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05-20-2014 Agenda OnlyREGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL May 20, 2014, 6:00 P.M. HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS 1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4 SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154 05-20-2014 Council Agenda Policy Values Economic Prosperity Fiscally Sustainable Family Friendly for All Ages High Quality of Life Safe Community Essential Services Attractive Community Innovative and Proactive Service Oriented Friendly City AGENDA TUESDAY, MAY 20, 2014 AT 6:00 P.M. ► 5:30 p.m. ◄ Come and meet Cardiac Arrest Survivors (City Council Conference Room) Call to Order – City Council Regular Session Invocation and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas. (Pastor Luke Evans, Christ Church, San Antonio) City Events and Announcements  Announcements of upcoming City Events (J. Bierschwale/B. James)  Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel) Presentations  Proclamation recognizing National Emergency Medical Services Week (Mayor Pro- Tem Scagliola/D. Wait)  Cardiac Arrest Survivor Recognition (D. Wait) Hearing of Residents This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes. 05-20-2014 City Council Agenda Page - 2 - All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof. Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may be requested to leave the meeting. Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry, and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who have signed up to speak in the order they have registered. Workshop  Presentation discussion and possible action regarding invocations at Council meetings. (Item requested by Councilmember Fowler) (J. Kessel/D. Schmoekel) Discussion and Action Items 1. Minutes – Approve the minutes of the regular meeting of May 13, 2014 (J. Kessel/B. Dennis) 2. Ordinance No. 14-M-23 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance amending the City’s Code of Ordinances by adding Chapter 75 making it unlawful for certain sex offenders to reside within 1000 feet of a child safety zone; making it illegal for sex offenders to go in, on, or within 1000 feet of a child safety zone; providing exceptions to the ordinance; and providing penalties for violations of the ordinance. First Reading (J. Bierschwale/M. Hansen) 3. Ordinance No. 14-M-24 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance amending the City’s Code of Ordinances Chapter 50, Article IV regulating the discharge of guns; providing for certain exceptions; repealing all Ordinances or parts of Ordinances in conflict with this Ordinance; and providing an effective date. First Reading (J. Bierschwale/M. Hansen) 4. Ordinance No. 14-S-25 – Conduct a public hearing and consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance on a request to rezone approximately 0.468 acres of land from General Business (GB) to Residential/Agriculture (RA). The property is more specifically described as a portion of the Stacy B. Lewis Survey No. 317, Abstract No. 443, and the Antonio Zamora Survey No. 36, Abstract No. 82, City of Schertz, Bexar County, Texas, generally located on Boenig Drive approximately 170 feet west of the street Laura Heights. First Reading (B. James/L. Wood) 5. Ordinance No. 14-S-26 – Conduct a public hearing and consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance on a request to rezone approximately 3 acres of land in the Verde Enterprise Business Park Planned Unit Development (PUD) Ordinance 07-S- 14A to Planned Development District (PDD). The property is specifically Unit 1 of the Verde Enterprise Business Park and generally located on the corner of Interstate Highway 35 and Mid Cities in the City of Schertz, Guadalupe County, Texas. First Reading (B. James/L. Wood) PH PH 05-20-2014 City Council Agenda Page - 3 - Roll Call Vote Confirmation Requests and Announcements 6. Announcements by City Manager  Citizen Kudos  Recognition of City employee actions  New Departmental initiatives 7. Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items be placed on a future City Council agenda. 8 Announcements by Mayor and Councilmembers  City and community events attended and to be attended  City Council Committee and Liaison Assignments (see assignments below)  Continuing education events attended and to be attended  Recognition of actions by City employees  Recognition of actions by community volunteers  Upcoming City Council agenda items 9. Information available in City Council packets – NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR  Country Club Overpass – TxDOT Response Adjournment CERTIFICATION I, BRENDA DENNIS, CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, DO HEREBY CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARDS ON THIS THE 16th DAY OF MAY 2014 AT 11:15 A.M., WHICH IS A PLACE READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES AND THAT SAID NOTICE WAS POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE. Brenda Dennis Brenda Dennis CPM, TRMC, MMC, City Secretary I CERTIFY THAT THE ATTACHED NOTICE AND AGENDA OF ITEMS TO BE CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS REMOVED BY ME FROM THE OFFICIAL BULLETIN BOARD ON _____DAY OF _______________, 2014. ____________________________Title:__________________________ This facility is accessible in accordance with the Americans with Disabilities Act. Handicapped parking spaces are available. If you require special assistance or have a request for sign interpretative services or other services please call 210-619-1030. 05-20-2014 City Council Agenda Page - 4 - The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into executive session at any time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by the Texas Open Meetings Act. Executive Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s legal counsel and the presence of any subject in any Executive Session portion of the agenda constitutes a written interpretation of Texas Government Code Chapter 551 by legal counsel for the governmental body and constitutes an opinion by the attorney that the items discussed therein may be legally discussed in the closed portion of the meeting considering available opinions of a court of record and opinions of the Texas Attorney General known to the attorney. This provision has been added to this agenda with the intent to meet all elements necessary to satisfy Texas Government Code Chapter 551.144(c) and the meeting is conducted by all participants in reliance on this opinion. COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS Mayor Carpenter Audit Committee Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions Investment Advisory Committee TIRZ II Board Mayor Pro-Tem Scagliola – Place 2 Animal Control Advisory Committee Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation Schertz Seguin Local Government Corporation Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions Sweetheart Advisory Committee Councilmember Fowler – Place 1 Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions Schertz Housing Board Liaison Randolph Joint Land Use Study (JLUS) Executive Committee Councilmember John - Place 3 Councilmember Edwards – Place 4 Audit Committee ASA Commuter Rail District Board – Lone Star Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee Councilmember – Duke – Place 5 Audit Committee Investment Advisory Committee