01-24-2017 Agenda only MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 24, 2017
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
1-24-2017 Council Agenda
Policy Values
Economic Prosperity
Fiscally Sustainable
High Quality of Life
Safe Community
Essential Services
Attractive Community
AGENDA
TUESDAY, JANUARY 24, 2017 AT 6:00 P.M.
Call to Order – Regular Session
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of
Texas. (Chaplain Sam Bridges)
Recognition and Presentation
• Introduction of the Student Mayors and Student Councilmembers for the Day.
(Mayor Carpenter)
- Student Mayors – Dobie Jr. High, 8th Grade Elias Santiago and Corbett Jr.
High, 8th Grade Emma De Kiewiet
- Student Councilmembers – Dobie Jr. High, 7th Grade Jacob Shannon and
Corbett Jr. High, 7th Grade Landon Dietz
• Proclamation recognizing National Mentoring Month (Mayor Carpenter/Sonya
Chapa-Weber)
City Events and Announcements
• Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/D. Wait/S. Gonzalez)
• Announcements and recognitions by City Manager (J. Kessel)
Employee Recognition:
• Recognition of employee service pins for 20 years: John Perry, Kevin Anderson, John
Eisen, Marc Bane and Todd Kaiser; for 25 years: Mike Carey
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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.
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
• Ordinance No. 17-S-01 – Public Hearing and Discussion on an amendment to the
Crossvine PDD (Ordinance 14-S-08) in order to incorporate a new Garden Home
configuration in Module IIA, along with new street cross-sections and other
associated development standards. The property is approximately 375 acres of land
located at the intersection of Lower Seguin Road and FM 1518. (B. James/L.
Wood/C. Gould)
• Discussion regarding the Sedona/Crossvine Batch Plant Expansion. (D. Wait)
• Discussion regarding the Sedona Development and Infrastructure Issues. (D. Wait/D.
Letbetter/K. Woodlee/J. Hooks/J. Walters)
• Discussion and consideration and/or action regarding the confirmation, appointment
or election of the Mayor Pro Tempore. (M. Carpenter)
• Discussion and presentation on PEX Pipe issues. (B. James/L. Wood/G. Durant)
• Discussion regarding the Pavement Condition Index (PCI). (B. James/K. Woodlee/C.
Palomo)
• Discussion regarding crime issues and stats. (D. Wait/M. Hansen)
Consent Agenda Items
The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with
one motion. There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed
from the Consent Agenda upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.
1. Minutes – Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the
Regular Meeting of January 10, 2017. (J. Kessel/B. Dennis)
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2. Ordinance No. 17-S-02 - Consideration and/or action on an amendment to the
Nor-Tex Farms PDD (Ordinance 14-S-29) in order to modify the subdivision signage
regulation and change the project name to Homestead. The property is approximately
434 acres of land generally located on IH 35 Frontage Road and Covers Cove. Final
Reading (B. James/L. Wood/C. Gould)
3. Ordinance No. 17-S-03 - Consideration and/or action to approve an Ordinance to
zone approximately 3 acres of land from Single-Family Residential (R-1) to
Neighborhood Services (NS). The property is generally located at Southwest of FM
3009 at Green Valley Road. Final Reading (B. James/L. Wood/E. Grobe)
4. Ordinance No. 17-S-04 - Consideration and/or action on an amendment to the
Hallies Cove PDD (Ordinance 16-S-32) in order to modify the minimum lot depth
and the method used for calculating lot depth. The property is approximately 90 acres
of land located Southeast of Trainer Hale Road and FM 1518. Final Reading (B.
James/L. Wood/C. Gould)
Discussion and Action Items
5. Ordinance No. 17-T-05 – Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance
authorizing a budget adjustment to fund the purchase of Smart Messaging Trailers.
First Reading (D. Wait/M. Hansen/M. Carey)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Requests and Announcements
6. Announcements by City Manager.
7. Future Agenda Item Request for City Council: This is an opportunity for City
Council members to request that items be placed on a future agenda. No discussion
of the merits of the item may be taken at this time. Should a Council Member oppose
placement of the requested item on a future agenda, the Mayor, without allowing
discussion, shall ask for the consensus of the other City Council members to place or
not place the item on a future 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
9. Councilmember Orientation- Information and discussion regarding Public Safety
Overview (Police Department, Fire Station 3, Regional EMS Provider), Water/Sewer
Issues.
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Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, DONNA SCHMOEKEL, DEPUTY 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 20th DAY OF
JANUARY 2017 AT 4:50 P.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.
DONNA SCHMOEKEL
Donna Schmoekel, Deputy 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 _______________, 2017.
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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
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Mayor Carpenter
Audit Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Investment Advisory Committee
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Councilmember Gutierrez – Place 2
Councilmember Larson – Place 3
Mayor Pro-Tem Edwards – Place 4
Audit Committee
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Thompson – Place 5
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Councilmember Kiser – Place 6 Councilmember Crawford – Place 7