Sep 22, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting

ANY OPPOSED, SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, WE'RE NOW GOING

[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.]

TO TAKE UP OUR CONSENT AGENDA, UH, AND ITEMS TO BE CONS- CONSIDERED TO BE ROUTINE ARE ENACTED IN ONE MOTION WITHOUT SEPARATE DISCUSSION.

HOWEVER, IF THERE'S A DESIRE ON THE CITY COUNCIL'S PART TO DISCUSS ANY PARTICULAR ITEM, IT'S REMOVED FROM THE CONSENT AGES- AGENDA AND CONSIDERED SEPARATELY. SO, UH, IN TAKING UP THE CONSENT AGENDA, THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST, UH, TO PULL AGENDA ITEMS 5.13, 1, 04, 1, 5, AND 2, 2. UH, AND I WILL ENTERTAIN A MOTION TO APPROVE THE CONSENT AGENDA, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF AGENDA ITEMS 5.13, 5.14, 5.15, AND 5.22. IS THERE SUCH A MOTION? SO MOVED.

I HAVE A MOTION. I HAVE A SECOND. ANY DISCUSSION? UH, IF NOT, I SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE.

THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

SO WE'LL NOW TAKE UP ITEM 5.3 TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION

[13. Resolution - Engineering: Consider a resolution receiving the Semi-Annual Report from the Capital Improvements Advisory Committee, regarding the progress and implementation of the Impact Fee Program.]

RECEIVING A SEMI-ANNUAL REPORT FROM THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENT ADVISORY COMMITTEE REGARDING THE PROGRESS AND IMPLEMENTATION OF THE IMPACT FEE PROGRAM. I'M GOING TO CALL ON BAILEY RATCLIFFE, OUR S- ASSISTANT ENGINEER, TO PROVIDE A STAFF BRIEFING ON THIS.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. THANK YOU FOR THE OPPORTUNITY TO BRIEF YOU ON THIS ITEM. I'M GOING TO START WITH JUST A BRIEF, UH, BACKGROUND ON THE CAPITAL IMPROVEMENTS ADVISORY COMMITTEE, OR CIAC. UH, THE CIAC WAS CREATED ON JUNE 11TH, 2019 BY RESOLUTION OF CITY COUNCIL, AND IT WAS ORIGINALLY CREATED WITH 7 MEMBERS THAT AT LEAST 40% REPRESENTED REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT BUILDING INDUSTRIES IN ACCORDANCE WITH TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE.

AND UH, THAT CIAC ADVISORY COMMITTEE RESEARCHED IMPACT FEES, EVENTUALLY BROUGHT AN ORDINANCE TO COUNCIL FOR CONSIDERATION, AND NOW THE CIAC OVERSEES THE IMPACT FEE PROGRAM, UH, AND PROVIDES OVERSIGHT ON CITY STAFF. UH, THE CIAC WAS EXPANDED TO 8 MEMBERS IN 2025 TO REFLECT AN UPDATE IN STATE LAW. AND THE CIAC IS ALSO REQUIRED TO PROVIDE PERIODICAL UPDATES TO CITY COUNCIL. SO OUR CURRENT CIAC MEMBERS RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE CHRIS BERRY, OUR CHAIR, AND HE'S UNAVAILABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BUT OUR VICE CHAIR, KEITH PATRICK, IS HERE TODAY. OH, HE'S RIGHT BEHIND ME. AND THEN WE HAVE VICTOR FLORES MOGUEL, CLARK LAMERT, NORMA JOHNSON, CLAY INGER, MONICA DELGADO, AND MATT VANCE. AND I ALSO JUST WANT TO TAKE A MOMENT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THOSE CITIZENS FOR DEDICATING THEIR TIME AND EXPERTISE TO THIS BOARD. SO THIS IS JUST A SUMMARY OF OUR IMPACT FEE BALANCES. WE HAVE ALL THE REVENUE RECEIVED, FEES DISTRIBUTED, AND REMAINING FUNDS FOR EACH SERVICE AREA. AND ALSO IN THE, UM, IN THIS REPORT, THERE ARE THREE OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FOR CITY COUNCIL. UH, THE FIRST OBSERVATION IS THAT THE ROADWAY IMPACT FEE PROGRAM IS BEING COLLECTED AND MAINTAINED AND DISTRIBUTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH STATE LAW AND CITY ORDINANCE.

UH, THE CIAC ALSO RECOMMEND- RECOMMENDS FOR CITY COUNCIL TO USE IMPACT FEES AS YOU SEE FIT TO SUPPORT ANY BOND PROJECTS AS NEEDED, AND ALSO THE CIAC REQUESTS TO BE NOTIFIED OF ANY COLLECTIONS AND EXPENDITURES

[00:20:02]

AT EACH SCHEDULED MEETING, SO I DO THAT WITH THE CIAC EVERY TIME THEY MEET. AND AT THIS TIME, I'LL TAKE ANY QUESTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, MY, MY ONE QUESTION IS THOSE, THOSE FUNDS, AND THIS WAS JUST TO CLEAR UP AN ITEM, EVEN THOUGH WE VOTED TO SET THE IMPACT FEE AT ZERO, THERE ARE STILL FUNDS IN THOSE, UH, D- UH, THAT ARE ATTRIBUTABLE TO DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF OUR CITY, AND THOSE FUNDS WOULD BE USED IN THOSE PARTICULAR SECTIONS OF THE CITY, IS THAT CORRECT? THAT IS CORRECT, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, IT'S NOT LUMPED TOGETHER AND AND TO BE USED HOWEVER WE WANT.

THEY CAN AGAIN BE USED FOR BOND PROGRAMS THAT EXIST IN THOSE PARTS OF THE CITY WHERE THEY WERE COLLECTED.

YES, SIR, AS LONG AS THOSE PROJECTS WERE IDENTIFIED IN THE ORIGINAL IMPACT FEE STUDY, AND THEY ALL WERE.

ALL RIGHT, APPRECIATE IT. IF IT'S OKAY WITH EVERYONE, I'LL WAIT TILL THE END TO TAKE ONE VOTE ON ALL THESE ITEMS SO WE DON'T TAKE ON THEM INDIVIDUALLY. SO WE'LL

YEAH.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

AWESOME.

[14. Resolution - Public Health Services: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Agreement, and all related documents, by and between the City of Lubbock, on behalf of its Health Department, and the National Foundation for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Inc., to assist the City of Lubbock with the launch of a regional Community Health Worker Hub.]

TAKE UP, UH, ITEM, UH, 5.14.

THIS IS A RESOLUTION AUTHORIZING ME TO EXECUTE A MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT WITH THE NATIONAL FOUNDATION FOR THE CENTERS FOR DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION, INCORPORATED, TO ASSIST THE CITY OF LUBBOCK WITH THE LAUNCH OF A REGIONAL COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER HUB, AND I WILL CALL ON DR.

CATHERINE WELLS, DIRECTOR OF OUR PUBLIC HEALTH, TO PROVIDE A STAFF BRIEFING ON THAT.

WHICH ONE IS IT? OH, I DON'T HAVE SLIDES.

OH, YOU DON'T.

AND CONGRATULATIONS TO DR.

WELLS ON YOUR RECENT, UH, AWARD.

TELL US WHAT THAT AWARD WAS AGAIN, PLEASE.

I WAS RECOGNIZED BY THE TEXAS IMMUNIZATION PARTNERSHIP, WHICH IS A COLLABORATION OF MEDICAL AND PUBLIC HEALTH GROUPS, UH, FOR OUR RESPONSE TO THE MEASLES OUTBREAK AND OUR ADVOCACY AROUND, UM, MAKING SURE THAT OUR, UM, RESIDENTS HAVE ACCESS TO VACCINES.

WHICH WAS OUTSTANDING. THANK YOU.

YES, THANK YOU. IT WAS QUITE AN HONOR. YEAH. OH. WELL, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL.

UM, TODAY WE HAVE A MEMORANDUM OF UNDERS- OF AGREEMENT WITH THE CDC FOUNDATION ON THE AGENDA. UM, THE CDC FOUNDATION IS AN INDEPENDENT NONPROFIT THAT WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY CONGRESS, UM, TO ESTABLISH- ESTABLISH FIL- PHILANTHROPIC AND PRIVATE SECTOR PARTNERSHIPS TO IMPROVE THE PUBLIC'S HEALTH AND SAFETY.

SO THIS IS DIFFERENT THAN CDC.

IT'S ACTUALLY A FOUNDATION.

UM, THE FOUNDATION INVESTS IN INTERNATIONAL, FEDERAL, STATE, AND MORE RECENTLY STARTING TO INVEST IN LOCAL PUBLIC HEALTH SYSTEMS. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT THE CDC FOUNDATION HAS BEEN INTERESTED IN WEST TEXAS, AND I REALLY HOPE THAT THIS CAN BE A START OF A LONG-TERM COLLABORATION, UM, WITH THIS ORGANIZATION.

THEY HAVE ACCESS TO A LOT OF FUNDING AND EXPERTS THAT WE CAN BRING TO THIS AREA. UM, THIS AGREEMENT FUNDS ONE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER, UM, FOR 2 YEARS IN THE AMOUNT OF, UH, 122,586 DOLLARS, AND I'M HAPPY TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, YES, COUNCILWOMAN GARCIA.

AGAIN, CONGRATULATIONS, VERY WELL DESERVED. BUT JUST FOR THE PUBLIC'S INTEREST, CAN YOU EXPLAIN WHAT A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER IS? UM, SURE. SO A COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKER IS ACTUALLY, UM, OUR ON THE GROUND, UM, PUBLIC HEALTH WORKFORCE. UM, THEY'RE USUALLY... THE GOAL WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IS TO FIND INDIVIDUALS IN A COMMUNITY THAT KNOW A COMMUNITY, UM, WHO REALLY WANT TO HELP SUPPORT IMPROVING, UM, THE HEALTH OF THEIR COMMUNITY. AND WHAT WE DO AT THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT IS WE'LL BRING THEM IN. THEY'RE NOT REQUIRED TO HAVE A COLLEGE DEGREE. UM, WE BRING THEM IN, WE PROVIDE THEM TRAINING, TALK TO THEM ABOUT BOTH THE HEALTHCARE AND, UM, UH, SOCIAL SERVICE SYSTEM IN OUR COMMUNITY, UM, AND HAVE THEM WORKING WITH, UM, KIND OF PEOPLE THEY'RE FAMILIAR WITH, UM, TO HELP DO LINKAGE AND NAVIGATION. UM, SO REALLY- IS IT JUST GOING TO BE ONE PERSON, OR WILL THERE BE MORE THAN ONE? THIS, UM, INITIAL GRANT IS ONE PERSON.

UM, WHAT WE'RE EXPECTING TO HAVE HAPPEN IS WITH THE RURAL TRANSFORMATION MONEY THAT THE TEXAS LEGISLATURE RELEASED, AND THE OTHER RURAL MONEY THAT CAME FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT, WE'RE GOING TO START SEEING LOTS OF COMMUNITIES, UM, WITH COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS.

UM, SO THIS WOULD BE ONE FOR LUBBOCK. WE'RE NOT ELIGIBLE FOR THOSE, UM, THOSE FUNDS, UM, BUT WE DO EXPECT OTHER COMMUNITIES TO START HAVING THEM. SO EVENTUALLY WE'D LIKE TO HAVE LIKE A LITTLE NETWORK OF PEOPLE THAT ARE COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS THAT CAN WORK TOGETHER, UM, TO HELP NAVIGATE KIND OF COLLECTIVELY PEOPLE IN THE AREA.

BUT THIS PERSON WOULD BE FOCUSED ON LUBBOCK COUNTY.

[00:25:02]

ALL RIGHT, MY UNDERSTANDING IS THIS POSITION IS FULLY PAID BY THE GRANT THAT WE WOULD GET FROM THE, UH, UH, CDCPI, I GUESS, RIGHT? YES, SO IT WILL COVER.

WE DON'T HAVE A CONTRIBUTION.

IT'S NOT, THERE'S NOT A MATCHING OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT THAT WE GIVE.

NO, 100% FUNDED, UM, FOR 2 YEARS, AND THE PERSON WILL BE A FULL CITY EMPLOYEE WITH BENEFITS.

THAT'S ONE OF OUR GOALS WITH BRINGING IN COMMUNITY HEALTH WORKERS IS ALSO TO OFFER THEM THOSE BENEFITS, AND, YOU KNOW, MAYBE THAT WILL ALLOW THEM TO PROMOTE INTO ANOTHER POSITION WITHIN THE HEALTH DEPARTMENT THAT'S, ALL RIGHT.

YOU KNOW, FULLY FUNDED.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH, DR. WELLS. APPRECIATE IT. ALL

[15. Resolution - Community Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute, for and on behalf of the City of Lubbock, Amendment No. 1, to Contract 18503, the HOME Investment Partnerships Program - American Rescue Plan Funding Agreement for Non-Congregate Shelters, by and between the City of Lubbock, Community Development and Serve Lubbock. ]

RIGHT, ITEM 5.15 IS CONSIDERING A RESOLUTION TO AUTHORIZE ME TO EXECUTE AMENDMENT NUMBER 1 TO CONTRACT 18503, THE HOME INVESTMENT PARTNERSHIP PROGRAM, AS PART OF THE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN FUNDING AGREEMENT FOR NON-CONGREGATE SHELTERS WITH SERVE LUBBOCK. UH, KAREN MURPHY, THERE YOU ARE, UH, IS GOING TO, UH, UH, OUR COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR IS GOING TO PROVIDE SOME STAFF BRIEFING ON THIS.

OKAY. GOOD AFTERNOON. THIS GRANT IS A ONE-TIME GRANT.

IT'S FROM HUD, AND IT'S VERY CONFUSING BECAUSE IT SAYS AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. UM, BUT THIS IS WHAT HUD, WE HAD COVID DOLLARS, AND NOW WE HAVE AMERICAN RESCUE PLAN. THIS IS A ONE-TIME GRANT. THEY JUST PUT IT UNDER HOME BECAUSE THAT'S FOR HOUSING. UM, AND SO UNDER THAT GRANT, WE HAVE, UH, WE GOT IT IN 2021, AND THIS IS JUST AN AMENDMENT TO THE ALREADY GRANT, UM, AGREEMENT THAT WE HAVE WITH SERVE LUBBOCK. THEY HAVE 10 AREA, OR I GUESS IT'S 5 VACANT LOTS AT THIS TIME, AND 5 HOUSES THAT WE ARE REHABBING. IT'S FOR QUALIFYING POPULATION, AND QUALIFYING POPULATION FOR THIS GRANT IS HOMELESS, HOMELESSNESS THAT ARE AT RISK OR, UH, CHRONICALLY HOMELESS, AND IT'S THROUGH A PROGRAM WHERE THEY'LL DO MOUS WITH OTHER AGENCIES THAT ARE WORKING WITH HOMELESS TO GET THEM HOUSED AND GET THEM ON TEMPORARY HOUSING, BUT IT COULD BE ALSO WHERE THEY COULD TRANSITION THEM INTO PERMANENT HOUSING.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? UH, MR. HARRIS.

YES, HOW MUCH IS IT BEING FUNDED? HOW MUCH IS BEING FUNDED? YES.

THE TOTAL GRANT'S 3.6 MILLION.

IT'S A, LIKE I SAID, IT'S A ONE-TIME GRANT. WE HAVE TILL 2030 TO EXPEND IT ALL.

UH, THE OTHER PARTNER AGENCY BESIDES SERVE LUBBOCK IS, UM, FAMILY PROMISE, AND THEY HAVE BUILT, OR NOT BUILT, THEY HAVE BOUGHT A BUILDING THAT THEY ARE REHABBING AT THIS TIME, UM, AND IT'S GOING TO SERVE OVER 36 PEOPLE FROM THE 8 PEOPLE THEY CAN SERVE WHERE THEY'RE AT CURRENTLY. SO WE'RE INCREASING THE NUMBER OF FAMILIES AND INDIVIDUALS THAT WE CAN HELP, UM, TRANSITION OUT OF HOMELESSNESS.

AND HOW DOES THE ANY PERSON, LIKE YOU SAY, HOMELESSNESS, BUT HOW DOES A PERSON HAVE TO QUALIFY TO GET THIS? THEY HAVE TO BE HOMELESS, UM, THEY HAVE TO BE, AND THEY'LL HAVE TO GO THROUGH THE PROGRAM, SO THEY HAVE TO CONTACT WHOEVER, SO THAT WE HAVE OTHER AGENCIES TOO THAT, THAT SERVE HOMELESSNESS, AND SO THERE'LL BE REFERRALS TO, TO FAMILY PROMISE AND TO THE DIFFERENT ONES, BUT THEY DON'T APPLY LIKE A NORMAL APPLICATION.

THEY COME IN AND THEY ACTUALLY HAVE GO THROUGH COUNSELING, UM, IF THEY CAN SHOW THAT THEY NEED HOUSING, AND IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM, UM, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, THOSE KIND OF THINGS.

BECAUSE EVERYONE HOMELESS IS NOT BASICALLY ON THE STREETS.

YOU HAVE PEOPLE THAT ARE LIVING ON PEOPLE'S COUCHES AND YES, SIR.

LIVING ROOMS AND THINGS LIKE THAT. SO, I MEAN, SO WHAT WOULD IT TAKE FOR THEM TO HAVE TO ACTUALLY QUALIFY FOR THAT? THEY JUST HAVE TO PROVE THAT THEY'RE HOMELESS. I MEAN, THAT'S THE, AND THAT'S, THAT'S WHERE THE CASEWORKERS WILL INTERVIEW AND, AND...

AND GATHER INFORMATION FROM THOSE PEOPLE.

OKAY, THANK YOU. UH, MR. GREEN.

HEY, UM, SO DID YOU SAY YOU'RE, YOU'VE GOT 5 HOMES BEING BUILT RIGHT NOW? NO, WE HAVE 5 HOMES THAT ARE BEING REHABBED.

REHABBED, OKAY.

WE HAVEN'T STARTED DOING THE NEW CONSTRUCTION YET.

UM, THIS IS IN SOUTH OVERTON, AND SO, UM, WE ARE TRYING TO GET, THEY'RE ALL ON ONE BLOCK. UH, WE WANTED TO GET THE HOUSES REHABBED FIRST BECAUSE SOME OF THE HOUSES HAVE BEEN THERE A LONG TIME EMPTY.

AND SO WE'RE TRYING TO DETERMINE IF WE HAVE TO GO THROUGH A PROCESS OF MAYBE DEMOING THE EXISTING ONES.

WE'VE GOT 3 COMPLETED NOW, WE'RE STILL LOOKING AT 2 MORE.

BUT ONCE WE GET THAT, THEN WE WANT TO DO THE WHOLE PLAN AND BE ABLE TO DO KIND OF A HOUSING BLITZ, UH, WHERE SERVE LUBBOCK CAN GO IN, HIRE A CONTRACTOR, AND GET THEM ALL BUILT AT THE SAME TIME.

ALL BUILT AT THE SAME TIME.

THERE'S 10 OF THEM ON THAT LIST I SAW.

THERE'LL BE 10.

2100 BLOCK OF 14TH.

UH, 2100 BLOCK, I BELIEVE, I'M GONNA LIE TO YOU, BUT I THINK IT'S 14TH.

IT'S SEE- YEAH, IT'S ON 14TH STREET, YES SIR.

YEAH. UM, AND THEN THAT 3.6 MILLION, YOU'LL STILL HAVE FUNDS AFTER THAT.

NO, WE'VE ALREADY ALLOCATED ALL THAT OUT.

[00:30:02]

YOU- YOU- YOU'VE ALLOCATED EVERY BIT OF IT.

THIS GRANT WAS IN 2021.

SO WE'RE, WHAT WE'RE HAVING TO DO IS WE'RE HAVING TO EXTEND THIS CONTRACT. UH, IT, IT ACTUALLY IS UP SEPTEMBER 30TH OF THIS YEAR, AND SO WE'RE ADDING 2 MORE YEARS ON IT BECAUSE WE RAN INTO SOME PROBLEMS WITH, IT'S VERY EXPENSIVE TO REHAB RIGHT NOW, AND COST HAS GONE UP, AND AGAIN, RECENTLY WITH GASOLINE PRICES AND THINGS LIKE THAT, OUR COSTS HAVE GONE UP AGAIN.

SO THAT'S WHY WE'RE KIND OF REEVALUATING AND LOOKING AT HOW WE CAN BEST SPEND THE MONEY.

OKAY. APPRECIATE THE EFFORT AND THE PASSION IN THIS. THANK YOU.

COUNCILWOMAN MARTINEZ GARCIA.

THANK YOU, KAREN. I APPRECIATE YOU BEING HERE AND BEING SO COMMITTED, BUT I ALSO WANT YOU TO, SOMETIMES PEOPLE DON'T REALIZE, BUT WE HAVE A LOT OF, WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT TRANSITIONING, WE HAVE A LOT OF FAMILIES THAT HAVE GONE FROM BEING IN A HOME TO BEING ON SOMEONE'S COUCH, COUCH SURFACES, GORDON OR COUNCILMAN HARRIS SAID, MM-HMM.

AND THEN LIVING IN CARS, BUT THEY'RE STILL WORKING. SO THEY'RE DOING EVERYTHING IN THEIR POWER TO BE FUNCTIONAL, THRIVING CITIZENS, BUT THEY HAVE THE ROADBLOCKS THAT SOMETIMES HAPPEN BASED ON AN ECONOMY OR JUST LIFE SITUATIONS. SO, YEAH.

UM, I DO WANT TO THANK YOU FOR DOING THAT, BUT WE HAVE OTHER FACILITIES.

THIS ONE IS JUST A ONE-TIME OPPORTUNITY, AND I JUST WANTED TO REALLY THANK YOU FOR SEEKING OUT THIS OPPORTUNITY BECAUSE WE DO S- ARE SEEING A GROWING NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT ARE EXPERIENCING THIS. SO KEEP DOING WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, KAREN. I APPRECIATE ALSO THE WORK THAT YOU GUYS HAVE DONE.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

I'VE BEEN INVOLVED WITH, UH, A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT PROJECTS SINCE I'VE BEEN NAMED TO THE COUNCIL THAT'S ADDRESSING HOMELESSNESS. I THINK YOU- WE WOULD BE SHOCKED TO LEARN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE WHO WOULD BE QUALIFIED AS HOMELESS THAT ARE, AS THE COUNCILWOMAN SAID, NOT NECESSARILY IN THE STREETS. UM, AND I APPRECIATE THE EFFORT. WHAT I HEARD COUNCILMAN HARRIS ASK THAT I'M GONNA MAYBE ASK A LITTLE MORE SPECIFICALLY. IS THERE A CENTRAL CONTACT POINT OR A MULTITUDE OF CONTACT POINTS THAT PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY GO TO? THIS IS A COMPLICATED PROCESS, YES.

UH, AS I'VE LEARNED, AND AND THERE'S ALL KINDS OF ACRONYMS, AND I- I- IT'S IT'S DIFFICULT.

IS THERE A SPOT, AND AND WHAT IS THAT, THE FIRST STEP? WHAT IS THE FIRST PLACE SOMEONE NEEDS TO GO TO SEEK THIS ASSISTANCE? THE FIRST PLACE IS JUST ASK. I MEAN, IT'S THE FIRST PLACE IS REALLY HARD TO SAY FIRST PLACE, BUT WE HAVE A COORDINATED ENTRY, SO THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS UP SINCE YOU'RE ON THE BOARD.

UM, WE HAVE A, WE HAVE OUR OWN, UM, UM, COC, WHICH IS CONTINUUM OF CARE. WE HAVE BEEN DESIGNATED IN FEBRUARY OF, OF 25, UM, AND COUNCILMAN COLLINS SERVES ON THE ECHO BOARD. UM, AND SO WE HAVE THE ECHO STAFF ACTUALLY HAS, WE HAVE COORDINATED ENTRY AND CASE CONFERENCING, AND THAT'S WHERE THE COORDINATED ENTRY IS, IS WHERE YOU, WHEN YOU'RE GOING TO ASK FOR HELP, AND THIS COULD BE AT A HOSPITAL, THIS COULD BE COMING OUT OF JAIL, THIS COULD BE ANYWHERE. IF YOU GET INTO THE HOMELESS INFORMATION SYSTEM THAT WE HAVE, THAT ECHO IS OVERSEEING, AND IT'S A SYSTEM THAT WE CAN GO IN, THEY GO INTO THAT SYSTEM, AND THEN WE ALSO SIT DOWN AND WE HAVE OTHER COORDINATED ENTRIES WHERE WE CAN PUT THOSE PEOPLE IN, TRY TO, DON'T HAVE TO HAVE ALL THE INFORMATION, BUT WE CAN HAVE SOME INFORMATION, AND THEN WE CAN CONNECT THE DOTS WITH OUR, UH, CASE CONFERENCING. SO THAT'S WHERE OTHER AGENCIES, ALL AGENCIES, AND IT COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM HOUSING, IT COULD BE FOR SOCIAL SERVICES, IT COULD BE FOR MEDICAL, UH, HELP. WE'RE, WE'RE TRYING TO CO- THEY'RE TRYING TO COORDINATE IT ON ALL. WE'RE JUST THE COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT DEPARTMENT'S JUST A LITTLE BITTY COG IN THAT, I PROMISE YOU. IT'S THE WHOLE COMMUNITY IS INVOLVED IN THIS. I MEAN, SALVATION ARMY, YOU KNOW, GRACE CAMPUS, OPEN DOOR, THOSE ARE THE ONES WE KNOW ABOUT, BUT THERE'S A LOT OF OTHER SMALLER AGENCIES OUT THERE THAT ARE DOING THOSE OVERLAPPING SERVICES ALSO.

BUT IF, IF AN INDIVIDUAL NEEDS TO, IT CAN BEGIN WITH ECHO WEST TEXAS.

AND THAT ORGANIZATION SUPPORTS ALL OF THESE OTHER, UH, NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS THAT ACTUALLY PROVIDE SERVICES, BUT ECHO IS THE ENTRY POINT, THE COORDINATION EFFORT TO FIND THE APPROPRIATE NONPROFIT GROUP TO ASSIST. AND, AND THROUGH THAT, ECHO ALSO THEN BEGUN- BEGINS TO UNDERSTAND THE VARIOUS DIFFERENT NEEDS AROUND THE COMMUNITY AND HELPS TO, UM, HELP PEOPLE WITH THAT. AND SO, UM, I BRING THIS TO YOUR ATTENTION AND TO EVERYONE WHO MIGHT BE WATCHING OR LISTENING. ECHO WEST TEXAS IS, IS A ORGANIZATION THAT IS SUPPORTED BY NONPROFIT GROUPS, IT'S SUPPORTED BY THE CITY STAFF, BY KAREN HERSELF, AND IS THE BEGINNING OF YOUR ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.

AND, AND SO, UM, I DON'T HAVE

[00:35:03]

THE PHONE NUMBER. I DON'T HAVE IT. I DON'T EITHER. I DON'T HAVE THE PHONE NUMBER, BUT I WISH I DID. WE'LL FIND IT.

PLACE. THE WEBSITE'S THE BEST PLACE TO CHECK IT. AND, AND ALSO REMEMBER, IF YOU'RE AN AGENCY THAT'S NOT PART OF THE HMIS SYSTEM, IT'S REALLY HARD FOR US TO REFER TO THEM. SO YEAH.

IF, IF YOU WANT TO BE A PART OF THIS, YOU NEED TO BE A, BE ABLE TO GET ON THE HMIS SYSTEM.

SO ECHO WEST TEXAS HAS A WEBSITE. IT, UM, I KNOW THEY HAVE A PHONE NUMBER, BUT I ALSO KNOW THAT THERE IS, THAT IS THE ENTRY PROCESS, AND SO THAT'S THE POINT I WANT TO MAKE, IS THAT IS WHERE YOU CAN START WHEN YOU NEED HELP, UH, WITH, WITH HOMELESSNESS.

SO THANK YOU FOR WHAT YOU DO.

AND I, AND I JUST WANT TO CLARIFY, IF I MIGHT, THIS IS BECAUSE IT'S BEING LOCATED IN SOUTH OVERTON. THESE ARE ACTUALLY HOMES THAT PEOPLE WILL LIVE, THE HOMELESS WILL LIVE IN.

THESE ARE NOT DAY, DAY HOMES WHERE PEOPLE COME DURING THE DAY. I KNOW THERE'S BEEN PROBLEMS AND ISSUES, YOU KNOW, IN SOUTH OVERTON, UH, WITH, WITH, WITH HOMELESS AND, UH, BUT THESE ARE NOT JUST PLACES WHERE THEY GO DURING THE DAY AND THEN CANNOT STAY AT NIGHT. THIS IS HOMES THIS WILL BE THEIR HOME.

FOR PEOPLE.

AND IT'LL BE FOR A CERTAIN, IT DEPENDS ON WHICH PROGRAM THEY'RE IN.

THIS WILL BE THEIR HOME.

RIGHT.

SO IT COULD BE UP TO 6 MONTHS, A YEAR, IT JUST DEPENDS ON WHAT THEY'RE IN.

IT'S, IT'S DIFFERENT THAN WHAT IS O- OPERATING RIGHT AT THE MOMENT IN SOME AREAS OF SOUTH OVERTON. UH, YES, SIR.

IT'S THAT, THAT'S JUST A DAY CENTER, WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

YEAH.

WHAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, THIS WILL BE AN ACTUAL HOME, AND THEY'LL, SERVE LUBBOCK WILL HAVE AN MOU WITH ANY AGENCY, SO THERE COULD BE ANY AGENCY, NUMBER OF AGENCIES THAT COULD BE WORKING WITH THEM, UM, AND THEY WOULD BE, THEY WOULD BE THE ACTUALLY, THAT AGENCY WOULD CONTINUE WITH CASE MANAGEMENT, WITH WATCHING AND MAKING, MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE NOT HITTING ANY ROADBLOCKS, THAT THEY'RE TAKING CARE OF THE HOME, THOSE KIND OF THINGS. AND IT'S A PARTNERSHIP THAT ACTUALLY TRANSITIONS THEM OUT OF THAT HEALTH.

ALL RIGHT.

NO OTHER QUESTIONS? UH, OH, UH, COUNCILWOMAN MARTINEZ GARCIA.

I DON'T HAVE THE NUMBER TO ECHO WEST TEXAS.

BILL, DO YOU HAVE IT? YES, SIR.

BILL, YOU WANT TO GIVE US THAT PHONE NUMBER? I FEEL LIKE THE ANNOUNCER I HAVE IT.

IN A TV SHOW. BILL, GIVE US THAT PHONE NUMBER.

I HAVE IT. IT'S 806805.

BUT ALSO YOU CAN CALL 211, AND THAT WILL ALSO HELP TO GET YOU TO ECHO WEST TEXAS.

AND THE WEBSITE IS ECHOWTX.ORG.

.ORG.

ECHOWTX.ORG.

ALL RIGHT.

OR YOU CAN CALL OUR OFFICE.

I WAS GONNA SAY YOU CAN CALL KAREN TOO.

AT 806-775-2296, AND WE'LL GET YOU TO THE RIGHT PLACE.

ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU VERY MUCH.

APPRECIATE IT.

[22. Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving an economic development grant and contract of Lubbock Economic Development Alliance, with Seals Commercial Holdings, LLC, for project development and road extension, pursuant to Section 501.073 of the Texas Local Government Code.]

YOU'RE WELCOME.

ALL RIGHT, WE'LL NOW TAKE UP ITEM 5.22 TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION APPROVING AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT GRANT AND CONTRACT WITH LUBBOCK ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ALLIANCE WITH SEALS COMMERCIAL HOLDINGS, LLC, FOR PROJECT DEVELOPMENT AND ROAD EXTENSION PURSUANT TO SECTION 501.073 OF THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE. I'M GOING TO CALL ON JOHN OSBORNE, OUR PRESIDENT AND CEO OF LEDA, TO PROVIDE A BRIEFING ON THIS MATTER. MR. OSBORNE.

I HOPE I DON'T HAVE TO REMEMBER A PHONE NUMBER TOO.

UH, THANK YOU, UH, MAYOR AND COUNCIL, FOR, UH, TAKING UP THIS ITEM. UH, WE HAVE, UM, IT'S BEEN VERY WELL DOCUMENTED OVER THE LAST FEW DECADES HOW, UH, CHALLENGING IT IS FOR A COMPANY GROW, UH, FROM WITHIN OUR COMMUNITY, AS WELL AS TO HAVE NEW ONES LOCATE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF OUR COMMUNITY, UM, WHEN THEY NEED AN EXISTING BUILDING.

AND, UM, AND WE'VE DONE SOME ANALYSIS A NUMBER OF DIFFERENT TIMES AND HAD A COUPLE OF SPEC BUILDINGS BUILT BY BANDERA VENTURES BACK, UM, IN THE LATE 2010S AND IN THE EARLY 2020S, AND THE BOTH OF THOSE WERE IN THE BUSINESS PART.

BUT THANKFULLY, UH, AND AND HE THAT THAT COMPANY IS FROM OUT OF TOWN, BUT UH, THIS DEVELOPER IS ACTUALLY FROM WITHIN LUBBOCK, AND WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE WORKING WITH SEALS COMMERCIAL, UH, BECAUSE UM, THEY'VE SEEN UM THE NEED AS WELL THAT UM, THAT COMPANIES NEED TO BE UH, HAVE THE ABILITY TO GROW AND EXPAND. AND SO THEY HAVE SECURED ABOUT 60 ACRES ON SOUTH LOOP 289 AND, UH, IN BETWEEN, UH, SOUTH LOOP 289 AND HIGHWAY 84. UM, IT'S REAL CLOSE TO, UM, THE, UH, UH, FORMER POWER PLANT THAT'S DOWN THERE THAT LP&L OWNS, BUT IT'S, UH, IN BETWEEN THE TWO ROADS. THEY'VE HAD TO DO A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT OF DIRT WORK BECAUSE OF THE FLOODPLAIN THAT'S ON THERE, BUT THEY ARE, UH, UH, INVESTING ABOUT 40 MILLION DOLLARS TO BUILD A, UH, SPECULATIVE BUILDING, AND WHAT THAT MEANS IS A BUILDING THAT DOESN'T COME WITH A TENANT IN HAND. UM, THERE'S NO LEASE IN HAND. IT'S, IT'S JUST AVAILABLE FOR SOMEONE TO GROW INTO OR FOR A COMPANY TO MOVE, UH, FROM EXPAND FROM SOMEWHERE ELSE, UH, INTO IT. UM, THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD ABOUT A 350,000 SQUARE FOOT TILT WALL CROSS DOCK INDUSTRIAL FACILITY. AND WHAT

[00:40:01]

CROSS DOCK MEANS IS THAT, UM, WHEN YOU'RE DISTRIBUTING PRODUCTS, UM, YOU WANT A TRUCK TO BE ABLE TO BACK UP TO ONE SIDE, UNLOAD THROUGH A DOCK DOOR INTO THE BUILDING, IT GETS CHANGED AND PROCESSED AND REPACKAGED, AND THEN GOES OUT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING THROUGH ANOTHER, UH, UM, DOCK DOOR INTO ANOTHER TRUCK THAT THEN TAKES IT TO WHEREVER IT NEEDS TO GO.

AND, UM, AND SO WE'RE REALLY EXCITED TO BE PARTNERING WITH THEM.

THIS PARTICULAR SITE, UH, NEEDS, BECAUSE OF ALL THE DRAINAGE WORK THAT NEEDED TO BE DONE IN ORDER TO BE ABLE TO PUT, UM, UH, THESE BUILDINGS ON IT, UM, THEY, UH, WANTED SOME ADDITIONAL HELP WITH THE ROAD, AND SO, UH, LEDA HAS AGREED TO AN IN- UH, CAPITAL INVESTMENT INCENTIVE OF 500,000 DOLLARS THAT'S PAID FOR, UM, UH, ONCE THE CERTIFICATE OF OCCUPANCY FOR THE BUILDING, UM, BECOMES, UH, IN PLACE, AND, UM, AND SO THEY'LL ACTUALLY HAVE TO PUT THE ROAD IN AND GET REIMBURSED FOR, UH, FOR THOSE, UH, FOR THAT COST.

THAT COST IS ABOUT HALF OF WHAT THE COST OF THE ROAD WILL END UP BEING.

SO IT, UH, FROM A RETURN ON INVESTMENT, IT'S FANTASTIC FOR THE CITY OF LUBBOCK. IT RETURNS AN INVE- UH, A RETURN ON INVESTMENT OF 0.7 YEARS.

ALL RIGHT, ANY QUESTIONS FOR MR. OSBORNE? MR. HARRIS.

WHOSE DISTRICT IS THIS IN? THIS IS ACTUALLY, UH, YOU KNOW, I SHOULD HAVE LOOKED. I THINK IT'S IN DISTRICT 2.

IT IS IN YES, SIR, IT IS.

OKAY, JUST WONDERING. THANK YOU.

IN DISTRICT 2. UH, YEAH, I WAS EXCITED WHEN I HEARD ABOUT THIS BECAUSE I THINK IT, IT REALLY DOES SPEAK TO A NEED THAT WE HAVE HERE IN LUBBOCK, UH, FOR, I GUESS, TRUCKING AND, AND, UH, MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION.

WE JUST HAD A, A LACK IN THAT AREA. WE HADN'T BUILT OUT TO THAT AREA. SO THIS IS REALLY HELPFUL. AND JUST TO ASSURE EVERYBODY, BECAUSE OF THE WAY THE BUILDING'S BEEN BUILT, IT'S BUILT FOR, UH, TRUCKS TO, UH, BRING PRODUCT INTO, TO TAKE PRODUCT OUT.

IT'S NOT BEING BUILT SPECULATIVELY FOR A DATA CENTER.

NO, IT'S NOT.

AT ALL. IT'S NOT FIT FOR A DATA CENTER AT ALL, AND, UH, AND IT'S SPECIFICALLY TO MEET THE NEEDS, UH, THIS PARTICULAR NEED, WHICH IS REALLY GOOD. I WAS IN A CONFERENCE IN DEL RIO AND CIUDAD ACUÑA A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO, AND THEY REALLY TALKED A LOT ABOUT HAVING THESE KIND OF FACILITIES, HOW IMPORTANT IT WAS, UH, AND AND FOR LUBBOCK TO BECOME SORT OF A HUB FOR THINGS LIKE THIS. WE WE NEED THIS KIND OF DEVELOPMENT. SO APPRECIATE YOU, UH, LANDING THIS, AND I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE GOOD FOR LUBBOCK. MISS UH, COUNCILMAN GREEN.

THANK YOU, JOHN, FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. UH, WHEN YOU SAY IT IS A 40 MILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL, UH, PROJECT, WHAT UH, WHAT ALL DOES THAT MEAN? SO THAT'S UM, IN ORDER TO BUILD THE BUILDING, THAT'S THEIR INVESTMENT THAT TAKES TO TO BUILD THE BUILDING AND TO PUT IN THE INFRASTRUCTURE THAT IS NECESSARY FOR THIS PARTICULAR PROJECT.

AND, UM, SO THE ULTIMATELY THEY HAVE PLANS TO BUILD 3, 3 BUILDINGS ON THERE. THIS WILL BE THE BIGGEST AT 350,000 SQUARE FEET, AND, UM, THIS INVESTMENT IS ONLY, UH, RELATED TO THAT PARTICULAR, UH, BUILDING BEING BUILT. SO WHEN, UM, WHEN YOU BUILD A SPECULATIVE BUILDING OF THIS NATURE, IT ENDS UP, UH, BEING, UH, WHAT THEY CALL CONCRETE TILT WALL, AND SO THEY, THEY BUILD THEIR TILT WALLS, UH, LAYING DOWN ON THE GROUND. THEY FORM THEM UP, AND THEY POUR THEIR CONCRETE, LAY IT ALL OUT, AND THEN THEY TILT THE WALL UP INTO PLACE. AND SO, UM, IF YOU'VE DRIVEN OUT BY THE BUSINESS PARK WHERE AMAZON AND, UM, THE, THE BUDWEISER FACILITY AND O'REILLY'S HAS, UH, RIGHT THERE NEAR THE PARK, EVERY ONE OF THOSE BUILDINGS IS TILT WALL CONSTRUCTED. IT WAS CONSTRUCTED ON SITE, AND THEN THE WALLS WERE JUST TILTED UP.

SO IT'S, IT LOOKS VERY NICE, UM, UH, ATTRACTIVE, UH, BUILDING. IT'S NOT A METAL BUILDING, UH, AT ALL. AND, UM, AND SO THEN THAT INVESTMENT IS TO BUILD ALL OF THAT, AND THEN THEY BUILD A SHELL, UH, ON THAT, THEY THEY FORM THE PAD, AND THEY BUILD A SHELL ON THAT PAD. AND THEN DEPENDING ON WHAT COMPANY DECIDES TO GO IN THERE, THEY DO THE FINISH OUT ON THE INTERIOR BASED ON WHAT THE COMPANY NEEDS.

SO IT'LL BE 40 MILLION DOLLAR ON THE TAX ROLL? UH, YES, SIR.

AND THEN, UM... SO THAT EQUATES TO ABOUT 200,000 DOLLARS A YEAR FOR US, UH, AS FAR AS THE CITY REVENUE.

DOES, UH, DID- DID YOU, UH, DO YOU- DO YOU NEGOTIATE ANY TAX ABATEMENT OR ANYTHING LIKE THAT? NO, SIR. THERE'S NO TAX ABATEMENTS NO TAX ABATEMENTS.

ON THIS PROJECT.

EXCELLENT.

NO, WE REALLY, UH, UH, TAX ABATEMENTS ARE, UM, UH, UH, REALLY SAVED FOR THOSE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT ARE, IT'S REALLY TRULY NECESSARY FOR, AND UM, THIS PROJECT, WE WERE ABLE TO DO THE INCENTIVE, UH, FOR THE PROJECT THROUGH LEDA.

UH, TAX ABATEMENTS ARE ONLY DONE AT THE CITY AND THE COUNTY.

THANK YOU, MAYOR. THANK YOU, JOHN. I APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS THAT, UH, HAVE GONE INTO THIS PROJECT. I SEE A COUPLE GENTLEMEN IN THE BACK THAT MAY BE A PART OF THE, A PART OF THIS WORK AND WANT TO CONGRATULATE AND THANK THEM AS WELL. UM, CROSS DOCK BUILDINGS, WE HAVE 2 EXAMPLES, AT LEAST 2 EXAMPLES OF THOSE JUST WEST OF THE DPS SITE IN, IN OUR LUBBOCK BUSINESS PARK. AND SO AS YOU TALKED ABOUT THAT, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, KIND OF REITERATE WHAT THE MAYOR SAID.

THERE ARE DOORS ON ALL SIDES, OR, OR AT LEAST ON BOTH SIDES, LARGE OVERHEAD DOORS

[00:45:02]

FOR TRUCKS AND ET CETERA, ET CETERA. THESE ARE THE KINDS OF DOORS THAT WOULD ALLOW AN AWFUL LOT OF DUST IN A BUILDING IN WEST TEXAS, SO THEY'RE NOT SUITABLE FOR, UH, DATA CENTERS OR OTHER ELECTRONIC, UM, USES LIKE THAT. AND SO, UM, JUST TO, JUST TO MAKE SURE THAT QUESTION, UH, DOESN'T POP INTO SOMEONE'S HEAD ABOUT WHAT THE, WHAT THE PURPOSE OF THESE BUILDINGS ARE. YOU KNOW, AS, AS LUBBOCK HAS GROWN, THE PRIMARY PURPOSES THAT WE'VE SEEN IN THE BUSINESS PARK AND IN NORTH LUBBOCK HAVE BEEN S- SITUATED AROUND DISTRIBUTION.

UH, WE HAVE BECOME IN OUR S- SLOWLY BECOMING BIGGER AND BIGGER, UH, COMPONENT IN AS A DISTRIBUTION HUB, AND THE HUB CITY IS, UH, YOU KNOW, IS VERY APPROPRIATE TO THAT. AND SO, UM, AGAIN, JUST WANT TO, UH, CONGRATULATE THE OWNERS AND THE PEOPLE WHO ARE WORKING ON THIS. I THINK THERE IS A GREAT NEED, AND IT, AND IT SHOULD BE A, A VERY, UH, A GOOD VENTURE FOR, FOR THOSE FOLKS, AND THANK YOU FOR BRINGING THIS TO US. WANT TO POINT OUT, AND I DON'T KNOW IF IT WAS SAID BEFORE EITHER, 500,000 DOLLAR GRANT THAT WILL BUILD INFRASTRUCTURE PAYS BACK TO THE CITY HOW QUICKLY? IN 0.7 YEARS.

0.7 YEARS.

SO THAT ROUGHLY DO THE MATH, 8 MONTHS.

YEAH, 6 MONTHS.

8 MONTHS. SO OUR RETURN ON THIS INVESTMENT WILL BE BACK TO US IN, IN AS LITTLE AS 8 MONTHS, AND, AND THIS IS THE KIND OF DEVELOPMENT THAT'S CRITICAL AS WE WORK THROUGH THE PROCESS OF OF PROPERTY TAX RATES. THESE TYPES OF DEVELOPMENTS BRING INCOME TO OUR COMMUNITY THROUGH THE PROPERTY TAX THAT COMES WITH VERY LITTLE COST. UM, THERE ARE VERY FEW POLICE CALLS. THIS BUILDING WON'T NEED A FIRE STATION, IT WON'T NEED A WATER TOWER.

THESE ARE THE KINDS OF DEVELOPMENTS THAT REALLY ASSIST US IN THE PROPERTY TAX CHALLENGE OF KEEPING OUR PROPERTY TAX RATES LOW. AND SO JUST WANT TO POINT THAT OUT. THANK YOU AGAIN. THIS IS, THIS IS GOOD FOR LUBBOCK. THANK YOU.

YES, SIR. ABSOLUTELY. AND, UH, IT'S RIGHT THERE ALONG, UH, THE STRETCH OF ROAD THAT, UM, ALREADY HAS A LOT OF INDUSTRIAL PRODUCT, UH, ALONG THERE, SO IT'S G- SHOULD FIT IN VERY NICELY WITH EVERYONE ELSE, UH, ALONG THERE. I THINK IT'S GOING TO BE A GREAT ADDITION, AND I, I CAN'T SAY ENOUGH, UH, POSITIVE THINGS ABOUT SEALS COMMERCIAL. THEY, THEY'VE JUST BEEN FANTASTIC TO WORK WITH.

THEY'VE SEEN THE NEED, UH, FOR BUSINESSES TO BE ABLE TO GROW IN OUR COMMUNITY, AND, UM, THEY'RE TRYING TO HELP, UH, SOLVE THAT NEED.

AND THEY'LL DESIGN A NICE BUILDING TOO, SO.

THAT'S RIGHT, VERY NICE BUILDING.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU.

APPRECIATE IT. OH, ALL RIGHT, ONE MORE.

THANK YOU, MR. OSBORNE.

QUESTION. UM, YOU KNOW, I, I BELIEVE THE CHICK-FIL-A DISTRIBUTION CENTER IS MODELED LIKE THAT AS WELL.

YES, MA'AM. IT IS ALSO TILT WALL. IN FACT, THOSE WALLS JUST WENT UP. IF YOU'VE BEEN BY THERE LATELY, YOU CAN SEE IT BEING CONSTRUCTED ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE LUBBOCK BUSINESS PARK BOULEVARD, RIGHT NEXT TO THE INTERSTATE ACROSS FROM O'REILLY'S.

I WANTED TO FOLLOW UP, AND THIS IS MORE OF A LEDA THING. AS YOU KNOW, I HAVE EXPRESSED THAT I WOULD LIKE TO SEE DISTRICT 1 AND DISTRICT 2, WHEN WE'RE DOING THESE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT WE ARE ALSO CONSIDERING A TIF, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, A LOT OF TIMES OUR NEIGHBORHOODS ARE NOT RECEIVING THOSE TYPES OF OPPORTUNITIES THAT WOULD BE BENEFICIAL TO OUR CITIZENS. SO WAS THAT, I KNOW THAT YOU'RE STILL EXPLORING THAT, BUT I JUST, I WANT TO EMPHASIZE THAT BECAUSE I THINK MOVING INTO THE FUTURE, IT IS NECESSARY AS OUR QUALITY OF LIFE IS IMPACTED ON A DAILY BASIS, OUR AIR QUALITY IS IMPACTED, AND SO ON AND SO ON, BUT JUST SOMETHING TO PUT OUT THERE BECAUSE YES, MA'AM.

IT IS IMPORTANT AND A PRIORITY FOR, FOR OUR CITIZENS AND ESPECIALLY DISTRICT 1 AND 2 CONSTITUENTS.

YES, MA'AM. WE WERE STARTING TO WORK WITH CITY STAFF ON THOSE. UH, WE'VE BEEN TRYING TO JUST WORK THROUGH ALL THE NUANCES TO MAKE SURE WE UNDERSTAND, UM, THE, UH, THE PROS AND ALSO THE CONS RELATED TO A TIF DISTRICT, BUT, UM, WE VERY MUCH SEE THAT THERE'S SOME GREAT OPPORTUNITIES THAT ARE MHM.

MUTUALLY BENEFICIAL FOR EVERYBODY INVOLVED.

IT'S APPRECIATED. THANK YOU.

ALL RIGHT, THANK YOU, JOHN.

THANK YOU, SIR.

ALL RIGHT, I WILL NOW ENTERTAIN A MOTION, UH, TO APPROVE ITEMS 5.13, 1.4, 1.5, AND 2.2. IS THERE SUCH A MOTION? SO MOVE.

I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE A SECOND. IS THERE ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? IF NOT, ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY? I HEAR NOT ONE NAY, SO THAT THAT PASSES 6 TO 1. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL NOW MOVE

[1. Public Hearing - Planning (District 1): Consider a request for Zone Case 0809-C, a request of AMD Engineering, LLC, for West Texas Land Guys, for a zone change from Auto-Urban Commercial District (AC) and High Density Residential District (HDR) to Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2), at 2820 North University Avenue, located east of University Avenue and north of Drake Street, on 8.43 acres of unplatted land out of Block A, Section 11, and consider an ordinance.]

[2. Public Hearing - Planning (District 5): Consider a request for Zone Case 3558, a request of Rasmussen Development, Inc. for Timothy Mandrell, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to High Density Residential District (HDR), at 6620 110th Street, located west of Milwaukee Avenue and north of 110th Street, on 1.85 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 22, and consider an ordinance.]

[3. Public Hearing - Planning (District 5): Consider a request for Zone Case 3559, a request of Hugo Reed and Associates, Inc. for Loop 88, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to General Industrial District (GI), at 7401 Alcove Avenue, located east of Alcove Avenue and north of 76th Street, on 33.3 acres of unplatted land out of Block AK, Section 31, and consider an ordinance.]

[4. Public Hearing - Planning (District 6): Consider a request for Zone Case 2538-UU, a request of Seventeen Services, LLC, for JKC Ranch, LLC, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) and Heavy Commercial District (HC) to Neighborhood Commercial District (NC) and Heavy Commercial District (HC), at 8805 and 8825 34th Street, located south of 34th Street and west of Inler Avenue, on 25.87 acres of unplatted land out of Block D-6, Section 7, and consider an ordinance.]

[5. Public Hearing - Planning (District 6): Consider a request for Zone Case 2538-VV, a request of Max Dreasher, for a zone change from Low Density Single-Family District (SF-2) to Auto-Urban Commercial District (AC), at 7729 19th Street, located east of Alcove Avenue and south of 19th Street, Dreasher Addition, Lot 1, and consider an ordinance.]

ON TO OUR REGULAR AGENDA.

WE'RE GOING TO TAKE UP ITEMS 6.1 TO 6.5, WHICH REPRESENT ZONING CASES, UH, AND WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE'LL CONDUCT A CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC HEARING FOR THESE ZONING CASES. UM, AS A REMINDER, THE PURPOSE OF THE PUBLIC HEARING IS TO HEAR FROM THE APPLICANT AND MEMBERS OF THE PUBLIC. THE COUNCIL MAY

[00:50:01]

ASK QUESTIONS DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING, BUT NO DISCUSSION WITH ABOUT THE MERITS WILL BE CONDUCTED BY THE COUNCIL DURING THE PUBLIC HEARING. SO I'M GOING TO CALL ON KRISTEN SAGER, OUR DIRECTOR OF PLANNING, TO PROVIDE A BRIEF SUMMARY OF THESE ZONING CASES SUBJECT TO THIS PUBLIC HEARING.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND COUNCIL. ITEM 6.1, ZONE CASE 809-C, LOCATED IN DISTRICT 1.

THE APPLICANT IS AMD ENGINEERING LLC FOR WEST TEXAS LAND GUYS. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM AUTO URBAN COMMERCIAL AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL TO LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2. WE SENT OUT 6 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING 1 IN FAVOR. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF NORTH UNIVERSITY AVENUE AND NORTH OF DRAKE STREET. HERE'S THE MAP SHOWING THE ONE RESPONSE WE DID RECEIVE IN FAVOR. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. IT IS MOSTLY SURROUNDED BY VACANT LAND, WITH THE, UH, STATE ASSISTED LIVING FACILITY TO THE WEST. CURRENT ZONING IS AUTO URBAN COMMERCIAL AND HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL. THERE IS ADDITIONAL SINGLE-FAMILY SF2 TO THE EAST, WEST, AND SOUTH, WITH INDUSTRIAL TO THE NORTH.

FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA, AND A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THEIR INTENT TO USE THIS PROPERTY AS PART OF THEIR PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD.

THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS FOR RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. THE REQUEST FOR SF2 ZONING IS CONSISTENT WITH THIS DESIGNATION. THE ZONE CHANGE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION.

IT IS BOUNDED BY OTHER SINGLE-FAMILY SF2 ZONING AND ALONG UNIVERSITY AVENUE, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS AN ARTERIAL.

STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE AND ONE RECUSAL, AND I'D BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE. OKAY, PROCEED.

ITEM 6.2, ZONE CASE 3558, LOCATED IN DISTRICT 5. THE APPLICANT IS RASMUSSEN DEVELOPMENT FOR TIMOTHY MANDRELL. WE S- REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2 TO HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

WE SENT OUT 75 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING 68 IN FAVOR. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF MILWAUKEE AVENUE, NORTH OF 110TH STREET. HERE IS THE RESPONSE MAP SHOWING THOSE IN FAVOR. HERE'S AN AERIAL V- AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS LOCATED AMONGST A DEVELOPING RESIDENTIAL AREA. THERE IS ADDITIONAL VACANT PROPERTY TO THE SOUTH. CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2.

IT IS SURROUNDED BY SF2 TO THE NORTH, EAST, AND WEST, WITH AUTO URBAN COMMERCIAL ZONING TO THE SOUTH. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

THERE IS AN EXISTING HOME ON THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

HERE'S A GRAPHIC PROVIDED BY THE APPLICANT SHOWING THEIR PROPOSAL TO DEVELOP THIS PROPERTY INTO A NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE PARK, SO IT WOULD HAVE GARDEN OFFICE AND PERSONAL SERVICE TYPE USES.

WITH THE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL ZONING, THOSE USES ARE LIMITED TO 03,500 SQUARE FEET EACH. AND HERE ARE SOME ADDITIONAL GRAPHICS. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATES THIS AREA FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USE, SO WHILE THIS IS A MINOR DEVIATION FROM THAT DESIGNATION, IT IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION AS A NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE PARK. THE PROPOSED ZONE CHANGE IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ORDINANCE AND APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION. IT FRONTS 110TH STREET, WHICH IS DESIGNATED AS A COLLECTOR.

STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE, AND I'D BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I SEE NONE. PROCEED.

ITEM 6.3, ZONE CASE 3559, ALSO IN DISTRICT 5. APPLICANT IS HUGO REED AND ASSOCIATES FOR LOOP 88 LLC. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2 TO GENERAL INDUSTRIAL, GI. WE SENT OUT 118 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING ONE IN FAVOR. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF ALCOVE AVENUE, NORTH OF 76TH STREET. HERE'S THE RESPONSE MAP SHOWING THE ONE PARCEL IN FAVOR. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THE SUBJECT PROPERTY IS CURRENTLY VACANT AND LOCATED JUST NORTH OF THE APEX CENTER. CITY OF WILFURTH IS TO THE WEST, ON THE WEST SIDE OF ALCOVE AVENUE, AND THERE IS A DEVELOPING BUSINESS PARK TO THE... CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2.

THERE IS LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING TO THE NORTH, GENERAL INDUSTRIAL TO THE SOUTH, THE APEX CENTER, AND INDUSTRIAL PARK

[00:55:01]

TO THE EAST. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION, AGAIN, IS FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL.

SO WHILE THIS PROPOSAL IS A DEVIATION FROM THAT, UH, RECOMMENDATION, IT IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS AREA ADJACENT TO OTHER EXISTING INDUSTRIAL ZONING AND USES. IT IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION.

ALCOVE AVENUE IS AN ARTERIAL, AND 76TH IS A LOCAL STREET.

STAFF HAS NOTED THE REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE, AND I'D BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I SEE NONE.

ITEM 6.4, ZONE CASE 2538-UU, LOCATED IN DISTRICT 6. THE APPLICANT IS 17 SERVICES LLC FOR JKC RANCH LLC. THE REQUEST IS TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2 AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL TO NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL AND HEAVY COMMERCIAL. WE SENT OUT 38 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING 1 IN FAVOR AND 6 IN OPPOSITION.

THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED WEST OF INLER AVENUE, SOUTH OF 34TH STREET. HERE'S THE MAP SHOWING THE 1 IN FAVOR AND 6 IN OPPOSITION. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY.

THERE IS A DEVELOPED NEIGHBORHOOD TO THE NORTH. TO THE SOUTH IS OUTSIDE CITY LIMITS, AND THERE ARE EXISTING COMMERCIAL OFFICE WAREHOUSE, BUSINESS PARK TYPE USES.

CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2. THERE IS HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING TO THE EAST AND LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY TO THE NORTH AND WEST. THE FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. AND HERE'S SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA. THE APPLICANT DOES INTEND TO SPLIT THE ZONING SO THAT THE NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING IS IMMEDIATELY ADJACENT TO 34TH STREET, ACROSS FROM THE RESIDENTIAL NEIGHBORHOOD.

ON THIS GRAPHIC, THE LOTS IN PURPLE WOULD BE THE HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING. THE FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION IS FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. HOWEVER, THIS PROPERTY IS LONG, IS ALONG AN ARTERIAL AND ADJACENT TO HEAVY COMMERCIAL ZONING, SO THE REQUEST IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION. THE REQUEST IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND THE SURROUNDING AREA.

34TH STREET IS DESIGNATED AS A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL. STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH A UNANIMOUS VOTE, AND I'D BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

I DON'T SEE ANY, SO PROCEED.

ZONE CASE 2538 VV, LOCATED IN DISTRICT 6. THE APPLICANT IS MAX DRESCHER. REQUEST TO REZONE PROPERTY FROM LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2 TO AUTO URBAN COMMERCIAL AC. WE SENT OUT 14 NOTIFICATIONS, RECEIVING 5 IN FAVOR. THIS PROPERTY IS LOCATED EAST OF ALCOVE AVENUE, SOUTH OF 19TH STREET. HERE'S THE MAP SHOWING THE 5 IN FAVOR. HERE'S AN AERIAL VIEW OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY. THERE IS A MIX OF RESIDENTIAL AND COMMERCIAL UP AND DOWN 19TH STREET. THERE ARE 2 EXISTING COMMERCIAL STRUCTURES ON THIS PROPERTY THAT WERE BUILT PRIOR TO ANNEXATION. CURRENT ZONING IS LOW DENSITY SINGLE-FAMILY SF2. THERE IS ADDITIONAL HEAVY COMMERCIAL AND LIGHT INDUSTRIAL ZONING IN THIS AREA ALONG 19TH STREET. FUTURE LAND USE PLAN DESIGNATES THIS PROPERTY FOR LOW DENSITY RESIDENTIAL LAND USES. AND HERE ARE SOME PHOTOS OF THE SUBJECT PROPERTY AND SURROUNDING AREA.

FUTURE LAND USE MAP DESIGNATION, AGAIN, FOR LOW DENSITY. HEAVY COMMERCIAL IS APPROPRIATE IN THIS LOCATION ALONG 19TH STREET, WHICH IS AN ARTERIAL.

THE REQUEST IS COMPATIBLE WITH THE ZONING ORDINANCE AND APPROPRIATE IN THE AREA. 19TH STREET, AGAIN, A PRINCIPAL ARTERIAL. STAFF HAS NO OBJECTION TO THE REQUEST, AND THE PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION RECOMMENDED APPROVAL WITH UNANIMOUS VOTE, AND I'D BE PLEASED TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS.

ALL RIGHT. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? I SEE NONE.

THANKS.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. ALL RIGHT.

I'LL NOW OPEN, UH, THE PUBLIC HEARING FOR AGENDA ITEMS 6.1 TO 6.5.

IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ANY OF THESE ZONING CASES? IF SO, WOULD YOU COME FORWARD? IF YOU WOULD, IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND WHICH ONE YOU'RE SPEAKING TO.

UH, JALEN HOLLAND, UH, AMD ENGINEERING, 6515 68TH STREET, UH, SPEAKING ON BEHALF OF ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 6.1. UH, BASICALLY, JUST TO KEEP IT SIMPLE, WE'RE JUST LOOKING TO DOWN ZONE FROM AC TO, UM, AN HDR TO SF2,

[01:00:01]

AND I'LL BE HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS. THANK YOU.

THANK YOU VERY MUCH. I SEE NO QUESTIONS FOR YOU. SO ANYBODY ELSE? GOOD AFTERNOON. MY NAME IS BLAKE RASMUSSEN WITH AGENDA ITEM 6.2. UH, GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR AND MEMBERS OF CITY COUNCIL. MY NAME IS BLAKE RASMUSSEN. I'M HERE ON BEHALF OF RASMUSSEN DEVELOPMENT REGARDING THE ONE FORD ROAD NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE PARK. UM, I'M HERE TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS, UH, YOU MAY HAVE. UM, AND UH, OUR IDEA WAS TO CREATE A SMALL, THOUGHTFULLY DESIGNED NEIGHBORHOOD OFFICE PARK THAT SERVES THE APPROPRIATE TRANSITION BETWEEN THE SURROUNDING HOMES AND THE FUTURE DEVELOPMENT IN THIS AREA. UH, PROJECT CONSISTS OF SMALL SINGLE-FAMILY PROFESSIONAL OFFICE BUILDINGS RANGING FROM 505 SQUARE FEET TO 1250 SQUARE FEET. UM, WE ORIGINALLY BEGAN THIS PROCESS, WE PROPOSED NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL ZONING BECAUSE OUR INTENTION FROM THE BEGINNING WAS TO BUILD AN OFFICE PARK.

THROUGH SEVERAL PRE-DEVELOPMENT MEETINGS WITH PLANNING STAFF, UM, THEY EXPRESSED CONCERNS THAT NEIGHBORHOOD COMMERCIAL WASN'T THE BEST ZONING TRANSITION FROM PROPERTY SURROUNDING, SURROUNDED ON THREE SIDES BY RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT.

THEY INSTEAD RECOMMENDED THAT WE PURSUE HIGH DENSITY RESIDENTIAL WITH LIMITED COMMERCIAL USE, THE 3500 SQUARE FOOT PER, PER LOT, UH, AND WE WORKED WITH STAFF TO REVISE THE APPLICATION ACCORDINGLY.

OF THE 133 RESIDENTIAL LOTS IN THE ONE FORD ROAD COMMUNITY, WE STILL OWN 131 OF THEM, SO NO ONE HAS A GREATER INTEREST IN MAKING SURE THAT WE GET THIS RIGHT THAN WE DO.

UH, WE WANT THIS OFFICE PARK TO BE AN EXTENSION OF THE ONE FORD ROAD COMMUNITY, NOT AN INTERRUPTION OF IT.

WE'VE ALSO MADE COMMUNITY OUTREACH AN IMPORTANT PART OF THIS PROCESS. WE'VE CONTACTED THE SURROUNDING PROPERTY OWNERS, ANSWERED QUESTIONS, TRIED TO BE VERY TRANSPARENT ABOUT EXACTLY WHAT WE'RE PROPOSING.

APPROXIMATELY 80 NOTICES WERE SENT OUT FOR THE TWO PLANNING AND ZONING HEARINGS, AND THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS, WE DID NOT RECEIVE A SINGLE LETTER OR HAVE A SINGLE SPEAKER APPEAR IN OPPOSITION TO THE PROJECT.

OUR COMMITMENT TO THE PROJECT THAT YOU HAVE SEEN HERE HAS NOT WAVERED. WE'VE HIRED AN ARCHITECT AND AN ENGINEER AND HAVE ALREADY BEGUN THE DESIGN WORK FOR THE OFFICE PARK.

PLANNING AND ZONING COMMISSION HAS NOW CONSIDERED THIS PROJECT TWICE. UH, FIRST TIME THEY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL BY UNANIMOUS 6-0 VOTE. UH, BECAUSE OF AN ISSUE WITH THE LEGAL NOTICE, THE CASE WAS HEARD AGAIN, AND THE COMMISSION AGAIN UNANIMOUSLY RECOMMENDED APPROVAL, THIS TIME AT A 9-0 VOTE. WE APPRECIATE PLANNING STAFF WORKING WITH US THROUGHOUT THIS PROCESS, AND WE APPRECIATE COMMISSION'S CONSIDERATION, AND WE APPRECIATE THE COUNCIL'S TIME TODAY. THANK YOU SO MUCH.

THANK YOU FOR THE QUESTION.

SEE, THANK YOU FOR, UH, BEING A MODEL APPLICANT THERE.

WE APPRECIATE THAT VERY MUCH.

ALL RIGHT, ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK ON ANY OF THE OTHER ITEMS? ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? OKAY, COME ON FORWARD. YES.

MY NAME'S JOE SWAN. I'M A PRINCIPAL IN JKC RANCH LLC.

UH, WE'VE, WE'VE COME BEFORE THE, THE ZONING COMMISSION BEFORE TO GET THIS DONE, AND WE'VE KIND OF WORKED WITH THE COMMUNITY. UH, 34TH STREET WILL BE A MAIN ARTERY GOING THROUGH THERE. WE CHANGED IT, UH, TO THE COMMER- THE, THE HOME COMMERCIAL INSTEAD OF INDUSTRIAL, AND THE HEAVY INDUSTRIAL BACK UP TO IT. WE'VE AGREED TO SOME OTHER CHANGES. WE'RE GOING TO BUILD A FENCE THERE AND, AND TRY TO COOPERATE WITH THE NEIGHBORHOOD. WE'VE BEEN HERE A LONG TIME, AND WE WANT TO GET ALONG WITH EVERYBODY. AND IF Y'ALL HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL TRY TO ANSWER THEM FOR YOU.

ANY QUESTIONS? THANK Y'ALL.

I SEE NONE. THANK YOU. ANYONE ELSE WISHING TO SPEAK IN FAVOR OF ANY OF THESE ITEMS, THESE ZONING CASES? ALL RIGHT, ANYONE HERE WISHING TO SPEAK IN OPPOSITION TO ANY OF THESE ZONING ITEMS? I SEE NONE, SO I WILL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 3:26 P.M. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEMS 6.1 TO 6.5? SO MOVED.

I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? SECOND.

I HAVE A MOTION AND A SECOND.

ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR, LET ME KNOW BY SAYING AYE.

ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. I HEAR NONE. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. ALL RIGHT, UH, ITEM 6.6. THERE'S BEEN A REQUEST BY CITY STAFF TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM TO THE NEXT CITY COUNCIL MEETING SCHEDULED FOR OCTOBER 13TH. SO IS THERE A MOTION TO POSTPONE THIS ITEM UNTIL OCTOBER 13TH? SO MOVED.

ALL RIGHT, WE HAVE A MOTION.

WE HAVE A SECOND.

MM-HMM.

WE HAVE A SECOND. MM-HMM.

MM-HMM.

OKAY. UH, ANY DISCUSSION ON THAT? I SEE NONE. ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE. AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY. THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY. WE'LL TAKE UP ITEM, AGENDA ITEM 5- 6.7 NOW TO CONDUCT A PUBLIC HEARING AND

[7. Public Hearing - Business Development: Conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2026 Assessment Rate for the Northwest Passage Public Improvement District (PID), and consider an ordinance reviewing classifications for the methods of assessing special benefits for the services and improvements of property in the Northwest Passage PID; approving, adopting, and filing with the City Secretary the assessment roll; levying the 2026 assessments for the cost of certain services and improvements to be provided in the district during FY 2026-27; fixing charges and liens against the property in the district and the owners thereof; and providing for the collection of the assessments.]

RECEIVE PUBLIC COMMENTS ON AN ORDINANCE PROPOSING THE

[01:05:01]

2026 ASSESSMENT RATE FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT AND RELATED, UH, MATTERS. AND I'M GOING TO CALL ON MOLLY BALLESTEROS, OUR SPECIAL DISTRICTS MANAGER, TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFING ON THIS AGENDA ITEM, SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING. AND SUBJECT TO THE MACHINERY WORKING.

GOOD AFTERNOON, MAYOR MCBRAYER AND CITY COUNCIL MEMBERS. MY NAME IS MOLLY BALLESTEROS, AND I AM HERE TODAY TO PRESENT THE CITY COUNCIL ITEM 6.7, WHICH IS THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT ANNUAL RENEWAL OF THE SERVICE AND ASSESSMENT ORDINANCE.

BEFORE YOU TODAY IS A MAP OF THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT BOUNDARY. THIS PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED ABOUT 5-YEARS AGO, AND IT IS LOCATED IN NORTH LUBBOCK OFF OF NORTH SLIDE ROAD. OVER THE PAST PREVIOUS FEW YEARS AND 2025, THE ASSESSMENT RATE WAS SET AND APPROVED AT 15 CENTS PER 100 DOLLAR VALUATION. THE PROPOSED 2026 ASSESSMENT RATE IS ALSO 15 CENTS PER 100 DOLLAR VALUATION. THE ASSESSMENT ON AN HOME WORTH 100,000 DOLLARS WOULD BE 150 DOLLARS PER YEAR. THE NORTHWEST PUBLIC IMPROV- NORTHWEST PASSAGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT WAS CREATED SEVERAL YEARS AGO TO IMPROVE A DRAINAGE AREA IN THE BOUNDARY, AND ALSO TO PROVIDE OTHER IMPROVEMENTS, SUCH AS PARKS AND PUBLIC ART AT A FUTURE TIME. THE NEIGHBOR- THE DISTRICT IS NOW CURRENTLY UNDER DEVELOPMENT AND CONTINUING TO GENERATE REVENUE FOR THE ISSUANCE OF BONDS AT A FUTURE TIME. OTHER THAN THAT, THAT IS ALL I HAVE TODAY FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE PUBLIC IMPROVEMENT DISTRICT.

ANY QUESTIONS FOR MS. BALASEROS? I SEE NONE. THANK YOU VERY MUCH. WHAT, YOU HAVE ONE? NO? NO, I WAS.

THERE YOU GO, I SEE YOU.

COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

I GUESS MAYBE I'M, I'M OUT OF TURN, UM, BUT I DRIVE THAT ROAD, NORTH SLIDE ROAD, EVERY DAY, MULTIPLE TIMES A DAY. I SEE THE WORK THAT THIS GROUP IS DOING AND THE IMPROVEMENTS THAT ARE BEING MADE, AND SO, UH, I WANT TO, YOU KNOW, SAY THESE ARE THE TYPES OF PROJECTS THAT, THAT, UH, AND METHODS THAT WE CAN USE TO ENS- ENSURE THAT OUR AREAS ARE WELL MAINTAINED, UM, AND THAT'S WHAT'S HAPPENING HERE. AND SO I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU TO THE TIP BOARD AND THE WORK THAT THEY CONTINUE TO DO, BECAUSE THIS IS, UH, CONTINUES TO BE A GREAT IMPROVEMENT, UM, IN IN THAT AREA. SO THANK YOU.

THANK YOU, MR. COLLINS. THANK YOU, MS. BALASEROS. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT.

UH, I'LL NOW OPEN A PUBLIC HEARING ON AGENDA ITEM 6.7. IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK, UH, REGARDING THIS AGENDA ITEM? IF SO, PLEASE STEP FORWARD. I SEE.

I'LL CLOSE THIS PUBLIC HEARING AT 3:30 PM THEN. IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 6.7? SO MOVED.

IS THERE A SECOND? SECOND.

A MOTION AND SECOND. ANY FURTHER DISCUSSION? I SEE NONE.

ALL IN FAVOR SAY AYE.

AYE. ANY OPPOSED SAY NAY? HEARING NONE, THAT MOTION PASSES UNANIMOUSLY.

WE'LL MOVE ON TO AGENDA ITEM

[8. Public Hearing - Business Development: Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution adopting the City of Lubbock Commercial Tax Abatement Guidelines and Criteria. ]

[9. Public Hearing - Business Development: Conduct a public hearing and consider a resolution adopting the City of Lubbock Industrial Tax Abatement Guidelines and Criteria. ]

6.8 AND 6.9, ADOPTION OF COMMERCIAL INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES AND CRITERIA. UH, WITHOUT OBJECTION, WE WILL CONDUCT A CONSOLIDATED PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE TWO ITEMS, BUT I'M GOING TO CALL ON DANIELLE WILLIAMS, OUR NEW BUSINESS DEL- DEVELOPMENT DIRECTOR, TO PROVIDE THE STAFF BRIEFING ON THESE TWO AGENDA ITEMS, SUBJECT TO THE PUBLIC HEARING.

YEAH. ALL RIGHT. GOOD AFTERNOON, COUNCIL AND MAYOR.

UM, WANTED TO BRING TO Y'ALL A FAIRLY UPDATED INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES. UM, SO I'M GOING TO PROVIDE A REVIEW AND A LITTLE BIT ON WHAT, WHAT THEY ARE AND WHAT, WHAT THEY ARE INTENDED FOR AND THE SLIGHT CHANGE THAT WAS MADE. SO BEFORE I GET STARTED, I WANTED TO GIVE A LITTLE HISTORICAL CONTEXT. THESE TWO TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES WERE APPROVED 2 YEARS AGO, UM, BY THE PREVIOUS COUNCIL, AND NOT MUCH HAS CHANGED IN MY REVIEW OF THESE, UH, GUIDELINES, BUT AS PER STATE STATUTE, WE ARE REQUIRED TO UPDATE, REVIEW THESE EVERY 2 YEARS AND BRING THEM BACK FOR APPROVAL FOR YOU GUYS TO LOOK AT, FOR COUNCIL TO LOOK AT. SO FIRST AND FOREMOST, YOU KNOW, WHAT IS A TAX ABATEMENT? AND AND KIND OF DIVE INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT. IT'S A TOOL ENCOURAGING QUALIFYING INVESTMENT AND ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. IT ALLOWS CITY TO TEMPORARILY REDUCE PROPERTY TAXES ON INCREASED TAXABLE VALUE RESULTING FROM QUALIFYING IMPROVEMENTS.

AND THERE'S TWO WORDS THAT ARE IMPORTANT THERE, TEMPORARILY REDUCE AND ONLY ON THE INCREASED TAXABLE VALUE.

AND I'LL GO

[01:10:01]

OVER THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DETAIL LATER. UM, THESE ARE USED TO ENCOURAGE NEW INVESTMENT, EXPANSION, REDEVELOPMENT, AND JOB CREATION. THEY'RE VERY MUCH A GUIDELINE, AND THEY HELP JUST PROMOTE THE AREA, THE AREAS WE WANT TO DEVELOP AND SEE DEVELOPMENT IN.

UH, ABATEMENT IS DISCRETIONARY AND NEGOTIATED AS A CASE-BY-CASE BASIS, AND IT DOES NOT ELIMINATE THE PROPERTY'S EXISTING TAX OBLIGATION. TAX ABATEMENT ISN'T A, IS AN ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT INCENTIVE AND NOT AN AUTOMATIC TAX EXEMPTION. SO WHY DO WE HAVE GUIDELINES? WELL, IT CREATES CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK FOR EVALUATING REQUESTS. UM, THEY ESTABLISH THE MINIMUM ELIGIBILITY STANDARDS. THEY HELP IDENTIFY PROJECTS THAT MAY PROVIDE MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC BENEFIT AND PROMOTE THE ONES THAT WE WANT TO SEE IN OUR, OUR COMMUNITY, UH, PROVIDE GREATER CONSISTENCY AND TRANSPARENCY. THEY ALIGN INCENTIVES WITH THE CITY'S ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PRIORITIES. THEY PROTECT OUR CITY'S EXISTING TAX BASE, AND THEY ALSO PREFER- PRESERVE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION ON INDIVIDUAL PROJECTS. SO, AS FOR TODAY, YOU HAVE TWO TYPES OF GUIDELINES THAT ARE PRESENTED, ONE FOR COMMERCIAL INDUSTRY AND ONE FOR INDUSTRIAL TYPE, UM, PROJECTS. FOR COMMERCIAL, AND THIS IS VERY HIGH LEVEL REVIEW OF THE GUIDELINES, YOU'RE LOOKING AT PROJECTS THAT INVOLVE RETAIL SERVICE OR OFFICE SPACE. UM, THE GUIDELINES RECOMMEND A 5 MILLION DOLLAR MINIMUM CAPITAL INVESTMENT. THEY MUST PROVIDE 25 NEW PERMANENT JOBS. UH, THEY MUST BE WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE ZONE, AND I WILL SHOW A MAP OF WHAT THOSE ARE IN THIS COMMUNITY, AND THEY, IT CAN BE UP TO A TAX ABATEMENT UP TO 5-YEARS. SO THAT'S JUST FOR THE COMMERCIAL SIDE OF THESE PROJECTS. THE INDUSTRIAL SIDE IS DIFFERENT.

YOU'RE LOOKING AT MANUFACTURING AND DISTRIBUTION PROJECTS.

THERE'S A MINIMUM OF 10 MILLION DOLLAR CAPITAL INVESTMENT, UH, AGAIN, 25 NEW PERMANENT JOBS OR PRIMARY JOBS. UM, THEY MUST BE LOCATED WITHIN AN ENTERPRISE ZONE OR A REINVESTMENT ZONE, AND THE ABATEMENT IS UP TO 10 YEARS, AND THAT IS THE MAX FOR ANY STATE TAX ABATEMENT.

YOU CAN ONLY DO ABATEMENT FOR 10 YEARS. SO HERE IS A, UH, MAP OF THE CURRENT CALLED OUT ENTERPRISE ZONES FOR THE COMMERCIAL TAX ABATEMENT. UH, THESE HIGHLIGHTED IN SORT OF LIKE A LIGHT BLUE COLOR ARE THE ONES THAT WERE DETERMINED 2 YEARS AGO IN THE PRIOR ESTABLISHED GUIDELINES FOR COMMERCIAL, UM, PROJECTS.

AND SO, UM, IF ANYBODY WERE TO COME TO US AND WANT TO DO A COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT, WE WOULD SAY IT MUST WAS BE WITHIN THESE HIGHLIGHTED AREAS TO BE ELIGIBLE. INDUSTRIAL TAX ABATEMENTS CAN BE IN ANY OF THE ENTERPRISE ZONES THAT WE HAVE ACROSS THE CITY, UM, AND YOU HAVE TO ESTABLISH THAT REINVESTMENT ZONE PRIOR TO ACTUALLY APPLYING FOR THAT TAX ABATEMENT. SO AGAIN, UM, COMMERCIAL ELIGIBILITY, 5 MILLION DOLLARS, 25 NEW JOBS, AT LEAST 30% OF THE NEW EMPLOYEES IN THE ZONE ARE RESIDENTS OF THE CITY, WHICH IS IMPORTANT. PROTECT THE PROJECT MUST PROVIDE A MEANINGFUL ECONOMIC BENEFIT, AND THE COUNCIL MAY VARY REQUIREMENTS BY A THREE-FOURTHS AFFIRMATIVE VOTE WHEN IN THE CITY'S BEST INTEREST.

AND THOSE ARE ALL STIPULATIONS THAT ARE LINED OUT IN THE GUIDELINES. INDUSTRIAL ELIGIBILITY IS SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT, AND THIS IS WHERE I MADE, UH, ONE SLIGHT CHANGE AS, UM, PRESENTED IN THE DOCUMENTS. WE HAVE THE 10 MILLION DOLLAR INVESTMENT, 25 NEW JOBS. BUSINESS GENERALLY SERVES MARKET OUTSIDE OF LUBBOCK COUNTY, SO WHEN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT MANUFACTURING JOBS, IT'S PRODUCING PRODUCTS HERE AND SHIPPING THEM OUT. UM, AND THEY FOCUS ON TARGET INDUSTRIES SUCH AS ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY AND MANUFACTURING, VALUE ADDED AGRICULTURE AND FOOD PROCESSING, RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT, MEDICAL SERVICES, WAREHOUSE DISTRIBUTION, AND REGIONAL NATIONAL HEADQUARTERS.

AND IN THE ORIGINAL LIST, THERE WAS DATA CENTERS. SO I WENT AHEAD AND REMOVED THAT AS ONE OF THE, UM, PRIORITIES AS NOT BEING AN ELIGIBLE, UM, PROJECT FOR INDUSTRIAL. SO THERE, IT WAS MENTIONED TWICE IN THE DOCUMENT. THERE WAS A DEFINITION OF THE DATA CENTER THAT WAS REMOVED, AND THEN ALSO JUST THE LISTED ITEM AS AN EL- ELIGIBLE PROJECT. SO THAT WAS TAKEN OUT OF THERE. UM, OTHER PROJECTS MAY BE CONSIDERED WHEN THEY CREATE SIGNIFICANT ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT. SO WE'RE NOT LIMITED TO JUST THIS LIST. IF THERE'S ANYBODY THAT ACTUALLY COMES AND APPLIES FOR A TAX ABATEMENT AND WE FEEL LIKE IT MEETS ALL THE CRITERIA, WE CAN STILL BRING IT TO Y'ALL IF IT'S NOT TECHNICALLY LISTED AS ONE OF THESE ITEMS IN THE INDUSTRY LIST. SO TOUCHING BACK ON HOW DOES THE TAX ABATEMENT WORK, THIS IS A, A COMMON MISCONCEPTION SOMETIMES WITH TAX ABATEMENTS. TAX ABATEMENT ONLY APPLIES TO THE NEW VALUE CREATED BY THE PROJECT, NOT THE EXISTING TAX BASE. SO YOU HAVE EXISTING PROPERTY, WHICH ESTABLISHES YOUR BASE, BASE YEAR,

[01:15:01]

AND THEN IT CONTINUES TO BE TAXED AT THAT BASE YEAR ONCE ALL PARTIES AGREE THAT WE WANT TO DO THIS TAX ABATEMENT. AND THEN THE TAX ABATED IS ON THE NEW INVESTMENT OR INCREASED VALUE. SO WE'RE TALKING ABOUT LARGE SCALE IN EXPANSIONS OF, UM, MANUFACTURING FACILITIES, OR YOU HAVE A VACANT PIECE OF PROPERTY THAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN, MIGHT HAVE BEEN AGRICULTURE.

NOW WE'RE GOING TO PUT IN A STRIP CENTER. SO THAT'S A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENT. AND THEN, UM, OF COURSE, THAT EQUALLY POTENTIALLY ELIGIBLE FOR ABATEMENT. SO WHAT DOES COUNCIL CONTROL? COUNCIL RETAINS DISCRETION OVER EVERY ABATEMENT AGREEMENT.

COUNCIL DETERMINES WHETHER TO GRANT AN ABATEMENT, HOW MUCH TO ABATE, HOW LONG THE ABATEMENT WILL LAST, WHETHER A PROJECT PROVIDES SUFFICIENT ECONOMIC BENEFIT, WHETHER MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS SHOULD BE VARIED WHEN PERMITTED, AND WHETHER AN AGREEMENT SHOULD BE MODIFIED, CANCELLED, OR TERMINATED FOR NON-COMPLIANCE. SO ULTIMATELY, AS YOU KNOW, UM, ALL ABATEMENTS HAVE TO BE APPROVED BY CITY COUNCIL. COUNTY ALSO HAS THE SAME RESPONSIBILITY WITH THE COMMISSIONER'S COURT IF THEY FILE FOR A TAX PAYMENT WITH THE COUNTY.

ACCOUNTABILITY AND PROTECTION.

ABATEMENT IS PERFORMANCE BASED.

SO WITH ANY, UM, INCENTIVE, THEY MUST PERFORM AND MEET THE BENCHMARKS BEFORE WE GIVE THEM ANY TYPE OF INCENTIVE OR REIMBURSEMENT.

SO INVESTMENT AND TAXABLE VALUE ARE VERIFIED THROUGHOUT THE PROJECT PROCESS BEING DEVELOPED. EMPLOYMENT COMMITMENTS ARE MONITORED.

UM, AGAIN, THEY HAVE TO SHOW THAT THEY HAVE HIRED THOSE 25 NEW QUALIFYING JOBS. COMPANIES MUST COMPLY WITH THE TERMS OF THEIR AGREEMENT.

NON-COMPLIANCE CAN RESULT IN CANCELLATION OR RECAPTURE OF ABATED TAXES, AND AGREEMENTS INCLUDE PROVISIONS TO PROTECT, PROTECT THE CITY'S INTERESTS.

SO, WITH WHAT WE HAVE PRESENTED TODAY WITH THE TWO, UM, TAX ABATEMENT GUIDELINES, THE GUIDELINES WILL ESTABLISH A CLEAR AND CONSISTENT FRAMEWORK, TARGET MEANINGFUL INVESTMENT AND JOB CREATION, SUPPORT STRATEGIC ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PROTECT THE EXISTING TAX BASE, AND PRESERVE COUNCIL'S DISCRETION. AND, UM, THIS IS, EVEN THOUGH IT IS A SORT OF HOUSEKEEPING ITEM BECAUSE WE'RE REQUIRED TO DO THIS EVERY TWO YEARS, I WOULD LIKE TO MENTION THAT, UM, TAX ABATEMENTS ACROSS THE STATE, AS FAR AS REQUESTS, HA- ARE TRENDING DOWN, UM, AND S- BUT IN ORDER TO KEEP THIS RELEVANT AND UP TO SPEED WITH EVERYTHING, WE HAVE NEW ABATEMENT GUIDELINES FOR Y'ALL TO CONSIDER. ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS? ALL RIGHT, I DON'T SEE ANY. ALL RIGHT. THANK YOU, AARON.

DANIEL, APPRECIATE IT. WAIT.

THANK YOU. ALL RIGHT, UM, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK? SO I'M GOING TO OPEN UP THE PUBLIC HEARING NOW ON AGENDA ITEM 68 AND 69. UH, IS THERE ANYONE WISHING TO SPEAK REGARDING EITHER OF THESE TWO AGENDA ITEMS? I SEE NONE, SO I'LL CLOSE THE PUBLIC HEARING ON THESE AGENDA ITEMS AT 3:40 PM. UH, IS THERE A MOTION TO APPROVE AGENDA ITEM 6.8, 6.9? SO MOVED.

I HAVE A MOTION. DO I HAVE A SECOND? 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. WE'LL NOW TAKE UP

[10. Resolution - City Council: Consider a resolution directing the City Manager to initiate the procedure outlined in Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Chapter 212, Subchapter E, to adopt a 90-Day moratorium on the acceptance, processing, and/or approval of any application for rezoning, building permits, or any request for annexation related to the development of large-scale data centers. ]

ITEM 6.10 TO CONSIDER A RESOLUTION DIRECTING THE CITY MANAGER TO INITIATE THE PROCEDURE OUTLINED IN TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE CHAPTER 212 SUBCHAPTER E TO ADOPT A 90-DAY MORATORIUM ON THE ACCEPTANCE, PROCESSING, AND/OR APPROVAL OF ANY APPLICATION FOR REZONING BUILDING PERMITS OR ANY REQUEST FOR ANNEXATION RELATED TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF LARGE-SCALE, UH, DATA CENTERS. AND I'M GONNA CALL ON OUR CITY ATTORNEY TO GIVE US A BRIEF OUTLINE OF THIS RESOLUTION AS, UH, IT WAS WORKED OUT, UH, BETWEEN MYSELF AND, UH, COUNCILMEMBERS HARRIS AND MARTINEZ GARCIA AND MR. SANDERS.

BE- BE GLAD TO, MAYOR. AS YOU MENTIONED, THIS IS A RESOLUTION THAT'S SPONSORED BY COUNCILMEMBERS, UH, MARTINEZ GARCIA AND COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. IT IS A, UM, IT STARTS THE PROCESS FOR CALLING A MORATORIUM UNDER CHAPTER 212 OF THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF DATA CENTERS WITHIN THE MUNICIPAL LIMITS OF LUBBOCK, LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS. THE RESOLUTION, UM, WILL REQUIRE THE CITY MANAGER TO DIRECT STAFF TO BEGIN THAT PROCESS, WHICH WOULD BE TO GO AHEAD AND PUT NOTICE IN THE NEWSPAPER FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, WHICH HAS TO BE 30 DAYS, UM, OUT. THERE HAS TO BE 30 DAYS NOTICE FOR THE FIRST PUBLIC HEARING, THEN THERE'LL BE A SECOND PUBLIC HEARING AFTER THAT, AND THEN THERE'LL BE A READING OF THE, UM, OF THE ACTUAL ORDINANCE THAT WOULD CALL FOR THE MORATORIUM ON, ON LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTERS.

THE RESOLUTION, UM, OTHER THAN STARTING THAT PROCESS, DEFINES LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTERS AS THOSE DATA CENTERS THAT ARE 75 MEGAWATTS

[01:20:02]

OR GREATER AS FAR AS CONSUMPTION OF ELECTRICITY AND/OR CONSUMING 100,000 GALLONS OF WATER AT A PARTICULAR SITE, AND ALSO IS USED FOR, UM, DATA SERVERS, ET CETERA, THAT TYPE OF BUSINESS. UM, THE RESOLUTION ALSO REQUESTS A STAFF TO LOOK AT OUR ZONING, UM, CODE AND OUR UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE AND LOOK AT THE POSSIBILITY OF AMENDING THE UNIFORM DEVELOPMENT CODE AND THE ZONING CODE IF FOR DATA CENTERS, AND TO LOOK AT THINGS SUCH AS THE USE OF ELECTRICITY, THE USE OF WATER RESOURCES, WHAT TYPE OF BUILDING SETBACKS NEED TO BE THERE, SCREENING REQUIREMENTS, LANDSCAPING, NOISE IMPACT AND RESTRICTIONS, OUTDOOR LIGHTING, AIR QUALITY, AND DECOMMISSIONING, UM, DATA CENTERS. UM, IT ALSO DIRECTS THE CITY MANAGER TO RESEARCH AND PROVIDE RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING ANY OTHER TYPES OF ADDITIONAL ORDINANCE CHANGES THAT MIGHT BE NEEDED BASED ON THE IMPACT THAT DATA CENTERS MIGHT HAVE ON PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE OR OUR PUBLIC SERVICES. UM, HE WILL BE DIRECTED TO SCHEDULE A WORK SESSION, UM, WITHIN 90 DAYS OF, IF THE RESOLUTION IS PASSED WITHIN 90 DAYS, TO HAVE A WORK SESSION THAT WILL ALLOW FOR THE PRESENTATION OF RESEARCH FROM INDEPENDENT QUALIFIED EXPERTS REGARDING THE IM- THE IMPACT THAT DEVELOPMENT OF LOGICAL DATA CENTERS WILL HAVE ON HOUSING COSTS AND AVAILABILITY, PUBLIC ROADWAYS, PUBLIC HEALTH AND SAFETY, AND POLICE AND FIRE PROTECTION, UM, AND OF COURSE THE IMPACT ON WATER AND ELECTRIC INFRASTRUCTURE. UM, AND THEN THE CITY MANAGER WILL INCLUDE IN THE LEGISLATIVE AGENDA FOR THE 90TH TEXAS LEGISLATIVE SESSION AN ITEM FOR DISCUSSION PURPOSES WITH THE LOCAL DELEGATION OF STATE ELECTED OFFICIALS, UM, REGARDING THE IMPACT LARGE SCALE DATA CENTERS COULD HAVE ON A MUNICIPALITY'S PUBLIC UTILITY RESOURCES AND PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE, AND THAT IS THE RESOLUTION. AS YOU MENTIONED, IT WAS DISCUSSED WITH MR. STEVEN SANDERS AS WELL, AND I BELIEVE HE WAS GIVEN A COPY OF IT WHO TO LOOK OVER, UM, AND THIS IS THE ONE THAT IS BEING SPONSORED BY, AS MENTIONED, BY COUNCILMEMBER MARTINEZ GARCIA AND COUNCILMEMBER HARRIS. I'LL BE GLAD TO ANSWER ANY QUESTIONS THAT YOU MIGHT HAVE.

DOES ANYONE HAVE ANY QUESTIONS FOR OUR CITY ATTORNEY? I DON'T SEE ANY. ALL RIGHT. WAIT, OKAY, MR. UH, COUNCILMAN COLLINS.

MR. WADE, COULD YOU, AND I THINK IT'S IN HERE, BUT LET ME CLARIFY THAT WE GO THROUGH, IF IF THIS RESOLUTION IS ADOPTED TODAY, IT'S GOING TO TAKE ABOUT 90 DAYS, UH, TWO PUBLIC HEARINGS BEFORE THE COUNCIL COULD ACTUALLY DECLARE A 90-DAY MORATORIUM. IS THAT? THAT'S CORRECT. TH- THOSE, AND THAT PROCEDURE IS OUTLINED IN STATE STATUTE. YES, YOU ARE.

AND, AND UPON THE CONCLUSION OF THE 90 DAYS, THE COUNCIL AT ITS PREROGATIVE CAN EXTEND FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS.

THAT THERE'S SOME PROCEDURAL REQUIREMENTS AS WELL, BUT YES, YOU CAN EXTEND IT FOR ANOTHER 90 DAYS.

DOESN'T REQUIRE ANY FURTHER PUBLIC HEARINGS. IT DOESN'T, I MEAN, IT COULD BE CONSECUTIVE DAY.

START DAY CAN BE THE SAME DATE.

END DAY, YEAH, YEAH.