[3. Citizen Comments - According to Lubbock City Council Rules, any citizen wishing to appear in-person before a regular meeting of the City Council, regarding any matter posted on the City Council Agenda below, shall complete the sign-up form provided at the meeting, no later than 2:00 p.m. on February 13, 2024. Citizen Comments provide an opportunity for citizens to make comments and express a position on agenda items. ]

CITIZEN COMMENTS.

ANY ANY PERSON WISHING TO APPEAR IN PERSON BEFORE A REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL REGARDING ANY MATTER POSTED ON THE AGENDA WILL BE ABLE TO SIGN A COMPLETE COMPLETE A FORM NO LATER THAN 2 P.M.

AND THEN THEY WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO SPEAK, MAKE COMMENTS, EXPRESS A POSITION ON AN AGENDA ITEM ONLY.

YOU HAVE THREE MINUTES.

YOU WILL GET A NICE WARNING BELL FROM JIMMY AT 2.5 MINUTES, AND THEN A FINAL DOUBLE RING OF THE BELL AT THREE MINUTES.

SO 2.5 MINUTE WARNING AND THEN THE THREE MINUTES.

WE ARE GOING TO ASK YOU TO KEEP ON TIME TODAY BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT TO GET THROUGH.

SO AT THIS TIME AND ALSO I APOLOGIZE IF I MISPRONOUNCED OR MISSPELL YOUR NAME, JUST PLEASE GIVE YOUR NAME IF YOU WOULD, OUT OF COURTESY, GIVE YOUR ADDRESS AS YOU STEP FORWARD. AND THEN ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT YOU ARE SPEAKING, WE FIRST HAVE MARY DUNES.

IS THAT RIGHT, MARY? YES.

DEHEN. YES. WELL, I WASN'T EVEN CLOSE.

MARY. THAT'S OKAY.

IT'S CLOSE ENOUGH. THANK YOU, MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL, FOR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE.

I'M GOING TO BE SPEAKING ON, COMMENTING ON ITEM 5.28.

MY NAME IS MARY DUENAS, AND I AM A SURVIVOR ADVOCATE FOR THE VOICE OF HOPE.

I'M A HUMAN TRAFFICKING ADVOCATE, AND WE ARE THE LUBBOCK RAPE CRISIS CENTER.

IN WORKING WITH OTHER ORGANIZATIONS THROUGHOUT THE STATE OF TEXAS.

WE TAKE A LOT OF PRIDE IN KNOWING THAT LUBBOCK IS LEADING THE WAY, AND IS ON THE FOREFRONT LINE OF PROVIDING THE BEST SERVICES FOR VICTIMS OF HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ALONG WITH ORGANIZATIONS SUCH AS OPEN DOOR, SURVIVOR HOUSING, SALVATION ARMY, AND MANY OTHERS, WE PROVIDE DIRECT SERVICES TO CLIENTS OF THIS VULNERABLE POPULATION.

ROUGHLY 80% OF THE CLIENTS THAT WE SERVE ARE IN NEED OF HOUSING.

UNFORTUNATELY, VOICE OF HOPE DOES NOT PROVIDE HOUSING, AND WE RELY HEAVILY, HEAVILY ON ORGANIZATIONS THAT ARE ABLE TO PROVIDE THIS SERVICE.

A VOTE OF THE STAKEHOLDERS HAS NOT BEEN HELD YET, AND WE WOULD BE AGAINST LUBBOCK HAVING AN INDEPENDENT COC.

BECAUSE OF THIS, WE KINDLY AND RESPECTFULLY ASK THE CITY COUNCIL TO CONSIDER HAVING A MORE INFORMATIVE COMMUNITY CONVERSATION SO THAT ALL PARTIES ARE WELL INFORMED AND AWARE ABOUT THIS VERY IMPORTANT ISSUE.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU BARRY. NEXT HAVE MARY GÜTERSLOH.

THANK YOU FOR HAVING US TODAY.

I HAVE A QUESTION.

WORKED WITH THE SOUTH PLAINS HOMELESS CONSORTIUM SINCE IT BEGAN.

NEARLY. AND I'VE BEEN IN AND OUT.

I'VE SERVED ON THE COMMITTEE.

ALL OF THE OFFICES.

SO I'M REALLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE TEXAS DEHEN BALANCES STATE CONTINUING CARE.

LOTS OF LOTS OF GOOD, GOOD PEOPLE HAVE BEEN REALLY HARD WORKING TO GET THAT GOING.

AND I'M GOING TO LEAVE OTHERS TO TELL YOU MORE ABOUT IT.

BUT I HAVE ONE QUESTION I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

WHERE DID HOW DID IT COME ABOUT TO SELECT, EK HO AS THE LEAD AGENCY WHEN WE HAVE LOTS OF LOTS OF INFORMATION FOR YOU ABOUT WHAT HAS WORKED AND WHAT HAS DOES NOT WORK.

SO THAT'S MY QUESTION FOR YOU, AND I'LL LEAVE IT TO WHOMEVER WANTS TO ANSWER THAT.

WHAT WAS THE PROCESS THAT YOU WENT THROUGH TO SELECT THE LEAD AGENCY? MISS, THIS IS TIME FOR YOU TO MAKE COMMENTS.

THIS IS NOT DISCUSSION TIME OR QUESTION.

OH OKAY. THAT'S OKAY.

SO ANY QUESTIONS YOU CAN POSE OR YOU CAN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS.

BUT THAT'S WHAT THIS TIME IS YOUR COMMENT TIME.

YES I WE MEET ONCE A MONTH REGULARLY.

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WE'VE COVERED A LOT OF ISSUES.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED A PROGRAM PROJECT HAND UP THAT'S WE DID NOT DO NOT CHARGE FOR THOSE THINGS.

WE HAVE A MEMBERSHIP FEE, FOR $100 A YEAR.

AND WE PUT THAT MONEY ASIDE FOR A PROJECT HAND UP.

AND THAT'S SPECIFICALLY FOR, THINGS THAT FALL THROUGH THE CRACKS.

YOU KNOW, IF YOU GOT A JOB AND YOU DON'T HAVE THE MONEY IN YOUR CAR BROKE DOWN, WHERE ARE YOU GOING TO GO TO GET IT? AND THEY CAN APPLY AND MEMBER AGENCY CAN APPLY FOR THAT, THAT MONIES TO GET THAT FIXED.

SO WE OVER THE YEARS WE'VE LEARNED WHAT WORKS AND WHAT DOESN'T WORK.

SO, THAT'S ALL I NEED TO KNOW, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO KNOW HOW IT SELECTED.

WE WOULD LOVE TO HAVE HAD YOU AT OUR MEETINGS TO SEE WHAT WE DO HAVE AVAILABLE AND WHAT WE DO, HOW WE WORK.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS. CHASE SMITH.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CHASE SMITH.

I LIVE AT 5327 20TH STREET RIGHT OFF SLIDE HERE IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, 79407.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO AGENDA ITEM 528, THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

AND THE COMMUNITY CENTER DIRECTOR AND A MINISTER AT LUBBOCK OPEN DOOR.

FIRST, I WANT TO ACKNOWLEDGE THAT OPEN DOOR HAS SERVED OUR NEIGHBORS EXPERIENCING POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS AND SEX TRAFFICKING IN THE LUBBOCK COMMUNITY FOR 27 YEARS.

AND AS A CHRISTIAN ORGANIZATION, WE ARE AND WILL ALWAYS BE COMMITTED TO CARING FOR THOSE JESUS WAS, REFERS TO AS THE LEAST OF THESE, AND AS ON BEHALF OF THESE OUR NEIGHBORS THAT WE ARE HERE TODAY. I ACKNOWLEDGE THAT THE ISSUES BEFORE YOU ARE MANY AND MANY OF THEM ARE COMPLEX, AND WHILE THEY ARE COMPLICATED, I BELIEVE YOU ALSO TAKE SERIOUSLY THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR IMPACT ON THE LIVES OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

TODAY YOU WILL HEAR VARIOUS ARGUMENTS REGARDING THIS RESOLUTION.

BUT I WANT YOU TO KEEP IN MIND THAT WE'RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT POLICY OR FUNDING.

ORGANIZATIONS, BUT ABOUT PEOPLE.

PEOPLE LIKE DONALD.

DONALD HAS BEEN HOMELESS FOR NEARLY THREE, HAD BEEN HOMELESS FOR ALMOST THREE DECADES BEFORE ENTERING OUR OPEN DOOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING PROGRAM.

AND WHEN I MET DONALD, HE WAS LIVING ON THE STREETS HERE IN LUBBOCK, CONFINED TO HIS WHEELCHAIR AND STRUGGLING WITH SCHIZOPHRENIA.

IN 2017, OPEN DOOR APPLIED FOR FUNDING THROUGH THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND WAS AWARDED ITS FIRST PROJECT TO PROVIDE PERMANENT SUPPORTIVE HOUSING FOR PEOPLE EXPERIENCING CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS.

PEOPLE LIKE DONALD.

AND THAT YEAR WE MOVED DONALD INTO HIS OWN APARTMENT AND SURROUNDED HIM WITH SUPPORTIVE SERVICES THAT HELPED HIM ACCESS CARE HE HAD NOT RECEIVED IN A LONG TIME.

UNFORTUNATELY, HIS CONDITION WAS SO POOR WHEN HE ENTERED HOUSING THAT HE WAS SOON PLACED IN HOSPICE CARE.

AFTER ABOUT A YEAR IN HOUSING WHILE CELEBRATING HIS BIRTHDAY INSIDE HIS UNIT, DONALD PASSED AWAY IN HIS HOME, SURROUNDED BY PEOPLE WHO LOVED HIM.

AND I WAS THERE. I WILL REMEMBER THAT MOMENT FOREVER.

WHILE TRAGIC IN A WAY IT WAS ALSO BEAUTIFUL.

HE DIED IN HIS OWN HOME, SAFE AND WARM, WITH PEOPLE WHO LOVED HIM, HOLDING HIS HAND AS HE TOOK HIS LAST BREATH.

IF ONLY WE COULD ALL BE SO LUCKY.

IN THE CASE OF THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

THE POTENTIAL IMPACT ON OUR MOST VULNERABLE NEIGHBORS IS SIGNIFICANT.

TONIGHT, MORE THAN 80 PEOPLE LIKE DONALD DEPEND ON THE FUNDING RECEIVED THROUGH THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE, CONTINUUM OF CARE, AND OPEN DOOR SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

THIS ISSUE ISN'T JUST ABOUT FUNDING OR CONTROL.

IT'S ABOUT PEOPLE'S LIVES, WHERE THEY LIVE AND THE CARE THEY RECEIVE IN THEIR MOST VULNERABLE MOMENTS.

THANK YOU COUNCIL.

THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. THANK YOU, MR. SMITH. RHIN DE.

HELLO COUNCIL, MY NAME IS REN DE AND I LIVE AT 2423 28TH STREET IN LUBBOCK 79411I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO THE AGENDA ITEM 5.28 THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

I AM THE CHAIR OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS FOR LUBBOCK OPEN DOOR.

THE FAQ ON THE LUBBOCK COC PROVIDED TO YOU BY CITY STAFF INCLUDES THE QUESTION DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO MORE MONEY STAYING UNDER THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC? THIS IS QUESTION 11.

I WANT YOU TO NOTICE THAT THE FAQ RESPONSE TO THE QUESTION DOES NOT SAY YES OR NO.

THE RESPONSE ENDS WITH THE LINE A VARIETY OF VARIABLES TO CONSIDER.

I WANT TO RESPOND TO THIS QUESTION AND SPEAK TO THOSE VARIABLES FIRST.

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HERE ARE JUST A FEW NUMBERS FROM THE 2023 HUD COC AWARDS PUBLICIZED THREE WEEKS AGO.

LUBBOCK OPEN DOOR WAS AWARDED 2.6 MILLION THROUGH THE TEXAS BALANCE STATE COC.

AMARILLO COC, THE SMALLEST COC IN TEXAS, WAS AWARDED 442,000.

A LUBBOCK COC WOULD BE THE SECOND SMALLEST IN TEXAS NEXT TO AMARILLO, WICHITA FALLS, WISE, PALO PINTO, WICHITA, ARCHER COUNTY COC WITH A LARGER POPULATION THAN LUBBOCK.

COC WAS AWARDED 357,000 BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION, BRAZOS VALLEY COC, ALSO A LARGER COC, WAS AWARDED 454,000. YOU'VE BEEN TOLD THAT WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY C OF C IS THE CLOSEST EXISTING COC TO A LUBBOCK COC.

THIS YEAR THEY WERE AWARDED 2.6 MILLION.

WHAT YOU MAY NOT HAVE BEEN TOLD, HOWEVER, IS THAT MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION OF THEIR TOTAL AWARD COMES FROM WHYHOPE, WHICH IS THE YOUTH HOMELESSNESS DEMONSTRATION PROJECT. WHYHOPE IS A SEPARATE FUNDING SOURCE AWARDED TO ONLY A FEW COMMUNITIES ACROSS THE UNITED STATES.

WACO MCLENNAN COC RECEIVED UDP FUNDING IN 2018, WHICH WAS ROLLED INTO THEIR COC FUNDING IN 2021.

WITHOUT IT, THEIR COMPARABLE COC FUNDING IS JUST OVER 1.3 MILLION, MORE THAN 1.2 MILLION LESS THAN WHAT OPEN DOOR BRINGS TO LUBBOCK. EVEN WHEN CONSIDERING WACO MCLENNAN COC, THE OUTLIER OF THE FOUR SMALLEST COCS IN TEXAS, OPEN DOOR BRINGS IN MORE FUNDING TO LUBBOCK THROUGH THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE CONTINUUM OF CARE THAN ALL OF THEM DO.

WE HAVE ACCESS TO MORE MONEY IN THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC TODAY? THE ANSWER IS YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS DAY.

CHAD WHEELER.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS CHAD WHEELER.

I LIVE AT 2211 21ST STREET LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79411.

AND I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO AGENDA ITEM 5.28, THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

I'M ALSO THE CEO AT LUBBOCK OPENDOOR.

I THINK IT'S HELPFUL TO CONSIDER THIS RESOLUTION WITHIN ITS LARGER CONTEXT.

THE PROPOSAL TO LEAVE THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE CONTINUUM OF CARE AND FORM A LUBBOCK COC WAS FIRST INITIATED BY THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AND LUBBOCK COUNTY ON APRIL 6TH, 2022, WHEN MAYOR DAN POPE AND COUNTY JUDGE CURTIS PARISH JOINTLY SENT A LETTER TO HUD AND THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC, REQUESTING THAT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AND LUBBOCK COUNTY BE REMOVED FROM THE BALANCE OF STATE.

THANKFULLY, HUD DOES NOT ALLOW COMMUNITIES TO LEAVE THE COC BEFORE THEY HAVE A NEW COC ESTABLISHED.

OTHERWISE, COC FUNDING AND OPERATIONS IN THAT COUNTY WOULD COLLAPSE.

THEN, AT THE MAY 10TH, 2022 CITY COUNCIL MEETING, THE ISSUE WAS PUBLICLY BROUGHT BEFORE THE CITY COUNCIL FOR THE FIRST TIME.

AT THAT MEETING, KAREN MURPHY AND BILL HOWERTON PRESENTED THEIR REASONING FOR A LUBBOCK COC, AND THE COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY VOTED IN SUPPORT OF A RESOLUTION ALMOST IDENTICAL TO THE ONE BEFORE YOU TODAY.

IN HIS PRESENTATION, BILL HOWERTON TOLD THE COUNCIL, QUOTE, WE DID LEAVE THE BALANCE OF STATE TO DO THIS ON OUR OWN.

SO BALANCE OF STATE IS RELEASING CITY OF LUBBOCK AND THE COUNTY OF LUBBOCK, AND AT ABOUT 2 TO 6 MONTHS WILL HAVE WILL BE OUR OWN CONTINUUM OF CARE.

THIS DOES OPEN US UP TO SOME AVENUES FOR ADDITIONAL FUNDING THROUGH HUD.

END QUOTE.

MR. HOWERTON WENT ON TO TELL THE COUNCIL, QUOTE, I MENTIONED THE 7 TO $800,000 THAT WERE WE ARE LEAVING ON THE TABLE, WE HAVE ABOUT $2 MILLION FOR THE GROUP. THE ONE AGENCY THAT THEY'RE REFERRING TO IS RECEIVING ABOUT 1.3 MILLION OF THAT.

SO EVERY YEAR THAT WE DON'T DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, WE'RE LEAVING ABOUT $800,000 NOT BEING USED.

THAT REALLY WOULD HELP OUR COMMUNITY GREATLY.

END QUOTE. THE PROBLEM IS, WHAT HE TOLD THE COUNCIL THAT DAY WAS NOT ACCURATE.

THE CITY OF LUBBOCK WAS AT THE TIME STILL PART OF THE BALANCE OF STATE AND STILL IS TODAY.

AND THE ORGANIZATION HE WAS REFERRING TO, LUBBOCK.

OPENDOOR WAS NOT RECEIVING 1.3 MILLION, BUT 2.5 MILLION, RATHER THAN LEAVING 7 TO $800,000 ON THE TABLE.

AS HE SAID, WE WERE BRINGING IN HALF $1 MILLION MORE TO LUBBOCK THAN THE AMOUNT AVAILABLE TO A LUBBOCK COC.

THIS IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE IT HIGHLIGHTS THE LACK OF CLEAR AND ACCURATE COMMUNICATION THAT HAS COMPLICATED THIS ISSUE FROM THE START.

I AM REQUESTING THAT THIS ITEM BE TABLED AND THE COUNCIL INITIATE A CLEAR AND ACCURATE COMMUNICATION PROCESS INVOLVING A BROAD REPRESENTATION OF STAKEHOLDERS ON THIS ISSUE. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. WHEELER.

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AMANDA ACEVEDO.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS AMANDA ACEVEDO AND I LIVE AT 5602 48TH STREET, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79414.

I AM ALSO HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO AGENDA 5.28, THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

I'M THE LEAD CASE MANAGER AT IN SUPPORT OF HOUSING AT LUBBOCK OPEN DOOR.

I WANT TO RESPOND TO THE QUESTION DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO MORE MONEY STAYING UNDER THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC FROM A DIFFERENT ANGLE? BY LOOKING AT THE POTENTIAL FOR NEW FUNDING IN A TYPICAL YEAR, HUD MAKES NEW FUNDING AVAILABLE TO COX THROUGH BONUS FUNDING.

COX ARE NOT GUARANTEED TO RECEIVE THIS FUNDING.

THEY STILL HAVE TO APPLY THROUGH COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO RECEIVE THEM, BUT BONUS FUNDING AMOUNTS GIVE COX THE IDEA OF THE POTENTIAL THEY MAY HAVE TO ADD TO NEW PROJECTS IN A GIVEN YEAR IN THE 2023 COMPETITION.

HERE'S WHAT BONUS FUNDING LOOKED LIKE FOR THE FOUR SMALLEST COX IN TEXAS.

AMARILLO COC RECEIVED 115 OR HAD 115,000 AVAILABLE IN BONUS FUNDING AND 165,000 IN DV DOMESTIC VIOLENCE FUNDING.

WICHITA FALLS, WISE PALO PINTO, WICHITA, ARCHER COUNTY COC HAD 109,000 AVAILABLE IN BONUS FUNDING AND 155,000 IN DV BONUS.

BRYAN-COLLEGE STATION.

BRAZOS VALLEY COC HAD 89,000 AVAILABLE IN BONUS FUNDING AND 127,000 IN DV BONUS.

WACO MCLENNAN COUNTY COC HAD 159,000 AVAILABLE IN BONUS FUNDING AND 224,000 AVAILABLE IN DV BONUS FUNDING.

BY COMPARISON, THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC HAD A WHOPPING 3.8 MILLION IN BONUS FUNDING, EIGHT TIMES AS MUCH MORE FUNDING THAT WAS AVAILABLE IN THE FOUR SMALLEST COX COMBINED, AND 5 MILLION AVAILABLE IN DV BONUS FUNDING.

THIS MAY BE THE BIGGEST CONCERN ABOUT THE PROPOSED MOVE TO A LUBBOCK COC, THAT IT REMOVES US FROM A SYSTEM WITH ENORMOUS POTENTIAL FOR GROWTH, TO A SYSTEM IN WHICH IT WOULD TAKE YEARS TO SEE ANY KIND OF MEANINGFUL INCREASE IN FUNDING.

DO WE HAVE ACCESS TO MORE MONEY STAYING UNDER THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC? YES. NOW AND IN THE FUTURE.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS ACEVEDO.

ANDREA OMOJOLA.

ALMOST. THAT'S OKAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS ANDREA OMOJOLA.

I LIVE AT 5430 16TH STREET, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79416.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION AS WELL TO THE AGENDA ITEM 5.28 THE RESOLUTION TO FORM THE LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

I AM THE CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER AT LUBBOCK OPEN DOOR.

THE FAQ PROVIDED TO THE COUNCIL BY THE CITY STAFF CONTAINS SEVERAL MENTIONS OF A LOCAL LED COC.

QUESTION SIX BULLET POINT TWO SAYS THAT THE LOCAL LED COC TAILORED SOLUTIONS TO MATCH THE NEEDS TO THE COMMUNITY, RATHER THAN HAVING A STATE AGENCY OR GOVERNMENT AGENCY APPLY BLANKET POLICIES THAT MAY NOT APPROPRIATELY DEAL WITH THE ISSUES IN A LOCAL AREA AND COULD CREATE MORE PROBLEMS IN THAT COMMUNITY.

THE PROBLEM IS THAT THE GOVERNMENT DOES NOT CURRENTLY SET THE POLICIES OR STRATEGIES FOR THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE.

THIS IS ANOTHER ARGUMENT THAT WAS PRESENTED EARLY ON IN LUBBOCK'S CONSIDERATION OF THIS CHANGE, AND THE IDEA THAT PEOPLE FAR AWAY IN AUSTIN ARE MAKING DECISIONS FOR LUBBOCK THROUGH THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC IS SIMPLY FALSE AND INCORRECT.

I HAVE PERSONALLY SERVED ALONGSIDE SEVERAL OTHER LUBBOCK CITIZENS, HELPING TO SET DIRECTION FOR THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE ADVOCATING FOR LUBBOCK AND ITS IDENTIFIED PRIORITIES.

IF YOU READ THIS FAQ, YOU MAY ASK YOURSELF WHY ANY COMMUNITY AT ALL WOULD WANT TO BE A PART OF THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC AND THE WAY IT IS WRITTEN, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT A LOCAL LED COC IS ALL GOOD, BUT THEN A TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE COC IS ALL BAD.

HOWEVER, SINCE THE FORMATION OF THE COC PROGRAM, THERE HAS NOT BEEN ONE SINGLE COMMUNITY IN TEXAS THAT HAS LEFT THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE TO FORM A NEW COC.

NOT ONE.

IN FACT, THE TREND GOES IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION.

ABILENE, GALVESTON, AND CORPUS CHRISTI, FOR EXAMPLE, EACH USED TO BE IN USED TO BE THEIR OWN COCKS, BUT THEY HAVE DISSOLVED AND THEY HAVE JOINED THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE.

AND YOU MAY ASK WHY? WHY ARE MID-SIZED CITIES LIKE DENTON, ABILENE, CORPUS CHRISTI, AND OTHERS A PART OF THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE BECAUSE THEY HAVE THE

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BENEFITS OF ACCESS TO A LARGE POOL OF FUNDING AND SIGNIFICANT COMPETITIVENESS, CAPACITY AND EXPERTISE IN THE BALANCE OF STATE RATHER THAN LEAVING THE BALANCE OF STATE.

THESE COMMUNITIES ARE ENGAGING IN THIS HIGH CAPACITY SYSTEM TO IMPROVE THEIR COMMUNITIES.

WITHIN THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE.

ABILENE REACHED FUNCTIONAL ZERO FOR CHRONIC HOMELESSNESS IN 2020.

WITHIN THE BALANCE OF STATE, DENTON USES THE SAME DATABASE THAT WE CURRENTLY USE TO PRODUCE AND USE HIGH QUALITY AND PRODUCE HIGH QUALITY HOMELESS DATA.

WE CAN AND SHOULD IMPROVE OUR LOCAL SYSTEM.

WE DO NOT NEED TO LEAVE THE BALANCE OF STATE TO DO SO.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

ANDREA. CHAD JACKSON.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL. MY NAME IS CHAD JACKSON.

I LIVE AT 6315 77TH STREET, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79424.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO AGENDA ITEM 5.28, THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

I'M A BOARD MEMBER AT LUBBOCK OPEN DOOR.

READING THE FAQ, IT IS CLEAR THAT A LOCAL LED COC HAS BEEN PRESENTED AS THE SOLUTION TO ALL OF OUR PROBLEMS. IT DESCRIBES A WELL-RUN, LOCAL LED COC, SAYING THAT IT PUTS THE SOLUTIONS TO END HOMELESSNESS IN THE HANDS OF THE LOCAL COMMUNITY, MAY HELP US END HOMELESSNESS IN OUR AREA, INCREASES DATA SHARING COORDINATION AND RESULTS IN BETTER OUTCOMES AND MORE FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES.

THIS ALL SOUNDS GREAT, BUT BECOMING OUR OWN COC IS NOT A MAGIC BULLET.

IF BECOMING OUR OWN COCK RESULTED IN MORE FUNDING, BETTER COLLABORATION, AND ENDS TO HOMELESSNESS, THEN WHY DO WE SEE COMMUNITIES LIKE AMARILLO WITH LESS FUNDING, HIGHER RATES OF HOMELESSNESS AND BY WEST TEXAS OWN ADMISSION, POOR COLLABORATION INSTEAD OF A PICTURESQUE FUTURE.

WILLIAM SNOW, SENIOR SPECIALIST SPECIALIST WITH HUD'S OFFICE OF SPECIAL NEEDS ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS, OR SNAPS, PAINTED THE FOLLOWING PICTURE OF A NEW COCK AT A PRESENTATION IN LUBBOCK ON JUNE 9TH, 2022.

HE SAID, QUOTE, WHEN A SPLIT OCCURS, MONEY DOES NOT TYPICALLY FOLLOW, SO I NEED TO BE VERY HONEST ABOUT THAT.

IT'S HARD TO GET MONEY FOR ANYONE IN A NEW JURISDICTION.

IF A SPLIT OCCURS, WITH THE HOPE THAT THERE WILL BE MORE MONEY, THAT IS NOT LIKELY TO HAPPEN SOON.

IT IS HARD TO BE COMPETITIVE AS A NEW COCK, SO I'LL JUST KIND OF BE REALISTIC ABOUT THAT PART.

I'D SAY THE FIRST 2 OR 3 YEARS IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO JUST BE COMPETITIVE AT THE NATIONAL LEVEL.

SO WHEN YOU ASK THE QUESTION, IS IT BENEFICIAL FROM A MONEY STANDPOINT? TYPICALLY IT'S NOT.

END QUOTE. OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, THE AMARILLO COCKS TOTAL FUNDING HAS NOT INCREASED, BUT DECREASED BY 42.75% FROM RECEIVING 772,000 IN 2014 TO RECEIVING $442,000 IN THIS YEAR'S AWARD.

BY CONTRAST, THE TEXAS BALANCE OF STATE'S TOTAL FUNDING INCREASED BY 146% FROM NEARLY 7,000,000 IN 20 14 TO 16.9 MILLION THIS YEAR.

IN THAT SAME TIME, HOMELESSNESS IN AMARILLO HAS INCREASED BY 51%, FROM 451 PEOPLE COUNTED IN THEIR 2014 POINT IN TIME COUNT TO 683 PEOPLE COUNTED IN 2023.

CLEARLY, BEING A LOCAL LED COCK DOES NOT GUARANTEE OUR SUCCESS.

IN FACT, THERE ARE STRONG ARGUMENTS THAT IT THREATENS TO REDUCE OUR FUNDING AND INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE IN HOMELESSNESS IN OUR COMMUNITY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. JACKSON. JAMIE WHEELER.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS JAMIE WHEELER.

I LIVE DOWNTOWN AT 2211 21ST STREET IN LUBBOCK 79411.

I'M ALSO HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO AGENDA ITEM 5.28, THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

I'M THE SURVIVOR HOUSING DIRECTOR AT LUBBOCK OPEN DOOR, AND I HAVE HAD THE GREAT PRIVILEGE OF WORKING ALONGSIDE PEOPLE EXPERIENCING POVERTY, HOMELESSNESS, AND SEX TRAFFICKING IN LUBBOCK FOR THE LAST 17 YEARS.

I'M ALSO A LICENSED MASTER SOCIAL WORKER.

I HAVE SERVED AS A SEX TRAFFICKING ADVOCATE FOR VOICE OF HOPE, AND ALSO AS THE DIRECTOR OF SURVIVOR HOUSING SINCE 2018.

IN 2021, OPEN DOOR APPLIED FOR DOMESTIC VIOLENCE BONUS FUNDING TO CREATE A NEW PROJECT, OPEN DOOR SURVIVOR HOUSING.

IT'S A JOINT TRANSITIONAL HOUSING RAPID REHOUSING PROJECT PROVIDING SAFE HOUSING AND SUPPORTIVE SERVICES TO SURVIVORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING AND THEIR CHILDREN.

AND TONIGHT, 24 SURVIVOR HOUSEHOLDS, WHICH INCLUDE 25 CHILDREN, HAVE A SAFE PLACE TO CALL HOME BECAUSE OF THE FUNDING WE RECEIVED THROUGH THE TEXAS BALANCE

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OF STATE CONTINUUM OF CARE.

IN MY YEARS OF EXPERIENCE, I'VE LEARNED THE IMPORTANCE OF LISTENING TO THOSE WHO EXPERIENCE THE CRISIS OF HOMELESSNESS AND THE TRAUMA OF TRAFFICKING FIRSTHAND.

I INVITE THEM TO THE TABLE, AND WE SHOULD INVITE THEM TO THE TABLE TO BE A PART OF THE DECISIONS THAT IMPACT THEM MORE THAN ANYBODY ELSE.

AT SURVIVOR HOUSING.

MORE THAN HALF OF OUR EMPLOYEES ARE SURVIVORS OF SEX TRAFFICKING THEMSELVES.

I LEAN ON THEM AND THEIR LIVED EXPERIENCE DAILY TO KNOW HOW BEST TO SUPPORT THE SURVIVORS THAT WE SERVE.

WE ALSO REGULARLY INVITE THE SURVIVORS WE SERVE TO HAVE A VOICE IN OUR PROGRAMING TO HELP SHAPE THE WAY THAT WE OPERATE.

WHILE WE DON'T HAVE SURVIVOR PARTICIPANTS SPEAKING TODAY DUE TO CONFIDENTIALITY AND SAFETY, I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT MORE THAN 100 SURVIVORS IN OUR PROGRAM HAVE FOUND HEALING AND NEW LIFE FOR THEMSELVES AND FOR THEIR CHILDREN.

I ENCOURAGE YOU TODAY TO INVITE THE VOICES OF THOSE WITH LIVED EXPERIENCES AND HOMELESSNESS AND TRAFFICKING, AS WELL AS THOSE ON THE FRONT LINES, OF SERVING THEM TO THE TABLE AS INVALUABLE PARTICIPANTS IN SHAPING THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

IF YOU ARE HERE TODAY BECAUSE YOU SHARE THESE CONCERNS, PLEASE STAND.

MISS WHEELER, WERE YOU DONE WITH YOUR TIME? OKAY. WHEN? PASTEL.

GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

MY NAME IS WALTER QUINN PASCO.

I LIVE AT 2202 15TH STREET, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79401.

I'M HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF AGENDA ITEM 5.28, THE RESOLUTION TO FORM A LOCAL CONDOMINIUM CONTINUUM OF CARE.

I'M A MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF OPEN DOOR.

I'M ALSO A RESIDENT OF OPEN DOOR HOUSING.

SUPPORTIVE HOUSING.

I WAS HOMELESS FOR 22 YEARS.

THERE WAS A TIME WHEN I THOUGHT I MIGHT NOT EVER GET OFF THE STREETS, BUT IN 2016, OPEN DOOR HELPED ME MOVE INTO MY APARTMENT.

THE ABUNDANT THAT APPLIED FOR ME AND RECEIVED THROUGH THE TEXAS BOARD OF BALANCE CONTINUUM OF CARE, MADE IT POSSIBLE FOR ME TO MOVE INTO MY APARTMENT.

I WAS ALSO HELPED TO SUPPORT ME TO STAY IN THE HOUSING THAT TAKE CARE OF MYSELF.

I TURNED 70 THIS YEAR.

I'M TOO OLD TO GO BACK ON THE STREETS.

PLEASE THINK CAREFULLY ABOUT THE DECISIONS YOU MAKE.

THEY AFFECT PEOPLE LIKE ME.

THANK YOU. AND PEOPLE THAT WORK AT OPEN DOOR ARE MY FAMILY.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

QUINN. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

I APOLOGIZE. I DON'T HAVE MY READERS.

VERY. ERICA PERRY.

HELLO, MY NAME IS ERICA PERRY.

I AM THE DIRECTOR OF SOCIAL SERVICES FOR THE SALVATION ARMY HERE IN LUBBOCK.

I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM NUMBER 5.28.

I KNOW YOU ALL HAVE HEARD A LOT OF GOOD INFORMATION.

I'M NOT GOING TO DUPLICATE THAT.

BUT I AM GOING TO ASK FOR MORE CONSIDERATION ON THIS TOPIC, PERHAPS MORE CONSIDERATION WITH ALL OF THE HOMELESS PROVIDERS IN THE COMMUNITY. AND THAT'S ALL I'VE GOT.

THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ERICA.

DOCTOR SUSIE LINER.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

I'M SUSIE BECK LINER.

I LIVE AT 4811 104TH STREET IN LUBBOCK 79424.

I'M HERE TO ADVOCATE FOR 5.28 FOR THE FORMATION OF A NEW CONTINUUM OF CARE HERE IN LUBBOCK.

I'D LIKE TO BEGIN BY SAYING THANK YOU FOR ALL OF THE ENTITIES THAT ARE REPRESENTED HERE TODAY, INCLUDING THIS BODY OF LEADERS THAT ARE ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS IN LUBBOCK.

BUT I WOULD LIKE TO CLEARLY STATE THAT MORE EFFORTS ARE NEEDED, NEEDED ON BEHALF OF THE HOMELESS AND THE WORKING POOR.

WE HAVE VOIDS IN OUR SYSTEM.

SO WHAT I'M ASKING YOU FOR TODAY IS CHANGE.

WHAT ECHO OFFERS IS THE FOLLOWING ONE.

IT OFFERS COLLABORATIVE CARE.

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WHAT IS NOT HAPPENING HAPPENING IN OUR SYSTEM TODAY IS COLLABORATION.

WE'RE NOT TALKING TO ONE ANOTHER.

WE HAVE EXCELLENT RESOURCES IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS FOR OUR POPULATION, BUT UNFORTUNATELY WE DON'T HAVE AVENUES FOR OUR PEOPLE TO ACCESS THAT CARE.

ALSO, WHEN YOU LOOK AT SOME OF OUR POPULATION, THEY DON'T HAVE THE RIGHT FINANCIAL STATUS TO FIT THE PROGRAMS THAT WE OFFER.

SOME OF OUR CITIZENS WORK, BUT THEY WORK JUST ENOUGH TO FALL IN THE MARGIN WHERE THEY'RE NOT GETTING APPROPRIATE CARE AND THEY DON'T QUALIFY FOR CERTAIN PROGRAMS. SO I WOULD LIKE TO ADVOCATE TODAY FOR THAT POPULATION, BECAUSE I BELIEVE THAT IS WHAT ECHO IS OFFERING US TODAY, IS THAT COLLABORATION FOR THE POPULATION THAT DOESN'T HAVE CARE.

WHAT I SEE ECHO DOING THAT IS DIFFERENT IS THAT THEY WOULD BE BRIDGING THE GAP.

THEY WOULD BRIDGE THE GAP BETWEEN MEDICAL SERVICES AND SOCIAL SERVICES.

THEY WOULD NETWORK WITH HOSPITALS, WITH PROVIDERS, WITH THE CITY OF LUBBOCK HEALTH DEPARTMENT TO FILL THAT VOID.

FOR EXAMPLE, WHERE DOES THE PATIENT GO WHEN THEY GET OUT OF THE OUT OF THE HOSPITAL, OR IF THEY'RE IN THE POPULATION OF THE WORKING POOR, THEY DON'T HAVE A PCP.

THEY DON'T HAVE MEDICAL INSURANCE.

LUBBOCK IMPACT HAS A CLINIC THAT WAS ESTABLISHED IN 2009, WITH SEASONED MEDICAL PROVIDERS WORKING AS THE MEDICAL DIRECTORS THERE.

THEY CAN GO THERE AND RECEIVE FREE MEDICAL CARE AND NEVER GET A BILL, AND THEY'RE AUTOMATICALLY IN THE SYSTEM.

SO NOW THEY HAVE A FULL TIME MEDICAL PROVIDER AT LUBBOCK IMPACT.

ALSO, THIS SYSTEM THAT ECHO OFFERS ADDRESSES MORE THAN HOUSING.

IT TAKES MORE THAN HOUSING TO STABILIZE AND HELP DEVELOP SUSTAINABILITY FOR THESE FAMILIES.

CLOTHING, FOOD, ECONOMIC SERVICES, EDUCATION THESE ARE ALL COMPONENTS THAT ECHO WILL PULL INTO OUR SYSTEM, AND THEY WILL BE THE COMMUNICATOR AND THE COLLABORATOR TO TAKE WHAT WE HAVE NOT TAKE AWAY FROM WHAT WE HAVE, BUT ADD TO AND MAKE CHANGE IN OUR EXISTING SYSTEM.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR. ERICA BRIGHT.

GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

MY. I'M ERICA BRIGHT.

MY ADDRESS IS 1703 AVENUE H, BUT I AM RIGHT.

THAT IS IN ABERNATHY.

BUT I'M RIGHT ON THE CITY LINE.

COUNTY LINE OR, SO I HOPE THAT I'M ALLOWED TO STILL SPEAK TODAY.

OKAY, IF IT HELPS.

I LIVED IN LUBBOCK UNTIL I WAS 21 YEARS OLD.

SO I AM HERE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF THE AGENDA ITEM 5.28.

I AM THE DIRECTOR OF RECLAIM 43, A MENTOR PROGRAM FOR TEENAGERS AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE HERE IN LUBBOCK COUNTY.

I LIVED IN GRIFFIN, LUBBOCK LIKE I SAID, MY PARENTS WERE LOWER SOCIOECONOMIC PARENTS.

THERE WAS A LOT OF PARENTAL DRUG ABUSE.

MY SIBLINGS AND I WERE BOUNCED AROUND IN FOSTER CARE FROM HOUSE TO HOUSE.

MY MOM ENDED UP DYING WHEN I WAS THREE YEARS OLD AS A YOUNG ADULT.

AND, I WENT ON TO LIVE A CHILDHOOD OF ABUSE UNTIL I REPORTED THAT ABUSE TO A COMMUNITY AND WAS ENTERED INTO THE LUBBOCK FOSTER CARE SYSTEM AT 12 YEARS OLD.

I STAYED IN FOSTER CARE HERE IN LUBBOCK AND BOUNCED AROUND FROM PLACEMENT TO PLACEMENT UNTIL I WAS AMAZINGLY ADOPTED OUT AT 16, AND THAT GAVE ME THE PERSPECTIVE OF FOSTER CARE TEENAGERS HERE IN LUBBOCK AND WHAT LIFE LOOKS LIKE AFTER YOU AGE OUT OF FOSTER CARE.

AT 18, THERE IS A HUGE POPULATION OF OUR YOUNG ADULTS WHO ARE LIVING HOMELESS HERE IN LUBBOCK AND HAVE BEEN CONTINUOUSLY EVER SINCE 2009, WHEN, AS YOU KNOW, THE GOVERNMENT SWITCHED ASIDE A LOT OF THE CPS PROTOCOLS AND THE WAY THAT THE SYSTEM IS RAN FOR THOSE TEENAGERS.

I AM HERE IN SUPPORT OF 5.28 BECAUSE A LOT OF THE PROGRAMING THAT WOULD BE, PUT IN PLACE WITH THE COC INCLUDES MOST OF THE ISSUES THAT MY YOUNG ADULTS DEAL WITH TODAY.

I HAVE SEVERAL YOUNG ADULTS WHO HAVE, UNKNOWN MEDICAL ISSUES THAT THEY WOULD BOUNCE AROUND FROM DOCTOR TO DOCTOR BECAUSE THEY DON'T HAVE ANY CONSISTENT DOCUMENTATION ON THEIR ISSUES. I HAVE LOTS OF HOUSING PLACEMENT ISSUES WHERE WE DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY WERE LIVING, HOW LONG THEY WERE LIVING THERE, AND THEN HOW TO SUPPORT THEM IN A BETTER WAY.

AND A LOT OF THE ANSWERS TO THAT ARE GOING TO BE WHAT THE DOCTOR JUST TALKED ABOUT, WHICH IS A LOT OF COLLABORATION ACROSS THESE NONPROFITS.

THROUGH MY OWN EXPERIENCE AND GETTING ADOPTED OUT OF THE SYSTEM, I WAS ABLE TO GO ON TO GRADUATE FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY.

I HAVE A DEGREE IN SPEECH THERAPY, AND THAT'S MY FULL TIME JOB.

AND THEN I WENT ON TO START MY OWN FAMILY AND BE INVOLVED IN THE COMMUNITY HERE IN LUBBOCK THAT I LOVE.

AND I'M LIVING PROOF THAT COMMUNITY MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE.

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I WAS ABLE TO WALK OUT OF A LIFETIME OF ABUSE AND POVERTY, WHICH IS THE MOST POVERTY IS GOING TO BE WHAT IMPACTS OUR HOMELESS COMMUNITY THE MOST. ONE OF THE PROGRAMS I LOVE THAT'S GOING TO BE A PART OF THE COC HAS A SAYING THAT WE ARE WALKING PEOPLE OUT OF NOT JUST ECONOMIC POVERTY, WHICH JUST GIVES THEM A HANDOUT, BUT ALSO SPIRITUAL AND RELATIONAL POVERTY.

AND I FULLY BELIEVE COMMUNITY IS THE ANSWER TO THAT.

SO I JUST HOPE THAT YOU GUYS WOULD TAKE THAT IN CONSIDERATION.

THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU. ERICA.

I COULD PROBABLY SAY NO MATTER WHAT SIDE OF ANY ISSUE YOU'RE ON HERE TODAY IN THIS AUDIENCE, I GUARANTEE YOU EVERYONE IN HERE IS VERY PROUD OF YOU FOR WHAT YOU'VE DONE.

WELL DONE.

CATHERINE. CATHERINE.

SARAH. WHERE IT SAYS OR.

ALAN. OKAY.

WE'LL MOVE TO MARK. DANIEL.

GOOD AFTERNOON EVERYONE. MY NAME IS MARK DANIEL.

MY ADDRESS IS 3430 60TH STREET.

AND I AM THE DIRECTOR OF LOVE THE HUB.

OUR ORGANIZATION RECEIVES REQUESTS FROM PEOPLE NEEDING RENTAL UTILITY, AND GROCERY ASSISTANCE ON A WEEKLY BASIS.

JUST TODAY, WE RECEIVED OVER 40 REQUESTS THIS MORNING.

WE TALKED PEOPLE ALL THE TIME WHO ARE ONE MISSED PAYCHECK AWAY FROM HOMELESSNESS.

WE, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE NOTICED IN OUR TIME THERE ARE SO MANY EXCELLENT ORGANIZATIONS IN TOWN THAT WE'RE ABLE TO RECOMMEND PEOPLE TO ALL THE TIME FOR SPECIFIC NEEDS THAT WE'RE NOT ABLE TO MEET. I CAME TO LOVE THE HUB RECENTLY FROM THE EDUCATION WORLD.

I WORKED FOR LUBBOCK ISD FOR THE LAST FOUR YEARS, AND I'VE TAUGHT IN TITLE ONE SCHOOLS FOR OVER TEN.

I KNOW FROM EXPERIENCE THAT TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE, COLLABORATION IS KEY.

THE TEAM AT ECHOES TEXAS HAVE DEMONSTRATED THEIR DESIRE TO BRING PEOPLE TOGETHER, TO WORK FOR A COMMON GOAL, AND TO MAKE THE BIGGEST DIFFERENCE THAT IS POSSIBLE IN THE CITY THAT WE LOVE, WHICH IS LUBBOCK.

I LOVE THE HUB FULLY SUPPORTS THEIR EFFORTS IN THE CREATION OF A LOCALLY BASED COC.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DANIEL. VALERIE LONGORIA.

GOOD AFTERNOON. VALERIE LONGORIA, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR WEST TEXAS.

MY ADDRESS IS 5501 111.

79424. WHEN I CAME TO LUBBOCK, I'VE BEEN HERE FOR ABOUT TWO AND A HALF YEARS.

I USED TO SERVE AS THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR FOR FAMILY PROMISE, AND I REALIZED VERY QUICKLY THAT WE WEREN'T PAYING ATTENTION TO PREVENTION PREVENTION BECAUSE WE FOUND THAT A LOT OF FAMILIES WHO WE WERE SERVING TODAY WHO WERE HOMELESS COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED BEFOREHAND.

BUT WE'RE NOT WORKING TOGETHER.

I FOUND A TEAM OF OTHER PROVIDERS WHO WANTED TO WORK TOGETHER, BUT WE WERE DIVIDED.

THERE WAS THIS ONE BODY WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE TO BRING COLLABORATION AND TO DO THAT.

AND IN OUR GOAL, IN OUR EFFORT TO JUST WORK WITH ONE ANOTHER, TO FIND SOLUTIONS, TO PAY ATTENTION TO PREVENTION AND ALSO TO SUSTAINABILITY OF WHERE WE WERE FINDING THE PROBLEMS OF NOT BEING ABLE TO OVERCOME ALL THE HARDSHIP WITH THE ECONOMIC RISE OF COSTS, OF LIVING, HOW CAN YOU DO IT? AND SO WHAT WE CAME TOGETHER WAS FIGURE OUT, HOW DO WE BUILD SOMETHING, HOW DO WE CONNECT? HOW DO WE CREATE COLLABORATIVE FUNDING SOLUTIONS? WE NEEDED DATA.

WE NEEDED TO CONNECT ONE ANOTHER.

WHEN WE STARTED ON THE JOURNEY OF COMING TOGETHER AND BUILDING ECO WEST TEXAS, THAT'S WHAT WE DID.

WE WENT TO OTHER AREAS.

WE FOUND OUT FROM OTHER COCKS, NOT JUST THE ONES THAT ARE THRIVING, BUT THE ONES THAT ARE CHALLENGED TO WENT TO ALL OF THEM, EVEN OUTSIDE OF TEXAS.

AND WHAT WE DID WAS FINDING WHAT WAS THE CORE THING THAT THEY ALL HAD IN COMMON.

IT WAS COLLABORATION.

IF THEY HAD COLLABORATION, THEY WERE THRIVING.

IF THEY DID NOT HAVE COLLABORATION, THEY WERE HURTING.

AND IN THAT, AND I KNOW OUR GOAL IS NOT TO HURT ANYONE, TO HURT FUNDING OR ANY TYPE OF POOL OF RESOURCES.

WE HAVE ALREADY TALKED ABOUT THAT IN SOME OF OUR BOARD MEETINGS.

THAT WOULD NOT BE A SMART MOVE FOR US, BUT WHAT WE WANT IS COLLABORATION.

WE WANT A COORDINATED CARE PLAN WHERE WE'RE WORKING TOGETHER WITH ONE ANOTHER.

HAVE WE HAD OPPORTUNITIES OF COLLABORATION ON? AUGUST 21ST IS WHEN WE HAD A DISCUSSION TO START THESE THINGS TO ASK QUESTIONS, AND THREE OF THE ORGANIZATIONS, OPEN DOOR VET STAR AND THE SOUTH PLAINS HOMELESS CONSORTIUM, THEY OPTED OUT TO NOT FURTHER THOSE DISCUSSIONS WHEN OTHER ORGANIZATIONS HAD QUESTIONS THAT WE WERE GETTING ANSWERED THROUGH

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DEHEN, THROUGH HUD, THN WAS ON THE CALL AS WELL.

SO WE HAVE MADE A LOT OF EFFORTS.

I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY HAD DOCUMENTATION OF WHERE I REACHED OUT AND I'M STILL ATTEMPTING.

WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER GREAT EVENTS.

TECH PARTNERED WITH THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, PARTNERED WITH COMMUNITY NEIGHBORHOOD IMPACT THAT COMES INTO THE AREAS, AND THEY HELP TO DEVELOP A COLLECTIVE IMPACT MODEL.

WE HAVE THOSE THINGS GOING ON IN EVERY SINGLE ONE OF THESE PROVIDERS HAVE BEEN INCLUDED EVERY SINGLE TIME, REGARDLESS OF WHETHER WE ARE INCLUDED IN THEIR GROUPS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS LONGORIA, BECKY ROBERTSON.

MY NAME IS BECKY ROBERTSON.

I'M THE EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT LUBBOCK IMPACT AND MY ADDRESS IS 58 WEST LAKESHORE, RANSOM CANYON 79366.

I AM HERE TO SAY THAT I AM FOR, 5 TO 8.

THE CONTINUUM OF CARE WITH ECHO.

AND WHEN I LOOK AT WHERE I COME FROM, A VERY DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVE.

LUBBOCK IMPACT SERVES PEOPLE IN THE AREA OF FOOD, CLOTHING, HEALTH CARE, SPIRITUAL CARE.

AND WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE IS WE SERVE ALL PEOPLE.

WE'RE SERVING THE AT RISK POPULATION.

WE'RE SERVING THE HOMELESS POPULATION.

WE'RE A LOT OF TIMES BOOTS ON THE GROUND UP GETTING PEOPLE RESOURCES.

FOR ME, IT'S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE THE HOUSING PIECE OF IT.

WE'RE A RESOURCE PLACE.

WE'RE SENDING PEOPLE TO ALL DIFFERENT TYPES OF RESOURCES.

AND FOR US, IT'S HARD TO FIND SHORT CARE HOUSING.

IT'S SHELTERING.

WE'RE LOOKING FOR HOUSING FOR FAMILIES, AND THERE'S A HUGE SHORTAGE OF THAT.

THERE'S SPECIFIC HOUSING FOR CERTAIN PEOPLE, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF PEOPLE WHO MISS THAT GAP.

AND SO THAT IS WHERE MY CONCERN IS, IS BRINGING ALL OF THOSE TOGETHER TO COLLABORATE SO WE CAN BE ON THE SAME PAGE.

THE OTHER PART OF IT IS, IS THERE'S A WHOLE NOTHER SIDE THAT'S TALKING ABOUT THE MEDICAL PIECE OF IT.

AND THAT'S ALSO WHERE THERE'S THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.

IT'S WORKING WITH THE HOSPITALS AND MAKING SURE THAT IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT HOUSING.

THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER PIECES THAT GO INTO THAT MAKING SURE PEOPLE THAT HAVE FOOD, THEY HAVE CLOTHING, AND THOSE ARE AREAS THAT WE'RE CONSISTENTLY HAVING.

WE'RE COMING ALONGSIDE PEOPLE AND FILLING THE GAP.

WHEN WE TALK TO PEOPLE, WE SAY IT'S ABOUT THE WORKING POOR.

THAT'S KIND OF WHERE OUR SPACE FALLS.

BUT WE ARE SERVING ALL PEOPLE, AND THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE COMING TO THE DOOR THAT WE'RE SERVING THAT ARE FALLING IN THOSE AREAS.

AND SO WHEN I LOOK AT THAT, AND LEARNING MORE ABOUT ECHO LEARNING, DOING MY RESEARCH, FINDING ALL THE THINGS OUT OF WHERE, WHERE DO I FALL IN THAT WE DON'T TAKE ANY FEDERAL FUNDING. WE'RE NOT A PART OF HUD.

WE DON'T DO ANY OF THAT.

BUT WE ARE SERVING THE PEOPLE FACE TO FACE EVERY DAY THAT ARE IN A PLACE OF HOMELESSNESS OR RIGHT THERE.

WE HAD THIS MORNING WE HAVE A PROGRAM CALLED WORK LIFE.

I HAD A HUSBAND AND A WIFE THAT HAD BEEN SLEEPING IN THEIR CAR.

WE REACHED OUT TO THE OTHER RESOURCES THAT WERE AVAILABLE SIX MONTHS AGO.

THERE WAS NO HOUSING AVAILABLE TO THEM.

AND SO THAT PUT THEM OUT ON THE STREETS.

AND SO IN CONVERSATION AND HELPING THEM, THEY WERE ABLE TO, WE HAD A COUPLE OF CHURCHES THAT CAME IN AND STEPPED IN, GOT THEM SOME HOUSING FOR A SHORT TERM.

THEY NOW HAVE A JOB, CAME TO A WORK PROGRAM CLASS.

AND THEY'RE GETTING ON THEIR FEET.

SO THERE'S IT TOOK A COLLABORATION OF MULTIPLE, MULTIPLE, AGENCIES COMING TOGETHER TO MAKE THOSE TYPES OF THINGS HAPPEN.

AND SO I'M FOR BRINGING THOSE PIECES TOGETHER AND FOR US TO WORK AS A TEAM TOGETHER TO MEET THE NEEDS OF OUR CITIZENS.

SO THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. BECKY. JERRY RAMIREZ.

JERRY, WE'RE GOING TO PUT YOU UNDER OATH.

THAT MAY NOT BE A BAD IDEA.

MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL, LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, I THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO GET TO ADDRESS YOU.

MY NAME IS JERRY RAMIREZ.

I RESIDE AT 4801 FIRST PLACE HERE IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS.

79416 AND I WOULD LIKE TO SPEAK IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION 5.28, THE FORMATION OF LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

YOU'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT COLLABORATION, AND THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANT TO DO.

YES, THERE ARE HOMELESS PEOPLE, AND WE'VE HEARD A LOT ABOUT ONE ENTITY HERE IN LUBBOCK, BUT THERE'S MUCH MANY MORE ENTITIES IN OUR COMMUNITY THAT ARE MAKING A DIFFERENCE, THAT ARE WORKING WITH THOSE THAT ARE MARGINALIZED, THAT ARE THAT ARE THE WORKING POOR, THAT ARE HOMELESS.

SOME MAY NOT WE MAY NOT BE ABLE TO COUNT BECAUSE THEY DON'T FIT THE DEFINITION OF A TRUE HOMELESS PERSON, BUT THEY'RE LIVING IN THEIR CARS.

WE HAVE A NUMBER OF CHILDREN WITHIN OUR LISD THAT ARE HOMELESS, AND SO I WANT US TO TO REALIZE THAT THERE ARE MORE ENTITIES THAT COME TO THE TABLE FOR

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FOR FUNDING. AND SO COLLABORATION IS IS KEY.

IN THE LAST YEAR, OF MY INVOLVEMENT WITH ECHO WEST TEXAS, I'VE SEEN COLLABORATIVE, COLLABORATIVE EFFORTS.

EASY FOR ME TO SAY, BUT THAT WHERE YOU'RE BRINGING YOU'VE HEARD FROM SOME OF THOSE ORGANIZATIONS AND WE'RE COMING TOGETHER.

WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE WITH MORE.

AND SO, YEAH, HOMELESS IS IS VERY REAL.

AND WE RECOGNIZE THAT THAT'S NOT SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO TALK ABOUT BECAUSE IT'S HERE AND THERE ARE ENTITIES THAT ARE DOING A GREAT JOB.

BUT WE'VE HEARD FROM ONE, THAT IS RECEIVING A LOT OF THE FUNDING.

ECHO WEST TEXAS, IT'S THE GOAL OF ECHO WEST TEXAS TO CHANGE THAT SO THAT THROUGH COLLABORATION, THROUGH WORKING TOGETHER, WE CAN DO MORE.

THANK YOU FOR HEARING ME TODAY.

THANK YOU. JERRY. DYLAN DALTON.

YES, SIR. GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL AND COMMUNITY.

MY NAME IS DYLAN DALTON.

I RESIDE AT 2703 GENOA AVENUE, APARTMENT THREE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79407.

I STAND IN FRONT OF YOU TODAY IN SUPPORT OF RESOLUTION 5.28, THE CREATION OF A LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

SO I WANT TO START WITH HUD'S DEFINITION OF WHAT A CONTINUUM OF CARE IS.

A CONTINUUM CARE PROGRAM IS DESIGNED TO PROMOTE A COMMUNITY WIDE COMMITMENT TO THE GOAL OF ENDING HOMELESSNESS.

TO PROVIDE FUNDING FOR EFFORTS BY NONPROFIT PROVIDERS, STATES, INDIAN TRIBES, OR TRADITIONAL TRIBALLY DESIGNATED HOUSING ENTITIES AND LOCAL GOVERNMENTS TO QUICKLY REHOUSE HOMELESS INDIVIDUALS, FAMILIES, AND PERSONS FLEEING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, DATING VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT AND STALKING, AND YOUTH, WHILE MINIMIZING THE TRAUMA AND DISLOCATION CAUSED BY HOMELESSNESS TO PROMOTE ACCESS TO.

FAMILIES AND TO OPTIMIZE SELF-SUFFICIENCY AMONG THOSE EXPERIENCING HOMELESSNESS.

AS YOU CAN SEE, THEIR EFFORTS ARE TO MAKE A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT, NOT A SINGLE EFFORT.

A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT.

THAT'S YOU. THAT'S ME, THAT'S US.

IT IS OUR JOB TO TAKE CARE OF THE PEOPLE AROUND US, OUR JOB TO TAKE CARE OF OUR NEIGHBORS.

DEHEN STATES THAT THE BALANCE OF STATE COC IS MEANT TO COVER AREAS OF THE STATE THAT DO NOT HAVE THE RESOURCES TO ESTABLISH THEIR OWN COC.

I BELIEVE, AND I'M SURE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THIS ROOM CAN AGREE WITH ME, THAT LUBBOCK HAS THE RESOURCES TO CREATE OUR OWN COC.

WE ARE NOT TO RELY ON A GREATER ENTITY TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.

WE ARE TO TAKE CARE OF OUR PEOPLE.

IT HAS BEEN PROVEN THAT LOCAL CLOCKS ALL ACROSS THE UNITED STATES HAVE SEEN AN INCREASE OF FUNDING BECAUSE THEY ARE ABLE TO PICK UP LOCAL DATA.

WE ARE ABLE TO SHOW THE NEED IN OUR COMMUNITY RATHER THAN AS A WHOLE STATE.

WHEN YOU HAVE THAT DATA, THERE'S MORE.

THERE'S MORE OPPORTUNITY FOR YOU TO SHOW YOUR SUCCESS AS A PROGRAM AND AS A COMMUNITY OF TAKING CARE OF THE MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.

IN CALIFORNIA, OVER THE LAST TEN YEARS, FROM 2011 TO 2021, THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA RECEIVED AN AVERAGE INCREASE IN 79% IN FUNDING BECAUSE OF THE CREATION OF LOCAL COX.

IT'S TIME FOR LUBBOCK TO CREATE THEIR OWN COC.

WE HAVE THE RESOURCES.

WE HAVE THE POPULATION.

AND NOT ONLY THAT, WE NEED TO COLLABORATE.

THIS IS A COMMUNITY WIDE EFFORT.

THIS IS A WIN FOR ME.

THIS IS A WIN FOR YOU.

THIS IS A WIN FOR US.

BUT MOST IMPORTANTLY, IT'S A WIN FOR OUR COMMUNITY AND OUR MARGINALIZED PEOPLE.

WE ARE TO STRETCH OUR HANDS OUT.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DALTON. DAVID ALDERSON.

THANK YOU. HELLO. COUNCIL DAVID ALDERSON, FORMERLY OF 9201 SALISBURY, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79424 WAS BORN HERE IN 1964.

I AM THE CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD FOR EKO WEST, TEXAS.

I BEGAN WORK ON THIS AS A MEMBER OF THE DOWNTOWN TIFF DOWNTOWN BUSINESS OWNER IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, SEVERAL YEARS AGO THROUGH A FORMER COUNCIL.

AND I THINK WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO, WORKING WITH COUNCILS AND WITH CITY STAFF IS WE HAVE LOOKED AT OTHER CITIES IN THE STATE OF TEXAS AND OUTSIDE OF, TEXAS THAT ARE GETTING IT RIGHT.

I USED TO SAY EARLY ON, YOU WANT TO BE SAN ANTONIO.

YOU DON'T WANT TO BE AUSTIN.

WELL, SAN ANTONIO HAS A GREAT GOVERNANCE MODEL.

SO WHAT EKO WEST TEXAS IS LOOKING TO DO IS TO BRING A BETTER GOVERNANCE MODEL.

WE'RE NOT HERE TO DECREASE FUNDING.

ALL OUR CONVERSATIONS WITH CHEN OR, HUD FOR THAT MATTER, SAY, YOU SHOULDN'T EXPECT TO DECREASE FUNDING.

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WE ACTUALLY WOULD HOPE TO BUILD MORE FUNDING.

A GOOD EXAMPLE WOULD BE, I TALKED TO, SUPERINTENDENT ROLLO THE OTHER DAY.

THERE ARE 600 STUDENTS CURRENTLY IN LISD THAT ARE NOT CONSIDERED IN OUR OUR GRANT FUNDING AT THIS POINT.

THROUGH COLLABORATIVE GRANT WRITING PROCESS, WE HOPE TO GATHER MORE RESOURCES, MORE DATA TO INCREASE THE FUNDING FOR LUBBOCK COUNTY.

AND THAT'S WHAT WE WANT TO BRING.

I KNOW THAT WE'VE ALL ATTENDED SAN ANTONIO.

PREVIOUS COUNCILS WENT TO FORT WORTH, TRUE, WORTH.

THERE'S SOME WONDERFUL CITIES THAT ARE DOING IT RIGHT, AND WE JUST WANT TO KEEP LUBBOCK UP TO SPEED WITH THOSE FORWARD LOOKING CITIES AND HELP PROVIDE A GOVERNANCE MODEL THAT'S ABOUT COLLABORATION, COLLABORATIVE GRANT WRITING THAT REPRESENTS THE WHOLE AND BUILDS MORE RESOURCES TO BE SHARED AMONG MORE ORGANIZATIONS.

THANK YOU, MR. ALDERSON.

TED HOGAN.

GO. GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS TED HOGAN.

WE RESIDE AT 2712 20TH HERE IN LUBBOCK, AND I'M NOT HERE ON BEHALF OF AN ORGANIZATION OR A GROUP, I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF STATISTICS FOR YOU.

I DON'T HAVE A LOT OF METRICS, BUT WHAT I CAN BRING YOU ARE THE PERSONAL OBSERVATIONS THAT I HAVE, AND I'M DOING SO WEARING TWO HATS.

FIRST OF ALL, AS MANY OF YOU ALL KNOW, WE OWN A NUMBER OF PROPERTIES IN SOUTH OVERTON AREA, WHICH IS BASICALLY GROUND ZERO OF THE HOMELESS SITUATION.

WHAT WE ARE SEEING IN THAT AREA OVER THE PAST YEARS IS NOT AN IMPROVEMENT, BUT AN EXACERBATION OF THE PROBLEMS. I FIND THAT I'M SPENDING WAY TOO MUCH TIME IN ALLEYS RIGHT NOW.

WE HAVE FOUR EMPLOYEES, TWO OF WHOM ARE HOMELESS, WHO ARE OUT THERE CLEANING UP ALLEYS ALL THROUGHOUT SOUTH OVERTON, TRYING TO MITIGATE THE PROBLEMS THAT WE'RE SEEING FROM THIS POPULATION. AND I'M BRINGING THIS NOT AS CRITICISM, BUT TO SIMPLY DEMONSTRATE THAT THE CURRENT SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE IN PLACE IS NOT EFFECTIVELY ADDRESSING THE PROBLEM.

WHY IS THAT? THAT BRINGS THE SECOND HAT THAT I'M WEARING TODAY.

I'VE SPENT ABOUT 30 YEARS PRACTICING LAW, AND THE MAJORITY OF THAT TIME HAS BEEN DOING INDIGENT CRIMINAL DEFENSE WORK, PRIMARILY WITH SPECIAL NEEDS POPULATIONS, SCHIZOPHRENICS, ID FOLKS WHO ARE ON THE MARGINS OF SOCIETY.

AND I, ALONG WITH ANOTHER SMALL GROUP OF ATTORNEYS, HAVE FOUND TIME AND TIME AGAIN AS WE TRY TO REINTEGRATE OUR CLIENTS BACK INTO THE COMMUNITY, THE RESOURCES SIMPLY ARE NOT THERE.

AND THE REASON IS THAT WE DON'T HAVE THE COLLABORATION THAT THIS COMMUNITY NEEDS IN ORDER TO EFFECTIVELY ADDRESS THE SOLUTION.

THIS IS A MULTIFACETED PROBLEM.

IT DOES NOT CALL FOR ONE SIZE FITS ALL SOLUTION.

SO I'M SPEAKING IN SUPPORT OF THIS RESOLUTION BECAUSE I THINK WE NEED TO BROADEN THE BASE.

AND I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY TO WORK COLLABORATIVELY, COLLABORATIVELY TOGETHER IN ORDER TO MOVE THIS COMMUNITY FORWARD AND SERVE BETTER, SERVE THE PEOPLE WHO LIVE ON THE MARGINS.

IF WE CAN DO THAT, WE HELP OUR COMMUNITY AS A WHOLE.

WE MAKE LUBBOCK BETTER IF WE TAKE CARE OF THIS POPULATION BY WORKING TOGETHER.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. HOGAN. ALL RIGHT.

THAT'S ALL THE CITIZEN COMMENTS WE HAD SIGNED UP.

AT THIS TIME, I'M CALLING THE REGULAR AGENDA TO ORDER.

[ Call to Order]

WE HAVE MINUTES 4.1.

[4. Minutes]

DECEMBER 19TH OF 2023 FROM UB AS WELL AS JANUARY 9TH 24 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ.

GARCIA. THANK YOU, MISS JOY.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE MINUTES UNDER 4.1, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? PART 4.1 CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. COUNCIL, WE ARE GOING TO MOVE TO THE REGULAR AGENDA SPECIFICALLY BECAUSE WE DO HAVE SOME DEADLINES UNDER 6.1.

[1. Resolution - City Manager: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a contract for the purchase of electricity for all City of Lubbock facilities and infrastructure at a rate not to exceed $0.08112 per kWh for a term not to exceed 60 months.]

THIS IS THE AUTHORIZATION OR THE RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING MAYOR TO EXECUTE A CONTRACT FOR PURCHASE OF ELECTRICITY FOR THE CITY OF LUBBOCK FACILITIES.

BLUE. I'M GOING TO TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

WE ALSO HAVE, YOU KNOW, SOME QUESTIONS.

JENNIFER MAYBERRY IS HERE.

IF WE HAVE QUESTIONS, SPECIFICALLY TO THE PROVIDER.

BUT I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND LET BLUE GIVE US A SHORT PRESENTATION SINCE WE'VE GOT A LOT TO GO THROUGH, AND THEN WE CAN TAKE UP FURTHER QUESTIONS THROUGH DISCUSSION.

YES, SIR. THANK YOU.

MAYOR, COUNCIL. SO, YES.

APPRECIATE YOU PULLING THIS UP.

WE DO HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEADLINE BECAUSE THE THE WAY THE ELECTRIC MARKET WORKS IN THESE PRICING.

SO, TO, TO BRIEFLY GO OVER WHAT WE'VE DONE, EXACTLY WHAT THE REST OF OUR CITY, RESIDENTS AND BUSINESSES HAVE DONE, THEY'RE SELECTING THEIR PROVIDERS.

WE HAVE ALSO HAD TO DO THAT FOR OUR APPROXIMATELY 900M THAT WE HAVE OUT THERE WITHIN OUR CITY OF LUBBOCK SYSTEM.

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SO, THROUGH THE PROCESS, WE WE DECIDED WE NEEDED A LITTLE BIT OF HELP GOING THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

WE WE HIRED LAST YEAR, TO TRADITION ENERGY THROUGH A REQUISITION PROCESS.

THROUGH THAT PROCESS THROUGH THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR, WE'VE BEEN GOING THROUGH IDENTIFYING METERS, LOOKING THROUGH USAGES, AND THEN IN THIS, IN THIS LAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, REALLY STARTING TO DO THE, THE PRICING WITH SOME POTENTIAL RETAIL ELECTRIC PROVIDERS FOR THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

THROUGH THAT PROCESS, WE HAVE GOTTEN PRICING AS OF THIS MORNING, AGREED TO, BRING YOU A CONTRACT WITH TXU ENERGY. THAT RATE IS GOING TO BE RIGHT AROUND $0.07 FOR THE ELECTRICITY.

SO WE WILL ADD ON THE TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION, TO THAT.

THIS IS GOING TO BE A 24 MONTH CONTRACT, TO GET TO LET US WORK INTO THE TO THE RETAIL ELECTRIC MARKET AND THEN MOVE FORWARD.

SO IF YOU WANT TO PUT THIS INTO CONTEXT, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, WHAT WE'VE BEEN SPENDING, IN OUR BUDGET THIS YEAR, FISCAL YEAR 2024, WE HAVE ABOUT $11.5 MILLION FOR ELECTRIC, PURCHASING, ELECTRIC SERVICES.

UNDER THIS RATE, THAT'S GOING TO BE ROUGHLY ABOUT A $1.7 MILLION SAVINGS ON AN ANNUALIZED BASIS.

SO, MAYOR COUNCIL, WITH THAT, I'M GOING TO I'M GOING TO PAUSE HERE.

WE'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU HAVE.

AND THEN IF THIS IS APPROVED, WE WILL SIGN THIS, GET THIS OVER TO, TXU TO LOCK IN THESE RATES.

ALL RIGHT, BEFORE WE GO INTO QUESTIONS OF BLUE, LET'S GO AHEAD.

AND IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.1.

THANK YOU, MR. MASON. THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE. SOMEBODY ON MY LEFT.

MISS JOY, THANK YOU FOR THE SECOND.

ALL RIGHT. MISS PATTERSON HARRIS.

SO LET'S MOVE INTO DISCUSSION.

MARK, I THINK YOU HAD QUESTIONS COMING UP.

AND WE ALSO WE HAVE JENNIFER MAYBERRY.

JENNIFER, DO YOU JUST BRIEFLY INTRODUCE YOURSELF TO COUNCIL KIND OF TELL THEM WHO YOU ARE? THANKS FOR HAVING ME. MY NAME IS JENNIFER MAYBERRY WITH TRADITION ENERGY.

I'M AN ENERGY ADVISOR THERE.

I'VE BEEN THERE WILL BE 13 YEARS THIS SUMMER.

SO MY ROLE IS TO AID THE CITY IN MAKING THE BEST CONTRACT CHOICE.

SO YES, THAT INVOLVES PRICE.

BUT I'VE ALSO BEEN WORKING WITH BLUE TO MANAGE THE TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF THE AGREEMENT TO ENSURE THAT IT GIVES ALL FLEXIBILITY THAT YOU NEED, GETTING INTO DEREGULATION AND MANAGING THIS INITIAL TERM TO ENSURE SUCCESS WITH NOT ONLY YOUR LARGE NUMBER OF METERS, BUT THE BILLING PIECE AND ALL OTHER PROJECTS THAT YOU HAVE IN THE WORKS.

I'VE BEEN WATCHING LUBBOCK GROW AS I'VE BEEN COMING TO VISIT BLUE THE LAST YEAR OR TWO, SO WE'VE ACCOUNTED FOR THAT AS WELL.

AND MY ROLE IS TO ALSO LOOK AT THE FORWARD MARKET AND HELP MAKE COMMENT AND RECOMMENDATION ON WHERE WE SEE ELECTRICITY PRICES GOING AND WHY, AND WHAT MIGHT LEAD YOU TO ONE TERM OVER THE OTHER.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

ALL RIGHT. MARK, I THINK YOU HAD FIRST UP ON QUESTIONS.

AND THIS IS FOR BLUE.

THE WHAT WE HAVE HERE IS A RATE NOT TO EXCEED 0.08112.

DOES THAT INCLUDE THE PASS THROUGH COSTS THAT WE HAVE? IS THAT WHY IT'S A LITTLE BIT HIGHER THAN THE CONTRACT PRICE OR WHAT? THAT WAS WHAT WE PUT IN THE CAPTION, BECAUSE WE WEREN'T GOING TO HAVE PRICING UNTIL THIS MORNING.

SO WE HAD TO TAKE PRELIMINARY PRICING.

WE HAD TO PUT A CONTINGENCY IN THERE TO, TO MAKE SURE THAT WE DID NOT EXCEED THAT PARAMETER.

OKAY. BUT THAT'S A TOTAL COST WITH THE PASS THAT WAS THAT'S JUST THE ELECTRIC, JUST THE ELECTRIC PART.

OKAY. THAT'S NOT THE TRANSMISSION DISTRIBUTION.

MY QUESTION, MISS JOY, YOU MENTIONED, A NUMBER OF METERS.

I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC, THEY NEED TO KNOW JUST HOW MANY BUILDINGS THAT WE OPERATE THAT HAVE TO HAVE ELECTRICITY, HOW MANY OTHER FACILITIES, STREET LIGHTS, FOR EXAMPLE, WILL BE COVERED WITH THAT.

COULD YOU KIND OF A LITTLE MORE DETAIL.

SO THIS COVERS YES, MA'AM.

THIS COVERS ALL OF OUR INFRASTRUCTURE AND ALL OF OUR BUILDINGS.

SO WE HAVE MULTIPLE BUILDINGS THROUGHOUT THE CITY.

BUT YOU'RE RIGHT. WE HAVE STREET LIGHTS THAT ARE METERED.

WE HAVE TRAFFIC LIGHTS THAT ARE METERED.

SO, YOU KNOW, YOU THINK ALL OF YOUR WATER WASTEWATER SYSTEM, ALL THOSE PUMP STATIONS, IT COVERS A A WIDE ARRAY OF CITY INFRASTRUCTURE.

THANK YOU. BLUE.

JUST A POINT, I THINK.

THERE'S A SPECIFIC TIME PERIOD WHERE THIS GETS TO BE A TIME CRUNCH, BECAUSE RATES DON'T BECOME AVAILABLE UNTIL ALMOST THE LAST MINUTE.

IS THAT A FAIR STATEMENT? THAT'S CORRECT. I'LL LET JENNIFER.

YES. SO ELECTRICITY RATES CHANGE TECHNICALLY EVERY SECOND, BUT THEY TRADE ON A 15 MINUTE INTERVAL BASIS.

SO ONCE YOU SEE A PRICE IT IS NO LONGER VALID 15 MINUTES FROM THAT POINT.

WHICH IS WHY THIS IS SO TIME SENSITIVE.

NOW OF COURSE THERE IS INTENT THERE FROM THE SUPPLIERS WHEN THEIR CURVES COME OUT IN THE MORNING, TO BE ABLE TO HOLD THAT RATE FOR AS LONG AS POSSIBLE, WHICH IS WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY, TALKING ABOUT THOSE RATES FROM THIS MORNING, SHOULD A CONTRACT HAVE TO HOLD OVERNIGHT FOR WHATEVER REASON, WE MISSED A DEADLINE FOR TODAY.

SUPPLIERS WILL REVIEW PRICING BASED ON THEIR MORNING CURVE AND BOOK IT BOOK ANY AGREEMENTS TO THE BEST OF THEIR ABILITY.

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SO YES, IT'S A 15 MINUTE INTERVAL PRICE CHANGE.

WHICH LEADS US TO THE, YOU KNOW, TIME SENSITIVE PORTION OF THIS.

SO IF WE TAKE A VOTE RIGHT NOW, WE'RE SAVING MONEY.

IS THAT WHAT YOU'RE SAYING? THAT'S RIGHT.

ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF BLUE OR JENNIFER? OKAY. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE.

THANK YOU. BLUE. ALL RIGHT.

WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 6.1.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 6.1, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. 6.1 CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

AND IF THERE'S ANY OTHER DOCUMENTS TO SIGN, COURTNEY.

GOOD. OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

MOVING TO AGENDA ITEM 6.2.

[2. Resolution - City Manager: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Lease and Service Agreement, Contract 17905, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock and Safe Haven Baby Boxes, Inc., for a device to enable the safe surrender of infants.]

THIS IS. CONSIDER THE RESOLUTION ON OUR BABY BOX PROGRAM.

CHIEF, I'LL TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MR. MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL.

I'M VERY EXCITED TO COME BEFORE YOU TODAY TO TALK ABOUT A VERY WORTHWHILE PROJECT.

WE ARE SEEKING YOUR APPROVAL TO BEGIN SAFE HAVEN.

BABY BOXES ARE A DEVICE TO ENABLE PARENTS TO SAFELY AND ANONYMOUSLY SURRENDER INFANTS TO AUTHORITIES, IN THE CASE THAT THEY CAN NO LONGER CARE FOR THEM.

IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY YEAR WE HEAR STORIES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY OF INFANTS BEING ABANDONED IN WAYS THAT ARE UNSAFE, CAUSING INJURY AND DEATH TO THE CHILD.

THE GOAL OF THIS PROGRAM IS TO PROVIDE A SAFE ALTERNATIVE, SO THAT THAT UNFORTUNATE OUTCOME IS LESS LIKELY TO HAPPEN IN LUBBOCK.

THE PROGRAM HAS BEEN VERY SUCCESSFUL AROUND THE COUNTRY.

IN FACT, ONE OF THE SAFE HAVEN BABY BOXES WAS UTILIZED IN BELEN, NEW MEXICO JUST LAST WEEK, WHICH WAS THE FIRST BABY BOX SURRENDER IN NEW MEXICO FOR 2024, AND THE THIRD ONE IN THE COUNTRY IN 2024.

JOINING ME HERE AT THE PODIUM ARE MISS SUMMER STRAUSS AND MISS ALICIA POWELL AND LPFA PRESIDENT EQUIPMENT OPERATOR, JOSEPH WALLACE.

THESE WONDERFUL FOLKS BROUGHT THIS IDEA TO LFR AND HAVE WORKED TIRELESSLY FOR THIS PROJECT TO HAPPEN, AND AT PRACTICALLY NO COST FOR THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

I CANNOT THANK THEM ENOUGH, AND ALL OF THE PEOPLE AND ORGANIZATIONS THAT MADE THIS PROJECT COME TOGETHER, NAMELY TURNING POINT CHURCH, TYLER CONSTRUCTION, AND SEVERAL ANONYMOUS DONORS THAT INSISTED ON REMAINING ANONYMOUS.

THAT MADE VERY LARGE DONATIONS.

SO I WANT TO THANK THEM.

WITH YOUR APPROVAL, THE DEVICE WILL BE PLACED AT FIRE STATION NUMBER NINE AT 4810 50TH STREET, PROVIDING EASY ACCESS TO THE PUBLIC, AND TOGETHER WE WILL BE HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

THANK YOU CHIEF.

THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

REALLY APPRECIATE IT.

I UNDERSTAND THERE'S SOME TIME CRUNCHES FOR SOME OTHER PEOPLE'S SCHEDULES AS WELL, SO THANKS FOR SHOWING UP.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND CAN I GO AHEAD AND GET A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.20.

EVERYBODY WANTS IN ON THIS APPROVAL.

DOCTOR WILSON, SECOND MISS MARTINEZ GARCIA.

AND NOW WE CAN HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

DISCUSSION FOR THE CHIEF OR JOSEPH.

IT'S A BIG BOX.

MISS MARTINEZ. GARCIA.

I WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS AND GALS FOR THIS EFFORT, THIS PROJECT, THIS COMMITMENT.

IT IS SO IMPORTANT.

AND I THINK WITHIN THE LAST TWO DAYS WE SAW ANOTHER INFANT.

SO IT IS AN ISSUE AND WE'RE ADDRESSING IT COLLECTIVELY.

SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.

AND I'M GOING TO BE HONEST, WHEN I FIRST HEARD ABOUT THIS PROJECT, THERE'S A BOX OUT THERE.

AND I THOUGHT THAT WAS IT.

I WAS LIKE, WOW, HOW ARE WE GOING TO PUT IT IN A POSITION? IT BUT THIS IS WONDERFUL.

I THINK IT'S CENTRAL TO THE LUBBOCK AND I THINK IT WILL BE A BENEFIT TO ALL.

SO THANK YOU AGAIN FOR YOUR EFFORTS.

YES, MA'AM. THANK YOU.

DOCTOR WILSON. YEAH.

I WANT TO ECHO CHRISTIE'S SENTIMENTS.

THANK YOU GUYS SO MUCH.

I REMEMBER WHEN JOSEPH BROUGHT THIS, THIS IDEA TO TO SEVERAL OF US HERE ON COUNCIL AND WHAT AN AMAZING THING THIS IS.

AND I MAY BE WRONG, BUT THIS MAY BE THE FIRST FIRE DEPARTMENT IN THE STATE OF TEXAS THAT HAS HAS PUT ONE OF THESE BOXES IN.

YES, MA'AM. WE BELIEVE SO.

SO I WANT TO COMMEND YOU GUYS, EVERYBODY.

THIS IS AN AMAZING THING FOR OUR CITY.

AND I BELIEVE, CHIEF, CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG, BUT THE FIRST ONE IS GOING TO GO WITH STATION NINE, WHICH IS CENTRAL KIND OF IN OUR CITY.

YES, MA'AM. AND I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL OF YOU AND OUR CITY MANAGER, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE OF THESE IN OUR CITY.

I KNOW WE'RE BUILDING STATION 20 CURRENTLY, AND SO WE'VE GOT CONSTRUCTION CONSTRUCTION PLANS, AND I WOULD LIKE TO SEE THESE ADDED IN MULTIPLE STATIONS IN NORTH, EAST, SOUTH AND WEST.

LUBBOCK. YES, MA'AM.

EVERY NEW FIRE STATION WE BUILD FROM, FROM NOW ON, WILL, WE'LL HAVE ONE PLANNED.

THANK YOU. YES. SO MUCH.

ANY OTHER COMMENTS OR QUESTIONS OF CHIEF.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 6.2, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? ALL RIGHT. MOTION UNANIMOUSLY CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

THANK YOU ALL VERY MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

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WE'LL NOW MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6.3.

[3. Public Hearing - Planning (District 2): Consider a request for Zone Case 3111-A, a request of Parkhill for Starcare Specialty Health System, for a zone change from High Density Residential District (HDR) to Auto-Urban Commercial District (AC), at 3002 East 19th Street and 1950 Aspen Avenue, located south of East 19th Street and east of Aspen Avenue, on 87 acres of land out of Block B, Section 3, including MHMR Addition, Tract A, and consider an ordinance.]

KRISTEN, I GOT YOU CLOSE.

ARE COUNCIL FOR PLANNING PURPOSES.

I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND I ANTICIPATE 6.6 WILL TAKE SOME TIME.

I THINK WE'LL MOVE 6.34, FIVE, SEVEN AND EIGHT, AND THEN WE'LL MOVE SIX SIX TO THE END.

SO THOSE WITH THESE VERY QUICK ONES CAN GO AHEAD AND GET OUT OF HERE IF THEY NEED TO.

ALL RIGHT KRISTEN WILL START WITH 6.3.

GOOD AFTERNOON MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

ITEM 6.3 IS ZONE CASE 3111 A THE APPLICANT IS PARK HILL FOR STAR CARE SPECIALTY HEALTH SYSTEM.

THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HDR TO AUTO URBAN COMMERCIAL DISTRICT AC.

WE SENT OUT 25 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING FIVE IN FAVOR, ZERO IN OPPOSITION.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED SOUTH OF 19TH STREET, WEST OF GUAVA AVENUE.

HERE'S THE NOTIFICATION MAP SHOWING THE PROPERTIES THAT RESPONDED IN FAVOR OF THE REQUEST.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THERE IS AN EXISTING FACILITY AT THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

CURRENT ZONING IS HDR.

THERE IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH, SOUTH, EAST AND WEST, WITH SOME ADDITIONAL MEDIUM DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR PARKS AND PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC USES.

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

HERE'S A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT JUST SHOWING THE ADJACENT USES.

THERE'S A BASEBALL COMPLEX TO THE WEST, THE EXISTING FACILITY ON THE PROPERTY.

DUNBAR HISTORICAL LAKE NUMBER SIX TO THE SOUTH WITH A RECREATIONAL TRAIL SYSTEM.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR PUBLIC AND SEMIPUBLIC LAND USES IS CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUEST.

THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND APPROPRIATE AT THIS LOCATION.

IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA AND WILL NOT CHANGE THE CHARACTER OF THE EXISTING DEVELOPMENT.

EAST 19TH STREET IS DESIGNATED AS A MINOR ARTERIAL EAST OF ASPEN AVENUE, WHICH IS ALSO DESIGNATED AS A LOCAL STREET.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S GO AHEAD AND JUST OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THIS ONE, CHRISTIAN.

AND THEN WE'LL MOVE TO ANY OTHER QUESTIONS COUNCIL MAY HAVE.

SO IF YOU'RE NEW TO THIS, ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS, WE WILL HAVE A SEPARATE HEARING.

WE'LL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING ON EACH OF THESE ITEMS WHERE YOU WILL HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY TO STEP FORWARD TO THE PODIUM, STATE YOUR NAME AND AGAIN YOUR ADDRESS IF YOU WOULD, AND THEN MAKE YOUR COMMENTS ON THE AGENDA ITEM THAT WE'RE SPECIFICALLY SPEAKING OF, WHICH, RIGHT NOW IS 6.3.

ALL RIGHT. AND THEN I WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN COUNCIL WILL TAKE UP ITS MOTION AND DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. SO AT THIS TIME WE WILL CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEM 6.3.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF 6.3.

YOU MAY STEP FORWARD NOW. ALL RIGHT.

SEEING NONE. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.3, YOU MAY BE RECOGNIZED OR STEP FORWARD NOW.

MY NAME IS JOHN ANTHONY WITH PARK HILL.

ADDRESS IS 422 85TH STREET.

AND WE'RE HERE REPRESENTING STAR CARE FOR THE ZONING CASE.

I'LL TELL YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT STAR CARE.

IT'S COMMITTED TO PROVIDING ACCESS TO THE BEST BEHAVIORAL HEALTH SERVICES TO THE COMMUNITY.

IS ALSO THE DESIGNATED LOCAL AUTHORITY FOR MENTAL HEALTH, INTELLECTUAL DISABILITIES, AND SUBSTANCE ABUSE DISORDERS.

STAR CARE. SUNRISE CANYONS EXISTING BEHAVIORAL HEALTH FACILITIES, WHICH IS IN THE BOTTOM LEFT HAND CORNER.

LIMIT THEIR ABILITY TO DELIVER PATIENT AND FAMILY CARE CONSISTENT WITH THEIR LONG TERM VISION STANDARDS.

MODALITIES OF CARE, PATIENT DEMOGRAPHICS, AND DEMAND FOR SERVICES CONTINUE TO EVOLVE, AND THEY'RE LIMITED BY THEIR CURRENT SITUATION.

WORKING WITH PARK HILL AND SEVERAL OTHER CONSULTANTS, WE HAVE DEVELOPED A PLAN TO EXPAND THEIR FACILITIES TO 60 ADDITIONAL BED, INPATIENT HOSPITAL AND 80,000FT². AND WE'RE LOOKING AT THAT, PUTTING IT IN THE TOP LEFT HAND CORNER OUT AT THE INTERSECTION OF 19TH AND ASPEN AVENUE, INCLUDES A NEW INPATIENT HOSPITAL THAT WILL SERVE TO PROVIDE THERAPEUTIC TREATMENT SPACES, INCREASE THE NUMBER OF PATIENTS SERVED AND PROVIDE INTENSIVE TREATMENT SUBUNIT, AND PROVIDE STAFF WITH ADEQUATE SPACE TO BETTER DELIVER THEIR HIGH QUALITY OF CARE.

IN ADDITION, THERE IS A HOPE CENTER FOR HEALTH AND WELLBEING WILL BE SORRY.

THERE'S A DIVERSION CENTER. IT'S UNDER THE SAME ROOF, BUT A SEPARATE FACILITY.

DIVERSION CENTER CARE MODEL DESIGNED TO HELP PEOPLE EXPERIENCING MENTAL HEALTH DISTRESS.

AVOID EMERGENCY ROOMS, JAILS AND INPATIENT HOSPITALS WHEN CLINICALLY APPROPRIATE.

THE HOPE CENTER WILL UTILIZE CRISIS EVALUATION SERVICES, 23 HOUR EXTENDED OBSERVATION AS WELL AS COMMUNITY PARTNER RESOURCES.

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SO STAR CARE IS REALLY JUST LOOKING TO EXPAND THEIR HOSPITAL AND WORKING WITH ALL OF THE LOCAL GROUPS.

AND A LOT OF THEM HAVE SPOKEN HERE AS WELL TODAY AND LOOKING FOR THIS REZONING CASE SO THAT WE CAN, PROVIDE THIS BENEFIT TO THE COMMUNITY.

WOULD YOU TELL ME YOUR FIRST NAME AGAIN? JONAH. JONAH.

THEY MADE YOU COME UP HERE AND SAY ALL THAT, DIDN'T THEY? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. JOHN.

YOU MIGHT STICK CLOSE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

OKAY, SIR. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER PARTIES WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.3? ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE, I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.3.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.3? THANK YOU, THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS SECOND BY MISS JOY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY QUESTIONS OF THE APPLICANT'S REPRESENTATIVE OR ANY QUESTIONS OF STAFF? MISS JOY? REALLY? HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? JOHN? I WENT THROUGH WHAT SHE SAID PRETTY FAST.

BUT THIS WILL BE THE LOCATION FOR THE DIVERSION CENTER THAT WE'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FOR YEARS, WHICH GREW OUT OF OUR HOMELESSNESS COMMITTEE RECOMMENDATIONS.

AND THAT WOULD BE A PLACE WHERE IF FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE PICKED UP FOR MISDEMEANORS, THAT THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPTION TO GO TO THE DIVERSION CENTER TO GET HELP IF IT'S AN ALCOHOL PROBLEM, IF IT'S A DRUG PROBLEM, BUT THEY WOULD HAVE AN OPTION NOT TO GO TO THE DETENTION CENTER, BUT TO, GET HELP FROM THESE AGENCIES.

THEY'RE GOING TO COLLABORATE TOGETHER, TO HELP WITH THAT.

AND SO THIS IS A LOCATION FOR THAT FACILITY.

AND THEN FOR THE EXPANSION OF BEDS, THAT WILL BE POSSIBLE BY SOME FUNDING FROM THE STATE LEGISLATURE, THIS SESSION.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY. ANY OTHER COMMENTS? MRS PATTERSON HARRIS.

I WAS JUST GOING TO SAY DITTO TO WHAT MISS JOY STATED.

AND YOU'RE RIGHT, IT'S BEEN SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN HAVING CONVERSATION ABOUT FOR A WHILE.

IT'S IT WILL GO TO ASSISTING, HELPING A SITUATION THAT HAS REALLY BEEN, IMBALANCED FOR SO MANY YEARS WITH THOSE WHO ARE HAVING MENTAL HEALTH EPISODES OR HAVING SOME CONCERNS THERE INSTEAD OF TAKING THEM TO THE JAIL, QUOTE, UNQUOTE. AND THEY'LL BE ABLE TO RECEIVE SERVICES TO ADDRESS WHATEVER'S GOING ON WITH THEM AT THAT TIME, WHICH IS, I BELIEVE, IS A BETTER SOLUTION.

SO I GUESS THE VOTE THIS EVENING IS TO IS TOWARD A BETTER SOLUTION ACTUALLY COMING FORTH.

THANK YOU, MR. PATTERSON. HARRIS.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND ON 6.3.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. MOVING ALONG TO 6.4, MISS SAGER.

[4. Public Hearing - Planning (District 4): Consider a request for Zone Case 3493, a request of R2M Engineering, LLC for Landshark Commercial Properties, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Neighborhood Commercial District (NC), generally located north and south of 151st Street and west of University Avenue, on 8.71 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 2, and consider an ordinance.]

ITEM 6.4 IS ZONED CASE 3493.

THE APPLICANT IS ARTEM ENGINEERING FOR LANDSHARK COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES.

THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY SF TWO TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IN C.

WE SENT OUT 30 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING TWO IN FAVOR.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF UNIVERSITY AVENUE AT 151ST STREET.

HERE IS THE NOTIFICATION MAP SHOWING THE TWO PROPERTIES THAT RESPONDED IN FAVOR.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY SF2 AND IT IS SURROUNDED BY SF2, AND PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH IS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY LAND USES.

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

HERE'S A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR RESIDENTIAL LOW DENSITY LAND USES IS NOT CONSISTENT WITH THE REQUEST FOR NC ZONING.

HOWEVER, GIVEN ITS LOCATION ALONG THE THOROUGHFARE, IT IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION.

THE REQUEST IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

IT IS LOCATED NORTH AND SOUTH OF 151ST STREET, WHICH IS A LOCAL STREET, AND ALONG UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WHICH IS THE PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MISS EDGAR.

YOU MIGHT STICK CLOSE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'RE GOING TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN ON 6.4.

I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.4.

IF THERE IS ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 6.4, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD NOW.

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ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.4.

YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

MY NAME IS JASON BREWER.

I REPRESENT RTM ENGINEERING HERE.

I HAVE NO ADDITIONAL COMMENTS ON THIS CASE, BUT I AM HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU. JASON.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.4.

ALL RIGHT. NOW, WE'LL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.4.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.4? THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY. ALL RIGHT.

DO WE HAVE ANY OTHER DISCUSSION? ANY QUESTIONS OF MISS SAGER? QUESTIONS OF STAFF FOR THE APPLICANT IS HERE.

JASON IS AVAILABLE.

MISS JOY. SORRY.

OH. THAT'S OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 6.4, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. WELL, NOW I'LL MOVE TO 6.5, MISS SAGER.

[5. Public Hearing - Planning (District 4): Consider a request for Zone Case 3496, a request of OJD Engineering, LLC for Toot’ N Totum, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Auto-Urban Commercial District (AC), at 2416 130th Street, located east of University Avenue and north of 130th Street, on 2.71 acres of unplatted land out of Block E, Section 15, and consider an ordinance.]

ITEM 6.5 IS ZONE CASE 3496.

THE APPLICANT IS OJD ENGINEERING FOR TEUTON TOTEM.

THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY SF2 TO AUTO URBAN COMMERCIAL AC.

WE SENT OUT FIVE NOTIFICATIONS RECEIVING NO RESPONSE.

THIS PROPERTY IS AT THE CORNER OF THE FUTURE LOOP 88 AND UNIVERSITY AVENUE.

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY SF TWO.

NORTH OF THIS PROPERTY IS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS AND THERE IS ADDITIONAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTH.

THE 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.

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

THE REQUEST IS IN CONFORMANCE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND COMPATIBLE WITH THE SURROUNDING AREA.

UNIVERSITY AVENUE IS DESIGNATED AS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL AND 130TH STREET.

FUTURE. LOOP 88 IS DESIGNATED AS A FREEWAY.

THANK YOU, MISS SAGER.

ALL RIGHT AT THIS. NOW, AT THIS TIME, I WILL NOW OPEN, OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.5.

IF ANYONE HERE IS WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 6.5, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD NOW.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.5.

YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

YEAH. MICHAEL ADAMS WITH, JADE ENGINEERING REPRESENTING COUNTERTUM, AND I HAVE NOTHING ELSE TO ADD, BUT, WE'LL ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS YOU ALL MAY HAVE. THANK YOU.

MICHAEL. MAY STICK CLOSE IF THERE'S ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER PERSONS WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.5? YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.5.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.5? THANK YOU, MISS.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILSON.

SECOND BY MR. MASSENGALE.

ALL RIGHT. DO WE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS? MICHAEL HERE IS HERE ON BEHALF OF THE APPLICANT.

CHRISTIAN CAN ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 6.5, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE'LL MOVE TO 6.7.

[7. Public Hearing - Planning (District 5): Consider a request for Zone Case 2923-A, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for Tom and Brenda Jones, for a zone change from High Density Residential District (HDR), to Neighborhood Commercial District (NC), generally located south of 87th Street, and east of Upland Avenue, Westwood Addition, Tract A-2-A, and a portion of Tract A-1-A, and consider an ordinance.]

CHRISTIAN. TURN IT OVER TO YOU.

ITEM 6.7 IS ZONED CASE 2923 A.

THE APPLICANT IS HUGO REID AND ASSOCIATES FOR TOM AND BRENDA JONES.

THE PURPOSE IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL HDR TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL IN C.

WE SENT OUT 43 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING ZERO IN FAVOR AND TWO IN OPPOSITION.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF UPLAND AVENUE, NORTH OF 90TH.

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

HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THERE IS A CHURCH IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF THE SUBJECT, PROPERTY AND RESIDENTIAL TO THE EAST AND SOUTH.

THE CURRENT ZONING IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH LOW DENSITY SF TWO TO THE NORTH, EAST AND SOUTH AND INDUSTRIAL PARK TO THE WEST.

THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AND USES.

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

THIS IS A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THAT EVEN IF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY TAKES A PORTION OF THE PARKING LOT CURRENTLY USED BY THE CHURCH TODAY, THE CHURCH WILL

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STILL BE IN COMPLIANCE WITH THEIR PARKING REQUIREMENT.

THIS IS ANOTHER GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT JUST SHOWING THE PROPOSED SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES DOES NOT CONFORM TO THE REQUEST.

HOWEVER, GIVEN THAT THIS IS ALONG UPLAND AVENUE, IT IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION.

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

THE PROPOSED LOCATION IS ALONG UPLAND AVENUE, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. KRISTEN.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.7.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 6.7? YOU MAY COME FORWARD NOW.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.7? YOU MAY COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL MEMBERS.

I'M TERRY HOLMAN WITH HUGO REED ASSOCIATES.

WE'RE AT 1601 AVENUE IN.

I'D LIKE TO THANK MISS SAGER FOR LEAVING THIS GRAPHIC UP.

IT HELPS US TELL OUR STORY ABOUT AS WELL AS ANYTHING.

I'M REPRESENTING THOMAS AND BRENDA JONES.

THEY ARE THE LANDOWNERS ON THIS PROPERTY.

BUT AS YOU CAN SEE, THE CHURCH, OPERATES ON THE PROPERTY HAS BEEN IN OPERATION THERE FOR SINCE AROUND THE LATE 90S, EARLY 2000.

THIS PROPERTY WAS CONVERTED FROM THE OLD A2 ZONING TO WHAT IS NOW HDR, WHICH IS HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

I'D LIKE TO NOTE TO YOU THAT IN THE CURRENT ZONING DISTRICT HDR, WE'RE ALLOWED TO BUILD A CHILD CARE HOSPITAL REHAB UNDER FIVE ACRES, MEDICAL LABS, EVEN A VERTICAL MIXED USE MULTIFAMILY WITH COMMERCIAL IF WE SO CHOSE.

WHAT WE'D LIKE TO DO IS, SINCE THE SOUTHERN HALF OF THIS PROPERTY IS BEEN LEFT UNUSED FOR A NUMBER OF YEARS, MR. MRS JONES FEEL LIKE THEY WOULD LIKE TO, MAYBE SET THAT PART OF THE PROPERTY UP FOR MAYBE FUTURE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT? OBVIOUSLY, BASED ON ITS SIZE, YOU'RE NOT GOING TO GET A BIG SHOPPING CENTER THERE.

BUT THERE'S THERE'S QUITE A BIT OF LOW LEVEL RETAIL THAT WE THINK WOULD BE A CANDIDATE FOR THIS LOCATION.

AND BY THE WAY, WE ARE ASKING FOR NC ZONING, WHICH IS THE MOST RESTRICTIVE COMMERCIAL THAT'S THAT'S ALLOWED TO US UNDER THE CURRENT CODE.

THE AS MISS SAGER NOTED, OBVIOUSLY WE'VE DONE THE MATH AND WE'VE DETERMINED THAT THE THE LITTLE SMALL END OF THE PARKING LOT IS NOT NECESSARY FOR THE CHURCH TO MEET CODE. IT WE THINK IT'S A GOOD FIT FOR RETAIL AT THIS LOCATION.

THERE WERE TWO LETTERS OF OPPOSITION TURNED IN.

I WAS ABLE TO SPEAK TO ONE OF THE NEIGHBORS.

I CAN'T TESTIFY THAT I CHANGED ANY MINDS, BUT, YOU KNOW, AT LEAST HAD A CHANCE TO VISIT WITH HIM.

THE OTHER ONE, I LEFT AN EMAIL AND A PHONE CALL AND WAS NOT ABLE TO SPEAK WITH HIM.

BUT THE THING THAT WE HAVE GOING FOR US IS WHEN WE HAVE THIS COMMERCIAL LIGHT COMMERCIAL, YOU KNOW, IN ESSENCE, BACKING INTO THE EXISTING SINGLE FAMILY, THE NEW CODE DOES REQUIRE PRETTY EXTENSIVE SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, THE BUFFER YARDS THAT WE'VE ALL HEARD SO MUCH ABOUT.

SO AND I'D LIKE TO ALSO NOTE TO YOU THAT THERE'S INDUSTRIAL ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE THOROUGHFARE.

SO WE JUST BELIEVE THIS IS THE BEST FIT FOR THIS PROPERTY.

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

THANK YOU TERRY, THANK YOU.

YOU MIGHT STICK CLOSE AS WELL.

YOU BET. ALL RIGHT.

ANY OTHER PARTIES WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.7? ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.7.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.7? THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILSON.

THANK YOU, MISS JOY.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF MISS SAGER? QUESTIONS OF TERRY.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION.

ALL RIGHT. ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 6.7, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 7 TO 0.

JUST. I'M SORRY, MISS MARTINEZ.

GARCIA DID STEP OUT. THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE. THAT CARRIES 6 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO 6.8.

[8. Public Hearing - Planning (District 5): Consider a request for Zone Case 3495, a request of Mark and Deborah Clark Trust, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2), to Heavy Commercial District (HC), at 7109 Marsha Sharp Freeway, located south of Marsha Sharp Freeway and west of Rochester Avenue, on 0.43 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 30, and consider an ordinance.]

LAST ONE. BEFORE WE GET BACK TO THE 6.6 I KNOW MANY ARE WAITING ON.

THANK YOU FOR INDULGING US SO WE CAN GET THESE QUICK ONES DONE.

ALL RIGHT, MISS SAGER, 6.8.

ITEM 6.8 IS ZONE CASE 3495.

THE APPLICANT IS MARK AND DEBORAH CLARK TRUST.

THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE A PROPERTY FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY SF2 TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL HC.

WE SENT OUT 19 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING ONE IN FAVOR.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED JUST SOUTH OF THE MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY.

HERE IS THE RESPONSE MAP SHOWING THE ONE RESPONSE WE DID RECEIVE IN FAVOR.

AND HERE IS AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THERE IS ADDITIONAL COMMERCIAL TO THE SOUTHWEST, RESIDENTIAL TO THE SOUTH, AND A TREE FARM TO THE EAST.

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THE CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY SF TWO.

THERE'S ADDITIONAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO THE WEST AND ADDITIONAL INDUSTRIAL INDUSTRIAL PARK TO THE NORTHWEST.

THE 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 SOME ADDITIONAL PHOTOS PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT OF THE SURROUNDING AREA.

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

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

THE LOCATION IS LONG MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY, WHICH IS A FREEWAY.

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

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. SAGER.

ALL RIGHT. I'M GOING TO NOW OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.8.

ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF THAT ZONE CASE? YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. SEEING NONE. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.8, YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

GOOD AFTERNOON. I'M DEBORAH CLARK AND I'M OWNER, AND THIS IS MY HUSBAND, MARK CLARK.

SO WE'VE BEEN, WE'VE BEEN IN BUSINESS FOR 43 YEARS AS OF OCTOBER OF 1981.

NOW, WE'D LIKE TO MAKE SURE THAT IT'S ZONED CORRECTLY.

SO. THAT'S ALL WE HAVE? YES. OKAY.

THANK YOU. SOUNDS GOOD.

YEAH. THANK YOU.

YOU GUYS DID A GREAT JOB.

THANK YOU. KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.8? YOU MAY STEP FORWARD AT THIS TIME.

ALL RIGHT. I WILL NOW CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING.

AS TO 6.8.

WE HAVE THE CLERKS HERE.

WE HAVE KRISTEN HERE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.8.

THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ. GARCIA.

THANK YOU, MISS CHOI.

ALL RIGHT, MISS JOY, YOU HAD A QUESTION.

KRISTEN. WHERE DID SHE GO? THERE SHE IS. THEY CALL A CLEAN UP.

IS THAT CORRECT? IN OTHER WORDS, THEY HAVE OPERATED THIS BUSINESS AT THAT LOCATION SINCE 19.

AND THEY'RE THEY'VE EITHER RETIRED OR RETIRING AND PROBABLY HAVE A SALE OR SOMETHING PENDING, AND THEY'VE GOT TO GET THE ZONING CORRECT.

OKAY. OKAY.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU. THAT ALL RIGHT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS FOR MISS SAGER? OR WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 6.8.

PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION DOES CARRY 7 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. NOW WE WILL MOVE TO AGENDA ITEM 6.6.

[6. Public Hearing - Planning (District 5): Consider a request for Zone Case 3494, a request of the City of Lubbock, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Industrial Park District (IP), at 7401 Alcove Avenue, located north of Marsha Sharp Freeway and east of Alcove Avenue, on 70.65 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 31, and consider an ordinance.]

ERIC. I THINK YOU'RE UP.

MAYOR COUNCIL. GOOD AFTERNOON.

GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. ERIC HRINKO, ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER.

I APPRECIATE YOU GIVING ME AN OPPORTUNITY TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT THE TRANSPORTATION PROJECT.

I'D LIKE TO RUN THROUGH THE NEED FOR THE PROJECT.

OBVIOUSLY, COUNCIL'S VERY FAMILIAR WITH THE PROJECT.

YOU'VE TAKEN SOME PRIOR ACTION, WHICH WE'LL COVER.

ALSO WANT TO VISIT WITH YOU ABOUT THE BENEFITS OF THE PROJECT PRIOR ACTIONS, AND WE'LL GET INTO THE ACTUAL SITE ITSELF AS WELL AS DISCUSS SOME ROAD PROJECTS.

AND YOU KNOW WHY THIS SITE WAS SELECTED.

FOLLOWING MY PRESENTATION, MR. WOOD, FRANKLIN HAS SOME AERIALS FROM GOOGLE EARTH OR OTHER SIMILAR FACILITIES AS WELL AS THIS SITE.

AND AS MISS HANEY IS ALSO HERE TO ADDRESS ANY QUESTIONS YOU MIGHT HAVE.

AND, FOLLOWING THAT, MISS SAGER WILL GIVE HER PRESENTATION, WALK YOU THROUGH THE PNC MEETING AND THEIR ACTION.

BUT I'LL START OUT, SO ON ANY GIVEN DAY, THE CITY OF LUBBOCK RUNS 4748 ROUTES.

MONDAY. TUESDAY, THURSDAY, FRIDAY, WEDNESDAYS, OUR CATCH UP DAY.

WE USE WEDNESDAY QUITE FREQUENTLY TO PLAY CATCH UP FROM THE DAYS OF, PICKING UP GARBAGE.

ON AVERAGE, IT TAKES TWO HOURS ROUND TRIP FOR A GARBAGE TRUCK TO GO TO AND COME BACK TO LUBBOCK FROM THE LANDFILL.

THE RECENT STUDY THAT WE DID SHOWS THAT THE AVERAGE GARBAGE TRUCK YOU GET 4748.

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THE AVERAGE GARBAGE TRUCK BASED ON TWO AND A HALF TRIPS, SPENDS ABOUT FOUR HOURS ON THE ROAD TRAVELING TO AND FROM THE LANDFILL.

THAT'S FOUR HOURS THAT WE'RE NOT PICKING UP GARBAGE.

PROBABLY. PROBABLY PART OF THE REASON THAT YOU ALL GET CALLS THAT WE DO ON A ON A REGULAR BASIS.

AS LUBBOCK GROWS SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST ESPECIALLY, IT'S REALLY IMPORTANT THAT WE IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCY.

THE TRANSFER STATION IN THIS LOCATION IS ONE THING THAT WILL ALLOW US TO DO THAT AND IMPROVE OUR EFFICIENCY.

I'VE GOT SOME PICTURES. I'LL SHOW YOU OF SOME OTHER FACILITIES AS WE GO THROUGHOUT.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE BIG BENEFITS THAT WE'RE GOING TO SEE WITH THE TRANSFER STATION IS OBVIOUSLY CUTTING TRAVEL TIME TO MINUTES INSTEAD OF HOURS.

YOU KNOW, THEY'LL HAVE A DROP OFF POINT IN LUBBOCK FROM THERE.

THAT GARBAGE TRUCK, YOU KNOW, WITHIN A FEW MINUTES CAN GO BACK TO THEIR ROUTE INSTEAD OF TRAVELING, YOU KNOW, FOR TWO HOURS TO AND FROM THE LANDFILL.

THAT WILL CERTAINLY HELP COLLECTION.

WE DO ANTICIPATE THAT WILL REDUCE, OBVIOUSLY, THE MILEAGE AND THE MAINTENANCE OF THESE TRUCKS THAT ARE VERY, VERY HEAVY MAINTENANCE THAT OCCURS ON THESE VEHICLES ON A REGULAR BASIS. COUNCIL HAS TAKEN SEVERAL ACTIONS.

THIS HAS ACTUALLY BEEN LOOKED AT SEVERAL TIMES, FROM, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL AND PRIOR COUNCILS, DATING BACK THREE STUDIES IN 2008.

THE MOST RECENT STUDY THAT WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY IS FROM 2020.

THE BIG THING THAT CAME FROM THAT STUDY WAS DETERMINING THE WASTE CENTROID, AS MR. FRANKLIN REFERS TO IT.

FOR LUBBOCK AND TAKES INTO ACCOUNT THE GROWTH AFTER ASSESSING MULTIPLE SITES, THE SITE THAT WILL VISIT HERE IN ABOUT OR THAT I'LL SHOW YOU HERE IN A LITTLE BIT WAS PURCHASED LAST YEAR BY THE COUNCIL.

WE CLOSED ON IT LAST YEAR.

WE TOOK INTO ACCOUNT ROUTE EFFICIENCY AND OPTIMIZATION, LOCATION, COST AND AVAILABILITY IN TRYING TO STAY AS CLOSE TO THE WASTE CENTRALLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND I THINK THIS SITE ACCOMPLISHES THAT.

COUNCIL ALSO HAS A CIP, A CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT PROJECT THAT YOU'VE FUNDED THE LAST COUPLE OF YEARS.

THIS YEAR YOU BROUGHT ON AN ADDITIONAL 14 MILLION TO WHAT YOU HAD PRIOR FOR A TOTAL OF 32.7, WHICH WILL ALLOW FOR THE CONSTRUCTION AND PERMITTING OF THIS FACILITY.

TO DATE, YOU'VE SPENT SIX ABOUT $6.6 MILLION.

THAT INCLUDES THE LAND THAT INCLUDES THE STUDY, PRIOR STUDIES.

WE'VE ALSO TOURED SEVERAL OF YOU'VE TOURED FACILITIES.

THE ONE I'M GOING TO SHOW YOU NEXT.

HERE, LET ME SEE IF I CAN.

THIS IS ONE THAT WE TOURED IN RICHARDSON.

THERE WAS A COUPLE OF US WHILE STAFF MEMBERS THAT TOURED THIS FACILITY IN RICHARDSON.

IT'S, YOU KNOW, ONE THING I'LL EMPHASIZE, THE FACILITY IS ALL ENCLOSED.

THIS IS THE INSIDE OF THAT FACILITY WHILE THEY WERE OPERATING.

A FEW OTHER AERIALS OF FACILITIES THAT OUR STAFF IS FAMILIAR WITH.

I KNOW MAYOR PAYNE TOURED THE LARGEST TRANSFER STATION IN THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA IN I'M SORRY, IN THE NATION IN CALIFORNIA, BUT THAT JUST KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA.

AND MR. FRANKLIN WILL GO THROUGH AND WE'LL BE ABLE TO ZOOM IN AND OUT WITH GOOGLE EARTH HERE IN A LITTLE WHILE TO WALK YOU THROUGH SOME OTHER SITES.

THIS IS THE ACTUAL SITE ITSELF.

THE AREA IN YELLOW IS THE 70 ACRES OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK PURCHASED.

THE AREA IN RED WOULD BE THE OPERATIONAL AREA FOR THE TRANSFER STATION.

IN THE BLUE WOULD BE THE TRANSFER STATION ITSELF.

WE'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT A 36,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDING OUT OF A 70 ACRE SITE.

ONE REASON WE SELECTED THIS SITE WITH THAT MUCH ACREAGE IS TO ALLOW IT TO BE FAR AWAY FROM ANYTHING AROUND IT, SO THIS SITE ALLOWS US TO DO THAT, TO CENTRALIZE IT.

IF THERE'S GOING TO BE COMMENTS, IT WILL BE MADE OUTSIDE.

WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THIS TODAY.

SO IF YOU HAVE COMMENTS YOU WILL HAVE A PUBLIC HEARING TIME.

IF NOT, YOU CAN STEP OUTSIDE.

FOR ANOTHER REASON THE SITE WAS SELECTED IS BECAUSE OF THE FREEWAY AND THE THOROUGHFARES AROUND IT.

YOU HAVE THE MARSHA SHARP TO THE SOUTH, YOU HAVE UPLAND.

TO THE EAST YOU HAVE 66, ANOTHER THOROUGHFARE TO THE NORTH.

THEN YOU HAVE ALCOVE TO THE WEST.

AS YOU KNOW, UPLAND 66 TO 80 SECOND, RECENTLY CAME BACK FROM BIDDING.

THAT PROJECT WILL START THIS SUMMER AND WILL BE COMPLETED NEXT SUMMER, EXPANDING TO FIVE LANES.

ALSO, AS YOU KNOW, WE HAVE A BOND PROJECT FOR 66 FROM ALCOVE TO UPLAND TO EXPAND THAT ROAD, WIDEN IT TO THREE LANES.

THAT PROJECT IS FUNDED THROUGH THE BOND, AND WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THAT UP AND RUN IT IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE TRANSFER STATION CONSTRUCTION SO THAT THESE ROADS ARE AVAILABLE WHEN THAT TIME COMES.

THE CITY OF LUBBOCK ALSO, YOU KNOW, WILL IF WE ACCESS ANY PART OF ALCOVE, IT'LL BE 76 SOUTH GOING ONTO THE MARSHA SHARP.

SO THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AND TALKING TO STAFF, WE'RE COMMITTED TO MAKING THOSE IMPROVEMENTS FROM ALCOVE 76 SOUTH TO THE MARSHA SHARP.

I KNOW THERE'S OTHER DISCUSSIONS ON GOING ABOUT THE OTHER PARTS, BUT THAT'S THE PORTION THAT WE WOULD UTILIZE.

SO, THERE'S, WE'VE BEEN DISCUSSING, YOU KNOW, WHAT WE CAN DO INTERNALLY WITH THAT IF, IF OTHER FUNDING DOES NOT COME ONLINE.

SO WE ARE PREPARED FOR THAT.

AND WE KNOW THAT'S A, IT'S AN ITEM, AN ISSUE.

THIS IS AN OVERALL LAYOUT OF THE PROPOSED SITE.

MR. FRANKEN CAN GET INTO MORE DETAILS IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS.

THIS JUST SHOWS KIND OF THE SITE LAYOUT, INCOMING, YOU KNOW, TRAFFIC.

WE DO OWN THE SITE, AS YOU KNOW, NORTH OF THIS SITE TO ACCESS 66.

SO WE HAVE THAT WE CLOSE ON THAT LATE LAST YEAR.

SO THAT 66 IS IS AN OPTION FOR US.

AND AGAIN, THAT'S A FUNDED BOND PROJECT THAT WE HAVE.

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TALKING A LITTLE BIT ABOUT TRAFFIC COUNTS.

THE MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY WESTBOUND FRONTAGE GENERATES ABOUT 9800 VEHICLES PER DAY.

YOU KNOW, WE'RE BASICALLY TALKING ABOUT ADDING THE 50 WASTE TRUCKS WE ALREADY HAD.

THOSE TRUCKS ARE ALREADY ON THE STREET.

THEY'RE NOT NEW TRUCKS.

WE WOULD BE ADDING SEVEN TRANSFER VEHICLES OF YOUR LARGER SEMIS TO TRANSFER.

THOSE WOULD BE NEW.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK AT TWO AND A HALF LOADS AND YOU TAKE INTO ACCOUNT THE EXISTING TRUCKS THAT ARE ALREADY DRIVING THE STREETS, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 145 TRIPS FOR GARBAGE TRUCKS, 29 FOR THE TRANSFER VEHICLES AND ABOUT 100 FOR STAFF VEHICLES.

SO 276 TRIPS.

AND AGAIN, THE MARSHA SHARP WESTBOUND FRONTAGE WAS ABOUT 1800 CARS A DAY.

SO 276 TRIPS OF VEHICLES THAT MOSTLY ARE ALREADY ON THE ROAD TODAY.

JUST A FEW KEY TAKEAWAYS.

YOU KNOW ROADWAY PROJECTS ARE SUPPORTING THE PROJECT ARE FUNDED.

THEY'RE UNDERWAY.

HOUSEHOLD WASTE IS THE ONLY THING THAT WILL BE THAT WILL BE ACCEPTED AT THIS FACILITY.

SO WHAT'S ALREADY SITTING BEHIND IN THE ALLEYS AND DUMPSTERS AND POLY CARTS WOULD BE WOULD BE THE WASTE THAT WOULD BE BROUGHT TO THIS FACILITY.

THE FACILITIES ALL ENCLOSED.

THE FACILITY WILL NOT HOLD GARBAGE OVERNIGHT.

THE MAJORITY OF THE TIME, IF WE HAVE A WEATHER EVENT WHERE THE LANDFILL CLOSES, WE MAY BE FORCED TO HOLD OVERNIGHT, BUT THE GOAL ON MOST DAYS WILL BE TO NOT HOLD ANY WASTE OVERNIGHT. AND AGAIN, IT'S ALL ENCLOSED.

THIS WILL BE CITY ONLY. USE NO PRIVATE HAULERS.

THE FACILITY AGAIN.

WE'RE HERE FOR A ZONE. ZONE CHANGE REQUEST.

THE CITY WILL ABIDE BY THE BUFFER YARD REQUIREMENTS SET IN THE UDC, JUST LIKE ANY OTHER LIGHT INDUSTRIAL SITE.

SO WE WILL CERTAINLY DO OUR BEST TO GO ABOVE AND BEYOND THOSE EVEN.

THE FACILITY IS GOING TO BE HEAVILY REGULATED BY TC.

WE WE HAVE SEVERAL OTHER FACILITIES, AND THERE'S A COUPLE THAT I'LL SHOW YOU THAT ARE ALREADY HEAVILY REGULATED BY TC.

THIS IS PUMP STATION NUMBER TEN, AND IT'S LOCATED AT 82ND AND MEMPHIS.

THIS IS PUMP STATION 14 LOCATED AT 74TH IN MILWAUKEE.

SO AGAIN, SOME VERY HEAVILY CONGESTED AREAS THERE AS WELL.

NEXT STEPS FOR US AGAIN, TODAY IS A PRETTY KEY STEP, TO KEY STEP FOR US TO MOVE FORWARD WITH THE REZONE, FROM SINGLE FAMILY TO, TO AND TO INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT. FROM HERE, WE WOULD THEN PROCEED ON WITH FINALIZING OUR APPLICATION TO THE TC, SUBMIT THAT THAT COULD TAKE UP TO 12 MONTHS.

WE HOPE NOT, BUT WE'RE PLANNING FOR 12 MONTHS.

DURING THAT TIME, THE TC IS REVIEWING THE APPLICATION.

WE'RE GOING BACK AND FORTH WITH THEM, WILL BE FINALIZING THE DESIGN, WHICH WE THINK WILL TAKE ABOUT NINE MONTHS, AND FROM THERE, FROM THE TIME WE GET THE PERMIT FINISHED, DESIGN CONSTRUCTION COULD TAKE UP TO 24 MONTHS.

SO REALISTICALLY UPWARDS OF 36 MONTHS POSSIBLY.

BUT WITH THAT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR ME BEFORE I PULL WOULD UP AND HE'LL, HE'LL PULL UP SOME AERIALS TO SHOW YOU AND, WE'LL BE AVAILABLE FOR QUESTIONS AS WELL.

LET'S GO AHEAD AND PULL WOOD UP.

ERIC. I THINK WE'LL GO AHEAD AND FINISH UP ANY AERIALS OR ANY INFORMATION THAT MAY ASSIST ANY IN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

THEN WE'LL DO THE PUBLIC HEARING AND THEN WE CAN TAKE QUESTIONS AFTER THAT.

THANK YOU. GOOD AFTERNOON COUNCIL.

I'M GOING TO USE I KNOW A LOT OF Y'ALL HAVE ALREADY VISITED A TRANSFER STATION, HAD A TOUR.

I KNOW YOU GOT TO SEE ONE IN CALIFORNIA.

SO YOU'VE SEEN MORE THAN ONE MAYOR? NOT EVERYBODY HAS GOT TO SEE A TRANSFER STATION.

SO WE'RE GOING TO GUIDE YOU THROUGH HERE ON GOOGLE EARTH AND TRY TO USE TECHNOLOGY TO TRAVEL AROUND AND LOOK AT EXISTING SITES, BECAUSE IT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

WE CAN SHOW ENGINEERING PLANS UP HERE ALL DAY, BUT IT'S KIND OF HARD TO GET AN IDEA OF WHAT'S GOING ON.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT HERE IS LUBBOCK.

AND SO DOWN HERE IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER IS WHERE WE ARE PROPOSING TO PUT THIS TRANSFER STATION.

AS WE ZOOM IN RIGHT HERE, I'VE KIND OF TAKEN OUR ENGINEERING DRAWING, PUTTING IT OVER AND GIVEN AN OVERLAY OF THE SITE.

AGAIN, THE 70 ACRES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE CITY HAS PURCHASED IS HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW.

AND ABOUT OUR 29 ACRES THAT WILL BE OUR PERMITTED SOLID WASTE TRANSFER STATION IS IN THIS RED BOUNDARY WITH THE BUILDING SHOWN HERE IN BLUE.

WE HAVE UPLAND OVER TO THE TO THE EAST, 66 TO THE NORTH AND ALCOVE TO THE WEST.

ERIC KIND OF MENTIONED THAT WE HAVE PURCHASED ADDITIONAL PROPERTY FOR DRAINAGE FOR SOME OF OUR ROADWAY PROJECTS.

AND WITH THAT DRAINAGE PROJECT AND PURCHASE OF THAT LAND, WE HAVE THE ABILITY NOW TO CONNECT THIS PROPERTY TO 66 SO THAT WE HAVE TWO INGRESS AND EGRESS, SO WE CAN INGRESS AND EGRESS OVER HERE ON 76TH STREET TO ALCOVE.

AND WE CAN ALSO GO UP OUR DRIVEWAY HERE.

FUTURE DRIVEWAY ONTO 66TH STREET.

WHAT IS THE TRANSFER STATION LOOK LIKE? I'VE GOT SOME TRANSFER STATIONS HERE THAT WILL GO OVER.

FIRST ONE IS THE CITY OF WICHITA FALLS.

THIS IS A TRANSFER STATION OVER HERE.

AND THIS IS THE PROPERTY IN QUESTION RIGHT HERE.

SO YOU CAN SEE THEIR INGRESS AND EGRESS, AND THEN THEY ACTUALLY HAVE TWO, TWO SITES AS WELL, COMING ON TO TWO ROADS.

THIS IS COMMERCIAL, PROPERTY OVER HERE, VERY SIMILAR TO CANYON WEST, RESTAURANTS AND OTHER FACILITIES.

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AND YOU CAN SEE THAT WE HAVE AN APARTMENT COMPLEX UNDER CONSTRUCTION RIGHT HERE.

FOR REFERENCE, I HAVE A 1000 FOOT RADIUS ON EACH ONE OF THESE THAT'LL GO AHEAD AND SHOW JUST SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S WITHIN 1000 FOOT RADIUS HERE.

AND THERE ARE SEVERAL RESTAURANTS INVOLVED.

AND IF YOU WANT ME TO ZOOM IN, I CAN ZOOM IN.

OR IF YOU WANT TO LOOK AT, STREET VIEW, WE CAN KIND OF LOOK AT THOSE AS WELL.

BUT KIND OF COMING INTO OUR HERE'S WHAT THIS SITE LOOKS LIKE.

ANOTHER SITE IS IN RICHARDSON.

AGAIN, THIS IS THIS SITE RIGHT HERE, SHOWN ON THE MAP.

IT'S RIGHT NEXT TO A GOLF COURSE.

COUNTRY CLUB.

AND THEY DO HAVE ONE INGRESS AND EGRESS.

AND THEY HAVE A FIRE STATION.

TO THE EAST OF THIS PROPERTY AS WELL.

AGAIN, I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT 1000 FOOT RADIUS SO YOU CAN SEE WHAT'S GOING ON WITHIN 1000 FOOT OF THIS PROPERTY WHERE IT TOUCHES SOME TOUCHES SOME COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL OVER TO THE SOUTHWEST, AND THEN THE GOLF COURSE AND SOME RESIDENTIAL TO THE NORTH.

ANOTHER PIECE OF PROPERTY IS IN DALLAS.

OVER HERE. THIS ONE IS A TRANSFER STATION.

AS WE ZOOM IN HERE. GO AHEAD AND PUT OUR 1000 FOOT RADIUS ON THIS ONE AS WELL.

WE HAVE SOME APARTMENTS OVER HERE TO THE WEST OF IT.

SOUTHWEST OF IT. THERE IS A CREEK OVER HERE WHICH IS AN ENVIRONMENTALLY SENSITIVE SITUATION.

OBVIOUSLY THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT WITH THE ENVIRONMENT.

WE'RE HEAVILY REGULATED.

AS ERIC MENTIONED WITH TC, THIS IS JUST KIND OF AN EXAMPLE THAT IT'S IT'S SOMETHING THAT CAN BE DONE TO THE SOUTH OF IT.

THEY HAVE A HIGH SCHOOL THAT ACTUALLY SHARES THE SAME DRIVE AND SHARES THE SAME THOROUGHFARE ACCESS.

AND THEN A LITTLE BIT FURTHER TO THE NORTH, EXCUSE ME, WE HAVE A COUNTRY CLUB AND GOLF COURSE OVER HERE AND THEN SOME HOSPITAL, AREAS OVER TO THE WEST OF THIS PROPERTY. PLANO.

HERE'S ANOTHER ONE THAT'S.

EXCUSE ME. ON ADJACENT TO TWO THOROUGHFARES.

THIS IS WHAT WE SEE HERE IS SOME PUMP STATIONS, VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT WAS SHOWN AT THE END OF ERIC'S PRESENTATION THAT WE HAVE IN OUR SITE.

AGAIN, OUR 1000 FOOT RADIUS.

THIS IS INCLUDING THE INTERSECTION OF THE TWO THOROUGHFARES.

WE HAVE SOME CVS AND SOME SMALL COMMERCIAL, ALSO GETTING INTO RESIDENTIAL AND, AND, APARTMENT COMPLEXES OVER HERE.

GO AHEAD AND ZOOM BACK TO THE CITY OF TRANSFER STATION.

HERE WE ARE AGAIN.

AND I'LL GO AHEAD AND PUT THAT SAME 1000 FOOT RADIUS CIRCLE ON OUR PROPERTY.

YOU CAN SEE THAT THE MAJORITY OF OUR PROPERTY LIES WITHIN THAT 1000 FOOT RADIUS.

WE HAVE SOME OF THE LIGHT INDUSTRIAL TO THE NORTH OF US, THAT INSIDE THAT RADIUS.

BUT WE DON'T EVEN REACH THE ARTERIAL STREETS.

GO AHEAD AND EXCLUDE INCLUDE A HALF MILE RADIUS.

AND WITHIN THAT HALF MILE RADIUS, WE START TO SEE WHERE WE GET SOME RESIDENTIAL PROPERTIES INSIDE OUR OUR BUFFER ZONE.

WITH THAT, I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, OR WE CAN VIRTUALLY TRAVEL BACK TO ANY ONE OF THESE.

THANK YOU. WOULD. MR. MCBRAYER, DO YOU HAVE A QUESTION OF WOULD AT THIS TIME? I WOULD, DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIZE ACRES, THE FACILITIES YOU'VE SHOWN US WHAT THEY COVER.

MAJORITY OF THOSE ARE ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO 10 ACRES.

7 TO 10 ACRES? YES, SIR.

OURS. OURS IS.

HOW MUCH WILL OURS ACTUALLY OCCUPY OF THAT 70 ACRES? RIGHT HERE. THIS RED ZONE, RIGHT SHOWN IN OUR TRANSFER STATION SITE IS 29 ACRES.

HOW MUCH? 29, 29 ACRES.

SO WE HAVE SOME PARKING LOTS AND ADDITIONAL INFRASTRUCTURE AND PUT IN HERE.

I THINK WE MENTIONED THAT WE'LL HAVE OUR CITIZENS CONVENIENCE CENTER RIGHT HERE THAT WE KIND OF HAVE AT THE UNITED'S.

SO WE'LL HAVE THAT OPTION FOR SOME RECYCLING TO TAKE PLACE AS WELL.

AND THEN MY SECOND QUESTION IS, WHAT DO YOU KNOW WHAT SIZE THESE FACILITIES ARE AS FAR AS SQUARE FOOTAGE VERSUS OURS? I THEY'RE VERY SIMILAR IN SIZE AS FAR AS, PROPERTIES OF THE BUILDING.

BRENDA MAY BE A LITTLE BIT MORE VERSED ON THE TONNAGE THAT THEY RECEIVE AND THEY PROCESS.

BUT ALL OF THOSE ARE VERY SIMILAR IN TONNAGE AND SERVICEABILITY OF OUR TRANSFER STATION THAT WE'RE PROPOSING, WHICH IS WHY WE CHOSE TO PUT 36,000 CHOSE TO.

YEAH. THAT'S WHY WE CHOSE THOSE SITES TO SHOW.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU. WOULD. SURE.

SURE. WE'LL HAVE SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

YEP, MISS HANEY.

CLOSE AS WELL. ALL RIGHT, I'LL STAY CLOSE.

ALL RIGHT? ALL RIGHT.

THIS TIME, I'M GOING TO OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.6.

WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING A FEW RULES FOR YOU.

YOU HEARD IT. A FEW PEOPLE GO BEFORE YOU ON SOME OF THE OTHER ITEMS. PLEASE STAY ON TOPIC.

WE WILL TAKE ANY PERSONAL ATTACKS OF ANY PARTIES OR ANY STAFF MEMBERS.

ONCE YOU'RE DONE SPEAKING, YOU'LL HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO, HAVE THE NEXT PERSON COME UP.

IF YOU WOULD PLEASE COME UP AND STATE YOUR NAME AND YOUR ADDRESS.

AND NOW WE WILL OPEN THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO AGENDA ITEM 6.6.

YOU MAY STEP FORWARD NOW.

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THANK YOU FOR ALLOWING ME TO SPEAK.

I'M TROY BROOKS.

I LIVE AT 7450 66TH STREET.

79407. THIS IS ABOUT 200 YARDS FROM OUR HOUSE ACROSS.

WE LIVE NORTH OF 66 AT WARSAW, AND I'M VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THE WAY THIS WAS HANDLED.

AT THE FIRST MEETING AT ALCOVE SCHOOL, THEY SAID THAT, THEY DON'T USE TAX MONEY, THAT THEY HAVE THEIR OWN FUNDS FROM COLLECTING TRASH, AND THEY CAN DO WHAT THEY WANT TO.

THEY DON'T HAVE TO PRESENT IT TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL.

AND, VERY DISAPPOINTED IN THAT.

AND THEY'VE NOW AT THE END OF THE MEETING, THEY SAID THEY WERE LOOKING AT BUYING LAND SO THEY COULD HAVE THE RIGHT OF WAY TO GO TO 66, 66.

GOING TO THERE IS A REALLY BAD IDEA BECAUSE THAT'S WHERE ALL THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC IS.

THAT'S WHERE IT BACKS UP EVERY DAY.

GOING TO 66 IS A VERY BAD IDEA.

WHAT THEY HAD ORIGINALLY SAID WAS THEY WERE GOING TO GOING TO GO OUT 76 STREET TO ALCOVE AND THEN GO TO UNDER THE INTERSTATE, MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY AND THEN GO ON MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY.

AND THAT'S A TOTAL CHANGE FROM WHAT THEY ORIGINALLY SAID AND WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

THANK. THANK YOU, MR. BROOKS. AND IF YOU DO COME FORWARD, IF YOU WOULD PLEASE, THIS IS RECORDED.

SO PLEASE SPEAK INTO THE MICROPHONE OR PULL THAT A LITTLE CLOSER.

JESSICA, WOULD YOU PULL THAT MIC FORWARD A BIT? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU.

I GOT SOME HANDOUTS HERE.

I DIDN'T MAKE THE CUT OFF.

OKAY, WELL, THOSE ARE GOING OUT.

MY NAME IS WESLEY HOUCK.

I'M FROM 608 NORTH 11TH IN WOLFFORTH AND PRESTON MANOR.

YES. 608 NORTH 11TH STREET.

WOLFORD. AGAIN, MY NAME IS WESLEY HAWK.

I'M A BUILDER. I'M ALSO A FATHER OF FOUR.

TWO OF MY BOYS CURRENTLY GO TO THE LOCAL SCHOOLS, AND I'LL HAVE TWO MORE IN SCHOOL HERE SHORTLY.

EVERYONE GET GET ONE.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON.

THANK YOU FOR LETTING ME TAKE THE TIME TO GO OVER A FEW CONCERNS THE COMMUNITY HAS ABOUT THIS PROPOSED TRANSFER STATION.

I STAND HERE ON BEHALF OF OVER 1000 OTHERS IN THE COMMUNITY WHO ARE GREATLY CONCERNED AND THOROUGHLY OPPOSED TO THE CURRENT PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THIS WASTE TRANSFER STATION.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT THE NEGATIVE IMPACTS THIS FACILITY WILL GENERATE ON OUR COMMUNITY, ON OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY, OUR ROADWAYS AND OUR HOME.

IF YOU GO TO THE SECOND SLIDE AND I APOLOGIZE, WE MISSED THE CUT OFF.

SO I'LL EXPLAIN WHAT I CAN.

TO START OFF, THIS SLIDE IS HIGHLIGHTING CHILDREN'S SAFETY.

TO START OFF, I WANT TO CHAT ABOUT OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY, AND I KNOW THAT THE COUNCIL HAS JUST AS CONCERNED ABOUT THE SAFETY OF OUR YOUTH AS WE ARE, AND I'D LIKE TO TAKE A MINUTE TO OUTLINE A FEW KEY POINTS THAT WERE NOT FULLY PRESENTED TO THE COMMITTEE.

THERE ARE TWO NEW SCHOOLS THAT WERE JUST CONSTRUCTED CONSTRUCTED IN THE AREA.

BOTH NEW SCHOOLS ARE WITHIN 5000FT OF THIS NEW TRANSFER FACILITY.

BASED ON THE NEW SCHOOL ZONING, MANY FAMILIES WILL HAVE TO DRIVE ON THESE VERY ROADS ON THE WAY TO AND WAY HOME FROM SCHOOL.

THE TRAFFIC THAT WILL BE THROUGH THE BROUGHT TO THE AREA FROM THE NEW FACILITY WILL BE GREATLY IMPACTED BY OUR CHILDREN'S, WILL GREATLY IMPACT OUR CHILDREN'S SAFETY BY INTRODUCING LARGE VEHICLES TO THIS AREA THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED TO AREAS AND ROADS THAT ARE NOT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THIS SORT OF TRAFFIC.

EVEN THE FUTURE EXPANSION PLANS, EVEN THE FUTURE EXPANSION PLANS.

EXCUSE ME. THIS IS A RESIDENTIAL AREA, AND WITH THE LARGE VEHICLES IN THE AREA, THEY'RE NOT DESIGNED TO SUPPORT THIS KIND OF TRAFFIC.

OH, EXCUSE ME. A LITTLE NERVOUS HERE.

YEAH. APPRECIATE IT.

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THIS IS WHERE OUR KIDS GO TO SCHOOL.

THIS IS WHERE THEY CALL HOME.

THIS IS WHERE THEY PLAY OUTSIDE WITH THEIR FRIENDS AND WHERE THEY LEARN TO DRIVE.

THIS AREA IS BOOMING WITH HOMES AND IS SLOWLY BUT SURELY FILLING UP.

IF THIS PROPOSED LOCATION DOES NOT BECOME A WAY, DOES NOT BECOME A WASTE TRANSFER FACILITY, IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE IT IS BOUGHT UP BY A DEVELOPER FOR FUTURE NEIGHBORHOODS.

THAT IS WHY THE LAND WAS ANNEXED BACK IN 2018.

IT WAS ANNEXED AND ZONED AS LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA FOR THIS EXACT REASON.

VOTING AGAINST THIS PROPOSED SITE WILL ALLOW THE CITY TO COLLECT ADDITIONAL TAXES FROM THESE HOMES THAT WOULD BE BUILT IN THIS AREA.

THE AVERAGE NEIGHBORHOOD OF THIS SIZE IS ROUGHLY 201 HOMES, AND IF YOU VOTE TO LEAVE THIS, A RESIDENTIAL AREA THAT COULD BRING OVER $1 MILLION A YEAR IN TAX REVENUES.

AND TO HIGHLIGHT, SORRY, I WANT TO HIGHLIGHT A FEW THINGS ON THE THE THE IMAGE THAT YOU HAVE.

SO IT HIGHLIGHTS IN ON OUR MAP WE HAVE NEARBY SCHOOLS, WHICH IS A TOTAL OF 1157 STUDENTS BETWEEN ALCOVE MIDDLE SCHOOL AND RIDGEVIEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, BOTH ABOUT 4 TO 5000FT FROM THE SITE.

THEN, WHEN THE NEARBY COMMUNITY, WE HAVE 1928 HOMES AND THEY ALL RANGE FROM 0.31 MILES TO THE FURTHEST BEING 0.85 MILES FROM THE PROPOSED SITE.

AND THEN LASTLY, THERE'S A HOSPITAL, GRACE SURGICAL HOSPITAL, WHICH IS ONLY 2297FT FROM THE SITE.

JUST TO GIVE MORE CONTEXT.

MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

HERE'S AN OVERVIEW OF THE LOCAL ROADWAYS.

AS MANY OF YOU MAY OR MAY NOT KNOW, THE TRAFFIC IN THIS AREA IS ALREADY PUSHING AND EXCEEDING THE LIMITS OF ITS CAPABILITIES.

AS A COMMISSIONER OF OUR.

AND FORGIVE ME IF I BUTCHERED THE NAME HAS STATED, THESE ROADS CAN BARELY HANDLE THE LOCAL TRAFFIC AS IS.

WHILE WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND THE WHILE, WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE PLANS UNDERWAY TO DEVELOP THE LOCAL ROADWAYS.

AS WE HAVE SEEN WITH ALCOVE, THESE EXPANSIONS DO NOT ALWAYS HAPPEN IN THE TIMELINE THAT WE EXPECT.

WE ARE CONCERNED THAT THIS COULD HAPPEN AGAIN AND FEEL AND FEEL WE MAY BE GETTING THE CART BEFORE THE HORSE.

WE URGE THE COUNCIL TO CONSIDER MOVING THE STATION, OR AT A MINIMUM, DELAY THE CONSTRUCTION UNTIL THE ROADS ARE COMPLETED AND AND OTHER SITES HAVE BEEN REVIEWED BY THE COUNCIL, NOT JUST THE APPLICANT.

I WANT TO READ ON THE SLIDE HERE.

WE HAVE CURRENT ROAD INFRASTRUCTURE.

ALCOVE IS 23FT WIDE, TWO LANES.

NO MENTIONED PLANS FOR EXPANSION 76 STREET TWO FEET WIDE, TWO LANES.

NO MENTIONED PLANS OF EXPANSION.

UPLAND PLANNED EXPANSION TO FIVE LANE.

EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE IS 2025.

66 HAS NOT BEEN DESIGNED.

IT EXPECTED COMPLETION DATE WOULD BE 2026 TO 2027.

AND THEN WE HAVE FACILITY IS PLANNED TO BE COMPLETED BETWEEN 2026 TO 2027.

SO YOU CAN SEE SOME OVERLAP THERE.

AND JUST ALSO TO GIVE SOME REFERENCE THERE ON THE ROAD WIDTHS, YOUR TYPICAL PARKING SPACE IS ABOUT NINE FEET WIDE.

JUST TO GIVE SOME PERSPECTIVE.

MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS ILLUSTRATES THE ROAD STUDY THAT WE COULD FIND.

IN THE PREVIOUS ZONING AND PLANNING MEETING, IT WAS ADVISED TO THE ZONING COMMITTEE THAT THIS TRANSFER STATION WOULD INCREASE TRAFFIC BY APPROXIMATELY 1%.

I'VE SEARCHED FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, FOR THE INFRASTRUCTURE, AND HAVE BEEN UNABLE TO LOCATE THIS STUDY, AS IT IS MY UNDERSTANDING THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN FINALIZED. HERE IS A LAST.

HERE IS THE LAST PUBLICLY AVAILABLE TRAFFIC STUDY THAT WAS DONE AT THIS LOCATION, WHERE TRUCKS WOULD BE COMING IN AND OUT.

IT'S HARD TO SEE. BUT DOWN THERE I THINK WE HAD 3300 FOR THE TRAFFIC VOLUME IN THIS AREA.

OH, HERE WE GO. WHEN THIS STUDY WAS COMPLETED, THERE WAS 3301 VEHICLES THAT DROVE THIS ROAD DURING THE 24 HOUR PERIOD.

NOW, 62% OF THAT TRAFFIC, THAT'S 2430 OR, EXCUSE ME, 2043 VEHICLES.

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THEY TEND TO CLUSTER BETWEEN THE HOURS OF 7 A.M.

AND 7 P.M., SO THAT IS THE PEAK VOLUME.

THIS STUDY WAS COMPLETED IN 2002, WHEN THE CITY OF WOLFER'S POPULATION WAS 6589 RESIDENTS.

THE CITY IS NOW APPROXIMATELY 7655 RESIDENTS.

THIS IS A 14% INCREASE IN POPULATION.

MISS AND I AM GOING TO BUTCHER THIS NAME AND I APOLOGIZE.

MR. RE RENO.

RENO. I APOLOGIZE, MY LAST NAME IS HOUCK, SO I GET THAT ALL THE TIME.

RAHIM. RENO.

OH. I'M SORRY. MENTIONED IN THE MEETING THAT THERE WAS NEW TRAFFIC STUDIES CONDUCTED IN JANUARY.

CAN HE SHARE THAT STUDY WITH THE COUNCIL SO THAT YOU ALL CAN REFERENCE THE MATERIAL WHEN DECIDING? THIS WOULD ALLOW YOU TO ASK PERTINENT QUESTIONS, LIKE IN JANUARY, WAS THIS TRAFFIC? WHEN IN JANUARY WAS THIS TRAFFIC STUDY TAKEN? WAS IT ON A SCHOOL DAY? I WOULD MAKE A MASSIVE DIFFERENCE.

WERE THERE ACCOUNTING FOR INCREASE IN TRAFFIC WHEN THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOL OPENS? THE NEXT SLIDE.

AS STATED IN THE ZONING MEETING BY MR. RUBINO. I APOLOGIZE.

JUST SAY. ERIC.

ERIC. OKAY. APPRECIATE IT.

I APOLOGIZE WHOEVER.

YES. NO DISRESPECT MEANT.

IN THE, ZONING MEETING WITH ERIC, THE.

THERE WOULD BE 2 TO 3 COLLECTION VEHICLES ENTERING THE FACILITY ABOUT EVERY 15 MINUTES.

IN OUR MATH, THAT PUT US ON A TEN HOUR DAY BETWEEN 160 TO 240 COLLECTION VEHICLES ENTERING AND EXITING THE FACILITY DAILY.

NOW, LOOKING AT THE SEMI TRAFFIC, THAT IS 6 TO 7 TRUCKS, 2 TO 3 TIMES A DAY, AND THAT'S AN ADDITIONAL 12 TO 21 SEMI TRUCKS A DAY.

SO WE ARE LOOKING AT INTRODUCING ABOUT 172 TO 260.

I JUST HEARD MAYBE AROUND 270 ISH COMMERCIAL VEHICLES TO THIS AREA DAILY, AN AREA WITH KIDS ON THE ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL, STUDENT DRIVERS LEARNING TO DRIVE, KIDS WALKING TO SCHOOL, KIDS PLAYING SPORTS AT THE LOCAL APEX FACILITY.

BUSSES TAKING FULL LOADS OF CHILDREN TO AND FROM SCHOOL.

AND JUST TO HIGHLIGHT WHAT WAS ON THAT SLIDE IS A, A QUOTE FROM THE MINUTES TAKEN AT THE ZONING AND PLANNING.

I'LL JUST READ IT REALLY QUICK.

THE STUDY PROJECTS QUOTE STUDY PROJECTS 1% INCREASE IN TRAFFIC WITH AN AVERAGE OF 2 TO 3 COLLECTION VEHICLES ENTERING THE FACILITY EVERY 15 MINUTES.

THERE WILL BE HEAVIER FLOW IN THE MORNING, WITH REGULAR ROUTES BEING MONDAY, TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY AND FRIDAY TEN HOURS A DAY A LITTLE BIT FURTHER.

THERE WILL BE 6 TO 7 SEMI TRUCKS, WHICH WILL MAKE 2 TO 3 ROUTES TO ABERNATHY DAILY JUST TO VERIFY WHAT WE HAD SAID.

MOVING TO THE NEXT SLIDE.

NOW, I'D LIKE TO I'D LIKE TO YOU GUYS, TO HAVE A VISUAL ON THE ROADS THAT WILL BE FILLED WITH THESE ADDITIONAL 272 TO 261 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES CURRENTLY PLANNED PER A DAY.

THIS DOES NOT HIGHLIGHT FUTURE EXPANSION AS WE GROW AS A COMMUNITY EITHER.

NOW FIRST WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT IMAGE ONE, WHICH IS IN THE GREEN OVAL.

THIS IMAGE.

FLIPPING THE PAPER AGAIN, I APOLOGIZE.

THIS IMAGE IS A WESTBOUND VIEW OF 82ND FRONTAGE ROAD, WHERE THE SEMIS AND TRASH TRUCKS WOULD BE.

WOULD NEED TO MAKE A RIGHT TURN ONTO ALCOVE.

WE HIGHLIGHTED THIS TURN BECAUSE IF YOU SEE ON THE NEXT SLIDE.

THIS SHOWS THAT THE TURN THAT THESE TRUCKS ARE EXPECTED TO TAKE ONTO ALCOVE.

YOU CAN SEE WE PUT AND I WISH YOU GUYS COULD SEE THIS.

WE PUT A COMPASS TO SHOW THE DEGREE OF THE TURN.

AND AS YOU CAN SEE, IT'S ROUGHLY BETWEEN 120 TO 130 DEGREE TURN WITH A SLIGHT UPWARD HILL KNOCK.

THESE ARE THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE WITH THIS WESTBOUND 82ND FRONTAGE ROAD IS A 50 TO 55 MILE AN HOUR TRAFFIC FLOW ROAD.

WHETHER IT'S STATED OR NOT, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT YOU EXPERIENCE WHEN YOU'RE ON THAT ROAD TO AVOID TIPPING APPROACH WILL BE VERY SLOW BY THESE GARBAGE TRUCKS COMING TO THIS TURN.

THAT'S GOING TO AFFECT THE FLOW OF THAT ROAD.

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THIS TURN WILL ALSO BE MADE 2 TO 3 TIMES EVERY 15 MINUTES, ALSO IN THE DAWN DARKNESS.

SO IN THE EARLY MORNINGS THIS WILL BE HAPPENING ON A VERY FAST ROAD.

THIS TURN IS DIRECTLY ONTO A RAILROAD TRACK CROSSING.

THAT'S A FACTOR TO CONSIDER.

AND LASTLY, 82ND RIDGE ROAD IS A SINGLE LANE ROAD UNTIL RIGHT AT THAT MEETING POINT WITH ALCOVE ROAD.

IMAGINE THE MANEUVERING THAT WILL BE ENCOURAGED BY THIS IF YOU FLIP THE SLIDE.

NOW THIS IS A NORTH LOOKING NORTH ON ALCOVE, SO YOU CAN SEE A COUPLE OF THINGS HERE.

FIRST YOU CAN NOTE THE CONDITION OF THE ROAD.

YOU CAN JUST SEE RIGHT OFF THE.

JUST A QUICK GLANCE ALL THE POTHOLES.

I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THAT THIS ROAD IS 23FT WIDE.

CURRENTLY THERE ARE NO MENTIONED PLANS FOR EXPANSION TO EXPAND.

EXCUSE ME THAT WE ARE AWARE OF.

AND THEN I ALSO WANT TO NOTE THE RAILROAD TRACKS THAT ARE USED DAILY.

I KNOW IT BECAUSE I HEAR IT.

NOW SWITCHING TO THE NEXT SLIDE, WE'RE BACK TO THE AERIAL VIEW THERE.

WE'RE GOING TO CHANGE OUR FOCUS TO IMAGE TWO THE YELLOW OVAL.

THIS IS 76TH STREET, CURRENTLY THE ONLY ACCESS ROUTE TO THE NEW PROPOSED FACILITY.

NOTE THE CURRENT THE CURRENT DISREPAIR AND CONDITION OF THE ROAD.

THIS WILL BE THE ENTRANCE AND EXIT STREET TO FOR THESE 172 TO 261 COMMERCIAL VEHICLES PER A DAY.

I WISH YOU GUYS COULD SEE THIS AS A REMINDER.

76 IS 20FT WIDE.

WITHOUT MUCH SHOULDER.

TRASH TRUCKS, ON AVERAGE ARE 8.5FT WIDE.

SO TWO TRACK TRASH TRUCKS PASSING ONE ANOTHER WILL LEAVE ONLY A FOOT BETWEEN THE PASSING TRUCKS AND A FOOT BETWEEN EACH TRUCK AND THE EDGE OF THE ROADWAY. TO MY KNOWLEDGE, THERE IS NO PLANS OF EXPANSION ON THIS ROADWAY.

NEXT SLIDE. THIS IMAGE HERE SHOWS AN AERIAL VIEW THAT THE TRASH TRUCKS AND SEMIS WILL HAVE TO TAKE. IT IS 70 797FT TO MERGE ACROSS TRAFFIC ONTO A U-TURN LANE TO AVOID THE TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

AGAIN, THIS IS A 82ND FRONTAGE ROAD FOR CONTEXT.

SO WE HAVE 55, 50, 55 MILE AN HOUR TRAFFIC.

THEY HAVE LESS THAN 800FT TO MERGE ACROSS THIS TRAFFIC, TWO LANES TO GET TO A U-TURN TO AVOID A TRAFFIC SIGNAL.

AS A REMINDER, THIS AREA IS HEAVILY USED BY CHILDREN ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL WORKFORCE, COMMUTERS, NEW STUDENT DRIVERS ON THE ROADWAY AND AGAIN, THE SPEEDS ARE 50 TO 55 TRAFFIC.

NOTE ALSO, THIS IS ONE OF THE MAIN ARTERIES IN AND OUT OF WOLFFORTH.

OR IN, I GUESS. NEXT SLIDE.

SHIFTING OVER THIS, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE POTENTIAL FUTURE OF THE STATION.

THESE WERE THE PLANS SHOWN AT THE ZONING AND PLANNING MEETING.

THE APPLICANT OUTLINED THE COMMIT TO THE COMMITTEE THAT THIS WAS A SMALL FACILITY WITH A FUTURE POTENTIAL OF FLEET STORAGE, ROAD MAINTENANCE, VEHICLES, STORAGE, A GAS STATION, A COMMUNITY RECYCLE FACILITY, AS WELL AS SAND AND GRAVEL STORAGE FOR SNOW CARE.

FLIP THE NEXT PAGE.

NOW, THESE WERE THE PLANS THAT WERE SUBMITTED TO THE CITY THAT I LOCATED ON THE CITY OF LUBBOCK'S WEBSITE.

THE APPLICANT FAILED TO MENTION TO THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE THAT THEY WERE PLANNING THAT THEY HAVE PLANS TO EXPAND THE FACILITY.

AS YOU ALL KNOW, IF THEY ARE EXTENDING THE FACILITY, EXPANDING THE FACILITY, THAT LIKELY MEANS THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES NEEDED TO SERVICE THIS FAST GROWING PART OF THE COMMUNITY IS GOING TO INCREASE.

IN TURN, INCREASING THE NUMBER OF COMMERCIAL VEHICLE TRAFFIC ON THESE INTERSECTIONS AND ROADWAYS.

NO APPLICANT MENTIONED THE GOAL WAS NOT TO EXCEED 500 VEHICLES A DAY AT THE MEETING.

AGAIN, WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO PLEASE COMPEL THE APPLICANT TO LOOK FOR OTHER AREAS THAT ARE MORE CONDUCIVE.

EXCUSE ME TO THE FUTURE OF THE GROWTH.

[02:10:03]

FOR EXAMPLE, THE NEXT SLIDE YOU CAN SEE RECENTRE IN THE MIDDLE.

LASTLY, WE WOULD LIKE TO PLEAD WITH THE COUNCIL TO HAVE THE APPLICANT BRING YOU THE OTHER OPTIONS PREVIOUSLY EXPLORED FOR REVIEW.

IN ADDITION, WE ASK THE COUNCIL TO REQUIRE THE APPLICANT TO LOOK AT THESE AREAS THAT WERE ALREADY PLANNED TO BE IN IN INDUSTRIAL LOCATIONS.

NOTE THE AREA ABOVE, FOR EXAMPLE.

HERE IS A CLOSER VIEW OF THE STREET.

STREET NAMES OF THE AREA THAT WE ARE LOOKING AT AS AN EXAMPLE.

THIS EXAMPLE SHOWS SHOWN ABOVE IS SOUTH OF THE CENTER, RIGHT ABOVE THE R RIGHT ON RESEARCH BOULEVARD, WHICH WILL BECOME LUBBOCK OUTER LOOP, CURRENTLY UNDER CONSTRUCTION AND INTERSECTS WITH 19TH STREET.

THIS IS AN EXTREMELY UNDEVELOPED AREA WITH VERY FEW HOMES WITHIN A ONE MILE RADIUS.

ONE MILE RADIUS.

THIS LOCATION WOULD ALSO HAVE ACCESS TO LUBBOCK OUTER LOOP IN 19TH STREET.

A FUTURE LOOKING PROPOSAL AS IT WILL KEEP SEMI TRAFFIC ON THE FRINGE OF LUBBOCK.

THIS IS ALREADY ZONED AS AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.

WELL, I'M NOT A SPECIALIST ON DETERMINING SITES FOR WASTE TRANSFER FACILITIES.

I WAS ABLE TO FIND THIS SITE EASILY WITH LITTLE EFFORT FOR A POTENTIAL OPTION.

I HAVE A HARD TIME BELIEVING SOMEONE THAT IS BETTER SPECIALIZED COULD NOT FIND EVEN A BETTER SITE LOCATION THAN I HAVE.

AGAIN, WE URGE CITY COUNCIL TO COMPEL THE APPLICANT TO PRODUCE THE OTHER PROPOSED AREAS AND COMPEL THE APPLICANT TO INVESTIGATE AREAS, ESPECIALLY THAT ARE ALREADY INDUSTRIALLY ZONED WITH LITTLE TO NO CURRENT RESIDENTS TO BE IMPACTED.

RON. HOMESTRETCH.

OKAY, FINALLY LOOKING AT THE PATHWAY HERE.

SO IN THE LAST ZONING AND PLANNING MEETING, THE SOUTH PLAINS MALL WAS REFERRED TO AS THE.

AND I MIGHT BE MISQUOTING HERE, BUT AS THE CITY CENTRAL FOR THE TRUCK ROUTE PROPOSED, IN EFFECT, THIS IS THE EFFICIENT IDEAL CENTER POINT.

YOU COULD YOU COULD SAY WITH THAT IN MIND, IT WOULD TAKE APPROXIMATELY EIGHT MINUTES TO GET FROM THE CITY CENTER, THE CENTER LOCATION TO THE CURRENT PROPOSED TRANSFER FACILITY.

NOW, IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT SLIDE, AGAIN USING THE EXAMPLE, THE REESE CENTER HERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS WOULD ADD ONLY FIVE MINUTE COMMUTE IN ADDITIONAL TRUCK TIME.

BUT THIS WOULD PUT THE TRANSFER STATION IN AN INDUSTRIAL AREA WITH NO LOCAL SCHOOLS, WITH PLENTY OF ROOM FOR EXPANSION AND EASY ACCESS TO ALL THEIR ROUTES NOW AND INTO THE FUTURE.

AGAIN, I WANT TO THANK YOU, COUNCIL MEMBERS AND MAYOR FOR YOUR TIME AND YOUR EAR.

I HOPE YOU CAN SEE AND UNDERSTAND THE PASSION BEHIND THE CURRENT THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE, PLUS ALL WHO HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION.

OH EXCUSE ME, 1000 PEOPLE PLUS WHO HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION AGAINST THIS LOCATION FOR A WASTE TRANSFER STATION AND THE 1929 FAMILIES WHO WILL BE IMPACTED BY THIS PROPOSED LOCATION.

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO GIVE A THANKS TO NATE DOUGLAS FOR PUTTING THIS PRESENTATION TOGETHER.

AND LASTLY, I HAVE HERE A PACKET.

THIS IS ALL NAMES OF PEOPLE WHO HAVE SIGNED THE PETITION.

ODDLY ENOUGH.

IF I HAD TO PUT A PERCENTAGE TO IT, PROBABLY 75% ARE FROM LUBBOCK AND NOT WOLFFORTH.

SO I WANT TO PUT THAT CONTEXT, BUT IN A VERY SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME, WE HAVE ALREADY GATHERED 152 SIGNATURES.

THAT IS ALL. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. HAWK. WE'RE GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A TEN MINUTE BREAK.

WE'LL BE BACK. LET'S COME BACK.

WELL, LET'S GO AHEAD AND MAKE IT EVEN AROUND NUMBER.

WE'LL COME BACK AT 435.

IT IS 436 AND WE ARE BACK FROM A SHORT RECESS.

WE ARE STILL IN THE PUBLIC HEARING UNDER AGENDA ITEM 6.6, AND THOSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, OR ANY OTHER PARTIES WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION, YOU MAY COME FORWARD AT THIS TIME. HI, MY NAME IS JANA KNOLL.

I LIVE AT 8308 COUNTY ROAD 69, 60 LUBBOCK COUNTY.

I'M AGAINST SECTION 6.6.

JENNA, CAN YOU JUST GIVE US THAT ADDRESS ONE MORE TIME?

[02:15:02]

8308 COUNTY ROAD 69 60.

ALL RIGHT, GOT IT.

OKAY. SORRY. I GET REALLY NERVOUS, AND I MY VOICE QUAVERS.

BUT THIS IS REALLY IMPORTANT TO ME.

SO I'M GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND TREMBLE TODAY THAT DEEP BREATH.

AND YOU GO, OKAY, ALL RIGHT.

I'M JUST A GRANDMA, AND I'M, LIVE VERY CLOSE TO THIS, TRANSFER STATION.

AND I'VE BEEN TRYING TO LEARN ABOUT THIS AS FAST AS I CAN, DOING LOTS OF RESEARCH, SOMETIMES GETTING SOME CONTRADICTORY INFORMATION.

BUT I FEEL GOOD ABOUT WHAT I HAVE TO PRESENT TODAY.

WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT APPEARS TO BE SOME VERY REAL DECEPTION FROM THE CITY TO THE RESIDENTS OF OUR AREA.

IN SEPTEMBER, AT THE TOWN HALL MEETING, MISS BRENDA HANEY TOLD US THAT 100% NO ALTERNATIVE.

THE TRASH TRANSFER STATION WOULD BE BUILT IN THIS LOCATION AND THAT EVERY PERMIT REQUIRED HAD BEEN APPROVED BY THE CITY AND THE STATE, AND THERE WAS NOTHING WE AS CITIZENS COULD DO ABOUT IT.

THIS WAS NOT TRUE.

THE CITY STILL HAD TO HAVE A DRAMATIC ZONING CHANGE, AND EVEN TODAY, THE CITY STILL NEEDS PERMITS FROM THE TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION AND FROM THE TEXAS COMMISSION OF ENVIRONMENTAL QUALITY.

AT THAT SAME MEETING, WE WERE TOLD THAT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK WAS BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AND THAT THE CITY OF WOLFFORTH, LUBBOCK COUNTY, AND FRIENDSHIP ISD HAD ALL BEEN INFORMED OF THE TRASH TRASH TRANSFER STATION WHILE IT WAS IN THE EARLY PLANNING STAGES, AND THAT THEY HAD AGREED TO IT.

THIS IS NOT TRUE.

I SPOKE WITH WOLFORD CITY MANAGER, MR. CRISWELL, COUNTY COMMISSIONER TERRENCE KOVACH, AND WE HEARD FROM FRENSHIP ISD SUPERINTENDENT DOCTOR MCCORD AT THE RECENT ZONING MEETING.

WHEN I SPOKE WITH THEM, ALL WERE AGAINST THE LOCATION.

THERE'S A PETITION OF OVER 1000 SIGNATURES FROM PEOPLE OPPOSED TO PLACING THE TRASH TRANSFER STATION AT THIS LOCATION.

THE CITY IS NOT BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THESE PEOPLE.

IN GENERAL, THE PEOPLE THAT SIGNED THIS PETITION ARE PEOPLE THAT CARE ENOUGH ABOUT THEIR COMMUNITY TO GET OUT AND VOTE.

THESE ARE PEOPLE THAT EXPECT THEIR ELECTED OFFICIALS TO STAND UP FOR WHAT IS RIGHT, WHAT IS GOOD FOR THEIR FRIENDS AND NEIGHBORS.

NOW, REGARDLESS OF CONCERNS FOR FUTURE INTERACTIONS WITH THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, I'M SPEAKING NOW TO THE COUNTY AND WOLFFORTH CITY GOVERNMENTS.

WE HAVE ADDITIONAL CONCERNS.

AT THE ZONING MEETING ON FEBRUARY 1ST, WE HEARD SOME VERY INTERESTING COMMENTS FROM THE ZONING COMMITTEE.

THE COMMITTEE WAS VERY CONFUSED AND UPSET AS TO WHY THE CITY HAD SPENT 6 MILLION TAX DOLLARS ON THIS PROPERTY WITHOUT FIRST OBTAINING THE REQUIRED ZONING CHANGE.

PLEASE DON'T TAKE MY WORD FOR IT.

THIS IS ONLINE.

WATCH THE MEETING.

I'VE SUBMITTED SOME PICTURES.

AND YOU CAN SEE THE PICTURES OF ALCOVE ROAD.

THOSE WERE TAKEN THIS MORNING.

WE WERE TOLD IN THE ZONING MEETING THAT THERE COULD BE UP TO 500 TRUCKS ON THAT ROAD.

AND AT THAT MEETING, WE WERE TOLD THAT ALL, ALL TRUCKS WOULD BE ENTERING AND EXITING THE PROPERTY VIA ALCOVE.

THERE WAS NO PROMISE OF A ROAD ON 66.

MR. FRANKLIN SAID THAT HE WAS TRYING TO ACQUIRE THAT PROPERTY AND HE SAID IT MULTIPLE TIMES.

PLEASE WATCH THE ONLINE VIDEO.

I WENT OUT AND MEASURED ALCOVE TODAY.

THERE'S POTHOLES.

THERE'S LOTS OF SIDE EROSION WITH THE POTHOLES.

THERE'S LESS THAN 18FT WIDE WIDTH ON PLACES ON THAT ROAD.

THERE'S ABSOLUTELY NO WAY A SCHOOL BUS AND A GARBAGE TRUCK COULD PASS EACH OTHER.

THE CITY IS COMPARED ALCOVE TRAFFIC TO THE TRAFFIC STUDY DONE ON INDIANA.

THIS IS NOT ACCURATE.

ALCOVE IS A LITTLE TEENY TINY TWO LANE ROAD.

YOU CANNOT COMPARE HOW TRAFFIC WILL IMPACT IT BASED ON A STUDY WITH INDIANA.

AT THAT ZONING MEETING, MR. FRANKLIN ASSURED THE ZONING COMMITTEE THAT HE WOULD BE BUILDING ACCELERATION AND DE ACCELERATIONS AND ADDING THEM TO ALCOVE. I WOULD LIKE TO ASK WHERE HE'S GOING TO PUT THOSE, AND HOW ARE THE TRUCKS SUPPOSED TO GET TO THOSE ACCELERATION AND DECELERATION LANES? THERE IS NO WAY THAT THEY CAN DRIVE ON THAT LITTLE TINY ROAD AND BE SAFE IN ANY WAY.

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ON FEBRUARY 5TH, I SPOKE WITH MR. KABAR AND HE SAID THAT NO DEAL HAD BEEN MADE WITH THE COUNTY AND THAT SUCH A DEAL WOULD HAVE TO HAVE BEEN MADE WITH THE CITY OF WOLFFORTH AS THEY NOW OWN THE ROAD.

THERE WAS NO PLAN IN PLACE AT THAT MEETING OF HOW TO FIX ALCOVE, AND AGAIN WATCH THE VIDEO AFTER THE ZONING MEETING AND LATER AFTER MY CONVERSATION, MR. KOVAR STATED IN A NEWS INTERVIEW THAT THERE MIGHT BE FEDERAL FUNDING AVAILABLE TO HELP A PORTION OF THE COST TO BUILD ALCOVE ROAD, BUT THIS MONEY WOULD NOT BE AVAILABLE UNTIL MAYBE 2027.

AND HE SAID THAT THE COUNTY, LUBBOCK CITY AND THE CITY OF WOLFFORTH WOULD HAVE TO SPLIT THE REMAINING COSTS.

ALSO AT THE ZONING MEETING, MR. FRANKLIN SAID THAT HE WAS TRYING TO PURCHASE LAND SO THAT THE DUMP TRUCKS COULD HAVE SECONDARY ACCESS TO THE TRASH TRANSFER SITE VIA 66TH STREET, BUT IT HAD NOT BEEN DONE YET.

CONSIDERING THE STATE OF ALCOVE ROAD, IT WOULD HAVE BEEN WISE TO DEVELOP ADDITIONAL PROPERTY ACCESS OPTIONS IN THE PLANNING STAGE.

THE SITUATION IS KIND OF CRAZY.

WHY HAS THE CITY MOVED FORWARD WITH THE A-TEAM OR WE JUST HEARD $32 MILLION PROJECT? WHEN THEY HAVEN'T EVEN FIGURED OUT OR SHOWN HOW THEY ARE GOING TO GET THE DUMP TRUCKS TO THE TRASH TRASH STATION.

WHAT WE HEARD TODAY IS VERY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT WE HEARD AT THE ZONING COMMITTEE.

AND THAT'S UPSETTING TO ME.

THE ZONING COMMITTEE APPROVED THE ZONING CHANGE BASED ON FALSE INFORMATION.

WHEN THE CITY FIGURES OUT A PLAN TO FIX ALCOVE, THE PUBLIC NEEDS TO KNOW WHAT THAT NEW PLAN IS, WHO IS GOING TO PAY FOR IT, WHEN THAT FUNDING WILL BE MADE AVAILABLE, AND WHEN THE ROADWORK ON ALCOVE WILL BE COMPLETED.

WE WANT REFERENCES, DATES AND VERIFICATIONS OF ALL PLANS.

WE NO LONGER TRUST THE CITY.

WE DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY WHEN THEY SAY THE PROJECT IS GOING TO COME IN UNDER BUDGET.

WE WOULD LIKE TO SEE WHERE IN THE BUDGET THAT'S BEEN SUBMITTED.

IT SHOWS THE COST OF BUYING LAND ALL ALONG ALCOVE TO BUILD ACCELERATION LANES.

WHERE DOES IT SHOW THE CITY HAS FINANCING TO CONSTRUCT THESE LANES? WHERE IN THE BUDGET DOES IT SHOW THE COST TO PURCHASE LAND AND BUILD A ROAD FROM 66TH STREET TO THE TRASH SITE? THESE ARE SOME VERY EXPENSIVE ADDITIONS TO WHAT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN THE ORIGINAL SCOPE OF WORK.

NOW, IF YOU'D LIKE TO LOOK AT THE MAP THAT SHOWS THE PLAYA.

WE DON'T BELIEVE.

WELL, FIRST, WE DON'T BELIEVE THAT THIS IS NOT GOING TO STINK.

WE ALL HAVE DUMPSTERS.

WE KNOW WHAT THEY SMELL LIKE.

THIS IS NOT AN AIRTIGHT FACILITY.

THIS IS OPEN AT ALL TIMES FOR LARGE TRUCKS TO GO IN AND OUT.

THIS IS NOT AIRTIGHT.

WE'VE TALKED TO PEOPLE THAT WORK AND LIVE BY FACILITIES LIKE THIS.

AND THEY SAY SOMETIMES THE STENCH IS UNBEARABLE.

WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE CITY WHEN THEY SAY THAT ALL OF THE GARBAGE WILL BE MOVED REMOVED FROM THE TRASH STATION EVERY NIGHT.

WE HAVE BEEN TOLD THAT IN THE CITY'S PERMIT REQUEST, THERE IS AN ALLOWANCE TO STORE WASTE STORAGE AT THIS FACILITY FOR EXTENDED PERIODS OF TIME.

WE DO NOT BELIEVE THE CITY WHEN THEY SAY THAT THIS WILL ONLY HAPPEN AS A CONSEQUENCE OF WEATHER DELAYS.

WE DON'T BELIEVE THE CITY WHEN THEY SAY THAT THEY WILL PRESERVE AND PROTECT THE PLAYA, LOCATED JUST NORTHEAST OF THE WASTE STATION PROPERTY.

I HAVE SPOKEN WITH ALBERTO JIMENEZ OF THE TEXAS WATER DEVELOPMENT BOARD, WITH JASON COLEMAN OF THE HIGH PLAINS WATER DISTRICT, AND WITH HEATHER JOHNSON, WHO WORKS WITH TEXAS PARKS AND WILDLIFE AS PART OF THE TEXAS PLAYA CONSERVATIVE CONSERVATION INITIATIVE.

HEATHER JOHNSON SAID THAT ALTHOUGH THIS PLAYA HAS BEEN DAMAGED BY THE CURRENT 66TH STREET, IT IS STILL CONTRIBUTING WATER TO THE AQUIFER EACH YEAR.

THIS AREA NEEDS WATER.

ALL RECHARGE TO THE AQUIFER MATTERS.

THERE ARE OVER 1000 WATER WELLS WITHIN A FIVE MILE RADIUS OF THIS PLAYA.

THESE. WE NEED TO PROTECT PLAYERS.

EXPANDING 66 WILL DESTROY THIS PLAYER.

AND WHEN I TOLD MISS JOHNSON THAT THE CITY SAID THEY WOULD TAKE STEPS TO PRESERVE OR MOVE THIS PLAYA, SHE HAD VERY REAL CONCERNS AS TO HOW THAT COULD BE ACCOMPLISHED.

I WOULD LIKE TO SEE EXACT CONSERVATION PLANS FOR THIS PLAYA AND HAVE IT VERIFIED BY AN INDEPENDENT ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENTIST.

AND I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO SEE THE PLAN APPROVED AND VERIFIED BY MISS JOHNSON.

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IN YOUR HANDOUT, I'VE INCLUDED PICTURES OF THE STANDING WATER CLOSE TO THE CITIES ACQUIRED PROPERTY.

THIS PICTURE WAS TAKEN THREE DAYS AFTER A GOOD RAIN IN SEPTEMBER OF 2023.

THE WATER EXTENDED MUCH FURTHER IMMEDIATELY AFTER THE RAIN.

IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

PLEASE MOVE THIS FACILITY SO THAT IT SITS ADJACENT TO THE NEW OUTER LOOP.

THERE ARE LARGE PARCELS OF LAND AVAILABLE, ESPECIALLY ALONG THE SOUTHERN PORTION OF THE INTENDED FREEWAY.

THIS LAND IS NOT CLOSE TO SCHOOLS OR HOMES.

AS THE POPULATION OF LUBBOCK GROWS LARGELY TOWARD THE SOUTH, THE GEOGRAPHICAL CITY CENTER WILL ALSO MOVE TO THE SOUTH, SO IT MAKES SENSE TO SELECT A PROPERTY BY THE OUTER LOOP.

PLEASE. AT THE VERY LEAST, POSTPONE YOUR DECISION UNTIL A PUBLIC MEETING IS HELD.

A MEETING OF THE CITY OF WOLFFORTH.

THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AND THE COUNTY.

A MEETING THAT'S OPEN TO THE PUBLIC.

PLEASE. IT IS NOT TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

PLEASE SELECT ANOTHER LOCATION FOR THIS TRASH TRANSFER STATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU MA'AM.

ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO 6.6? I WAS PASTOR.

MY NAME IS MARITZA GAMBOA FERRARO AND I LIVE IN 1201 BUCKINGHAM AVENUE IN PRESTON MANOR.

I DO NOT APPROVE, AND I'M IN OPPOSITION OF ITEM 66 OF THE ZONING FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE FAMILY DISTRICT TO INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT.

I LIVE THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES, THREE MINUTES AWAY FROM 7401 ALCOVE AVENUE.

THE SITE OF THE NEW TRASH LOCATION, 7401 ALCOVE AVENUE, IS TWO MINUTES AWAY FROM A DOG PARK, FROM AN EVENT CENTER, FROM A LITTLE PLAYA LAKE THAT HAS A WALKING AREA WHERE A BUNCH OF DOG OWNERS LIKE TO GO WALK.

HAVE A BUNCH OF FISHER PEOPLE FISHING.

YOU HAVE, IT'S JUST A GREAT PLACE WHERE YOU SEE CLOSE TO GRADUATION.

PEOPLE LIKE TO TAKE PICTURES OUT THERE.

PEOPLE'S BIRTHDAY CELEBRATIONS.

IT'S IT'S A VERY BEAUTIFUL AREA, NOT ONLY FOR US THAT LIVE AROUND THAT AREA, BUT ALSO FOR THE DUCKS.

RIGHT NOW WE HAVE SO MANY CANADIAN GEESE.

YOU HEAR THEM LIKE AT 6 OR 7:00 AT NIGHT WHEN THEY TAKE OFF.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL EVERY DAY.

I'VE BEEN TAKING PICTURES BECAUSE THERE'S TONS OF THEM.

RIGHT. IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

AND I LOVE THAT LOCATION JUST LIKE THE REST OF US.

AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

NOT ONLY DO WE HAVE THE DUCKS, BUT WE HAVE THE TURTLES AND THE FROGS AND THE FISH.

SO WE RECENTLY MOVED AROUND THAT AREA, AND MY SON HAS SAVED PROBABLY 7 OR 8 TURTLES AROUND THIS AREA.

WHAT WE DO IS WE WALK AROUND THE PARK, AND YOU ALWAYS SEE THESE TURTLES IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STREET.

SO HE HAS TO GO PICK THEM UP AND HE HAS TO SAVE THEM, RIGHT? WHY DO THE TURTLES GO FROM ONE TO THE OTHER? WELL, WE HAVE ONE LITTLE PLAYA LAKE AND THEY LIKE TO GO TO THE SMALLER ONE.

AND SO WE'VE LIKE, SAVED BIG TURTLES.

WE'VE SAVED SMALL TURTLES.

IT'S JUST SOMETHING FUN FOR US TO DO.

BUT IT ALSO TELLS YOU A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE NEIGHBORHOOD AROUND HERE.

THIS IS A NEIGHBORHOOD A FEW MINUTES AWAY FROM THIS TRASH LOCATION.

ALSO THIS THIS PAST WEEK I'VE SEEN THE RUNNERS FROM FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL.

THIS IS WHERE THEY LIKE TO RUN, AND IT MAKES ME SMILE BECAUSE I USED TO BE A CROSS COUNTRY RUNNER AND A TRACK RUNNER AT FRIENDSHIP HIGH SCHOOL BACK IN THE DAY.

THIS IS A TIME WHEN OUR COACH WOULD PUT ALL OF US IN THE BACK OF A TRUCK AND HE WOULD DRIVE US TO A LOCATION, A DIRT ROAD OR SOMEWHERE, AND HE WOULD DROP US OFF AND WE WOULD HAVE TO RUN OUR WAY BACK TO THE HIGH SCHOOL.

AND IT WAS ALWAYS AROUND LIKE 2 TO 5 MILES AWAY FROM THE SCHOOL.

THIS AREA THAT THE TRASH LOCATION IS GOING TO BE AT, THAT'S AN AREA WHERE THE RUNNERS, YOU KNOW, RUN I'VE RAN THAT AREA BEFORE.

IT'S TOO CLOSE TO NEIGHBORHOODS, IT'S TOO CLOSE TO THE SCHOOL.

MY HUSBAND USES VA LOAN TO PURCHASE THE HOUSE THAT WE'RE IN THIS PAST YEAR.

HE SERVED TEN YEARS AS AN ARMY INFANTRY OFFICER.

HE WAS DEPLOYED THREE TIMES, ONE IN THE INITIAL INVASION OF IRAQ AND TWO TIMES IN AFGHANISTAN.

HE WAS EXPOSED TO BURN PITS.

HE LIVED MONTHS OUT ON THE DESERT AND THE DESERT FOOD SUPPLIES WERE BEING DROPPED OFF BY HELICOPTERS.

HOW DO I KNOW THAT? WE MET BEFORE HIS LAST DEPLOYMENT, AND ANY TIME HE HAD ACCESS TO A PHONE, WE WOULD TALK.

AND IT WAS ALWAYS ODD HOURS.

AND I COULD ALWAYS HEAR THE HELICOPTERS WHERE THEY'RE DROPPING OFF SUPPLIES.

AND THAT'S THE ONLY TIME THEY HAD ACCESS TO A PHONE.

LET'S JUST SAY THAT I'M STILL HAPPILY MARRIED OVER 11 YEARS, AND HE.

WHY AM I BRINGING UP MY HUSBAND? WELL, I'M BRINGING HIM UP BECAUSE HE'S REALLY GOOD AT RESEARCHING STUFF.

SO LAST YEAR, WHEN I WAS FINALLY IN THE MOOD, LIKE, OKAY, LET'S GET A NEW HOUSE.

HE DID HIS RESEARCH.

HE PLANNED. HE'S THE ONE THAT IN THE MILITARY WAS AN OPERATIONAL OFFICER, COMPANY COMMANDER, BATTALION PLANES PLANS OFFICER, AND A PLATOON LEADER.

HE NEVER SAW ANYTHING ABOUT THIS NEW ZONING AREA.

IT'S GOING TO TURN INTO AN INDUSTRIAL AREA.

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DO YOU THINK SOMEONE LIKE HIM WOULD HAVE PICKED THIS PLACE AS OUR FOREVER HOME? AND SAME THING WITH OUR NEIGHBOR HE WORKS IN.

HE'S A SENIOR HISTORIAN FROM LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY, AND HE ASSISTED WITH THE OPPENHEIMER MOVIE.

HE ALSO DID NOT KNOW THAT THE ZONING WHEN WE FIRST FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS A FEW WEEKS AGO, WHEN WE FINALLY GOT SOME NOTIFICATION VIA EMAIL ADDRESS FROM PRESTON MANOR, THAT'S THE FIRST TIME WE EVER FOUND OUT ABOUT THE ZONING LOCATION.

THE PEOPLE THAT ARE PUSHING THIS HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THIS LOCATION.

THIS IS A LOCATION THAT'S POPULATED BY FAMILIES, BY SCHOOLS, BY BUSINESSES.

IT'S. AND NOT ONLY THAT, BUT IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.

LIKE WHY IF YOU'RE PURCHASING A NEW HOME IN THAT AREA, WOULD YOU THINK THAT THEY'RE GOING TO ZONE IT LATER ON FOR AN INDUSTRIAL SITE? ALL THE OTHER ZONING STUFF THAT YOU HAD TODAY, THIS STUFF MAKES SENSE.

LIKE YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT HIGH DENSITY TO COMMERCIAL.

EVERYTHING MAKES SENSE OTHER THAN OURS.

AND I THINK IT'S FUNNY HOW 66 IS THE NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE ON THIS.

THE ZONING REQUEST FROM LOW DENSITY TO AN INDUSTRIAL PARK DISTRICT.

LIKE, HOW EXTREME CAN YOU GET FROM ONE TO THE OTHER? AND I UNDERSTAND YOU'RE LAUGHING, BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? BEING IN MY POSITION, I'M PRETTY PISSED OFF ABOUT THIS STUFF.

AND SO ARE MY NEIGHBORS, YOU KNOW? AND THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

WE DO NOT UNDERSTAND WHAT YOU'RE TRYING TO PUSH THIS LOCATION.

AND WHAT YOU SHOULD DO IS YOU SHOULD FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.

THE ROADS ARE HORRIBLE.

THEY'RE TERRIBLE.

THESE POTHOLES. OH MY GOODNESS.

LIKE, THERE'S TIMES YOU HAVE TO TAKE THE ALCOVE AVENUE JUST TO AVOID ALL THE TRAFFIC OF ALL THE PARENTS THAT ARE DROPPING OFF THEIR KIDS.

AND BENNETT ELEMENTARY, YOU HAVE ONE ROAD, AND THAT ROAD IS PACKED FULL OF PEOPLE.

SO YOU TAKE THE BACK ROADS.

YOU CAN GET TO SCHOOL ON TIME WHERE I CAN TAKE MY KIDS OR I CAN GO TO WORK.

IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE FOR YOU TO TRY TO OVERPOPULATE THIS WITH OTHER VEHICLES THAT ARE TOO HEAVY FOR THESE, FOR THIS TYPE OF ROADS.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO TRY TO APPROVE THIS BEFORE YOU EVEN FIX THE ROADS.

ARE YOU TELLING ME THAT YOU DON'T HAVE ANY MONEY TO FIX THE ROADS BEFORE YOU TRY TO PUT THIS TRASH LOCATION? I'M AN ATTORNEY. THAT'S WHAT I DO.

AS MY PRACTICE. I DO CRIMINAL DEFENSE, I DO CPS REMOVAL PROCEEDINGS, AND I'M ABOUT TO DO JUVENILE REPRESENTATION.

I LOVE HELPING THE PEOPLE OUT, BUT IF YOU PUT THIS LOCATION IN OUR AREA, I MIGHT CHANGE MY PRACTICE TO PERSONAL INJURY BECAUSE YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE A BUNCH OF ACCIDENTS IN THIS AREA. IT'S A GUARANTEED.

AND YOU KNOW WHAT? I'LL MAKE MORE MONEY AND MAYBE THAT'S WHAT I NEED TO DO.

THANK YOU. YOU'RE ON DECK.

ALL RIGHTY. MY NAME IS MARSHALL DRENNAN.

I LIVE AT 1515 CHURCHILL AVENUE IN PRESTON MANOR.

MIGHT BE RELATIVELY QUICK.

I THINK KIND OF ALLUDED TO SOME OF THE FRUSTRATION WITH THIS IS KIND OF THE CHOICE OF, WHERE, YOU KNOW, WHEN YOU CHOOSE TO LIVE IN A LOCATION AND YOU GET TO LOOK AROUND TO THE SITE AND SEE WHAT'S GOING ON, AND YOU CAN LOOK AT ZONING.

AND AS AN ARCHITECT BY TRADE, IT'S SOMETHING I DIVE INTO, YOU KNOW, THE FLOODPLAINS, ALL THAT STUFF.

AND SO THIS IS SOMETHING THAT I FEEL LIKE WAS TAKEN AWAY FROM ME WHEN I MADE THE CHOICE TO CHOOSE TO LIVE WHERE I WAS LIVING.

WE SAW A LOT OF EXAMPLES OF OTHER TRANSFER STATIONS, AND, I DIDN'T I DON'T KNOW WHEN THEY WERE CONSTRUCTED, BUT THE QUESTION I HAD WAS, WERE THEY CONSTRUCTED BEFORE THE NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE OTHER, COMMERCIAL ELEMENTS WERE BUILT AROUND THEM? AND DID THEY GET THAT CHOICE TO MOVE IN AROUND THOSE TRANSFER TRANSFER STATIONS AND POTENTIALLY EVEN BENEFIT FROM A CHEAPER COST OF LAND AT THAT TIME? AND THEN, I'LL TURN THIS INTO THIS GUY OVER HERE.

BUT, I'M VERY IGNORANT ON HOW THIS WORKS WITH LUBBOCK COUNTY VERSUS LUBBOCK LAND, BUT I AGREE THAT I THINK THE NEW LOOP 88, IS A GREAT LOCATION AS WELL AS THERE'S WHERE IT CROSSES THE MARSHA SHARP IS JUST FIVE MINUTES FURTHER DOWN THE MARSHA SHARP, BUT WOULD ALSO GIVE BETTER ACCESS TO EVERYTHING AROUND THE 130TH AND LOOP 88 SOUTH, AREA.

AND IF YOU IN THEORY AND I HAVEN'T DONE ALL THE STUDIES, BUT IN THEORY, IF LUBBOCK CONTINUES TO EXPAND, I FEEL LIKE THAT COULD EVEN BE A BETTER LOCATION THAN THIS IN TERMS OF HOW IT SERVICES THE TIME IT TAKES FOR ALL THE TRASH TRUCKS TO ARRIVE AT A TRANSFER STATION, AND THERE'S CURRENTLY NOTHING AROUND THERE.

SO I'LL TURN THAT IN TO THEM.

IT'S A REALLY CRUDE MAP.

I APOLOGIZE, BUT THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

SIR, WOULD YOU GIVE ME YOUR NAME ONE MORE TIME? MARSHALL. DRENNAN.

DRENNAN. YES, SIR.

THANK YOU. MARSHALL. HELLO.

FIX THAT. HELLO, I'M JEFFREY PAGE.

I LIVE AT 7607 62ND STREET, LUBBOCK, TEXAS 79407.

I LIVE RIGHT DOWN THE STREET FROM ALCO TRAILS.

MIDDLE SCHOOL.

I STAND AGAINST THIS.

I BOUGHT MY HOUSE, THREE YEARS AGO, AND, THIS IS JUST, THE NEVER KNEW THIS WAS GOING TO BE HERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THE TRAFFIC AROUND THERE IS ALREADY AS BAD AS IT IS TO ADD MORE.

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OKAY. GO THROUGH THE PRESENTATION AS SEEN SO FAR.

I KNOW THEY COME UP WITH ALL THESE.

OH, LOOK AT THIS ONE HERE.

LOOK AT THIS ONE IN THIS CITY.

THIS ONE IN THAT CITY, THE PREVIOUS PERSON SAID.

WHICH CAME FIRST? THEY WERE BUYING LAND.

DURING THAT I WORKED AS AN AIR TRAFFIC CONTROLLER.

I'VE SEEN AIRPORTS THAT HAVE BEEN OUT IN THE MIDDLE OF NOWHERE.

NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THERE'S A CITY AROUND IT.

PEOPLE COMPLAIN ABOUT THE AIRPORT LIKE, WELL, WHICH CAME FIRST? THE AIRPORT CAME FIRST.

THE OTHER THING IS, IS WHEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT I HEARD PEOPLE SAYING ABOUT THE ZONING BOARD.

THEY'RE TALKING ABOUT PUTTING IN A MORE STUFF IN THERE OTHER THAN JUST THE TRANSFER STATION THEY WANT TO ADD, OH, LET'S ADD RECYCLING.

LET'S ADD, OH, LET'S DO, MORE MAINTENANCE VEHICLES AND OH, WE'LL PUT THE SAND TRUCKS THERE AND WE CAN STORE OTHER STUFF.

YOU'RE SELLING IT AS WE'RE JUST GOING TO PUT IT AS A TRANSFER STATION.

BUT YOU HAVE SO MUCH LAND OVER THERE, YOU'RE GOING TO KEEP USING AND EXPANDING EVEN MORE AND MAKE EVEN MORE UNTIL ANY OF THE ROAD OR INFRASTRUCTURE IS THERE OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT. THERE'S NOT EVEN A CHANCE THAT IT THAT IT CAN EVEN HANDLE THE TRAFFIC, THAT IT'S GOING TO HAPPEN AND ESPECIALLY ALCOVE.

THAT ROAD NEEDS TO BE COMPLETELY REDONE.

AND I DON'T KNOW WHY YOU GUYS ARE TALKING ABOUT, OH, WE'RE GOING TO REDO ALCOVE.

WELL, WHY DON'T WE JUST PAVE IT? IT'S NOT EVEN PAVED FROM 50TH TO 34TH.

IT'S A DIRT ROAD.

WELL, WHY DON'T WE? THAT, TO ME, TAKES A LITTLE BIT PRECEDENCE, YOU KNOW, THAN TO SIT THERE AND DO IT AND TRYING TO REPAIR THIS.

BUT, ANYWAYS, THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

THANK YOU, MR. PAGE.

Y'ALL ARE WELCOME TO LINE UP IF YOU WOULD LIKE SO YOU CAN GET AN ORDER.

I HAVE A COUPLE OF PICTURES I WOULD LIKE TO SHARE WITH YOU GUYS.

GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BILLY SCOTT.

I LIVE AT 7516 WEST 66TH STREET.

I'VE BEEN OUT THERE FOR RIGHT AT 20 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN THERE FOR A WHILE.

I'VE BEEN THERE WHEN IT WAS COLD.

DIRT ROAD. GRAVEL ROAD.

THAT PICTURE IS ME LOOKING OUT MY FRONT DOOR AT THIS FACILITY THAT YOU'RE.

BILLY, WHAT'S YOUR ADDRESS AGAIN? I'M JUST GOING TO MAKE SURE, SINCE WE'RE LOOKING AT THIS MAP.

7516 COUNTY ROAD 7000 COUNTY ROAD, BASICALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET LOOKING AT ON 66TH STREET.

THANK YOU. SO I'VE BEEN THERE RIGHT AT 20 YEARS.

I'VE BEEN THERE EVEN THROUGH THE FORCED ANNEXATION.

AND WE'RE STILL THERE.

AND 66TH STREET OR COUNTY ROAD 7000 IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE OLDEST TRAVELED ROADS IN LUBBOCK COUNTY, PER, MR. MCKAY, WHEN HE WAS ON THE COUNTY, WHEN WE HAD MEETINGS BACK THEN ABOUT TRYING TO GET THE ROAD CHIP SEALED.

SO WE'VE BEEN IN A CITY NOW 5 OR 6 YEARS.

SO BEFORE THAT, OUR ROAD WAS BARELY CHIP SEALED.

BEFORE THAT, IT WAS A COLLEGE ROAD 66 FROM UPLAND ALL THE WAY TO ALCOVE RIGHT THERE GOES INTO WOLFORD.

ALCOVE WAS THE SAME WAY.

ALCOVE WAS BARELY DONE.

3 TO 4 YEARS AGO.

IT WAS CHIP SEALED RIGHT BEFORE ANNEXATION.

THE COUNTY FINALLY HAD ENOUGH MONEY TO DO THAT PART THERE.

NONE OF THOSE ROADS WERE ENGINEERED.

THEY'RE ALL NARROW.

THEY'RE NOT SAFE.

YOU GO DRIVE THEM RIGHT NOW.

WHY DON'T YOU GO DRIVE THEM IN THE MORNING AT 7:00 IN THE RUSH HOUR WITH ALL THE SCHOOLS.

FROM UPLAND TO 66, ALL THE WAY TO ALCOVE AND ALL THE WAY OUT ALL THE WAY BACK TO 50TH.

GO TO THE NEW SCHOOLS AND NEW SUBDIVISIONS.

JUST GO DRIVE THAT.

SAY WE EVEN REBUILD THESE ROADS.

HERE YOU GO.

BUILD FIVE LANE ROADS THERE.

THE AMOUNT OF TRAFFIC WE HAVE NOW IS IS BEYOND DANGEROUS.

WHEN I LOOK OUT MY FRONT DOOR, MY KID GOES TO SCHOOL.

MY YOUNGEST IS STILL AT HOME WITH ME.

SHE CATCHES A BUS OUT THERE AT MY DRIVEWAY.

IT'S ASININE TO WATCH THAT TRAFFIC EVERY MORNING AND IN THE AFTERNOONS WHEN SHE'S DROPPED OFF, I HAVE HER TEXT ME WHEN SHE'S HOME OFF THE BUS JUST BECAUSE I DON'T KNOW IF SHE GOT HIT OR NOT.

YOU CAN CHECK THE TRAFFIC ACCIDENT COUNTS.

3 TO 5 ACCIDENTS OUT THERE.

IF THE CITY IS KEEPING STATS, I KNOW I CAN TELL YOU 3 TO 5 A MONTH OUT THERE ON MY ROAD BETWEEN UPLAND AND ALCOVE.

THANKFULLY WE JUST GOT A FOUR WAY STOP SIGN THERE.

WE'VE BEEN ASKING FOR THAT SINCE THE CITY ANNEXED THE SIN.

WE GOT TO THE CENTER STRIPE PAINTED TWICE SINCE WE'VE BEEN IN ACTION.

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THAT'S A NARROWEST ROAD IN LUBBOCK COUNTY.

SO IS ALCOVE.

BUT MY DEAL IS EVEN WITH.

YOU FIXED THE ROADS.

THOSE TRUCKS AND THE AMOUNT OF TRUCK TRAFFIC WITH EVERYTHING THAT'S ALREADY BUILT AND ALL OF THE HOMES THAT'S GOING TO BE COMING ONLINE AS THEY'RE BUILT OUT THERE.

THAT'S TWO VEHICLES PER HOUSEHOLD.

YOU PEOPLE HAVE PROVED ALL THIS STUFF OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW HOW MUCH MORE IS COMING? HOW MUCH MORE WITH WHAT WE ALREADY HAVE THAT'S HAPPENED IN THE LAST FIVE YEARS.

SO DAMN FAST, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE EVEN MORE.

HOW ARE THOSE TRUCKS GOING TO ADEQUATELY GET IN AND OUT OF THAT LOCATION? YOU CAN'T.

YOU'RE STRAPPED.

YOU HAVE A RAILROAD TRACKS, YOU HAVE THE STATE HIGHWAY, YOU HAVE ANGLES, ODD ANGLES WITH THOSE ROADS, WITH UPLAND AND ALSO ALCOVE.

THERE IS NO WAY TO LOGICALLY ENTER AND EXIT.

COME IN OFF OF 82ND OR 87.

SORRY. THE FRONTAGE OVER THE RAILROAD TRACKS DOWN ALCOVE.

SLOW DOWN, SPEED UP.

PICK UP. THERE'S NO WAY THERE IS GOING TO BE A MAJOR PROBLEM HERE, AND THERE'S GOING TO BE MORE LAWSUITS.

YOU'RE GOING TO BE SITTING HERE IN THESE MEETINGS, GOING TO EXECUTIVE SESSION TO FIGHT OR APPROVE, TO PAY.

WHY CAN'T WE PUT IT SOMEWHERE ELSE WHERE IT'S MORE FEASIBLE? LIKE EVERYBODY ELSE HERE SAID BEFORE ME, THEIR STATISTICS WERE PRETTY RIGHT ON.

THERE IS OTHER PLACES THIS COULD GO.

THAT'S MORE FEASIBLE.

IT'S NOT LIKE Y'ALL PUT THE TRANSFER STATION IN HERE.

THEN ALL OF US MOVED IN AND DEVELOPED AROUND IT.

NO, WE'VE ALL BEEN HERE.

AND YOU BRING THE TRANSFER STATION IN THAT WE'RE ALL HERE NOW.

YOU LIVE ON THE WEST SIDE OF TOWN.

YOU'RE IN OUR DISTRICT OUT THERE.

YOU KNOW WHAT EVERYBODY SAYS.

SO I'M GONNA ASK YOU TO ADDRESS THE WHOLE COUNCIL AND NOT OKAY.

WELL, I'M OKAY, ALL OF YOU.

BUT WHEN YOU LOOK OUT MY FRONT DOOR, WHAT DO YOU SEE? LOOK AT THE ROAD.

LOOK AT WHERE MY KID CATCHES A BUS EVERY DAY, TWICE A DAY.

DO YOU REALLY THINK YOU WOULD LIKE YOUR KIDS OUT THERE IN FRONT OF THAT AND BE AFRAID AND WONDER? SHE'S GOING TO GET RAN OVER BY THEM TRASH TRUCK.

IT'S LOGIC, MAN.

I JUST WISH YOU GUYS WOULD THINK ABOUT THIS SITUATION AND LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND MAYBE LOOK AT SOME MORE FEASIBILITY STUDIES INSTEAD OF THESE GUYS CHERRY PICKING WHICH FACILITIES THEY WANT TO USE.

I'M IN THE CONSTRUCTION BUSINESS, I'VE DONE CONSTRUCTION.

I'VE BEEN AROUND THESE PROJECTS.

THEY LOOK NICE AND PRETTY WHEN THEY'RE FINISHED.

THEY'RE ONLY AS GOOD AS THE MAINTENANCE THAT'S KEPT UP AROUND THEM.

THEY WILL SMELL.

WE ALL SMELL THE FEEDLOT SMELL.

WHEN WE GET THE EAST WIND.

WHEN IT'S DAMP, IT'S GOING TO BE THE SAME WAY AROUND THESE FACILITIES.

AND YOU CAN'T TELL ME.

IT'S NOT. IF YOU DON'T BELIEVE ME.

YOU GO TO THESE FACILITIES AND ASK THE NEIGHBORHOOD PEOPLE THAT LIVE AROUND THEM.

THAT'S AROUND THEM EVERY DAY.

THERE IS NO WAY TO GET RID OF THAT SMELL.

IT HAPPENS. GO TO YOUR TRASH CAN.

AND ALI, WHAT DO YOU SMELL? WHEN IT'S WET AND DAMP OUT THERE.

IF THEY HADN'T PICKED UP THE TRASH.

WHAT DO YOU SMELL? THAT'S WHY WE TAKE IT OUT OF THE HOUSE EVERY DAY.

I WISH YOU PEOPLE WOULD LOOK AT THE BIGGER PICTURE AND LET'S HAVE SOME MORE MEETINGS, MAYBE SOME OTHER OPTIONS WHERE THIS PLACE SHOULD GO INSTEAD OF THERE.

I COULD DEAL WITH THE SMELL.

I DEAL WITH THE FEEDLOT SMELL, BUT I CAN'T DEAL WITH THE SAFETY ISSUES WITH ALL OF OUR KIDS.

NOT ONLY MY KID, MY NEIGHBORS UP AND DOWN THE ROAD, THE NEIGHBORS UP AND DOWN ALCOA, ALL THOSE APARTMENTS.

YOU WATCH, THE SCHOOL BUS PATTERN THAT DRIVES EVERY MORNING AND EVERY NIGHT.

ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, JUNIOR HIGH, HIGH SCHOOL.

DURING THE DAY.

JUNIOR HIGH HAS FIELD TRIPS.

THOSE SCHOOL BUSSES ARE IN AND OUT OF THERE.

THE NEW ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS COMING ONLINE.

THERE'S GOING TO BE FIELD TRIPS OF THOSE KIDS IN AND OUT DURING THE DAY.

IF SCHOOL BUS TRAFFIC ALL DAY LONG AND THAT WHOLE AREA OUT THERE.

GO TRY TO DRIVE THROUGH THERE FROM 4 TO 6:00, TRYING TO GET THERE TO GET YOUR KID FROM SCHOOL ON TIME.

OR TAKE YOUR KID TO AN EVENT AT SCHOOL ON TIME.

AND YOU WANT TO PUT MORE TRASH TRUCKS ON THERE AND MORE BIGGER TRAFFIC, PLUS EVERYTHING THAT'S COMING IN THE FUTURE.

I JUST WISH EVERYBODY WOULD STOP AND TAKE A STEP BACK.

AND MAYBE LET'S LOOK AT MORE OPTIONS TO ADDRESS THIS.

FOR THE CITY LUBBOCK AND THEIR FUTURE DEVELOPMENT, BUT ALSO FOR THE CITY, THE PEOPLE AND THE NEIGHBORS WHO GOT TO DEAL WITH IT EVERY DAY.

THAT'S WHAT I ASK. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. GO AHEAD, LADIES.

MY NAME IS BONNIE BROOKS.

I LIVE AT 7450 66TH STREET.

79407. MY FAMILY AND I HAVE CONTINUOUSLY LIVED ON WHAT IS NOW 66TH STREET SINCE 1966.

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I CAN ASSURE YOU, I HAVE SEEN EVERYTHING THAT HAS GONE ON ON THAT ROAD FOR ALL THESE YEARS.

IT IS A PRETTY SCARY PLACE TO LIVE RIGHT NOW.

BUT THERE'S A COUPLE OF THINGS THAT I WANT TO BRING UP THAT YOU ALL HAVE NOT HEARD BROUGHT UP.

NUMBER ONE IS.

THE FACT OF THOSE RAILROAD TRACKS AT ALCOVE AND UPLAND.

I CAN ASSURE YOU, THOSE OF US THAT LIVE ON 66TH STREET.

WHEN THOSE TRAINS GO BY AND THEY STOP THE TRAFFIC, THE TRAFFIC BACKS UP ABOUT AS FAR DOWN ALCOVE OR UPLAND AS YOU CAN SEE, ABOUT AS FAR DOWN THE MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY AS YOU CAN SEE.

AND IT SITS THERE AND SITS THERE.

THERE IS A LUMBER YARD PLACE THAT HAS THEIR OWN PLACE, THAT THE TRAINS STOP RIGHT THERE AT 66TH AND UPLAND AND UNLOADS LUMBER.

THIS IS A CONTINUAL PROBLEM.

WE HAVE GOT A HORRIBLE WATER RUNOFF SITUATION.

OUR PROPERTY SITS A BIT HIGHER.

THEY CAME IN AND THEY CUT WAUSAU RIGHT BESIDE US DOWN REALLY LOW.

THAT FLOODS TOTALLY.

IT RUNS STRAIGHT OUT 66TH STREET.

THAT ROAD IS FLOODED.

ONE OF THE LAST BIG RAINS WE HAD, WE HAD 6 TO 10 VEHICLES FOR AT LEAST AN HOUR.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT DIFFERENT VEHICLES.

PEOPLE WOULD HELP THEM GET OUT AND MORE WOULD BE STUCK ALMOST IMMEDIATELY.

6 TO 10 VEHICLES ON 66TH STREET.

I ASSURE YOU, NO AMOUNT OF IMPROVEMENTS YOU DO ON THOSE ROADS IS GOING TO STOP THE TRAINS FROM GOING THROUGH THERE.

THEY'RE NOT ON ANY PARTICULAR SCHEDULE.

THEY JUST STOP AND BACK THE TRAFFIC UP.

WE CAN'T LEAVE OUR HOMES.

WE CAN'T GET OUT ON UPLAND OR ALCOVE.

MY HUSBAND HAS HAD FOUR HEART ATTACKS IN THE LAST YEAR, AND IT IS DIFFICULT TO EVEN GET AN EMERGENCY VEHICLE DOWN 66TH STREET AT TIMES.

THIS IS A DIRE SITUATION.

WE HAVE THE SCHOOL TRAFFIC, THE SCHOOL BUSSES.

ANOTHER PROBLEM THAT I DON'T UNDERSTAND IS WHY NONE OF US THAT ARE MOST IMPACTED, THAT LIVE CLOSE TO THIS THING KNEW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. I HEARD THE PEOPLE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION AND AT THIS MEETING REPEATEDLY SAY LETTERS WERE SENT OUT TO THEM ON THEIR CASES AND THEY GOT SO MANY BACK APPROVING, SO MANY BACK DISAPPROVING.

I ASSURE YOU, NONE OF THE PEOPLE ON 66TH EVER WERE GIVEN A LETTER.

EVER. YOU KNOW HOW WE FOUND OUT ON THE NEWS? ON THE NEWS.

NOW, TELL ME, ARE Y'ALL BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS WHEN THAT'S HOW WE FIND OUT ABOUT THINGS? THAT'S NOT RIGHT.

ANOTHER BIG CONCERN WE HAVE, AND I'M DOING MY BEST NOT TO ADDRESS ANYTHING THAT ANYONE ELSE HAS ALREADY ADDRESSED.

THE WIND ALWAYS BLOWS OUT THERE.

I LIVED ON THAT ROAD ALL THOSE YEARS WHEN IT WASN'T PAVED, WHEN IT WAS A DIRT ROAD, WHEN IT WAS A CLICHY ROAD.

I AM ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THAT ROAD.

WHAT DIRECTION DOES THE WIND BLOW? SOUTH SOUTHWEST.

ALWAYS THAT SMELL AS WELL AS THE TRASH WHEN THOSE TRASH TRUCKS COME IN THERE.

I KNOW THAT YOU THINK POSSIBLY YOU'RE GOING TO CONTROL ALL THAT TRASH, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN.

AND WHEN THAT BLOWS.

IN 66TH STREET WHEN IT BLOWS UP BEHIND THOSE BUSINESSES RIGHT THERE.

AND WHEN IT BLOWS IN MY YARD, WHO'S GOING TO CLEAN THAT UP? WHO'S GOING TO CLEAN THAT UP? BECAUSE NEITHER MY HUSBAND AND I ARE PHYSICALLY ABLE TO CLEAN UP THE TRASH THAT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK DUMPS OUT THERE, AND LET'S BLOW EVERYWHERE.

I WOULD BESEECH YOU, ON BEHALF OF YOUR NEIGHBORS AND THE CITIZENS OUT THERE, TO FIND A BETTER PLACE TO FIND, TO. THERE'S GOT TO BE MORE OF THEM TO.

TO PUT THIS TRASH TRANSFER FACILITY.

BECAUSE I DON'T WANT YOUR TRASH TRANSFERRED TO ME.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MISS BROOKS.

YEAH. YOU GET TO GET THERE QUICK.

MY NAME IS LEE MAYHEW.

I LIVE AT 703 NORTH 12TH STREET IN PRESTON MANOR.

MY FIRST COMMENT IS I WOULD APPRECIATE IT IF THE COUNCIL DOES NOT THINK IN TERMS OF THE FACT THAT THEY'VE ALREADY INVESTED INTO THIS PROPERTY AND THEREFORE HAVE TO MAKE THE DECISION BASED ON THAT INVESTMENT.

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THE OTHER THING I'D LIKE TO SAY IS, IS THAT WE HEARD NOTHING FROM THE DEVELOPMENT PEOPLE ABOUT SOME OF THE ISSUES THAT PEOPLE HAVE RAISED ABOUT SMELL, TRAFFIC AND THESE OTHER LOCATIONS THAT THEY WENT TO VISIT.

ALL WE SAW WAS WHERE OTHER THINGS ARE BUILT AROUND IT.

I WOULD IMPLORE THAT YOU ASK THEM TO GO BACK, TALK TO PEOPLE IN THOSE AREAS AND FIND OUT IF WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING HERE ABOUT THE SMELL, THE TRAFFIC, THE ACCIDENTS, THINGS THAT ARE GOING ON ARE ACTUALLY HAPPENING THERE.

I'D BE WILLING TO BET YOU THAT YOU'LL FIND OUT THAT THEY ARE QUITE CONCERNED ABOUT SOME OF THOSE ISSUES.

THE OTHER THING IS, IS NO ONE'S ASKED THIS LARGE GROUP WHO HERE OPPOSES THIS AND WISHES YOU TO VOTE AGAINST IT.

BUT I'D LIKE TO SEE WHO HERE IS WANTING TO SEE.

STAND UP, PLEASE, AND SEE HOW MANY PEOPLE HAVE COME HERE TODAY ASKING YOU TO VOTE AGAINST THIS.

AT LEAST TO FIND ANOTHER LOCATION.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYHEW.

HELLO, MY NAME IS FAITH ROBINSON.

I LIVE AT 6718 SANTA FE DRIVE, LUBBOCK, TEXAS.

SO MR. HOWELL GAVE A GREAT SPEECH FIRST TONIGHT, RIGHT? HE WAS FULL OF FACTS AND I'M FULL OF QUESTIONS.

SO TO THE COUNCIL, I ASK YOU.

HOW DO YOU RESEARCH AND PLAN AN OBVIOUSLY CONTROVERSIAL PROJECT OF THIS MAGNITUDE? WITHOUT US, THE RESIDENTS, THAT DIRECTLY AFFECTS HAVING ANY IDEA THAT THIS IS GOING ON.

WE? I FOUND OUT ABOUT THIS PROJECT.

AUGUST 20TH.

AUGUST 16TH OF 23.

THE LAND HAD ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED ALLOCATED FOR A TRASH FACILITY.

I MOVED TO LUBBOCK SIX YEARS AGO.

WE CHOSE, YOU KNOW, OUR HOME FOR A REASON AND WE LOVE IT.

WE LOVE IT SO MUCH THAT WE DON'T MIND PAYING THESE ASTRONOMICAL TAXES THAT ARE IMPOSED ON US EACH YEAR THAT GO UP BY CRAZY AMOUNTS.

WE LOVE IT, BUT WE DON'T WANT TO LIVE NEXT TO A TRASH FACILITY, I FEEL LIKE.

THE RESPONSIBLE THING TO DO WOULD BE TO BUILD THE TRASH FACILITY AWAY FROM RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL PROPERTIES, AND THEN IF PEOPLE WANT TO BUILD THERE NEXT TO IT, BECAUSE IT'S SO CLEAN AND IT DOESN'T CAUSE ANY PROBLEMS WHATSOEVER, WELL, THEN THEY'RE PERFECTLY FREE TO DO SO.

BUT WE WE BOUGHT HERE.

BECAUSE WE LIKED THE AREA, WE WOULDN'T HAVE DONE IT HAD WE KNOWN A TRASH FACILITY WOULD BE COMING.

OKAY, SO IN THE ZONING MEETING, THE PRESENTERS THAT ARE PLANNING THIS PROJECT STATED THAT THEY SENT OUT 18 NOTICES AND THEY RECEIVED ONE REPLY.

18 Y'ALL.

18 JUST NOT RIGHT.

SO MY NEXT QUESTION IS HOW CAN YOU RATIONALIZE PAYING $6.3 MILLION FOR PROPERTY THAT IS VALUED BY LUBBOCK CAD LUBBOCK CITY APPRAISAL DISTRICT AT $241,145 FOR THE YEAR.

2023. NOW, IF I WENT TO THE BANK AND TRIED TO DO THAT, THEY'D TELL ME I'D LOST MY MIND.

THEY WOULD LAUGH ME.

I DON'T CARE HOW GOOD MY CREDIT IS.

I DON'T CARE WHAT AN UPSTANDING PERSON I AM.

IT WOULDN'T HAPPEN.

AND ANOTHER QUESTION IS, AT THE ZONING, MEETING THAT WE WENT TO.

HOW CAN YOU EXPECT A ZONING BODY, GOVERNING BODY, TO MAKE A DECISION BASED ON THE FACTS THAT THEY WERE PRESENTED TO AT THAT MEETING? THERE IS NO RESEARCH.

THERE'S NO DATA OTHER THAN WHAT THEY TELL YOU OR WHAT WE TELL YOU.

SO JUST YESTERDAY I'M WATCHING THE NEWS AND THE NEWSMAN SAYS, OH, WELL, ABOUT THE ALLEYWAY.

OKAY. I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE FAMILIAR BECAUSE IT'S KIND OF HOT RIGHT NOW.

THE ALLEYWAYS BEHIND THE HOUSES THAT PEOPLE ARE HAVING TO PAY HUMONGOUS THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS BECAUSE THE CITY HAS DECIDED HAS DECIDED THEY'RE NOT GOING TO MAINTAIN THAT ANYMORE.

SO THE SEWAGE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, I JUST SAW IT, GLANCED ON THE NEWS.

[02:55:04]

THE SEWAGE WON'T DRAIN FROM THEIR HOUSES NOW, AND THEY DON'T HAVE $6,000 TO FIX IT.

SO HOW CAN YOU BE EXPECTED TO MAKE A KNOWLEDGEABLE DECISION BEFORE YOU INVESTIGATE THE FACTS THAT ARE PRESENTED TO YOU, THE FACTS THAT ARE PRESENTED? I'M GOING TO GET YOU BACK ON POINT, BECAUSE WE HAVE A LOT OF OTHER PEOPLE TO SPEAK.

THAT'S A THAT'S A TOPIC FOR A DIFFERENT DAY, AND YOU'RE WELCOME TO SHOW BACK UP AND MAKE CITIZEN COMMENTS.

OKAY, LET'S STICK TO POINT.

I HAVE, ANOTHER ONE MORE ONE MORE POINT AT THE, AT THE ZONING MEETING, THEY SHOWED THIS MAP RIGHT HERE, AND IT LOOKS GREAT, RIGHT? YOU GOT 70 ACRES, YOU GOT A LITTLE RED LINE, AND YOU GOT ONE LITTLE SQUARE THERE, AND IT SAYS, THIS IS GOING TO BE OUR TRASH FACILITY.

AND, THE ZONING MEMBERS WERE LIKE, OH, WOW, THAT IS SO INSULATED.

I LOVE HOW INSULATED THAT IS FROM THE COMMUNITY AT LARGE AROUND IT.

WELL. THEY WENT ON AND ASKED HIM WHAT THEY PLAN TO DO.

OUTSIDE HE SAID, OH, WE'RE GOING TO DO A SMALL RECYCLING.

THERE'LL BE SOME PARKING OUT THERE.

AND, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS PRETTY MUCH IT.

WELL GUESS WHAT? AND ON THE NEWS, AUGUST 10TH, THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS, MR. FRANKLIN WOOD FRANKLIN, I BELIEVE HE SAID HE WAS SO EXCITED.

THE PROJECT HAS GROWN SUBSTANTIALLY BECAUSE NOW THE LAND PURCHASED IS NO LONGER JUST FOR A TRANSFER STATION.

AS EXPECTED, THE CITY OF LUBBOCK WILL USE THE LAND FOR MORE THAN A TRANSFER STATION FOR SOLID WASTE, WHICH IS THE TRAFFIC THAT WE'RE FACTORING IN RIGHT NOW. AND HE GOES ON TO SAY, RIGHT NOW, ALL OF OUR FLEET SERVICES, ALL OF OUR PUBLIC WORKS, OUR WATER, OUR WASTEWATER, OUR STREET DEPARTMENTS ARE ALL LOCATED ON THE NORTHEAST SIDE OF TOWN, ON OVER MUNICIPAL HILL.

WHILE WE HAVE THE TRANSFER STATION, WE WILL HAVE WHAT WE CALL AN MRF, WHICH WILL BE THE RECYCLE CENTER.

WE'RE LOOKING AT HAVING A FUEL FACILITY BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY WE'RE GOING TO NEED, OH, DON'T LOSE IT TO FUEL THOSE VEHICLES.

THOSE VEHICLES WILL NEED TO BE SERVICED.

SO WE'RE LOOKING AT MAYBE A FLEET FACILITY AND THEN PUBLIC WORKS.

WE'LL PROBABLY STAGE PUBLIC WORKS FAIRLY QUICKLY ON THAT LAND, SO THAT DURING WINTER EVENTS WHEN WE HAVE SALT AND SAND STAGING OUR EQUIPMENT, THEY'RE NOT ALL OVER ON ONE SIDE OF TOWN. SO THE THE TRUCKS, THE COMMERCIAL VEHICLES THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT ARE NOT, WHAT, 400 TRIPS WITH A GARBAGE TRUCK A DAY.

NOW YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT THE WHOLE CITY OF LUBBOCK FLEET.

THIS IS OUR HOME, AND WE LOVE IT.

AND WE WE DEPEND ON YOU.

Y'ALL ARE OUR COUNCIL PEOPLE.

YOU'RE OUR REPRESENTATIVES.

YOU'RE THE PEOPLE THAT WE LOOK TO AND EXPECT TO ACT IN OUR BEST INTEREST.

WE ELECT YOU.

WE? I DON'T LIKE TO FEEL LIKE I HAVE TO WATCH THE THE PAGE TO SEE WHAT'S COMING UP EVERY DAY, BECAUSE THEY MIGHT TRY TO SLIP SOMETHING THROUGH.

WE DON'T WANT TO DO THAT.

SO I'M ASKING YOU, PLEASE RECONSIDER.

THANK YOU, MISS ROBINSON.

GOOD EVENING.

MY NAME IS TRACY EDWARDS.

I LIVE AT 7208 60 FIRST IN LUBBOCK AND BUILT THAT HOUSE IN 1991.

I'M WONDERING IF I CAN BORROW MR. FRANKLIN AND HIS GOOGLE PICTURES TO SHOW SOMETHING.

AND I THINK IT'LL SHOW I DON'T HAVE ANY HANDOUTS.

I THINK IT'LL SHOW WHAT I'M TRYING TO SHOW YOU.

DO YOU HAVE A SPECIFIC PICTURE YOU RECALL? EITHER THE INTERSECTION AT 66TH TO, 62, 82 ON UPLAND OR ALCOVE.

YEAH. YOU'RE GOOD. IN MY CONCERN.

THE REASON I'M ASKING FOR THIS IS 66.

TWO, 62, 82 ON UPLAND.

IS A MESS.

IT'S A MESS NOW WITH JUST CARS AND MINIMAL COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC.

IF YOU PUT TRUCK TRAFFIC BECAUSE WE WENT THROUGH THIS WHEN THEY WERE BUILDING THE DIRT WORK FOR THE HIGH SCHOOL, THEY ALL CAME EITHER DOWN UPLAND TO 6282 BECAUSE IT WAS EASY ACCESS.

AND THAT'S WHAT YOU GOT TO HAVE.

YOU NEED EASY ACCESS TO GET IN AND OUT OF A SITE.

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SO, SO 66 TO MARSHA SHARP IS A PROBLEM TODAY.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE GOING TO FIX A ROAD.

I KNOW THAT YOU'VE TOLD US YOU'RE GOING TO FIX A ROAD, YOU'RE GOING TO MAKE IT FIVE LANES.

IT'S GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE TRAFFIC.

THE THING I DON'T KNOW THAT YOU CAN FIX IS THE RAILROAD TRACKS AND THE STATE ROAD 62, 82 IS A STATE OR A FEDERAL ROAD.

I DON'T BELIEVE THAT YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THAT.

AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN DO ANYTHING WITH THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

MAYBE WRONG.

IF YOU CAN'T DO THAT, THEN YOU HAVE THAT MESS FROM 66 TO UPLAND AND IT'LL NEVER GO AWAY.

AND IT WON'T GO AWAY IF YOU DON'T PUT THIS HERE, WE'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH IT.

BUT WE WON'T BE DEALING WITH TRUCKS AS MANY.

SO IF YOU MOVE TO ALCOVE ON 76TH AND I VISITED WITH MR. FRANKLIN, AND I'VE SEEN THE PICTURES AND I UNDERSTAND THE NEED FOR A TRANSFER STATION.

LUBBOCK IS GROWING AND YOU CAN'T CONTINUALLY DRIVE THAT FAR.

I GET THAT PART.

IF YOU COME OUT OF 76TH TO ALCOVE.

YOU OWN THAT PROPERTY SO YOU CAN FIX IT.

I'VE HEARD PEOPLE SAY THE ROADS ARE BAD.

OF COURSE IT'S BAD. IT'S DIRT.

YOU CAN FIX THAT AND YOU CAN MAKE IT 7 OR 10 LANES, WHATEVER NUMBER OF LANES YOU WANT TO MAKE.

BUT I DON'T THINK YOU CAN FIX THE LEFT HAND TURN OFF OF 76TH TO ALCOVE IF YOU EXPAND THAT ROAD.

IF YOU MAKE IT THREE LANE, WHICH IS NORTH AND SOUTH WITH THE TURN LANE, OR YOU MAKE TWO NORTH, TWO SOUTH, EVEN IF THE EVEN IF THE COUNTY OR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE CITY SAYS, LOOK, WE CREATED A PROBLEM, WE'RE GOING TO FIX IT.

GREAT. IF YOU COME OFF A 76TH, HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CROSS ALL THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO THE SCHOOLS AT DIFFERENT TIMES OF THE DAY, GOING NORTH, AND HOW ARE YOU GOING TO CROSS THE TRAFFIC THAT'S COMING SOUTH? SO YOU'VE GOT TO CROSS NORTHBOUND TRAFFIC AND YOU'VE GOT TO CROSS SOUTHBOUND TRAFFIC TO EVEN GET TO THE INTERSECTION OF ALCOVE AND 6282. THERE'S NOT ENOUGH ROOM TO HAVE A SEMI FROM THE RAILROAD TRACKS TO 6282.

SO YOU HAVE TO STOP ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

THEN YOU HAVE TO HAVE BASICALLY A DRAG RACE WITH THE PEOPLE ON 62, 82 TO GET TO THE TURNAROUND.

UNDER THAT, YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT USING TO GET BACK ON THE LOOP TO GO TO THE LANDFILL, AND YOU'RE GOING TO DO THIS WITH A LOADED SEMI. AND YOU'RE GOING TO EXPECT THE PEOPLE ON 6282 MARSHA SHARP TO SAY, OH, THAT'S A SEMI.

I'LL LET THEM GO.

I MEAN, I DRIVE THE TRAFFIC.

I CAN BE JUST AS GUILTY AS SOME OF THOSE PEOPLE OF NOT LETTING SOMEBODY IN.

IF IT'S GOING TO MAKE ME WAIT A LITTLE BIT LONGER.

MY GOSH, IF I GOT TO WAIT A MINUTE, I'M JUST NOT GOING TO BE COURTEOUS.

I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU'RE GOING TO BE COURTEOUS TO THOSE TRUCKS AND LET THEM SPEED UP LOADED, MUCH LESS EMPTY.

I DON'T THINK YOU COULD DO IT IN A BOBTAIL TRUCK WITHOUT SOME DANGER, BUT YOU'RE GOING TO DO IT WITH A SEMI.

AND THIS MISTER FRANKLIN TOLD ME THAT THIS WAS THE ROUTE THEY WERE GOING TO TAKE TO KEEP THEM OFF.

66 UPLAND AND ALCOVE GOING NORTH.

AND I'M TALKING ABOUT THE TRACTOR TRAILERS, THE TRASH TRUCKS.

YOU CAN LEAVE ON 66TH, BUT IF YOU GO, IF YOU GO DOWN 66TH.

YOU'RE STILL GOING TO HAVE TO TURN SOUTH ON UPLAND TO GO TO THE AREAS SOUTH PART OF TOWN.

SO YOU'RE STILL FIGHTING THAT INTERSECTION WITH RAILROAD TRACKS.

AND I'M TOO BORING.

I KNOW IT'S IT'S JUST THAT'S WHAT YOU CAN'T FIX.

YOU CAN FIX 66.

THE CITY CAN FIX THAT.

YOU CAN FIND A WAY. YOU CAN EVEN FIX ALCO BY YOURSELF AND YOU CAN FIX UPLAND.

YOU'VE SAID YOU'RE GOING TO DO THAT.

AND I BELIEVE THAT.

I JUST DON'T BELIEVE YOU CAN FIX WHAT HAPPENS AT THE RAILROAD TRACKS.

AND MARSHA SHARP.

THANK YOU. TRACY, WERE YOU AT 72, OH EIGHT, 68, 72, OH EIGHT, 61ST, 61ST? YES, SIR. I'M JUST TRYING TO KEEP A TALLY.

OKAY. THANK YOU.

GOOD AFTERNOON.

MY NAME IS MIKE GRÉMILLON, RESIDENT OF 1215 NORTH 15TH STREET IN WOLFFORTH.

I APPRECIATE YOUR ALLOWING US TO BE HERE TODAY.

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A FEW THINGS, COMMON SENSE THINGS.

I'LL TRY NOT TO TROT OVER GROUND THAT'S BEEN DISCUSSED ALREADY.

FIRST AND FOREMOST, THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF THIS REFUGE IS WAY FAR NORTH UP IN ABERNATHY.

THE PROPOSED LOCATION FOR THIS TRANSFER STATION IS WAY DOWN TO THE SOUTHWEST.

THE STATEMENT WAS MADE AT THE ZONING MEETING THAT THIS IS NEAR SOUTH PLAINS MALL, WHICH IS THE POPULATION CENTER OF THE WHOLE AREA.

WELL, WHAT SENSE DOES IT MAKE TO GO FROM THE POPULATION CENTER OF THE AREA? SOUTH PLAINS MALL I'LL DO IT YOUR WAY TO THE SOUTHWEST, THREE AND A HALF MILES, JUST TO GO BACK TO THE NORTH IN ABERNATHY.

HOW FAR IS IT? 12, 15, 18 MILES? MAKES NO SENSE.

THE STATEMENT THAT THAT WAS THE POPULATION CENTER OF THE AREA.

WELL, COMMON SENSE TELLS YOU IF YOU IF YOU LOOK AT THESE BOUNDARIES, THAT'S THE FARTHEST SOUTHWEST YOU CAN BE IN LUBBOCK CITY LIMITS.

YOU CAN'T BE ANY FURTHER SOUTHWEST AND BE IN LUBBOCK.

AM I NOT CORRECT? RIGHT? RIGHT.

WOULD IT NOT MAKE MORE SENSE? LIKE THE FIRST GENTLEMAN PROPOSED TO LOOK FOR ANOTHER SITE IN THE DIRECTION OF THE ULTIMATE DESTINATION OF THE TRASH.

ISSUE TWO. THE GOOD FOLKS SAY, WELL, THIS IS AN ENCLOSED FACILITY.

I LIVED IN DALLAS, ON THE SOUTHWEST SIDE, TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS FROM ONE OF THESE FACILITIES.

WE HAD AN OFFICE THAT WAS, LIKE I SAY, TWO AND A HALF BLOCKS FROM IT FOR A PERIOD OF FIVE YEARS.

THE ODOR DOES VARY WITH THE AMBIENT TEMPERATURE AND HUMIDITY CONDITIONS.

ON A DRY, HOT DAY.

NO, YOU DON'T REALLY SMELL IT THAT MUCH.

THAT'S TRUE. BUT IF THERE'S HUMIDITY, IF THE WIND BLOWS IN THE RIGHT DIRECTION, YOU CANNOT KEEP THIS FACILITY ENCLOSED.

THE TRUCKS START AT GRADE, THEY GO DOWN A TRENCH, AND THEN THE TOP OF THAT TRUCK LEVELS OFF WITH A CONCRETE FLOOR.

CONCRETE, AS MANY OF YOU KNOW, IS POROUS.

IT ABSORBS THINGS.

HAVE YOU EVER DROPPED SOMETHING IN YOUR GARAGE THAT WAS SMELLY, GONE BACK THE NEXT DAY.

WHAT DO YOU SMELL? IT'S STILL THERE.

WELL, THEY'RE GOING TO BE DOING THIS EVERY DAY, ALL DAY LONG.

IF YOU LOOK AT THE GOOD FOLKS PICTURES, YOU'LL SEE IT DOESN'T GO FROM ONE TRUCK STRAIGHT TO ANOTHER.

THEY DROP IT ON THE CONCRETE, AND THEN THEY USE A FRONT END LOADER TO PUSH IT IN OVER.

A LEDGE DROPS DOWN INTO THE TRUCK.

THE BIG 18 WHEEL TRAILER.

THAT'S HOW IT WORKS.

I'VE SEEN IT. I USE THAT FACILITY THERE.

IT'S VERY CONVENIENT WHEN YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO DROP OFF, BUT THERE IS AN ODOR.

HAVE ANY OF YOU EVER BEEN TO A DUMP FACILITY OF ANY KIND THAT DID NOT HAVE AN ODOR? ANY OF YOU ASK YOURSELVES, IT'S NOT POSSIBLE.

CONCRETE IS LIKE A SPONGE.

IT ABSORBS MOISTURE.

IT ABSORBS SMELLS.

THAT'S A MINOR THING, I KNOW.

THE BIG ISSUE IS SAFETY.

THERE ALREADY ARE NEW SCHOOLS BUILT UP THERE, JUST NORTH, ABOUT A MILE AND A HALF OR SO.

THERE'S A LOT OF LITTLE KIDS.

THEY DON'T READ THE SIGNS.

THEY DON'T KNOW NOT TO STEP IN FRONT OF A TRUCK.

LET'S PICTURE THAT.

THAT MAP RIGHT THERE.

WE'RE ALL DRIVING THIS THIS 18 WHEELER OR THE GARBAGE TRUCK.

WE'RE GOING SOUTHWEST ON THE MARSHA SHARP FRONTAGE ROAD.

ARE WE GOING TO TURN THIS WAY? NO. YOU GOT TO TURN BACK THAT WAY.

HOW ARE YOU GOING TO DO THAT WITH AN 18 WHEELER? LOOK AT IT RIGHT THERE.

MAKES NO SENSE.

I IMPLORE YOU.

FIND A LOCATION THAT'S BETTER SUITED TO YOUR ULTIMATE GOAL.

SOMETHING THAT WORKS.

SOMETHING THAT MAKES SENSE.

COMMON SENSE. THAT'S WHAT WE'RE ALL ABOUT.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME.

THANK YOU. MIKE.

HI, MY NAME IS LEE GREEN.

6401 COUNTY ROAD 1470.

ON THE MAP THAT WAS HERE BEFORE.

MY HOUSE IS ON A LITTLE TICKY, SO EVEN THOUGH I'M NOT IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, I FEEL THAT THIS DIRECTLY IMPACTS ME.

ONE THING THAT I HAVEN'T NECESSARILY HEARD A TON OF, ALLUDED TO, BUT WE'VE TALKED ABOUT CHOICE.

WE'VE TALKED ABOUT WHAT COMES FIRST.

DOES THE AIRPORT COME FIRST OR DO THE HOUSES COME FIRST? WELL, IF THE AIRPORT COMES FIRST AND SOMEONE HAS A CHOICE IN WHERE THEY CHOOSE TO LIVE IN THIS SITUATION, I MOVED MY HUSBAND AND I WITH LIKE YOU USED A VA LOAN TO PURCHASE THIS LAND, AN ACRE.

WE HAVE DEVELOPED IT OVER TIME.

WE HAVE A SHOP.

FINALLY HE GOT A SHOP, RIGHT? YOU KNOW, LIKE THAT'S THE WHOLE THING.

WE HAVE A POOL. WE HAVE, WE HAVE INVESTED SO MUCH OF OUR TIME AND OUR LOVE INTO THIS COMMUNITY.

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THIS WAS SUPPOSED TO BE OUR FOREVER HOME.

WE WANTED THAT TO BE SOMETHING THAT IS VALUABLE.

SO WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT NOW IS PROPERTY VALUES AND THE IMPACT THAT THAT'S GOING TO HAVE ON MY INVESTMENT AND ON ALL OF OUR INVESTMENTS AS WE GO FORWARD. NOW, PEOPLE WILL LOOK AT MY PROPERTY THAT I HAVE POURED MY LOVE AND CARE AND CONCERN AND ALL OF THAT INTO AND BE LIKE, OH YEAH, IT'S NEAR A TRANSFER STATION.

I WANT MISS HANEY TO GET YOUR TRANSFER STATION.

YOU'RE SO PASSIONATE AND IT INSPIRES ME TO BE PASSIONATE ABOUT TRASH.

WHO KNEW, MISS GREEN, I UNDERSTAND.

OH, I'M SORRY, I WASN'T SUPPOSED TO DIRECT ANYTHING.

STAFF DIRECTED COUNCIL, PLEASE.

YES. IT'S IMPORTANT THAT WE GET THIS.

IT'S IMPORTANT THAT THIS TRANSFER STATION HAPPEN.

WE JUST WANT TO ENSURE THAT PEOPLE THEN HAVE A CHOICE.

IF THEY WANT TO MOVE NEXT TO A TRANSFER STATION, THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO DO THAT VERSUS US, THAT IT FEELS LIKE WE DON'T HAVE A CHOICE.

THERE'S A THOUSAND PEOPLE THAT HAVE SIGNED A PETITION SAYING, PLEASE, PLEASE PAUSE.

PLEASE TAKE SOME TIME TO RECONSIDER, TO FIND PLACES THAT ARE ALREADY ZONED FOR INDUSTRIAL THAT DON'T HAVE TWO BRAND NEW SCHOOLS, THOUSANDS OF NEIGHBORHOODS.

IF YOU TAKE THE LITTLE CIRCLE AND YOU GO LIKE THIS VERSUS THIS, LIKE WHENEVER YOU PUT IT RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE, IT MAKES IT LOOK LIKE NOTHING'S THERE.

BUT IF YOU MOVE IT EVER SO SLIGHTLY, THERE'S AN EQUESTRIAN CENTER, THERE'S A PLAYA, THERE'S YA'KNOW, THERE'S PRESTON MANOR, THERE'S TONS OF HOMES, TONS OF DEVELOPMENTS. SO I IMPLORE YOU TO PLEASE CONSIDER FINDING ANOTHER PLACE FOR THIS TO GO.

AND MOST IMPORTANTLY, THINKING ABOUT MY DAUGHTER IS HERE.

SHE'S TEN.

ALLIE APPLE. SAY HI.

YEAH. OKAY.

YOU KNOW, SHE'S TEN, SO I GOT WHAT I GOT.

AND I WANT HER TO SHOW THAT PEOPLE CAN COME TOGETHER AS A COMMUNITY AND VOICE THEIR CONCERNS, AND THAT WE WILL BE HEARD AND LISTENED TO, REGARDLESS OF THE FACT.

IF WE DON'T LIVE IN LIKE I DON'T LIVE IN THE CITY, I GET THAT, BUT I STILL AM MEANINGFUL.

I STILL SHOP AND OWN PROPERTY IN LUBBOCK.

I STILL DO ALL OF THOSE THINGS.

SO PLEASE, I IMPLORE YOU, HELP US, LISTEN TO US, AND PLEASE CONSIDER A DIFFERENT SITE FOR THIS.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU, ALI, FOR BEING HERE TODAY.

LATE. I THINK ALI IS THE TRUE MVP OF THIS MEETING RIGHT HERE.

WE APPRECIATE YOU, ALI.

SHOW THIS VIDEO AT SCHOOL TOMORROW.

HI EVERYBODY. MY NAME IS NATE DOUGLAS.

I AM AT 1305 ESSEX LANE.

I PROMISED MYSELF I WAS NOT GOING TO GET UP HERE AND TALK TODAY.

I WANT TO THANK WES FOR GETTING UP HERE AND DOING AN AWESOME JOB.

I SHARE ALL HIS SAME SENTIMENTS THAT HE HAD AND CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE, AND I WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR TAKING THE TIME TO HEAR US OUT.

I KNOW I CAN'T IMAGINE SITTING IN YOUR SPOT EVERY, YOU KNOW, COUPLE OF WEEKS COMING UP HERE AND HERE AND EVERYBODY'S CONCERNED.

SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.

YOU LOVE IT. RIGHT.

YOU HIGHLIGHT OF HIS DAY.

HE JUST TOLD US, SO I WANT TO THANK YOU.

AND I KNOW SOMETIMES SOME OF US, YOU KNOW, WE'RE ALL VERY PASSIONATE, MYSELF INCLUDED, ABOUT THIS.

WE'RE SCARED.

THIS PERSONALLY IMPACTS EVERY SINGLE DAY OF OUR LIVES, OF OUR CHILDREN'S LIVES, OF THEIR FUTURES.

WE'RE SCARED. YOU KNOW, I'VE GOT A FOUR YEAR OLD AND A FIVE YEAR OLD THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE HERE.

OH, I'D BE IN TROUBLE IF MY WIFE WAS HERE.

I GOT THE AGES WRONG. A THREE YEAR OLD AND A FIVE YEAR OLD THAT WERE GOING TO BE HERE TODAY.

BUT THEY HAD A VALENTINE'S DAY PARTY.

FOR SOME REASON. THAT'S COOLER THAN BEING HERE TO SUPPORT DAD, BUT IT IS WHAT IT IS.

WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT IT, AND I KNOW IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE UPSET WITH YOU ALL, BUT WE'RE NOT.

WE'RE UPSET WITH THE SITUATION, AND WE JUST ASK FOR YOU ALL TO KEEP.

KEEP OUR THOUGHTS, AND OUR CONCERNS IN MIND AS YOU'RE LOOKING AT THIS, THIS VOTE FOR REZONING, THIS, JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

I WANT TO GO BACK THROUGH EVERY PAGE OF THE POWERPOINT.

I'M JUST KIDDING. I KNOW EVERYBODY JUST HAD A HEART ATTACK.

I'M NOT GOING TO DO THAT TO YOU AGAIN.

AND I APOLOGIZE FOR MAKING IT SO LONG.

WES AND I WERE VERY HARD ON IT, BUT THERE WAS JUST.

I MEAN, I'M NOT GOING TO GO OVER IT ALL AGAIN, BUT JUST SOME THINGS THAT THAT WERE CONCERNED ABOUT IS, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS THIS IF YOU I COULDN'T TELL YOU WHAT PAGE IT ON, BUT IT'S THE FIRST PAGE WITH THE DRAWING OF THE MAP.

THAT'S WHAT WAS SHOWN IN THE ZONING COUNCIL MEETING, THE ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING.

AND IF YOU LOOK AT THE NEXT PAGE, YOU CAN SEE AND YOU COMPARE THE TWO, IT FEELS LIKE THERE WAS SOMETHING HIDDEN FROM THE PUBLIC. I KNOW IT'S NEVER THE INTENTION OF THIS COUNCIL TO HIDE ANYTHING FROM ANYONE.

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AND WE KNOW THAT Y'ALL ARE JUST TRYING TO MAKE THE BEST DECISION FOR THIS FUTURE OF THIS CITY, AND WE APPRECIATE YOUR TIME AND YOUR EFFORTS TO DO SO.

BUT IT DOES FEEL THAT WAY.

AND THAT'S ONE OF THE REASONS WE'RE SO SCARED AS CITIZENS OF THIS COMMUNITY.

IF YOU LOOK, THERE'S A FUTURE TRANSFER STATION EXPANSION THAT'S ON THERE THAT, TO MY KNOWLEDGE, HAS NOT BEEN TALKED ABOUT.

SO YEAH, THIS FACILITY MAY BE 36,000 SQUARE FOOT.

AND PLEASE, I KNOW I CAN'T ADDRESS ANYBODY, BUT IF THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE THAT CAN TELL ME I'M WRONG, PLEASE TELL ME I'M WRONG.

I DON'T WANT TO GIVE FALSE INFORMATION, BUT IT'S SAYING 36,000 SQUARE FOOT.

IS THAT BEFORE THE TRANSFER STATION EXPANDS, OR IS THAT AFTER.

RIGHT. SO IF IT'S 36,000 SQUARE FOOT NOW, I MEAN, I'M NOT GREAT, BUT I MEAN, IT'S ABOUT THIS BIG NOW.

AND NOW WE'RE ADDING ABOUT THIS BIG TO IT.

AGAIN, IT LOOKS LIKE WE'RE GOING TO DOUBLE.

AND YOU KNOW, THEY'RE WE'RE AT WHAT IS THAT 72,000 SQUARE FOOT.

WE'VE GOT A FUTURE MRF, WHICH I THINK STANDS FOR MAINTENANCE REPAIR FACILITY.

THAT'S GOING TO BE AT THE BACK OF IT.

THERE'S JUST A LOT OF STUFF THAT WE DON'T FEEL WAS TRANSPARENT, AND WE KNOW THAT'S NOT THE COUNCIL'S FAULT.

WE'RE JUST ASKING. WE'RE PASSIONATE.

WE'RE ASKING FOR YOU TO TAKE THIS ALL INTO CONSIDERATION AS YOU'RE MAKING THIS DECISION AND YOU'RE CASTING YOUR VOTE.

WE'RE WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT OUR KIDS.

YOU ALL THERE'S I KNOW THERE'S NOT JUST TONS OF STUDIES ABOUT THIS PROJECT, RIGHT.

AS FAR AS, YOU KNOW, TRANSFER STATIONS PROBABLY HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND THOUSANDS OF YEARS.

I WOULD ASSUME NOT. RIGHT.

SO THERE'S ONLY SO MUCH INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE, BUT WE'RE CONCERNED ABOUT THESE ROADS THAT WE HAVE, THE TRAFFIC THAT'S GOING TO BE ON THESE ROADS, THE TRAFFIC.

I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE TIRED OF HEARING THE WORDS TRAFFIC.

I'M TIRED OF SAYING THE WORDS TRAFFIC.

RIGHT. WE'RE CONCERNED THAT LITTLE TIMMY MIGHT.

ETHAN, MY LITTLE ELLIE, ARE GOING TO BE ON THEIR WAY TO SCHOOL.

WHETHER IT'S WALKING, WHETHER IT'S BIKING, WHETHER IT'S RIDING WITH A BUS FULL OF THEIR PEERS AND THEY'RE GOING TO GET IN AN ACCIDENT.

I DRIVE THIS AREA EVERY DAY.

I SEE ACCIDENTS WAY TOO OFTEN.

NOT ONLY THAT, BUT OVER CLOSER TO THE SCHOOL THERE'S EVEN MORE ACCIDENTS.

AND YES, YOU MAY SAY, THESE TRUCKS ARE NOT GOING TO BE DRIVING OVER NEXT TO THAT SCHOOL OFF OF DONALD PRESTON, BUT WHEN THAT IS FULL OF TRASH TRUCKS, THE REST OF THAT TRAFFIC HAS TO GO SOMEWHERE AND THEY'RE GOING TO GO OVER THERE TO THAT DONALD PRESTON AREA, AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE AN INCREASE AND IT'S GOING TO CAUSE EVEN MORE ACCIDENTS.

I GET SO TIRED OF HEARING ABOUT ACCIDENTS HAPPENING AT THAT INTERSECTION OF, I THINK IT'S CAMBRIDGE AND, DONALD PRESTON, SOME OF THEM ARE FATAL ACCIDENTS.

THESE ARE OUR KIDS.

THESE ARE THE FUTURE OF OUR COMMUNITY.

THAT'S WHY WE'RE SO, PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, ON THIS MAP AS WELL, I.

YOU WANT TO POINT OUT? I'VE WORKED SOME WITH, SOME DEVELOPERS.

I'M SORRY FOR TOUCHING THIS MOUSE, BUT I'M JUST GOING TO SHOW THIS REALLY QUICK.

I DIDN'T FIGURE YOU WANT TO JUMP UP EVERY TIME, BUT RIGHT HERE, WHERE THIS MOUSE IS TO THE LEFT, WHERE THE LITTLE HAND IS WHILE IT LOOKS EMPTY, THAT'S NOT EMPTY VERY LONG.

THEY HAVE ALREADY STARTED THE ROADS FOR THAT OVER THERE.

THAT'S GOING TO BE A COMMUNITY OF OVER 500 HOME.

WHERE'S CALLING AT? COLIN HAD TO STEP OUT.

THERE'S A DEVELOPER HERE THAT'S DEVELOPING THAT AREA.

BUT IT'S IN THE POWERPOINT.

THERE'S GOING TO BE A LOT OF HOMES THERE THAT'S NOT GOING TO BE VACANT FOR MUCH LONGER.

I WAS DRIVING THIS AREA THIS MORNING ON THE WAY TO THIS.

WELL, THIS AFTERNOON ON THE WAY TO THIS MEETING.

AND YOU CAN STAND AT THAT TRANSFER FACILITY AND SEE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET, THAT'S GOING TO BE A TON OF HOMES WITH A TON OF CHILDREN OUT WANTING TO PLAY AND ENJOY THE OUTDOORS.

I GET SO TIRED OF MY SON BEING ON HIS HIS TABLET ALL OF THE TIME.

WE PUSH THEM TO GO OUTDOORS.

NOW, I'M GOING TO BE AFRAID TO DO THAT BECAUSE I DON'T WANT HIM TO GET OUT THERE AND GET HURT IN TRAFFIC, RIGHT? AND NEITHER DO YOU.

BUT I'LL DIGRESS FROM THERE.

I APPRECIATE YOUR TIME.

AND I JUST WANT TO REITERATE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE PASSIONATE ABOUT THIS, AND I APOLOGIZE IF IT SEEMS LIKE WE'RE TAKING IT OUT ON Y'ALL.

WE'RE JUST ASKING. WE'RE WE'RE BEGGING Y'ALL AT THIS POINT TO HELP RECONSIDER THE LOCATION FOR THIS.

WE'RE NOT SAYING A WASTE TRANSFER STATION DOESN'T NEED TO HAPPEN, BECAUSE I AGREE, LOGISTICALLY, IT ABSOLUTELY MAKES SENSE FOR THIS TO HAPPEN.

WE'RE JUST ASKING THEM, CAN WE CAN THEY CAN Y'ALL COMPEL THEM, SHOW YOU THE OTHER LOCATIONS? I DON'T KNOW, MAYBE Y'ALL HAVE SEEN THE OTHER LOCATIONS THEY LOOKED AT.

ALL I'VE SEEN IS THIS ONE PLACE PRESENTED.

CAN Y'ALL COMPEL THEM LIKE, HEY, SHOW US THIS OTHER DATA THAT Y'ALL LOOKED AT.

LET'S GET ONCE WE GIVE THIS YES, AND WE START ROLLING FORWARD THERE, THAT TRAIN IS GONE.

THERE'S NO GETTING THIS BACK.

RIGHT. AND I UNDERSTAND WE'VE PURCHASED THE LAND ALREADY.

AND THERE'S A TERM THAT I HEAR CALLED ASSUMPTION OF RISK.

RIGHT. WHEN THEY PURCHASE THAT LAND, THEY KNEW IT WAS IT WAS ZONED FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL AREA.

THEY ASSUMED THE RISK THAT IT MAY NOT GET ZONED TO BE INDUSTRIAL PROPERTY WHEN THEY PURCHASED IT.

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WE CAN'T USE THAT AS THEIR EXCUSE THAT, OH, HEY, WE ALREADY PURCHASED THIS, SO WE NEED TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT.

THEY ASSUMED THAT RISK WHEN THEY PURCHASED IT.

SO I APPRECIATE ALL OF Y'ALL'S TIME.

I'M SURE Y'ALL ARE READY TO GET HOME.

I SURE AM READY TO GET HOME.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU, THANK YOU NATE.

COUNCIL IS GOING TO TAKE ABOUT A 20 MINUTE BREAK.

AND THEN WE WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PUBLIC HEARING.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD EVENING. IT IS 607.

JUST TURNING 608.

AND WE ARE BACK FROM RECESS AND A BREAK.

WE WILL CONTINUE ON WITH ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION OF AGENDA ITEM 6.6.

GOOD EVENING.

I'M DENNIS BRINK.

BRINK. 7002 59.

LIVED OUT THERE FOR 30 YEARS.

THE BIGGEST PROBLEM WE USED TO HAVE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WERE TUMBLEWEEDS.

NOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED DRAMATICALLY.

BUT JUST A COUPLE THINGS.

THE TRASH TRUCKS AND YOU CAN YOU CAN EXPLAIN IT TO ME, BUT I KNOW THEY RECESS INTO A CEMENT FLOOR AND THEY'RE LOADED FROM THE FLOOR TO THE BOTTOM. THEN I WOULD ASSUME THEY'RE TARPED PRETTY HEAVILY.

AND I'VE BEEN BEHIND A LOT OF SEMIS LATELY WITH TARPS ON THEM AND.

SOME OF THEM HANG ON AND SOME OF THEM DON'T.

I'VE BEEN BEEN BEHIND A LOT OF THEM.

THEY'RE JUST LIKE LANDING GEAR ON AN AIRPLANE.

SOME FORGET TO PUT IT DOWN, SOME DON'T.

THERE'S SOME THAT WILL AND SOME THAT WON'T.

BUT THEY, THE FACT REMAINS, THERE'S GOING TO GET A TARP LOOSE.

OKAY? THESE TRUCKS ARE GOING TO LEAVE.

HEAD DOWN TO MARSHA SHARP.

THEY'RE GOING TO GO BUY THEM ALL.

AND ANY DEBRIS THAT'S HUNG ON THE SIDES OF THEM IN THE WHEELS, ANYTHING THAT THEY PICK UP AS THEY'RE GOING OUT OF THERE IS GOING TO STILL BE ON THAT TRUCK AT ABOUT 60 MILE AN HOUR.

MOST OF THAT'S GOING TO BREAK LOOSE.

NOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE TOP OF THE TRUCK CREATES A VACUUM SO THAT TARP COMES UP AND IT'S UNDER PRESSURE CONSTANTLY. SO THE TARP IS GOING TO BREAK LOOSE GIVEN ONE POINT OR ANOTHER.

IT'S JUST GOING TO HAPPEN.

SO YOU'RE GOING TO SPREAD TRASH FROM BASICALLY THE MALL ACROSS THE INTERSTATE.

AS YOU GO UP OVER THE TOP, DOWN THROUGH TOWN, YOU'RE GOING TO HEAD INTO THE LUBBOCK AREA.

YOU'RE GOING TO GO DOWN SLIDE, COME BY, SLIDE RIGHT ON BY TEXAS TECH WITH THESE TRUCKS HOPEFULLY NOT SPREADING TOO MUCH TRASH, BUT THEY'RE GUNNISON'S THEY'RE GOING TO SPEND SOME.

AND THAT THAT CONSIDERED RIGHT NOW YOU'VE BEEN LUCKY.

YOU'RE USING TRUCKS THAT ARE COMPRESSED OR COMPACTORS.

THEY'RE BASICALLY RELATIVELY CLEAN.

THEY MAY SMELL, BUT THEY'RE CLEAN.

AND THEY DO A THEY REALLY DO DO A PRETTY GOOD JOB IN OUR NEIGHBORHOOD.

THEY IF THEY LOSE ANY TRASH WHEN THEY DUMP IT, I'VE SEEN THEM GET OUT OF THE TRUCK, PICK IT UP AND THROW IT IN.

BUT NOW YOU'RE GOING TO A WHOLE DIFFERENT SCENARIO.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOAD THIS TRUCK FROM THE TOP, YOU'RE GOING TO THROW A TARP OVER IT.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TRASH DOWN BOTH SIDES OF IT BECAUSE IT'S GOING DOWN INTO A TUNNEL.

YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE CARDBOARD MISCELLANEOUS OTHER THINGS STILL STAY UNATTACHED, AND YOU'RE GOING TO HEAD DOWN THE FREEWAY WITH IT, LOSING TRASH ALL THE WAY TO INTERSTATE.

AND THEN YOU'RE GOING TO GO UP THE PLANES TO PORT NOW.

AND ABERNATHY.

SPREAD AND TRASH ARE.

I THINK YOU HAVE A BETTER SCENARIO AS YOU STAND, BUT IF YOU WERE TO LOOK AT IT AS THE MALL BEING THE CENTER OF THE CITY, IT WOULD MAKE MORE SENSE TO ME.

TO TAKE FOR 11,000 SQUARE FOOT BUILDINGS.

PUT HIM ON FIVE ACRE TRACKS SIMILAR TO WHAT THEY DO IN DALLAS AND SO FORTH.

DO A IF YOU WANT TO IF YOU WANT TO TRANSFER STATION.

AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCEPT, I JUST DON'T QUITE BELIEVE IN IT.

I DON'T THINK IT'S AS CLEAN AS YOU THINK IT IS.

SO YOU TAKE FOUR UNITS AND YOU PUT THEM ONE IN EACH QUADRANT.

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YOU PUT THEM ON FIVE.

YOU PUT THEM ON FIVE ACRE LOTS, SEVEN ACRE LOTS, AND RUN A FACILITY OUT OF EACH DIRECTION.

SAY. IT WOULD MAKE SO MUCH MORE SENSE.

SEVERAL OF THEM WOULD, BE NEAR THE INTERSTATE.

BY, YOU KNOW, ONE DOWNTOWN, POSSIBLY OVER ON THE 19TH, ANOTHER ONE OUT TO THE FAR SOUTH END OF TOWN.

YOU'D YOU'D HAVE THEM SPREAD ON THAT.

AND I DON'T THINK IT WOULD COST YOU ANYWHERE NEAR THE MONEY THAT YOU'RE ABOUT TO SPEND.

SO WITH THAT, I LEAVE YOU.

THANK YOU SIR. ALL RIGHT, NATE'S BACK.

DON'T BE TERRIFIED. I'M NOT GOING TO TALK LONG.

ALL RIGHT, LISTEN, DON'T GO BACK OVER ANY OTHER POINTS.

I WON'T PUT MY WORD RIGHT.

YES, I HAVE TWO THINGS.

PROMISE TO KEEP IT TO THOSE TWO THINGS.

I'LL KEEP IT SHORT AND SWEET.

YOU DO NOT HAVE TO DEAL WITH ME VERY LONG.

SO TWO THINGS.

ONE, I MEANT TO BRING UP TO YOU ALL.

WE DID HAVE PEOPLE GO TO THOSE TRANSFER STATIONS.

I GREW UP IN THAT AREA IN DALLAS.

WE WERE THERE VISITING FAMILY.

WE WENT AND SAW THOSE TRANSFER STATIONS.

IT'S AMAZING THE DIFFERENCE IN CLEANLINESS WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU'RE HAVING SOMEBODY COME IN TO VIEW THE AREA, RIGHT? SO WE SAID, HEY, CUSTER ROAD STATION OR WHEREVER THEY WENT, WE'RE GOING TO COME IN AND TOUR YOUR FACILITY BECAUSE WE'RE LOOKING AT SOMETHING HERE.

WHAT I WOULD DO AT HOME IF MY PARENTS CALL ME AND SAY, HEY, WE'RE COMING HOME, WE'RE COMING OVER TO YOUR HOUSE, I CLEAN FIRST THING, RIGHT? SO IT MAKES MORE SENSE THAT THEY CLEANED AND PREPARED THAT AREA.

WHEN WE WENT. IT WAS NOT AS CLEAN AS IT WAS WHEN IT WAS VISITED BY THE CITY OF CITY OF LUBBOCK REPRESENTATIVES AND TO AND NOW I'M GOING TO BLANK ON IT AGAIN BECAUSE I'M NOT SO.

ANYWAYS, IT WAS NOT AS CLEAN AS IT WAS WHEN THE CITY REPRESENTATIVES WENT OUT THERE, SO I JUST WANT Y'ALL TO KEEP THAT IN MIND WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT IT.

THE OTHER THING WOULD BE THERE.

THE SECOND POINT WOULD BE, YOU KNOW, DALLAS, THEY ONLY HAVE SO MUCH LAND, RIGHT? YOU LOOK AT DALLAS, YOU SCROLL OUT IN DALLAS, YOU LOOK AT THAT AREA.

THEY HAVE TO PACK THOSE FACILITY TRANSFER FACILITIES IN THESE TIGHT AREAS NEAR RESIDENTIAL AREAS AT TIMES, BECAUSE THEY HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE.

WE HAVE A CHOICE HERE.

SO THAT'S ALL MY TIME THAT I'LL TAKE.

SORRY FOR MAKING Y'ALL LISTEN TO ME AGAIN.

THANK YOU. NATE. WE'RE STILL IN OPPOSITION TO 66.

ALL RIGHT. ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.6? GOOD EVENING. MY NAME IS NATALIE MILLER.

I LIVE AT 1817 EAST HARVARD STREET 79403.

I THANK YOU TO MAYOR AND COUNCIL PERSONS.

I KNOW YOU'VE BEEN HERE QUITE A WHILE.

I HAD TO TURN MY PHONE OFF BECAUSE IT WAS DYING.

CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW? YES. BETTER GO AHEAD AND GO AHEAD AND GO BACK THROUGH YOUR NAME AND ADDRESS.

YES, ABSOLUTELY. NATALIE MILLER, 1817 EAST HARVARD STREET 79403.

AND I AM SPEAKING IN FAVOR OF THE TRANSFER STATION.

AND AGAIN, THANK YOU FOR YOUR PATIENCE.

YOU ALL REALLY HAVE A SERIOUS DECISION TO MAKE.

ALL OF LUBBOCK IS WAITING FOR THE DECISION.

I WAS HERE EARLIER.

ACTUALLY. I HAD TO LEAVE TO PICK UP MY KIDDOS FROM SCHOOL.

AND TO TAKE MY SON TO WORK, I HAD TO LIVE ON WHILE I WAS IN THE CAR AND MY DAUGHTER SAID, MOMMY, THAT SOUNDS SO BORING.

AND I SAID, YES, HONEY, IT MAY BE BORING, BUT THIS MAY AFFECT YOU IN THE FUTURE, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT I LISTEN TO IT.

RIGHT? AND SO LISTENING TO THE PLANNING, IT SEEMS AS IF THEY'VE GONE INTO GREAT CARE, INTO THE PLANNING OF THE TRANSFER STATION, EVEN CONSIDERING MAKING ADDITIONAL CHANGES AS I LISTEN TO THE CONCERNS OF THE COMMUNITIES, THE CONCERNS SUCH AS HELPING TO FINISH SOME OF THE ROADS, OTHER CARES, SUCH AS THE FACT THAT IT'S HOUSEHOLD WASTE, THAT NO OTHER TRASH WOULD GO THERE, THAT THERE'S GOING TO BE AN AREA TO, YOU KNOW, SEPARATE THE DIFFERENT, PARTICLES LIKE CARDBOARD AND PLASTIC, DUST CONTROL, ODOR CONTROL, ENVIRONMENTAL AND TRAFFIC PATTERNS, HEAVILY REGULATED REGULAR VISITS FROM BISHKEK.

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DEODORIZER AT EVERY DOOR, EVEN PLANTING BEAUTIFUL EVERGREEN TREES TO HIDE THE SITE.

I WAS AT ANOTHER MEETING WITH A YOUNG MAN, AND WE WERE DISCUSSING SOME OF THE CONCERNS THAT WE HAVE IN OUR COMMUNITIES, AND HE LIVED IN SOUTH LUBBOCK SOUTHWEST LUBBOCK.

AND ONE OF THE CONCERNS, A COUPLE OF CONCERNS THAT HE HAD WAS OBVIOUSLY SOME OF THE AREA BEHIND HIS HOME WASN'T PAVED.

BUT AND WHEN IT RAINED, SOME OF THE TRASH THAT THEY HAVE BACK THERE, THEY HAVE TO WAIT A DISTANCE TO GET THAT TRASH TRANSPORTED OUT OF THEIR ALLEYWAY.

WITH THE TRANSFER STATION BEING THERE, IT GIVES THEM A QUICKER TURNAROUND TO BE ABLE TO REMOVE THAT TRASH FROM THE AREA.

THE LAST MEETING, IT WAS KIND OF IMPLIED, I DIDN'T HEAR THAT TODAY, BUT IT WAS KIND OF IMPLIED.

WELL, DON'T PUT IT IN OUR COMMUNITY, BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BRING DOWN THE PROPERTY VALUE.

IT'S GOING TO, YOU KNOW, IT'S NOT IT'S A SAFETY CONCERN FOR OUR CHILDREN.

AND IT WAS SORT OF IMPLIED, PUT IT INTO ANOTHER AREA.

WELL, GUESS WHAT? I DON'T WANT MY PROPERTY VALUE TO DECREASE EITHER.

AND THE SAFETY OF MY CHILDREN ARE JUST AS IMPORTANT.

SO, YOU KNOW, I HEAR THE CONCERNS, AND IT IS SOMETHING TO, TO, TO THINK OF.

RIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS ANOTHER COMMENT THAT WAS MENTIONED, WHERE A GENTLEMAN STATED THAT WHOEVER CAME UP WITH THIS IDEA, PERHAPS THEY SHOULD GO GET THEIR MONEY BACK FROM THE THE COLLEGE.

MANY OF YOU ARE VERY WELL EDUCATED.

SOME OF YOU HAVE YOUR OWN FIRMS, OWN BUSINESSES.

SO I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT YOU'VE TAKEN CAREFUL CONSIDERATION WHEN YOU MADE THAT DECISION.

RIGHT. TO MY UNDERSTANDING, THE LAND HAS ALREADY BEEN PURCHASED BY THE CITY.

YOU'VE ALREADY GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS TO PREPARE THE TRANSFER STATION.

AND I'D LIKE TO THINK THAT LUBBOCK HAS MADE.

ARE THOSE IN POSITION? HAVE MADE A DECISION THAT MAKES SENSE FOR ALL OF LUBBOCK.

ACCORDING TO THE RATIONALE OF THE COUNCIL.

EXCUSE ME JUST A MINUTE.

IF YOU ALL WANT TO HAVE A SIDE COMMENTS AND CONCERNS OUT THERE IN THE AUDIENCE, IF YOU WOULD, PLEASE TAKE THIS OUTSIDE.

BUT LET'S GIVE HER THE SAME RESPECT THAT SHE GAVE EVERYONE ELSE THAT SPOKE.

THANK YOU.

THERE WAS I'VE BEEN ADVOCATING FOR, WHEN IT COMES TO ZONING SINCE 2019.

AND SO ONE OF THE RATIONALES, YOU KNOW, WHEN IT CAME TO PUTTING ON A INDUSTRIAL AREA, AN INDUSTRIAL SITE IN OUR COMMUNITY WAS, WELL, IS IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL OF LUBBOCK.

RIGHT. AND SO THAT QUESTION IS NOW, YOU KNOW, GIVEN TO YOU ALL AS IT RELATES TO THE TRANSFER STATION ALSO.

IS IT IN THE BEST INTEREST OF ALL OF LUBBOCK.

RIGHT. AND I WOULD LIKE TO THINK THAT THAT ANSWER IS YES.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU.

NATALIE. ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF 6.6? GOOD EVENING. COUNCIL JOSHUA SCHENKEL'S 2600 BLOCK OF 47TH STREET.

I WAS HERE AT THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMITTEE MEETING.

I'M SURE MY WORDS THERE ALREADY GOT AROUND, BUT I WILL REITERATE WHAT I SAID AT THAT SAME MEETING, WHICH IS THAT I REALLY DO FEEL FOR ALL THESE FOLKS THAT ARE AGAINST THIS THING.

IT'S NICE TO SEE SO MANY NEWLY MINTED ENVIRONMENTALISTS IN OUR COMMUNITY ALL OF A SUDDEN, AND I HOPE THAT THEY KEEP THE SAME ENERGY AND ZEAL FOR THE OTHER ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS OUR COMMUNITY HAS, BECAUSE THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE'RE SEEING THEM ALL.

SO THAT'S WONDERFUL.

BUT UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, IN DEED, IF NOT IN WORD, THE MANY ARGUMENTS THAT THEY HAVE ABOUT SAFETY AND ABOUT ENVIRONMENTAL CONCERNS, THEY DON'T KNOW THIS.

THEY DON'T KNOW THIS UNTIL NOW.

BUT THOSE AREN'T TERRIBLY PERSUASIVE ARGUMENTS TO MAKE BEFORE THIS BODY AND OTHERS THAT ARE CONCERNED WITH THIS DECISION PROCESS. JOSH, I'M GOING TO ASK YOU TO KEEP THIS DIRECTLY TO THIS POINT, NOT GO ON OTHER ISSUES.

THAT'S CORRECT. I'M ON THIS POINT, MR. MAYOR. LET'S STAY ON POINT.

YEAH, I'M I'M COMPLETELY ON THE POINT OF WHY WE SHOULD ZONE THIS, WHY WE SHOULD CHANGE THE ZONING OF THIS PROPERTY, AND PLACE THIS FACILITY THERE.

BUT I WOULD DIGRESS.

MR. MAYOR, WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF MEANDERING TALES HERE THAT HAVEN'T SIMILARLY GOTTEN CALLED OUT FROM THE DAIS.

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THESE FOLKS WENT THROUGH A PETITION PROCESS.

AND AS YOU AND I BOTH KNOW, THERE IS THERE IS A PETITION PROCESS FOR THE CITY TO ADDRESS THINGS, AND IT HAS NOT BEEN FOLLOWED IN THIS CASE.

SO IF IF FOLKS WANT A PETITION TO BE EFFECTUAL, I'M SURE YOU WOULD AGREE THAT THEY SHOULD BRING A PETITION PROCESS BY THE PROCESS AS OUTLINED IN OUR CITY CHARTER.

I'D LIKE TO TELL A STORY THAT I THINK IS ILLUSTRATIVE OF WHY WE NEED THIS TRASH PLANT HERE PARTICULARLY, AND THAT HAS TO DO WITH TRASH IN SINGAPORE.

MOST OF US WON'T BE AWARE THAT IN SINGAPORE, THERE ARE NO PUBLIC TRASH CANS AND THERE ARE NO DUMPSTERS.

AND EVERY PIECE OF PERSONAL TRASH YOU GENERATE, YOU KEEP WITH YOU IN YOUR HOME.

AND THE ONLY WAY TO GET RID OF THAT IS TO MEET THE TRASH TRUCK YOURSELF AND PUT IT INTO THE TRASH TRUCK YOURSELF.

AND IT KIND OF ACTS LIKE AN ICE CREAM TRUCK WHERE IT PLAYS A LITTLE JINGLE AND IT COMES DOWN THE ROAD.

AND SINGAPORE IS A VERY CLEAN PLACE, AND IT DOESN'T GENERATE VERY MUCH TRASH.

AND AMERICA DOES NOT HAVE A SETUP LIKE THAT, AS YOU WELL KNOW.

AMERICA HAS DETERMINED THAT ONCE WE MAKE SOME TRASH FOR OURSELVES, WE WANT IT TO GO AWAY FROM US AS FAST AS IT CAN POSSIBLY BE CONVEYED AWAY FROM US.

AND THAT COMES WITH COSTS.

TO ENGINEER A SYSTEM LIKE THAT, THAT COMES WITH DOWNSIDE COSTS.

AND SO HERE WE ARE DISCUSSING HOW IN AMERICA AND HOW IN A CITY LIKE LUBBOCK, WE ACCOMMODATE FOR AND BUILD A SYSTEM THAT DEALS WITH OUR PERSONAL TRASH AND GETS IT AWAY FROM US.

AND SO I JUST THOUGHT THAT WOULD BE IMPORTANT TO KIND OF ILLUSTRATE HOW OTHER CULTURES AND COMMUNITIES DEAL WITH THIS SORT OF ISSUE, AND WHY WE'RE STUCK IN THIS PARTICULAR PROBLEM THAT WE ARE IN AND WHY THIS FACILITY IS REQUIRED HERE.

SOME THINGS THAT YOU AND I KNOW AND THE CITY STAFF CERTAINLY KNOWS.

LET'S TALK FOR A MOMENT ABOUT.

A LOT OF FOLKS IN THIS ROOM THAT HAVE MADE AN ARGUMENT ABOUT, LIKE, I DIDN'T KNOW THIS WAS COMING TO BE HERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW THAT THIS WAS ABOUT TO.

BE MOVED IN NEXT TO ME, AND I MAY HAVE MADE A DIFFERENT DECISION HAD I KNOWN THAT.

AND WHAT THOSE FOLKS DON'T KNOW, BUT YOU AND I KNOW IS THAT LUBBOCK HAS A 100 YEAR OLD HISTORY OF THE PEOPLE BEING THERE FIRST, AND THEN WE DROP AN OBJECTIONABLE THING ON TOP OF THEM WITHOUT ASKING THEM ABOUT IT.

AND SO, UNFORTUNATELY FOR THEM, AND UNFORTUNATELY FOR THAT, OUR ARGUMENT LUBBOCK THERE THERE HAS BEEN NO INDICATION THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE THAT PLAN OR THAT PROCESS, THAT LUBBOCK WILL JUST DROP A THING THAT'S OBJECTIONABLE ON TOP OF YOU.

AND SORRY ABOUT YOU.

PEDESTRIAN SAFETY HAS COME UP A LOT, AND FOLKS MAY OR MAY NOT BE AWARE.

I'M SURE YOU ARE, THAT LUBBOCK IS BEEN EXPERIENCING AN INCREASE IN PEDESTRIAN DEATHS ACROSS OUR CITY FROM A VARIETY OF THINGS, AND THAT IS A FUNCTION OF HOW OUR ROADS ARE BUILT.

AND THERE HAS BEEN VERY LITTLE INDICATION THAT WE SHOULD CHANGE HOW ROADS ARE BUILT.

AND SO THAT'S JUST A THING THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO HAVE TO DEAL WITH UNTIL WE DETERMINE TO CHANGE COURSE ACROSS OUR WHOLE CITY.

AND IT'S UNFORTUNATE THAT IT IN THIS CASE MAYBE LANDS ON TOP OF THEM.

BUT IT IS SOMETHING THAT OUR WHOLE CITY DEALS WITH IS THAT NO PART OF IT IS BUILT WELL FOR PEDESTRIANS.

AND WE HAVE PEDESTRIANS THAT ARE RUN OVER AND KILLED ALL THE TIME ON OUR ROADS.

YOU KNOW, OFTEN IN OUR WORK.

PREVIOUSLY ON THIS, IT'S LIKE, WELL, WHO WAS HERE FIRST, YOU KNOW, AND AND I'VE HEARD HUNDREDS OF TIMES.

OH, WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE AWAY FROM THAT PROBLEM? JUST MOVE, YOU KNOW? AND SO IN THIS CASE, YOU KNOW, I THINK THIS SHOULD GO HERE.

THIS IS OBVIOUSLY NEEDED.

WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

AND IF FOLKS DON'T LIKE THAT, WELL, MUCH LIKE WE HAVE TOLD ALMOST EVERYBODY ELSE WHO LIVES NEXT TO SOMETHING OBJECTIONABLE, WE SHOULD SAY

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WE'LL JUST MOVE.

THAT'S THAT'S YOUR PROBLEM TO DEAL WITH.

LET'S GET INTO WHAT IS ACTUALLY DRIVING THIS THING NEEDING TO BE HERE, WHICH IS SPRAWL.

SO IT'S BEEN REPEATEDLY BROUGHT UP THAT THE POPULATION, THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF OUR POPULATION IS THE SOUTH PLAINS MALL.

AND THAT'S TRUE TODAY.

BUT AS YOU KNOW, AS I KNOW, OUR CITY HAS A POLICY OF SUBURBAN SPRAWL THAT OUR DEVELOPERS ARE COMMITTED TO ENDLESSLY TURNING COTTON FIELDS INTO MORE AND MORE AND MORE HOMES TO THE SOUTH AND SOUTHWEST.

AND IT'S A POLICY THAT'S ENDORSED BY THE CITY, BECAUSE THE CITY HAS MADE NO EFFORT TO TRY AND ARREST SOUTHWEST SPRAWL, IT HAS MADE NO EFFORT TO GET RID OF SOME OF THE DRIVING, REASONS BEHIND SOUTHWEST SPRAWL.

AND SO IT WILL CONTINUE TO HEAD SOUTHWEST.

AND THAT MEANS OUR CITY SERVICES CONTINUE TO HEAD SOUTHWEST, AND OUR CITY INFRASTRUCTURE CONTINUES TO HEAD SOUTHWEST.

AND SO OUR WASTE TRANSFER STATION SHOULD BE PLANNED ON TO HEAD SOUTHWEST, BECAUSE THAT IS THE OVERALL POLICY AND TRAJECTORY OF OUR CITY.

AND SO TO MAINTAIN CITY SERVICE, CORE CITY SERVICES, SOMETHING THAT THIS COUNCIL ALL COMMITTED TO, THEN THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION FOR THIS TRASH PLANT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT OUR CITY IS HEADING, AND WE HAVE NO INTENTION OF CHANGING THAT, OR AT LEAST I HAVE SEEN NO INDICATION OF IT.

FOLKS ALWAYS WANT THEIR COSTS TO GO DOWN.

AND THIS WASTE TRANSFER STATION ALLOWS US TO PROVIDE THE SERVICES THAT ARE NECESSARY TO THE CITY AND REDUCE OR AT LEAST MAINTAIN COST EFFECTIVENESS.

AND SO EVERYBODY THAT'S CONSTANTLY WANTING THE CITY'S BUDGET TO BE LESS, FOR US TO DO MORE WITH LESS, I THINK SHOULD BE CONSIDERATE OF THE FACT THAT EFFICIENCIES AND INFRASTRUCTURE LIKE THIS ARE NECESSARY, BECAUSE OTHERWISE OUR CITY BUDGET IS ALL EAT UP BY THE SPRAWL TO MAINTAIN ROADS, TO BUILD NEW SCHOOLS, AND YES, TO BUILD WASTE PLANTS THAT ARE NECESSARY FOR A GROWING CITY.

FINALLY, I WOULD SAY THAT.

A CRITICISM THAT HAS COME UP FOR YOU GUYS SEVERAL TIMES TODAY IS.

ONLY NOW BECOMING AWARE OF THIS THING.

I DIDN'T BECOME AWARE OF THIS UNTIL JUST NOW.

I WOULD HAVE LIKED TO HAVE KNOWN THIS EARLIER.

AND AS YOU KNOW, AND AS I KNOW, THE CITY IS NOT REQUIRED TO NOTIFY FOLKS ABOUT THIS, THAT YOU ARE NOT REQUIRED TO GO OUT AND ENGAGE YOUR CONSTITUENTS, THAT, IN FACT, YOU EXPECT THAT THEY SHOULD COME TO YOU.

AND SO YOU HAVE FULFILLED YOUR REQUIREMENT TO ENGAGE THE PUBLIC AND TO POST NOTICE OF THIS MEETING 72 HOURS IN ADVANCE. AND THAT'S ALL YOU'RE REQUIRED TO DO.

AND SO IF ANYBODY'S UPSET ABOUT THAT, THAT'S REALLY TOO BAD.

YOU HAVE DONE YOUR DUTY.

SO I URGE THE COUNCIL TO FOLLOW THE LEAD OF THE VERY QUALIFIED CITY STAFF WHO HAVE DONE ENORMOUS PLANNING FOR THIS THING.

AND AS YOU KNOW, IT'S MORE INSULATED FROM THE OFFENSIVE NATURE OF, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT IS THAN ANYBODY ELSE HAS EVER HAD THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE IN OUR TOWN.

AND SO BECAUSE IT MAKES SENSE AND IT'S WELL RESEARCHED AND IT THE ONLY, STATE REQUIREMENT OF OVERSIGHT FROM TC WILL BE FULFILLED.

AND AS WE ALL KNOW, TC IS SUPER GREAT AT REGULATING ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES.

WE OUGHT TO APPROVE THIS TRASH WASTE TRANSFER STATION.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME THIS EVENING.

THANK YOU. JOSH.

ANYONE ELSE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF AGENDA ITEM 6.6?

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ALL RIGHT. WE WILL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING AS TO AGENDA ITEM 6.6.

NO. YOU KNOW.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE WOOD AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE ERIC AVAILABLE.

WE HAVE BRENDA AVAILABLE.

ANOTHER STAFF. IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OR COMMENTS OR CONCERNS ABOUT WHAT WAS PRESENTED OR WANT ANY OF THOSE SPECIFIC ITEMS THAT WERE BROUGHT FORTH BY THOSE IN OPPOSITION AND THOSE IN FAVOR OR ANY OF THOSE QUESTION ANSWERS? THIS TIME I'D TAKE A MOTION TO APPROVE 6.6.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILSON.

THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE.

ALL RIGHT. WE'VE GOT ALL OF THEM AVAILABLE.

DOES ANYONE WANT TO KICK IT OFF, MISS MARTINEZ? GARCIA? YES.

I'D LIKE TO ADDRESS SOME STREET ISSUES, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT WE HAVE HAD SOME UPDATES.

CAN WE GET ONE OF OUR STAFF MEMBERS TO TALK ABOUT SOME OF THOSE MODIFICATIONS AND CHANGES? CERTAINLY WOULD. CAN YOU WALK US THROUGH SPECIFICALLY UPLAND AND 66 ALCOVE TO UPLAND PROJECTS THAT ARE FUNDED? SURE THE UPLAND PROJECT, AS MENTIONED EARLIER, IS FROM 66 TO 80 SECOND STREET.

THAT IS A PROJECT THAT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK IS WORKING WITH THE LUBBOCK METROPOLITAN PLANNING ORGANIZATION TO GET COMPLETED.

WE HAVE RECEIVED BIDS ON THAT PROJECT AND WORKING ON AWARD OF THAT SO THAT THAT WILL GET STARTED FOR CONSTRUCTION AND COMPLETION WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS.

ALSO, WE HAVE 66TH STREET FROM UPLAND TO ALCOVE.

THAT WAS IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK BOND PROJECTS THAT WAS PASSED BY THE VOTERS AND THAT IS CURRENTLY SCHEDULED FOR NEXT FISCAL YEAR.

START CONSTRUCTION OR START ENGINEERING.

BUT WE'RE LOOKING TO MOVE THAT FORWARD AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AS MENTIONED EARLIER, WE KIND OF DON'T WANT THE CONSTRUCTION OF THOSE TO HAPPEN SIMULTANEOUSLY FOR SEVERAL REASONS, BUT WE DO WANT THEM TO HAPPEN BACK TO BACK AND GET THAT COMPLETED. AHEAD OF THE COMPLETION OF THE TRANSFER STATION ALCOVE FROM 66 TO MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY WAS A COUNTY BOND PART OF THE 2019 BOND, AND ENGINEERING HAS BEEN COMPLETED ON THAT.

AND WHERE WE ARE WITH CONSTRUCTION, THAT WOULD BE A QUESTION FOR THE COUNTY.

THERE WAS A COMMENT BY SOMEONE ABOUT, YOU KNOW, WHENEVER THE TRAIN PASSES AND HOW IT CONGESTS ALL OF THE TRAFFIC.

CAN YOU RESPOND A LITTLE BIT TO THAT? IS THAT SOMETHING THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE TRAIN COMPANY TO ADDRESS? I DON'T KNOW THAT WE CAN WORK WITH THE TRAIN COMPANY ITSELF, BUT THE INTERSECTION AT UPLAND AND MARSHA SHARP, I.E.

THE RAILROAD THAT YOU'RE REFERRING TO, I MEAN, THAT WAS CONSTRUCTED WITH THE MARSHA SHARP FREEWAY.

THERE'S BEEN IMPROVEMENTS THERE.

THERE ARE ARMS THAT COME DOWN.

THERE'S A MEDIAN IN THERE SO THAT YOU CAN'T DRIVE AROUND THE ARMS WHEN THE ARMS ARE DOWN, SO THAT WHEN THE TRAIN IS COMING, YOU CAN'T BYPASS THE ARMS. THAT WILL BE A SIMILAR SETUP, A SIMILAR REQUIREMENT ON ALCOVE WHEN THAT GETS COMPLETED AND GETS IMPROVED.

YOU CAN COME BACK IN, MR. MCBRAYER. THANK YOU, MR. MARTINEZ. GARCIA. MR. MCBRAYER.

WELL, HERE'S WHAT KIND OF SEEMS OBVIOUS TO ME.

AT LEAST. I DON'T KNOW IF IT IS TO ANYBODY ELSE, BUT I WANT TO THANK EVERYBODY WHO HAS SPOKEN HERE TONIGHT.

NO, I DON'T NEED. THANK YOU.

THANKS, WOULD. I WILL NEED THEM FOR MANY THINGS, BUT NOT RIGHT AT THE MOMENT.

AND I APPRECIATE THE FACT THAT EVERYBODY RECOGNIZES THIS IS SOMETHING THAT THE CITY DOES NEED.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S ANY DOUBT ABOUT IT.

AND I THINK OUR STAFF, ERIC WOOD, BRENDA, WHAT A GREAT JOB OF BRINGING THIS PROJECT TO US.

YOU KNOW, OUR JOB HERE AS A COUNCIL, THOUGH, IS TO LISTEN AND TO REPRESENT OUR CITIES.

AND I'M CERTAINLY NOT DEAF TO WHAT I'VE HEARD.

TONIGHT OR ALL AFTERNOON.

I'VE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT LACK OF INFORMATION SHARED WITH THE COMMUNITY.

I'VE HEARD CONCERNS ABOUT THE IMPACT THAT THIS TRASH STATION IS GOING TO HAVE ON NEIGHBORHOOD HOMES, NEARBY SCHOOLS, TRAFFIC.

OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE IMPORTANT TO US.

THERE HAVE BEEN TIMES WHILE I'VE BEEN HERE THAT, PEOPLE HAVE WANTED ZONING CHANGES IN NEIGHBORHOODS THAT WOULD HAVE, BROUGHT IN INAPPROPRIATE, DEVELOPMENTS TO NEIGHBORHOODS, BUT THESE WERE DONE BY PRIVATE DEVELOPERS.

THIS IS THE CITY DOING THIS.

BUT I DON'T THINK WE CAN TAKE THAT WITH ANY LESS CONCERN OR CONSIDERATION.

SOME PEOPLE SAY, WELL, WE'VE ALREADY BOUGHT THE LAND, SO, THERE'S NOTHING WE CAN REALLY DO ABOUT IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S NECESSARILY RIGHT.

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THIS LAND HAS VALUE AND COULD BE SOLD IF WE FOUND A BETTER LOCATION FOR IT.

THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IS IT'S NEVER TOO LATE TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

SO I THINK THE RIGHT THING FOR US TO DO RIGHT NOW, BECAUSE WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF INFORMATION, WE'VE SEEN THE PROPOSALS ON THIS.

WE'VE HEARD A LOT OF QUESTIONS RAISED TODAY IS TO TAKE A STEP BACK AND SEE IF WE CAN'T GIVE A MORE THOROUGH REVIEW TO THE IMPACT THAT THIS TRASH STATION IS GOING TO HAVE ON THE SURROUNDING AREA.

I DON'T THINK THERE'S A RUSH TO DO THIS.

TODAY, THERE MAY BE BETTER LOCATIONS FOR US TO LOOK AT.

WE'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ALL NEW COUNCIL UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS, OR VIRTUALLY AN ALL NEW COUNCIL UP HERE IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS.

AND I THINK THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE RUNNING FOR POSITIONS HERE NEED AN OPPORTUNITY TO HEAR FROM CITIZENS ABOUT THIS.

THIS IS AN ISSUE THAT PROBABLY NEEDS MORE DISCUSSION.

AND PEOPLE NEED TO BE BROUGHT UP TO DATE ABOUT WHAT'S HAPPENING.

AND, VOTERS NEED TO HAVE AN OPPORTUNITY TO VOTE WITH THIS ISSUE IN MIND.

SO, MAYOR, I WOULD PROPOSE AT THIS TIME THAT WE POSTPONE THIS QUESTION TO A DATE CERTAIN.

AND THE DATE I WOULD PROPOSE IS OUR SECOND MEETING IN JUNE.

AND THAT'S MY MOTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION, I GUESS.

CHAD, A MOTION TO POSTPONE.

DO WE HAVE A SECOND? ALL RIGHT. MOTION FAILS.

MISS MARTINEZ. GARCIA.

MAYOR, I HAVE A FEW MORE QUESTIONS.

I'D LIKE TO ASK SOME QUESTIONS NOW ABOUT THE NUMBER OF VEHICLES THAT WILL BE COMING INTO THE AREA, BECAUSE, I MEAN, THAT HAS BEEN A VERY BIG CONCERN.

BUT I ALSO WANT TO POINT OUT SOME COMMENTS THAT I HEARD THROUGHOUT FROM SEVERAL FOLKS, AND THAT WAS HOW MANY VEHICLES HAVE BEEN COMING IN WHEN BUILDING THE SCHOOL WITH THE DIRT TRUCKS.

THERE'S HAS BEEN SO MUCH DISCUSSION ABOUT THE TRAFFIC.

SO WILL YOU SHARE WITH US, MR. FRANKLIN, HOW MANY VEHICLES ARE WE ACTUALLY, CAN YOU GIVE ME THE FACTS? YEAH. SO THERE'S BEEN SOME NUMBERS GOING AROUND.

SO WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IN OUR STUDY LOOKS AT GOING WITH THIS TRANSFER STATION.

WE'RE LOOKING AT 276 VEHICLES ENTERING THE SITE.

THAT'S AN ENTER INTO THE SITE OF THAT 145 OF THOSE ARE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION VEHICLES THAT ARE COMING IN FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOODS, BRINGING THE TRASH TO THIS LOCATION. 26 OF THOSE ARE ROUTES GOING OUT IN THE IN THE TRANSFER TRUCKS.

AND THEN THE REMAINING 100 OF THOSE ARE CITY EMPLOYEES GOING IN AND OUT.

THAT IS IN. SO IF YOU LOOK AT A DAILY OPERATION IN AND OUT, THAT'S WHERE WE GET THE 500 NUMBER.

I MEAN, WHAT IF THAT WERE 201 SEPARATE RESIDENTIAL TRACTS OF HOMES? BECAUSE I THINK I HEARD THE NUMBER 201 COULD HAVE BEEN BUILT ON THAT ACREAGE.

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA ON YOUR BASED ON YOUR EXPERIENCE, HOW MANY VEHICLES THAT WOULD BE COMING IN AND OUT IF YOU HAVE 200 SINGLE FAMILY RESIDENTS? I DON'T HAVE THAT NUMBER OFF THE TOP OF ME, BUT IT WOULD BE MORE THAN 276.

WOULD THAT BE SUBSTANTIALLY MORE OR THAT BE SUBSTANTIALLY OR EQUAL OR EQUIVALENT? YOU JUST FIGURE ABOUT TWO VEHICLES PER PER RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY AND AN IN AND OUT FOR EACH ONE OF THOSE.

ALL RIGHT. ALSO ON THE SAME, WERE THERE ANY STUDIES THAT YOU'RE AWARE OF THAT FRIENDSHIP ISD DID BEFORE THEY BUILT TWO SCHOOLS IN THAT AREA? DID THEY EVER GET WITH THE CITY OF LUBBOCK OR DISCUSS THESE PLOTS OR PLOTS, OR THE BUILDING OF THESE SCHOOLS WITH THE CITY? I'M NOT AWARE OUR FUTURE PLANS, WITH THEIR FUTURE PLANS.

I'M NOT AWARE OF OF, TRANSPORTATION STUDIES, IN IN SEVERAL CASES, THEY HAVE REACHED OUT TO US WHEN THEY'RE LOOKING AT PURCHASING LAND TO SEE IF THAT'S AN APPROPRIATE LOCATION.

BUT AS FAR AS STUDIES AND TRAFFIC COUNTS, WE WERE NOT INVOLVED IN ANY OF THOSE.

OKAY. DO YOU ANTICIPATE, BASED UPON YOUR EXPERIENCE, THAT IN 3 TO 4 YEARS OR POSSIBLY FIVE YEARS, WHEN THIS IS COMPLETE, THIS TRANSFER STATION IS DONE? IF IT IN FACT GOES IN THIS LOCATION, THAT THESE ROADS WILL BE THE SAME OR SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME AS THEY ARE TODAY.

ARE THEY GOING TO BE DIFFERENT? THEY'RE GOING TO BE MUCH DIFFERENT THAN TODAY WITH THE PROJECTS THAT WE HAVE TO IMPROVE THOSE ROADS, RIGHT? BUT AS FAR AS THOSE PROJECTS ARE CONCERNED, WHO, WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE, THOSE PROJECTS BEING DONE AND COMPLETED? THE CITY OF LUBBOCK IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE UPLAND PROJECT AND THE 66TH STREET PROJECT.

RIGHT. AND THAT WAS BECAUSE VOTERS IN LUBBOCK PASSED A BOND OF $200 MILLION FOR THAT TO BE DONE.

IS THAT CORRECT? ALL RIGHT.

AS FAR AS ALCOVE, WHAT PROJECT? WHOSE PROJECT WAS THAT WAS RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT PROJECT? THAT WAS A 2019 BOND FOR THE LUBBOCK COUNTY.

ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ALL I HAVE AT THIS TIME.

MISS MARTINEZ GARCIA.

YES. NOW, THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING ALL OF THOSE QUESTIONS.

MY NEXT QUESTION HAS TO DO WITH THE TOPIC OF FLOODING.

WE I KEEP HEARING AND I SAW PICTURES, VARIOUS DEMONSTRATIONS.

LET'S TALK ABOUT THE FLOODING A LITTLE BIT.

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CAN YOU GIVE US A LITTLE BIT MORE INFORMATION IN REGARDS TO HOW IT'S BEING HANDLED AND HOW IT WOULD BE HANDLED WHEN WE HAVE A TRANSFER STATION IN THAT AREA, PLEASE? SURE. WE SOME OF THE SITES WE LOOKED AT, WE CAN GET BRENDA TO TALK ABOUT THE OTHER SITES THAT WE LOOKED AT.

SOME OF THOSE SITES WERE NOT FEASIBLE BECAUSE THEY WERE IN A FLOOD ZONE.

THIS SITE, HOWEVER, IS NONE OF IT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE.

AND WE TALKED ABOUT THAT, HOW THERE IS A FLOOD ZONE ASSOCIATED AND FLOODING WITH 66TH STREET AND AND UPLAND, AND THAT IS BEING ADDRESSED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS ON THOSE ROADWAY PROJECTS AND PART OF THE PROJECT PURCHASING THE PROPERTY ADJACENT TO 66 FOR IMPROVING SOME OF THOSE FLOOD FLOODING ISSUES.

BUT THOSE ARE RELATED TO THE ROADWAY PROJECTS.

AND THIS SITE SPECIFICALLY DOES NOT HAVE ANY FLOODING CONCERNS.

AND AS FAR AS A FLOOD ZONE, I'M SORRY TO TAKE ALL THE TIME, BUT I WOULD LIKE TO ASK BRENDA A FEW QUESTIONS, IF I MAY, ON.

OKAY. SORRY, DOCTOR WILSON, GO AHEAD AND DO THAT WHILE WE'VE GOT WOULD THERE.

GO AHEAD AND LET'S YIELD AND LET DOCTOR WILSON ASK HER QUESTIONS OF WOULD.

YEAH. WOULD WE? WE RECENTLY HAD A MEETING, A PUBLIC MEETING WITH A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS OUT IN THIS LOCATION AS WELL IN REGARDS TO DRAINAGE.

YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE CONCERNS I'VE HEARD KIND OF OVER AND OVER AS I'VE BEEN TALKING TO PEOPLE OUT OF DISTRICT FIVE AND OUT OF WOLFFORTH IS THE PLAYA LAKE.

A LOT OF PEOPLE DO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THE PLAYA LAKE, AND THEY LIKE HAVING THAT IN THE AREA, AND WE UTILIZE THOSE FOR DRAINAGE AND, AND WATER.

AND I WANTED YOU TO CLARIFY A LITTLE BIT BECAUSE I THINK PEOPLE HAVE A MISCONCEPTION ON WHERE EVERYTHING LIES ON THIS PROPERTY, ON WHAT THE PLAN IS WITH THAT PLAYA LAKE AND HOW THAT RELATES TO DRAINAGE THAT'S GOING TO BE IMPROVED ALL IN THAT AREA.

CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE DRAINAGE IN THAT PLAYA LAKE RIGHT THERE? SURE I CAN I DON'T HAVE THE FLOOD ZONES ON THIS MAP.

I DON'T KNOW IF THEY ARE ON OUR ZONING MAPS, BUT YOU CAN KIND OF SEE ON HERE THE PLAYA LAKES THAT ARE HERE, YOU THINK WE'VE GOT THOSE ON THERE.

PULL IT FROM MY PRESENTATION.

OH, YOUR PRESENTATION TO HAVE IT.

THERE'S. YEAH, THERE'S, ERIC'S PRESENTATION.

SO 66 ALONG HERE.

AND OF COURSE, IT'S IF YOU ZOOM OUT, YOU'LL SEE THAT THE FLOODING GOES FROM WEST TO EAST, ULTIMATELY AS IT AS IT GOES.

AND THEN THIS AREA RIGHT HERE THAT WE'VE PURCHASED PROPERTY FOR SO THAT WE CAN OVER EXCAVATE THIS LAKE RIGHT HERE SO THAT WE CAN CAPTURE SOME OF THAT FLOODING, ESPECIALLY IN SMALLER RAIN EVENTS, TO RETAIN THAT WATER SO THAT IT DOESN'T CONTINUE ACROSS OVER INTO UPLAND AND CONTINUE INTO THE NEIGHBORHOOD.

HOWEVER, ALL OF THAT IS IN A FLOOD ZONE, AND ULTIMATELY THAT'S WHERE IT ULTIMATELY GOES.

BUT WE WITH THE STREET PROJECTS, WE'LL HAVE DRAINAGE IMPROVEMENTS, DRAINAGE CHANNELS.

THE ROAD WILL BE ELEVATED.

SO IT GOES OVER THE FLOOD FLOODING ZONE SITUATIONS.

WE DON'T HAVE ROADWAY FLOODING.

THAT KIND OF ANSWER YOUR QUESTION.

YEAH. SO JUST FOR CLARIFICATION, WE PLAN ON MAINTAINING THE PLAYA LAKE AND ACTUALLY EXCAVATING IT DEEPER TO HELP WITH DRAINAGE.

SO THAT WILL STILL BE THERE.

IT DOESN'T AFFECT ANYTHING WITH THE THE TRIANGULAR PIECE OF PROPERTY.

WE CANNOT REMOVE ANY PLAYA LAKE OR ANY FLOOD ZONE.

WE CAN RESHAPE THEM, BUT WE HAVE TO MAINTAIN THE THE VOLUME THAT'S ALREADY THERE.

OKAY. ALL RIGHT.

ANY QUESTIONS OF WOOD WHILE WE STILL HAVE HIM HERE? I'M JUST TRYING TO SCROLL DOWN AND MY SCREEN'S NOT WORKING.

I'M SORRY. ALL RIGHT, MISS MARTINEZ.

GARCIA, YOU HAD SOME QUESTIONS OF MISS JOY.

THANK YOU. I HAVE A FEW QUESTIONS LATER, BUT I'VE GOT SOME COMMENTS FIRST.

I THINK WE'VE BEEN VERY FORTUNATE IN LUBBOCK.

WE HAVE TRASH PICKUP TWO DAYS A WEEK, BARRING SOME HOLIDAY OR SOME, YOU KNOW, ACCIDENT.

AND I'M PRETTY SPOILED, QUITE FRANKLY, BECAUSE IT'S A VERY GOOD, A GOOD ASSET AND WE PAY FOR IT. WE HELP PAY FOR IT.

I HAVE HEARD THAT THE ROADS ARE BAD.

THEY'VE BEEN BAD FOR A LONG TIME.

AND I REALLY WONDERED WHEN THE COUNTY BEFORE WE ANNEXED SOME OF THIS PROPERTY.

AND THOSE WERE COUNTY ROADS.

WHAT DID PEOPLE DO ABOUT IT? I SUSPECT IF THEY DID ANYTHING, NOTHING HAPPENED.

AND SO WHEN WE ANNEXED PROPERTY, WE INHERIT THAT ROAD, WHATEVER THE CONDITION IS.

AND WE HAVE INHERITED SOME REALLY BAD, BAD COUNTY ROADS.

THE SCHOOLS THAT WERE BUILT.

WERE BUILT OUT THERE KNOWING FULL WELL WHAT THE CONDITION OF THE ROADS WERE.

THE GOOD THING IS THAT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK HAD DONE ITS BOND AND HAS HAS PLANS TO FIX THOSE.

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IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, MR. FRANKLIN, THIS FACILITY WILL NOT BE COMPLETE UNTIL 2027 TO 2027. AND SO DO YOU ANTICIPATE THAT THE ROADS THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO COME BACK, THAT WE ARE SUPPOSED TO, THAT ARE BONDED, THAT WE ARE WORKING ON, WILL THEY BE COMPLETED BY 2027 OR BEFORE? THE GOAL IS TO HAVE THOSE COMPLETED BEFORE.

AS WITH ANYTHING ELSE, THINGS CAN HAPPEN IN CONSTRUCTION.

WHEN THIS IS COMPLETED.

SHOULD THE ROAD STILL BE UNDER CONSTRUCTION? WE STILL HAVE THE LANDFILL.

WE STILL HAVE OPERATIONS THAT WE'RE DOING TODAY.

BUT OUR GOAL AND OUR PLANNING OF ALL THESE ROADWAY PROJECTS AND THIS TRANSFER STATION IS TO HAVE THE ROADS COMPLETED PRIOR TO THE OPENING OF THIS PROJECT.

OKAY. YOU DO HAVE A CIVIL ENGINEERING DEGREE, RIGHT? YES, MA'AM. FROM TEXAS TECH UNIVERSITY.

ALL RIGHT. YOU'VE ALREADY GOT CONGESTION OUT IN THAT AREA.

THAT'S BASICALLY GENERATED BY HOMES, AND BY THE SCHOOLS.

YOU GOT IT. IT'S THERE REGARDLESS OF WHAT WE DO.

WE'VE GOT CONGESTION OUT THERE.

I HEARD A LOT OF I THINK I THINK.

WE NEED TO UNDERSTAND THE PROCESS.

FIRST OF ALL, JOSH SHANKLES THE SOUTH PLAINS MALL IS NOT.

THE POPULATION CENTER.

IT IS THE GEOGRAPHIC CENTER.

OF LUBBOCK. AND I WILL TELL YOU THAT IN MY YEARS HERE IN LUBBOCK, WHICH ARE SUBSTANTIAL.

HOUSES THAT WERE BUILT THAT I LIVED IN.

WE BUILT HAD BIGGER LOTS.

WITH HOUSES.

BUT THE NEWER AREAS THAT ARE BEING DEVELOPED, THE DEVELOPERS.

LIKE TO HAVE MORE HOUSES.

ON THE SAME BLOCK.

AND SO WE HAVE MORE HOUSES.

SO WHEN YOU GUYS WERE DOING THESE STUDIES ABOUT HOW, HOW MANY TRUCKS AND HOW MANY ROUTES, THAT SORT OF THING, WHAT DID YOU TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION? IN SAYING THIS IS WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN, NOT WHAT I THINK, BUT THIS IS WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN.

WHAT DID Y'ALL DO? SO YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, THE CENTER OF THE POPULATION.

IT'S THE CENTER OF WHAT WE CALL THE WASTE CENTROID, KIND OF THE CENTER OF ALL OF OUR ROOTS AND CENTER OF ALL OF OUR TONNAGE THAT WE COLLECT.

AS FAR AS PRODUCTION OF OF THE SOLID WASTE.

I'D LIKE TO DEFER TO BRENDA ON SOME OF THAT SO SHE CAN TALK ABOUT THE STUDY AND SOME OF THE SITES THAT WE LOOKED AT IN THE CRITERIA OF EACH OF THOSE SITES.

AND WHAT LED TO THIS, IF THAT'S OKAY? OKAY. MISS HANEY, WE'D ALSO LIKE TO WISH HER A HAPPY BIRTHDAY TODAY AS SHE'S SPENDING HER BIRTHDAY HERE.

BIRTHDAY? BRENDA HAS BEEN SPENDING HER BIRTHDAY TALKING ABOUT TRASH AND TOMORROW'S VALENTINE'S.

I MEAN, JUST GETS BETTER. YEAH, YEAH, IT'S ONLY FITTING THAT I SPEND MY BIRTHDAY TALKING TRASH.

THERE YOU GO. YEAH. OKAY.

YOU ALL DID THE STUDY, AND PEOPLE HAVE ASKED.

WELL, WHAT DID THEY DO? WELL, LET'S TELL THEM. WHAT. WHAT DID YOU DO? SO I'VE BEEN HERE FOR JUST OVER FOUR YEARS.

AND IN THAT TIME WE HAVE DONE TWO SEPARATE STUDIES.

AND WE LOOKED AT A TOTAL OF NINE DIFFERENT SITES.

THE IDEA BEHIND, IDENTIFYING A SITE THAT'S SUITABLE FOR A TRANSFER STATION IS YOU WANT IT IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO, AS MR. FRANKLIN SAID, THE WASTE CENTROID.

WHERE IS THE WASTE BEING GENERATED? BECAUSE THAT WAY WE ARE IN THE CENTRAL PART OF WHERE OUR ROOTS ARE AND WHERE THE WASTE IS GENERATED.

AND WE CAN FUNNEL ALL OF THOSE VEHICLES INTO THAT LOCATION, AND THEN WE CAN USE LONG HAUL VEHICLES.

THEN TO MAKE THE LONG RUN, IT DOESN'T MAKE SENSE TO MOVE THIS FURTHER SOUTH AND FURTHER AWAY FROM WHERE THE WASTE IS, BECAUSE THAT JUST EXACERBATES OUR TRAVEL TIME.

ANY OF THE SITES THAT WE LOOKED AT THAT WERE IN THOSE SOUTHERN PARTS OF TOWN, DIDN'T PAN OUT FROM A PAYOFF STANDPOINT.

SO WE DID LOOK AT A SITE AT QUAKER AND LOOP 88, WHICH I'VE HEARD SAID REPEATEDLY.

AND THAT SITE, DID NOT PAY OUT IN THE PAYOUT PERIOD.

AND WE DID LOOK AT REESE, WHICH ALSO DID NOT PAY FOR ITSELF IN THE PAYOUT PERIOD.

IT'S OUR RESPONSIBILITY WHEN WE'RE GOING TO USE TAXPAYER DOLLARS TO THIS EXTENT TO MAKE SURE THAT WE RETIRE THAT DEBT BEFORE THE PROJECT, BEFORE THE BOND FUNDS ARE EXPIRED, SO THAT WE CAN START RETURNING MONEY BACK TO THE COMMUNITY.

AND THAT WAS A CRITICAL FACTOR THAT WE LOOKED AT.

WE EVALUATED A NUMBER OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS.

WE STUDIED TRAFFIC, OBVIOUSLY, AS PART OF THIS, WE LOOKED AT FLOOD ZONES.

WE KICKED OUT 2 OR 3 SITES BECAUSE THEY HAD FLOOD ZONES.

WE LOOKED AT HAZARD MITIGATION CONCERNS, AND THERE WERE A NUMBER OF OPTIONS THAT WE HAD.

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WE WOULD HAVE TO UNDERTAKE TO CLEAN THE LAND BEFORE WE COULD ACTUALLY UTILIZE IT FOR A TRANSFER STATION.

UTILITIES AND ACCESS TO ROADWAYS IS ALWAYS VERY CRITICAL, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT ONE OF THESE FACILITIES AS WELL.

SO. OKAY.

SOMEONE SHARED WITH ME EARLIER.

THAT THERE.

AND I WENT OUT.

I'VE DRIVEN IT. I'VE.

WALKED IT.

LOOKED AT IT.

AND THERE ARE HOMES THAT ARE BUILT, AND THERE'S A STORAGE FACILITY ACROSS THE STREET FROM.

I GUESS THAT WOULD BE. IT'S ON ALCOVE 76TH STREET ACROSS SOUTH OF US ON 76TH STREET.

AND SOME OF THOSE HOMES I WAS WORRIED ABOUT BECAUSE THEY'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.

OKAY. AND I'VE BEEN TOLD NOW THAT SOMEONE HAS BOUGHT THOSE HOMES, THEY PLANNED TO DEMOLISH THEM AND DO AND BUILD SOMETHING ELSE.

SO I DON'T GET THIS.

MY PROPERTY VALUES ARE GOING TO BE AFFECTED.

I CAN'T IMAGINE ANYBODY BUYING, FIRST OF ALL, BUYING THE HOMES.

BUT THEN TURNING AROUND AND INVESTING MORE MONEY IN THOSE.

SO I DON'T AGREE WITH THAT, THAT THAT ARGUMENT.

I LIVE OUT IN NORTH LUBBOCK.

AND WHAT I UNDERSTAND IS GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE I LIVE FAR ENOUGH OUT AND LET'S, LET'S SAY NORTH POINT, FOR EXAMPLE.

ALL OF THOSE LOTS WERE DEVELOPED WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE LAST PHASE OF IT.

BECAUSE THOSE ROOTS ARE OUT BY ERSKINE.

NORTH SLIDE, NORTH FRANKFORD.

YOU WANT THOSE THOSE, THAT TRASH DOESN'T GO TO THE TRANSFER STATION, DOES IT, MISS HANEY? WHEN WHEN WE, DESIGN THIS, THE INTENT WAS.

AND WE DON'T HAVE ALL OF THOSE, ROUTES NAILED DOWN AT THIS POINT.

AND WE'RE NOT GOING TO UNTIL WE REALLY UNDERSTAND THE FULL EFFECTIVENESS OF THE EFFICIENCIES THAT WE'RE GOING TO GAIN BY THE TRANSFER STATION AND NOT HAVING TO MAKE THE DIRECT HAUL TO THE, TO THE LANDFILL.

THE WORST CASE SCENARIO IS THAT EVERY TRUCK WE HAVE RIGHT NOW, THE 50 COLLECTION VEHICLES THAT WE RUN TODAY, ALL WOULD SHED INTO THIS FACILITY AND THAT WE WOULD HAVE TRANSFER TRACTOR TRAILERS ADEQUATE TO THEN HAUL THAT WASTE OUT.

SO THAT'S WHAT WE'VE SIZED IT FOR, IS TO ACCOMMODATE THAT BECAUSE THAT'S THE WORST CASE SCENARIO.

IS THERE A POSSIBILITY THAT SOME OF THE ROUTES SAY WHERE I AM AND FAR NORTH LUBBOCK, OR IN NORTH AND EAST LUBBOCK THAT ARE CLOSE TO THE INTERSTATE, THAT THOSE WILL JUST GO DIRECT? THERE IS ABSOLUTELY THE POSSIBILITY THAT THEY WILL DIRECT HAUL.

YEAH. I DON'T I WANT PEOPLE TO UNDERSTAND BECAUSE WE WE'VE HAD THE I THINK AND WE'VE HAD SOME DEROGATORY REMARKS MADE. BUT HOW MUCH TIME STAFF HAS DEVOTED TO THIS FACILITY.

WE NEED TO START. BRENDA.

WAS IT BEFORE I STARTED? IN SEPTEMBER OF 2019.

AND WE'VE BEEN WORKING ON THIS PROJECT SINCE I GOT HERE.

IT WAS A VERY I'VE SPENT 30 PLUS YEARS IN THE SOLID WASTE BUSINESS, AND THERE WERE STUDIES DONE BEFORE I ARRIVED.

SO I'M NOT TAKING CREDIT FOR THE RECOGNIZING THE NEED FOR TRANSFER STATION.

BUT ONE OF THE VERY FIRST OBSERVATIONS I MADE WAS THE IT IS IT IS JUST NOT THE MOST EFFECTIVE AND EFFICIENT WAY TO MANAGE OUR TRASH.

BY RUNNING ALL OF THESE TRUCKS ON A DIRECT HAUL TO THE LANDFILL, WE NEED A TRANSFER STATION.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING THAT THE FIRST RECOMMENDATION THAT WE NEEDED IT WAS IN 2003.

IS THAT RIGHT? OUR FIRST STUDY THAT WE'VE DONE, THE CITY PREPARED AND AND PERFORMED WAS IN 2003.

THAT AGAIN, PRIOR PREDATES BRENNAN AND ALSO PREDATES SOLID WASTE.

AND WHEN IT'S IN MY DEPARTMENT, HOWEVER, I WAS WITH THE CITY OF LUBBOCK AT THAT TIME.

BUT THE FIRST THE FIRST STUDY WE HAVE DONE IS 2003.

THE CITY HAS BEEN LOOKING AT IT THAT LONG, AND IT'S EVERY REPORT THAT WE'VE DONE SHOWS A NEED FOR TRANSFER STATION, THE EFFICIENCY AND THE FUEL SAVINGS AND EVERYTHING THAT GOES ALONG WITH IT PAYS FOR ITSELF IF DONE CORRECTLY.

HOW STRICT IS THE T-C-EQ ON? FACILITIES LIKE THIS, MISS HANEY.

WELL, THAT'S WHY I'M WHITE HEADED.

BECAUSE I'VE SPENT 30 YEARS DEALING WITH THE TC.

NO, I DON'T WANT TO BE FLIP. THERE ARE VERY STRICT, EXPECTATIONS THAT WE HAVE FOR OUR OPERATION.

THEY WILL CONTROL OUR OPERATING HOURS.

THEY WILL CONTROL THE WASTE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED IN.

THEY WILL CONTROL, WHERE OUR STORMWATER IS RUN.

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THEY WILL LOOK AT OUR TRAFFIC INFLOW AND OUTFLOW OF THE SITE.

WE HAVE TO IDENTIFY ALL OF THESE ROUTES AS PART OF THAT PERMITTING.

THEY CAN COME AND INSPECT US ANYTIME THEY WANT, AND THEY DON'T GENERALLY CALL AND SAY WE'RE ON OUR WAY.

THEY SHOW UP AND THEY DO SURPRISE INSPECTIONS ALL THE TIME BECAUSE, THEY WANT TO SEE WHAT'S REALLY HAPPENING.

SO WE WILL BE PERMITTED.

WE WILL BE, YOU KNOW, THE, THE AMOUNT OF WASTE THAT WE CAN PUSH THROUGH THE GATES WILL BE CONTROLLED AND REGULATED BY THEM.

SO EVERY FACET OF WHAT WE'RE DOING WILL BE REGULATED.

ONE GENTLEMAN INDICATED THAT OUR 18 WHEELERS ARE BIG TRAILERS.

YES, MA'AM. WOULD HAVE TARPS.

YES, MA'AM. ON THE TOP.

YES. AND I DON'T LIKE THE FABRIC TARPS FOR ALL THE OBVIOUS REASONS THAT HE IDENTIFIED.

THERE ARE THERE ARE TRUCKS NOW THAT HAVE WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE BED OF THE TRUCK, THERE IS A LIGHTWEIGHT ALUMINUM JUST LIKE THE TRAILER OF THE TRUCK, LID THAT THAT SITS ON TOP OF THAT.

WHEN IT'S CLOSED, IT FLIPS DOWN ON THE SIDE AND LAYS FLAT ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK WHILE YOU'RE LOADING THAT TRUCK, AND THEN IT FLIPS BACK OVER.

AND THAT'S THE TYPE OF LIDS THAT I WANT TO USE ON THIS, FOR ALL THE OBVIOUS REASONS, BECAUSE THEY DON'T ALLOW STUFF TO ESCAPE.

YOU KNOW, TARPS, THE FABRIC TARPS WILL TEAR.

THEY WILL GET, YOU KNOW, TORN UP BY THE WIND DRIVING A, YOU KNOW, HIGHWAY SPEEDS AND SUCH.

AND SO, AND YOU DO YOU ARE DEPENDENT ON SOMEBODY MAKING SURE THAT THEY PULL IT ALL THE WAY UP.

AND AND THAT'S JUST NOT WHAT WE WANT TO HAVE AT THIS FACILITY.

WELL, THE VISION OF TRASH JUST FLYING EVERYWHERE AS THOSE TRUCKS GO DOWN, THE MARSHA SHARP DO NOT MAKE ME HAPPY OR ANYBODY ELSE.

SO WE WANT TO BE SURE THAT THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN.

RIGHT? RIGHT.

AND WE I MEAN, THIS IS A CITY FACILITY.

WE'LL BE, YOU KNOW, MONITORING THESE VEHICLES AS THEY ENTER AND EXIT THIS.

YOU KNOW, WE'LL HAVE A SITE SUPERVISOR DEDICATED TO THESE TYPES OF THINGS.

SO WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN THAT THEY'RE NOT LEAVING THE PROPERTY.

NOW, I HAVE TO PULL OUT FROM THE TUNNEL BEFORE THEY CAN FLIP THAT TARP OVER.

BUT THAT'S AS FAR AS THEY'RE GOING TO GO.

IS JUST THAT TUNNEL IMMEDIATELY UNDERNEATH THE BUILDING WHEN THEY'RE BEING LOADED.

THEN THEY'LL FLIP THEIR TARP OVER AND THEN THEY'LL EXIT.

AND WE HAVE BOTH WE'VE BUILT INTO OUR DESIGN, BOTH INBOUND AND OUTBOUND, TRUCK WASHES SO THAT CAN WE MAKE SURE THAT ANYTHING THAT'S COMING INTO THE SITE AND EXITING THE SITE IS CLEAN.

IT'S MY UNDERSTANDING.

THERE'S BEEN SOME DISCUSSION OF PERHAPS PLANTING.

SOME AFGHAN PINE, SOMETHING LIKE THAT AROUND THE PERIMETER.

AND ALSO THERE'S A SUGGESTION THAT THERE WILL ACTUALLY BE A FENCE AROUND THE TRANSFER STATION ITSELF.

WE WILL ABSOLUTELY PUT A FENCE AROUND OUR PERMIT BOUNDARY.

THE PERMIT BOUNDARY IS THAT RED LINE THAT YOU SEE ON THE ON THE SCREEN THAT WILL ABSOLUTELY BE BEHIND A FENCE.

AND WE WILL BE COMPLYING WITH, AT THE VERY LEAST, THE UDC STANDARDS FOR OUR LANDSCAPING, WHICH IS 15%.

AND OUR, OUR GOAL WOULD BE TO PLANT SOMETHING THAT IS GOING TO GROW AS QUICK AS POSSIBLE, AND WILL SUSTAIN THE WEATHER CONDITIONS THAT WE HAVE.

AND THEN WE'LL PROVIDE NICE VISUAL SCREENING.

AND THIS PROPERTY ADJOINS, I GUESS, INDUSTRIAL, THE BUILDINGS THAT ARE IMMEDIATELY TO THE NORTH, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, LIGHT INDUSTRIAL, IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF US.

AND, DO THEY SOMETIMES HAVE 18 WHEEL WHEELER TRUCKS COMING INTO THOSE AS WELL? I HAVE SEEN YEAH, WE'VE SEEN THEM IN, IN THE PARKING LOTS AT THOSE FACILITIES IMMEDIATELY NORTH OF US.

ALL RIGHT. YOU ANSWERED MY QUESTIONS.

THANK YOU. YES, MA'AM.

MISS MARTINEZ GARCIA.

I HAVE MORE QUESTIONS.

ONLY BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SO MUCH INFORMATION.

AND UNFORTUNATELY, I HEARD A LOT OF MISINFORMATION FROM SOME OF THE FOLKS.

SO THAT'S WHY I WANT TO ADDRESS THESE QUESTIONS.

SO THAT EVERYBODY THAT'S TUNING IN CAN UNDERSTAND AND GET THE FACTS.

SO THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO DO THAT.

I KNOW IT'S YOUR BIRTHDAY AND WE'RE GOING TO GET YOU OUT OF HERE.

BUT YOU KNOW, ONE OF THE TOPICS WAS THE SCENT AND THE WIND AND THE TRASH FLYING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

WILL YOU ADDRESS THAT FOR US, PLEASE? SURE. I MEAN, NO, NO, SCIENCE IS PERFECT.

BUT I WANT TO REMIND EVERYBODY THAT THIS IS AN ENCLOSED FACILITY.

SO WE WILL HAVE VEHICLES ENTERING FROM ONE SIDE, THEN, THROUGH ROLL UP DOORS OR SLIDE OPEN DOORS, WHICHEVER ONE WE GO WITH, WE DON'T HAVE THAT LEVEL OF DETAIL.

THEY WILL GO IN, THEY WILL BACK UP INSIDE THE BUILDING.

THEY WILL UNLOAD. THAT WASTE IS THEN PUSHED INTO THE TRACTOR TRAILERS THAT ARE SITTING BELOW THE GROUND.

IN THAT LOADING TUNNEL.

THEY'RE BELOW. THEY'RE BELOW THAT FLOOR LEVEL.

THOSE VEHICLES WILL THEN PULL OUT AND TARP OVER.

THERE'S THERE SHOULD BE VERY LITTLE, IF ANY ESCAPE OF WASTE.

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I THINK WHERE YOU'RE, WHERE YOU MIGHT SEE SOME IT'S NOT GOING TO BE FROM THE VEHICLES, THE RESIDENTIAL COLLECTION VEHICLES UNLOADING ON THAT TIPPING FLOOR.

IF IT'S GOING TO BE ANYWHERE, IT'S GOING TO BE IF IT MRS IN THE CHUTE GOING INTO THE TRANSFER TRACTOR TRAILER.

WE ALREADY HAVE BUILT IN SOMEBODY THAT'S IN FACT, WE SAW IT WHEN WE WERE VISITING THE SITE.

WHEN I VISITED THE SITE, THERE WAS A PERSON THAT THAT'S THEIR JOB IS TO CLEAN UP THAT DEBRIS THAT'S ON THAT SITE.

AND WE'LL MAKE CERTAIN THAT AND THAT'S ANOTHER THING THAT'S REGULATED BY THE TC THAT I CAN'T HAVE WIND BLOWN LITTER LEAVING MY PROPERTY.

THAT WE HAVE TO ADDRESS THAT.

WE DO THAT NOW, AT OUR FACILITY.

SO WE HAVE TO GO AND COLLECT THOSE MATERIALS.

SO, YOU KNOW, I DON'T ANTICIPATE, YOU WE JUST RANDOMLY PULLED THESE SITES UP ON GOOGLE.

THERE'S NOT AN ABUNDANCE OF TRASH THAT YOU SEE ON THE ROADWAYS TO THEM.

AGAIN, OUR COLLECTION VEHICLES ARE ENCLOSED AND PACKED.

THEY DON'T OPEN UNTIL THEY GET INSIDE THAT VEHICLE.

AND THEN THAT THE VEHICLE THAT IS BEING LOADED INTO IS IMMEDIATELY COVERED, COVERED AND CLOSED BEFORE IT LEAVES THE SITE.

YOU KNOW, THE SCENT IS STILL ONE OF THE TOPICS.

BUT, YOU KNOW, WHEN I COLLECT OR MY HUSBAND COLLECTS.

BUT MY HUSBAND COLLECTS THE TRASH.

HE BRINGS IT ALL TOGETHER, HE PUTS IT AT THE DOOR, AND IT PROBABLY TAKES HIM 30 MINUTES TO GET IT.

IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 30 MINUTES TO MOVE THAT TRASH.

IS THAT CORRECT? SURE. AND AND I THAT'S THE PERFECT EXAMPLE BECAUSE THIS FACILITY IS KIND OF ANALOGOUS TO, YOU KNOW, ME GOING AND GRABBING THE TRASH BAG OUT OF MY KITCHEN, TRASH CAN, PULLING IT OUT, SETTING IT ON MY KITCHEN FLOOR, TYING THE BAG UP, GATHERING UP ANYTHING ELSE I NEED TO PUT IN IT.

AND THEN I GET IT CARRIED OUT TO THE DUMPSTER BEHIND MY HOUSE.

THAT'S KIND OF THE WHOLE PATTERN THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT.

WE'RE IMMEDIATELY LOADING THIS OFF OF THAT TIPPING FLOOR WHERE OUR RESIDENTIAL TRUCKS ARE UNLOADING AND PUTTING IT RIGHT INTO THOSE TRAILERS, AND THOSE ARE A SOLID ALUMINUM TRAILER, SO THEY'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE HOLES OR ANYTHING ESCAPING FROM THERE.

THEY'RE I CAN'T IT IS TRASH.

IT IS RESIDENTIAL TRASH.

EXCLUSIVELY. I'M NOT GOING TO SAY IT'S NOT GOING TO STINK, BUT IT'S NOT GOING TO STAY.

SO YOU MAY HAVE SOME OF THAT EXPERIENCE, WHEN YOU INITIALLY UNLOAD A TRUCK WHERE YOU GET THAT, THAT ODOR.

BUT ONCE IT'S IN THAT IT'S BEING PACKED IN TO THE TRANSFER TRACTOR TRAILER AND THEN COVERED.

SO THAT'S GOING TO ELIMINATE THAT ODOR CONDITION.

AND AGAIN, WE ARE NOT HOLDING WASTE.

THE INTENT IS TO NOT HOLD WASTE OVERNIGHT AT THIS FACILITY.

I CAN'T SAY IT'LL NEVER HAPPEN.

I'LL SAY THAT IT'S NOT IT'S NOT OUR INTENTION THAT THAT'S THE GOAL OF THIS FACILITY IS TO BE ABLE TO GET OUR TRUCKS IN AND GET THAT WASTE OUT AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE.

AND SO THAT WE'RE NOT HAVING THOSE ISSUES WHERE WE'RE HOLDING WASTE IN VEHICLES.

I THINK THIS IS MY LAST QUESTION.

OR, YOU KNOW WHAT? IT'S NOT REALLY A QUESTION.

IT'S MORE OF A COMMENT. SOMEBODY SAID, WE'RE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE, AND WE ABSOLUTELY ARE PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE.

AND ALSO THIS IS ADDRESSING THE ONGOING RESIDENTIAL GROWTH THAT WE'RE SEEING CITYWIDE.

IT'S HAPPENING ALL OVER THE PLACE.

AND ANYBODY THAT BELIEVES THAT THE GROWTH ISN'T HAPPENING, IT'S HAPPENING.

AND WE KEEP SEEING THAT.

AND, YOU KNOW, I JUST WANT TO THANK YOU GUYS BECAUSE YOU I FEEL LIKE YOU HAVE BEEN VERY AWARE OF OPERATIONAL EFFICIENCY.

AND I KNOW THERE WAS A COMMENT THAT SOMEONE SAID, FIRST, YOU HAVE THE TRANSFER STATION AND IT IS A TRANSFER STATION.

IT IS NOT A TRASH TRANSFER STATION, IT IS A TRANSFER STATION.

AND WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO DO IS TO ADDRESS THIS, AND IT'S NOT GOING TO IMPACT THE, YOU KNOW, THE VALUE OF A HOME OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT.

BUT I WANT TO THANK YOU FOR REALLY TAKING THE TIME.

AND THIS IS GOING TO BENEFIT THE ENTIRE CITY.

AND, I KNOW TRASH ISN'T SEXY, BUT IT'S NECESSARY.

SO I WANT TO LIKE I SAID, THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME AND TAKING ALL OF THE PUNCHES IN THIS.

AND WITH THAT, I'M DONE.

DOCTOR WILSON. NO QUESTIONS FOR BRENDA.

I JUST LIKE TO MAKE A COMMENT.

SO FIRST OFF, I'M THE REPRESENTATIVE FOR DISTRICT FIVE WHERE THIS LOCATION IS GOING TO BE, AND I WANT TO TAKE THE TIME TO THANK YOU GUYS ALL FOR COMING OUT TONIGHT. I HAVE BEEN IN CLOSE COMMUNICATION WITH MANY OF YOU, AND EVEN MORE, I WANT TO THANK YOU FROM WHETHER IT'S DISTRICT FIVE OR THE COUNTY OR WOLFFORTH FOR COMING AND LETTING US HEAR YOUR CONCERNS.

ONE THING THAT I AM NOT IS A TRUE POLITICIAN, AND I AM ONE OF YOU GUYS, AND I HAVE RUN WITH THE THOUGHT OF RUNNING WITH INTEGRITY AND RUNNING TO DO WHAT'S BEST FOR OUR CITY AND PLANNING FOR THE FUTURE OF LUBBOCK, LET ME TELL YOU, IS NOT AN EASY JOB AND IT COMES WITH VERY, VERY DIFFICULT DECISIONS THAT WE HAVE TO MAKE EVERY SINGLE DAY.

AND SO NOBODY UP HERE KNOWS BETTER THAN ALL SEVEN OF US THAT SOMETIMES NOT SOMETIMES THAT'S THE WRONG WORD.

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EVERY VOTE THAT WE MAKE MAKES SOME PEOPLE UNHAPPY AND SOME PEOPLE VERY HAPPY.

AND SO THOSE ARE THINGS THAT WE WEIGH CONSTANTLY.

AND I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'VE EVER HEARD, BUT WE MAKE ALMOST ZERO MONEY DOING THIS.

I MAKE $0 DOING THIS.

THIS WAS ALL FOR THE GOOD OF MY COMMUNITY, BECAUSE I WANTED TO DO GOOD FOR THE CITY THAT I WAS BORN AND RAISED IN.

BUT THAT COMES WITH WITH CHALLENGES AND IT COMES WITH HURTING PEOPLE'S FEELINGS.

IT COMES WITH MAKING TOUGH DECISIONS.

IT COMES WITH, YOU KNOW, STANDING UP HERE AND TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING, EVEN THOUGH I KNOW IT'S GOING TO HURT SOME PEOPLE AND OR BASED ON WHETHER IT'S FACTS OR MISINFORMATION.

BUT I VERY MUCH APPRECIATE YOU GUYS BEING HERE.

THAT'S PART OF THE PROCESS.

WE WILL CONTINUE TO LISTEN TO YOU GUYS, NO MATTER WHAT THE VOTE IS TONIGHT, WE WANT TO WORK WITH EVERYBODY TO MAKE SURE ALL FACILITIES IN THE ENTIRE CITY ARE BUILT TO THE TO THE STANDARD THAT LUBBOCK IS WILLING TO UPHOLD FOR ALL OF ITS CITIZENS, TO MAKE SURE ALL OF OUR FACILITIES ARE BUILT TO MAKE OUR CITY CONTINUE TO GROW AND THRIVE, BUT LOOK VERY, VERY NICE.

ONE THING I DON'T BELIEVE IN VOTING ON AND OR IS CHANGING MY VOTE WITH ELECTIONS COMING UP AND OR TO SIT HERE AND SAY, I'M GOING TO DO THIS SO I CAN GET REELECTED AGAIN, THAT HAS NO BEARING ON WHAT I THINK IS RIGHT FOR THIS CITY.

WE SIT UP HERE TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT FOR EVERYBODY.

AND LIKE I SAID, I JUST WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW, NO MATTER HOW THAT VOTE GOES TONIGHT, THAT'S A VERY, VERY HARD THING TO DO.

BUT I ALSO WANT YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT WE ARE LISTENING.

WE DO HEAR YOUR CONCERNS.

I LIVE IN THIS AREA TOO, BUT I ALSO SEE THINGS FROM THE CITY STANDPOINT, HOW MUCH TIME STAFF HAS PUT INTO THIS, HOW MUCH RESEARCH GOES INTO PLANNING FOR A CITY.

AND THAT'S VERY DIFFICULT.

SO I JUST WANTED YOU GUYS TO KNOW THAT.

THANK YOU, DOCTOR WILSON.

MR. MCBRAYER. SO ONE THING I'VE LEARNED SITTING UP HERE FROM MISS JOY IS TO ALWAYS LOOK AT ZONING ISSUES AS ZONING ISSUES. THIS IS A ZONING ISSUE AS IT COMES TO US TONIGHT.

THIS IS OUR NEW ZONING DISTRICT ESTABLISHMENT OF RULES.

AND WE'RE SITTING UP HERE AS HOW IT'S ZONED AT THE MOMENT.

AND WE'RE MOVING ALL THE WAY DOWN HERE.

SOMEONE COMMENTED ON THAT.

THAT'S A ONE OF THE LARGEST ZONING JUMPS YOU CAN MAKE.

SO. I THINK WE ALWAYS HAVE TO BE.

CONSIDERATE OF HOW THE ZONING CHANGES WE MAKE AFFECT NEIGHBORHOODS.

AND THIS NEIGHBORHOOD HAS SPOKEN TONIGHT, AND IT'S VERY CLEAR HOW THEY FEEL.

AND I THINK THEY'VE BEEN VERY GOOD AND VERY REASONABLE.

THEY MAY NOT HAVE ALL THEIR INFORMATION.

RIGHT. BUT THEY UNDERSTAND.

WHERE THEY LIVE AND THEY UNDERSTAND AND THEY KNOW WHAT'S IMPORTANT TO THEM.

AND I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER THAT AND THINK ABOUT THAT AND ADMIT IF WE MAY HAVE MADE A MISTAKE.

I'M NOT SAYING WE DID.

BUT I'M NOT PREPARED TONIGHT TO GO FORWARD ON THIS THE WAY IT IS.

MR. MASSENGALE. THANK YOU.

MAYOR. FIRST OF ALL, I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO EVERYBODY HERE.

I KNOW IT'S A TOUGH NIGHT.

WE'RE ALL IN THIS TOGETHER, AND WE'RE ALL HERE.

HERE TO HERE, HERE TO HEAR EVERYBODY OUT AND HEAR ALL SIDES OF THE ISSUE.

AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS A ZONE CASE.

AS A REMINDER, THE COUNCILS APPROVED THE TRANSFER STATION, THE LAND PURCHASE, ALL OF THAT PRIOR TO THIS MEETING.

WE'RE PAST THAT AT THIS POINT.

I THINK WHAT'S IMPORTANT IS THAT WE HEAR WHAT I'VE HEARD TONIGHT AND WHAT I'VE HEARD PRIOR.

THE PEOPLE THAT HAVE CONTACTED ME IS I COULD I COULD PROBABLY WELL, I'LL PUT IT IN THREE BUCKETS.

TRAFFIC. SAFETY.

AND CLEANLINESS.

OKAY. YOU PUT SMELL AND CLEANLINESS, BUT I THINK THOSE ARE THE IF I WERE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE EVERYTHING, I THINK THAT'S WHAT I HEAR.

AND I THINK COUNCIL HEARS THAT.

AND I THINK STAFF HEARS THAT.

AND AT THE END OF THE DAY, THE SPIRIT OF THIS PROJECT IS TO DO THIS RIGHT AND TO MAKE SURE THAT ALL OF THOSE ISSUES ARE ADDRESSED.

TRAFFIC SAFETY.

ALL THOSE THINGS ARE PARAMOUNT AND OF HIGHEST PRIORITY AS WE DO THIS.

I WANT TO THANK THE STAFF.

I THINK THEY'VE DONE A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF GOOD WORK ON THIS.

AND THIS PROJECT SPANS MULTIPLE COUNCILS.

I MEAN, THIS IS NOT THIS, YOU KNOW, THIS COUNCIL'S PROCESS.

IT'S A COMMUNITY PROJECT.

WE KNOW IT IS THE IT'S A THE.

THE COST OF THE SOLID WASTE FUND.

ALL THESE THINGS AS WE GROW, IT'S NECESSARY.

LASTLY, I JUST WANT TO THANK, DOCTOR WILSON.

SO SHE. WHEN SHE GOT ELECTED, SHE INHERITED THIS, OKAY.

AND SHE DID HER HOMEWORK ON IT.

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AND SHE AND I HAVE HAD A COUPLE OF.

WE HAD A LONG TOWN HALL ONE NIGHT ON THIS AND HAD A SPIRITED DISCUSSION, BUT SHE'S BEEN TIP OF THE SPEAR ON THIS, AND SHE'S DONE A GREAT JOB.

AND I APPRECIATE HER LEADERSHIP, AND HER SUPPORT OF THE TRANSFER STATION AS WE MOVE FORWARD.

THANKS, MAYOR. THANK YOU, MR. MASSENGALE. MR. PATTERSON HARRIS.

THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR.

I WASN'T GOING TO SAY ANYTHING, BUT I DECIDED THAT I WOULD.

THE FIRST THING I WANT TO DO IS CORRECT, DOCTOR WILSON.

I GET PAID, I GET A TOTAL OF $0.14 AN HOUR, AND THAT'S BEFORE TAXES.

SO. AND I SAY THAT IN JEST, BUT I ALSO WANT FOLKS TO KNOW THAT THE TIME, THAT AND ENERGY AND EFFORT THAT WE PUT INTO THIS IS FAR ABOVE THE PAY.

IT'S NOT SOMETHING THAT WE THINK ABOUT OR ANYTHING IS WE WANT TO MAKE THE BEST DECISIONS THAT WE CAN WITH THE INFORMATION THAT WE HAVE FOR THE FOLKS WHO CALL THIS PLACE HOME.

AND I BELIEVE, AND I'M TELLING YOU, I HAVE TWO MONTHS AND SOME CHANGE LEFT, BUT I.

I TRULY BELIEVE THAT THE STAFF WE HAVE AT THIS CITY PUT EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAVE, AND IN MAKING THE DECISIONS THAT THEY DO, I BELIEVE THAT WHEN WE NEED TO MAKE A DECISION, LET'S PUT OUR STUFF ON AND LET'S MAKE THE DECISION, BECAUSE TIME IS MOVING ON AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO KICK CANS DOWN THE ROAD BECAUSE, AS STATED, THIS WAS BECAME AN ISSUE BACK IN 2003 AND IT NEVER WAS ACTED UPON.

IT'S AN ISSUE BACK IN 20.

WHAT WAS THAT 17 THAT WAS ACTUALLY CAME TO US, AND WE CAN'T CONTINUE TO PUSH IT DOWN AND MAKE IT SOMEBODY ELSE'S ISSUE.

AND SO I'M GLAD WE'RE HERE.

SOMETIMES THE TOUGH STUFF, WE JUST HAVE TO GO AT IT.

SO I APPRECIATE THE STAFF FOR THE WORK THAT THEY'VE DONE, NOT ONLY ON THIS BUT ON EVERYTHING.

AND I DON'T THINK THEY TAKE IT LIGHTLY WHEN THEY MAKE THE DECISIONS.

I'M READY TO VOTE, MR. MAYOR. THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT.

THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS, I HAVE JUST A COUPLE OF COMMENTS AND I APOLOGIZE.

I WOULD NORMALLY LET YOU HAVE THE CLOSING ARGUMENT.

BECAUSE YOU'RE MUCH BETTER AT IT THAN I.

I GET $75 A MONTH.

SO A COUPLE OF THINGS I DO WANT TO POINT OUT, BECAUSE I KNOW YOU KNOW, THE NEWS AND OTHER PEOPLE REPORT ON THESE THINGS.

I DO TAKE EXCEPTION THAT WE'RE NOT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS.

THIS COUNCIL BENT OVER BACKWARDS FOR THE COMMUNITY OF WOLFFORTH AND BASICALLY SAVED THE MUNICIPALITY OF WOLFFORTH BY PROVIDING WATER AT THE COST OF THE CITIZENS OF LUBBOCK.

WE DID THAT BECAUSE WE WANTED TO BE GOOD NEIGHBORS, AND IT COST US INFRASTRUCTURE THAT OUR TAXPAYERS HAVE BEEN PAYING FOR FOR YEARS TO BENEFIT OUR NEIGHBOR.

AND SO TO SIT THERE AND SAY THAT WE'RE NOT BEING GOOD NEIGHBORS AFTER WHAT THIS COUNCIL'S SPECIFICALLY DONE TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR, I DO TAKE EXCEPTION TO.

WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO BE A GOOD NEIGHBOR TO THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS.

WE HAVE DONE EVERYTHING WE CAN TO PROMOTE THEM AND TO PROTECT THEM AND DO WHAT OUR POLICE DEPARTMENT DOES TO HELP THOSE SCHOOL DISTRICTS BY BEING A GOOD NEIGHBOR AT THE EXPENSE OF LUBBOCK TAXPAYERS.

SO I WANT TO SAY THIS COUNCIL HAS UNIQUELY, I THINK, IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, EXTENDED THE OLIVE BRANCH TO THESE COMMUNITIES.

AND THIS IS ONE OF THOSE THINGS THAT I HEARD, WELL, YOU'RE JUST PUTTING THIS IN HERE AND JUST PLOPPING IT RIGHT AMONGST THESE, THESE HOMES THAT HAVE ALREADY BEEN HERE.

WELL, THAT'S KIND OF WHAT WHAT HAPPENS WITH PROGRESS.

I CAN'T HELP IT THAT LUBBOCK WAS INTENDED TO BE A SPRAWLED OUT COMMUNITY.

PEOPLE WANTED SPACE, SO THEY MOVED.

THEY WANTED SPACE AND THEY MOVED AGAIN.

AND THEN WE CAUGHT UP WITH YOU, AND WE GREW AND WE GREW, AND WE CAN'T KEEP DOING THAT AND CONTINUE TO SPRAWL AND GROW WITH THESE OPEN, WIDE OPEN SPACES WITHOUT CREATING INFRASTRUCTURE THAT TAKES CARE OF THE SPRAWL.

YOU KNOW, TO JOSH'S POINT.

IN OTHER WORDS, WE'RE GOING TO FIGURE OUT ANOTHER SOLUTION.

BUT THAT'S NOT WHY WE'RE HERE TODAY.

WE'RE HERE ON THIS PARTICULAR LOCATION, BECAUSE THIS IS WHAT STAFF HAS DETERMINED IS THE BEST FOR THE CITIZENS OF LUBBOCK, TEXAS.

AND THIS BENEFITS THE ENTIRETY OF THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT I GET IS TRASH.

IT DIDN'T GET PICKED UP TWICE THIS WEEK.

IT DIDN'T GET PICKED UP.

SOMEBODY DIDN'T GET TO IT.

AND THIS HELPS REMEDY THAT PROBLEM.

AND SO I THINK THAT THOSE ARGUMENTS, WHILE I UNDERSTAND IF I LIVE THERE, I WOULD SAY I DON'T WANT THAT NEAR ME.

BUT WE'VE GONE TO GREAT LENGTHS.

WE WENT, I MEAN, I WENT TO CALIFORNIA, I DON'T WANT TO GO TO CALIFORNIA, BUT I WENT TO SEE THE LARGEST TRASH TRANSFER STATION IN THE WORLD, PROBABLY.

AND I STOOD AMONGST IT WITH MY WIFE AND I SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT'S MOVING? TRASH. IT'S NOT THAT BAD.

I COULDN'T REALLY SMELL VERY MUCH.

IT WAS THERE. AND THIS IS NOT EVEN THE STATE OF THE ART.

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SO I THINK WE'VE DONE OUR HOMEWORK.

I BELIEVE, IN FACT, YOU KNOW, ONE COUNCIL MEMBER THAT WE VOTED ON THIS ALL THE WAY THROUGH, THIS IS NOT UNIQUE.

I WAS TALKING ABOUT THIS WHEN I RAN FOR OFFICE IN 2022.

I'VE BEEN TALKING THIS AND GIVING THIS PRESENTATION TO THIS COMMUNITY FOR NEARLY TWO YEARS AT THIS LOCATION.

FOR SOMEONE TO SAY, WE DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT IT UNTIL TWO WEEKS AGO, WE CAN LEAD A HORSE TO WATER, BUT WE CAN'T MAKE THEM DRINK.

WE CAN'T ALWAYS GET THE INFORMATION OUT THERE IF NOBODY'S PAYING ATTENTION TO THE INFORMATION.

BUT I'VE DONE EVERYTHING I COULD TO TALK ABOUT THIS, FROM SOME SPEECHES TO TALKING TO CLUBS, KIWANIS CLUBS, ROTARY CLUBS, THE ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS.

EVERYWHERE I'VE BEEN, I'VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IN THIS LOCATION.

AND SO WE HAVE BEEN SPREADING THIS INFORMATION.

SO I DO TAKE EXCEPTION THAT WE'RE JUST DROPPING BOMBS WITHOUT PEOPLE KNOWING ABOUT IT, BECAUSE THAT'S NOT WHAT'S HAPPENED.

I THINK THAT THIS IS GOOD FOR THE CITIZENS OF LUBBOCK, AND I WILL STAND BY THAT COMMITMENT, AS THIS COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY HAS STOOD BY THIS COMMITMENT UP UNTIL TODAY.

WE'VE PASSED. WE'VE PURCHASED THE LAND, WE'VE AGREED ON IT.

IT'S BEEN DONE OVER AND OVER AGAIN THROUGHOUT THE LAST YEAR THAT WE'VE GONE THROUGH THIS PROCESS.

AND IN FACT, JUST SEVERAL 18, 20 WEEKS AGO, WE HAVE COUNCIL MEMBERS ONLINE GOING.

THIS IS A GREAT THING PROMOTING THIS, IT APPROVING OF THIS.

AND SO I UNDERSTAND.

I'M GRATEFUL THAT I LIVE IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, WHERE PEOPLE CAN STAND UP AND GIVE THEIR OPINIONS.

BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, POLICY MAKERS AND PEOPLE IN OUR POSITIONS HAVE TO MAKE DECISIONS.

AND THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS THE THE THEY'RE NOT ALWAYS FUN.

AND SO I SUPPORT THIS.

I THINK THIS IS GOOD FOR OUR COMMUNITY COMING FORWARD.

AND I WILL BE VOTING YES.

MISS MARTINEZ, HAVE YOU CALLED THE MISS MARTINEZ? GARCIA CALLS THE QUESTION.

ALL RIGHT. WE HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF AGENDA ITEM 6.6, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 1.

WE ARE NOW MOVING BACK TO THE CONSENT AGENDA.

OR WE HAVE ONE POOL THAT IS 5.28.

YEAH. WE STILL HAVE BUSINESS TO TAKE UP.

SO I WOULD ASK EVERYONE TO KINDLY KEEP YOUR COMMUNICATION DOWN.

5.28. I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND ASK BILL IF YOU WOULD COME FORWARD FOR YOUR PRESENTATION ON 5.28.

GOOD EVENING GUYS. HELLO, BILL.

I'M GOING TO GO AHEAD AND TELL YOU UP FRONT WHILE I TRY TO PLAY IT GUY, WHICH I AM.

NOT THAT.

MY PRESENTATION IS GOING TO BE VERY SIMILAR TO WHAT YOU'VE HEARD ALREADY TONIGHT.

WE'VE HAD FOLKS ON BOTH SIDES SPEAK ABOUT WHAT THEY THINK IS THE BEST ROUTE TO TAKE FOR OUR CITY.

I HEAR BOTH SIDES.

WE'RE NOT IN THIS TO TRY TO HURT ANYBODY.

WE'RE HERE TO TRY TO MAKE THIS BETTER FOR THE CITY OF LUBBOCK, JUST LIKE THE MAYOR.

AND YOU GUYS JUST SAID IN YOUR YOUR PREVIOUS STATEMENTS.

I CAN GO THROUGH MY PRESENTATION.

THE PRESENTATION FOCUSES ON COLLABORATION.

WE'VE BEEN DOING THIS.

WE'VE I'VE BEEN AT THE CITY SINCE 1998.

WE PROBABLY STARTED PERSONALLY WITH THOSE CONVERSATIONS IN 2000, BECAUSE I DIDN'T HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THAT AT THAT POINT.

IT WAS A CONVERSATION PIECE LONG BEFORE I STARTED AT THE CITY OF LUBBOCK.

THIS CAME ABOUT AGAIN IN 2020 WHEN WE HAD COVID.

WE HAD EXTRA DOLLARS TO DO SOME THINGS TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IN THIS COMMUNITY.

ONE OF THE THINGS THAT CAME ABOUT WAS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE.

YES, WE HAD TALKED ABOUT THE CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR FOR MANY YEARS.

WE DID NOT HAVE THE CAPACITY AS A ONE SMALL COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT TO PULL THIS OFF.

WHAT YOU'RE LOOKING AT NOW IS A LEAD AGENCY THAT HAS A DEDICATED CEO, A BOARD THAT IS WANTING TO MAKE THINGS BETTER IN THE CITY OF LUBBOCK PUSHING THIS TO GO FORWARD.

AND I'LL SAY IT AGAIN, THIS IS ABOUT COLLABORATION.

THERE'S I'M NOT GOING TO ARGUE WITH ANYTHING THAT WAS SAID AGAINST THIS.

THAT'S NOT MY ROLE AS A CITY EMPLOYEE.

EVERYTHING THAT WE DO WHEN WE COME UP HERE TO ADDRESS YOU GUYS IS, WITH OUR HEARTS, THE BEST THING FOR THE CITY.

AND I'LL LEAVE IT AT THAT.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, MR. HOWERTON. I THINK A FEW COUNCIL MEMBERS MAY HAVE SOME QUESTIONS.

COUNCIL DO YOU WOULD YOU LIKE TO SPECIFICALLY PULL THIS ONE OUT OF THE CONSENT AGENDA, OR DO YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE ANSWERING, HAVING MR. HOWERTON ANSWER QUESTIONS AND THEN PUTTING IT BACK INTO THE CONSENT?

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FAIR POINT. ALL RIGHT, MISS PATTERSON HARRIS, BEFORE WE GET TO VOTE ON 5.28, DO YOU HAVE QUESTIONS OF MR. HOWERTON? WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO SAY.

OKAY, THERE WE GO.

WHAT I REALLY WANTED TO BE CLEAR OF IS THAT WE'VE BEEN AT THIS SPOT, WHAT, ALMOST A COUPLE OF YEARS AGO.

YES, MA'AM. AND WE HAVE BEEN MAKING OUR WAY THROUGH THE PROCESS, WHICH INCLUDED, COME INTO COUNCIL TO GIVE. ASK FOR SUPPORT IN ASKING.

THE STATE. IF YOU COULD APPLY TO BECOME A CONTINUUM OF CONTINUUM OF CARE FOR LUBBOCK, YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT THE FIRST RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT THAT THE CITY COUNCIL DID WAS IN MAY OF 2022.

LOTS HAS HAPPENED SINCE THEN.

ECHO WEST TEXAS HAS COME ON BOARD.

WE'VE GOT MISS LONGORIA RUNNING THAT SHOW FOR US, FOR THE COMMUNITY.

SO YES, A LOT OF THINGS HAVE HAPPENED AND IT TAKES TIME TO GO THROUGH THESE PROCESSES.

AND SO WE'RE HERE TO THIS EVENING.

I WAS GOING TO SAY THIS AFTERNOON, WE'RE HERE THIS EVENING FOR YOU TO AND THE QUESTION IS BEING ASKED AGAIN FOR SUPPORT FOR THAT APPLICATION TO MOVE FORWARD. THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING THIS EVENING IS ASKING FOR SUPPORT TO CONTINUE THIS PROCESS, WHICH WILL CULMINATE IN AN APPLICATION TO HUD, I'M GUESSING IN JUNE OF THIS YEAR TO BECOME OUR OWN LOCAL CONTINUUM OF CARE.

THANK YOU. THAT'S THAT'S THAT'S ALL I NEEDED TO KNOW.

I'M GOOD. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON. MR. MCBRAYER. SO, BILL, COULD YOU PLEASE DESCRIBE THE ECHO GROUP WHO MAKES IT UP? HOW MANY AGENCIES OR GROUPS ARE PART OF IT? AND WE'VE GOT 35 PLUS I CAN'T GO THROUGH AND NAME THEM FOR YOU.

YOU HEARD FROM TWO OF THE BOARD MEMBERS THAT ARE ON THE ECHO BOARD THAT ARE FROM PROVIDERS HERE IN THE COMMUNITY.

YOU'VE GOT FOLKS THAT SERVE ON THIS.

YOU SAW, DAVID ALDERSON WAS HERE EARLIER.

WE'VE GOT MISS JOY, WHO IS THE CITY COUNCIL.

WE'VE GOT JUDGE PARRISH, WHO, IS THE COUNTY REPRESENTATIVE.

CHIEF NEIL BARRON IS FROM LPD.

WE'VE GOT SOMEONE FROM UMC, SOME RUM FROM COVENANT, A GENTLEMAN FROM ATMOS.

SO THIS IS A GREAT CROSS SECTOR, BOARD THAT HAS TAKEN A LOOK AT THIS AND TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO FIX THIS FOR LUBBOCK.

SO ONE OF THE THINGS I THINK I UNDERSTOOD FROM THE PRESENTATIONS TODAY WAS THE CONTINUUM OF CARE IS PRIMARILY DESIGNED TO ADDRESS HOMELESSNESS, IS THAT THAT'S VARIOUS THAT'S THAT'S ITS PURPOSE TO COLLABORATE, TO BRING SERVICES TOGETHER, TO COVER THE ENTIRE GAMBIT OF THE HOMELESS ISSUE.

AND SO THE KIND OF THE BACK AND FORTH I HEARD TODAY WAS MAYBE A LITTLE BIT OF A DEBATE BETWEEN BROADER COLLABORATION AND THEN THE POINT MADE BY PEOPLE ON THE OTHER SIDE THAT, THEY COULD BRING IN MORE MONEY TO THE PROCESS.

SO CAN YOU KIND OF ADDRESS, HOW YOU SEE THAT? BECAUSE I HEARD QUITE A BIT ABOUT THAT.

BUT HOW ARE YOU ASSURED OR WHAT ASSURANCES CAN YOU GET THAT YOU WILL BE ABLE TO ADDRESS THAT ISSUE OF, OF MONEY THAT YOU NEED TO GET? WELL, THE THINGS THAT YOU HEARD EARLIER, WHEN SOME OF THESE FOLKS AREN'T GETTING THE DOLLARS THAT THEY THINK THEY NEED OR THINK THEY SHOULD GET, THERE'S NO COLLABORATION THERE.

YOU'VE GOT AGAIN, UMC, COVENANT, THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT, CITY AND COUNTY, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT ECHO 35 OTHER AGENCIES WORKING ON THIS TOWARDS ONE GOAL.

AND. MISS MARTINEZ GARCIA.

THANK YOU. MAYOR.

BILL, I THINK YOU KNOW THAT WE HEARD FROM FOLKS THAT ARE SO COMMITTED TO THE COMMUNITY, AND I APPRECIATE ALL THAT.

YES, MA'AM. BUT I, I DO BELIEVE THAT.

I MEAN, I PERSONALLY WORK WITH HOMELESS YOUTH, AND IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM AND SOMETIMES NOT ALWAYS ADDRESSED.

AND I'VE NEVER HAD A PLATFORM WHERE WE CAN BRING THAT ISSUE, WHERE WE'VE HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO DISCUSS WITH OTHER GROUPS ON HOW WE CAN PREVENT.

AND THEN, YOU KNOW, NOW, I ACTUALLY HAD SOME FOLKS THAT I'VE STARTED TALKING WITH.

YES, IT IS A GROWING PROBLEM, AND I THINK ALL OF US ARE OFFERING AND DOING SEPARATE THINGS, BUT WE DO NEED THIS COLLABORATION.

I THINK IT IS A POSITIVE THING FOR OUR CITY, AND I UNDERSTAND THE CONCERNS OF DOLLARS, BUT I BELIEVE THAT THIS WILL BUILD ON

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THAT AND GIVE US AN OPPORTUNITY.

SO I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR THIS EFFORT.

I THANK YOU IN LISTING ALL THE FOLKS.

ONE OF THE PERSONS THAT BROUGHT IT TO ME WAS JERRY RAMIREZ FROM FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH, AND I THINK HE IS.

I HOPE HE'S NOT BACK THERE BECAUSE I FORGOT HIM.

BUT, YOU KNOW, BECAUSE THEY, YOU KNOW, THESE FOLKS HAVE BEEN IDENTIFYING OTHER GROUPS AND OTHER ISSUES WITH THE HOMELESS.

SO I JUST WANT TO SAY THANK YOU ON THAT.

AND THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

MISS JOY THINK IT.

IT NEEDS TO BE SAID THAT WHEN ECHO PRESENTS.

TO, FOR OUR CONTINUUM OF CARE, WE'RE BRINGING TOGETHER THE NEEDS OF ALL OF THOSE AGENCIES THAT HAVE NOT HAD THAT OPPORTUNITY.

THAT'S WHAT'S IMPORTANT ABOUT IT.

IT'S NOT JUST ONE AGENCY GETTING FUNDING.

IT'S GOING TO BE MULTIPLE AGENCIES, WHETHER IT'S, YOU KNOW, TEENS WHO ARE, YOU KNOW, AGING OUT OF FOSTER CARE. ANYBODY.

THEY'LL ALL COME TOGETHER AND MAKE THAT A PACKAGE DEAL.

AND THAT'S WHAT EKO IS GOING TO DO.

AND THAT'S WHY IT'S SO IMPORTANT THAT WE HAVE ALL THESE AGENCIES AND THAT WE HAVE COLLABORATION SO THAT WE CAN GET THAT DONE.

BEEN DOING THIS SINCE 2008 ON HOMELESSNESS IS TIME THAT WE DO THIS.

ALL RIGHT. ANY OTHER QUESTIONS OF BILL? ALL RIGHT. WE PULLED 5.28 FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA.

WE WILL BE TAKING A VOTE OF SIX ON THIS.

MISS. DOCTOR WILSON HAS RECUSED FOR SOME REASONS.

SO ALL IN FAVOR WOULD I HAVE? I DON'T HAVE A MOTION YET. I'M SORRY.

LET ME GET YOU. REMIND ME.

COURTNEY. ALL RIGHT.

IS THERE A MOTION ON 5.28 SECOND? THANK YOU, MISS MARTINEZ.

GARCIA. MR. MASSENGALE, ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF 5.28, PLEASE SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES 6 TO 0.

ALL RIGHT. NOW I WILL BRING DOCTOR WILSON BACK.

[5. 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.]

WE NOW WILL BRING BACK IN 5.1.

YEAH, 5.1 THROUGH 5.29.

EXCLUSIVE OF 5.28.

IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE? THANK YOU, MISS PATTERSON.

SECOND BY MISS MARTINEZ GARCIA.

ALL IN FAVOR OF APPROVAL OF THE CONSENT AGENDA 5.1 THROUGH 5.29, EXCLUSIVE OF 5.28.

PLEASE SAY AYE. AYE.

ANY OPPOSED? MOTION CARRIES SEVEN ZERO.

IT IS 730. AND WITH THAT, CITY COUNCIL IS ADJOURNED.

* This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.