[1. Executive Session] [00:00:07] ALL RIGHT, 28-2026, THE CITY COUNCIL WILL NOW RECESS INTO EXECUTIVE SESSION IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE 551.07. YOU CONSULT WITH AND SEEK THE ADVICE OF THE CITY'S LEGAL COUNCIL AND 551.072 TO DISCUSS THE PURCHASE, EXCHANGE, OR VALUE OF REAL PROPERTY. THE CITY COUNCIL IS RECESSING AT 11.01 P.M. WE WILL BE BACK HERE AT 2 O'CLOCK. ALL RIGHT, WE WILL NOW WE CONVENE AN OPEN SESSION. AND BEFORE WE BEGIN WITH OUR CEREMONIAL ITEMS, JUST MAKE SURE EVERYBODY WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING OR IS HERE, THIS IS YOUR LAST DAY TO EARLY VOTE IN OUR CITY ELECTIONS. WE ENCOURAGE YOU TO DO THAT. OUR POLLS ARE OPEN UNTIL 9 P.M. TONIGHT FOR THAT PURPOSE. AND THEN ELECTION DAY IS MAY 2ND. WE ENCOURAGE ALL CITIZENS TO GO OUT AND VOTE IN THIS ELECTION. AS I ALWAYS SAY, YOUR CITY GOVERNMENT IS PROBABLY THE LEVEL OF GOVERNMENT THAT AFFECTS YOUR DAILY LIFE MORE THAN ANY OTHER. SO PLEASE, WE ENCOURAGE YOU [1. Invocation] TO VOTE. LET'S BEGIN NOW. WE WILL BEGIN WITH OUR PRAYER. I'M GOING TO CALL UP REVEREND DARLENE HOPKINS FROM SHEPHERD KING LUTHERAN CHURCH. SHE WILL LEAD US IN OUR INVOCATION, AND THEN OUR MAYOR PRO TEM WILL LEAD US IN OUR PLEDGES. LET US PRAY. SOVEREIGN GOD, WE KNOW YOU BY MANY NAMES. WE WORSHIP YOU IN MANY WAYS. AND WITHIN THIS DIVERSITY, YOU ARE ONE. YOU SUSTAIN US. AND KEEP US. YOU HAVE ENTRUSTED US WITH THE CARE OF CREATION, OTHER HUMAN BEINGS, AND OTHER CREATURES THAT YOU LOVE AND CHERISH. AS THESE OFFICIALS GATHER TODAY TO DO THE BUSINESS OF THE CITY, GUIDE THEIR THOUGHTS AND THEIR DECISIONS, WE THANK YOU FOR THIS OPPORTUNITY TO SERVE THE COMMUNITY AND ASK YOUR PRESENCE WITH THEM TODAY. GRANT THEM WISDOM AND PATIENCE. HELP THEM TO LISTEN WITH OPEN HEARTS AND TO SPEAK WITH KINDNESS AND RESPECT. MAY THEIR DECISIONS REFLECT JUSTICE, COMPASSION, AND THE WELL-BEING OF ALL OUR RESIDENTS. WE LIFT UP OUR LEADERS, OUR NEIGHBORS, AND ALL THOSE WHO CALL THIS CITY HOME. GUIDE US TO WORK TOGETHER FOR THE COMMON GOOD AND INSPIRE US TO BE STEWARDS OF PEACE AND JUSTICE. ALL OF THIS WE HUMBLY ASK. IN YOUR HOLY AND PRECIOUS NAME, AMEN. [2. Pledges of Allegiance] I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAG OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, AND TO THE REPUBLIC FOR WHICH IT STANDS, ONE NATION UNDER GOD, INDIVISIBLE, WITH LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL. HONOR THE TEXAS FLAG; I PLEDGE ALLEGIANCE TO THEE, TEXAS, ONE STATE UNDER GOD, ONE AND INDIVISIBLE. ALL RIGHT, THIS IS NORMALLY WHEN WE WOULD HAVE CITIZEN COMMENTS. I KNOW THAT WE NOTICE THAT WE DON'T HAVE ANY PEOPLE COMING FORWARD FOR CITIZEN COMMENTS TODAY, BUT AS ALWAYS, THAT'S THE FACT THAT ANY CITIZEN CAN APPEAR BEFORE THE COUNCIL TO SPEAK ON ANY ITEM THAT IS ON OUR AGENDA FOR THAT DAY. THEY'LL HAVE THREE MINUTES TO SPEAK AND WE WELCOME THEIR COMMENTS. BUT YOU CAN ALWAYS CONTACT US ALSO ONLINE, EMAIL, CALL OUR OFFICES. THERE ARE MANY WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN CONTACT YOUR LEADERS, ANYONE ON THE CITY COUNCIL OR ME AS YOUR MAYOR, AND WE DO INVITE YOU TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THOSE OPPORTUNITIES. OPPORTUNITIES, BUT YOUR OPPORTUNITY TO COME HERE AND ADDRESS US IS SOMETHING WE ALWAYS WELCOME AND LOOK FORWARD TO, BUT THERE ARE NONE TODAY. SO WE WILL MOVE ON WITH OUR MEETING. WE'LL TAKE UP AGENDA ITEM [4. Minutes] 4.1, THE MINUTES FROM OUR MARCH 24TH, 2026 REGULAR CITY COUNCIL MEETING. THOSE MINUTES WERE INCLUDED IN YOUR PACKET. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 4.1? IS THERE A SECOND? MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION OR AMENDMENTS OR ADDITIONS OR CHANGES TO THE MINUTES? I SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE. THE MOTION TO APPROVE THE MINUTES PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL NOW TAKE UP ITEM FIVE, [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.] OUR CONSENT AGENDA. THERE'S NOT BEEN A REQUEST TO PULL ANY AGENDA ITEM TODAY FROM THE CONSENT AGENDA, SO I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA IN ITS ENTIRETY. IS THERE SUCH A MOTION? IS THERE A SECOND? I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. [1. Ordinance 1st Reading - Engineering: Consider an ordinance amending Chapter 36 of the Code of Ordinances by adding “Division 2 Paving Alleys by Petition” to Article 36.08, establishing a process for the paving of unimproved alleys through a petition initiated assessment process and providing for placing a lien on property for unpaid assessments.] [00:05:04] ALL RIGHT, WE'LL MOVE ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA NOW. WE WILL TAKE UP OUR ORDINANCE ON FIRST READING, AMENDING CHAPTER 36 OF THE CODE OF ORDINANCES BY ADDING DIVISION 2, PAVING ALLEYS BY PETITION, TO ARTICLE 36.08, WHICH ESTABLISHES A PROCESS FOR PAVING OF UNIMPROVED ALLEYS THROUGH A PETITION INITIATED ASSESSMENT PROCESS. AND I WILL CALL ON ERIC RAHINO, OUR ASSISTANT CITY MANAGER, TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THIS ITEM. MAYOR, COUNCIL, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU THIS AFTERNOON. I'M GOING TO TAKE A LITTLE TIME TO GIVE YOU SOME BACKGROUND. IT'S NOT UNCOMMON FOR CITIES THE SIZE OF LUBBOCK TO HAVE ALLEY PAVING PROCESSES, FORMAL PROCESSES, OR ALLEY THINGS. WE'VE REALLY TAKEN WHAT WE FEEL ARE THE BEST PIECES OF THOSE PARTICULAR ORDINANCES AND HAVE A RECOMMENDATION FOR YOU. WE HAVE A LOT OF DIRT ALLEYS IN LUBBOCK, TEXAS, OBVIOUSLY, AND FROM TIME TO TIME WE DO GET RECOIL ABOUT DOING THAT. THE PROCESS TODAY, THERE IS A PROCESS TO DO IT, BUT IT'S VERY INFORMAL. IF A GROUP OF CITIZENS WANT TO GET TOGETHER AND YOU KNOW, BASICALLY, THEY CAN CERTAINLY DO THAT, BUT THAT BASICALLY PUTS THE BURDEN ON THEM TO, NUMBER ONE, PAY FOR IT FINANCIALLY, WHICH WE'RE NOT PROPOSING TO CHANGE THAT. BUT IT ALSO PUTS THE BURDEN ON THEM TO FIND A DESIGN FIRM, DESIGN IT TO OUR SPECS, YOU KNOW, DO THE CONSTRUCTION PIECE OF IT. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'RE OBVIOUSLY VERY FAMILIAR WITH, BUT THAT'S THE PROCESS TODAY, AND WE HAVEN'T HAD VERY MANY TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THAT TODAY. WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING IS BASICALLY TO STREAMLINE THAT PROCESS, CONTINUE TO HAVE THAT BURDEN TO PAY BEYOND. THAT PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD, SUBDIVISION, WHOEVER'S REQUESTING IT, BUT HAVE MORE OF A PROCESS THAT BASICALLY A CITIZEN CAN GO THROUGH A PETITION PROCESS AND THROUGH A MAJORITY OF THE ADJACENT LANDOWNERS, PROPERTY OWNERS, THEY CAN PETITION THE CITY TO DO THAT. THEY WOULD STILL THEN PAY THAT, BUT THEY WOULD PAY IT THROUGH AN ASSESSMENT. IT WOULD THEN FALL TO CITY ENGINEERING TO DESIGN IT, BID IT OUT, CONSTRUCT IT, AND THAT WOULD FALL ON US TO DO THAT WITH THEM PAYING THE BILL TO DO THAT. I'M GOING TO KIND OF WALK THROUGH A FEW OF THE HIGH POINTS OF THE ORDINANCE. FIRST OF ALL, LET'S TALK ABOUT THE PETITION. THE PETITION ITSELF, OBVIOUSLY, IT'S GOING TO NEED TO BE APPROVED OR SIGNED BY TWO-THIRDS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS, AS WELL AS 51% OF THE ADJACENT, THE LINEAR FOOTAGE OF THE ADJACENT PROPERTY OWNERS AS WELL. SO THE TWO-THIRDS AND THE 51% WITH THE $500 PETITION FEE, SO IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE A MAJORITY OF THE PROPERTY OWNERS THAT WANT THAT, BECAUSE THE ASSESSMENT WILL FALL ON ALL PROPERTY OWNERS IF APPROVED. FOLLOWING THAT, ONCE WE RECEIVE THAT PETITION, IF IT HITS THOSE THRESHOLDS, WE WILL THEN, ONCE WE RECEIVE THE PETITION, IT HITS ALL THE THRESHOLDS FOR THE 51% AND THE TWO-THIRDS MAJORITY. OUR ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT WILL THEN BASICALLY CONDUCT A FEASIBILITY STUDY, AND THEY'RE LOOKING FOR THINGS LIKE THE DRAINAGE, THEY'RE LOOKING AT UTILITY INVESTIGATION. EVERY ALLEY IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. SOME ALLEYS ARE GOING TO BE VERY CROWDED WITH UTILITIES, SOME MAYBE LESS SO, BUT THAT'S SO EVERY ALLEY IS GOING TO BE DIFFERENT. THE COST WILL BE DIFFERENT ASSOCIATED WITH EACH ALLEY. AND AS PART OF THAT, OUR ENGINEERING TEAM WILL ALSO GO AHEAD AND PERFORM A 30% DESIGN OF THE PROJECT, AND THAT WILL GIVE YOU A GOOD IDEA OF WHAT YOUR PROBABLE COST IS GOING TO BE. FOLLOWING THAT, WE THEN PROVIDE THAT BACK TO THE PROPERTY OWNERS. WE PROVIDE THE ASSESSMENT RELATED TO THAT, AND THAT INCLUDES THE ESTIMATED PROJECT COST. OBVIOUSLY, WE'LL TALK ABOUT THE PAYMENT OPTIONS HERE IN A LITTLE BIT. AND THEN ONE THING THAT WE'VE DISCUSSED INTERNALLY AND WHAT WE'RE RECOMMENDING IS THAT YOU NOT PROCEED ON, ASSUMING THE PROPERTY OWNERS ARE GOOD WITH THE OPINION OF PROBABLE COST THAT THEY RECEIVE, WE'RE NOT RECOMMENDING THAT WE PROCEED WITH THE IMPROVEMENTS UNTIL WE'VE COLLECTED AT LEAST 30% OF THOSE FUNDS, UNDERSTANDING WE'RE SUPPOSED TO BE MADE WHOLE IN THAT PROCESS, BUT THAT WILL AT LEAST GIVE US THE COMFORT LEVEL THAT WE CAN PROCEED ON WITH THE FULL DESIGN AS WELL AS BIDDING THE PROJECT AND GETTING IT OUT THERE. THIS IS SOMETHING WE WOULD DESIGN IN-HOUSE WITH OUR IN-HOUSE ENGINEERS. BUT WE WOULD PLAN TO BID OUT FOR CONSTRUCTION. IF WE GET TO A POINT WHERE THESE ARE VERY COMMON, IT MAY BE THAT WE HAVE JUST KIND OF A SINGLE DISCIPLINARY CONTRACT JUST FOR THIS PURPOSE, BUT WE'LL KIND OF KNOW MORE ONCE WE GET INTO IT IF YOU DECIDE YOU WANT TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT. AS FAR AS PAYMENT OPTIONS, OBVIOUSLY THE FIRST OPTION WILL BE THAT THEY PAY IT ALL AT ONE TIME, AND I'LL GIVE YOU KIND OF AN IDEA HERE AND A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT WE THINK SOME OF THE NEIGHBORHOODS MIGHT COST TO GIVE YOU A RANGE, AND AGAIN, EVERY ALLEY WILL BE DIFFERENT. SO ONCE SOME PAYMENT UP FRONT PAID WITHIN 30 DAYS ONCE THE ASSESSMENT IS ESTABLISHED, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE DO WITH THE SEWER LATERAL ORDINANCE AND THOSE SITUATIONS, WE ARE PROPOSING TO OFFER A 12-MONTH PAYMENT PLAN. SO NO INTEREST WOULD BE CHARGED UNLESS THEY'RE LATE OR THEY PASS THAT 12 MONTHS. FOLLOWING THAT 12-MONTH PERIOD, IF THEY HAVEN'T PAID, THEN IT WOULD BE ASSESSED THE APPROPRIATE LATE CHARGES AND FINANCE CHARGES. ONE THING I'LL NOTE, THE ORDINANCE IS DESIGNED TO MAKE THE CITY WHOLE ON OUR COSTS, AND SINCE WE'RE SUPPOSED TO GET REIMBURSED 100% ON THAT BY THE TIME THE PROJECT'S ALL SAID AND DONE AND THE ASSESSMENTS ARE PAID, WE WILL [00:10:02] NEED, HOWEVER, A BUDGET AMENDMENT IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD WITH IT TO BEAR THAT UPFRONT CAPITAL COST AND THEN GET REIMBURSED ON THE BACK END. THERE WILL BE OFFSETTING REVENUE TO THAT NEW CAPITAL PROJECT, BUT WE WILL NEED A CAPITAL PROJECT FOR THAT. SO THAT WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT WOULD FOLLOW IF YOU DECIDE TO MOVE FORWARD. IN THE EVENT THAT... THE COSTS COME IN EITHER MORE THAN 5%, IT'S HIGHER THAN THE OPCC OR 5% LOWER, AND WE WOULD DO AN UPDATED ASSESSMENT TO EITHER CREDIT OR CHARGE AN ADDITIONAL ASSESSMENT TO MAKE THE CITY WHOLE ON THAT. SO THAT WOULD BECOME AT THE END OF THE PROJECT, ONCE WE'VE PAID THE CONTRACTOR, WE'VE HAD ALL OF THE COSTS, AND THE PROJECT'S BEEN COMPLETED AND ACCEPTED. SO WHAT IF NEIGHBORHOOD PETITIONS, THEY HIT THE THRESHOLDS AT THE 51% AND THE TWO-THIRDS? AND THEY GET THE COST AND IT'S MAYBE HIGHER THAN THEY WANTED AND THEY EXPECTED, OR MAYBE IT'S NO LONGER SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO. THERE IS A PROCESS TO WITHDRAW THAT PETITION, AND BASICALLY THIS WILL BE TRIGGERED FOR LOWER THRESHOLDS. IT WILL BE ONE-THIRD OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS OR 50% OF THE TOTAL LINEAR FOOTAGE PROPERTY OWNERS. SO THEY CAN OPT OUT OF IT IF IT'S SOMETHING THAT, AFTER THEY GET THE COST, IT'S NOT SOMETHING THEY WANT TO DO ANYMORE. WE RAN A FEW NUMBERS JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA AND I WAS VERY CURIOUS MYSELF. AND AGAIN, IT'S GOING TO RANGE ON THE ALLEY DEPENDING ON THE COMPLEXITY OF THE DRAINAGE, THE UTILITIES. BUT ONE OF OUR HIGHER DENSITY ALLEYS THAT WE LOOKED AT, ROUGHLY YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT $71,000. IF THAT WAS TO BE SPLIT EVENLY, IT WOULD BE ROUGHLY $3,700 A LOT. NOW THE COST ALLOCATION WILL VARY DEPENDING ON THE LINEAR FOOTAGE. SO IF I HAVE MORE LINEAR FOOTAGE, I'LL BEAR A HIGHER COST TO THAT. ONE OF OUR LOWER DENSITY NEIGHBORHOODS WE LOOKED AT THAT WAS ABOUT 12 WATTS, A LITTLE OVER 100,000, 8,400 A WATT. THAT KIND OF GIVES YOU AN IDEA OF WHAT THE ASSESSMENT IS AND WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT FOR PAGAN AND ALLEY. IT DOES NOT, THIS ORDINANCE DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE FIRST PROCESS WE TALKED ABOUT. IF THERE'S A HOA OR JUST SIMPLY A GROUP OF CITIZENS THAT WANT TO CONTINUE ON THE PATH AND THEY DON'T WANT TO GO THROUGH THIS PROCESS, THEY WANT TO HANDLE IT, SO LONG AS IT MEETS OUR ENGINEERING SPECS AND OUR SUBDIVISION REGULATIONS, THEY CAN STILL DO THAT. SO IN ESSENCE, WE'RE ADDING AN OPTION. FOR SOMEONE TO BE ABLE TO PAVE AN ALLEY IF THEY CHOOSE TO DO THAT. AND THIS WAS ACTUALLY TRIGGERED BY SOMEONE. THERE WAS A PARTICULAR NEIGHBORHOOD THAT WAS WANTING TO DO THIS, AND THEY'RE LIKE, GOSH, WE WANT TO DO IT. BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT TO IT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OVERSEEING THE DESIGN OF IT. YOU'VE GOT THE UTILITIES, OVERSEEING THE CONSTRUCTION. THAT'S JUST NOT SOMETHING THE AVERAGE PERSON DOES, AND WE DO THAT. WE DEAL WITH THAT ALL THE TIME. SO WITH THAT, I'D BE HAPPY TO OPEN IT UP TO QUESTIONS, COMMENTS, FEEDBACK. MR. HARRIS. QUESTION. DOES ALL OF THE NEW NEIGHBORHOODS COME WITH PAID ALLEYS? SO THE UDC CHANGED IT TO WHERE IF YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE AN ALLEY, ALL THE NEW SUBDIVISIONS ARE REQUIRED. DEVELOPERS ARE REQUIRED TO PAY THE ALLEY. THAT'S CORRECT. AND WHAT WE'RE SEEING SINCE THAT CHANGE, WE'RE ALSO SEEING A LOT OF NO-ALLEY SUBDIVISIONS. THAT'S BECOMING MORE AND MORE COMMON NOW. OKAY. THANK YOU. MR. VACHIN. THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS PROBABLY ONE OF THE MOST FREQUENT REQUESTS THAT I HAVE FROM CONSTITUENTS IS EVERYBODY ON MY BLOCK WANTS TO PAVE OUR ALLEY, HOW DO WE DO IT? SO I THINK THIS IS A GREAT CHANGE. THERE'S GOING TO BE DEMAND FOR THIS. I ALSO LIKE THE WAY THAT WE FOUND THE BALANCE TO HAVE MOST OF THE COSTS CARRIED BY THE PEOPLE WHO ARE GOING TO BENEFIT FROM THE PROJECT. BUT I DO THINK IN THE END IT'S GOING TO HELP THE CITY TO HAVE GOOD QUALITY, CONSISTENT ALLEYWAYS AND MAKE THINGS LIKE OUR TRASH PICKUP EASIER, FOR EXAMPLE. THAT'S A GOOD POINT, COUNCILMAN. IT WILL REDUCE OVER TIME. WE WON'T HAVE TO GO REGRADE THE ALLEY OR MAINTAIN THE ALLEY NECESSARILY AS MUCH. OVER TIME, WE THINK IT WILL SAVE MAINTENANCE COSTS AS WELL. IT'S A GOOD THING. IT'S A WIN-WIN. OUR ALLEYS ARE ROUGH ON OUR TRASH PICKUP TRUCKS, TOO. YES, SIR. A LOT OF MAINTENANCE BECAUSE OF OUR ALLEYS. THAT'S GREAT. MAYOR FROTH, TIM? THE OTHER QUESTION THAT I HAVE IS HOW WOULD YOU COLLECT THE PAYMENT? DOES THIS COME OUT OF THEIR UTILITIES? IS THERE A SEPARATE... PAYMENT PROCESS, HOW DOES THAT WORK? IT WOULD BE A SEPARATE PAYMENT, IT WOULD BE ASIDE AND SEPARATE FROM UTILITIES, VERY SIMILAR TO THE SEWER LATERAL. WE WOULD BASICALLY DO AN ASSESSMENT, BILL THEM, AND IF THEY DIDN'T PAY THEN THAT'S WHERE, AND I MISSED IT, IT WAS ON MY SLIDE, BUT I MISSED IT. YOU KNOW, THEY WOULD BE ASSESSED A LIEN IF THEY DID NOT PAY IT. YOU KNOW, OFTEN I HEAR FOLKS THAT COMPLAIN AND THEY'LL SAY, WELL HOW COME THAT NEIGHBORHOOD GOT IT AND WE DIDN'T? BUT IT GOES BACK TO WHEN IT WAS DEVELOPED AND THEN OF COURSE THE MODIFICATIONS THAT WE'VE DONE TO THE UDC. WHICH ACTUALLY IS A BENEFIT, BUT EVEN NEW NEIGHBORHOODS DON'T ALL HAVE PAVED ALLEYS, IF THEY HAVE AN ALLEY, LIKE YOU SAID. SO I JUST WANT TO MAKE SURE TO POINT THAT OUT BECAUSE SOMETIMES THERE'S ALWAYS A COMPARISON. SURE. THANK YOU. MR. COLLINS. THANK YOU. I HIT THE WRONG BUTTON. [00:15:02] I'VE ONLY BEEN DOING THIS FOR TWO YEARS, SO BEAR WITH ME A BIT. SO, TO MAYOR PRO TEM'S POINT IN THE QUESTION ABOUT THAT, I THINK I CAN SAY WITH MOST CERTAINTY THAT VERY FEW ALLEYS HAVE BEEN PAID BY THE CITY. PRIVATE DEVELOPERS HAVE DONE IT. THAT IS CORRECT. THE CITY DOES NOT PAY ALLEYS. OKAY. SO ANYONE THAT HAS A PAVED ALLEY MOVED INTO A HOME THAT HAD A PAVED ALLEY. OR IN THIS INSTANCE, IF WE'RE ELECTING TO PAVE AN ALLEY, WE'RE ELECTING TO PAVE FOR THE ALLEY AS A GROUP OF NEIGHBORS TO ALLOW THAT TO HAPPEN. SO A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS FROM THERE. IS THERE A PROVISION TO OPT OUT? BECAUSE IT LOOKS TO ME LIKE FROM THIS, 51% OF YOUR NEIGHBORS CAN ACTUALLY FORCE YOU TO. PARTICIPATE IN THIS FINANCIALLY WHETHER YOU HAVE A REAR ENTRY GARAGE OR DESIRE TO HAVE A PAVED ALLEY OR NOT SO THE PROVISION IS IT'S EITHER AN ALL OR NONE THERE IS A PROVISION ON THE PETITION TO BASICALLY REMOVE OR WITHDRAW THE PETITION AND THAT'S THE ONE THIRD AND FIFTY PERCENT VERSUS THE TWO THIRDS AND FIFTY ONE PERCENT SO BUT THERE'S NOT IF MAJORITY THE NEIGHBORHOOD APPROVES AND THERE'S NOT A ONE THIRD OR FIFTY PERCENT THRESHOLD TO BASICALLY REMOVE THE OR REVOKE THE PETITION, THEN EVERYBODY WOULD BE ASSESSED. OKAY. SOMETHING TO CONSIDER. THE SECOND ITEM THAT I HAVE ABOUT THIS, AND THIS HAPPENS TO BE MY NEIGHBORHOOD, THE ALLEY BEHIND MY HOME TODAY, WE WENT ABOUT A PROCESS SIMILAR TO THIS SOME 25 YEARS AGO AND PAVED OUR ALLEY. OUR ALLEYWAY IS NOW, PARTICULARLY BEHIND MY HOUSE, IS IN VERY BAD CONDITION. WE'VE HAD UTILITY CONTRACTORS COME IN AND CUT THE PAVING, CUT MY PAVING, AND NOT REPLACE IT ADEQUATELY. I THINK WE NEED TO LOOK AT THIS AND POSSIBLY CONSIDER SOME PROVISION THAT WOULD ALLOW US TO ENFORCE A PROPER REPAIR TO THAT CUT. THEY'RE NOT DONE IN MY CASE. THEY'RE NOT DONE IN EXPANSION JOINTS. THEY'RE NOT EXPANDED AROUND. THEY WEREN'T COMPACTED. THEY WERE COLLAPSING NOW. AND, AGAIN, REALLY THIS PAVING IS ESSENTIALLY PRIVATE PROPERTY. I'VE PAID FOR IT, YET SOMEONE ELSE WAS ABLE TO DAMAGE IT. AND SO I THINK WE NEED TO CONSIDER HOW WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO ENFORCE THE PROPER REPAIRS. IT'S GOING TO HAVE TO BE CUT. I UNDERSTAND. THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SOMEONE MAY HAVE TO COME AND CUT, BUT I THINK WE NEED TO, YOU KNOW, HAVE IN PLACE SOMETHING THAT SAYS YOU REPLACE EXPANSION JOINTS TO EXPANSION JOINT AND SIDE TO SIDE AND FULL IF YOU CUT INTO IT TO HELP PREVENT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE THINGS THAT I LIVE WITH TODAY. THAT'S A VERY VALID CONCERN. WE DEAL WITH IT FREQUENTLY, IT SEEMS LIKE, FROM TIME TO TIME. SO A CONTRACTOR, IF THEY'RE GOING TO WORK IN THE ALLEYWAY, THEY'RE REQUIRED TO GET A RIGHT-OF-WAY PERMIT. THEY'RE SUPPOSED TO PUT IT IN BETTER CONDITION, AT LEAST SIMILAR OR BETTER CONDITION WHEN THEY PUT IT BACK AS TO WHAT IT WAS IN. SO THAT'S SOMETHING WE'VE REALLY, MR. TURPIN AND ENGINEERING, THEY'VE DONE A GREAT JOB OF UPPING THE STANDARDS AND KEEPING A CLOSER EYE ON THAT. BUT THAT IS SOMETHING THAT'S ON OUR RADAR BECAUSE IT HAS BEEN AN ISSUE. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE WOULD HAVE TO PRIORITIZE IN THIS PROCESS WHERE YOU'VE GOT A NEW VALLEY THAT GOES IN, UTILITY CUT HAS TO OCCUR BECAUSE MAYBE THEY'RE PUTTING ANOTHER UTILITY IN, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. BUT THAT'S ALSO SOMETHING WE WANT TO TAKE INTO ACCOUNT DURING THE DESIGN PROCESS. WE WANT TO MAKE SURE WE'RE NOT HAVING TO CUT BACK INTO IT, NOT SAYING WE WON'T. WE WANT TO MINIMIZE THAT. SO THAT WILL BE TAKEN INTO CONSIDERATION IN THE DESIGN AS WELL. AND THEN JUST LIKE ANY ALLEY, JUST LIKE ANY PAVED ALLEY, ONCE IT'S PAID FOR BY THE DEVELOPER, IN THIS CASE THE RESIDENTS, THE CITY WOULD THEN TAKE, IT WOULD BE OURS TO MAINTAIN FROM THAT POINT FORWARD. I DO WANT TO STRESS THAT. OH, YEAH. WE MIGHT CALL YOU NEXT WEEK. I FEEL LIKE THIS IS, YOU KNOW, A PERMIT PROCESS OR SOMETHING MIGHT BE, YOU KNOW, APPROPRIATE TO ALSO CONSIDER, MAYBE NOT TODAY, BUT A PROCESS BY WHICH IF YOU'RE GOING TO COME AND CUT UP AN ALLEY, YOU HAVE TO HAVE HAD A PERMIT AND IT HAS TO BE RE-INSPECTED BEFORE YOU POUR IT BACK. THAT'S IN PLACE TODAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. MAYOR PRO TEM. ONE MORE QUESTION. WHEN WAS THE LAST TIME THAT WE ACTUALLY FACILITATED SOMETHING LIKE THIS? DO YOU RECALL? HAS IT BEEN IN THE LAST YEAR, A LONG TIME BEFORE THAT? WE GET INQUIRIES OFTEN AND MS. RATCLIFFE CAN CORRECT ME IF I'M WRONG. WE HAVEN'T DONE ONE IN THE LAST FOUR YEARS THAT I'VE BEEN HERE. IT'S REQUESTED OFTEN, BUT A LOT OF TIMES IT'S... PART OF THE REASON FOR THE PROPOSAL TOO IS IT CAN BE INTIMIDATING TO GOSH I'VE GOT TO DESIGN IT MEET CITY SPECS OVERSEE A CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT THAT THAT'S THAT'S PART OF THE THING. THAT'S PART OF THE BARRIER TO THE PEOPLE DOING IT WELL, THE OTHER THING IS, YOU KNOW SINCE THEY'RE HAVING THE ALLEY DUG UP COULD THESE FOLKS BECAUSE I KNOW I'VE ALSO HAD SOME INQUIRIES ABOUT GOING [00:20:01] HAVING THEIR LINES, YOU KNOW, WE HAVE THEM AERIAL AND BE DUG I'VE HAD SOME PROPERTY OWNERS REQUEST THAT. AT THAT SAME TIME, COULD THAT ALSO HAPPEN FOR THEM? I KNOW THEY HAVE TO PAY FOR THAT AS WELL, BUT WOULD THAT ALSO BE A POSSIBILITY FOR SOME HOUSEHOLDS? WE'D HAVE TO WORK WITH THE INDIVIDUAL UTILITIES. I MEAN, THERE'S A LOT. YOU'VE GOT FIBER UP THERE. IT'S NOT SOMETHING WE'VE THOUGHT ABOUT IN THIS PROCESS. IT WILL BE UP TO THE INDIVIDUAL UTILITIES TO COORDINATE WITH THEM. RIGHT. OKAY, THANK YOU. MR. HARRIS. YES, I KNOW YOU WERE SITTING THERE SAYING THEY'D HAVE TO GET A PETITION FOR 51% OF THEIR NEIGHBORS TO GET IT PAVED. DOES THE COST ALSO GO TO THE OTHER 49%? YES, SIR. WITHOUT THEIR CHOICE? I MEAN, ONCE IT'S APPROVED, THEN THEY'LL BE BILLED FOR THEIR PORTION OF IT. EVERY PROPERTY OWNER BENEFITING WOULD BE ASSESSED. NOW, ONE THING I'LL POINT YOU TO, COUNCILMAN, IS IF YOU LOOK AT THE PETITION WITHDRAWAL, IF I'M SAYING THAT MAYBE THAT ONE-THIRD THAT DOESN'T WANT TO DO IT, THEN THE PETITION WITHDRAWAL, IT'S TRIGGERED WITH LESS OF A THRESHOLD. THAT'S HOW WE PUT THAT IN THERE THAT WAY. BUT IN ORDER, YOU WOULD HAVE TO GET ONE-THIRD OF YOUR NEIGHBORS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS OR 50% OF THE TOTAL LINEAR FOOTAGE. IT'S A LESSER THRESHOLD TO REMOVE IT. SO IF YOU DID HAVE MAYBE NOT A MAJORITY BUT A SIGNIFICANT AMOUNT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD, THERE'S A WAY FOR THEM TO WITHDRAW THAT PETITION. TO GET PERMISSION OR TO APPROVE THE PETITION. IT'S A TWO-THIRDS OF THE ABUTTING PROPERTY OWNERS AND THE TOTAL LINEAR FOOTAGE VERSUS ON THE PETITION WITHDRAWAL. YOU JUST HIT ONE OF THE TWO THRESHOLDS, SO IT'S A LESSER STANDARD PER SE. BUT YOU MAY STILL HAVE THE ONE OR TWO OR THREE THAT DON'T WANT TO DO IT, AND THEY WOULD HAVE THAT ASSESSMENT BECAUSE THEY WOULD BENEFIT FROM IT. ONE THING I'LL POINT OUT, IT HAS TO BE A WHOLE ALLEY IF WE'RE GOING TO DO IT, A WHOLE BLOCK FOR IT TO WORK. OTHERWISE, WE CAN'T JUST DO A PORTION OF AN ALLEY. SO THAT'S PART OF THE REASON IT'S STRUCTURED THAT WAY. OKAY. THANK YOU. SO, I MEAN, IF I UNDERSTAND CORRECTLY, IT'S LIKE A SUPERMAJORITY TO APPROVE IT AND A SUPERMINORITY THAT CAN KILL THE PROJECT, BASICALLY, IF THE COST COMES IN HIGHER THAN THEY WANT. THAT'S A GOOD WAY TO PUT IT, MAYOR. OKAY. ALL RIGHT. ALL RIGHT. ANYBODY CLEAR ON THAT? ANY OTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, ERIC. THANK YOU. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. I'LL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6.1. I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL TAKE UP OUR FINAL ITEM, 6.2, A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING THE CITY COUNCIL'S APPROVAL OF A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN AS [2. Resolution - Civic Center: Consider a resolution authorizing the City Council's approval of a Conceptual Design, as presented by Thompson, Ventulett, Stainback & Associates, Inc. dba TVS, for further development of the future expansion and renovation of the Lubbock Memorial Convention Center.] PRESENTED BY THOMPSON, VENTULET, STAINBACK, AND ASSOCIATES INCORPORATED, DOING BUSINESS AS TVS, FOR FURTHER DEVELOPMENT OF THE FUTURE EXPANSION AND RENOVATION OF THE LUBBOCK MEMORIAL CONVENTION CENTER. AND I WILL CALL ON MR. ATKINSON, WHO WILL PROVIDE A BRIEFING. AND I BELIEVE WE ALSO HAVE SOME FOLKS HERE. PAUL FROM BOOK AND ALSO PROVIDE SOME INFORMATION ON THIS PROJECT AS WE GET INTO IT. BUT MR. CITY MANAGER. THANK YOU, MAYOR, CITY COUNCIL. IF YOU WOULD ALLOW ME TO KIND OF SET THE STAGE FOR THE ACTION THAT IS REQUESTED TODAY. CERTAINLY WE WANT TO GET TO MR. MCKEEVER BECAUSE HE'S GOT ALL THE GREAT PICTURES, BUT LET ME JUST GET STARTED. THIS REALLY IS NOT THE FINAL ANSWER. THIS IS YOUR NEXT STEP AS WE WORK ON THE CONVENTION CENTER DEVELOPMENT PROJECT. YOU WILL RECALL LATE LAST FALL THE COUNCIL AND ACTUALLY THE COUNTY PARTNERED TOGETHER AND HIRED CONVENTION SPORTS AND LEISURE, CSL, TO DO A NEEDS ASSESSMENT OF WHAT YOU CURRENTLY HAVE TODAY. THAT PROJECT PRETTY CLEARLY TOOK WHAT WAS ASKED. FOR IN THE MARKET, WHAT WAS ASKED FOR BY OUR LOCAL USERS, COMPARED THAT TO THE FACILITIES WE HAVE, AND SAID THIS IS THE DIRECTION THAT YOU SHOULD LOOK AT GOING. THE NEXT STEP IN THAT PROCESS IS THE PROCESS THAT'LL GET YOU TO HERE IN JUST A MOMENT, WHERE WE HIRED TVS, THE SHORT VERSION OF ALL THE NAMES THAT THE MAYOR JUST READ OFF. TVS WAS SELECTED THROUGH A COMPETITIVE PROCESS TO COME BACK IN TO TAKE THAT CSL STUDY AS THE BASE. TO TAKE COMMUNITY INPUT, THAT'S BEEN DONE IN MANY DIFFERENT WAYS, AND TO DEVELOP CONCEPTS, SO ALTERNATIVES. THERE WERE TWO PUBLIC MEETINGS THAT WERE CONDUCTED WHERE THOSE WERE PRESENTED. WHAT YOU HAVE TODAY IS A REQUEST TO SELECT ONE OF THOSE CONCEPTS TO SAY THIS IS WHAT WE ARE GOING TO CONTINUE THE PROCESS OF DEVELOPING TO GET US TO [00:25:03] WHERE THIS PROJECT CAN ULTIMATELY BE DECIDED YES OR NO. SO FOLLOWING TODAY, THE WORK THAT YOU WILL SEE, I PRESUME WE END UP WITH THE ONE SELECTED CONCEPT, THAT WILL BE REFINED, THE PHASING THAT WOULD BE NECESSARY TO DO THIS, AND OF COURSE A CONCEPT LEVEL BUDGET. WE'RE NOT GOING TO HAVE THAT TODAY. WE NEED TO GET THIS MARKER PUT IN THE GROUND TO FINISH THAT DEVELOPMENT. COUNCIL, WE ESTIMATE THAT'S FOUR TO SIX WEEKS OUT FROM TODAY. SO ONE OF THE ANSWERS EVERYBODY WANTS TO KNOW AT THE FRONT, WHAT'S IT GOING TO COST? I THINK WE WILL HAVE THAT ESTIMATED NUMBER IN FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. THAT ALLOWS THIS BODY TO CONTINUE YOUR DISCUSSION, YOUR EVALUATION, TO WORK ON THE FINANCING PLAN, HEADING TOWARDS A COUPLE OF THINGS. ONE, STATE LEGISLATURE LAST YEAR GRANTED LUBBOCK AUTHORITY FOR WHAT IS CALLED A PROJECT FINANCE ZONE. THAT IS A FINANCING TOOL THAT ACTUALLY USES STATE INCREMENTAL REVENUES, NOT CITY, STATE REVENUES. SPECIFICALLY FOR A PROJECT LIKE THIS. COUNCIL, YOU WOULD POSSIBLY ALSO LOOK AT A VENUE ELECTION THAT WOULD ADD TO THAT. THAT IS NOT A PROPERTY TAX ELECTION. IT'S HOT TAX IS WHAT YOU WOULD SEE WITH THAT. I SAY THOSE POSSIBILITIES BECAUSE IF ULTIMATELY THERE IS A VENUE ELECTION CALLED, AND IT WAS TO BE IN NOVEMBER, IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE, BUT IF IT WAS, COUNCIL WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THE CALL FOR THE ELECTION FIRST MEETING IN AUGUST. ACTION TODAY TO KIND OF PUT THE PIN ON IT AND SAY HERE IT IS. FOUR TO SIX WEEKS TO REALLY TIGHTEN EVERYTHING UP TO GET TO THOSE BUDGETS AND THEN THE SUMMER FOR YOU TO WORK ON THIS. I DO WANT TO GIVE THANKS TO BROOKE WITCHER, LISA THOMASON, NEIL RAY. THEY'RE SOMEWHERE UP HERE IN THE FRONT ROW. I CAN'T SEE THEM. THEY HAVE HELPED SHEPHERD THAT PROJECT. AND TODAY WE HAVE PAUL MCKEEVER. PAUL IS WITH TVS. I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT HE GOT TO DALLAS. AND HIS PLANES WERE ALL CANCELED, SO HE DROVE OVERNIGHT TO GET HERE. WE APOLOGIZE YOU DIDN'T GET THE PRESENTATION EARLIER. I WAS LOCKED UP WITH HIM TRYING TO GET TO LUBBOCK. BUT, PAUL, THANKS FOR BEING HERE. AND, AGAIN, COUNCIL, AFTER PAUL IS DONE, QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE OF HIM, OF THE STAFF, MYSELF, WE'LL COME BACK AND ASK YOUR CONSIDERATION OF THE RESOLUTION. SO, PAUL, TAKE US AWAY. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, MR. ATKINSON. AND THANK YOU, MR. MAYOR, MAYOR PRO TEM, COUNCIL MEMBERS. I'M PAUL MCKEEVER, SO I'M AN ARCHITECT WITH TVS, AND THIS HAS BEEN A REALLY, REALLY KIND OF A SPRINT OF A 10-WEEK PROCESS THAT HAS LED TO WHAT YOU'LL SEE. THESE ARE KIND OF HOT OFF THE PRESSES IMAGERY THAT WE'RE GOING TO SHOW TODAY. THIS IS AN IMAGE OF THE NEW KIND OF PROPOSED SOUTH ENTRANCE TO THE FACILITY FACING 9TH STREET. FROM AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDPOINT. WE REALLY LIKE TO THINK OF THESE IMAGES REALLY MERELY AS SKETCHES. YOU KNOW, THERE'S A LOT OF DEVELOPMENT YET TO HAPPEN HERE. BUT CONCEPTUALLY AND ARCHITECTURALLY, WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO TIE A CAMPUS TOGETHER WHICH HAS THE CONVENTION CENTER, BUDDY HOLLY HALL, THE LIBRARY, AND THEN FUTURE DEVELOPMENT THAT WILL HAPPEN AROUND IT. SO HAVING AN ARCHITECTURE THAT'S HARMONIOUS WITH THOSE OTHER STRUCTURES BECAME IMPORTANT TO US HERE. AS WAS MENTIONED, WE DID HOLD TWO PUBLIC ENGAGEMENT MEETINGS. THAT WAS ACTUALLY THE SECOND OF THEM WAS TWO WEEKS AGO TODAY, IN WHICH WE SHOWED A MULTITUDE OF SCHEMES, AND WE SHOWED HOW WE HAD NARROWED THOSE SCHEMES DOWN TO REALLY TWO, THIS 8.1 AND 8.2 SCHEME, WHICH IS 8.2 IS WHAT WE'RE GOING TO REALLY FOCUS ON HERE TODAY. AND THEN WE ASKED FOR THE PUBLIC INPUT, AND WE GOT SOME REALLY GOOD FEEDBACK IN THAT MEETING. AND SOME OF THAT YOU WILL SEE HERE. CARRIED THROUGH TO THE DESIGNS THAT WERE, OR THE REFINED DESIGN THAT WE'RE SHOWING TODAY, INCLUDING THE PREFERRED SCHEME FROM THE PUBLIC, WHICH WAS THE 8.2 SCHEME. ONE OF THE OVERARCHING GOALS HERE IS TO REALLY CREATE A ROBUST CONVENTION CAMPUS, AND SO WE'D JUST LIKE TO HAVE AS AN ASPIRATIONAL GOAL, SIMILAR TO WHAT WE HAD SEEN IN NASHVILLE, WHERE OVER THE COURSE OF 10 YEARS, WE... DESIGNED AND SAW THE CONVENTION CENTER BUILT ALONG WITH ALL OF THIS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND NEW HOTELS AND RESIDENCES AND RETAIL SPROUTING UP AROUND THE VENUE SO WE ARE REALLY TRYING TO CREATE A COHESIVE CAMPUS THAT CAN ALLOW THIS TYPE OF DEVELOPMENT TO TO COME FORTH BUT THIS BUILDING [00:30:01] IT'S STILL IT HAS A CIVIC DUTY TO DO RIGHT SO SO WE HAVE TO BE ABLE TO HOST COMMUNITY EVENTS STILL AND AT THE SAME TIME THAT WE'RE HOSTING CONVENTIONS. SO YOU'LL SEE HOW THE ORGANIZATION OF THE PLAN AND THE PHASING OF THE PLAN CAN ALLOW FOR THIS TO HAPPEN AND TO CONTINUE THAT MISSION AS WELL AS HOSTING CONVENTIONS. AS WAS MENTIONED, THIS IS BASED ON A CSL NEEDS ASSESSMENT THAT WAS DONE LAST FALL. AND SO WE REALLY WANT THIS TO BE THE LAST. KIND OF STUDY THAT HAS TO BE DONE BEFORE THE PROJECT HAPPENS AND WE REALLY THINK THAT YOU'VE GOT A SOLID FOUNDATION HERE WITH THE PROGRAM THAT WAS SET FORTH BY CSL AND THEN REFINED WITH MEETINGS WITH STAKEHOLDERS WHICH INCLUDES A 60,000 SQUARE FOOT FLEX HALL ARENA SPACE RETRACTABLE SEATING CONVERTING THE EXISTING EXHIBIT HALL TO A 40,000 SQUARE FOOT BALLROOM ADDING ADDITIONAL SUBDIVISIONS TO THE EXISTING BANQUET HALL, WHICH WOULD PROVIDE MORE MEETING SPACE. REALLY CREATING A COHESIVE CONVENTION CAMPUS THAT CAN ALLOW FOR A NEW HEADQUARTERS HOTEL TO BE BUILT ON ONE OF THE ADJACENT PARCELS. SO OUT OF OUR INITIAL STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS, WHICH WERE BASICALLY THREE DAYS AT THE START OF THE PROJECT, THERE WERE THREE PRIMARY THEMES THAT KIND OF CAME FORTH OUT OF THAT. WE TOOK AS ADDITIONAL PROGRAM ELEMENTS TO BE CONSIDERED. ONE OF THOSE IS TO BE ABLE TO COMBINE THE 40,000 SQUARE FOOT BALLROOM WITH THE 60,000 SQUARE FOOT FLEX HALL, SUCH THAT YOU COULD HAVE 100,000 SQUARE FOOT OF CONTIGUOUS EXHIBIT SPACE. THAT KIND OF UNLOCKS THE POTENTIAL TO HAVE MEETINGS THAT MAY OTHERWISE OVERLOOK THE VENUE DUE TO ITS SIZE. TO BE ABLE TO SAY WE HAVE 100,000 SQUARE FOOT CONTIGUOUS KIND OF PUTS YOU IN A DIFFERENT MARKET THERE. THEN ALSO BEING ABLE TO HOST TWO TO THREE SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS AND THOSE TO BE ABLE TO HAVE DEDICATED ENTRIES. SO THAT'S SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO ALLOW YOU TO HAVE THESE CIVIC EVENTS AT THE SAME TIME AS THE CONVENTIONS AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY TOO MUCH ABOUT THE DIFFERENT GROUPS HAVING TO CROSS PATHS SO MANY TIMES TO GET TO WHERE THEIR EVENT SPACE IS. AND THE LAST ONE HERE WAS... AN INITIAL CONCEPT THAT WE BROUGHT UP IN THE STAKEHOLDER MEETINGS, WHICH WAS TO CLOSE THE EXISTING PLAZA TO BE ABLE TO HOST EVENTS IN THAT SPACE, THAT WAS VERY WELL RECEIVED AND SO WE'VE BEEN CARRYING THAT FORWARD. FROM AN URBAN RESPONSE STANDPOINT, WE LOOKED AT THE DOWNTOWN LUBBOCK MASTER PLAN AND THERE WERE, WE REALLY WANTED TO MAKE STRONG CONNECTIONS BACK TO THE ARTS DISTRICT AND BACK TO DOWNTOWN. AND HELP TO CONNECT WHAT'S DONE ON THIS SITE THROUGH TO BUDDY HOLLY HALL. SO YOU CAN SEE WE'VE GOT TWO KIND OF PRIMARY AXES THAT WE'VE DEVELOPED, AND ONE IS A 9TH STREET PEDESTRIAN AXIS THAT WOULD CONNECT BACK UP TO THE ARTS DISTRICT, AND THE SECOND WOULD BE TAKING AVENUE M, CONNECTING ALL THE WAY DOWN TO DOWNTOWN, TO BROADWAY STREET, TO THE NEW DOWNTOWN. PARK AND MARKETPLACE AND THEN CARRYING AVENUE M ALL THE WAY UP THROUGH THE SITE AND ALL THE WAY UP TO THE DOORSTEPS OF BUDDY HOLLY HALL. AND SO HERE'S THE MASTER PLAN. AND THE INITIAL THING THAT YOU CAN SEE HERE IS THE ADDITIONAL 60,000 SQUARE FOOT FLEX HALL IS LOCATED HERE TO THE NORTH. AND YOU CAN START TO SEE THIS KIND OF GREEN RIBBON THAT WRAPS THE SITE HERE. THIS IS REALLY HELPING US CARRY THIS PROMENADE, THIS NEW AVENUE M EXTENSION THROUGH THE SITE. AND THEN HERE'S THAT SECONDARY ACCESS ON 9TH STREET WHERE WE'RE LOOKING TO PEDESTRIANIZE THIS ROAD AND CONNECT BACK UP TO THE ARCH DISTRICT. SO THESE KIND OF BECOME THE PRIMARY PEDESTRIAN AXES FOR THE PROJECT, ALTHOUGH THERE ARE A MULTITUDE OF PEDESTRIAN-ORIENTED SPACES AROUND THE ENTIRE SITE. NOW, FOR VISITORS ARRIVING BY VEHICLE, THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PARKING LOTS AROUND THE SITE, AND EACH PARKING LOT WOULD HAVE ENTRANCES VERY NEAR TO THEM. AND SO FOR EVENTS, YOU'D BE ABLE TO HOST OR TO TELL YOUR DIFFERENT EVENTS ATTENDEES TO GO TO, SAY, PARKING LOT A, WHICH IS ASSOCIATED WITH ENTRANCE A, AND IT CAN HELP WITH WAYFINDING TO HAVE THESE DIFFERENT ENTRANCES ASSOCIATED NEAR TO THESE PARKING AREAS. [00:35:05] SO WE'VE BEEN WORKING WITH A LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND URBAN PLANNER AS WELL, LIONHEART, BASED IN AUSTIN, TO HELP US REALLY DEVELOP THE CHARACTER AND THE SPACES OF THESE OUTDOOR ENVIRONMENTS. YOU CAN SEE THAT IN THIS AERIAL VIEW HERE OF THE SITE. SO FROM THE SOUTHEAST, KIND OF HOVERING OVER THE LIBRARY HERE, YOU CAN SEE THIS IS THE VISION FOR 9TH STREET, WHICH IS TO HAVE THIS PEDESTRIAN CORRIDOR, WHICH COULD REALLY BE CLOSED TO TRAFFIC SO THAT YOU COULD HOST OUTDOOR FESTIVALS. WE'RE DEPICTING HERE PYLONS WITH BANNERS AND STRINGY LIGHTS. YOU COULD IMAGINE THIS COULD BE REALLY... A WONDERFUL SPACE BOTH DAY AND NIGHT. SO IN DOING THAT WE NEEDED TO THINK REALLY CLOSELY ABOUT THE ARRIVAL BY VEHICLES IF WE WERE TO CLOSE THE STREET. SO M AVENUE WOULD CONTINUE THROUGH THAT WOULD STAY OPEN TO VEHICULAR ACCESS AND WE WOULD BE LOCATING THE ENTRANCE ON THE SOUTH THE VEHICULAR ARRIVAL RIGHT HERE IN THIS KIND OF NODE WHERE THE GREEN BAR TURNS THE CORNER SO YOU COULD ACTUALLY GET OUT OF YOUR CAR UNDERCOVER AND GO RIGHT INTO THE ENTRY AT THE CORNER. SOMETHING THAT THIS ACTUALLY CAME OUT OF THE ONE OF THE PUBLIC MEETINGS WAS THE LIBRARY HAS A DEDICATED PARKING LOT HERE CURRENTLY AND SO AND ALSO AN ENTRY TO THE SOUTH OR DROP-OFF ZONE TO THE SOUTH SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO RELOCATE THAT TO THE RIGHT SIDE OF THE LIBRARY WHICH WOULD COMBINE THE DROP-OFF ZONE AND THE PARKING LOT SUCH THAT THE DROP-OFF ZONE YOU COULD GET OUT UNDERCOVER AND GO RIGHT INTO THE MAIN ENTRY OF THE LIBRARY. THIS ALLOWS YOU TO CLOSE DOWN THE STREET COMPLETELY FOR PEDESTRIANS AND MAINTAIN GOOD ACCESS TO THE LIBRARY. OKAY, SO WE'RE GOING TO LOOK AT A COUPLE MORE OF THE THE ENTRIES HERE. WE TALKED ABOUT THIS ONE HERE IN THE CORNER AND THE MAIN THE NEW FRONT DOOR FACING 9TH STREET WHICH SHOWED IN THE BEGINNING HERE. AND THEN MOVING TO THE NORTH SIDE OF THE SITE, THIS WOULD BE STANDING RIGHT IN FRONT OF BUDDY HOLLY HALL, AND THEN LOOKING ACROSS TO THE EXPANDED FLEX HALL. AND SO YOU CAN SEE THAT THE FLEX HALL HAS THE POTENTIAL TO OPEN UP WITH A LARGE KIND OF HANGAR DOOR SO THAT YOU COULD HOST INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EVENTS THAT SPILL OUT ONTO THIS, WHAT'S LISTED AS A PARKING LOT BUT WOULD BE FITTED OUT TO BE USED ALSO FOR OUTDOOR EXHIBITS. SO IT KIND OF HAS A COMBINED USE FOR PARKING AND OUTDOOR EXHIBIT SPACE. THEN YOU HAVE TWO ENTRIES HERE AT THE NORTH WITH A GENEROUS DROP-OFF ZONE OFF OF MCDAVIS. OKAY, DIVING INTO THE PLANS HERE, YOU CAN SEE, HOPEFULLY EVERYBODY CAN FOLLOW MY CURSOR HERE. SO THE 60,000 SQUARE FOOT FLEX HALLS LOCATED TO THE NORTH OF THE EXISTING EXHIBIT HALL, THAT COULD BE SUBDIVIDED INTO THREE. AND YOU CAN SEE WHERE WE HAVE A MIX OF RETRACTABLE SEATING AND PORTABLE SEATING, WHICH COULD BE USED TO HOST, WE HAVE FIGURED, 4,000 SEATS AS RETRACTABLES AND PORTABLES WITH AN ADDITIONAL 2,000 SEATS ON THE FLAT FLOOR. SO YOU COULD HOST UP TO 6,000 PEOPLE FOR A CONCERT. FOR INSTANCE, THE PRE-FUNCTION IS ON TWO SIDES, SO YOU COULD EASILY SUBDIVIDE THE SPACE AND HOST SIMULTANEOUS EVENTS WITHIN THAT ONE FLEX HALL. AND SO HERE'S KIND OF AN IMAGE OF WHAT THAT MAY LOOK LIKE. AND SO THIS IS UP FROM THE MEZZANINE LEVEL. TYPICALLY, WE WANT TO HAVE A SHOW MANAGER'S OFFICE, BUT WE'VE ACTUALLY PUT FOUR HOSPITALITY SUITES UP ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL, WHICH COULD BE USED ALONG WITH EVENTS. DEPENDING ON THE EVENT, IT COULD BE A SPORTING EVENT, OR IT COULD BE AN EXHIBIT LIKE THIS SHOWING AN AGRICULTURAL CONVENTION OF SORTS. ONE OTHER THING THAT THIS BIG DOOR AT THE END OF THE HALL ALLOWS YOU TO DO IS TO BRING OVERSIZED EXHIBITS INTO THE SPACE. AND TO ALSO HAVE INDOOR AND OUTDOOR EXHIBITS HAPPENING, WHICH WE KNOW I THINK THERE ARE CURRENTLY SOME EVENTS THAT UTILIZE THE PARKING LOT FOR OVERSIZED EQUIPMENT. AND SO THIS IS JUST KIND OF ONE USE SCENARIO, BUT THERE'S, YOU KNOW, IT'S A FLEX HALL, SO IT HAS TO BE VERY FLEXIBLE. THERE'S A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT USES THAT YOU COULD THINK ABOUT. SO YOU COULD HOST A CONCERT, YOU COULD HOST SPORTS TOURNAMENTS, YOU COULD HOST A RODEO. POTENTIALLY EVEN MONSTER TRUCKS. AND BY HAVING A MIX OF RETRACTABLE AND PORTABLE SEATING, THAT GIVES YOU EVEN MORE FLEXIBILITY FOR HOW YOU ARRANGE THAT FOR THE DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS. [00:40:03] OKAY, SO THAT WAS THE FLEX HALL SPACE. NOW MOVING TO THE BALLROOM SPACE IS 40,000 SQUARE FEET, AND SO THIS WOULD BE CONVERTING THE EXISTING EXHIBIT HALL INTO THE BALLROOM. AND YOU CAN SEE THAT IT CAN BE SUBDIVIDED INTO FIVE DIFFERENT SMALLER THANK YOU. ROOMS, YOU HAVE PRE-FUNCTION ON THREE SIDES HERE, WHICH AGAIN ALLOWS YOU TO HOST MULTIPLE EVENTS USING THESE DIFFERENT SPACES, AND EACH OF THOSE EVENTS COULD HAVE THEIR DEDICATED PRE-FUNCTION SPACE. THIS LITTLE CONNECTOR PIECE IS KIND OF KEY TO BEING ABLE TO SELL THE BUILDING AS 100,000 SQUARE FOOT OF CONTIGUOUS SPACE. SO THIS COULD FLEX BACK AND FORTH FROM BEING EITHER PRE-FUNCTION OR FROM... FROM BEING A CONNECTOR SO THAT YOU REALLY FEEL LIKE YOU COULD HAVE EXHIBITS THAT SPILL FROM THE FLEX HALL INTO THE BALLROOM. SO THE BALLROOM SPACE ITSELF COULD LOOK SOMETHING LIKE THIS. AND THIS IS JUST AN INITIAL CONCEPT FOR A BANQUET SETTING WHERE THE UPPER LEVEL, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS SEATING IN THE EXHIBIT HALL, THAT WOULD BE FILLED IN WITH MEETING ROOMS. AND THEN OF COURSE THE FINISHES WOULD BE ELEVATED WITH AXMINSTER CARPET AND A NICE KIND OF CEILING TREATMENT AND WALL TREATMENTS, ACOUSTICAL TREATMENTS. WE'D REALLY LIKE TO BE ABLE TO OPEN THE BALLROOM UP TO THE OUTDOORS TO BE ABLE TO BRING IN SOME OF THAT LIGHT AND CONNECT IT TO THE PRE-FUNCTION SPACES. THAT'S SOMETHING THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING ACROSS THE INDUSTRY AND BALLROOMS THAT WE'VE DONE. RECENTLY. OKAY, SO HERE'S A SECTION THROUGH THAT SPACE. SO THE BALLROOM ON THE RIGHT HERE, AND THIS IS THE SPACE WE'RE GOING TO GO TO NEXT HERE, THE SOLARIUM. THIS IS ACTUALLY THE, CURRENTLY IT'S AN OUTDOOR PLAZA SPACE. SO WE'RE PROPOSING TO ENCLOSE THAT WITH A GLASS, KIND OF A CRYSTAL SKYLIGHT PIECE, AND THEN TO ALSO HAVE ADDITIONAL MEETING SPACE THAT WOULD BE DOWN ON THAT LOWER LEVEL WHICH IS CURRENTLY PREDOMINANTLY OUTDOORS. SO HERE'S A VIEW OF WHAT THAT COULD LOOK LIKE. YOU KNOW WE'RE STANDING AT THE TOP OF THE MONUMENTAL STAIRS ABOVE THE KNIGHT OF THE GIANO ESTACADO STATUE AND YOU CAN SEE THESE MEETING ROOMS DOWN HERE AT THE LOWER LEVEL AND THIS IS SHOWING LIKE A... A LUNCHEON TYPE OF EVENT. SO BY CAPPING OFF THE SPACE WITH A SKYLIGHT, TAKING OUT THE CURTAIN WALL THAT WRAPS THE PERIMETER, YOU'RE REALLY UNLOCKING 13,000 SQUARE FOOT OF SPACE ON THE FLOOR HERE THAT YOU CAN LEASE FOR DIFFERENT TYPES OF EVENTS AND FUNCTIONS. IT COULD BE BANQUETS, IT COULD BE CONCERTS. IT'S ALL SORTS OF THINGS THAT COULD HAPPEN HERE ON THE FLOOR. AND THIS SPACE IS ALSO HELPING TO CONNECT THE REST OF THE BUILDING JUST VISUALLY. WHICH WILL AID IN WAYFINDING FOR GUESTS. AND SO THERE ARE THESE LOWER LEVEL AND AN UPPER LEVEL. YOU'LL BE FOCUSED MOSTLY ON THAT MAIN LEVEL. AND SO THE LOWER LEVEL, WHICH CURRENTLY HAS PARKING AND IS MOSTLY OUTDOORS, WE WOULD BE INFILLING THAT SPACE TO CAPTURE MORE MEETING SPACE. HERE YOU GET ABOUT 14,500 SQUARE FEET OF MEETING ROOMS ON THE LOWER LEVEL, AN ADDITIONAL 7,500. SQUARE FEET ON THE UPPER LEVEL ABOVE THE BALLROOM. AND SO DOING THAT ACTUALLY ALLOWS US TO OPEN UP THE MAIN LOBBY AND WE WOULD BE RELOCATING THE CURRENT MEETING ROOMS, WHICH ARE ON THE SOUTH SIDE. AND YOU END UP WITH A NET GAIN OF MEETING SPACE HERE. ALL RIGHT, SO THIS IS A VIEW KIND OF STEPPING BACK AWAY, LOOKING FROM THE NORTHWEST TOWARDS THE SITE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE EXPANDED FOOTPRINT HERE. AND YOU CAN SEE THE POTENTIAL FOR, YOU KNOW, WE'RE JUST SHOWING KIND OF POTENTIAL NEW DEVELOPMENT THAT COULD HAPPEN OVER THE YEARS. YOU KNOW, ANY ONE OF THESE COULD BE YOUR NEW. A 200 TO 300 KEY HEADQUARTER HOTEL. AND SO LOOKING FROM A PHASING STANDPOINT, INITIALLY, YOU WANT TO BE ABLE TO KEEP THE BUILDING OPEN AND OPERATIONAL, RIGHT? SO A PHASE ONE APPROACH WOULD BE TO BUILD OUT YOUR MULTIPURPOSE HALL ALONG WITH ITS SERVICE AND SUPPORT SPACES. AND THEN ONCE YOU'RE DONE BUILDING THAT PORTION, THEN YOU CAN OPEN THAT AND YOU CAN GO BACK INTO THE EXISTING BUILDING AND COMPLETE THE RENOVATION. [00:45:01] SO THIS IS KIND OF A PHASE ONE LOOK FROM THE TOP DOWN. AND THEN PHASE TWO, WE WOULD IMAGINE THIS WOULD BE BROKEN UP INTO KIND OF MULTIPLE SUB PHASES, RIGHT? LIKE YOU'D WANT TO KEEP YOUR EXISTING BALLROOM OPEN WHILE YOU'RE FITTING OUT YOUR NEW BALLROOM. AND THEN ONCE YOU FINISH THAT, YOU GO BACK IN AND YOU FIT OUT YOUR OLD BALLROOM. SO YOU'RE ABLE TO STILL MAINTAIN YOUR CALENDAR. AND THE SAME THING GOES FOR THE MEETING SPACES. SO THIS WOULD ALL BE KIND OF PHASE TWO WOULD BE COORDINATED IN SUB-PHASES. BUT THAT WHOLE TIME YOU WOULD HAVE THIS FLEX HALL OPEN, WHICH IS KIND OF UNLOCKING THESE NEW TYPES OF EVENTS THAT YOU CAN HOST HERE. SO REALLY THAT'S KIND OF A SUMMARY OF WHERE WE'RE AT HERE WITH THE CONCEPTS. AND I WOULD VERY MUCH LIKE TO OPEN IT UP FOR QUESTIONS, COMMENTS. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, PAUL. MR. HARRIS. HOW LONG IS THIS PROJECT GOING TO TAKE? WHAT IS THE COMPLETION TIME ON IT? SO THE PHASE ONE, IF IT WERE TO START DESIGN IN EARNEST IN JANUARY 1 OF NEXT YEAR, THEN PHASE ONE WOULD BE OPEN IN KIND OF MID-2029, AND THEN YOU WOULD HAVE PHASE TWO WOULD FOLLOW AFTER THAT. WELL, PROBABLY I WOULD SAY THE ENTIRE THING THAT YOU'RE SHOWING US, WHEN COULD IT BE COMPLETED? SO IT WOULD LIKELY BE 2030. NOW, IF IT WAS ALL DONE IN A SINGLE PHASE, YOU COULD GET IT ALL DONE BY 2029. BUT BY PHASING IT, WHICH I THINK IS A SMART THING TO DO TO PHASE IT, IT WOULD BE THAT KIND OF LATE 2030. TO GET THE FULL PHASE TWO BUILD OUT, YEAH. THANK YOU. AND THE PURPOSE OF THE PHASING IS JUST SO WE CAN KEEP AN OPERATIONAL FACILITY ALL THE TIME. THAT'S RIGHT, SO THAT YOU CAN CONTINUE TO HOST THE EVENTS THAT HAVE ALREADY BOOKED. YOU KNOW, MOST OF THE TIME WE HELP OUR CLIENTS DO THAT, BUT THERE HAVE BEEN, I CAN THINK OF ONE OCCASION IN MEMPHIS WHERE THEY ACTUALLY CLOSED THE BUILDING DOWN FOR THE DURATION AND THEN REOPENED. YOU KNOW TWO YEARS LATER AFTER THEY WERE COMPLETE THEY JUST DIDN'T HAVE A CONVENTION CENTER FOR THAT PERIOD OF TIME MR ROSE UM CAN YOU JUST GO OVER LIKE THE SIZE OF THE FLEX HALL FOR THE PUBLIC ON KIND OF HOW WE ARRIVED THERE WHAT YOU KNOW WHAT'S COMPARED TO FLEE TO OTHER UM TO OTHER TOWNS YOU KNOW HOW HOW BIG 4 000 SEATS IS AND 60 000 SQUARE FEET OKAY SO SO THE 60,000 SQUARE FOOT FLEX HALL, THAT SPACE REQUIREMENT CAME OUT OF THE CSL NEEDS ASSESSMENT. AND SO THEY LOOKED AT KIND OF A CROSS SECTION OF THE MARKETS AND LOOKED AT COMPARABLE CITIES AND WHAT THEY HAD AND WHAT THEY FELT THIS VENUE WOULD NEED TO COMPETE IN THAT SAME KIND OF MARKET. AND THAT'S HOW THEY ARRIVED AT THE 60,000 SQUARE FEET. NO. WE'RE REALLY LOOKING TO MAKE IT AS FLEXIBLE AS POSSIBLE. AND SO THE RETRACTABLE SEATS, YOU KNOW, IF YOU REALLY KIND OF COMPARE IT TO THE CURRENT EXHIBIT SPACE, WHICH HAS BOTH FIXED SEATS AND RETRACTABLE SEATS, YOU CAN THINK OF IT AS BEING, YOU KNOW, ABOUT A THIRD LARGER THAN THAT SPACE, IF THAT KIND OF GIVES A SENSE FOR KIND OF THE SCALE. SURE. DOES THAT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION? YEAH, YEAH, THANK YOU. AND I BELIEVE THE CSL WAS INTENDING TO CAPTURE ABOUT 85% OF THE AVAILABLE MARKET, NOT 100%, BUT 85%. SO WE WEREN'T BUILDING TO THE MAXIMUM, TRYING TO ACHIEVE A GOOD LEVEL OF ACCOMMODATION FOR 85% OF THE PEOPLE WHO MIGHT WANT TO COME HERE. THAT'S RIGHT. BUT WHAT'S GREAT IS THAT WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT OUR STRATEGY, WHICH... WE ACTUALLY CONNECT THE TWO. YES. THAT GETS YOU UP TO THAT HUNDRED THOUSAND WHEN YOU'RE ABLE TO HOST AT LEAST EXHIBITS AND A HUNDRED THOUSAND SQUARE FOOT USING THE FLEX HALL IN THE BALLROOM TOGETHER. YEAH. NOW THE FLEXIBLE USES IS A REAL ADVANTAGE OF THIS DESIGN. MAYOR PRO TEM. THANK YOU FOR THIS. IT'S IT'S BEAUTIFUL. AND YOU KNOW THE VISION. SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T HAVE IT BUT YOU GOT TO SHOW THEM SOMETHING CONCRETE SO THAT MAKES ALL THE DIFFERENCE. WHAT I REALLY LIKE IS HOW YOU TOOK INTO CONSIDERATION HOW, YOU KNOW, YOU CREATED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR OUR LIBRARY, WHICH YOU KNOW [00:50:01] HOW IMPORTANT THAT IS TO ME. AND IT HAS ITS OWN INTERESTS. I KNOW WE TALKED A LITTLE BIT ABOUT DOING SOME FACADE AND JUST KIND OF BRINGING IT SO THAT WE'RE GETTING NOT ONLY THE PUBLIC THAT WE LOVE SERVING, BUT ALSO POSSIBLY SOME OF THE VISITORS TO ALSO USE IT. SO I LOVE THE PARKING FOR THAT. I KNOW THERE WAS SOME CONCERN ABOUT PARKING AND IT SEEMS LIKE YOU REALLY ADDRESSED IT. AND I KNOW YOU DIDN'T TALK ABOUT IT, BUT THE KITCHEN, I THINK, IS SOMETHING REALLY IMPORTANT THAT A LOT OF TIMES IF YOU'VE HAD AN EVENT THERE, YOU KNOW HOW SIGNIFICANT THE CATERING IS. WILL YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT? YES. SO, RIGHT, SO PARTICULARLY FOR LARGE BALLROOM BANQUETS, IT'S IMPORTANT TO HAVE AN APPROPRIATELY SIZED BANQUET KITCHEN. IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO THE BALLROOM, WHICH IS WHAT WE HAVE HERE IN THIS, WHERE IT SAYS K HERE. SO THAT WOULD BE YOUR NEW BANQUET KITCHEN. AND THE BANQUET KITCHEN WOULD ALLOW YOU TO PREP YOUR MEALS AND PLATE YOUR MEALS AND BRING THEM DIRECTLY INTO THE BALLROOM SPACE. BUT IT COULD ALSO BE USED TO PREP FOR FOOD CONCESSIONS IN THE FLEX HALL SPACE AND IN OTHER AREAS OF THE BUILDING. WE ALSO DIDN'T REALLY TALK ABOUT THIS FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLET THAT WE'RE SHOWING IN THE LOBBY HERE. THAT WAS SOMETHING THAT WAS INCLUDED IN THE CSL NEEDS ASSESSMENT, AND IT IS REALLY SOMETHING THAT WE'RE SEEING IN THE MARKETPLACE FOR CONVENTION CENTERS A LOT, IS TO HAVE THESE FOOD OUTLETS WITHIN THE CONCOURSE. AND SO WE THINK THAT'S A REALLY GOOD OPPORTUNITY THERE, AND YOU CAN IMAGINE CONVENTION GOERS PICKING UP THEIR LUNCH AND GOING OUT TO EAT KIND OF OUT IN THIS LANDSCAPED AREA. SO YES, SO AGAIN THE KITCHEN IS OH SO IMPORTANT AND YOU KNOW RIGHT NOW WHAT WE'RE SHOWING IT'S ABOUT A THIRD OF THE SIZE OF THE BALLROOM AND SO YOU KNOW THAT THAT MAY CHANGE OVER TIME AS THE THE PLANS DEVELOP HERE BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO TO MAKE SURE THAT WE HAVE AN APPROPRIATE SIZED KITCHEN FOR THE BALLROOM ONE OTHER THING THAT YOU DIDN'T MENTION, BUT ON AVENUE O, YOU KNOW, OUR MAIN ENTRANCE, THE ONE THAT LEADS TO, WHAT IS IT CALLED, MARK, AS YOU'RE EXITING? THE ESPLANADE. OKAY, THE ESPLANADE. BUT I LIKE THE WAY THAT YOU ADDED THE LIGHTING AND THAT RIGHT THERE. RIGHT HERE, YES. I THINK WE ENCOURAGED. TO REALLY UTILIZE THAT ALSO BECAUSE IT WAS A ANOTHER SPOT IN ITSELF THAT ISN'T UNDERUTILIZED NOW YES AND SO YEAH I WOULD HAVE TO KIND OF ZOOM WELL YOU CAN KIND OF SEE IT HERE BUT BUT WE WERE LOOKING AT UM EXPANDING THAT THE WIDTH OF THE EXPLANAT THERE AND AND BEING ABLE TO TO USE THAT FOR OUTDOOR EVENTS ON ON THE EAST SIDE OF THE THE BUILDING YEP VERY NICE. THANK YOU. I HAD A QUESTION. WHAT WOULD BE THE NET GAIN IN AVAILABLE MEETING ROOM SPACE FROM THIS DESIGN? RIGHT. SO IF YOU WOULD WANT TO FACTOR IN THAT THE JUNIOR BALLROOM IS ABLE TO BE FURTHER SUBDIVIDED. AND COUNT THOSE AS ADDITIONAL MEETING SPACE IN ADDITION TO THE MEETING ROOMS AT THE LOWER LEVEL AND THE UPPER LEVEL. IF YOU FACTOR IN THE JUNIOR BALLROOM, YOU'RE LOOKING AT ABOUT 22,000 SQUARE FEET OF ADDITIONAL MEETING SPACE. WHAT'S OUR CURRENT MEETING SPACE AVAILABILITY? LET'S SAY IT'S 12,000. ABOUT 10,000 SQUARE FEET MORE AVAILABLE MEETING SPACE, IS THAT RIGHT? YEAH. WELL, THAT'S OKAY. YEAH, SO YOU'VE GOT ABOUT 14. $13,500 ON THE LOWER LEVEL AND $7,000 ON THE UPPER LEVEL, AND THEN FACTORING IN THE JUNIOR BALLROOM IS $14,000. BUT YOU HAVE TO SUBTRACT AWAY THE $12,000 THAT WERE TAKEN AWAY OUT OF THE PROJECT. OKAY. MR. COLLINS. THANK YOU, MAYOR. PAUL, I THINK THIS IS GREAT WORK. I'M REALLY EXCITED ABOUT SOME OF THE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN DONE. WE BROUGHT TO THE TABLE TO TALK ABOUT THE ABILITY WITH THIS PLAN TO POSSIBLY EXPAND, IF NEED BE, [00:55:01] IN THE FUTURE AND NOT BEING BLOCKED BY OURSELVES, WHICH OCCURS OFTENTIMES. ON SLIDE 28, YOU SHOWED THE FLEX HALL AND THE AREAS THAT WOULD NEED TO BE BUILT, OR WHAT WE'RE LOOKING AT IS PHASE ONE. APPROXIMATELY HOW MANY SQUARE FEET IS THAT? OF BUILT AREA FOR PHASE ONE. YES, SIR. SO WHAT WE'RE SHOWING HERE IS A LITTLE BIT MORE THAN WHAT WE THINK IS NECESSARY FOR PHASE ONE. SO WE WERE LOOKING AT ABOUT 120,000 TO 123,000 SQUARE FEET FOR THE PHASE ONE BUILD-OUT, WHICH INCLUDES THE 60,000 SQUARE FOOT OF NET SPACE PLUS THE... PUBLIC CIRCULATION SPACES AND YOUR SERVICE AND SUPPORT SPACES THAT GO WITH THAT FLEX HALL. SO WE'RE THINKING ABOUT 120,000 FEET. THE AREA TO THE WEST OF THE NEW FLEX HALL, AND I THINK I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE SHOWING THERE IS A DECKED PARKING OVER THE EXISTING LOWERED BOWL THAT WE HAVE FOR PARKING TODAY. DOES THIS PHASE ONE ACCOMMODATE OR REQUIRE THAT, OR ARE WE GOING TO BE ABLE TO ACCOMMODATE? POSTPONING THAT PARKING IS, YOU KNOW, PHASE 1A OR 1B OR WHATEVER, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE, I THINK THAT'S GOING TO BE AN EXPENSIVE UNDERTAKING. IT IS AN EXPENSE, AND AGAIN, WE HAVE BEEN, WE'RE REALLY, WE HAVEN'T FINALIZED ANY NUMBERS YET WITH OUR COST CONSULTANT, BUT THAT'S ONE OF THE AREAS WE'VE BEEN LOOKING AT IS POTENTIALLY BUILDING OUT JUST THE PORTION THAT'S NEEDED FOR THAT ENTRY INTO THE FLEX HALL ON THAT LEVEL. AND DEFERRING THE ELEVATED PARKING UNTIL A FUTURE PHASE. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE DISPLACING PARKING WITH THIS NEW BUILDING. SO THERE IS GOING TO BE SOME PRESSURE ON PARKING IN GENERAL. WELL, I THINK MY SENSE HAS ALWAYS BEEN THAT IF WE HAVE PARKING PROBLEMS, WE HAVE GOOD PROBLEMS. SO WE CAN DEAL WITH GOOD PROBLEMS IF WE STRUGGLE TO PARK. AND WE HAVE DISCUSSED USING SOME OF THE PARCELS ON ADJACENT LOTS AS OVERFLOW PARKING FOR THOSE LARGER EVENTS WHERE YOU NEED THAT. WELL, AGAIN, THANK YOU. I THINK THIS IS VERY GOOD WORK. THANK YOU. AND MAYBE SOME PEOPLE MISSED IT IN THE PRESENTATION, THE LARGE GREEN AREA TO THE NORTH OF THE LIBRARY. NOW IT'S GOING TO BECOME PARKING, AND THAT SOMEWHAT OFFSETS THE PARKING WE LOSE WITH THE 60,000 SQUARE FOOT. EVERY BIT HELPS, YES. OKAY, MAYOR PRO TEM. JUST ONE MORE THING, AND I APOLOGIZE, BUT IT'S EXCITING TO SEE SOMETHING HAPPENING IN DOWNTOWN. SO YOU MENTIONED WHEN YOU WERE TALKING, BECAUSE I DON'T THINK IF YOU DIDN'T GO TO A MEETING OR YOU HAVEN'T BEEN A PART OF THIS, YOU TALKED ABOUT THE LOWER LEVEL AND THE UPPER LEVEL PHASE. WHAT PHASE WOULD THAT BE IN FOR THE MEETING ROOMS? WOULD THAT BE IN PHASE TWO, OR WOULD THAT COME IN PHASE ONE? YES, SO THE LOWER LEVEL AND THE UPPER LEVEL MEETING ROOMS WOULD BE, WELL, OKAY, SO YOU WOULD BUILD OUT JUST THIS PORTION OF MEETING ROOMS THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THE FLEX HALL IN PHASE ONE, BUT THE REST OF THE MEETING ROOMS WOULD BE PART OF THE PHASE TWO BUILD OUT, AND EVEN THOSE WOULD BE PHASED BECAUSE YOU WOULD WANT TO BUILD OUT THESE LOWER LEVEL MEETING ROOMS. AND THESE UPPER LEVEL MEETING ROOMS BEFORE YOU TAKE AWAY THE CURRENT 12,000 SQUARE FOOT OF MEETING SPACE THAT YOU'VE GOT. SO THERE'S KIND OF LIKE A 2A AND A 2B THAT WOULD HAPPEN THERE. AND CAN YOU GO TO THE SOLARIUM PHOTO? YES. SO EXPLAIN TO ANYBODY THAT'S WATCHING WHERE THE, WHEN THIS PHASE COMES IN, WHERE THOSE MEETING ROOMS WOULD BE AND WHERE IT CURRENTLY IS. OR WHAT IT CURRENTLY IS. OKAY, SO. ON THE SLIDE BEFORE WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT THE FOOD OUTLETS, SO THAT'S THE CURRENT MEETING ROOMS ARE ACTUALLY SITTING RIGHT HERE. WE'RE KIND OF HIGHLIGHTING WITH THE CURSOR AND THAT'S WHERE THIS NEW... FOOD AND BEVERAGE OUTLET WOULD BE WHICH KIND OF OPENS OUT ONTO THE FRONT, THAT NEW 9TH STREET PLAZA. AND THE MEETING SPACES WOULD BE LOCATED DOWN AT THIS LOWER LEVEL. SO IT'S AT THE FLOOR OF THE SOLARIUM SPACE HERE. SO YOU CAN SEE THESE ARE MEETING ROOMS HERE, AND WE'RE SHOWING THEM AS HAVING A SKYFALL-TYPE DOOR SO YOU COULD POTENTIALLY OPEN THOSE MEETING ROOMS UP OUT ONTO THE FLOOR OR PRE-FUNCTION FLOOR. AND THEN THE OTHER MEETING... ROOMS THE UPPER LEVEL MEETING ROOMS WOULD BE ON THIS UPPER [01:00:02] LEVEL HERE SO THE PERIMETER OF THE BALLROOM IS RIGHT KIND OF BEHIND THERE THOSE WOULD BE INFILLING WHERE THERE'S CURRENTLY SEATING FOR THE EXHIBIT HALL THAT THAT WOULD NOW BE MEETING SPACE YEP AND THE PARKING GARAGE THAT WE CURRENTLY HAVE AT THE LOWER LEVEL THIS WOULD INCORPORATE SOME OF THAT INTO THE NEW MEETING ROOMS THAT'S RIGHT. SO IN ADDITION TO THESE MEETING ROOMS YOU SEE HERE, THE 4K AND THE 2.5K, HERE THAT YOU SEE IN THAT VIEW THAT WE WERE JUST ON OF THE SOLARIUM, YOU WOULD HAVE ADDITIONAL 08,000 SQUARE FOOT OF MEETING SPACE THAT WOULD ALSO OPEN UP OUT ONTO THE SOLARIUM. AND THAT WOULD BE IN FILLING THAT CURRENT UNDERGROUND PARKING AREA. AND THERE IS STILL SOME INVESTIGATION THAT WE HAVE TO DO ON THE ON THE GRADES THERE. THAT WE WERE LOOKING AT ON OUR LAST VISIT, BUT IT'S DEFINITELY POSSIBLE. BUT SOMETHING TO NOTE IS THAT THESE MEETING ROOMS MAY HAVE LOWER HEIGHT CEILINGS THAN SOME OF THE OTHER MEETING ROOMS. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS FOR MR. MCIVER? ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. OKAY. THANK YOU. CITY MANAGER, YOU WANT TO WRAP US UP HERE? I THINK FOR THE PUBLIC WHO'S SITTING HERE WATCHING IT, THIS IS KIND OF THE END OF A YEAR-AND-A-HALF, TWO-YEAR PROJECT WE'VE BEEN WORKING FORWARD TOWARDS IN STAGES. FIRST OF ALL, GETTING A NEEDS ASSESSMENT, THEN WORKING WITH OUR LEGISLATURE TO GET THE VEHICLE THROUGH THE PUBLIC FINANCE ZONE THAT WE WOULD NEED TO HELP US FINANCE THIS, THEN TO MOVING FORWARD WITH... OFF OF OUR NEEDS ASSESSMENT TO A CONCEPTUAL DESIGN, WHICH IS WHERE WE ARE TODAY. AND THEN THE NEXT STAGE WILL, ONCE WE APPROVE, IF WE APPROVE THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN TODAY, THE BUDGET WILL COME BACK TO US IN A MONTH TO A MONTH AND A HALF BASED ON THE CONCEPTUAL DESIGN. AND THEN WE WOULD BE, SAY IN AUGUST, BE PREPARING TO PUT THIS ISSUE BEFORE THE VOTERS FOR THE ADDITIONAL 2% HOT TAX THAT WE WOULD... I WANT THE VOTERS, WE WOULD NEED THE VOTERS' APPROVAL TO COLLECT FROM OUR HOTEL STAYS, AND THEN IF ALL GOES APPROPRIATELY ALONG THOSE LINES, WE COULD BEGIN THE ENGINEERING WORK AND ARCHITECTURAL WORK AT THE FIRST OF NEXT YEAR. IS THAT CORRECT? VERY WELL SAID, MAYOR, AND A GOOD SUMMARY. MIGHT HELP, I'LL DIRECT EVERYONE'S ATTENTION TO THE ACTUAL RESOLUTION THAT'S ASSOCIATED WITH THIS ITEM AND JUST KIND OF READ OUT A COUPLE OF THE... THE DEALS IN SECTION 2. AFTER REVIEWING INPUT FROM CITIZENS, STAKEHOLDERS, AND STAFF, DESIGN CONCEPT A2 IS APPROVED FOR THE LIMITED PURPOSE OF FURTHERING FUTURE DISCUSSION AND EXPLORATION OF THE POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT, EXPANSION, AND RENOVATION OF THE LUBBOCK MEMORIAL CIVIC CENTER. SECTION 3, APPROVAL OF DESIGN CONCEPT A2, IS NOT A COMMITMENT OF FUNDS, NOR IS IT A BINDING COMMITMENT. IT IS THE NEXT STEP. SO THE COUNCIL WOULD CONSIDER AND IDEALLY PASS THIS TODAY. THE REPORT THAT YOU MENTIONED THAT WILL HAVE THAT CONCEPT LEVEL COST IN IT, FOUR TO SIX WEEKS. WE START WORKING ON THE FINANCE SIDE OF THAT INTERNALLY. YOU WORK ON IT AS A COUNCIL THROUGH JUNE, JULY, AND EARLY AUGUST. AND THEN EVERYTHING ELSE YOU SAID IS RIGHT ON THE CALENDAR. ALL RIGHT. AND I THINK THE OTHER THING THAT'S IMPORTANT TO NOTE TO THE PUBLIC THAT MIGHT BE PAYING ATTENTION TO THIS. ALL THIS IS BEING DONE AND FINANCED THROUGH FINANCING MECHANISMS THAT DO NOT INVOLVE A TAX IMPOSED ON OUR PROPERTY TAX OF OUR CURRENT HOMEOWNERS AND BUSINESSES HERE IN LUBBOCK. IT WILL ALL COME FROM, AND I THINK YOU SAID IT, THROUGH AN INCREMENTAL SALES TAX THAT NORMALLY WOULD GO TO THE STATE THAT WE ARE ALLOWED TO KEEP HERE IN LUBBOCK TO HELP FUND THIS PROJECT. MONEY WE WOULD SEND OFF TO AUSTIN, WE GET TO KEEP HERE. THAT'S THE PFZ PART OF IT, THE PUBLIC FINANCE ZONE PART OF IT, THAT HELPS US FINANCE IT WITH MONEY FROM VISITORS WHO COME HERE TO LUBBOCK STATE, VISIT THIS EVENT CENTER OR THE VENUE AND SPEND THEIR MONEY HERE AND STAY IN OUR HOTELS. WE COLLECT SOME OF THAT MONEY, OR THE STATE ACTUALLY COLLECTS THE MONEY AND THEN REIMBURSES IT TO US INSTEAD OF LEAVING IT THERE IN AUSTIN. THE OTHER HALF OF IT, THE 2% OR THE OTHER PART OF IT, THE 2% THAT WOULD COME FROM THE EXTRA 2% HOTEL TAX THE CITIZENS WOULD VOTE ON, AGAIN, IS ON HOTEL STAYS HERE IN LUBBOCK. AND SO, AGAIN, THAT IS [01:05:03] NOT IT DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY SORT OF A TAX OR BURDEN ON HOMEOWNERS, TAXPAYERS HERE IN LUBBOCK, UNLESS YOU GOT THEM TO STAY IN ONE OF OUR HOTELS OVERNIGHT, WHICH IS NOT VERY COMMON. AND THEN OF COURSE THERE WILL BE PRIVATE DEVELOPMENT MONEY AS WELL THAT WILL GO INTO THIS. SO IN NO WAY ARE WE PREDICATING THIS PROJECT AT ALL ON THE TAXPAYERS BEARING THE BURDEN OF THIS, THE LEVEL OF TAXPAYERS BEARING THE BURDEN OF THAT. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT. GOOD SUMMARY. I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS YOU MAY HAVE. ALL RIGHT. ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT. I'LL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE ITEM 6.2. I HAVE A MOTION TO HAVE A SECOND. I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE. THAT PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT. WE'VE EXHAUSTED ALL ITEMS ON OUR AGENDA, SO THIS MEETING IS ADJOURNED. * This transcript was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.