LUBBOCK, Texas (KCBD) – The Lubbock City Council will reconsider a plan allowing neighborhoods to request alley improvements after members failed to reach a decision Tuesday.<\/p>\n
The council gave initial approval last month to a petition program that would let residents on a street block gather signatures to request the work. A majority of homeowners would need to sign on.<\/p>\n
The original plan called for property owners to cover the full expense. But Assistant City Manager Erik Rejino later discovered a state statute caps the homeowner share at 90 percent, requiring the city to pay the remainder.<\/p>\n
Mayor Mark McBrayer addressed concerns Tuesday about costs falling on residents who oppose the work. He said homeowners could pay the debt over one year or have a lien placed on their property.<\/p>\n
\u201cIf the person just says, \u2018I don\u2019t want to pay it at all,\u2019 my understanding is then the lien would go on the property, and that lien would be paid again when the property is transferred through a sale or something else,\u201d McBrayer said. \u201cThe person actually if they don\u2019t want it, they\u2019re still going to get it paved if they\u2019re in that third. It would still be paved. They wouldn\u2019t have to actually pay anything. When they sold the house, that\u2019s when the money would be collected, at that point, paid by the person purchasing the property.\u201d<\/p>\n
The council will revisit the measure June 9.<\/p>\n
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