Gordon Harris
About
Gordon Harris's platform centers on addressing economic growth challenges within Lubbock and fostering increased civic engagement among residents. His campaign emphasizes a commitment to these key areas for the city's development and community involvement.
Campaign promises (2)
- developmentFocus on economic growth issues facing the city.Related votes
- transparencyWork to increase civic engagement within the city.
Voice
- Meetings spoken in
- 16
- Total speaking time
- 35:19
- Avg per meeting
- 2:12
- Segments
- 524
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Top issues during term (7)(Development)
Proposed Regulations and Zoning for Large-Scale Data Centers
Potential water reservation fees and infrastructure coordination costs for developers, along with future tax revenue for the city.
Industrial Development and Community Impact
The grant for the TTX Company project is $152,000.
Neighborhood Commercial Buffering along 34th Street
Property values and commercial investment potential in the 34th Street corridor will shift as new office and retail spaces are developed.
Lubbock City Charter Review and Amendments
Impacts on administrative costs depend on the specific charter changes proposed.
Adaptive Reuse of Vacant School Property (Jackson Elementary)
Substantial private and grant funding needed for building renovations, including plumbing and structural repairs.
2055 Metropolitan Transportation Plan Development
Utilizes previously programmed UPWP funds across fiscal years 2027 and 2028.
housing bond approval
The city is facilitating a $22 million bond issuance for housing development.
Moved or seconded (17)
Motions Harris personally put forward or seconded. Attribution comes from the minutes; where the minutes name somebody we cannot match to the roster we leave it out rather than guess, so this is a floor, not a total.
- secondedfailed 2-52026-05-26
Zone Case 3545 (Partial - 7501 19th Street)
Title matched to the agenda, not quoted from the motion
- secondedpassed 7-02026-05-26
approve the April 28, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting minutes
- secondedfailed 2-52026-05-12
approve this item
- secondedpassed 7-02026-05-12
approve Ordinance No. 2026-O0057
- movedpassed 7-02026-05-12
approve Ordinance No. 2026-O0058
- secondedpassed 7-02026-05-12
approve Resolution No. 2026-R0194
- secondedpassed 6-12026-03-10
to approve Resolution No. 2026-R0110.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-02-24
to approve the January 27, 2026 Regular City Council Meeting minutes.
- secondedpassed 4-32026-02-24
to approve Ordinance No. 2026-O0019.
- secondedpassed 5-22026-02-10
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Gordon Harris, to approve Resolution No. 2026-R0073.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-02-10
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Gordon Harris, to approve items 6.1-6.7; 6.9-6.15; 6.17-6.21; and 6.25-6.38.
- secondedpassed 5-22026-02-10
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Gordon Harris, to approve Resolution No. 2026-R0072.
- secondedpassed 5-22026-02-10
Motion by Mayor Pro Tem Christy Martinez-Garcia, seconded by Council Member Gordon Harris, to approve Resolution No. 2026-R0071.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-01-13
to approve items 5.1-5.26.
- movedpassed 7-02026-01-13
to approve Ordinance No. 2026-O0007.
- secondedfailed 3-42026-01-13
to approve this item.
- secondedpassed 7-02026-01-13
to approve Resolution No. 2026-R0020
Decisions during term (79)
Recorded while Harris was in office — not necessarily decisions they moved, spoke to, or voted on.
Zone Case 3304A (Hugo Reed & Associates / Larry Elliott Land & Development)
LEDA Economic Development Agreement with Seals Commercial Holdings
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving the Mac Davis Statue Project and Installation Agreement, by and between the City of Lubbock and the Mac Davis Museum and Academy of Songwriting, Inc., at the intersection…
Resolution - Right-of-Way: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute a Memorandum of Agreement, and related documents, with Grow Lubbock Development, LLC., for the purchase of a 1.1945-acre tract and a 0.6555-acre Slope…
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…
Consider proposed amendments to the City of Lubbock's Unified Development Code concerning large-scale data centers and associated power generation, transmission, and distribution facilities.
Resolution on Data Center Development
Ordinance 2nd Reading - Business Development: Consider Ordinance No. 2026-O0114, establishing Project Financing Zone No. 1, City of Lubbock, Texas, pursuant to Chapter 351 of the Texas Tax Code; designating the zone boundaries and base…
Ordinance 1st Reading - Business Development : Consider adoption of the Nineteenth Supplemental Ordinance, which supplements the Assessment Ordinance and approves and adopts the Annual Plan Update and the Updated Roll, for the Vintage…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Façade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Embla Enterprises, LLC, located at 1702 Avenue F, pursuant to Article IV, Section…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Embla Enterprises, LLC, located at 1702 Embla Enterprises, LLC, pursuant to…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Façade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Embla Enterprises, LLC, located at 1706 Avenue F, pursuant to Article IV, Section…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Embla Enterprises, LLC, located at 1706 Avenue F, pursuant to Article IV,…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Façade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Law Office of Michael H. Carper, located at 1102 Main St., pursuant to Article IV,…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Law Office of Michael H. Carper, located at 1102 Main Street, pursuant to…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Façade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to 2 Bimbos, LLC, located at 1962 Texas Avenue, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5, of…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to 2 Bimbos, LLC, located at 1962 Texas Avenue, pursuant to Article IV, Section…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Façade) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Pool Appraising, Inc., located at 709 Broadway, pursuant to Article IV, Section 5,…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution approving a Downtown Grant Program (Permittable) expenditure of Market Lubbock, Inc., to be provided to Pool Appraising, Inc., located at 709 Broadway, pursuant to Article IV,…
Resolution - Business Development: Consider a resolution authorizing the Mayor to execute Amendment 1 to Contract 19241, with Pland Collaborative, for a Tree Assessment in the North Overton Tax Increment Financing District boundary.
Voting record (3)(Development)
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