELY WENT TO THIS OTHER THING THAT WE DO NOW, CRIME REDUCTION MEETINGS.

SO, WE GET TOGETHER, WE LOOK AT HOTSPOTS, CRIME TRENDS, WE GET PLANS TOGETHER, WHAT WE NEED TO DO, HOW DO WE MOVE OUR RESOURCES TO THE AREAS THAT NEED THOSE RESOURCES TO GET THE BEST EFFECT OUT OF IT? SO, WE'VE BEEN DOING THAT.

WE ALSO HAVE THREE TIMES A WEEK NOW, OUR CRIME ANALYSIS GIVES EVERYONE IN THE DEPARTMENT INFORMATION INTELLIGENCE ABOUT WHERE THE HOTSPOTS, CRIME TRENDS.

SO, THEY CAN ALSO FOCUS ON THOSE TIMES, PLACES, AREAS TO REDUCE THOSE CRIMES AS WELL.

AND ONCE WE GET THIS, WE'RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT SO MUCH BETTER, SO MUCH TIMELIER.

RIGHT NOW. WE MAY GET INFORMATION A WEEK OR SO LATE AND THE PATTERN MAY HAVE CHANGED.

SO, WE WANT TO GET THE TIMELIER INFORMATION.

AND THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW US TO DO THAT.

THAT'S A HUGE THING.

AND OF COURSE, THE CELL PHONES FOR US, WE CAN BE ABLE TO WRITE TICKETS WITH IT.

WE CAN SUBMIT EVIDENCE; WE CAN DO CAD AND MS COMPUTER AIDED DISPATCH AND RECORDS MANAGEMENT CHECKS.

WE CAN DO SO MUCH MORE WITH PERSONAL PHONES FOR THE OFFICERS, OR I SHOULD SAY WORK PHONES, NOT PERSONAL PHONES.

DISPATCH. WE'VE MOVED INTO THE NEW BUILDING.

AS I MENTIONED, THEY HAVE THEIR OWN MISSION STATEMENT AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

I HAD A LOT OF DEPARTMENTS DO THAT BECAUSE OF THE UNITS, BECAUSE IT'S IMPORTANT FOR THEM TO KNOW EXACTLY WHAT, WHAT THEIR JOB IS, HOW IT FITS INTO THEIR DEPARTMENT, HOW IT MELDS TOGETHER. WE HAVE REDUCED HOLD TIMES FOR CALLS.

WE HAVE A GREAT RELEASE OF PRIORITY THREE AND PRIORITY FOUR.

WE HAVE PRIORITY FOR UP TO AN HOUR.

HOLD. THAT'S NOT ANYMORE.

WE'VE BROUGHT THAT BACK.

AND THOSE ARE MUCH, MUCH CUT DOWN.

WE'RE HAVING WAY BETTER RESPONSE TIME ON EVERY DAY AVERAGE CALLS AND ALL CALLS.

ACTUALLY, WE'VE GOT 100% CALL BACKS ON HANG UPS.

I'LL CALL THEM. THEY CALL THEM ABANDONED CALLS IN THE INDUSTRY, BUT I DON'T CALL THEM THAT BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT THEY ARE.

THEY'RE NOT ABANDONED. THEY'RE HANG UP CALLS.

AND IF WE KNOW THE NUMBER, WE CALL BACK 100% OF THE TIME.

THERE'S ALSO SOMETHING CALLED THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY NUMBERS ASSOCIATION, AND THAT'S THE ASSOCIATION FOR DISPATCHERS, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION.

AND THEY HAVE STANDARDS FOR MAKING CALLS.

95% OF 911 CALLS HAVE TO BE ANSWERED IN 15 SECONDS AND 90% IN 20S.

WE ARE NOT THERE YET.

WE STARTED OUT BELOW, WE'RE WAY UP NOW.

WE'RE REALLY, REALLY CLOSE TO THAT.

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AND WE'RE GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE PARTY WHEN WE DO, BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY BIG, VERY BIG STEP FOR US, I THINK, TO GET THERE.

AND OF COURSE, STAFFING HAS TO DO WITH THAT TOO.

WE'VE DONE A LOT TO REDUCE WORKLOAD ON DISPATCH AS WELL.

LIKE OFFICERS ASKING THEM TO DO THEIR OWN CHECKS RATHER THAN SEND ALL THE CHECKS TO DISPATCH.

WE'VE FOUND ABOUT HALF THE TIME IS DOING THOSE CHECKS, WHICH WE CAN HAVE THE OFFICERS DO THEM QUICKER THEMSELVES.

SO, WE'RE TRYING TO SHIFT RE-SHIFT AND REBALANCE THE WORK AS WELL AND OUR HIRING EFFORTS.

AND WE WILL ADDRESS STAFFING, OF COURSE, AND BUDGET REQUESTS.

SO, YOU'LL SEE THAT COMING TO.

THIS IS OUR NEW TEN-HOUR SHIFTS.

AND I CAN TELL YOU, WHEN I CAME TO THE CITY, I WAS NOT A FAN OF TEN-HOUR SHIFTS, AND ONE REASON WAS BECAUSE IT COST MORE VEHICLES.

WE HAVE THE UNIQUE OPPORTUNITY HERE TO HAVE OUR OWN VEHICLES ASSIGNED, SO THAT'S NOT AN ISSUE.

AND THIS IS WHAT OUR CALLS LOOK LIKE.

AND YOU SEE THE BLUE LINES THAT GO UP AND DOWN THOSE GRAPHS, THOSE BARS THAT IS THE TIME IS ALONG THE BOTTOM AND ALONG THE LEFT SIDE IS THE NUMBERS OF CALLS THAT WE HAVE AND ACTIVITY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WHERE THE HUMPS ARE AND WHAT THE DOTTED LINES, THE TWO DOTTED LINES, THE GREEN IS THE HIGH WE COULD POSSIBLY HAVE WITH STAFFING. AND THE RED IS OUR BOTTOM LINE.

WHAT? WE HAVE UNDER EIGHT-HOUR SHIFTS, AND YOU CAN SEE ALL THE BLUE THAT STICKS ABOVE THAT.

THE BEST DAY. LOOK ABOVE THE GREEN, ALL THE BLUE STANDS ABOVE THAT.

NOT GOOD. STAFFING.

THE FOUR TEN HOUR SHIFTS WE HAVE NOW ARE THE SOLID LINES.

AND YOU SEE, WE TRIED TO MEET THE PEAKS WITH OUR STAFFING, AND IT'S WORKED OUT VERY WELL.

AND WE EVERY MONTH WE HAVE OUR MEETING.

AND I THINK NATHAN WATCHES IT EVERY DAY, BUT WE WATCH IT AT LEAST ONCE A MONTH.

WE'VE REVISITED ALL OF US TOGETHER AS A GROUP WITH ALL THE OTHER STAFF AND SEE HOW THINGS ARE GOING.

WE LOOK AT THE NUMBERS, AND THE NUMBERS ARE GOING REALLY WELL.

YOU WILL NOTICE, THOUGH, THAT 8:00 AM TO 1:00 PM.

THERE ARE SOME NUMBERS ABOVE OUR GREEN LINE THERE, BUT THAT'S WHEN WE HAVE PROBABLY.

HOW MANY WOULD YOU SAY? UP TO 100, MAYBE.

OFFICERS THAT ARE WORKING ON DAY SHIFT TRAFFIC AND EVERYBODY FOR RIGHT NOW, WE CAN COVER THAT THERE.

LATER ON, WE'LL PROBABLY ADD A POWER SHIFT OR TWO.

BUT THIS IS THIS IS DOING VERY, VERY WELL.

IT'S SERVING OUR CITIZENS WELL.

OUR OFFICERS LOVE IT.

I THINK IT'S A WIN-WIN FOR EVERYONE.

SOME OTHER SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS.

TRAINING. WE DID A TRAINING NEEDS ASSESSMENT FOR OUR DEPARTMENT.

WE MADE A TWO-YEAR TRAINING PLAN, AND WE'VE JUST GOT A LOT OF TRAINING EFFORTS UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE ALL THE TRAINING THAT WE NEED AT ALL LEVELS OF THE DEPARTMENT. THAT INCLUDES LOOKING AT EVERY TIME YOU'RE PROMOTED UP OR EVERY TIME YOU MOVE SIDEWAYS IN THE ORGANIZATION, YOU MOVE TO AN OUTSIDE POSITION.

OUTSIDE OF PATROL.

WE'RE DETERMINING WHAT TRAINING YOU NEED FOR ALL OF THOSE POSITIONS, THOSE ADDITIONAL TRAININGS AT MINIMUM, TO MAKE SURE THEY GET THOSE TRAININGS, AND THEN ALSO GETTING A CHECKLIST OF THINGS THEY NEED TO KNOW, LIKE BECOMING A SERGEANT.

YOU GOT TO KNOW HOW TO SCHEDULE.

YOU GOT TO KNOW ABOUT PAYROLL THINGS THAT OFFICERS DON'T DO.

SO, ALL THOSE POLICIES, ALL THOSE THINGS WE WRITE DOWN AND WE HAVE THEM GO WITH SOMEBODY THAT'S EXPERIENCED IN THAT AREA TO CHECK IT OFF, TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY'RE WELL SUITED AND WELL PREPARED FOR THAT POSITION THAT THEY GO INTO.

OUR POLICIES ARE AN AREA OR TWO THAT WE'VE BEEN REVIEWING ALL OF OUR POLICIES AND UPDATING THOSE AND MAKING SURE WE HAVE POLICIES WHERE WE NEED THOSE.

WE'VE BEEN USING THE TEXAS POLICE CHIEFS ASSOCIATION ACCREDITATION OR RECOGNITION PROGRAM STANDARDS.

IT'S LIKE 170 SOME ODD STANDARDS TO DO THAT.

AND WE KNOW WE HAVE ACCREDITATION IN IN EDUCATION AND MEDICINE, AND WE HAVE IT IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

AND WE'RE WORKING TO BECOME AN ACCREDITED AGENCY.

THROUGH THE TPCA, WE HAD IDENTIFIED ONE OF OUR LIEUTENANTS THAT WORKS IN CID, A VERY SHARP GUY, AND HE HAS GONE THROUGH THE TRAINING AND BEEN ACCREDITED TO BE A TO RUN THE ACCREDITATION PROGRAM, AND WE'RE STARTING FORWARD ON THAT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE US MAYBE UP TO THREE YEARS.

MAYBE WE CAN DO IT SOONER.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE A WHILE. IT'S A PRETTY BIG LIFT, BUT WE'RE GOING TO GET THERE.

AND THAT'S GOING TO BE OUR FRAMEWORK FOR OUR POLICIES, THOSE BASIC STANDARDS, STANDARDS OF THE INDUSTRY AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

AND IT'S ALSO GOING TO DICTATE WHAT KIND OF TRAINING WE NEED TO.

SO, IT'S GOING TO KEEP US ON TARGET ON TRAINING.

AND OF COURSE, A DATA DRIVEN ORGANIZATION I TALKED ABOUT EARLIER WE'RE MOVING TOWARD BEING USING THOSE STATISTICS TO HELP GUIDE OUR RESOURCES TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE USING THEM IN THE RIGHT WAY OR AT THE RIGHT PLACE AT THE RIGHT TIME WITH THE RIGHT RESOURCES.

AND IT'S MUCH BETTER, AS I SAID, WHEN WE GET OUR UPGRADED CAD RMS, BUT WE DO A REALLY GOOD JOB AT IT.

NOW, JUST TO START, WE'RE REALLY DOING A GOOD JOB, AND I THINK WE'RE GOING TO DO MUCH BETTER AS WE GET THAT TECHNOLOGY AND AS WE MOVE FORWARD, AND WE KEEP LEARNING.

SO THOSE ARE THE SIGNIFICANT EFFORTS THAT ARE WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS.

HERE ARE SOME SIGNIFICANT EVENTS THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE.

WHEN YOU LOOK AT YOUR ANNUAL REPORTS EVERYBODY KNOWS OFFICER LARRY BARNHILL.

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AND HE WAS RUN OVER BY A CAR STRUCK BY A STOLEN VEHICLE, I SHOULD SAY, RETURNED TO DUTY.

HE WAS STRUCK IN 22.

HE RETURNED TO DUTY ABOUT 6 OR 7 MONTHS LATER, AND HE JUST RECENTLY RETIRED FROM DUTY.

OFFICER GERBER WAS OUR UNSUNG HERO AWARD, WHICH IS ACTUALLY OUR OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

WE HAVE TWO AWARD CEREMONIES THAT ARE SOLICITED FROM WITHIN WHO YOU WANT FOR AN AWARD, AND OUR OWN PEOPLE PICK THE PEOPLE IN.

AT THE END OF THE YEAR.

YOU TAKE THE TWO FOR THAT YEAR AND YOU DECIDE WHO'S THE OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

AND HE WAS OUR OFFICER OF THE YEAR.

THE CRIME ANALYSIS UNIT RECOGNIZED THAT AN INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF CRIME ANALYSTS CONFERENCE AND THEY DID SOME THINGS.

LET ME. SEE IF I CAN GO FORWARD ON THAT.

YEAH, THEY DID, THEY FIGURED OUT HOW TO ALIGN BEACH TO APPROACH THROUGH A DATA DRIVEN PROCESS, TO REALIGN BEATS TO TRY TO GET OUR TIME RESPONSE TIMES DOWN AND THINGS SUCH AS THAT, WHICH IS EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

THEY CREATED A DASHBOARD TO ANALYZE CALL, LOAD AND RESPONSE TIMES AS WELL.

SO, RIGHT IN THE SWEET SPOT OF WHERE WE WANT THEM AND WHAT THEY'RE WORKING ON.

AND YOU CAN GO DOWN THERE.

OUR SWAT TEAM WAS RECOGNIZED AS YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, WHERE I CAME FROM IN PLANO.

WE WON THAT MANY YEARS IN A ROW.

WAS VERY PROUD OF IT. AND I'M VERY PROUD THOUGH THAT THAT LUBBOCK HAS GOT THAT THIS YEAR.

AND WHAT THAT IS, IT'S NOT JUST GOING OUT SHOOTING AND EXERCISING AND THINGS.

THIS IS ACTUALLY THEY HAVE TO GO IN AND UTILIZE THEIR, THEIR DECISION SKILLS AND THEIR SKILLS THAT THEY HAVE TO, TO SOLVE PROBLEMS AND SORT OF LIKE IF THEY THAT THAT TRAINING WOULD PROVIDE THEM THE BACKGROUND TO COME INTO HERE IN A REAL SITUATION AND PERFORM AT A HIGHER LEVEL.

AND THEY'VE PROVEN, PROVEN THAT THEY'VE BETTER OR AS GOOD AS ANYBODY IN THE STATE OF TEXAS.

SAN ANTONIO IS A FULL-TIME TEAM.

THAT'S ALL THEY DO. AND WE BEAT SAN ANTONIO, SO THEY DID A GREAT JOB.

A LOT OF GOOD THINGS HAPPENED IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

AND THIS IS MY LAST SLIDE BECAUSE IT BEGINS AND ENDS WITH OUR MISSION STATEMENT AND PERFORMANCE MEASURES.

THIS IS WHAT IT'S ALL ABOUT IS SERVING THE CITIZENS.

AND WITH THAT, I WILL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT AND FOR YOUR TIME AND THE PRESENTATION.

I KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE PUT A LOT OF WORK INTO THAT AND INTO OUR ANNUAL REPORT.

AT THIS TIME, I'D OPEN IT UP.

IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS OF FROM STAFF FOR THE CHIEF OR QUESTIONS OF ANY OF OUR ASSISTANT CHIEFS.

MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

CHIEF, IF YOU DO ME A FAVOR, IF YOU'LL TAKE ME BACK TO THE.

TAKE US BACK TO THE GRAPH AS IT RELATES TO THE SCHEDULE.

THE EIGHT-HOUR SHIFTS? YES, TEN-HOUR SHIFTS.

AND WALK ME BACK THROUGH THAT AGAIN.

OKAY, SO THAT I UNDERSTAND ARE WE LOOKING AT THESE? ARE WE USING THEM BOTH? IS THAT WHAT WE'RE SAYING? YEAH. IF YOU LOOK, IF YOU IGNORE ALL THE LINES AND JUST LOOK AT THE BARS GOING UP AND DOWN THE BLUE LINES ON THE BOTTOM, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE TIMES OF DAY SHOWING 24 HOURS.

AND ON THE LEFT SIDE, GOING UP ON THE UPPER PART OF THE L, IT'S SHOWING THE NUMBERS FOR WHAT VALUE THEY HAVE.

AND YOU CAN LOOK AT THE BLUE LINES AND YOU CAN SEE THE PEAKS WHEN WE HAVE THE MOST ACTIVITY.

SO, WHEN WE HAVE MOST ACTIVITY, WE NEED MOST MORE PEOPLE.

GOTCHA. SO, WE HAD EIGHT-HOUR SHIFTS AND THAT'S THE DOTTED LINES.

SO, THE BOTTOM OF THAT WOULD BE THE MINIMUM WE WOULD HAVE IF EVERYBODY TOOK OFF.

THAT WAS IN TRAINING AND DAYS OFF AND YOU KNOW, FAMILY DAYS OR WHATEVER.

AND THEN THE TOP, THE GREEN WOULD BE IF EVERYBODY WAS THERE, WHICH DOESN'T HAPPEN OFTEN, BUT IT DOES HAPPEN SOMETIMES.

AND WITH THAT, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE DOTTED GREEN LINE, LOOK AT ALL OF THE BLUE ABOVE THAT WE WERE OVER.

WE WERE OVERLOADED BECAUSE OF OF THE CALL LOAD THAT WE HAD.

NOW LET'S LOOK AT THE SOLID LINES.

THAT'S THE TEN-HOUR SHIFTS.

AND THE BOTTOM AGAIN IS OUR MINIMUM, AND THE TOP IS WHAT WE HAVE ON THE BEST DAY.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DIFFERENCE HOW WE'RE BETTER SUITED GENERALLY PARTICULARLY GET TOWARD WHEN WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE HERE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE MUCH BETTER OFF.

AND PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY STARTED SAYING, WELL, WHY IS THERE SO MANY OFFICERS OUT ON FRIDAYS AND SATURDAYS OR AT NIGHT? YOU KNOW, IT'S BECAUSE WE CHANGED THE WAY WE'VE DONE IT.

WE'RE TRYING TO MEET WE'RE TRYING TO MEET WHERE THOSE PEAKS ARE.

THOSE PEAKS DO CHANGE OVER TIME, BUT GENERALLY YOU'LL SEE SIMILARITIES OVER THE YEARS.

OKAY. BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WHETHER WE WERE GOING TO BE DOING EIGHT HOURS ALL OR TEN HOURS ALL AND.

AND IT WAS A BIG RIFF, I BELIEVE, IF MY MIND SERVES ME CORRECTLY.

AND SO, MY BIGGEST DEAL IS I JUST WANT US TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING WHATEVER WE NEED TO DO TO TAKE CARE OF THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS.

THAT'S WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO. YEAH.

IF YOU'RE TELLING ME THAT THAT'S WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT TRYING TO DO, THEN I'VE GOT YOUR BACK.

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WHAT WE WERE DOING.

AND, YOU KNOW, YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO BALANCE THE NEEDS OF THE OFFICERS, THE NEEDS OF THE CITIZENS.

THE CITIZENS ALWAYS COME FIRST.

WE WORK FOR THE CITIZENS, AND WE TRY TO PROVIDE SOMETHING THAT WOULD BE THE BEST FOR CRIME, TO REDUCE CRIME, TO INCREASE RESPONSE TIME AND ALL THOSE THINGS, THOSE FOUR THINGS I TALKED ABOUT THE MOST, THE THINGS THAT WE FOCUS ON TO SEE IF WE REACH OUR MISSION STATEMENT.

SO, ARE THESE THINGS THAT ROTATE, ARE CERTAIN OFFICERS TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT, HOW IT'S HOW IT'S FIGURED? WELL, THEY HAVE THEY BID ONCE A YEAR FOR SHIFTS AND THEY DO IT BY SENIORITY.

AND ONCE THEY DO THAT, THEN THEY'RE ASSIGNED TO THAT SHIFT AND THEY WORK THOSE HOURS AND THEY, THEY EVERYBODY DOESN'T HAVE THE SAME DAYS OFF.

YOU GOT TO, YOU KNOW, CHANGE THEM.

SO, YOU HAVE SO YOU GET THESE PEAKS SO YOU CAN HAVE TIMES TO MEET THOSE PEAKS OF CALL LOAD.

SO, THEY'LL WORK FOR TEN-HOUR DAYS, AND THEY'LL HAVE THEIR DAYS OFF.

AND THEN IF THE NEXT SHIFT THEY WANT TO BID AGAIN, THEY GET BETTER DAYS OFF OR SHIFTS THEY CAN BID THEN.

WHAT'S THE ATTITUDE OF THE STAFF TO THAT? WELL, THEY'VE BEEN COOPERATIVE.

ARE THEY EXCITED ABOUT IT? WELL, PUT IT LIKE THIS.

I DON'T KNOW THAT THEY CAN ALL DO BACKFLIPS, BUT THEY TRY THEM.

I THINK THEY REALLY LIKE IT.

I THINK THEY REALLY ENJOY IT.

BUT ANY TIME YOU MAKE A CHANGE, EVERYBODY'S NOT GOING TO LIKE IT.

GENERALLY, WHAT HAPPENS IF SOMEBODY IS IN A BETTER POSITION THAN THEY'RE GOING TO GO TO? MAYBE THEY ALREADY HAD DAYS OFF AND EVERYTHING FIT THEIR SCHEDULE.

THEY MAY NOT LIKE IT AS MUCH, BUT THE MAJORITY OF OFFICERS THAT'S GOING TO THAT'S GOING TO BENEFIT, I THINK.

THANK YOU. APPRECIATE THAT. I HAVE ONE MORE QUESTION, IF I MAY, MR. MAYOR. IN REFERENCE TO THE TRAFFIC.

THE TRAFFIC STOPS AND WHATNOT.

LET ME GO BACK TO IT.

WHAT TELLS THE WARNINGS.

THE STOPS WHERE CITATIONS WERE GIVEN.

RIGHT THERE. YES.

OKAY. NOW I'M LOOKING AT THIS AND.

I CAN SEE THAT WHEN WE SAY WITH REGARD TO TRAFFIC, TRAFFIC STOPS AND CITATIONS, THAT'S NOT A WIN, BUT IT'S HOPEFULLY IMPACT THAT INDIVIDUAL AND THEY CHANGE THEIR WAY OF BEHAVING IN TRAFFIC.

WELL, THERE'S AN INVERSE CORRELATION BETWEEN TICKETS OR ENFORCEMENT AND CRASHES AND ACTUALLY NOT CRASHES BUT THEM DOING THE RIGHT THING.

IF YOU WRITE, IF YOU TAKE ENFORCEMENT ACTION, YOU SEE THE BAD DRIVING COME DOWN A BIT.

BUT THAT'S NOT THE ONLY WAY TO DO IT.

THAT'S NOT WHAT THE WHOLE PIECE IS.

IT'S EDUCATION.

IT'S DETERMINING HOW YOU CAN CHANGE YOUR DRIVER BEHAVIOR, HAVING A PERSONAL CONTACT WITH THEM WHEN YOU STOP THEM AND TRY TO FIGURE OUT WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GO.

BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE, OUR GOAL IF WE WRITE 10,000 TICKETS, I'M NOT GOING TO BE CELEBRATING THAT.

I'M GOING TO BE CELEBRATING WHEN THE CRASHES GO DOWN, WHEN THE ACCIDENTS, THAT'S WHAT CITIZENS WANT.

THAT'S WHAT CITIZENS NEED. WE NEED A SAFER COMMUNITY.

SO HOW DOES IT IS A VALUABLE THING THAT WE HAVE.

IS THIS ENFORCEMENT PIECE THAT'S ONLY PART OF IT, THOUGH.

THERE'S MORE THAN THAT.

HOW DOES THE WARNINGS ISSUED IMPACT TRAFFIC OR THEIR BEHAVIOR? TALK TO ME ABOUT THAT. I LIKE MORNINGS, BUT, WELL, IT DEPENDS ON THE PERSON AND THE SITUATION.

YOU KNOW, I USED TO ALWAYS HAVE IN MY MIND A CERTAIN I WOULDN'T STOP THEM FOR A FEW MILES OVER.

I WOULD GIVE THEM SOME SORT OF CONSIDERATION.

AND THEN ON ONE RANGE I WOULD CONSIDER BASED ON WHETHER I THINK THEY'RE GOING TO COMPLY WITH THE LAW OR NOT, WHETHER I GIVE A TICKET OR NOT.

AND ABOVE THAT, SOMETIMES THEY ALWAYS GET A TICKET.

YOU'RE DRIVING 80 MILES AN HOUR THROUGH A SCHOOL ZONE, 20 MILES AN HOUR, SCHOOLS, YOU'RE GONNA GET A TICKET.

THAT'S A NO BRAINER. YEAH.

SO THAT'S KIND OF THE WAY WE LOOK AT IT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

MISS JOY? CHIEF, YOU DID NOT MENTION YOUR MENTAL HEALTH CRISIS OFFICERS.

BUT GIVEN THE FACT THAT THE DIVERSION CENTER IS SUPPOSED TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF NEXT YEAR, HOW DO YOU DO YOU SEE THAT GROWING IN NUMBER WITH YOUR CRISIS PEOPLE OR WHAT DO YOU SEE IN.

WELL, WE'LL MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE THE PROPER NUMBER OF PEOPLE TO DO THE JOB.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS KIND OF LIKE A GAME OF WHACK A MOLE.

IT'S KIND OF MAYBE A ROUGH DESCRIPTION, BUT YOU HAVE ONE THING POP UP.

YOU TRY TO PUT HELP THAT YOU WANT TO ANTICIPATE ALL THESE HAPPENING, BUT YOU GOT TO BALANCE YOUR RESOURCES.

AND WE GOT LIMITED FINITE RESOURCES.

AND SOMETIMES THEY'RE CHANGING BECAUSE OF PEOPLE GOING OFF ON LEAVE FOR SOME REASON OR PEOPLE QUITTING.

OR SOMETIMES WE ARE RIPE BECAUSE WE GET A WHOLE CLASS OF 19 COME OUT AND SUDDENLY, WE HAVE MORE PEOPLE WE CAN PUT OUT THERE, BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK ACROSS THE BOARD AT ALL.

EVERYTHING OUT THERE THAT WE'RE TRYING TO KEEP THIS COMMUNITY SAFE AND SERVE THE COMMUNITY, AND THEN MAKE SURE WE BALANCE THOSE RESOURCES BASED ON THOSE NEEDS.

HOW MANY OFFICERS DO YOU HAVE NOW THAT ARE TRAINED TO DO THE CRISIS?

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THEY HELP SUPPLEMENT THE CRISIS INTERVENTION TEAM.

SO, WE HAVE THEM SPREAD OUT ON ALL THREE SHIFTS.

AND WE JUST CALLED A MEETING TO KIND OF REVAMP THE PROGRAM AND GO OVER THE RULES AND WHAT OUR EXPECTATIONS ARE NEXT WEEK.

AND SO WE EXPECT THAT TO PICK BACK UP.

BUT RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE 38 MENTAL HEALTH OFFICERS.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

LAST QUESTION, MAYOR.

WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS HIRING IS THE VACANCIES HAVE A LOT TO DO WITH SALARY.

YES. AND WHAT WE TRY TO DO WHEN WE HAVE VACANCIES, THEY DON'T ALL GO TO PATROL.

THEY DON'T. THEY DON'T GO TO CID.

THEY ARE BALANCED.

AND WHAT OUR NEEDS ARE.

SO, YOU KNOW, SOMETIMES YOU HAVE PEOPLE ARE KIND OF MYOPIC.

THEY'LL SAY, OH MY GOSH, I'M ON PATROL AND EVERY ONE OF THE VACANCIES IS ON PATROL.

NO, IT'S NOT. ACTUALLY, I THINK WE DID THAT.

LOOK, WHEN THEY SAID THAT AND CID ACTUALLY HAD A HIGHER PERCENTAGE, YOU KNOW, LOOK AT PERCENTAGES.

BUT WE GOT TO GET THE JOB DONE.

WE GOT TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS SOMETIMES.

AND WE GOT TO LOOK AT ALL THESE DIFFERENT SERVICES THAT TRY TO ADDRESS EVERY ONE OF THEM, KEEP THEM AFLOAT, KEEP THEM TO PROVIDE THE BEST SERVICE WE CAN.

BUT WE'VE GOT TO BE ABLE TO MOVE THOSE RESOURCES AND FLEX A LITTLE BIT.

YOU HAVE TO BE ABLE TO DO THAT.

WELL, CLEARLY ON YOUR DISPATCH, IF YOU HAD MORE PEOPLE THERE, YOUR TIMES WILL GET BETTER.

AND THAT'S WHERE I THINK YOUR SALARY PROBLEMS MAY BE.

IS THAT CORRECT? YES. AND, YOU KNOW WE'VE DONE WE HAD A STUDY DONE ON THAT AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT AND WE WENT THROUGH AND ANSWERED EVERY SINGLE QUESTION AND EVERY CONCERN AND EVERYTHING THAT WAS BROUGHT UP AS SUGGESTION.

SO, WE'RE WORKING VERY HARD ON, ON ALL THESE PROJECTS.

BUT THAT YOU MENTIONED PARTICULARLY DISPATCH.

YES, WE ARE. AND WHENEVER WE GET THE BUDGET TIME, THAT'S OUR TIME TO TRY TO TALK TO THE CITY MANAGER.

AND OBVIOUSLY THEY HAVE LIMITED MONEY, AND WE ALL DO AS A CITY, BUT WE TRY TO JUST LET HIM KNOW WHAT WE NEED AND WHAT OUR PLAN IS.

AND SOMETIMES YOU GOT TO SCALE IT DOWN OR DO WHATEVER YOU NEED TO DO.

BUT WE'LL ADDRESS THOSE THINGS.

THAT'S WHAT WE DO. THAT'S WHAT WE GET PAID TO DO, IS TRY TO TELL YOU WHAT WE NEED, AND WE'LL CERTAINLY DO THAT.

THANK YOU. I'VE BEEN WORKING VERY CLOSELY WITH THE CITY MANAGER.

WE'VE BEEN TALKING A LOT, SO HE'S WELL AWARE OF WHAT'S GOING ON IN THE SITUATION.

HE'S FINDING WAS MORE THAN I KNOW ABOUT IT.

I'VE BEEN HERE LONG, TOO.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY. MR. MCBRAYER? YES.

IF WE COULD GO BACK TO THE TEN-HOUR SHIFT SLIDE AGAIN TO.

THAT GRAPH. SO, THE, THE GAP BETWEEN LIKE SIX AND EIGHT IN THE EVENING.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE WHERE THE BLUE LINES, YOU KNOW, THE NEED IS FAR EXCEEDS THE AVAILABLE OFFICERS. I REALIZE THAT EVEN SO, THAT GREEN LINE, WHETHER IT'S THE DOTTED OR THE SOLID ONE, IS ABOUT THE SAME.

BUT IS THAT A PROBLEM? AND IS THERE ANY WAY TO ADDRESS THAT? AND IS THERE A SPECIFIC KIND OF CRIME OR CAUSE THAT YOU GET DURING THOSE HOURS? ALL OF THOSE THINGS. YEAH, WE DO GET DIFFERENT TYPES OF CALLS AT DIFFERENT HOURS ALL THE TIME, BUT THOSE ARE TIMES WE'RE DOING SHIFT CHANGES, AND YOU CAN'T HANG PEOPLE OVER AND HAVE PEOPLE COME EARLY. SO, YOU CAN KIND OF COVER THAT BUFFER THAT SOME YOU WANT TO COVER THAT TOO.

SO, AND THIS IS JUST PATROL DIVISION STATION STAFFING DURING THOSE TIMES.

WE ALSO HAVE A NIGHTTIME TRAFFIC SQUAD AND A DEPOT SQUAD.

WE ALSO HAVE NEIL HAAS, OUR ASSISTANT CHIEF BARON HAS ALSO PUT OUT SOME MORE CRIME SUPPRESSION UNITS DURING THAT TIME.

SO, IT HELPS COVER IN KIND OF A STOP GAP FOR PATROL OFFICERS.

BUT THAT IS A PLACE THAT WE WILL BUILD UP AS SOON AS WE HAVE SPECIFIC UNITS OR WHATEVER THAT COVER THOSE OR SPECIFIC GROUPS THAT COVER THOSE PARTICULAR PROBLEM AREAS, I GUESS, SIR, I GUESS THE DEPOT GETS CRANKING TOO MUCH BEFORE 8:00 WITH TOO MANY PROBLEMS, BUT AND THEN THE OTHER ON THE, ON THE TRAFFIC STOPS AGAIN. YOU KNOW, I DON'T I LIVE FIVE BLOCKS FROM 19TH STREET AND FIVE BLOCKS FROM 34TH STREET, BUT IN THE EVENING, I CAN HEAR, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF SPEEDING. I CAN HEAR IT FIVE BLOCKS AWAY FROM THE CARS AND THE MOTORCYCLES SPEEDING.

AND I, YOU KNOW, THAT MAY BE RANDOM, BUT IT SEEMS SO CONSISTENT.

IS THERE SOMETHING IN PLACE TO TRY TO CONTROL THAT PARTICULAR PROBLEM RATHER THAN THE GUY GOING, YOU KNOW, 48 MILES AN HOUR DOWN INDIANA, YOU KNOW, WHICH, YOU KNOW, MAYBE HE NEEDS TO GET A TICKET, BUT I DON'T KNOW THAT HE'S GOING TO BE AS LIKELY TO CAUSE A PROBLEM AS SOMEONE SPEEDING ON A MOTORCYCLE.

IS THERE ANY CORRELATION BETWEEN THAT KIND OF THOSE KIND OF INCIDENCES THAT I HEAR, AND PEOPLE COMMENT ALL THE TIME IN MY NEIGHBORHOOD, AND WHAT YOU FIND IS A, YOUR CRASHES AND YOUR INCIDENTS WHERE PEOPLE ARE INJURED.

IS THERE ANY WAY TO ADDRESS THAT? SO, YOU'RE SAYING THAT THE RECKLESS DRIVERS, SPEEDERS PEOPLE THAT ARE SHOWING OFF IN THEIR CARS, THE LOUD CARS AND ALL THAT?

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WE HAVE MY WIFE WHEN WE FIRST CAME HERE.

SHE GOES, HOW MANY PEOPLE WORK HERE? SHE COULDN'T BELIEVE HOW MANY PEOPLE, HOW MANY SQUAD CARS YOU SEE OUT THERE.

AND IT REALLY DOES HELP QUITE A BIT.

AND I THINK, AND OF COURSE IS A BIG CITY, AS MANY AS MANY SQUARE MILES, YOU PROBABLY NEED THAT.

THAT'S A VERY MUCH BENEFICIAL.

BUT WE TRY TO STUDY ALL PROBLEMS AND WE STUDY WHEN WE DO OUR CRIME REDUCTION MEETINGS.

WE ALSO DO TRAFFIC.

AND IT ISN'T JUST CRIME REDUCTION.

THAT'S THE NAME OF IT.

BUT WE DO LOOK AT THOSE THINGS.

WE LOOK AT ALL THOSE THINGS. ANYTHING ELSE YOU CAN THINK OF? YES, SIR.

AND SO, THE DEPOT SQUAD HAS A DUAL ROLE.

ACTUALLY, IT'S ALSO A NIGHTTIME TRAFFIC UNIT.

SO UP UNTIL THE LATE EVENING HOURS THEY'RE THERE, THEY DO TRAFFIC ENFORCEMENT AROUND THE CITY.

ALONG WITH OUR TWO MOTOR SQUADS AS WELL, WE ALSO HAVE SOMETHING CALLED THE AGGRESSIVE DRIVER PROGRAM.

IT'S STAFFED BY OVERTIME RIGHT NOW.

AND WE TRY TO KEEP THAT AS STAFFED AS WE CAN, BUT IT'S SOME DIFFERENT TECHNIQUES AND SOME DIFFERENT STRATEGIES.

WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY AGGRESSIVE DRIVERS AND THEN ENFORCE THOSE LAWS.

MR. MARTINEZ GARCIA.

I THINK I'M HEARING WHAT MARK IS HEARING.

ALSO, IT IS A PROBLEM, BUT I WANTED TO FIRST COMPLIMENT THAT ON YOUR COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT.

WE'VE HAD ASSISTANT CHIEF WHITE AND SEVERAL OTHER OFFICERS ATTENDING OUR NEIGHBORHOOD ASSOCIATION MEETINGS REALLY MAKES AN IMPACT, AND THEY'VE BEEN ABLE TO ANSWER A LOT OF QUESTIONS.

SO, I THINK AS FAR AS EDUCATION, BUILDING RELATIONSHIPS, THAT IS A PLUS.

AND ALSO OVERCOMING SOME OF THE MISINFORMATION, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU HAVE PEOPLE OUT THERE.

SO, THANK YOU FOR THAT.

BUT I ALSO WANTED TO ADDRESS THE HOMELESS ISSUE.

I KNOW THAT IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE HIGHS AND LOWS AND DIFFERENT SEASONS.

HOW ARE WE HANDLING THAT OR HOW IS THE SITUATION RIGHT NOW WITH HOMELESS AS FAR AS HAS IT INCREASED DECREASE AND HOW YOU ARE RESPONDING TO THOSE CALLS? I DON'T KNOW OF ANY INCREASES THAT WE'VE SEEN, BUT THAT'S YOUR AREA.

YOU WANT TO COVER THAT, TOO.

THIS IS NATHAN'S NIGHT, SO OF COURSE, WE'RE ALL AWARE OF SERGEANT BERGEN.

HE KIND OF HEADS THAT UP.

WITH THE CRIME PREVENTION UNIT ATTACHED TO THAT IS OFFICER MISTY MOORE.

AND SHE REALLY TAKES THE LEAD ON THE HOMELESSNESS ISSUES.

I DON'T BELIEVE WE'VE SEEN A LARGE INCREASE.

I DO THINK THAT WE COULD DO BETTER IN OUR, IN MAYBE THE ENFORCEMENT AREA AND TRYING TO HELP IN THAT WAY, BUT YEAH, IT'S MISTY.

OR OFFICER MOORE GOES EVERY MORNING, AND SHE GOES THROUGH AND TRIES TO SEE WHERE SHE CAN HELP AND SEE THE BUSINESSES THAT MIGHT NEED SOME HELP WITH THAT ISSUE.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE'VE SEEN A DRASTIC INCREASE FOR SURE.

WE ARE SEEING SOME FOLKS MIGRATING, MIGRATING INTO NEIGHBORHOODS.

WE'VE I'VE SEEN AN INCREASE IN SQUATTERS.

HOW ARE WE ADDRESSING THAT SITUATION? BECAUSE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS.

IT'S LIKE, YOU KNOW, THEY'RE INVISIBLE IN SOME REGARDS OR THAT'S WHAT THEY STRIVE FOR.

SURE. YEAH. SO, WE NEED TO GET PHONE CALLS FROM CITIZENS WHEN THEY SEE SQUATTERS, WHEN THEY SEE PEOPLE TRESPASSING, THOSE TYPES OF ISSUES.

WE WORK WELL WITH CODES AND OTHER CITY DEPARTMENTS TO TAKE CARE OF THOSE ISSUES.

AND WE ACT ON IT AS SOON AS WE GET THE INFORMATION.

SO, IF PEOPLE SEE SOMETHING LIKE THAT OR A CONCERN LIKE THAT, IF THEY'LL GIVE US A CALL, THEN WE'LL GET OUT THERE RIGHT AWAY AND SEE WHAT WE CAN DO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NATHAN. MR. PATTERSON HARRIS.

THANK YOU. BACK TO YOU.

I DON'T KNOW WHO'S TO ANSWER THIS, BUT LET'S JUST GO WITH NATHAN, OKAY? YEAH, BUT I'M KIND OF JUMPING ON THE SITUATION WITH COUNCIL MEMBER MCBRAYER WITH THE LINES OF SPEEDING CARS THROUGH THE AND NOT ALWAYS SPEEDING.

SOMETIMES JUST HAVING 10,000 OF THEM AND THEY'RE REARING UP THEIR ENGINES AND WHATNOT.

AND IT IS A HUGE DISTURBANCE, PARTICULARLY IN AREAS WHERE THE AGING POPULATION IS IF. AND I KNOW WE HAVE A SPECIAL SQUAD.

I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT YOU CALLED IT A FEW MINUTES AGO.

THAT IS TRYING TO KEEP UP WITH SOME OF THOSE THINGS.

IF SOMEONE WERE TO CALL TO REPORT THAT THAT TYPE OF ACTIVITY IS HAPPENING AND IS HAPPENING EVERY SUNDAY AROUND THIS PARTICULAR PARK AT FIVE BETWEEN 5:30 AND 7, I MEAN, WHAT HOW RESPONSIVE WOULD LPD BE? AND I'M NOT ASKING YOU, I JUST WANT TO KNOW SO THAT PEOPLE KNOW THAT IF I CALL WHAT DO CITIZENS

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AND IF YOU CAN JUST TELL US, THAT'S A LOT EASIER AND WE WOULD DEFINITELY ACT UPON THAT.

AND PART OF THAT MIGHT BE I'M NOT SURE WHICH EXACTLY YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, BUT MAYBE SOME OF THOSE MAY NEED SOME SORT OF PERMIT FROM THE CITY UNDER THE ORDINANCES, IF THEY'RE GOING TO BE A PARADE OR BLOCK THE ROADS AND, AND MAYBE WE CAN WORK WITH THEM AND SEE WHAT THEY REALLY NEED AND SEE WHAT'S THE BEST WAY TO GET THEM TO SERVE THEIR NEED WITHOUT AFFECTING EVERYONE ELSE AROUND THEM, BLOCKING THE ROADS OR PARKS OR WHATEVER IT MIGHT BE.

BUT PLEASE LET US KNOW THAT THE WHOLE THING ABOUT MAKING THIS WORK WITH POLICE DEPARTMENTS IS HAVING THE POLICE AND THE COMMUNITY WORK TOGETHER, AND, YOU KNOW, YOU'RE THE EYES AND EARS OUT THERE, THE CITIZENS.

AND PLEASE CALL-IN THINGS AND LET US KNOW.

AND I SAY, BECAUSE THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT IT KIND OF HAPPENED IN ONE OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS WITHIN DISTRICT TWO.

AND OF COURSE, WORKING WITH THE LPD STAFF, THEY WERE RIGHT ON IT AND HELPED US.

AND I DON'T KNOW HOW MANY [INAUDIBLE] YOU HAVE IN YOUR PROPOSING IN THE BUDGET FOR THE COMING YEAR.

BUT IF SIX.

DID I HEAR SOMEONE SAY SIX? I WAS GOING TO CLARIFY. THAT'S OUR SECURITY.

OH, HE DOESN'T KNOW STEVE.

OH, I'M SORRY, HE DOESN'T KNOW STEVE.

OKAY. IT'S THE. YEAH, I'M FAMILIAR WITH THOSE TOWERS.

TRUST ME. I'VE NEVER CALLED ONE STEVE BEFORE.

MUCH OF STEVE'S OKAY, AND THEY WORK SO WELL WITHIN COMMUNITIES.

AND I KNOW I JUST, I KNOW, WISH I WISH THAT WE HAD MORE.

SO, IF THERE'S SOME EXTRA CUSHION CASH OR WHATEVER.

I MEAN, HAVING THOSE AVAILABLE FOR THE NEIGHBORHOODS WHERE OFFICERS MAY NOT BE ABLE TO BE OFTEN.

STEVE HAS REALLY BEEN, I'VE SEEN HIM BE A HUGE FACTOR IN SOME OF THOSE SPACES.

SO, BUT I HEAR OFTEN ABOUT THE THE NOISE THESE YOUNG PEOPLE AND EVEN OLDER PEOPLE IN THE VEHICLES DISTURBING NEIGHBORHOODS IN THAT FASHION. BUT I MEAN, I WON'T BE HERE TO DO IT, BUT IF THEY CALL ME AND ASK FOR MY VOTE, I'LL VOTE THAT YOU GET SOME MORE.

STEVE'S ON THE FORCE.

WELL, UNFORTUNATELY, I WON'T BE HERE EITHER.

BUT, YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY KNOWS NATHAN, BUT I TO.

I WANT TO SAY A HUGE THANK YOU TO OFFICER OF LPD.

THEY HAVE REALLY SERVED OUR CITIZENS WELL WITH, I MEAN, INCLUDING SOME OF THE SHORTAGES THAT WE'VE HAD.

OFFICERS HAVE REALLY DONE SOME THINGS TO REALLY SPARK THE SET SPARK IN SOME HEARTS WITHIN THE COMMUNITIES.

AND ONE IN PARTICULAR HERE RECENTLY FOR A GROUP OF CITIZENS NEAR THE EAST PATROL VISION STATION.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR OFFICERS LISTENING TO SOME OF THE CONCERNS OF THE CITIZENS AND RESPONDING, SO SORRY, GUYS.

THANK YOU. AND THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE AS WELL IN THE COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

ALL RIGHT, CHIEF, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

WE APPRECIATE YOU.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE THAT SPOKE.

THANKS, STEVE FOR YOUR PRESENCE TODAY.

AND WE DO APPRECIATE ALL THE WORK THAT GOES INTO THIS.

I KNOW IT'S A PRESENTATION IN A WORK SESSION, BUT A LOT OF WORK GOES INTO THESE REPORTS.

SO, THANKS EVERYONE INVOLVED.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, CITY COUNCIL WILL RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE WILL HOLD AN EXECUTIVE SESSION FOR THE PURPOSE OF CONSULTING WITH CITY STAFF.

[2. Executive Session]

PENDING OR CONTEMPLATED LITIGATION OR SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT, AND TO HOLD CONSULTATION WITH ATTORNEY UNDER SECTION 551.071 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, LEASE OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY UNDER SECTION 551.072, THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND FINALLY, COMMERCIAL OR FINANCIAL INFORMATION AS IT RELATES TO ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT UNDER SECTION 551.087 OF THE TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.

AT THIS TIME, CITY COUNCIL WILL BE IN RECESS TO EXECUTIVE SESSION, AND WE HOPE TO BEGIN PROMPTLY AT 2 P.M.

OUR REGULAR AGENDA. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

RUNNING A FEW MINUTES BEHIND FROM EXECUTIVE SESSION.

BUT AT THIS TIME, I WILL CALL US BACK INTO ORDER.

FOR OUR REGULAR OPEN SESSION IN CITY COUNCIL CHAMBERS TODAY, I'M PLEASED TO HAVE PASTOR JOE HAUGER WITH THE BIBLE MISSIONARY CHURCH.

[1. Invocation]

AND I'D ASK HIM TO COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

AND IF YOU WOULD ALL PLEASE STAND, IF YOU DON'T MIND.

REMOVE YOUR HATS, IF YOU DON'T MIND, FOR OUR INVOCATION.

THAT WILL BE FOLLOWED IMMEDIATELY BY OUR PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE LED BY MAYOR PRO TEM PATTERSON HARRIS.

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IT'S GOOD TO BE HERE.

I WAS VISITING A COUPLE IN A NURSING HOME.

BACK IN THE 80S.

AND HE WAS IN WORLD WAR TWO, AND I READ PSALM 33.

BUT WHEN I READ THIS SCRIPTURE, IT SAYS, BLESSED IS THE NATION WHOSE GOD IS THE LORD, AND THE PEOPLE WHOM HE HATH CHOSEN FOR HIS OWN INHERITANCE.

MY GOD. BUT WHEN I SAID, BLESSED IS THE PEOPLE, THAT THEY'RE THE NATION THAT'S THERE ABOUT GOD, THAT COUPLE JUST SAID, AMEN.

AMEN. YOU KNOW, HE WENT THROUGH WORLD WAR TWO, AND WHAT A PRIVILEGE IT IS TO COME HERE FOR THIS MEETING, TO HAVE PRAYER, TO RECOGNIZE GOD AND HOW WE NEED HIS HELP.

I WAS READING ONE THING THAT SAID IT'S NOT HEART DISEASE AND CANCER AND ACCIDENTS THAT ARE THE MAJOR CAUSE OF DEATH.

IT'S CALENDARS AND CLOCKS AND CELLPHONES.

YES, SIR. WE'RE SO ON A SCHEDULE.

AND WE CAN FORGET ABOUT GOD, BUT TO RECOGNIZE HIM AND ASK HIS HELP.

HOW HE WANTS TO HELP.

AND SO, I'M GLAD TO HAVE THIS PRIVILEGE TO HAVE PRAYER FOR THIS MEETING.

SO, LET'S BOW OUR HEADS.

FATHER IN HEAVEN, WE'RE SO THANKFUL FOR YOUR MINDFULNESS AND YOUR CONCERN EVEN FOR THIS MEETING FOR LUBBOCK, TEXAS.

HELP THESE FOLK, THESE ONES THAT ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR THIS CITY.

WE'RE THANKFUL FOR YOUR ABILITY TO GIVE DIRECTION WHEN WE REALLY LOOK TO YOU.

SO, WE'RE ASKING IN YOUR SPECIAL WAY TO UNDERTAKE FOR THESE LEADERS OF THIS CITY TO MAKE THE GOOD DECISIONS IN THE RUNNING OF THIS CITY.

BE WITH THEM IN THAT SPECIAL WAY AS ONLY YOU CAN DO.

WE ASK IT IN JESUS PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN.

AMEN. WOULD YOU REMAIN STANDING AND JOIN IN WITH US AS WE OFFER THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE FOR THE UNITED STATES AND THE TEXAS FLAG?

[2. Pledges of Allegiance]

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, PASTOR HOEGER.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

ALL RIGHT AT THIS TIME, IF I COULD PLEASE HAVE COUNCIL STEP DOWN TO THE FLOOR AND WE'LL GO TO THE PODIUM.

[3. Special Recognition Honoring Lubbock Fire Rescue Chief Shaun Fogerson for His Years of Dedicated Service and Leadership]

COME ON UP, CHIEF.

NOW AS CHIEF MAKES HIS WAY FORWARD.

I WILL SAY, FOR PURPOSES OF THE RECORD, HE DID NOT WANT ANY CELEBRATION.

SPECIAL RECOGNITIONS.

AND I THINK DR.

WILSON MAY HAVE REFERRED TO HIM AS A STUBBORN OLD COOT OR SOMETHING ALONG THOSE LINES.

BUT HE LOOKS GOOD IN THE UNIFORM.

THANKS. BUT LET ME READ THIS FROM ON BEHALF OF ALL OF US HERE AND MANY, MANY OTHERS THAT HE HAS SERVED THROUGHOUT THIS COMMUNITY AND MANY OTHER COUNCILS AND MANY OTHER CITIZENS.

WHEREAS LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE CHIEF SHAUN FOGERSON IS AN EXEMPLARY FIREFIGHTER, VETERAN AND VALUED FRIEND TO MANY.

HE HAS SERVED LUBBOCK AND OUR NATION TO THE HIGHEST DEGREE IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, IS BLESSED AND GRATEFUL FOR HIS MANY YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE.

CHIEF FOGERSON IS RETIRING AFTER 31 YEARS OF REMARKABLE PUBLIC SERVICE AND TREMENDOUS DEDICATION TOWARDS MAKING OUR COMMUNITY SAFER, SAFER, AND WE WISH HIM ALL THE BEST IN THE NEXT CHAPTER OF HIS LIFE.

AND WHEREAS, YOU KNOW, THERE'S MORE.

CHIEF FERGUSON BEGAN HIS CAREER AT LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE IN 1992 AFTER SERVING EIGHT YEARS IN THE US MARINE CORPS.

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CHIEF FERGUSON'S TENURE HAS BEEN DEFINED BY HIS COURAGE, INTEGRITY AND RESPONSIVENESS, AND HE PROUDLY LEADS 434 UNIFORMED AND CIVILIAN PERSONNEL AT 19 FIRE STATIONS ACROSS LUBBOCK WITH, AS WE ALL KNOW, PLANS FOR A 20TH IN THE NEAR FUTURE.

AND WHEREAS LUBBOCK RESIDENTS WILL FOREVER BE GRATEFUL FOR CHIEF FERGUSON'S SUCCESSES AND ACHIEVEMENTS, CHIEF FERGUSON AND HIS TEAM HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY TO MAINTAIN LUBBOCK'S ISO CLASS ONE RATING, AND CHIEF FERGUSON SHOWED GREAT LEADERSHIP THROUGHOUT THE COVID 19 PANDEMIC.

HE HAS RECEIVED THE MEDAL OF VALOR AND HAS BEEN NAMED LUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY 2017 CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR, AND IT IS APPROPRIATE TO RECOGNIZE AND THANK THE CHIEF FOR HIS TREMENDOUS DEDICATION, RESILIENCE AND LASTING IMPACT THROUGHOUT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

AS A FIRST RESPONDER AND CIVIC LEADER.

NOW, THEREFORE, WE, THE MAYOR AND THE ENTIRE CITY COUNCIL OF THE GREAT CITY OF LUBBOCK DO HEREBY EXTEND A SPECIAL RECOGNITION TO CHIEF SHAUN FOGERSON.

AND IN LUBBOCK, WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO JOIN US IN THANKING CHIEF FOR HIS EXEMPLARY SERVICE TO THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

TO EXTEND OUR BEST WISHES TO HIM AND HIS FAMILY.

AS THEY LOOK TO HAPPY, FULFILLING AND WELL-DESERVED RETIREMENT AND APPLAUD HIM FOR HIS YEARS OF OUTSTANDING PUBLIC SERVICE.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

IF I COULD ASK YOU ALL TO HANG OUT UP THERE JUST A MOMENT FOR US.

YOU'VE GOT ONE MORE TO GIVE HIM AFTER HE LISTENS TO MORE WONDERFUL WORDS.

NOT QUITE THAT EASY YET, SEAN.

IT'S CLOSE. IT'S CLOSE.

IT'S A PARTING GIFT. MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THANK YOU. EXCELLENT WORDS, EXCELLENT WORDS.

I'M GOING TO GO INTO A LITTLE BIT MORE HERE.

SEAN. CONGRATULATIONS.

WELL-EARNED RETIREMENT.

YOUR 31 PLUS YEAR CAREER WITH LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE.

IT'S GOING TO SERVE AS AN EXAMPLE TO ALL OUR PUBLIC SERVANTS.

AND IT'S A VISIBLE DEMONSTRATION OF YOUR PERSONAL COMMITMENT TO THE SAFETY AND TO THE PROTECTION OF OUR COMMUNITY.

I'M GOING TO GO INTO A FEW DETAILS, MANY OF WHICH THOSE IN THE AUDIENCE HAVE HEARD A LITTLE ABOUT ALREADY.

CHIEF FOGERSON IS AN HONORABLE VETERAN OF THE UNITED STATES MARINE CORPS, INCLUDING TWO DEPLOYMENTS TO OPERATIONS DESERT SHIELD AND DESERT STORM.

SEAN SERVED THE MARINE CORPS FROM 1998 TO 1996, AS NOTED EARLIER, BEGAN HIS CAREER WITH LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE.

1992 WORKED HIS WAY UP RAPIDLY THROUGH THE RANKS, AND IN 2019, I HAD THE PRIVILEGE TO APPOINT HIM AS THE FIRE CHIEF FOR LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE.

SEAN'S A PROUD RED RAIDER, GRADUATED MAGNA CUM LAUDE.

I'M GONNA HAVE TO GO LOOK THOSE WORDS UP, BUT I THINK THAT MEANS THE BEST OF THE BEST.

HE DID THAT IN 1998.

NATIONAL FIRE ACADEMY PARTICIPANT, LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE MEDAL OF VALOR AND AGAIN THE 2017 LUBBOCK AREA UNITED WAY CAMPAIGN VOLUNTEER.

OF THE YEAR. UNDER SEAN'S GUIDANCE, THE DEPARTMENT LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE THAT SERVES ALL OF US HERE IN LUBBOCK ACHIEVE THE ISO ONE RATING. THE SIMPLE WAY TO DESCRIBE THAT THIS FIRE DEPARTMENT IS NOW IN THE TOP 1% OF ALL DEPARTMENTS IN THE ENTIRE UNITED STATES.

NOT ONLY HAS THAT BEEN DONE, WE HAVE RECENTLY BEEN RERATED, SO THAT IS NOT A ONE AND DONE.

AND IT WAS POINTED OUT TO ME, AND I'M NOT SURE THAT I'VE SEEN THIS ELSEWHERE.

THIS DEPARTMENT SCORED HIGHER ON THE RI RATE THAN THEY DID ON THE INITIAL RATE FOR EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US AND ALL OF THOSE IN THE COMMUNITY.

THAT IS A LEVEL OF SERVICE THAT CANNOT BE BEAT.

WE HAVE 19 OPERATING FIRE STATIONS.

NUMBER 20 WILL OPEN EARLY NEXT YEAR.

SEAN HAS LED A GROUP OF 429 SWORN FIREFIGHTERS, 34 CIVILIANS.

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THESE INCLUDE NOT LIMITED TO CANCER PREVENTION PROGRAMS. DRAMATICALLY ENHANCED MEDICAL TRAINING AND MEDICAL EQUIPMENT.

THE ADDITION OF A NEW MODULAR MULTI STORY TRAINING PROP AT OUR TRAINING GROUNDS.

NEW RESCUE BOAT.

TREMENDOUS FOCUS ON MENTAL HEALTH.

CRITICAL INCIDENT STRESS MANAGEMENT.

AND ONE, I THINK, WE SHOULD REALLY BRAG ABOUT A CONVERSION TO A NEW FULL, WHAT WE CALL IN-HOUSE TRAINING FOR OUR RECRUITS.

THIS IS HOW WE BRING PEOPLE TO THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.

OVER 1000 PEOPLE SIGNED UP TO TAKE OUR MOST RECENT TEST AND TO TRY TO JOIN THE RANKS OF LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE CHIEF FERGUSON'S DEDICATION, LOYALTY AND LEADERSHIP.

IT'S A SHINING EXAMPLE TO ALL OF US WHO WORK AS PUBLIC SERVICE.

THE DEPARTMENT'S ACHIEVED MANY MILESTONES.

IT IS SET NEW AND HIGHER STANDARDS AND THROUGHOUT ALL THE GOOD TIMES AND THE HARD TIMES, THE DEPARTMENT HAS PERFORMED IN THE MOST DEDICATED AND DIGNIFIED MANNER POSSIBLE. SEAN, YOU AND YOUR WORK HAS TRULY MADE LUBBOCK A BETTER AND A SAFER PLACE.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE MISSED AND YOUR LEGACY WILL LIVE ON WITHIN LUBBOCK CHIEFS FIRE CHIEFS FAMILY IS HERE WITH US TODAY.

I PROMISED THEM I WILL NOT BRING THEM UP AND I SHALL NOT DO SO.

I'M GOING TO MAKE THEM STAND UP. YOU'RE WELCOME TO DO THAT.

BUT THAT'S ON YOU. TO YOUR WIFE AND TO YOUR KIDS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR SHARING, SEAN WITH US, FOR SUPPORTING HIM THROUGHOUT HIS CAREER.

AND JUST KNOW YOUR HUSBAND AND YOUR FATHER IS A GREAT MAN AND A GREAT LEADER.

WITH THAT COUNCILMAN MCBRAYER, THERE'S SOMETHING ON THE DAIS RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU ON THE FLOOR THERE.

IF YOU WOULDN'T MIND HANDING THAT TO THE CHIEF.

WOW. AND MAYOR, WITH THAT, I'LL FINISH.

THANK YOU.

CHIEF FERGUSON, THE FLOOR IS YOURS.

THANK YOU. SIR. WOW.

JARED. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THOSE. THOSE WERE KIND WORDS.

AND FAR BETTER THAN I DESERVE.

BUT. BUT THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR. AND LUBBOCK CITY COUNCIL.

I STAND BEFORE YOU TODAY AS A MAN OF HUMILITY AND IMMENSE GRATITUDE.

MY CAREER WITH LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE HAS MEANT MORE TO ME THAN I COULD EVER PUT INTO WORDS.

I HAVE BEEN BLESSED BEYOND ALL IMAGINATION.

IN TODAY'S SOCIETY. EVERYWHERE YOU LOOK, PEOPLE ARE STRUGGLING TO FIND MEANING.

I HAVE HEARD IT SAID THAT IF YOU FIND SOMETHING THAT YOU ENJOY DOING FOR WORK, YOU WILL NEVER WORK A DAY IN YOUR LIFE.

BUT WHAT I FELT GOES DEEPER THAN THAT.

I NEVER FELT LIKE IT WAS WORK.

BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY, I ALWAYS KNEW THAT WHAT I WAS DOING WAS IMPORTANT.

IT HAD AN INCREDIBLE AMOUNT OF MEANING TO ME.

I WAS SERVING THE CITIZENS OF MY HOMETOWN.

THE LATE, GREAT PRESIDENT RONALD REAGAN IS QUOTED AS SAYING, SOME PEOPLE SPEND AN ENTIRE LIFETIME WONDERING IF THEY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENCE IN THE WORLD.

MARINES DON'T HAVE THAT PROBLEM.

I WOULD SAY THAT FIREFIGHTERS SHARE IN THAT BENEFIT.

HOW FORTUNATE AM I THAT I WAS ALLOWED TO BE BOTH? MY CAREER HAS BEEN A GIFT, AND FOR THAT GIFT I HAVE MANY PEOPLE TO THANK.

FIRST AND FOREMOST IS MY LORD AND SAVIOR, JESUS CHRIST.

HE SUSTAINED ME IN GOOD TIMES AND BAD AND GUIDED ME DOWN THE PATH WHEN THE PATH SEEMED LOST TO ME.

THE CITIZENS OF LUBBOCK.

THE REASON THAT WE'RE ALL HERE, THEY HAVE SHOWN ME AND MY ORGANIZATION MUCH LOVE AND GRATITUDE AND MADE US FEEL HONORED.

MY FAMILY, MY DAD THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO LEAD, MY MOTHER WHO TAUGHT ME HOW TO BE CARING AND PERSEVERE.

MY WIFE TARA, AND OUR FOUR CHILDREN, FAITH, JAKE, MARLEY AND MACKIE.

Y'ALL PLEASE STAND.

THEY HAVE BEEN SO SUPPORTIVE AND UNDERSTANDING OF MY DEDICATION TO THE JOB AND THE ABSENCE THAT IT REQUIRES, AND THEY HAVE FILLED MY LIFE WITH JOY.

CITY MANAGER JARED ATKINSON AND THE LUBBOCK CITY COUNCIL, WHO GAVE ME A CHANCE AND HAVE SET THIS DEPARTMENT UP FOR SUCCESS THROUGH THEIR UNWAVERING SUPPORT, THE KIND THAT MOST

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OF COURSE, ALL PAST FIRE CHIEFS OF LFR AND THE FORMER LUBBOCK FIRE DEPARTMENT WHO HAVE GUIDED THIS ORGANIZATION AND BUILT IT INTO THE PREMIER AND FIRE RESCUE DEPARTMENT THAT IT IS STEVE HALEY, RAY COOPER, MIKE KEMP AND LANCE PHELPS.

MY MENTORS IN THE FIRE SERVICE CHRIS ANGER, DANNY WILLIAMS, TED MCCLEAN, GARY COMBS, STEVE ODORIZZI, LARRY WARD, JAMES KIRKLAND, TOM COX AND THE LATE MICHAEL LEWIS AND THE LATE JOHN KING, AND MANY MORE THAT TAUGHT ME HOW TO DO THIS JOB.

I WOULD LIKE TO THANK THE LATE ERIC HILL AND THE LATE MATT DAWSON, WHO MADE THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE AND SERVICE TO OTHERS.

MY ADMINISTRATIVE STAFF ROB KANIS, NICK WILSON, ALAN MARTIN AND JOE MOODY.

YOU ALL PLEASE STAND.

THEY HAVE ABSOLUTELY GIVEN ME THE SUPPORT, PROFESSIONALISM AND DEDICATION THAT IT TAKES TO PERFORM AT THE LEVEL THAT THE CITIZENS OF LUBBOCK EXPECT AND DESERVE.

ALL CITY STAFF AND DEPARTMENTS.

MY FELLOW ACMS, LP, FFA LOCAL 972.

WHILE WE DID NOT ALWAYS AGREE, WE BOTH ACTED IN GOOD FAITH FOR THE GOOD OF THE FIREFIGHTERS.

LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, THE MEN AND WOMEN OF LUBBOCK FIRE RESCUE.

THEY RUN THE CALLS, AND THEY DO THE WORK ON THE STREETS DAY IN AND DAY OUT.

THEY MAKE THIS ORGANIZATION EVERYTHING THAT IT IS.

THEY ARE AMONG THE GREATEST PEOPLE THAT I HAVE KNOWN.

I WILL CLOSE WITH THIS.

THANK YOU.

WHILE THE ACCOLADES FOR THE HARD, DIFFICULT WORK OF SO MANY I RECEIVED.

I RECEIVED WAY MORE IN THIS ENDEAVOR THAN I EVER PUT INTO IT, AND FOR THAT I AM FOREVER GRATEFUL.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, CHIEF.

I DON'T THINK IT'S JUST BECAUSE I HAVE DAUGHTERS, BUT MAN, I CAN LIKE TEAR UP OVER ANYTHING THESE DAYS.

WELL SAID, WELL SPOKEN.

WE ARE TRULY BLESSED IN LUBBOCK TO HAVE SUCH A GREAT AND AMAZING PEOPLE THAT SERVE OUR COMMUNITY.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG INTO BUSINESS OF THE DAY, I WILL MOVE TO CITIZEN COMMENTS, WHICH IS NUMBER FOUR, AND SEE TODAY THAT WE HAVE NO CITIZEN COMMENTS. SO, WE WILL MOVE TO OUR MINUTES, WHICH IS 5.1 FROM THE FEBRUARY 28TH, MARCH 20TH AND MARCH 26TH SPECIAL AND REGULAR MEETINGS.

[5. Minutes]

THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 5.1, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 5.1 CARRIES 7-0.

COUNCIL, WE HAVE A ONE POOL.

[6. 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.]

AND THEN IF I COULD TURN YOUR ATTENTION BRIEFLY BEFORE WE PULL 6.25.

AND I THINK WE'LL PROBABLY PULL IT BACK, PUT IT BACK IN.

BUT I WANT TO DIRECT YOUR ATTENTION TO 6.11.

YOU SHOULD HAVE SEEN A MEMO FOR AN EDIT.

AND ESSENTIALLY THERE WAS A TYPOGRAPHICAL ERROR.

IT SAID SECTION 39 AS OPPOSED TO SECTION 35.

SO, I'M GOING TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT FOR COUNCIL.

BUT I DON'T I THINK BECAUSE IT'S TYPE OF TYPOGRAPHICAL IN NATURE, WE'LL LEAVE IT UNDER 6.11.

I WANTED TO MAKE NOTE OF THAT.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE 6.25, I BELIEVE I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU FOR A MOMENT, MR. ATKINSON. AND THEN YOU CAN KIND OF TEE THIS ONE UP AND SEE WHERE WE GO.

THANK YOU. MAYOR. ITEM 6.25.

THIS IS THE PERIODIC CONSOLIDATED PLAN AND ANNUAL ACTION PLAN THAT THE CITY OWES BACK TO THE DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT.

IT'S RELATED TO HOW WE RECEIVE AND ULTIMATELY EXPEND THE FUNDS THAT WE ARE ABLE TO DO WITH THAT.

KICK THIS ITEM OFF.

TO GO INTO DETAIL, I'M GOING TO ASK MR. HOWERTON AND MISS MURPHY TO COME UP, AND THEY'LL BRIEFLY EXPLAIN TO US WHAT WE HAVE FOR THIS YEAR AND THEN TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

GO AHEAD.

OH, THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

AND THIS IS THE FIVE-YEAR CONSOLIDATED PLAN FOR IT STARTS OCTOBER 1ST OF 2024 AND GOES THROUGH SEPTEMBER 30TH OF 2029.

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ASK US TO DO THIS EVERY FIVE YEARS TO BASICALLY BUDGET OR FORECAST THE FUNDING THAT WE ARE GOING TO RECEIVE AND HOW WE'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

AND WE SAY WHAT PROJECTS WE'RE GOING TO COVER.

THERE'S TYPICALLY PROJECTS THAT CDBG, WE HAVE OUR ADMIN WE'LL HAVE PUBLIC FACILITIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE IS ONE OF THE PROJECTS HOUSING, REHAB PUBLIC SERVICES.

THAT'S MORE OF CHILDCARE.

HEALTH CARE.

DIFFERENT. NONPROFITS THAT RUN THOSE PROGRAMS. AND THEN WE HAVE A HOME GRANT, WHICH IS THE HOME ADMINISTRATION HOME COMMUNITY HOUSING DEVELOPMENT ORGANIZATION, SET ASIDE FUNDING FOR HOME.

AND THAT'S BASICALLY WHAT WE DO.

THAT'S AFFORDABLE RENTALS, DEVELOPMENT OF AFFORDABLE RENTALS.

AND THAT AND THEN WE ALSO HAVE AFFORDABLE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT THROUGH THE REST OF THE FUNDING THAT WE RECEIVE FOR THAT.

AND THEN THE LAST GRANT THAT WE RECEIVED THROUGH HEAD IS THE EMERGENCY SHELTER GRANT OR SOLUTIONS GRANT.

SORRY, THAT'S THE NEW NAME.

AND THAT'S FOR HOMELESSNESS, HOUSING AND SERVICES.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS? WE HAVE COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.

BILL IS STANDING AVAILABLE RIGHT HERE, SIR.

HE'S THINKING ABOUT THE CUBS RIGHT NOW, BUT NO TEXT PLAYING RIGHT NOW.

ALL RIGHT, MISS JOY.

MISS MURPHY, I THINK WHAT WE REALLY WANT TO KNOW IS HOW DID THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE IN LUBBOCK ACCESS THOSE FUNDS THAT THEY WILL BE GETTING THROUGH THE HUD FIVE-YEAR PLAN? HOW DO WE GET THAT? WELL, THAT WOULD BE LATER ON IN NEXT IN ONCE WE GET OUR FUNDING.

AND SO, WE'LL BE BRINGING BACK THOSE CONTRACTS TO, TO THE COUNCIL AT THAT TIME.

AND THAT'S TYPICALLY AROUND SOMETIMES AUGUST, SOMETIMES SEPTEMBER SOMETIMES.

FEBRUARY OF NEXT YEAR.

IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHEN THEY GET THE CONTRACTS.

AND THEN WE'LL START ONCE WE GET THE GRANTS AND GET THOSE CONTRACTS, THEN WE PUT IT OUT TO THE PUBLIC AND TO THE AGENCIES TO MAKE APPLICATION FOR THAT.

AND WHO ARE THE AGENCIES THAT HAVE TYPICALLY HELPED US DISTRIBUTE THOSE FUNDS? THERE'S A LOT.

OVER THE YEARS, WE WOULD PROBABLY SAY THE BIGGEST ONES ARE YWCA, CATHOLIC CHARITIES.

I'M GOING TO MISS SOMEBODY I KNOW, BUT CASA.

I'M GOING BLANK RIGHT NOW.

BIG BROTHERS, BIG SISTERS.

COMMITTEES IN SCHOOLS.

THERE'S A LOT. THOSE ARE MOSTLY UNDER PUBLIC SERVICE.

WE ALSO FUND STREETS, SO WE DO UNPAVED STREETS.

I KNOW THAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO JUST LOW INCOME, UNPAVED STREETS.

WE DON'T DO LIKE, SOMETHING THAT'S BEEN ANNEXED IN OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

TYPICALLY, IT'S MORE GOING BACK TO THOSE UNPAVED STREETS.

AND HARRIS UNDERSTANDS THAT BECAUSE WE'VE TALKED ABOUT THAT NUMEROUS TIMES.

SO THOSE ARE THE KIND OF PUBLIC FACILITIES OR INFRASTRUCTURE THAT WE WOULD DO WITH THE HOME.

WE'VE WORKED CLOSELY OVER THE YEARS WITH COMMUNITY HOUSING RESOURCE BOARD.

THANK YOU.

ALSO, HABITAT FOR HUMANITY.

LUBBOCK HOUSING FINANCE CORP.

LUBBOCK HOUSING AUTHORITY.

THOSE ARE THE KIND OF THAT WE USE FOR OUR HOME DOLLARS.

SO, I THINK WHAT YOU'RE SAYING IS YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW SOMETHING, BUT BY THE END OF SEPTEMBER, BUT CERTAINLY IN THE MONTHS AFTER THAT, AND THEN EVERYONE, THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE HERE WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS THOSE FUNDS.

AND WE ARE, AS A COUNCIL, WILL LET THEM KNOW HOW TO DO THAT OR WHERE TO GO.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS JOY.

MISS PATTERSON HARRIS. AS A MATTER OF FACT, MISS MURPHY, I WAS COMING TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAD NOT REMOVED THAT FROM THE PLAN.

AND I APPRECIATE THE FUNDING THAT HAS ASSISTED THIS CITY IN DOING TONS OF WORK BY WAY OF PAVING DIRT ROADS.

I MEAN, IF YOU'VE NOT SEEN SOMEONE'S EYES LIGHT UP BECAUSE THEY CAN BACK OUT OF THEIR DRIVE WITHOUT GOING IN A BIG PUDDLE OF MUD, YOU'VE NOT SEEN ANYTHING.

AND I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU FOR THAT OVER THE YEARS AND WANTED TO JUST MAKE SURE THAT THAT'S STILL BEING SOMETHING THAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO, TO LOOK AT.

OF COURSE, I UNDERSTAND THE THE QUALIFICATIONS WITH THE, THE AREA IN WHICH THEY CAN HAPPEN, BUT I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU AND MAKE SURE THAT THEY WERE STILL THERE.

AND WE NEED TO THANK THE STREETS DEPARTMENT BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES THAT ACTUALLY PAVE IT.

YEAH, YEAH, YEAH.

BUT THANKS TO THEM TOO.

THEY DO. THEY DO LOTS OF WORK AND IT IS SO DEEPLY APPRECIATED.

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THANK YOU, MISS MURPHY.

MR. HOWERTON. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING AVAILABLE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU VERY MUCH.

OUR COUNCIL AT THIS TIME.

WILL TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.1 THROUGH 6.35, WHICH AGAIN RECALL THE TYPOGRAPHICAL CHANGE UNDER 6.11 FROM 39 TO 35.

IS THERE A MOTION? YEAH.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY.

IS THERE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, DR. WILSON. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 6.1 THROUGH 6.35, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. CONSENT AGENDA CARRIES SEVEN.

NEXT, I WILL MOVE TO 7.1 ON THE REGULAR AGENDA.

[1. Board Appointments: Consider appointments to the Community Development and Services Board and to the Metropolitan Planning Organization's Transportation Policy Committee.]

WE HAD MR. WILLIAM STUBBLEFIELD FROM DISTRICT TWO, AND WE HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FROM THE ARB AS WELL AS THE COUNCIL SUBCOMMITTEE TO REPLACE MR. STUBBLEFIELD WITH MARCELLA FORD FROM DISTRICT TWO.

ANY OTHER DISCUSSION WE CAN HAVE IF NECESSARY? IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? 7.1 WITH THE APPOINTMENT OF MARCELLA FORD? 7.1 WITH THE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS, A SECOND BY MISS MARTINEZ-GARCIA.

ALL ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON 7.1? OKAY. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.1, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL, IF YOU LOOK NEXT AT 7.273, YOU PROBABLY NOTICED IN YOUR BACKUP THERE WERE SOME RED LINE CHANGES.

[2. Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution to adopt the proposed Guidelines and Criteria for Industrial Tax Abatement Agreements, in accordance with the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act. ]

[3. Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution to adopt the proposed Guidelines and Criteria for Commercial Tax Abatement Agreements, in accordance with the Property Redevelopment and Tax Abatement Act. ]

THANK YOU, MAYOR, COUNCIL BRINGING THESE BACK TO YOU TODAY.

AND INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE ENTIRE PRESENTATION AGAIN JUST WANT TO HIGHLIGHT SOME OF THE CHANGES THAT WE HAVE WE'VE MADE FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION ON THE INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE CITY.

WE HAVE TAKEN THE FEEDBACK FROM THE LAST MEETING WHEN THIS WAS POSTPONED TO THIS MEETING.

WE'VE WORKED WITH MR. OSBORNE OVER AT LEDA AND COME UP WITH SOME, SOME GOOD SUGGESTIONS.

AFTER LOOKING THROUGH SEVERAL DIFFERENT ENTITIES, DIFFERENT CITIES, SEEING HOW THAT THEY, THEY ARE OPERATING WITHIN THESE GUIDELINES.

SO, THE FIRST BIG CHANGE ON THE INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES IS TO CHANGE THE INVESTMENT AND JOB CRITERIA. FIRST, YOU'RE GOING TO NOTICE THAT THE RED LINE LANGUAGE IS THE SAME, EXACTLY THE SAME BETWEEN BOTH NEW AND EXISTING COMPANIES HERE IN LUBBOCK.

SO, WE'RE LEVELING THE PLAYING FIELD AND MAKING EVERYTHING, EVERYTHING THE SAME.

WE HAVE INCREASED THE MINIMUM INVESTMENT TO $10 MILLION.

WE HAVE TAKEN AWAY THE DISTINCTION BETWEEN REAL PROPERTY AND PERSONAL PROPERTY BECAUSE QUITE FRANKLY, THAT DIDN'T MATTER AS FAR AS THE INVESTMENT WAS CONCERNED.

IT WAS REALLY JUST THAT $10 MILLION AS A WHOLE.

AND WE'VE TAKEN OUT THE OR STATEMENTS AND MADE IT THE, THE, THE DOLLAR INVESTMENT AND 25 NEW PERMANENT JOBS.

SO THOSE ARE THE THOSE ARE THE BIG CHANGES THAT WE'VE MADE ON THE INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES FOR THE INVESTMENT IN JOB CRITERIA.

GOING NEXT INTO THE ACTUAL AGREEMENT, WE'VE TAKEN SOME OF YOUR FEEDBACK AND SAID, OKAY, HOW CAN WE CHANGE THIS LANGUAGE TO ACCOMPLISH STILL GIVING THE COUNCIL THE FLEXIBILITY, BUT ALSO MAKING IT A LITTLE BIT CLEARER THAT IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED.

IT'S NOT IT'S NOT AN UPFRONT AS WE WERE SAYING LAST TIME, 100% TAX ABATEMENT FOR TEN YEARS.

SO, THIS FIRST GENERAL PURPOSE IS JUST A PROPORTIONALITY STATEMENT, MEANING THE, THE, THE LEVEL OF TAX ABATEMENT THAT THAT CAN BE CONSIDERED BY COUNCIL HAS TO BE PROPORTIONATE TO THE AMOUNT OF INVESTMENT.

SO, IF YOU KNOW, IF THEY'RE DOING ONLY THE BARE MINIMUM DOES THAT NECESSARILY REQUIRE A TEN-YEAR 100% ABATEMENT? NOT NECESSARILY. THAT WOULD GO AGAINST THE PROPORTIONALITY THAT THAT IS IN THIS STATEMENT.

AND THEN THE DEFINITIONS, THE ABATEMENT OF TAXES, AGAIN, AGREEMENT FOR ANY PERIOD OF TIME UP TO BUT NOT TO EXCEED TEN YEARS.

SO, TRYING TO CLEAR UP THAT LANGUAGE THAT IT'S NOT A GUARANTEED TEN YEARS.

AND THEN SECTION THREE EIGHT CRITERIA.

JUST ADDING IN SOME MORE LANGUAGE TO MAKE IT CLEARER THAT THIS IS AT THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION.

WE DIDN'T WANT TO GO BACK AND GO THROUGH A LITTLE BIT OF HISTORICAL THROUGH THIS THOUGH.

SO, TO CLEAR UP A LITTLE BIT OF THE STATEMENTS THAT WERE MADE AND MAKE IT A LITTLE BIT MORE UNDERSTANDING TO, TO OUR PUBLIC, YOU KNOW, LITA SINCE 2010 HAS INCENTIVIZED 143 TOTAL PROJECTS, 143.

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ONLY TWO OF THEM HAVE BEEN TEN-YEAR, 100% DECLINING.

AND THERE'S REASONS FOR THOSE TEN YEARS, 100%.

MONSANTO WAS THE LARGEST DEAL THAT LUBBOCK HAD EVER DONE.

SO THAT'S WHY THEY WENT AHEAD AND DID THAT ONE UNTIL LEPRINO CAME IN.

AND THEN LEPRINO AGAIN, WAS LUBBOCK'S LARGEST AND ONE OF THE LARGEST IN THE STATE AT THAT TIME.

SO, EVERYTHING ELSE HAD HAD BEEN TIED TO A FIVE-YEAR DECLINING SCALE PROPERTY TAX ABATEMENT.

MAYOR, COUNCIL.

I'LL PAUSE THERE FOR THE INDUSTRIAL.

I CAN MOVE ON TO THE COMMERCIAL GUIDELINES.

I THINK YOU SHOULD GO AHEAD AND TAKE THE COMMERCIAL THERE.

ALSO, SINCE WE'RE ESSENTIALLY ONE OF THE SAME.

YES, SIR. SO SAME INVESTMENT IN JOB CRITERIA AMENDED TO $5 MILLION INVESTMENT AND 25 NEW PERMANENT JOBS AND AT LEAST 30% OF THE BUSINESSES NEW EMPLOYEES ARE IN THE ZONE OF THAT.

THAT 30%, I KNOW, ACCORDING TO MR. OSBORNE, IS GOING TO BE A TOUGH ONE TO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE.

BUT THAT IS A LITTLE BIT MORE OF THE THAT BRINGS US IN LINE WITH A LOT OF OTHER ENTITIES OUT THERE.

SAME WITH THE GENERAL-PURPOSE STATEMENT.

SAME WITH THE ABATEMENT OF TAXES.

WE'VE ADDED THOSE LANGUAGE IN TO MIRROR BOTH IN THE INDUSTRIAL AND THE SAME WITH THE SECTION 4.7 CRITERIA AND GUIDELINES. SO AGAIN, A LITTLE BIT OF THE HISTORY ON THIS ONE COMMERCIAL HAS DONE A LOT LESS ON THE TAX ABATEMENTS WE'VE HAD FOR SINCE 2010 DO A COMMERCIAL. AND THOSE WERE ALL FIVE-YEAR DECLINES.

SO NOW, MAYOR, I WILL PAUSE AND TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. QUESTIONS FROM MR. [INAUDIBLE]. MISS JOY ON YOUR INFORMATION THAT YOU PRESENTED UP HERE.

PULL IT BACK UP ON INDUSTRIAL AND TELL ME WHICH ONE OF THOSE ARE STILL IN OPERATION AT THIS POINT IN TIME.

WE STILL HAVE XFAB.

THAT WAS A NEW ONE. DURA-LINE LEPRINO.

AND WE'RE CLOSING OUT MONSANTO'S.

THAT'S THAT SHOULD BE DONE FAIRLY SOON.

I CAN'T REMEMBER HOW MANY MORE YEARS WE HAVE ON THAT ONE.

WELL, I ASSUME RED RIVER COMMODITIES IS DONE.

YES. THE FIRST X5 IS DONE, THE FIRST X5 THE SECOND X5 IS DONE.

FIVE AND THE UNITED SUPERMARKETS IS DONE.

SO, WE REALLY ONLY HAVE.

SO, WE HAVE FOUR OUT FOUR NOW CURRENTLY.

YES. OKAY. AND ON THE COMMERCIAL SIDE WHICH OF THOSE ARE I THINK ALL OF THOSE ARE COMPLETE.

I'M NOT AWARE OF. I'M NOT AWARE OF THOSE NO, NONE.

NONE OF THOSE ARE STILL ONGOING.

OKAY. AND I THINK THAT'S WHAT THE PEOPLE WHO TALKED TO US ABOUT THIS NEED TO KNOW.

THOSE ARE DONE. THOSE ARE DONE.

AND SO WE HAVE A, WE'LL HAVE A NEW POLICY IN TOWN, AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO MAYBE TO CONTROL THOSE A LITTLE BIT BETTER.

AND REALLY, I THINK IT'S, IT'S GOOD TO START OUT WITH NOT SO MANY MONSANTO YOU SAY IS CLOSING OUT.

AND SO ANY NEW ONES THAT COME BEFORE THEM WILL BE UNDER THESE NEW GUIDELINES.

THAT'S CORRECT. YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MR. [INAUDIBLE]? OKAY.

THANK YOU. BLUE. YOU MIGHT STICK AROUND IF THERE ARE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL. I THINK IF YOU RECALL FROM THE LAST MEETING, WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND AND THEN SOME DISCUSSION, WHICH LED TO A MOTION TO POSTPONE UNTIL A DATE CERTAIN, WHICH IS TODAY.

I GUESS AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S NO OBJECTION, I WOULD ASK.

THAT WE ADOPT WHAT'S IN YOUR BACKUP THESE NEW GUIDELINES AND GO AHEAD AND JUST BASICALLY AMEND AND ADOPT.

WHAT'S IN YOUR BACKUP IS 7.273.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE? MITCH. DO YOU AGREE WITH THAT? THAT'D BE JUST FINE. TAKE THE FORM OF A SUBSTITUTION.

YEAH. SUBSTITUTE BASICALLY AMEND TO THIS NEW FORM OF RED LINE AND ADOPT.

IT IS WHAT WE TAKE. SO, I GUESS I'D ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE SEVEN TWO AND SEVEN THREE AS ADOPTED AND AMENDED AND ADOPTED.

OKAY. THANK YOU, MR. MCBRAYER.

IS THERE A SECOND MISS JOY IS A SECOND OKAY.

ALL ANY OTHER DISCUSSION ON SEVEN TWO AND SEVEN THREE? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.27.3.

PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT, COUNCIL MISTAKE ON MY PART, I APOLOGIZE.

IT'S NOT UNCOMMON.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE TO BACK UP TO 7.1.

7.1 HAD TWO PARTS, AND ONE WAS THE APPOINTMENT WITH AFOREMENTIONED APPOINTMENT OF MARCELLA FORD.

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THE OTHER PORTION WAS TO DO BASICALLY AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT.

I WOULD TAKE IT AS AN INTERIM APPOINTMENT TO THE METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATIONS TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE.

I BELIEVE AT THIS TIME THERE'S A NEED TO REPLACE MAYOR PRO TEM PATTERSON HARRIS AT THIS TIME.

AND IT LOOKS LIKE I DREW THE SHORT STRAW.

THANK YOU FOR THAT, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS, WHICH WILL CARRY EITHER UNTIL MAY 14TH OR UNTIL JUNE.

I'M NOT SURE. YEAH.

SO, I THINK EVERYBODY ELSE IS ON THERE.

SO, AT THIS TIME, IF THERE'S IF, I GUESS I WOULD ASK FOR A MOTION TO APPOINT ME TO THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE.

IS THAT CORRECT? OH, THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

SHE QUICKLY MOVED TO APPROVE MR. MASSENGALE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO ABSTAIN FROM VOTING ON THIS.

BUT AGAIN, I THINK THIS THIS FILLS A ROLE FOR A SHORT PERIOD OF TIME.

SO, I'VE GOT A MOTION AND A SECOND TO APPOINT ME TO THE TRANSPORTATION POLICY COMMITTEE.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THAT? PLEASE SAY AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SIX ZERO.

SO, I GUESS FOR PROCEDURE PURPOSES, I'D PUT THAT AS 7.11 FROM THE DAIS POSTED PROPERLY.

ALL RIGHT. GOT THAT. COURTNEY, I APOLOGIZE.

SHE WAS TEXTING ME. WHAT ARE YOU DOING? I'M SORRY, I FORGOT.

OKAY, NOW WE'RE MOVING TO OUR PUBLIC HEARINGS.

[4. Public Hearing - Planning (District 1): Consider a request for Zone Case 3499, a request of Autrey Engineering, LLC for Alliance Credit Union, for a zone change from Neighborhood Commercial District (NC) to Auto-Urban Commercial District (AC), at 2202 and 2206 34th Street, located north of 34th Street and west of Avenue V, Highland Park Addition, Block 12, Lots 18, 19, and 20, and consider an ordinance.]

SIR. MISS SAGER WILL START WITH 7.4 AND I WILL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

AND AS COUNCIL AGAIN, I'LL PROBABLY HAVE MISS SAGER SPEAK.

OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING, CLOSE THAT AND SHE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT, MISS SAGER. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ITEM 7.4 ZONE CASE 3499.

THE REQUEST IS FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO AUTO URBAN COMMERCIAL.

WE SENT OUT 68 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING SEVEN IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED NORTH OF 34TH STREET, WEST OF AVENUE V.

HERE'S THE RESPONSE MAP SHOWING THE REPLIES WE DID RECEIVE IN FAVOR.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

IT IS CURRENTLY A VACANT LOT.

THERE IS COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST AND SOUTH AND EAST WITH RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.

CURRENT ZONING IS NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL UP AND DOWN 34TH STREET, AND MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.

FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL LAND USES.

AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

ALLIANCE CREDIT UNION IS TO THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY.

THE CREDIT UNION INTENDS TO USE THIS LOT FOR USED CAR SALES.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR COMMERCIAL LAND USES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUEST.

THE ZONE CHANGES IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE IS ALONG 34TH STREET AND AVENUE V 34TH BEING A MINOR ARTERIAL, AND AVENUE V A LOCAL STREET.

STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU, MISS SAGER.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO MOVE THROUGH THESE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN INVOLVED IN A PUBLIC HEARING BEFORE AS I OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING, I WILL.

THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION WILL HAVE THE TIME TO COME FORWARD.

AND AND THEN THOSE THAT ARE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR WILL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO COME FORWARD.

IF YOU ARE HERE IN FAVOR AND OR YOU ARE PART OF THE APPLICATION OR THE REQUEST, AND YOU DO NOT WANT TO SPEAK, I WOULD ALSO ASK IF YOU WOULD PLEASE MAKE IT KNOWN THAT YOU ARE HERE, SO COUNCIL KNOWS YOU'RE AVAILABLE IF THEY HAVE ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 7.4.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 7.4 YOU MAY APPROACH AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. IS THERE ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.4? SO, YOU MAY APPROACH. HELLO, MY NAME IS WESTON MCCOWAN WITH AUTRY ENGINEERING.

WE'RE LOCATED AT 16 913 FM 179.

SAGER COVERED EVERYTHING THAT WE HAD TO SAY.

REALLY? HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, WES. ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.4?

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IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7.4? THANK YOU, DR. WILSON.

THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE.

IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OF WES, WHO'S HERE ON BEHALF OF AUTRY ENGINEERING OR OF KRISTEN? ALL RIGHT, MISS MARTINEZ. GARCIA, YOU DON'T MIND COMING BACK UP.

SOMETIMES WHEN YOU PLACE A USED CAR LOT IN A NEIGHBORHOOD, IT'S NOT ALWAYS THE MOST APPEALING.

WE'VE SEEN THAT UP AND DOWN 34TH IN THE PAST.

I DON'T SEE ANY DESIGNS.

DO YOU HAVE DESIGNS? THEY HAVE NOT HIRED US AS AN ENGINEER AT THIS TIME.

WE'RE JUST DOING THE ZONE CASE.

I DON'T BELIEVE THEY HAVE PLANS YET.

THEY'VE ALREADY LEVELED THAT BUILDING AND PUT UP AN EIGHT-FOOT METAL PRIVACY FENCE, THOUGH.

AND ALL OF THEIR BUILDINGS HAVE A DISTINCT.

IT'S A VERY PRETTY ESTHETIC.

BUT BECAUSE OF THE LOCATION, WILL THERE BE ANY TYPE OF OFFENSE TO CREATE KIND OF A BARRIER FROM THE NEIGHBORHOOD BEHIND TO THE NORTH? YES, THEY'VE PUT THAT ONE UP.

IT'S 6 TO 8FT.

I COULDN'T TELL YOU OFF THE TOP OF MY HEAD.

I'M SORRY ABOUT THAT. THE ONE ALONG THE EAST SIDE, JUST ALONG THE ROAD, IS A SHORTER FENCE, BUT THERE ALREADY IS A TALL FENCE.

DIVIDING FROM THE RESIDENTIAL.

I'VE SEEN THE DEMOLITION; I'VE SEEN THE LOT.

BUT I DON'T THINK I'VE SEEN A FENCE THERE.

OKAY. ARE YOU SURE THERE'S A FENCE? I TOOK PICTURES OF ONE.

I THOUGHT THERE WAS ONE.

I DON'T THINK SO.

CHRISTIAN, IS THERE A FENCE THERE? UNLESS THEY GOT RID OF IT SINCE I TOOK PICTURES.

BUT THERE'S THAT LARGE.

YEAH. AND IT'S THE TOP.

YEAH. PICTURE ON THE TOP.

OKAY. IT KIND OF IT'S.

YEAH. IT BLENDED IN OKAY.

THAT WAS ONE OF MY MAIN CONCERNS.

YES MA'AM. BUT. I'M EXCITED ABOUT IT.

THANK YOU.

MR. MCBRAYER.

ARE YOU AWARE IS THE CREDIT UNION IS GOING TO BE OPERATING THIS USED CAR FACILITY? YES, SIR. THE VEHICLES ARE GOING TO BE REPOSSESSED.

THEY'VE REPOSSESSED. YES, SIR.

OKAY. AND WILL THEY HAVE A STAFF THERE, A BUILDING? WILL THEY BUILD THAT, OR WILL IT JUST BE A LOT? AT THE MOMENT WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM, THEY MENTIONED JUST HAVING THE LOT, BUT IF IT'S A REQUIREMENT, THEY SAID THEY WILL PUT UP A FREESTANDING BUILDING THERE AS WELL.

OKAY. THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 7.4? ALL RIGHT. IF A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.4, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 7.4 CARRIES 7 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO 7.5, MISS SAGER.

[5. Public Hearing - Planning (District 1): Consider a request for Zone Case 3500, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for PLANT-AS-DNPS-003-1, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Residential Estates District (RE), at 4901, 5002, 5004, and 5401 East Erskine Street, located southeast of East Highway 62, north and south of East Erskine Street, and north of Acuff Road, on 693.3 acres of unplatted land out of Block A, Sections 23 and 26, and consider an ordinance.]

THE REQUEST IS FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL SF-2 TO RESIDENTIAL ESTATES.

WE SENT OUT 171 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING ZERO IN FAVOR AND TWO IN OPPOSITION.

THOSE IN OPPOSITION WERE CONCERNED THAT THIS WOULD INCREASE THEIR PROPERTY TAX.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTHEAST OF EAST HIGHWAY 62, BOTH NORTH AND SOUTH OF EAST ERSKINE STREET.

HERE'S THE RESPONSE MAP SHOWING THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT RESPONDED IN OPPOSITION.

AND HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

CURRENT ZONING IS SF-2.

IT IS SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY THE COUNTY WITH SOME ADDITIONAL SF2 ZONING TO THE WEST.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES, WITH COMMERCIAL AT THE THOROUGHFARE CORNERS.

HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

HERE IS A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

AND ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THE SITE LOCATION IN RELATION TO THE CITY.

HERE'S A SITE PLAN OF THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT.

IT IS FOR AN INDOOR CROP PRODUCTION FACILITY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION FOR RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUEST FOR RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONING.

THE ZONE CHANGES IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND WILL BE COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

IT IS ALONG EAST FOURTH, EAST ERSKINE, AND NORTHWOOD AVENUE.

EAST FOURTH IS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.

EAST ERSKINE IS ALSO A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL AS WELL AS NORTHWOOD.

STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.

I THANK YOU, CHRISTIAN.

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IF ANYONE HERE IS WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 7.5, YOU MAY APPROACH AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR.

YOU MAY APPROACH AT THIS TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

I'M TERRY HOLMAN. I'M WITH HUGO REID AND ASSOCIATES.

WE'RE AT 1601 AVENUE N.

I THINK THE BEST THING I CAN PROBABLY DO IS GO BACK TO THE SITE PLAN.

I HOPE I'M GOING THE RIGHT DIRECTION.

YEAH. GREAT. THIS IS ROUGHLY 690 ACRES NORTH OF EAST.

WHAT WE WOULD KNOW OF AS EAST FOURTH STREET JUST OUTSIDE THE EAST LOOP.

IT EXPANDS A MILE TO THE NORTH, ACTUALLY, ABOUT A LITTLE MORE THAN A MILE AND A HALF TO THE NORTH.

AND THEN ABOUT HALF A MILE IN WIDTH, EAST WEST.

IT'S A LARGE-SCALE PROJECT FOR PLANT AG SYSTEMS. THEY ARE BASED IN FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA.

IT IS INDOOR CROP.

BASICALLY, IT'S LARGE GREENHOUSE FACILITIES.

AND THEN THE, THE ASSOCIATED THINGS THAT GO ALONG WITH THAT.

THE INTERESTING THING ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR ZONE CASE, I KIND OF JOKED A LITTLE BIT WHEN WE WERE DOING OUR UDC AND I, I THINK I WAS THE GUY THAT STOOD HERE AT THE PODIUM THAT SAID, I'LL NEVER DO RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONING.

WELL, SURE ENOUGH, HERE WE ARE.

RESIDENTIAL ESTATE ZONING IS THE ONLY ZONING DISTRICT AVAILABLE TO US TO ALLOW US TO DO FARMING.

BELIEVE IT OR NOT, INDOOR AND SPECIFICALLY INDOOR CROP PRODUCTION, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS.

SO THAT'S THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE WITH THIS REQUEST.

IT'S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN GO FORWARD, QUITE FRANKLY.

AND THANKFULLY, I THINK THE R-3 DISTRICT PROVIDES SOME NECESSARY INSULATION FROM THE SURROUNDING NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND SO I THINK IT'S JUST A GOOD FIT ON THIS SITE PLAN.

AND BY THE WAY, THIS IS STILL VERY SCHEMATIC.

WE ARE WORKING THROUGH UTILITY LOCATIONS AND MANIPULATE MOVING BUILDINGS AROUND, BUT THIS IS THE GENERAL IDEA OF WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO.

THE LARGE, LIGHT GREEN FACILITIES ARE THE GREENHOUSES.

THEY'RE ALL SINGLE STORY AS YOU MIGHT IMAGINE.

SO, IT'S ALL A LOW, LOW HEIGHT DEVELOPMENT, LARGE FOOTPRINTS, BUT NOT A LOT OF MASS.

IF YOU IF YOU FOLLOW ME THE DARKER GREEN BOXES, JUST TO THE TO THE SIDES OF THOSE ARE WHAT WE CALL PACK HOUSES.

THAT'S WHERE THEY TAKE THE CROP PRODUCT.

AND MOST OF ITS LEAFY VEGETABLES, TOMATOES, THOSE TYPES OF THINGS, THE FOOD PRODUCTS.

AND THEY WILL THEN TAKE THOSE TO THE PACK HOUSES.

THAT'S WHERE THEY WILL GET THEM.

JUST WHAT IT SOUNDS LIKE PACKED AND PROCESSED FOR TRANSPORT.

THIS THIS PROJECT IS VERY INTENSE IN TERMS OF WATER CAPTURE.

WE HAVE A COUPLE OF PLAYA LAKES THAT WE HAVE TO DO THE NORMAL, YOU KNOW, TYPES OF WORK AROUND PLAYA LAKES.

SO, WE BELIEVE OVERALL IT'S GOING TO BE A GOOD FIT.

IT'S GOING TO BE CERTAINLY RESPECTFUL OF THE USE OF THE LAND AND SO FORTH.

WITH THAT SAID I THINK FROM A STRICTLY ZONING STANDPOINT, I HOPE YOU WOULD AGREE.

IT'S FAIRLY STRAIGHTFORWARD.

I DO HAVE TROY BATHMAN HERE WITH ME TODAY.

HE IS WITH PLANT X SYSTEMS. HE'S CERTAINLY AVAILABLE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS REGARDING THEIR COMPANY AND THEIR OPERATIONS AND THOSE TYPES OF THINGS.

WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AS WELL.

THANK YOU. TERRY. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEM 7.5? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AS TO 7.5. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7.5? THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. GARCIA, IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND? THANK YOU, [INAUDIBLE].

ALL RIGHT. LOOKS LIKE WE MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS, TERRY.

OR OF YOUR GUESTS OR MAYBE QUESTIONS OF CHRISTIAN.

MISS JOY. IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THIS IS A IS THIS IS THIS FOR TERRY? THIS MAY BE FOR MISS SAGER, THIS ONE.

AND THEN I HAVE ONE FOR MR. HOLMAN. THIS HAS A SPECIFIC USE ELEMENT TO IT, OR.

IT DOES NOT.

IT DOES NOT.

OKAY. THAT THAT'S BECAUSE IT CAN BE EITHER WAY.

IT CAN EITHER BE, YOU KNOW, RESIDENTIAL OR RESIDENTIAL ESTATE SPECIFIC USE.

AND THAT'S WHAT I WANTED TO KNOW IS IF IT'S, IS IT TIED TO THIS PARTICULAR USE? IT IS NOT. MR. HOLMAN SHAKING HIS HEAD.

NO. RIGHT. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN FOR MR. HOLMAN, INGRESS AND EGRESS ON THIS.

I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, EVEN WITH MY READERS, I CAN'T REALLY TELL.

HOW DO YOU GET IN AND GET OUT? YOU'RE OBVIOUSLY GOING TO BE SHIPPING PRODUCT THROUGH BRAND NEW, NEW AND IMPROVED ROADWAYS.

PART OF OUR PROJECT.

NOT A ZONING ISSUE, BUT A PLATTING AND AN INFRASTRUCTURE ISSUE.

WE WILL BE WIDENING.

WHAT IS NORTH WOOD AVENUE, WHICH IS OUR FAR EASTERN BOUNDARY ALL THE WAY UP TO URSULINE.

I'M SORRY. ERSKINE. MY BAD.

YEAH. YEAH. I'M SORRY.

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WE'RE LOOKING AT DIFFERENT PAVING SECTIONS WE HAVE.

THE GOOD NEWS IS WE HAVE SOME TRUCK TRAFFIC THAT WE CERTAINLY HAVE TO ACCOMMODATE, BUT IT'S NOT HUNDREDS OF TRUCKS A DAY.

YOU KNOW, IT'S A HANDFUL OF TRUCKS A DAY, QUITE FRANKLY.

BUT WE HAVE TO PROVIDE FOR THAT.

RIGHT. AND SO, WE ARE IMPROVING NORTH WOOD AVENUE, WE'RE IMPROVING ERSKINE STREET.

AND THE CURRENT PLAN IS ALSO TO UPGRADE ERSKINE TO THE WEST OF US, WHICH EXTENDS OVER TO THE IDALOU HIGHWAY TO MAKE SURE WE HAVE THAT AS A TRAVELABLE ROAD AS WELL.

IT'S A NICE, PAVED ROAD TODAY, BUT THE IDEA IS TO UPGRADE THAT A LITTLE BIT TO MAKE IT JUST A LITTLE MORE SUBSTANTIAL FOR TRAFFIC.

SO, WHAT IS THE IMPROVEMENT ON THE ROAD? CITY OF LUBBOCK CONCRETE PAVING.

HOW MANY LANES? RIGHT NOW, WE'RE LOOKING AT LIKELY THREE LANES.

WE ONLY HAVE ON NORTHWOOD.

WE ONLY HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY ON OUR SIDE OF THE ROAD ALL THE WAY UP.

SO, WE'LL USE OUR 55 FOOT TO BUILD THE PAVING SECTION THAT WE, IT MAY BE HALF OF A THOROUGHFARE PAVING SECTION.

WE HAVEN'T GOT THAT QUITE FAR YET, BUT.

BUT NO, IT'LL BE MORE THAN JUST THE ONE LANE.

YES. OKAY. WOULD, YOU'LL HAVE THE OWNER OF THE OTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR HIS HALF OR HER HALF OF THAT.

UNLESS Y'ALL DECIDE TO DO THE WHOLE THING IN SOME FASHION.

YES, MA'AM, AT SOME POINT.

BUT WE'RE TRYING TO WORK AUTONOMOUSLY AT THE MOMENT AND DO ALL THE PAVING ON WITHIN OUR PROPERTY.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

THANK YOU. MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

I BELIEVE THIS. MAY WHOEVER THIS GOES TO.

IF YOU CAN ANSWER THE CLOSEST RESIDENTIAL SPACES AROUND YOU ARE COUNTY PROPERTIES.

YES, MA'AM. HAVE WE HEARD FROM OR VISITED WITH WITH THE FOLKS THAT LIVE IN THOSE SPACES? THERE WERE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION.

BOTH OF WHICH RESIDE OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS.

MISS SAGER HAD THAT ON HER GRAPHIC EARLIER.

ONE OF THE OPPOSITION.

AND WE GOT THOSE EARLY ON.

ONE OF THE OPPOSITION LETTERS DID NOT HAVE ANY CONTACT INFORMATION ON IT.

I DID THE BEST I COULD TO PLAY DETECTIVE AND LOOK UP A PHONE NUMBER.

I LEFT A MESSAGE WITH WHAT I THOUGHT WAS THE NUMBER.

I NEVER HEARD ANYTHING BACK.

THE OTHER ONE, I THINK, MISS MARTINEZ.

I DID SPEAK TO HER.

SHE'S THE ONE I BELIEVE DOWN ON ON FOURTH STREET.

YEAH. SHE WAS THE ONE WHO EXPRESSED TO ME VERBALLY THAT SHE WAS WORRIED ABOUT PROPERTY TAXES AND DRAINAGE, AND I ASSURED HER THAT IT WAS MY THOUGHT. I DON'T SEE HOW OUR PROJECT HAS ANY IMPACT ON ANY RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY TAX ONE WAY OR THE OTHER.

YEAH, BUT THAT'S THAT'S ONLY MY OPINION RIGHT THEN.

BUT I WAS ABLE TO COMMIT TO HER THAT THE YOUR CITY ENGINEERING STAFF WILL REQUIRE US TO BE MINDFUL OF THE SURROUNDING DEVELOPMENT AS WE AS WE ENGINEER OUR PROJECT, AND WE'RE ALL ABOUT WATER CAPTURE.

SO IF ANYTHING, WE MAY BE GENERATING LESS OVERALL RUNOFF THAN WHAT THERE IS TODAY.

I CAN'T PROMISE I CHANGED YOUR MIND, BUT I WAS AT LEAST ABLE TO HAVE THE DISCUSSION WITH YOU.

I JUST KNOW HAVING HAD CONTACT WITH SOME OF THOSE CITIZENS OUT THERE, IT'S KIND OF DIFFERENT VISITING AND ADDRESSING THINGS FOR CITIZENS WHO LIVE IN THE COUNTY OR OUTSIDE THE CITY LIMITS VERSUS CITIZENS WHO LIVE INSIDE.

THE CONVERSATION CAN SOMETIMES BE DIFFERENT.

I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN TO REACH THOSE FOLKS, EXPLAIN THINGS TO THEM SO THAT THEY UNDERSTAND, BECAUSE IT IS A DIFFERENT TYPE OF RELATIONSHIP VERSUS CITIZENS ON THE INSIDE.

BUT, I MEAN, YOU DID HAVE A CONVERSATION AND THE INFORMATION WAS MAILED OUT.

I JUST GET CONCERNED ABOUT THEM.

I SOMETIMES I TEND TO BELIEVE THAT THEY'VE KIND OF BEEN FORGOTTEN BY I TOTALLY UNDERSTAND.

AND THE BEST, THE BEST WE CAN DO IS WHEN WHEN THOSE FOLKS QUESTION WHAT WE'RE DOING, WE EXPLAIN AS BEST AS WE CAN AND HOPEFULLY ANY, ANY FEARS PUT THEM TO EASE. YES, MA'AM. I APPRECIATE YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

MISS MARTINEZ. GARCIA DON'T GO ANYWHERE JUST YET.

AND, YOU KNOW, LUBBOCK IS GROWING IN EVERY DIRECTION.

YES, MA'AM. AND I FORESEE IN THE FUTURE THAT YOU'LL START SEEING GROWTH AROUND YOU.

SO, THAT BEING SAID, I.

I BELIEVE THAT IT WILL, BUT I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU ARE FORECASTING THAT AND PREPARING FOR THE GROWTH THAT WILL HAPPEN AND LIKELY IN RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES.

SO THAT WOULD BE A TERRIFIC THING.

AND THE BEST WE CAN ALL DO IS WORK WITH YOUR ENGINEERING STAFF TO MAKE SURE THAT WE'RE ALL PREPARED FOR THAT.

THERE'S THERE'S INFRASTRUCTURE IN PLACE ON, YOU KNOW, IN THE AREA.

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SO I THINK IT DOES AT LEAST NOTHING BUT MAYBE HELP IN TERMS OF INFRASTRUCTURE OUT THERE.

BUT THERE'S THERE IS VACANT LAND IN THE AREA.

AND I THINK ANY GROWTH IN THIS AREA WOULD BE WELCOMED FOR SURE.

I KNOW THAT YOU KNOW, NOT NOW, BUT LATER WHEN THOSE HOUSES DO START POPPING UP, THEY'RE GOING TO BE CONCERNED WITH THE CARBON FOOTPRINT AND MAKING SURE THAT YOU KNOW IT.

YOU WOULD THINK THAT IT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, IF YOU START PLUGGING YOURSELF INTO SOMETHING LIKE THAT, BUT THEY'RE GOING TO BLAME YOU.

SO THAT'S WHY I JUST WANT YOU TO BE VERY THOUGHTFUL IN THE FUTURE ABOUT THE ECOLOGY OF THAT AREA.

YES, MA'AM. I'M HAPPY TO REPORT THIS IS A FARM.

SO I THINK OUR CARBON FOOTPRINT WILL BE ABOUT AS LOW AS IT CAN BE.

IS IT GOING TO BE AN ORGANIC FARM? I CAN I CAN DEFER TO TROY ON THE OPERATIONS, BUT IT IS.

I'LL ANSWER IT THIS WAY. IT'S VERY HIGH TECH GROWTH PROCESSES AND VERY ENERGY EFFICIENT AND VERY GREEN.

I'M FAMILIAR WITH THIS TYPE OF FARMING.

AND SO BUT I JUST, YOU KNOW, LOOKING INTO THE FUTURE, YOU NEED TO BE PREPARED TO BASICALLY WHAT I'M SAYING.

WE CAN ANSWER ANY OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, MR. MCBRAYER, YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF TERRY.

MISS JOY. WHEN THIS PROJECT WAS FIRST DISCUSSED, WE TALKED ABOUT WATER AND WHETHER OR NOT WE WOULD BE ABLE TO RECAPTURE ANY OF THE WATER THAT THEY'RE USING FOR THE GROWTH.

AND. AT THAT TIME.

AND IT'S NOT YOUR PEOPLE THAT TOLD US THIS.

SOMEBODY ELSE SAID, NO, THEY CAN'T BECAUSE OF THE NUTRIENTS THAT THEY PUT INTO THE WATER FOR THE PLANTS.

I HAVE SINCE HEARD THAT, YES, YOU CAN RECAPTURE THAT WATER AND THEN IT CAN BE CLEANED UP SO THEY CAN USE IT AGAIN.

TRUE OR FALSE? THAT IS ABOVE MY PAY GRADE.

I THOUGHT IT WAS. I'M SORRY TO HEAR.

SO. YEAH. HE MAY.

TROY MAY BE ABLE TO BETTER.

OKAY. BETTER QUALIFY TO ANSWER THOSE TYPES OF QUESTIONS.

WELL, WE SEE ALL OF THESE LITTLE RECAPTURE PONDS.

I'LL CALL THEM ON ALL OF THE BUILDINGS.

SO YEAH. AND THAT IS PRIMARILY FOR CAPTURING AS MUCH RAINWATER AS WE POSSIBLY CAN.

YES, MA'AM. OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MAYOR.

CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

MY NAME IS TROY BATHMAN WITH PLANTE AG AND I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

BUT IN REGARDS TO YOUR DIRECT QUESTION, WE DO PURIFY THE WATER.

WE CAPTURE ALL THE RAINWATER OFF THE GREENHOUSES THROUGH GUTTER SYSTEMS. WE PUT IT INTO THE ACTUAL PONDING SYSTEM AND THEN PURIFY IT THROUGH OUR OSMOSIS SYSTEMS AND THEN FEED THE PLANTS THAT WAY AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO WE DO HAVE SOME DISCHARGE, BUT IT IS BROKEN DOWN WITH LIMITED CHEMICALS AND SO FORTH.

SO OUR WHOLE INTENT IS TO RECYCLE THE WATER AS MANY TIMES AS WE CAN.

SO AND SO THAT'S PRIMARILY FROM RAIN.

OR OR CITY.

WHAT GOES THROUGH THE THE PLANT PROCESS, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD.

I THINK THAT'S GOOD. OH IT'S GREAT.

YEAH. IT'S COMPARED TO OPEN FARMING, IT'S NIGHT AND DAY, CORRECT? YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MISS MARTINEZ.

GARCIA. OH.

YES, MA'AM. WATER, OF COURSE, IS A NATURAL CONCERN OF EVERYBODY.

BUT WILL YOU ALSO BE USING A CONDENSATION PROCESS FOR THAT OR.

WE HAVE. WE HAVE DIFFERENT SYSTEMS TO FEED THE PLANTS.

WE RAISE THE HUMIDITY LEVEL AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO WE'RE UTILIZING THAT, OBVIOUSLY.

BUT OUR SYSTEM IS THROUGH TRAYS AND SO FORTH, AND IT'S HYDROPONIC.

SO BASICALLY THE PLANT IS WE DON'T HAVE SOILS IN OUR ENVIRONMENT.

SO AGAIN, THE SYSTEM FLOWS AND UTILIZES MUCH OF THE WATER AND RECYCLE IT AS MUCH AS WE CAN.

SO THE THE ANSWER IS IS YES WE DO.

BUT IT'S A HYDROPONIC SYSTEM.

SO THANK YOU.

THROUGH TRAYS. YES, MA'AM.

ALL RIGHT. I'M. I'M MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

IS IT BACK TO YOU? I'M SHOWING UP YOUR RED.

YES, SIR. DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER QUESTION? ALL RIGHT, I DO, AND I REALIZE I'M A SHORT TIMER, SO EVERYBODY'S TREATING ME A LITTLE DIFFERENT, SO.

WELL, THAT'S BECAUSE YOU JUST APPOINTED ME TO ANOTHER BOARD.

I THINK THIS QUESTION IS FOR MISS KRISTEN.

YES, MA'AM. THIS IS OUR FIRST TIME DEALING WITH SUCH A DISTRICT RESIDENTIAL ESTATES DISTRICT WITH REGARDS TO BUFFERING.

AROUND THIS PARTICULAR MAKEUP, I WON'T CALL IT A FACILITY BECAUSE THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT.

IS THAT A REQUIREMENT AND WHAT WILL THAT LOOK LIKE? WHAT WILL BE THE DISTANCE ON THAT? I DON'T BELIEVE THERE ARE BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS FOR THIS DISTRICT BECAUSE IT IS YOUR LARGE LOT, TWO ACRE RESIDENTIAL LOTS OR AG

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AND IT DOESN'T HAVE ANY ANY DOESN'T BEAR ON THE FACT THAT THERE ARE SOME RESIDENTIAL SPACES NEAR THAT.

NO THE BECAUSE THE THE BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENTS AND THE LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED ON THE DISTRICT ITSELF.

THE OTHER LOT DENSITY AND DIMENSION REQUIREMENTS ARE BASED ON THE USE.

SO IT WILL HAVE INCREASED SETBACKS SINCE IT'S NOT A RESIDENTIAL USE, BUT IT WON'T HAVE THOSE BUFFERING REQUIREMENTS.

HAS THERE BEEN ANY DISCUSSION OF MAYBE THE KINDNESS OF THE.

MR. CHOI NOW, CONSIDERING THAT.

YES, MA'AM. THE ANSWER IS YES.

WE'LL BE OFFSETTING THE BUILDINGS OFF THE PROPERTY LINE TO GIVE A BUFFER ZONE FROM THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY.

SO OUR INTENT IS TO DO THAT? YES, MA'AM. NO.

ANY TYPE OF LANDSCAPING OR ANYTHING OF THAT NATURE.

THE. THE INTENT IS TO LANDSCAPE THOSE AREAS, BUT TO BASICALLY HAVE THEM AS A AS A SOURCE OF MAINTENANCE AROUND THE BUILDINGS AND GIVE US SOME BUFFER TO BRING TRUCKS IN IF NEEDED.

IS VERY LIMITED BASIS OF MAINTENANCE AROUND THE BUILDINGS.

SO AND I'M JUST ASKING THAT, YOU KNOW, IF YOU SEE THE NEED FOR SOMETHING ADDITIONAL THAT YOU BEAR THAT IN MIND AND MAYBE THINK OF THE AREA THAT THOSE THINGS IN PLACE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR KINDNESS.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU, THANK YOU.

MAY I ADDRESS THAT AS WELL? LET ME LET ME LET ME PASS ON THAT FOR A MINUTE, TERRY, AND LET ME GET TO MISS JOY'S QUESTION.

HERE, BECAUSE I THINK WE'RE GOING THE SAME PLACE.

HONESTLY, WHEN WE WERE SPENDING YEARS ON THIS UDC.

I DON'T THINK WE ANTICIPATED 693 ACRE.

RURAL RESIDENTIAL DISTRICT.

SO ALL OF THAT IS TO SAY, IF THAT'S THE ONLY PLACE IT FITS.

WE'RE KIND OF STUCK.

BUT I DO THINK, MISS SAGER, THAT WE NEED TO LOOK AT THAT BECAUSE THAT'S A VERY THIS IS A BUSINESS.

AND THOSE RESIDENTIAL ESTATES WE FOUND A LOT OF TIMES WE HAD PEOPLE, THEY HAD SHEEP OR THEY HAD GOATS OR THE HORSES OR COWS, BUT THEY WERE THEY WERE NOT OPERATIONS.

SO I DO THINK WE NEED TO TAKE A LOOK AT THAT AND SEE IF WE DON'T DO AN AMENDMENT TO SEE IF WE COULDN'T CAPTURE THIS A LITTLE BIT BETTER TO, AS MISS PATTERSON HARRIS IS SAYING, YOU KNOW, THERE'S SOME ISSUES WITH NEIGHBORHOODS AND AS WE GROW OUT THERE, HEAVEN ONLY KNOWS.

SO JUST MY THOUGHT I UNDERSTOOD.

AND I'LL I'LL SPEAK TO THAT A LITTLE BIT.

THERE THERE ARE ELEMENTS OF THIS PROPERTY THAT BY DEFAULT PROVIDE SOME, IF NOTHING ELSE, SPACE.

FOR EXAMPLE, ON THE FAR SOUTH END, THAT BIG BLUE BOX, THAT'S THAT'S NOT JUST A PRETTY BLUE TARP, THAT'S PLAYA LAKE.

AND SO WE'RE, WE'RE WE'RE GOING TO HAVE SORT OF BUILT IN SEPARATION ALONG THE RESIDENCES ALONG FOURTH STREET TO A LARGE DEGREE.

RIGHT. BECAUSE WE'LL HAVE THAT PLAYA LAKE THAT WILL AND WE'LL CERTAINLY RESHAPE IT AND MAXIMIZE THE USE OF OUR PLAYA LAKE.

BUT IT WILL BE HUNDREDS OF FEET LIKELY BEFORE BETWEEN THE BACKS OF THOSE RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES THAT ARE IN THE COUNTY, BY THE WAY, AND ANY BUILDING ON OURS. THE OTHER THING THAT I'D LIKE TO POINT OUT ABOUT THE, THE, THE CONCEPT OF THIS SITE PLAN, WHICH WILL REMAIN IN PLACE, ALL OF THE ACTIVITY ON THIS PROPERTY IS INTERIOR TO THE PROPERTY.

YOU WILL NOTICE ON THE SITE PLAN THAT THE DARKER GREEN PACK HOUSES ARE ALL ORIENTED TOWARDS THE INSIDE OF THE PROPERTY, AND SO THERE'S OTHER THERE'S REALLY NO ACTIVITY ANTICIPATED AROUND THE EDGES OF THOSE GREEN HOUSES THAT ARE ANYWHERE NEAR THAT.

SO I BELIEVE JUST THE WAY THE PROPERTY IS SHAPING UP, I THINK WE'RE GOING TO ACCOMPLISH THAT WITHOUT NEEDING TO PUT A BUNCH OF TREES IN PLACE.

YES, MA'AM. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU. TERRY. ALL RIGHT.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 7.5.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.5, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

APPRECIATE YOU COMING INTO TOWN.

I THINK MANY OF US ARE VERY EXCITED ABOUT THIS PROJECT, AND WE'RE GRATEFUL THAT YOU ALL ARE CONTRIBUTING AND INVESTING IN OUR COMMUNITY.

SO THANK YOU VERY MUCH. AND TERRY, THANKS FOR ALL Y'ALL'S WORK ON THIS.

MESEGUER 7.6.

ITEM 7.6 IS ZONED CASE 0769B.

[6. Public Hearing - Planning (District 2): Consider a request for Zone Case 0769-B, a request of 3R & P Holdings, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Heavy Commercial District (HC), at 1611 82nd Street, located south of 82nd Street and west of Avenue P, on 3.053 acres of unplatted land out of Block E, Section 9, and consider an ordinance.]

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WE SENT OUT 54 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING ZERO IN FAVOR AND TWO IN OPPOSITION.

THE TWO IN OPPOSITION WOULD PREFER TO SEE THIS AREA REMAIN RESIDENTIALLY ZONED.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF 82ND STREET, WEST OF AVENUE P.

HERE THE TWO RESPONSES WE RECEIVED IN OPPOSITION.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT.

PROPERTY. THERE IS RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH, COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST AND EAST AND SOUTH.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS SINGLE FAMILY SF TWO.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL SF TWO TO THE SOUTH, NORTH AND EAST, WITH NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST AND SOME LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH.

FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL LAND USES.

AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THIS IS A SITE PLAN PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

THE INTENT IS TO BUILD CONTRACTOR SHOPS ON THIS PROPERTY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA FOR COMMERCIAL LAND USES.

THE REQUEST DOES CONFORM TO THIS DESIGNATION AND WOULD BE APPROPRIATE ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE.

THE ZONE CHANGES IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

82ND STREET IS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.

STAFF RECOMMENDS APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU, MISS SAGER.

ALL RIGHT. AT THIS TIME, I WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 7.6 ANY WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 7.6, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE ANY HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.6.

YOU MAY MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN OR STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ROHIT MITTAL.

I'M WITH THREE RNP HOLDINGS AT 2429 34TH STREET.

WE ORIGINALLY PURCHASED THIS TRACK ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

I THINK LUBBOCK CAD AND EVERY BROKER ORIGINALLY THOUGHT THAT THIS WAS ALREADY COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL ZONED, MAINLY BECAUSE TO THE SOUTH IS THE GIANT L AND L SUBSTATION. TO THE EAST IS AN AT&T KIND OF STORAGE STOCKYARD, AND TO THE WEST IS DOLLAR GENERAL.

SO WE PURCHASED IT, DISCOVERED AFTER WE PURCHASED IT THAT IT WAS NOT AND IT WAS SOMEHOW RESIDENTIAL ZONED, EVEN THOUGH IT'S ON THE MAIN THOROUGHFARE OF 82ND STREET AND THE ZONING BOARD, I BELIEVE THE ZONING, THE PNC WAS ALSO KIND OF SURPRISED LAST TIME WE CAME.

SO WE'RE JUST PRESENTING THIS HERE FOR CONTRACTOR SHOPS.

WE'RE VISUALIZING SORT OF FOR CATEGORY A SEVEN, 6 TO 7000FT² EACH THAT WOULD THEN BE BROKEN DOWN INTO ABOUT 1000 TO 1200FT² PER CONTRACTOR SHOP.

AND THOSE WOULD THEN BE AVAILABLE FOR LEASE.

I'M SAYING THERE CLASS A BECAUSE THEY WOULD BE KIND OF LIKE REALLY NICE STUCCO BRICK DOING ON THE FRONT, KIND OF REALLY CONFORM TO WHAT THAT AREA PROVIDES.

SO THE AREA ACROSS THE STREET, PRIMARILY OFFICES AND APARTMENTS DUPLEXES AND THEN COMMERCIAL.

LET ME MAKE SURE I DID CHAT.

I TRIED TO CHAT WITH PEOPLE IN OPPOSITION.

I COULDN'T GET A HOLD OF THEM.

ONE OF THEM, WHICH WAS ON THE EAST SIDE, THAT OWNER ACTUALLY OWNS THE BUILDING FOR FAMILY DOLLAR.

HE'S THE ONE THAT PUT A NOTE IN THE OPPOSITION THAT SAYS THAT HE WOULD PREFER FOR IT TO REMAIN A RESIDENTIAL.

I'M NOT TOO SURE. I COULDN'T GET A HOLD OF HIM.

I GOT THAT NOTIFICATION YESTERDAY.

I DON'T REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT THAT WAS REFERRING TO BECAUSE HE OWNS FAMILY DOLLAR ON 82ND STREET, SO IT'S LITERALLY JUST RIGHT DOWN THE BLOCK ON THE OTHER SIDE OF AVENUE.

I BELIEVE IT'S AVENUE P.

BUT OTHER THAN THAT, OTHER THAN THAT, THIS IS A FULL COMMERCIAL AREA WITH DOLLAR GENERAL OFFICES AND STOCKYARDS INDUSTRIAL AREA.

BUT I'M OPEN TO ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. MITTAL. A PUBLIC HEARING IS STILL OPEN TO ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.6.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 7.6.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7.6? THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ.

GARCIA, ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT OR ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS ON 7.6 OR DISCUSSION? MISS PATTERSON HARRIS. I THINK THE GENTLEMAN WENT.

GET ON BACK UP HERE, MR. MITTAL. I HAVE A QUESTION.

THIS IS ACTUALLY.

NUMBER TWO.

DISTRICT NUMBER TWO.

TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT.

I KNOW YOU INDICATED MAYBE A STUCCO TYPE.

COVERING. WHAT? WHAT ELSE WOULD IT LOOK LIKE? IS THERE GOING TO BE SOME LANDSCAPING, SOME TREES, SOME SOMETHING TO TO PERK IT UP A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I KNOW THAT KIND OF A LITTLE FURTHER DOWN.

I'M TRYING TO REMEMBER.

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THERE ARE SOME.

ACTUALLY, THEY'RE NOT THEY'RE NOT STORAGE TYPE DEALS ARE CONTRACTOR TYPE FACILITIES.

THEY'RE SMALL OFFICE SPACES.

SO YOU KNOW WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT.

OKAY. SO TALK TO ME A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THIS.

AND HOW WILL THESE, THOSE FOLKS WHO ARE LEASING THE, THE SPACES GET IN AND OUT OF THE OFF OF THE PROPERTY. SO WE'RE STILL GENERALLY WORKING ON DESIGN SPECIFICATIONS, BUT THIS IS HOW WE'RE VISUALIZING THE FRONT, THE KIND OF LOOK LIKE A RETAIL.

SO I'M JUST IMAGINE LIKE A SHOPPING CENTER WHERE YOU JUST HAVE SORT OF SORT OF THE GLASS WINDOWS AND YOU WOULD ENTER THOSE NO GARAGES OR ANYTHING ON THE FRONT, ALL OF THE ACTUAL SORT OF THE CONTRACTOR SIDE OF IT.

AND THE WAREHOUSES WILL BE IN THE BACK.

SO FACING THE PENAL SUBSTATION, THE FRONT OF IT'S GOING TO HAVE I THINK THE CITY REQUIRES 5% LANDSCAPING.

WE TYPICALLY BUMP THAT UP WITH TREES WITH LIKE BUSHES AND GRASS, AND THOSE ARE ALL GOING TO BE MAINTAINED BY US.

SO THE CONTRACTORS AREN'T RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING ON THE EXTERIOR.

WE CONTINUE THAT MAINTENANCE EVERY I THINK EVERY I THINK IN OUR EXISTING BUILDINGS JUST EVERY TWO WEEKS.

SO THAT'S LIKE PULLING ALL THE WEEDS, CUTTING THE GRASS, MAKING SURE NOTHING'S YELLOW, MAKING IT KIND OF A NICER COMMUNITY FOR THOSE CONTRACTORS AND THEN THEIR CUSTOMERS AS WELL. BECAUSE I AGREE WITH YOU.

I MEAN, THAT'S RIGHT IN FRONT OF KIND OF BLOCKING OR BEING A BARRIER FOR FOLKS PASSING BY TO SEE ALL OF THE LPL.

AND I THINK THAT AT&T STUFF THAT'S OVER THERE.

SO AT&T IS JUST TO THE EAST OF IT.

YES. AND SO I THINK YOU KIND OF HELP THE AREA JUST A LITTLE BIT AND KIND OF.

TAKEN AWAY THE VIEW OF THOSE ITEMS, THOSE TALL PIECES THAT ARE THERE.

SO AND I UNDERSTAND WHAT THE CITIZENS ARE THINKING ABOUT BECAUSE ALSO THERE'S TO THE NORTH OF YOUR PROPERTY, THERE'S ALSO A SPREAD OF PROPERTY THAT FOLKS OVER THERE HAVE BEEN WAITING ANXIOUSLY FOR SOME TYPE OF HOUSING OR WHAT HAVE YOU TO BE OVER THERE.

AND I KNOW THAT WE HAVE A COUPLE OPPOSITIONS, BUT I THINK THAT THIS WOULD BE ALMOST A BENEFIT FOR LANDING IN THAT LOCATION, SO I HAVE NO PROBLEM IN SUPPORTING IT. WE OBVIOUSLY AGREE WITH YOU, SO.

THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON. HARRIS.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU, MR. MARTEL.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.6, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING.

SEVEN SEVEN.

[7. Public Hearing - Planning (District 2): Consider a request for Zone Case 3501, a request of VIA Real Estate, LLC, for the Estate of Charles E. Prater, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Heavy Commercial District (HC), at 11311 University Avenue, located east of University Avenue and north of 114th Street, on 7.145 acres of unplatted land out of Block E, Section 10, and consider an ordinance.]

THE REQUEST IS FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM SF TWO TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL.

WE SEND OUT 20 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING ZERO IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED AT THE NORTHEAST CORNER OF UNIVERSITY AND 114TH.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THERE'S RESIDENTIAL TO THE WEST AND ADDITIONAL VACANT LAND AROUND IT.

CURRENT ZONING IS SF2.

IT IS SURROUNDED BY HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL, HEAVY COMMERCIAL, AND THE MEDIUM DENSITY TO THE WEST.

FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR COMMERCIAL LAND USES.

AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

HERE'S A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

AND THE PROPOSAL IS FOR A NEW TRACTOR SUPPLY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE DESIGNATION IS FOR COMMERCIAL LAND USES.

THE REQUEST IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS DESIGNATION.

IT IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

114TH STREET AND UNIVERSITY ARE DESIGNATED AS PRINCIPAL AND MINOR ARTERIALS.

STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MISS SAGER.

ALL RIGHT, NOW, I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 7.7.

IF ANYONE HERE IS WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 7.7, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ALL ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.7.

YOU MAY MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN OR STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR.

LUBBOCK CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M JT SHELTON.

I'M THE VICE PRESIDENT OF V REAL ESTATE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT.

I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS AND ADDRESS ANY CONCERNS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU. JT. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.7? ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 7.7.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7.7? THANK YOU, DR.

WILSON. THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON.

HARRIS. IS THERE ANY.

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ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.7, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

THANK YOU, JT, FOR BEING HERE.

ALL RIGHT, MISS SAGER, 7.8.

[8. Public Hearing - Planning (District 6): Consider a request for Zone Case 3181-C, a request of Delta Land Surveying and Engineering for Juan Miguel Hernandez, for a zone change from Office District (OF) to Neighborhood Commercial District (NC), generally located west of North Frankford Avenue and south of Kemper Street, on 3.572 acres of unplatted land out of Block JS, Section 7, and consider an ordinance.]

SEE, THE REQUEST IS FOR A ZONE CHANGE FROM OFFICE TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL.

WE SEND OUT 84 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING ONE IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF NORTH FRANKFORD AVENUE AND SOUTH OF KEMPER STREET.

HERE'S THE RESPONSE MAP SHOWING THE ONE RESPONSE WE RECEIVED BACK IN FAVOR.

SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT.

THERE IS RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST AND WEST AND OTHER COMMERCIAL FURTHER SOUTH ON FRANKFORD.

CURRENT ZONING IS OFFICE DISTRICT.

IT IS ADJACENT TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ALONG FRANKFORD AVENUE AND SF2 TO THE WEST.

FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.

AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

HERE'S THE GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THE PROPOSED AREA TO BE REZONED.

THE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES.

WHILE THE REQUEST FOR NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THIS DESIGNATION, IT IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION ALONG A MAJOR THOROUGHFARE AND ADJACENT TO OTHER NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING.

THE ZONE CHANGES IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

THE PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF KEMPER STREET, WHICH IS THE LOCAL STREET, AND NORTH FRANKFORD AVENUE, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS THE PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.

STAFF RECOMMENDED APPROVAL OF THIS REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH THE UNANIMOUS VOTE.

THANK YOU, MR. SPEAKER.

I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 7.8.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 7.8? YOU MAY APPROACH AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.8 MAY STEP FORWARD TO MAKE YOURSELF KNOWN AT THIS TIME.

AFTERNOON. MAYOR, COUNCIL MEMBERS.

ROBERT KENNEDY WITH THE DELTA LAND SURVEYING.

THIS IS ONE OF SEVERAL PROPERTIES THAT WE'RE WORKING ON WITH THIS CLIENT TO EXPAND.

HIS RESTAURANT BUSINESS INTO.

AND YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY. THERE MAY BE SOME HERE SHORTLY.

MAYBE. ALL RIGHT.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.8? ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 7.8.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7.8? THANK YOU, MISS JOY.

THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. GARCIA.

ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? DISCUSSION? QUESTIONS OF MR. KENNEDY OR MISS SAGER, MISS JOY? MR. KENNEDY, YOU SAID TO EXPAND HIS RESTAURANT INTO.

YES, MA'AM. IS THERE ALREADY SOMETHING IN THAT LOCATION? I DON'T THINK SO.

NO NO NO NO, NOT.

I'M. I'M SORRY.

THAT'S OKAY. YEAH. HE HAS A HE'S WANTING TO BUILD ADDITIONAL RESTAURANTS.

OKAY. EXPAND HIS SITES OF OPERATION.

OKAY? YES, MA'AM. WHAT? WE NEEDED OUT THERE VERY MUCH.

WE'RE A FOOD DESERT OUT THERE.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

WHAT? WHAT KIND OF RESTAURANT? IT'S A JALISCO. ALL RIGHT.

SO THANK YOU. THEY NEED CHIPS AND SALSA EVERYWHERE.

IT'S NEVER GO WRONG WITH CHIPS AND SALSA.

THANK YOU, MR. KENNEDY.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 7.8.

ALL IN FAVOR OF 7.8, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 7.9.

[9. Public Hearing - Engineering: Hold a public hearing regarding a proposed update to the Impact Fee Ordinance pursuant to City of Lubbock Ordinance 2020-O0136, Section 41.06.003, and consider an ordinance amending the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Chapter 41, "IMPACT FEES," Article 41.01 to add a definition and Article 41.05 to clarify a provision for certain projects exempt from impact fees. ]

I WAS NOT AWARE WE HAD THE JOY OF THE ENGINEER TODAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON. DO YOU SOLEMNLY PLEASE RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND? OKAY. ALL RIGHT. GO AHEAD, MR. KEENUM. AS LONG AS YOU DON'T TELL AGGIE JOKES.

SO SEVEN NINE IS IMPACT FEE ORDINANCE UPDATE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WAS MENTIONED DURING THE SEMIANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CITIZENS CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND THEIR SEMI ANNUAL MEETING BACK IN MARCH, AND THIS IS JUST BRINGING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION.

OBVIOUSLY, YOU SEE THAT THIS IS REQUIRES A PUBLIC HEARING BASED ON OUR ORDINANCE JUST TO KEEP EVERYTHING PUBLIC.

THIS IS REALLY A CLEANUP AND PRIMARILY FOR STAFF THAT WHAT THE ORIGINAL INTENT WAS ON SOME OF THE EXEMPTIONS THAT WERE THERE.

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AND SO ALL WE'VE DONE IN THIS ONE IS ADD THIS WORD PREVIOUSLY.

SO NO ADDITIONAL ROADWAY IMPACT FEE SHALL BE ASSESSED FOR EXISTING PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED BUILDINGS.

AND SO THE FACT THAT SAID OCCUPIED BEFORE WE HAD A HARD TIME WITH THAT.

LIKE IT'S AN EXISTING BUT IT'S VACANT.

AND SO THIS NEVER APPLIED.

AND THEN ALSO ON ITEM THREE THERE TO SAY INSTEAD OF MODIFIED BY LESS THAN 100, 1000 ADDITIONAL SQUARE FEET, NOT INCREASED BY MORE THAN 1000FT².

SO IF THE EXISTING BUILDING PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED.

AND YOU'RE NOT EXPANDING THE FOOTPRINT BY 1000FT², IT WOULD NOT BE ASSESSED AN IMPACT FEE.

AND THEN WE ADDED A DEFINITION TO DEFINE WHAT PREVIOUSLY OCCUPIED IT.

SO THAT'S REALLY ALL THIS IS REALLY A CLEANUP FOR STAFF PRIMARILY.

AND JUST WANTED TO BRING THIS TO TO YOU ALL TODAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU MR. KEENUM.

DID YOU SAY THIS IS ROADWAY ONLY.

THAT IS CORRECT OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. YOU MIGHT STAY THERE IF THERE'S FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 7.9.

THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY. ANY QUESTIONS OF MIKE MR., ATKINSON OR ANYBODY ELSE? WE DO NEED TO HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING, SIR.

OH, GOSH. THANKS, MIKE.

YOU'RE RIGHT. WELL, LET'S HOLD OFF ON THAT MOTION.

YOU KNOW, YOU GUYS GOT TO GET CORRECTED BY AN AGGIE.

IT'S A ROUGH DAY.

THERE'S YOUR AGGIE JOKE.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A.

I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO 7.9.

YOU HEARD THIS IS JUST A CHANGE.

BASICALLY A CHANGE FOR STAFF AND CLARIFICATION PROVISIONS.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THIS CHANGE, PLEASE STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 7.9, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT, I SEE NONE.

I'M SORRY I JUMPED THE GUN ON THAT.

BUT I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND GO BACK TO PROCEDURE.

WE HAD A MOTION AND A SECOND.

WHO GAVE US. WHO GAVE ME MY FIRST.

MY MOTION. MR. MASSENGALE SECONDED BY MISS JOY.

THANK YOU. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION OR QUESTIONS OF STAFF ON THIS CLEANUP? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.9, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT, NOW WE'LL MOVE TO 7.10 AND 7.11.

[10. Resolution - Right-of-Way: Consider a resolution authorizing the Condemnation of a Property by Eminent Domain; Determining the public necessity for the project; Authorizing the acquisition of real property rights necessary for the project; Authorizing all other acts to complete condemnation proceedings; and establishing an effective date. Said properties being a 0.11-acre tract of land located in Section 39, Block AK, Lubbock County Texas, being a portion of a called 2.72-acre tract described in County Clerk File Number 2018047791, Official Public Records, Lubbock County, Texas, deeded to D&M Myers Trust, and being a 242 square foot Temporary Construction Easement located in Section 39, Block AK, Lubbock County Texas, being a portion of a called 2.72-acre tract described in County Clerk File Number 2018047791, Official Public Records, Lubbock County, Texas, deeded to D&M Myers Trust, and being a 0.21-acre tract of land located in Section 38, Block AK, Lubbock County Texas, being a portion of a called 41.291-acre tract described in County Clerk File Number 2018010270 Official Public Records, Lubbock County, Texas, deeded to Pat Murden, and being a 0.07-acre tract of land located in Section 38, Block AK, Lubbock County Texas, being a portion of a called 41.291-acre tract described in County Clerk File Number 2018010270 Official Public Records, Lubbock County, Texas, deeded to Pat Murden.]

AND THEN WE WILL TAKE THESE UP INDIVIDUALLY AND CAN GO INTO FOR FURTHER DISCUSSION IF NECESSARY, MISS JOY.

OKAY. PAY ATTENTION.

TAKE NOTES. I MOVE THAT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS, AUTHORIZE THE USE OF THE POWER OF EMINENT DOMAIN TO ACQUIRE THE FOLLOWING.

FOR INTEREST OF LAND FROM TWO PARCELS AS FOLLOWS ONE.

AN 1100 ACRE FEE SIMPLE TRACT OF LAND AND A 242FT² TEMPORARY CONSTRUCTION EASEMENT OUT OF A CALLED TWO AND 7200 ACRES TRACT DESCRIBED IN A SPECIAL WARRANTY DEED TO D AND M MEYERS TRUST, RECORDED IN COUNTY CLERK FILE NUMBER (201) 804-7791.

OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS SITUATED IN SECTION 39, BLOCK EIGHT K OF THE GC AND SF RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY, LUBBOCK, TEXAS AND IS LOCATED AT 3602 UPLAND UPLAND AVENUE, WEST OF UPLAND AVENUE AND NUMBER TWO.

A 21/100 ACRE FEE SIMPLE AND A SEVEN HUNDREDTHS ACRE FEE SIMPLE.

TRACKS OUT OF THE REMAINDER OF A CALLED 41 DECIMAL, 291 ACRE TRACT, DESCRIBED IN A TRANSFER ON DEATH DEED TO MERTON PAT.

RECORDED IN COUNTY CLERK FILE NUMBER (201) 801-0270.

OFFICIAL PUBLIC RECORDS LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS SITUATED IN SECTION 38, BLOCK EIGHT K OF THE BNSF RAILROAD COMPANY SURVEY, LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS AND IS INDICATED LOCATED AT 7022 50TH STREET ABUTTING 50TH STREET AND UPLAND AVENUE.

THE DESCRIBED FOR INTEREST IN THE TWO PARCELS OF LAND ARE FOR THE PURPOSES OF LAYING OUT, OPENING, CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING, WIDENING, EXTENDING AND OPERATING ERSKINE STREET IN LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, INCLUDING ANY PUBLIC UTILITIES OR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY.

THAT'S THE MOTION.

IS THERE A SECOND?

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HARRIS. ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION ON ITEM 710.

READ INTO THE RECORD BY MISS JOY AND A SECOND BY MAYOR PRO TEM PATTERSON HARRIS.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION ON 7.10? ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.10, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING RIGHT ALONG.

WE'LL DO THE SAME THING ON 7.11, MISS JOY.

[11. Resolution - Right of Way: Consider a resolution authorizing Condemnation of Property by Eminent Domain; Determining the Public Necessity for the Project; Authorizing the Acquisition of Real Property Rights Necessary for the Project; Authorizing All Other Acts to Complete Condemnation Proceedings; and Establishing an Effective Date. Said property being a 0.8215-acre parcel, located in Section 2, Block JS, Lubbock County, Texas, being portions of a 27.42-acre tract described in the Official Public Records, Lubbock County, Texas as Milwaukee Four North South, Instrument 1992-14768, Volume 4188, Page 174.]

PORTION OF THAT CERTAIN 27 AND 420/200 ACRE TRACT CONVEYED TO THE PLAINS NATIONAL BANK OF LUBBOCK, DESCRIBED AS EXHIBIT B IN SHERIFF'S DEED AS RECORDED IN VOLUME 3768, PAGE 321.

OFFICIAL REAL PROPERTY RECORDS OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS AND PURSUANT TO CORRECTED SHERIFF'S DEED RECORDED IN VOLUME 4188, PAGE 174 AND IS LOCATED AT 6230 FOURTH STREET, ABUTTING FOURTH STREET AND MILWAUKEE AVENUE.

FOR THE PURPOSES OF LAYING, OUT, OPENING, CONSTRUCTING, RECONSTRUCTING, MAINTAINING, WIDENING, EXTENDING, AND OPERATING MILWAUKEE AVENUE IN LUBBOCK COUNTY, TEXAS, INCLUDING ANY PUBLIC UTILITIES OR DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS NECESSARY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS JOY.

I HAVE THAT MOTION. IS THERE A SECOND ON 7.11? THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

ALL RIGHT, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 7.11, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE NOW MOVING TO 7.12.

THIS IS THE BOARD APPOINTMENTS FOR OUR AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SANITARY SEWER LATERAL LINES FOR RESOLUTION NUMBER 2024

[12. Board Appointment - City Council: Appoint membership to the Ad Hoc Committee on sanitary sewer lateral lines, per Resolution No. 2024-R0203.]

I'M NAMING TO THE COMMITTEE AS MY APPOINTMENT JEFF REESE.

JEFF IS WILL BE CHAIR OF THAT COMMITTEE.

I HAVE DISTRICT ONE, JAMIE DELA CRUZ FOR MISS MARTINEZ GARCIA.

IS THAT CORRECT, MISS MARTINEZ? GARCIA? OKAY. ON DISTRICT TWO, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS DREW LANDRY.

DISTRICT FOUR.

MR.. MASSENGALE. JUSTIN.

BACCHUS. DISTRICT FIVE.

I HAVE DALE HANSARD.

DISTRICT SIX, I HAVE JOE RUSHING.

NO, NO, I'M SORRY, MISS DISTRICT SIX.

MATT HADLEY. ALL RIGHT.

WRITTEN ON MY NOTES. WRONG.

MR. SATTERWHITE.

MR. MCRAE INDICATED HE DID NOT HAVE AN APPOINTMENT.

HE WAS GOING TO LEAVE.

THAT. I'M NOT SURE WHEN THIS COMMITTEE'S FIRST MEETING WILL BE.

IF WE DON'T HAVE A NAMED APPOINTMENT, IS THAT IS THAT SOMETHING TO BE NAMED LATER? CAN WE JUST LEAVE THAT OPEN AT THIS POINT? CREATE THE COMMITTEE. I THINK AT THIS POINT, UNLESS YOU HAD HIS NAME, IT'S GOING TO REMAIN VACANT AS TO WHAT IS DONE WITH IT. WE COULD WE COULD TRY TO GET YOU AN ANSWER ON THAT.

HE MAY BE ABLE TO TO NAME IT AS HIS APPOINTEE.

IT IS DESIGNATED FOR DISTRICT THREE.

SO I DON'T KNOW THAT THAT'S ACTUALLY AN ACTION OF THE COUNCIL TODAY AS MUCH AS THE NEXT FOUR ARE.

UNLESS YOU WISH TO ACCEPT THEM.

IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

IT'S GOING TO BE VACANT UNTIL HE DOES NAME IT THOUGH.

EITHER WAY, IS IT POSSIBLE THAT THAT WE COULD NAME SOMEONE? WE COULD NAME AN INTERIM AT THIS POINT, BUT THAT'S NOT WHAT THE RESOLUTION CALLED FOR.

CORRECT. SO I THINK IT'S IT DOESN'T AND I WOULDN'T I WOULDN'T RECOMMEND THAT EITHER.

ALL RIGHT. WELL LET'S TAKE THOSE SIX APPOINTMENTS THAT WE HAVE NAMES OF.

AND I'M GOING TO MOVE OVER TO MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

MISS PATTERSON HARRIS. IF YOU COULD PLEASE READ THE NAMES OF THE OTHER RECOMMENDED APPOINTEES.

MR. H.D.

WEAVER. PLUMBING IS THE BUSINESS.

RANDY LOPEZ.

BLUE SKY PLUMBING, ERIC HIRST.

LOWRY PLUMBING.

MARK BRANSCOMB.

AND JOE RUSHING.

PLUMBING. JOE RUSHING.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, I BELIEVE THAT WILL CREATE MOST OF THE COMMITTEE.

WE'LL SEE IF WE CAN'T GET ANOTHER NAME TO ADD.

AND I DON'T THINK THAT REQUIRES ACTION OF COUNCIL.

SO THAT WILL BE THE APPOINTMENTS.

AND I GUESS AT THAT POINT, STAFF WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH THESE PARTIES AND CREATE THE FIRST MEETING TIME AND THEN MOVE FORWARD FROM THERE.

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IT IS RIGHT ROUGHLY 350.

AND WE ARE ADJOURNED.

CAN I HAVE ONE MORE TIME?

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.