Oct 08, 2024 Regular City Council Meeting

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THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECONVENE IN OPEN SESSION AT 1:32 P.M., AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO THE CEREMONIAL ITEMS.

[1. Frenship Independent School District Update]

AMEN. ALMIGHTY AND MERCIFUL FATHER OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WE GIVE YOU THANKS AND PRAISE FOR ALL OF YOUR MIGHTY WORKS.

YOU HAVE MADE ALL THINGS YOU HAVE MADE US AND GIVEN US OUR BODIES AND SOULS, OUR SENSES AND FACULTIES, AND HAVE LAID OUT BEFORE EACH OF US THE LIFE WE ARE TO LIVE.

YOU ARE LOVING, GOOD AND GRACIOUS.

THANK YOU FOR CREATING US AND FOR SUSTAINING US WITH DAILY BREAD.

THANK YOU FOR SETTING US INTO HOMES, INTO FAMILIES, AND INTO TOWNS AND CITIES.

WE THANK YOU FOR THIS.

OUR BLESSED CITY OF LUBBOCK.

THANK YOU FOR THE MANY BLESSINGS YOU HAVE SHOWERED DOWN UPON TEXAS AND UPON THIS OUR CITY.

THANK YOU FOR OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS, THE BUSINESSES, THE CHURCHES, THE FAMILIES, AND THE INDIVIDUALS THAT MAKE OUR CITY THE GREAT PLACE THAT IT IS.

WE THANK YOU FOR THE FAITH OF SO MANY OF OUR NEIGHBORS HERE IN LUBBOCK.

YOUR BLESSING, WHICH IS MANIFEST ALL AROUND US IN NOT MANY CITIES OF THIS SIZE IN OUR COUNTRY, CAN WE HEAR THE PEOPLE WE MEET SAY, HAVE A BLESSED DAY.

AND YET, BY YOUR GRACE, WE HAVE THAT VERY BLESSING HERE.

BUT LORD, WE ACKNOWLEDGE THAT WE DO NOT DESERVE THESE GOOD GIFTS.

WE ARE NOT WORTHY OF YOUR FAVOR, FOR WE HAVE SINNED AGAINST YOU IN THOUGHT, WORD AND DEED.

WE DO THINGS THAT WE SHOULD NOT DO, AND WE DON'T DO THE THINGS THAT WE SHOULD DO.

WE HAVE NOT LOVED YOU WITH OUR WHOLE HEART, AND WE HAVE NOT LOVED OUR NEIGHBORS AS OURSELVES.

AS A RESULT, THE WORKS OF THE FLESH ARE WITHIN US AND ALL AROUND US.

IDOLATRY, SORCERY, ENMITY, STRIFE, JEALOUSY, FITS OF ANGER, RIVALRIES, DISSENSIONS, DIVISIONS, ENVY, DRUNKENNESS, BACCHANALIA, AND THINGS LIKE THESE.

WE APPEAL TO THE LAMB OF GOD, JESUS CHRIST, WHO DIED FOR OUR SINS.

FORGIVE US AND GIVE US HEARTS OF OBEDIENCE TO YOUR HOLY SCRIPTURES MANIFEST IN US AND IN THE CITY THE FRUIT OF YOUR SPIRIT, LOVE, JOY, PEACE, PATIENCE, KINDNESS, GOODNESS, FAITHFULNESS, GENTLENESS, AND SELF-CONTROL.

WE THANK YOU THAT JESUS ROSE FROM THE DEAD AND NOW REIGNS AS KING OVER HEAVEN AND EARTH.

GRANT THAT OUR CITY WOULD BE KNOWN AS A RIGHTEOUS CITY, A CITY THAT CONFESSES JESUS AS LORD.

A CITY OF PEACE AND HOPE.

A CITY WITH HAPPY HOMES.

A CITY THAT CARES FOR THE NEEDY.

A CITY THAT DEFENDS THE INNOCENT FROM EVILDOERS.

MAKE THIS CITY A FITTING HERITAGE FOR OUR CHILDREN, OUR POSTERITY.

LORD, THANK YOU FOR CIVIL GOVERNMENT.

THOSE WHO BEAR THE SWORD DO SO AS YOUR MINISTERS TO BE A TERROR TO THOSE WHO DO EVIL.

WE PRAY THAT OUR CIVIL SERVANTS WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE THIS CALLING AND PERFORM IT FAITHFULLY.

BE WITH OUR JUDGES, ATTORNEYS, AND LAW ENFORCEMENT.

GRANT THEM THE WISDOM AND COURAGE TO BE FAITHFUL TO THEIR VOWS OF OFFICE.

GRANT THAT THEY WOULD NEVER NEGLECT OR ABUSE THEIR AUTHORITY, BUT THEY WOULD STAND FIRM FOR TRUTH AND JUSTICE.

KEEP THEM SAFE FROM HARM AS THEY SERVE US.

WE PRAY FOR THIS CITY COUNCIL MEETING THIS AFTERNOON.

GIVE THE COUNCIL WISDOM AND GUIDANCE AS THEY DELIBERATE ON THE ITEMS BEFORE THEM.

MAY EVERY DECISION BE RIGHTEOUS IN YOUR SIGHT FOR OUR BENEFIT AND FOR YOUR GLORY.

IN THE NAME OF JESUS, AMEN.

AMEN. PLEASE JOIN ME IN THE PLEDGE OF ALLEGIANCE.

. THANK YOU.

WE WILL NOW CALL TO ORDER THE CITY COUNCIL MEETING AND TAKE UP.

AND ACTUALLY, THERE ARE NO CITIZEN COMMENTS TODAY.

AND ACCORDING TO LUBBOCK CITY COUNCIL RULES, ANY CITIZEN WISHING TO APPEAR IN PERSON BEFORE THE REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL, JUST SO YOU KNOW, REGARDING ANY MATTER POSTED ON THE CITY COUNCIL AGENDA, SHALL COMPLETE THE SIGNUP FORM PROVIDED AT THE MEETING NO LATER THAN 1:30 P.M.

ON OCTOBER 8TH, 2024.

AND PLEASE REMEMBER TO GIVE US YOUR NAME.

AND AS I MENTIONED, THERE ARE NONE.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD AND MOVE ON.

AT THIS TIME. I CALL THE MEETING TO ORDER AND WILL NOW TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM 5.1 THE MINUTES FOR THE SPECIAL CITY COUNCIL MEETING

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IS THERE A MOTION TO ACCEPT ITEM 5.1? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. THE MOTION CARRIES.

WE'LL NOW TAKE UP ITEM SIX, THE CONSENT AGENDA.

ITEM 6.1 AND 6.5 HAVE BEEN PULLED FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

AND NOW I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WITH THE EXCEPTION OF ITEM 6.1 AND 6.5.

IS THERE A MOTION? MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GLASHEEN, SECONDED BY COUNCILWOMAN DR.

WILSON. ALL IN FAVOR, SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED THE SAME SIGN.

MOTION CARRIES.

AND AT THIS TIME, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP A MOTION TO POSTPONE ITEM 6.5 UNTIL THE NOVEMBER THE 12TH MEETING. CAN I GET A MOTION FOR THAT? YEAH. SO MOVED.

MOTION BY DOCTOR WILSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

AND WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO CONSENT.

MADAM. MADAM MAYOR, IF I MIGHT WOULD SUGGEST ITEM 6.1 IS ONLY PULLED IN ORDER TO HAVE A RECUSAL BY A MEMBER OF THE COUNCIL WOULD SUGGEST THAT YOU HOLD THAT ITEM AND PICK IT BACK UP.

ALONG WITH ITEM 7.13 AT THE END OF THE MEETING TODAY.

OKAY, SO WE WILL MOVE ITEM 6.1 TO THE END OF THE AGENDA.

WITH THAT, CAN I GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION TO TAKE ON OR TO ACCEPT ITEM 6.2 THROUGH MAYOR PRO TEM, YOU HAVE ALREADY APPROVED THE REST OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO YOU CAN MOVE TO ITEM AGENDA ITEM SEVEN, THE REGULAR AGENDA AND START THERE. SORRY Y'ALL, I DON'T DO THIS EVERY DAY, BUT THANK YOU.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP REGULAR AGENDA ITEM 7.1 THROUGH 7.7 RELATED TO FINANCE.

SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON THE CITY MANAGER, JARRETT ATKINSON, TO PROVIDE AN OVERVIEW OF THOSE ITEMS AND INTRODUCE OUR FINANCIAL ADVISOR WHO WILL PROVIDE THE BRIEFINGS ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS. THANK YOU, MAYOR.

BE GLAD TO DO THAT.

AND AS I'M GOING THROUGH THESE ITEMS BRIEFLY, WE'LL ASK MATT BOWLES TO COME UP.

WE ALSO HAVE MISS CHERYL BROCK, OUR INTERIM CFO AVAILABLE COUNCIL.

THE SEQUENCE OF ITEMS THAT ARE 7.1 THROUGH 7.7 IS REALLY A GROUP OF OTHER THAN THE TWO REFUNDINGS.

THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT SET YOU IN PLACE TO IMPLEMENT THE BUDGET THAT WAS JUST RECENTLY ADOPTED.

7.1 AND 7.2 ARE REFUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

SO IN OUR PUBLIC FINANCE WORD REFUNDING IS REFINANCING.

THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY.

YOU HAVE COUNCIL POLICIES.

WE HAVE A DEBT POLICY THAT SAYS WHEN WE WILL LOOK AT REFUNDING AND WHAT WE WILL DO IN SHORT VERSION OF THAT, WE WILL ACHIEVE AT MINIMUM A 2% NET PRESENT VALUE SAVINGS.

WE TARGET HIGHER THAN THAT.

BUT THAT IS OUR MINIMUM.

AND I THINK MORE IMPORTANTLY, AND FOR THOSE THAT ARE LISTENING, WHEN WE DO A REFUNDING OR A REFINANCING, WE DO NOT EXTEND THE TERM OF THE DEBT.

SO MOST OF THESE TODAY ARE FROM 2014 OR 2015.

THEY BASICALLY HAVE TEN YEARS LEFT.

WE WILL ONLY DO THE REFUNDING IF WE BOTH SAVE THE MINIMUM OF THE 2% SAVINGS, AND WE WILL NOT EXTEND THE TERM.

SO IF THEY HAD TEN YEARS LEFT, THEY WILL HAVE TEN YEARS WHEN THEY GO FORWARD.

THAT WILL DO THOSE TWO.

SEVEN THREE IS CALLED A DEFEASANCE OR IT'S A PAYOFF.

THE AIRPORT IS IN A POSITION TO PAY OFF SOME DEBT, AND YOU WILL SEE THAT ON SEVEN, THREE, SEVEN, FOUR YOU HAVE YOUR NEW ITEMS COMING UP ON FIVE AND SIX, AS WELL AS SEVEN, WHICH IS FOR LP&L TO BE ABLE TO REDEEM SOME OF THEIRS.

AND WHEN WE GET TO 7.7, WE WILL ALSO ASK MR. HARVEY HALL, THEIR CHIEF FINANCIAL OFFICER, TO COME UP WITH THAT.

I HAVE RAMBLED ON A BIT, SO WE WILL LET MR. BOWLES TAKE US THROUGH THE WONDERFUL MATHEMATICS.

THANK YOU, MR. ATKINSON.

MAYOR PRO TEM, MEMBERS OF THE COUNCIL.

IT'S NICE TO BE IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY, AND WE HAVE A LAUNDRY LIST OF THINGS TO GO THROUGH HERE, AND WE'VE ARRANGED OUR PRESENTATION IN THE SAME ORDER THAT THE AGENDA IS ARRANGED.

SO I'LL TAKE THESE ONE BY ONE.

BEFORE I DO THAT, I WANT TO INTRODUCE JULIE MCMILLAN, MY COLLEAGUE FROM RBC, WHO'S WITH ME TODAY, AND GERRY KYLE, YOUR BOND COUNSEL FROM ORRICK, HERRINGTON AND SUTCLIFFE,

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THE FIRST ITEM THAT MR. ATKINSON WENT THROUGH, AND I BELIEVE, BY THE WAY, MR. KYLE WOULD LIKE US TO HAVE THE COUNCIL VOTE ON THESE AS WE GO THROUGH THEM.

SO WE'LL DO THIS ONE AT A TIME.

SO I BELIEVE THIS IS 7.1.

THE FIRST IS THE GENERAL OBLIGATION REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2024.

YOU SHOULD HAVE THAT IN FRONT OF YOU AND IT'S CAST ON THE SCREEN FOR THOSE WATCHING REMOTELY.

THIS IS A REFINANCING, AS MR. ATKINSON SAID OF A VARIETY OF THE CITY'S OUTSTANDING GENERAL OBLIGATION BOND ISSUES, NOTABLY SERIES 2014.

AND THEN YOU'VE GOT THREE SERIES FROM THE YEAR 2015 THAT ALL COMBINED AND EQUATE TO 47,630,000.

WE ESTIMATE THE SAVINGS AT THIS POINT IN TIME TO BE, ON A GROSS BASIS, JUST OVER $2 MILLION, AND ON A NET PRESENT VALUE BASIS, 1.8 MILLION, AVERAGING ABOUT 135,000 A YEAR.

AND THIS IS JUST ESSENTIALLY THIS IS AS SIMPLE AS TRADING HIGH COUPON DEBT FOR LOW COUPON DEBT, JUST LIKE YOU WOULD REFINANCE YOUR HOME MORTGAGE.

IT'S THAT SIMPLE.

THIS WOULD BE EFFECTUATED HERE IN NOVEMBER WITH A CLOSING IN DECEMBER, AND WOULD BE WRAPPED UP SO THAT YOU ALL COULD HAVE THIS SAID AS YOU GO INTO THE NEW CALENDAR YEAR 2025.

OKAY. THAT IS ITEM 7.1.

I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.1.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? THE MOTION CARRIES AND WE'LL NOW MOVE TO 7.2.

THANK YOU. ITEM 7.2 CONCERNS WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM REVENUE.

REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2024.

SAME INITIATIVE, SAME CONCEPT AS ON 7.1.

THIS, HOWEVER, IS WITH RESPECT TO OBLIGATIONS ISSUED THROUGH YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER LIEN.

THIS INCLUDES MOVING SOME EXISTING GENERAL OBLIGATION BONDS THAT WERE INITIALLY ISSUED FOR CAPEX IN YOUR WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM TO BE MOVED TO THAT LIEN, AS WE HAVE BEEN DOING CONSISTENTLY NOW FOR SEVERAL YEARS.

THIS EQUATES TO $60,615,000.

THE PROJECTED SAVINGS ON A GROSS BASIS ARE JUST OVER 3.3 MILLION ON A NET PRESENT VALUE BASIS, JUST OVER 2.9 MILLION, SO THAT THEY AVERAGE ABOUT $222,000 A YEAR IN DEBT SERVICE SAVINGS.

I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.0.2.

SO MOVED.

MOTION BY DR.

WILSON, SECOND BY.

I ALMOST SAID DR. GLASHEEN.

I GUESS IT IS A DOCTORATE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. GREAT.

THANK YOU. WE'LL NOW MOVE ON TO ITEM 7.3.

THIS INVOLVES A PARTIAL DEFEASANCE OF AIRPORT OBLIGATIONS.

THIS GOES BACK TO THE CITY'S G.O.

REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2019 THAT REFINANCED PROJECTS DONE IN 2011 AND 12 AT THE AIRPORT.

THIS INVOLVES PREPAYMENT OF $515,000 IN REMAINING PRINCIPAL VALUE FOR ASSETS THAT ARE NO LONGER IN SERVICE.

THIS WOULD EQUATE TO ROUGHLY A $17,000 SAVINGS TO THE AIRPORT, AND THUS THE CITY.

I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.3.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

SECOND. SECOND BY DOCTOR WILSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. WITH RESPECT TO ITEM 7.4, THIS IS A PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF GEO REFUNDING BONDS FROM SERIES 2015 WHICH IS A PARTIAL REDEMPTION OF OBLIGATIONS PREVIOUSLY ISSUED FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE AIRPORT THROUGH THE CITY'S GENERAL OBLIGATION.

REFUNDING BONDS SERIES 2015.

THIS WOULD EQUATE TO ESSENTIALLY A $4,000 SAVINGS TO THE CITY.

I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.4.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

WAS IT COLLINS? MAN, I. OKAY, YOU SOUNDED LIKE ROSE.

AND SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

MOTION BY COLLINS.

SECOND BY ROSE. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

MOTION APPROVED.

SUPERB. THE NEXT ITEM IS A SUMMARY OF A REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION IN FRONT OF YOU FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION.

THIS IS ITEM 7.5.

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THIS IS ALL ABOUT YOUR CAPITAL PLANNING EFFORT GOING FORWARD, AND YOUR ABILITY TO REIMBURSE YOURSELF FROM A COMBINATION OF YOUR PAYGO FINANCING AND YOUR DEBT OFFERINGS WITH RESPECT TO A VARIETY OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS IN THE CITY.

AS YOU KNOW, THE CITY PASSED A 2022 BOND ELECTION IN THE AMOUNT OF 200 MILLION, AND THAT IS SYSTEMATICALLY BEING ROLLED OUT ANNUALLY THROUGH THE SPRING OF 2025.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, YOU ALL WILL UNDERTAKE ANNUAL WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM PROJECTS IN ROUGHLY THE AMOUNT OF $61 MILLION.

IN ADDITION TO THAT, 16.2 MILLION IN PROJECTS FOR THE AIRPORT, CEMETERY, AND FLEET PROJECTS.

EACH OF THOSE IS LISTED IN THE CHART BELOW, AND THIS REIMBURSEMENT RESOLUTION WILL ALLOW YOU TO START WORK ON THESE PROJECTS AND REIMBURSE YOURSELF FROM THE FUTURE ISSUANCES THAT I JUST OUTLINED.

OKAY. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.5.

SO MOVED.

MOTION BY DR.

WILSON. SECOND BY MR. GLEASON. YOU WANT TO BE CALLED.

[2. Executive Session]

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

OKAY. AND FINALLY, ITEM 7.6 CONCERNS THE ISSUANCE OF WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM REVENUE BONDS.

SERIES 2025 FOR SIX WATER AND WASTEWATER SYSTEM PROJECTS, INCLUDING THE LAND ACQUISITION AND DESIGN OF LAKE SEVEN.

THESE WILL BE 20 YEAR OBLIGATIONS WITH A TEN YEAR OPTIONAL PROTOCOL.

THEY WILL BE ISSUED WITH RATINGS OF AA BY BOTH FITCH AND S&P.

WE HAVE INCLUDED A LITTLE CUSHION IN OUR INTEREST RATE ESTIMATES SINCE WE HAVE SOME TIME BETWEEN NOW AND TRANSACTION, WHICH WILL HAPPEN AFTER THE FIRST OF THE YEAR.

[1. Invocation]

THE PRELIMINARY SUMMARY OF STATISTICS SAY THAT THE ALL IN TIC IS JUST OVER 4%, 4.09%.

SO WE WOULD BE UNDER THAT 4% TAKING THE CUSHION OUT.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE DEBT SERVICE ASSOCIATED WITH THE ISSUANCE OF THESE PROJECTS ON THE RIGHT HAND SIDE OF THE PAGE.

OKAY. I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.6.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECONDED BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. MOTION CARRIES.

AND THEN FINALLY, ITEM 7.7 AND SEVEN.

AND I'M GOING TO ASK OR CEDE THE DAIS TO HARVEY HALL.

THANK YOU. COUNCIL WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THAT AS I BEGIN, THIS IS OUR PART OF OUR FINANCIAL RESILIENCY IS ONE OF OUR THREE KEY STRATEGIC PLANS FOR LP&L.

WE'VE MADE A LOT OF PROGRESS ON THAT.

LAST WEEK, WE RECEIVED OUR THIRD OBSERVATION FROM FITCH RATINGS, AND WE WERE UPGRADED FROM A+ TO A-.

SO THAT MAKES THE THIRD, THIRD, THIRD REVIEW OF LPL BY RATING AGENCIES.

ALL THREE HAVE RELATED HAVE RESULTED IN UPGRADING RATING UPGRADES, AND THAT'S A TESTIMONY TO WHEN WE MADE THE TRANSITION, PER CITY COUNCIL'S DESIRE TO MOVE INTO RETAIL COMPETITION.

THE REDUCTION IN RISK TO THE DISTRICT GETTING AWAY, GETTING OUT OF PURCHASE POWER COSTS AND BEING PRETTY MUCH A TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION UTILITY WITH STABLE EARNINGS HAS EARNED US THAT MARK.

SO WE'RE WELL ON OUR WAY AND ACTUALLY AHEAD OF WHERE WE THOUGHT WE WOULD BE DURING THIS TIME.

BUT ALSO PART OF THAT STRATEGY IS DEBT REDUCTION, AND THAT WE DO THAT WHERE IT'S COST EFFECTIVE AND WE HAVE FUNDS AVAILABLE TO DO SO.

SO WE HAVE LOOKED AT WE WORKED WITH OUR FINANCIAL ADVISORS AND LOOKED AT WHAT BONDS WE HAVE ELIGIBLE IN A TEN YEAR CALLABLE PERIOD.

WE HAVE TWO RIGHT NOW.

ONE IS 2014.

THE OTHER ONE IS 2015.

WE'VE SELECTED THE ONE WITH THE HIGHEST COUPON RATE, WHICH IS 5% FOR 2015.

SO WE'VE SKIPPED OVER 14 BECAUSE IT'S MORE COST EFFECTIVE FOR US TO DO SO.

AND THAT WOULD RESULT IN A JUST A $67,000 INTEREST SAVINGS OVER THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

AND IT ALSO WHEN YOU DO THAT, IT ALSO IMPROVES OUR CASH FLOW.

SO WE DON'T HAVE TO CARRY THAT DEBT SERVICE OF $900,000 A YEAR FOR THE NEXT TEN YEARS.

IT FREES UP FUTURE CASH FLOWS.

IT ALSO CONTINUES TO IMPROVE OUR FINANCIAL METRICS FROM DEBT, DEBT TO ASSET TO OUR DEBT.

DEBT COVERAGE RATIO CONTINUES TO PUT US IN AN EVEN STRONGER POSITION GOING FORWARD, AND CONTINUES TO GET US TO WHERE WE WANT TO BE WITH FINANCIAL

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[2. Pledges of Allegiance]

SO THAT'S WHAT'S BEFORE THE COUNCIL RIGHT NOW.

ANY QUESTIONS I'LL STOP FOR ANY QUESTIONS.

NO. I'M SORRY.

I FORGOT TO DO THIS LITTLE THING.

OKAY. TIM? YES, SIR.

JUST A QUICK QUESTION, HARVEY.

WHEN WE SEE A BOND, HAVE A CALL DATE.

THAT'S THE TIME WHEN WE CAN PAY THIS BOND OFF WITHOUT ANY PENALTY.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT'S EXACTLY RIGHT.

OKAY. MOST ALL THESE ALL THESE BONDS CARRY A STANDARD TEN YEAR CALLABLE PERIOD.

SO THIS IS A 2015 BOND.

SO WHEN WE GO TO REPAY THIS IN APRIL OF 2025 IT'S REACHED ITS TEN YEAR CALLABLE PERIOD.

BUT EXACTLY RIGHT. THANK YOU.

OKAY. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? I THINK SOME FOLKS ARE GOING TO MAKE THEIR FLIGHT THIS TIME.

I THINK YOU'LL RECALL AT THIS TIME I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.7.

OKAY. SECOND.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN GLASHEEN.

SECOND BY DR. WILSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED?

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AND WE'LL NOW TAKE UP ITEM 7.8.

AND THAT'S TO CONSIDER BOARD APPOINTMENTS TO SEVERAL CITY BOARDS AND COMMITTEES.

IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT WE'LL BE CONSIDERING APPOINTMENTS TO ALL OF THE LISTED BOARDS, EXCEPT FOR THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION, AND I WILL CALL ON CITY SECRETARY COURTNEY FAZ TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFING ON AT THIS TIME.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

I CAN READ DOWN THE LIST IF YOU'D LIKE, AND THEN YOU ALL CAN MAKE A MOTION.

[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.]

OKAY. OKAY. FOR THE AIRPORT BOARD, THE RECOMMENDATION IS TO REAPPOINT EDDIE HARRIS.

THE TO REPLACE HOWARD THRASH TREY MILLER.

THE RECOMMENDATION FOR DAVID ZWICKER IS TO BE REPLACED BY DINA JEFFRIES.

ANIMAL SERVICES ADVISORY BOARD DEBORAH DEERY, TO BE REPLACED BY CAMMIE YORK.

CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE ALLISON BLAYLOCK TO BE REPLACED BY VICTOR FLORES.

MODULE. HEALTH EDUCATION FACILITIES DEVELOPMENT CORPORATION JOHN MAMMEN AND MARLYS BOYLES TO BE REAPPOINTED KEEP LUBBOCK BEAUTIFUL ADVISORY COMMITTEE. SONYA GARCIA TO BE REPLACED BY JOHNNY ZARAZUA.

LUBBOCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE, INC.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS.

WALTER, KATHY, STEPHEN, BRETT, KATE AND CHRIS CARPENTER, TO BE REPLACED BY ROBERT TAYLOR, JORDAN WHEATLEY AND MONT MCCLENDON LUBBOCK EMERGENCY COMMUNICATION DISTRICT BOARD OF MANAGERS.

THE REAPPOINTMENT OF CHIEF NATHAN WHITE, MARKET LUBBOCK, INC.

BOARD OF DIRECTORS WALTER, KATHY, STEPHEN, BRETT, KATE, AND CHRIS CARPENTER, TO BE REPLACED BY ROBERT TAYLOR, JORDAN WHEATLEY, AND MATT MCCLENDON.

MODEL CODES AND CONSTRUCTION ADVISORY BOARD MARVIN WHITE AND YOUR TEXAS LICENSED HVAC POSITION TO BE REAPPOINTED.

ROBBIE MOON AND THE WEST TEXAS HOMEBUILDERS ASSOCIATION POSITION TO BE REPLACED BY CRAIG RAY, ALANA WATSON AND YOUR ENGINEER POSITION TO BE REPLACED BY BRIAN ROBERTSON, ROBERT BOUCHARD AND THE FACILITIES MANAGER POSITION TO BE REPLACED BY LOGAN WEST VETERANS ADVISORY COMMITTEE JEREMY CEDENO, TO BE REPLACED BY DOCTOR JOHN MARTINEZ.

AND THE ZONING BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT CHRISTOPHER KOCH, WHO SERVES IN AN ALTERNATE POSITION TO BE REPLACED BY TRACY THOMPSON.

AND I'LL STOP THERE AS THE NEXT BOARD ON HERE IS THE NEXT AGENDA ITEM.

[1. Ordinance Single Reading - Finance: Consider an ordinance providing for the issuance of City of Lubbock, Texas, General Obligation Refunding Bonds, not to exceed $50,000,000, in one or more series, of current outstanding bond issuances with the refunding candidates being General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2014, Tax and Waterworks System Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2015, General Obligation Refunding, Series 2015 and General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Taxable Series 2015; levying a tax in payment thereof; providing for the award of the sale thereof in accordance with specified parameters; approving an official statement; approving execution of a purchase contract; and enacting other provisions relating thereto.]

CAN I GET A? MOTION BY DR. WILSON, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. MOTION CARRIES.

AT THIS TIME, WE ARE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEM 7.9 TO CONSIDER BOARD APPOINTMENTS TO THE ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD.

AND I WILL CALL ON CITY SECRETARY COURTNEY PAZ TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM AS WELL.

THANK YOU, MAYOR PRO TEM.

FOR THE ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD, WE HAVE THE RECOMMENDATION TO REAPPOINT DOCTOR CRAIG RYAN, GWEN STAFFORD, DOCTOR GONZALO RAMIREZ, AND TO

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AWESOME. AT THIS TIME, I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE APPOINTMENTS TO THE ELECTRIC UTILITY BOARD.

SO MOVED. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

SECOND. SECOND BY DR.

WILSON. ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

AND AT THIS TIME, WE WILL NOW MOVE, OR WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM 710.

AND WE'LL CALL ON THE CITY'S PLANNING DEPARTMENT TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

THESE ARE PROPOSED AMENDMENTS TO THE UNIFIED DEVELOPMENT CODE, SPECIFICALLY REGARDING OUR LANDSCAPE REQUIREMENTS.

I'M HAPPY TO GO THROUGH ANY OF THEM YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO.

WE DO HAVE ONE PROPOSED REVISION FROM COUNCILMAN ROSE.

THIS IS IN REGARD TO ITEM NUMBER 23.

THE LANGUAGE THAT WAS PRESENTED AT THE JOINT HEARING WAS TO ALLOW SYNTHETIC TURF.

HIS PROPOSAL IS TO AMEND THAT LANGUAGE TO STATE.

SYNTHETIC TURF IS ALLOWED WHEN THE TOTAL AREA COVERED DOES NOT EXCEED MORE THAN HALF OF THE MINIMUM LANDSCAPE SURFACE RATIO, OR PERCENTAGE OF THE SITE.

I'D BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR GO THROUGH ANY OF THE AMENDMENTS YOU WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I THINK AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO GO AHEAD, AND SHOULD WE PULL I THINK WHAT WE NEED TO DO.

MAYOR PRO TEM IS GO AHEAD AND MAKE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON THE ALL THE AMENDMENTS.

AND THEN IF COUNCILMAN ROSE WOULD LIKE TO MAKE AN AMENDMENT AT THAT POINT IN TIME, HE CAN DO IT DURING THE DISCUSSION.

OKAY. SO I NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.10.

MOTION BY DR.

WILSON. SECOND BY KEVIN DAVID GLASHEEN.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. WAIT.

WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA, WHOA.

YEAH. NO, NO, NO, NO, NO. WE'RE NOT TAKING NOT TAKING A VOTE.

WELL, YOU KNOW, TAKE UP THE DISCUSSION.

AND DURING THE DISCUSSION OF THE MOTION, YOU'RE MOVING VERY FAST, MAYOR PRO TEM, WHICH IS GREAT, BUT WELL, I GOT THROWN OFF BECAUSE I CALLED HIM HIS DAD'S NAME.

THERE YOU GO. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

OKAY, SO I THINK THERE'S SOME DISCUSSION.

I THINK THAT COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE MIGHT HAVE A PROPOSED MOTION.

COUNCILMAN ROSE IS.

DAVID, WANT TO SPEAK FIRST? DO YOU HAVE. OKAY.

MAYOR, I MOVE TO AMEND THE MOTION BY REPLACING THE PROPOSED AMENDMENT 23, WHICH IS SECTION 39.0, 3.01.D.6, WITH A NEW AMENDMENT NUMBER 23, AS SET FORTH IN THE HANDOUT I HAVE DISTRIBUTED TO YOU.

AND MISS SAGER ALREADY WENT OVER IT A LITTLE BIT, BUT JUST I THINK THE CURRENT LANGUAGE RIGHT NOW IS ALLOWING OR NOT PERMITTING SYNTHETIC TURF IS PROHIBITED EXCEPT IN LIMITED APPLICATIONS DEEMED ACCEPTABLE BY THE DIRECTOR OF PLANNING.

AND THEN WE HAD A PROPOSED AMENDMENT THAT WOULD JUST ALLOW IT.

AND I'M PROPOSING AN AMENDMENT TO THE AMENDMENT THAT THE TURF IS NOT MORE THAN 50% OF THE LANDSCAPE SURFACE AREA.

SO YOU'RE NOT JUST THROWING DOWN, YOU KNOW, 100% OF TURF.

AND SO.

YEAH. DAVID.

OKAY. A MOTION HAS BEEN MADE BY COUNCIL MEMBER ROSE, SECONDED BY COUNCIL MEMBER GLASHEEN.

[2. Ordinance Single Reading - Finance: Consider an ordinance providing for the issuance of City of Lubbock, Texas, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Refunding Bonds not to exceed $65,000,000, in one or more series, of current outstanding bond issuances with the refunding candidates being the General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2014, Tax and Waterworks System Surplus Revenue Certificates of Obligation, Series 2015, and General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2015; providing for the award of the sale thereof in accordance with specified parameters; approving an official statement; approving execution of a purchase contract; and enacting other provisions relating thereto.]

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AND NOW WE TAKE ON THE NEXT THE ITEM 7.10.

THE MAIN MOTION. THE MAIN MOTION.

CAN I GET A MOTION FOR MOTION BY DOCTOR WILSON? I ALREADY HAVE A MOTION. YOU ALREADY HAVE A MOTION.

YOU CAN JUST TAKE UP EITHER MORE DISCUSSION OR TAKE A VOTE ON IT NOW.

IS THERE ANY ADDITIONAL DISCUSSION AT THIS TIME? LET'S GO AHEAD AND VOTE ON THAT.

CAN I? WELL, ALL RIGHT.

TIM, I DON'T EVEN REMEMBER WHO IT WAS, BUT OKAY.

ALL IN FAVOR? ALL IN FAVOR? AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN.

OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

THAT WAS FUN.

THANK YOU. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

AND NOW AT THIS TIME WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ITEM 711.

AND I NOW CALL ON OUR CITY MANAGER TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFINGS ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBER I APOLOGIZE.

GOT OFF TRACK THERE.

ITEM 7.11.

THIS IS KIND OF THE LAST STEP THAT WE HAVE THAT'S RELATED TO CITY OF LUBBOCK UTILITIES AND THE TRANSITION OF ALL THE ELECTRICITY TO ELECTRIC

[3. Resolution - Finance: Consider a resolution authorizing the defeasance and redemption of Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport's outstanding General Obligation Refunding Bonds, Series 2019A; approving and authorizing the execution of an escrow agreement; and resolving other matters incident and related thereto.]

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THERE IS NO LONGER AN ELECTRIC BILL THAT COMES FROM ANY COMPONENT OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

THUS, WE DON'T HAVE A WAY TO ASSESS A DEPOSIT FOR NEW WATER, WASTEWATER, AND RELATED SERVICES.

THIS ITEM WOULD PUT THAT BACK IN PLACE FOR OUR ABILITY TO DO SO.

SAME BASIC SCENARIO AS WAS DONE BEFORE WHERE CERTAINLY CAN BE EXEMPT REFUNDED AFTER TIME.

ALL OF THAT. IT'S JUST WE NEED A WAY TO APPLY IT TO WATER.

OKAY? IF THERE'S NO DISCUSSION, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO PROVIDE TO APPROVE ITEM 711.

[4. Resolution - Finance: Consider a resolution authorizing the redemption of Lubbock Preston Smith International Airport's portion of the 2015 General Obligation Refunding Bonds.]

WILSON, SECOND BY ROSE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED.

SAME SIGN.

OKAY. MOTION CARRIES.

AND AT THIS TIME, WE'LL TAKE ITEM 712 AGAIN BY OUR ASSISTANT.

BY OUR CITY MANAGER.

SEE, I KEEP DEMOTING EVERYBODY BY OUR CITY MANAGER, DOCTORS, ASSISTANTS.

IT ALL WORKS.

I'LL LEAVE IT TO JARRETT TO FIX IT.

IT ALL WORKS.

MAYOR PRO TEM, ITEM 7.12.

THIS IS THE SECOND READING OF THE ORDINANCE THAT IMPLEMENTS THE SEWER LATERAL PROGRAM THAT WE WORKED ON THROUGH BUDGET.

AND ULTIMATELY YOU TOOK YOUR FIRST READ AT YOUR PRIOR MEETING.

COUNCIL, NO CHANGES BETWEEN THE TWO READINGS.

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

IF IT MEETS THE NEED TO BE REPLACED, THE CHARGE IS $1,000 TO DO SO.

OWNER OCCUPIED.

YOU HAVE THE ABILITY TO PAY THAT OUT IN NOT MORE THAN 12 PAYMENTS BACK UP TO THE CITY.

YOU CAN PAY IT UP FRONT AS WELL.

COUNCIL, AS THIS DOES ESTABLISH THE ASSISTANCE PROGRAM FOR THOSE THAT ARE OWNER OCCUPIED AND MEET THE CRITERIA FOR THAT EXTRA HELP MYSELF OR ERIC OR MR. TURPIN, BE GLAD TO TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

OKAY, IF THERE ARE NO QUESTIONS, I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 7.12.

MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

SECOND. SECOND BY DOCTOR WILSON.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN AT THIS TIME.

I'M GOING TO ASK.

OH, OKAY.

LET ME COUNT. ONE, TWO THREE, FOUR.

ALL IN FAVOR FOR AND ONE AGAINST.

AND THAT IS COUNCILMAN GLASHEEN.

AT THIS TIME, ON THAT NOTE, I'M GOING TO ASK COUNCILMAN GLASHEEN TO RECUSE HIMSELF FROM ITEM SIX POINT AND 7.13.

AND WE'LL NOW TAKE THOSE ITEMS UP, AND I'LL CALL ON THE CITY ATTORNEY, MATT WADE, TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM.

THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM, THIS IS A COMPROMISE AND SETTLEMENT AGREEMENT REGARDING A LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED AGAINST THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

[6. Resolution - Finance: Consider a resolution authorizing publication of Notice of Intent to issue City of Lubbock, Texas, Water and Wastewater System Revenue Bonds, not to exceed $66,000,000 for the following projects: Lake 7 Design and Land Acquisition, West Lubbock Water System Expansion, Pump Station 11B, East 50th Street Water Line Extension, Southwest Lubbock Sanitary Sewer Expansion and SEWRP Plant #4 Primary Clarifier Rehabilitation.]

IT INVOLVES A TRAFFIC ACCIDENT THAT OCCURRED IN 2021.

LIABILITY IS NOT AN ISSUE.

IT WAS A DAMAGES TYPE CASE.

IT DID GO TO A MEDIATION AND THERE WAS A PROPOSED SETTLEMENT, AND THAT PROPOSED SETTLEMENT IS FOR $90,000.

THAT WILL BE A COMPLETE SETTLEMENT OF THE ENTIRE LAWSUIT.

AND IT'S OUR RECOMMENDATION THAT THE COUNCIL APPROVE THAT SETTLEMENT.

OKAY. IS THERE ANY DISCUSSION? MOTION TO APPROVE. MOTION BY COUNCILMAN COLLINS, SECOND BY COUNCILMAN ROSE.

ALL THOSE IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ALL OPPOSED? SAME SIGN. AND IT PASSES WITH FOUR.

THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW CONDUCT THE PUBLIC HEARING ON REGARDING A PETITION TO CREATE A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR THE NORTH PARK DEVELOPMENT AREA.

AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO HEAR FROM MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM, INCLUDING HEARING FROM INTERESTED PERSONS WHO WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK AND PRESENT EVIDENCE FOR OR AGAINST THE FINANCING.

NOW, WHILE THE COUNCIL MAY ASK QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, THE COUNCIL WILL NOT DISCUSS THE MERITS OF THIS AGENDA ITEM DURING THE PUBLIC HEARINGS.

AND I NOW WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM 7.13 AT 2:07 P.M., AND I WILL CALL ON OUR BRIANNA BROWN TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFINGS.

[7. Resolution - Lubbock Power & Light: Consider a resolution authorizing the redemption of the outstanding Series 2015 Electrical Light and Power Systems Revenue Bonds.]

AS THE COUNCIL WILL RECALL, YOU ALL RECEIVED THE PETITION FOR THE CREATION OF A NEW PROPOSED TAX INCREMENT FINANCING DISTRICT AND CALLED THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR THIS MEETING AT YOUR LAST COUNCIL MEETING.

SO YOU WILL SEE A LITTLE BIT OF REPEAT INFORMATION.

MOSTLY, THAT IS FOR THE PUBLIC THAT MAY BE HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION TO THIS PROPOSED DISTRICT.

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AND TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

SO JUST AS A REMINDER, YOU HAVE A MAP OF THE DISTRICT HERE.

THIS IS LOCATED OUTSIDE OF THE NORTH LOOP NEAR THE ALAMO DRAFTHOUSE AREA.

IT'S APPROXIMATELY 332 ACRES.

TODAY, THE ONLY ACTION THAT WE WILL BE DOING IS CALLING A PUB OR HAVING THE PUBLIC HEARING.

WE WILL CONSIDER THE FIRST READING OF AN OF THE CREATION ORDINANCE WE'RE HOPING FOR AT THE SECOND MEETING IN OCTOBER.

AND THEN WE WOULD FINALIZE THE CREATION PROCESS AT THE FIRST MEETING IN NOVEMBER.

THE BENEFITS OF THIS SPECIFIC TIF DISTRICT TO THE CITY ARE PROMOTION OF DEVELOPMENT AND REDEVELOPMENT OF AN AREA THAT WOULD OTHERWISE NOT OCCUR IN THE REASONABLY FORESEEABLE FUTURE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S STATED AS PART OF STATE LAW AS CRITERIA TO MAKE A DISTRICT ELIGIBLE FOR TAX INCREMENT FINANCING.

THIS PARTICULAR DEVELOPMENT WILL THE BENEFIT TO THE CITY IS THAT THERE WILL BE SOME FINANCING OF PUBLIC IMPROVEMENTS IN THE AREA, SPECIFICALLY IN A PLAYA LAKE PARK.

AND THEN AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS SLIDE, YOU'VE GOT SOME LEGAL JARGON THAT BASICALLY SAYS THAT IN ORDER FOR A PETITION TIFF, WHICH IS WHAT THIS IS TO BE. OR FOR A DISTRICT TO BE ELIGIBLE, YOU HAVE TO RECEIVE A PETITION FROM AT LEAST 50% OF THE APPRAISED VALUE OWNERSHIP IN THE DISTRICT. WE DO FORTUNATELY HAVE ONE PRIMARY OWNER THAT OWNS THE MAJORITY OF THIS AREA.

AND SO THE PETITION THAT YOU RECEIVED MORE THAN MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATUTE.

THIS SLIDE SHOWS SOME ESTIMATED PROJECT COSTS.

DO JUST WANT TO NOTE THAT THESE ARE ESTIMATES AT THIS TIME.

AND THE TOP AREA YOU SEE ESTIMATES FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A PLAYA LAKE PARK AT $3.6 MILLION.

THAT IS THE DEVELOPER'S INVESTMENT IN THIS DISTRICT.

HE DOES PLAN TO DEVELOP A PLAYA LAKE INTO A PEDESTRIAN FRIENDLY PARK.

THE TIF WOULD SERVE THEN TO REIMBURSE THE DEVELOPER FOR THE COST OF DEVELOPMENT.

THE TWO PARKS THAT YOU SEE AT THE BOTTOM.

THIS IS ACTUALLY A REASON I CALL OUT ESTIMATED WE'VE SINCE REMOVED FRANKFORD OUT OF THE BOUNDARY OF THE TIFF, SO THERE WILL NOT BE DEVELOPMENTS IN THE FRANKFORD PARK, BUT LOPEZ PARK, WHICH IS A CITY OF LUBBOCK PARK, IS INCLUDED IN THIS AREA, AND SHOULD THE BOARD, THE COUNCIL AND THE TIFF ADVISORY BOARD CHOOSE TO MAKE IMPROVEMENTS TO THAT PARK AT A FUTURE DATE, THEN THEY WOULD BE ELIGIBLE TO USE TIF FUNDING TO DO SO.

BUT THAT IS CERTAINLY NOT A GUARANTEE THAT WOULD BE UP TO THE BOARD AT A LATER TIME.

AND THEN NOT. INCLUDED ON THIS SLIDE ARE MAINTENANCE COSTS, AND THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT THE TIF WOULD BE ABLE TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR AS WELL.

ON THIS SLIDE YOU'LL SEE THE NON PROJECT COSTS.

THAT'S KIND OF AN AWKWARD WAY TO SAY WHAT THIS IS.

THIS IS THE ANTICIPATED DEVELOPMENT OF THE ENTIRE DISTRICT.

SO YOU CAN SEE LOTS OF COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT MULTIFAMILY HOUSING.

YOU'VE GOT SOME MEDICAL DEVELOPMENT IN THERE AS WELL.

AT ABOUT $104.5 MILLION ANTICIPATED INVESTMENT, THAT IS DEVELOPER COST, NOT TIF RELATED COSTS.

AND THEN THE PROJECT FEASIBILITY.

DURING THE TERM OF THE ZONE, WHICH IS PROPOSED TO BE A 30 YEAR TIF.

THE AREA IS ESTIMATED TO GENERATE APPROXIMATELY $41.5 MILLION.

[8. Board Appointments - City Secretary: Consider appointments to the Airport Board, Animal Services Advisory Board, Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, Health/Educational Facilities Development Corporation Board, Keep Lubbock Beautiful Advisory Committee, Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, Inc. Board of Directors, Lubbock Emergency Communications District Board of Managers, Market Lubbock, Inc. Board of Directors, Model Codes & Construction Advisory Board, Planning & Zoning Commission, Veterans Advisory Committee, and the Zoning Board of Adjustment.]

I'M NOT GOING TO GO THROUGH IT UNLESS YOU GUYS WOULD LIKE FOR ME TO AGAIN.

BUT THIS IS REALLY AGAIN FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE PUBLIC.

IN THE EVENT THAT SOMEONE IS HERE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OR IN OPPOSITION OF TIF FINANCING AS A WHOLE.

AGAIN, YOU HAVE YOUR MAP OF THE ZONE HERE.

THESE ARE THE ITEMS THAT THE PUBLIC IS ABLE TO SPEAK ABOUT TODAY RELATED TO CREATION OF THIS AREA.

AND WITH THAT, I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS OR IF THERE'S ANYTHING YOU WANT TO HAVE UP ON THE SLIDE ON THE SCREEN FOR THE PUBLIC HEARING, JUST LET ME KNOW.

ANY QUESTIONS? OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING I'M SORRY TIM.

GO AHEAD. SORRY ABOUT THAT.

NO PROBLEM. JUST A QUICK QUESTION.

WHEN A TIF DISTRICT IS ESTABLISHED AND YOU PUT ON THE SCREEN UP TO $41 MILLION IN NEW TAXABLE REVENUES THROUGH THE 30 YEAR PERIOD IT'S AT THE CITY'S DISCRETION, THE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION TO DETERMINE HOW MUCH OF THAT CAN BE UTILIZED FOR IMPROVEMENTS TO THE LOCATION.

AND SO WHAT I GUESS WHAT I'M GETTING AT IS WE'VE GOT ABOUT 3 OR $7 MILLION WORTH OF EXPENSES WE'RE WANTING TO COVER WITH THE TIF.

THE BALANCE GOES STILL COMES TO THE CITY IN THE FORM OF A PROPERTY TAX.

IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT.

ULTIMATELY, WHEN THE PROJECT FINANCING PLAN IS COMPLETE AND PRESENTED BACK TO THE COUNCIL, IT WILL INCLUDE BOTH THE TOTAL LENGTH OF THE TIF IT IS UP TO THE 30.

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THE LANGUAGE INSIDE THE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN DOES INCLUDE THAT THE EARLIER OF REIMBURSEMENT OF THE PROJECT, OR THE REIMBURSEMENT OF THE PROJECT COSTS, OR THE 30 YEARS.

AND SO SHOULD A FUTURE BOARD OF ADVISORS OR THE COUNCIL DETERMINE THAT ONCE THE REIMBURSEMENT IS PAID, WE DON'T NEED THE DISTRICT ANYMORE, THEN WE COULD CERTAINLY END IT BEFORE THAT 30 YEAR PERIOD.

BUT ALSO WITH COUNCIL AND THE BOARD'S APPROVAL, ADDITIONAL PROJECTS CAN BE ADDED.

YES OR NO. YES, YES, ELIGIBLE PROJECTS THAT MEET THE STATUTE AND ARE WITHIN THE ZONE COULD BE ADDED, SUBJECT TO THE BOARD AND THE COUNCIL BOTH AND THE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN, WHICH CAN BE AMENDED OVER TIME.

IF SO, LET'S SAY WE LEFT SOMETHING OUT AND A NEW PROJECT CAME UP IN TEN YEARS.

IT MEETS THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE STATUTE BUT ISN'T IN THE PROJECT AND FINANCE PLAN AS LONG AS IT'S ELIGIBLE BY STATE LAW, WE CAN REVISE THAT PLAN TO PULL SOMETHING NEW IN IF WE DECIDED WE WANTED TO.

OKAY THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

OKAY. ARE THERE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS? SEEING THERE ARE NONE.

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

YOU CAN GO AHEAD AND COME UP.

PLEASE GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK.

OKAY. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF THIS TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE? PLEASE MAKE SURE TO GIVE US YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS WHEN YOU COME FORWARD TO SPEAK.

GOOD AFTERNOON, COREY DOOLIN, AMD ENGINEERING 6515 68TH STREET.

I'M ON THE DESIGN TEAM FOR THIS PROJECT AND REPRESENT THE OWNERS.

I'LL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

MOST OF THEM I'LL PROBABLY JUST REDIRECT TO BRIANNA.

BUT I'LL DO THE BEST I CAN.

[10. Ordinance 1st Reading - Planning: Consider and take action on the City of Lubbock Planning and Zoning Commission's final report of October 3, 2024, to the Lubbock City Council, on proposed amendments to the Unified Development Code (Ordinance No. 2023-O0054) recommended for adoption, limited to the following: 1. Section 39.03.015.e – Ground cover Requirements 2. Table 39.03.016-2 – Bufferyard Classifications and Division 3.4 Trees, Landscaping, and Buffering 3. Table 39.03.015-1 Landscape Points System 4. Section 39.10.002 Definitions 5. Table 39.03.015-1 Landscape Points System 6. Section 39.03.019.a.6.B - Installation & Maintenance 7. Section 39.10.002 - Definitions 8. Appendix A Plant List and Chapter 39 – Unified Development Code 9. Section 39.03.019.a.2 – Installation and Maintenance 10. Section 39.03.016.e.1 – Bufferyard Standards 11. Section 39.03.014.b General Provisions and Table 39.03.014-1 Required Landscaping Types Summary 12. Table 39.03.015-1 Landscape Points System 13. Table 39.03.015-1 Landscape Points System 14. Section 39.03.016.e.3.B – Parking Bufferyard Standards 15. Section 39.03.019.e.6 - Installation and Maintenance 16. Table 39.03.014-1 – Required Landscaping Types Summary 17. Table 39.03.015-1 – Landscape Points System 18. Table 39.03.015-1 – Landscape Points System - Other 19. Section 39.03.016.e.4 – Street Bufferyard 20. Table 39.03.016-3 – Street Bufferyard Requirements 21. Section 39.03.016.e.3.A – Parking Bufferyard Standards 22. Section 39.03.016.e.3.B.i – Parking Bufferyard Standards - Composition 23. Section 39.03.019.d.6 - Installation and Maintenance 24. Section 39.03.015 – Development Landscaping 25. Section 39.03.015 – Development Landscaping 26. Figure 39.03.015-2 – Illustrative Parking Lot Planting Requirements 27. Section 39.03.016.d.1 - Composition of Bufferyards 28. Table 39.03.016-1 – District Bufferyard Standards]

ARE THERE ANY OTHER FOLKS THAT WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN FAVOR? MY NAME IS TY KREIDLER AND I'M A PROFESSIONAL HISTORIAN, AND I WORK AT TEXAS TECH AT THE SOUTHWEST COLLECTION.

I'M ALSO THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR THE WEST TEXAS HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION, AND I AM A DOCTOR, BUT YOU CAN CALL ME TY.

I LIVE AT 3008 26TH STREET, LUBBOCK, TEXAS.

AND IN MY CAPACITY AS A HISTORIAN, I WORKED FOR ABOUT, WELL, MAYBE 14 YEARS NOW, DOCUMENTING THE TRACES OF THE COMANCHE AND THE QUANAH PARKER TRAIL.

AND HOW THIS APPLIES TO THIS PARTICULAR ZONE IS THAT I KNOW WHAT'S PLANNED FOR IT IS THE INSTALLATION OF A VERY EXCEPTIONAL PIECE OF STATUARY, PERHAPS ONE OF THE FEW THAT DEPICT NATIVE AMERICANS UPON HORSEBACK AND ENABLED INDIVIDUAL THAT WAS PART OF THE LANDSCAPE.

AND SO IT'S VERY EXCITING THAT WE SEE A PARK PROJECT PERHAPS IN THE OFFING HERE.

THAT MIGHT BE A CAPSTONE TO WHAT HAS BEEN GOING ON IN THIS REGION, IN THE WEST TEXAS REGION, OF WHICH LUBBOCK IS A PART, A CENTERPIECE, IF YOU WILL, FOR THE QUANAH PARKER TRAIL.

AS YOU KNOW, YOU'VE DRIVEN AROUND, YOU'VE SEEN THESE 24 FOOT ARROWS PLANTED AROUND THE LANDSCAPE.

SOME OF YOU HAVE STOPPED AND SOME OF YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH THOSE.

BUT NONETHELESS, THE ACCOMPANYING GRANITE MARKERS TELL YOU THAT EITHER THE COMANCHE WERE THERE OR QUANAH WAS THERE.

SO I COME TO YOU TODAY TO REQUEST THAT THE CITY COUNCIL, PLEASE THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT SUPPORTING THIS PARTICULAR TIF.

IT'S THE PROJECT WILL, OF COURSE, PAVE THE WAY FOR THIS CREATION, FUNDED BY LOCAL CITIZEN AND ACTIVIST AND ATTORNEY KEVIN GLASHEEN.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S IN HONOR OF QUANAH PARKER, WHO LIVED IN THIS REGION, WHO TRACKED THE TRAILS HERE, WAS INVOLVED IN AREAS IN AND AROUND THE YELLOW HOUSE DRAW WHERE THE CITY OF LUBBOCK IS SITUATED.

EDDIE DIXON HAS BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT, ALSO A LUBBOCK RESIDENT, TO COMPLETE THIS HISTORIC SCULPTURE, AND IT WILL FINALLY RECOGNIZE THE FAMED QUAHADI COMANCHE, QUANAH PARKER, AND THE STRONG CONNECTION THAT IT HAS TO WEST TEXAS.

I KNOW THIS IS A HISTORY LESSON THAT'S PROBABLY OF A SURPRISE, AND I HOPE YOU BEAR WITH ME.

QUANAH, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, AND YOU'VE READ, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE NEW BOOKS OUT ABOUT HIM WAS A VERY INTERESTING INDIVIDUAL.

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BUT WHAT IS TRUE ABOUT HIM IS THAT HE WAS A WEST TEXAN AND IN THE FINEST TRADITION.

HE STOOD AT MY HEIGHT AND HE WAS MY BUILD.

HE WAS SIX FOOT TWO AND A HALF AND HE WAS VERY MUSCULAR.

HE WAS A COMANCHE WARRIOR, A TACTICIAN AND WAR CHIEF.

AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, HIS FATHER WAS A COMANCHE, PADEN NOCONA, HIS MOTHER, THE FAMOUS CYNTHIA ANN PARKER.

QUANAH, AS HE BECAME AN ADULT, REFUSED TO SIGN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT'S MEDICINE LODGE TREATY OF 1867 THAT WOULD RELEGATE HIM AND OTHERS TO THE RESERVATION LIFE.

INSTEAD, HE AND HIS QUIJADA DECLINED TO PARTICIPATE IN THE GOVERNMENT PROGRAM AND MOVE TO LIVE FREE IN THE FAR RECESSES OF WEST TEXAS.

SOUNDS LIKE WHY I CAME TO LUBBOCK.

IN RESPONSE, THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT SENT ITS BEST FIELD COMMANDER ITS VERY BEST COMMANDER, RANDALL MACKENZIE.

AND IT'S INTERESTING THAT WE HAVE A PARK NAMED IN HIS HONOR.

BE NICE IF WE COULD NAME THIS PARK QUANAH PARKER PARK TOO, WOULDN'T IT? BUT THAT'S BEYOND MY PAY GRADE.

[11. Ordinance 1st Reading - Public Works Water Utilities: Consider an ordinance amending Section 22.03.083 of the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, regarding deposit requirements and related exceptions for utility service.]

IN 1874, QUANAH AGAIN OUTSMARTED MACKENZIE 150 YEARS AGO AT THE END OF SEPTEMBER, BY AVOIDING THE SURPRISE ENTRAPMENT AT THE FAMED BATTLE OF THE PALO DURO CANYON.

HOWEVER, QUANAH COULD SEE THE END TIMES COMING AND ACCEPTED SURRENDER ORDERS FROM HIS OLD ADVERSARY MACKENZIE, THUS AVOIDING ANNIHILATION FOR HIMSELF AND HIS PEOPLE.

HE EMERGED AS THE PIVOTAL LEADER THROUGH WHICH THE COMANCHE PEOPLE MOVED INTO A NEW WAY OF LIFE, LIVING IN THE FAR AWAY LAND OF OKLAHOMA.

IN HIS NEW LIFE, HE BECAME A WELL-KNOWN STOCKMAN, DIPLOMAT, POLITICIAN, EDUCATOR, AND RELIGIOUS LEADER.

BUT QUANAH NEVER FORGOT HIS ROOTS.

HE VISITED TEXAS AND WEST TEXAS SPECIFICALLY FREQUENTLY.

HIS HOMELAND.

HE CONSIDERED WEST TEXAS TO BE HIS HOME, AND SOMETIME BEFORE HE DIED IN 1911, HE CONFIDED TO AN INTERVIEWER, I AM A TEXAN.

PLEASE VOTE AND VOTE POSITIVELY ON THIS PROJECT.

LET'S BRING QUANAH PARKER HIS STATUE HOME FINALLY.

[12. Ordinance 2nd Reading - Wastewater Utility: Consider Ordinance No. 2024-O0133, amending the City of Lubbock Code of Ordinances, Chapter 22, "UTILITIES", to provide for establishing new definitions, delineating sewer line repair and maintenance responsibilities, amending the regulation for City participation for large mains, and repealing certain inapplicable provisions. ]

THAT WAS A GREAT LESSON.

MY NAME IS HOLLY HUMPHRIES, AND THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME OUT TODAY.

I LIVE AT 3008 26TH STREET IN AND LUBBOCK AND I AM HERE TO EXPRESS SUPPORT FOR AGENDA ITEM 7.13 TO CONSIDER THE CREATION OF A TAX INCREMENT REINVESTMENT ZONE FOR THE NORTH PARK DEVELOPMENT AREA TO STIMULATE ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND REVITALIZATION.

I OFFER THIS SUPPORT NOT ONLY AS A CITIZEN OF THIS COMMUNITY, BUT ALSO AS AN ADOPTED MEMBER OF THE COMANCHE FAMILY, THE PARKER FAMILY LINE THAT DESCENDED FROM BALDWIN PARKER.

THERE IS A VISION PLAN THAT HAS BEEN HARBORED FOR MANY YEARS BY MR. KEVIN GLASHEEN FOR THIS AREA.

IT IS TO CREATE WITHIN IT A PARK THAT WOULD HONOR QUANAH PARKER AND TO PLACE WITHIN IT A SCULPTURE OF QUANAH PARKER MOUNTED AS A WARRIOR ON A HORSE, SCULPTED BY LUBBOCK ARTIST EDDIE DIXON, FAMOUS FOR HIS EQUESTRIAN MONUMENT HONORING THE BUFFALO SOLDIERS AND THAT IS MOUNTED UP AT LEAVENWORTH, KANSAS.

NOW, I'M GOING TO DIGRESS FROM MY NOTES HERE, BECAUSE WHAT WOULD MAKE THIS SUCH A SIGNATORY, AMAZING, PROMINENT POINT IN LUBBOCK'S AREA IS ONE OF THE BEST PUBLIC LECTURES I EVER ATTENDED IN MY LIFE WAS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN IN 1998, WHEN MEXICAN AMERICAN SCULPTOR LUIS JIMÉNEZ WAS THERE TO ACCEPT THE MOST DISTINGUISHED ALUMNUS AWARD, AND HE SPOKE ABOUT HOW HE HAD PUT A VAQUERO ON A BLUE BUCKING HORSE WITH THE TWO GUNS RAISED IN THE AIR.

[1. Resolution - Risk Management: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, a Compromise Settlement Agreement and Release of All Claims, in a lawsuit involving a motor vehicle collision, by and between the City of Lubbock and Fransisa Reyes (Cause No. DC-2023-CV-0500 – Fransisa Reyes v. City of Lubbock).]

WELL, NOT EVERYONE AGREED WITH THAT ASSESSMENT.

AND TODAY, THAT'S ONE EDITION OF THAT SCULPTURE STANDS IN FRONT OF THE SMITHSONIAN AMERICAN ART MUSEUM IN WASHINGTON, DC.

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ANOTHER ONE STANDS.

A SMALLER VERSION ELSEWHERE.

BUT EDDIE DIXON HAS THIS VISION.

THANKS TO KEVIN GLASHEEN SUPPORT OF PLACING QUANAH PARKER ON A HORSE.

I AM A SCHOLAR OF THE FINE ARTS OUT OF TEXAS TECH.

I DID A COMPLETE SCHOLARLY SURVEY OF ALL THE MONUMENTS TO NATIVE AMERICANS IN THE UNITED STATES.

MOST DO NOT HAVE INDIANS ON A HORSE.

[13. Public Hearing - Business Development: Hold a public hearing for the City Council to consider the creation of a Tax Increment Reinvestment Zone for the North Park development area, whose boundaries include approximately 332.8 acres of land in a portion of the City of Lubbock, Lubbock County, Texas, generally bounded by Erskine Street to the north, North Winston Avenue to the east, West Loop 289 to the south, and Frankford Avenue to the west. ]

A BECAUSE OF THE COST.

B BECAUSE OF PERHAPS THE SYMBOLIC NATURE OF PUTTING A WARRIOR ON A HORSE.

THE ONLY THREE SCULPTURES OF QUANAH NEAR TO US IN OUR REGION ARE A BUST OF HIM IN THE PALO DURO CANYON AMPHITHEATER.

I THINK I MENTIONED THAT IN MY EMAIL NOTE TO Y'ALL YESTERDAY.

THERE IS A FABULOUS SCULPTURE OF HIM THAT WAS RECENTLY DEDICATED AND MOUNTED IN SCURRY COUNTY, TEXAS, ON THE WESTERN COLLEGE CAMPUS.

AND THEN THERE IS A SCULPTURE OF QUANAH IN FORT WORTH.

BUT THAT ONE, I THINK, COULD USE SOME IMPROVEMENT.

I HAVE SEEN THE PROTOTYPE OF EDDIE DIXON'S SCULPTURE THAT HE INTENDS, WITH YOUR BLESSING, TO PUT IN THIS AREA UNDER CONSIDERATION. IT WOULD PLACE LUBBOCK, TEXAS, ON A NATIONAL MAP.

AND WITH THAT, I WANTED TO SAY THAT FOR THE PAST 13 YEARS, WITHIN THE 52 COUNTY REGION OF THE TEXAS HISTORICAL COMMISSION'S TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION, WHICH IS A CULTURAL HERITAGE TRAIL THAT HELPS BRING ATTENTION TO OUR COMMUNITIES TO HELP WITH ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT BY ATTRACTING TRAVELERS.

LUBBOCK IS A PART OF THE TEXAS PLAINS TRAIL REGION, AND I PASSED OUT, I THINK, A RACK CARD THAT SHOWS ON THE BACK SOME OF THE ELEMENTS OF THE QUANAH PARKER TRAIL THAT A GROUP OF CITIZEN HISTORIANS, SCHOLARS, COUNTY JUDGES, CIVIC LEADERS OF ALL KINDS HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO CREATE LUBBOCK IS ON THAT TRAIL.

THE NATIONAL RANCHING HERITAGE CENTER HERE IN LUBBOCK HAS THE FINEST COLLECTION OF COMANCHE ARTIFACTS AND REGALIA OUTSIDE OF THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, AND PERHAPS OUTSIDE OF THE COMANCHE NATION ITSELF.

SO WE DO HAVE A VERY IMPORTANT PLACE IN IN THIS HISTORY, BUT ALL HAVE JOINED TOGETHER TO CREATE THIS CONCEPTUAL TRAIL, BECAUSE THIS WAS A TERRITORIAL RANGE OF THE COMANCHE.

WE ARE SITTING IN IT RIGHT NOW.

SO I AM SUPPORTING THIS ENTIRE DEVELOPMENT AREA OF THIS AREA, BECAUSE IF WE DO HAVE A PARK, PERHAPS IT COULD BE NAMED IN QUANTAS HONOR, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE A BOOKEND TO MACKENZIE.

QUANAH AND MACKENZIE WERE ADVERSARIES IN THE RUN UP TO THE RED RIVER WAR'S END IN 1875, BUT MACKENZIE SUBSEQUENTLY BECAME QUANAH'S STAUNCHEST ADVOCATE, HELPING HIM LOOK FOR HIS MOTHER.

PROVIDING HIM WITH DURHAM BULLS TO HELP START A CATTLE HERD ON THE RESERVATION.

SO THERE IS NOTHING BUT HONOR THAT COULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH LUBBOCK TAKING A PART OF, IN TURN PLACING HONOR IN THIS AREA, IN THIS REGION OF OUR CITY, AND THEREFORE HONORING A NATIVE AMERICAN IN MANY, MANY WAYS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

IS THERE ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF THE CREATION OF THIS TAX INCREMENT? OKAY. SEEING THERE IS NO ONE ELSE DESIRING TO SPEAK ON THIS ITEM, I'M NOW GOING TO CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THAT'S IT.

HAVING EXHAUSTED ALL ITEMS ON THE AGENDA, THIS MEETING IS NOW ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.