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02-20-2018 Minutes SpecialW SPECLkL TOWN HALL MEEETING February 20, 2018 A Special Town Hall Meeting was held by the Schertz City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, on February 20, 2018, at 7:00 p.m., in the Ray D. Corbett Jr. High School Cafeteria, 12000 Ray Corbett Drive, Schertz, Texas. The following members present to -wit: Mayor Michael Carpenter Councilmember Mark Davis Councilmember Scott Larson Councilmember Angelina Kiser Staff Present: Executive Director Dudley Wait Asst. To the City Mgr. Sarah Gonzalez City Secretary Brenda Dennis Fire Chief Kade Long Project Manager Scott McClelland Sr. Computer Support Eric Haugen GIS Coordinator Tony McFalls Finance Director James Walters EMS Clinical Mgr. Mike Shown Director of Planning/Comm. Dev. Lesa Wood Marketing /Comm. Mgr. Melissa Geedman PD Officer Helen Lafitte Senior Planner Bryce Cox Code Enforcement Officer Thomas Brooks Events Manager Mary Spence Asst. Parks & Rec Director Lauren Shrum Financial Analyst R.J. Fraire Water /Sewer Foreman Jerad Moheit Meet and Greet (6:30 p.m. to 7:00 p.m.) Mayor Pro -Tem David Scagliola Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez Councilmember Cedric Edwards Councilmember Bert Crawford Acting City Manager Brian James Executive Director Kyle Kinateder City Attorney Dan Santee Deputy City Secretary Donna Schmoekel Graduate Engineer Cecilia Paloma IT Director Myles Clauser Client Services Tech Ray Nichols Library Director Melissa Uhlhorn Municipal Court Administrator Patty Veliz Utility Billing Mgr. Dawn Hardin - Trussell Asst. Utility Billing Mgr. Rodolfo Rosales Police Chief Michael Hansen Police Officer A. J. Arriaga Deputy Marshal Steve Pulaski Deputy Marshal William Sutton HR Director Jessica Kurz Senior Admin. Asst. Sandy Bryant Drainage Foreman Kevin Anderson Call to Order — City Council Special Town Hall Meeting Mayor Carpenter called the meeting to order at 7:00 p.m. Welcome Mayor Carpenter welcomed everyone and provided a brief outline of how the evening events would unfold with an opportunity for questions from the citizens at the end of all the staff presentations. Mayor Carpenter recognized Acting City Manager Brian James who announced that they were actually first going to add two brief videos to the schedule tonight; 1) the' 2018 State of the City' video and 2) a recent video from KSAT News featuring the Schertz Police Department's recent efforts to increase citizen awareness of potential acts of crime in their neighborhoods. 02 -20 -2018 Minutes Presentations regarding the specific topics: Acting City Manager Brian James introduced Project Manager Scott McClelland from the city's Engineering Department who provided a briefing on the FM 1518 expansion project from FM 78 south to IH 10. The intent is to make that a four -lane roadway with turn lanes. Two other features will be a bike path on one side and a sidewalk on the other. TxDOT has split this project into two phases. Phase one is underway right now and fully funded. Phase two is not funded yet and the timeline is still uncertain. City Council approved pursuing additional funding on November 28, 2017 and TxDOT on Schertz's behalf submitted an additional funding request in December 2017. If funded, the project will be completed five years earlier with a $45 million total cost and a $5 -10 million savings due to inflation. Mr. McClelland also showed a short video from AAMPO regarding the selection process and public meeting times. Public input is very important in what area projects get selected first. Citizens can go to AAMPO.org /your move to vote and provide their feedback. The deadline for this is on February 28. ® Fire Station 93 Status. Mayor Carpenter recognized Fire Chief Kade Long who spoke about the current progress being made with the construction of Fire Station #3. The land has been purchased and the design phase is about 75% complete. They are addressing some higher construction cost estimates and have had to make a few changes to their site plan. They are currently also revising the design schedule now and getting very near to closing that out. He provided a staffing update and stated a few staff members have recently returned from Wisconsin where they viewed and tested the new Fire Truck which is just about ready. He explained their proposed plan to Council regarding the establishment of a temporary site for staff and equipment in southern Schertz (hopefully in May) to cut down on current emergency call response times in the southern Schertz area. Acting City Manager Brian James clarified that rather than wait 1.5 years for the permanent station to be ready, they hope to utilize some property owned by CCMA in southern Schertz to temporarily house the staff and the new fire engine. ® FY 2017 -18 Budget Updates. Acting City Manager Brian James introduced Finance Director James Walters who provided information on what was approved in this past year's budget. Per the last citizen survey that was conducted, priorities as listed by city residents were police services, parks and trails, storm water runoff, and the enforcement of city codes and ordinances. As a result, in this year's budget, additional staff members were added, and the focus has been directed towards park facility maintenance and storm water channel maintenance. This also allowed for 20 work vehicles, a dump truck, trailers and other equipment. He provided information regarding the city fund balance (a planned reduction of cash in this area). This action allows the city to hire 22 new personnel (6 Police, 6 Fire, 1 Inspections, 1 02 -20 -2018 Minutes Code Enforcement, 3 EMS, 3 Water, and 2 Drainage). There will also be more upcoming maintenance to start around the city (About $3.2 million allocated) New website updates include the FY 2016 -17 Annual Finance report which will be available on www.schertz.com by March 31. Another feature added is `What's Developing in Schertz.' Mr. James introduced Director of Planning and Community Development Lesa Wood who expanded on this feature. Under `Development Resources' will be a map of the active projects in progress. Clicking on each item will bring forth a closer view of the area and a summary of that project. • Questions /Comments. Mayor Carpenter recognized Acting City Manager Brian James who addressed a variety of citizen questions regarding the following subjects: • The Sedona Crossvine subdivision and associated HOA and developer concerns. • The City's responsibility /obligations regarding HOA cooperation. • Increasing congested traffic and future new development along FM 1518. • Concerns related to EMS and Fire Stations within the city. • Street Lights eventually needed in traffic areas in southern Schertz. • Current lack of signage — City Limits and No Cell Phone Usage in certain areas. • Water drainage, batch treatment plant in southern Schertz Mayor Carpenter took the opportunity to introduce all the Councilmembers who were present: Councilmember Mark Davis, Place 1, Councilmember Ralph Gutierrez, Place 2, Councilmember Scott Larson, Place 3, Councihnember Cedric Edwards, Place 4, Mayor Pro -Tem David Scagliola, Place 5, Councilmember Angelina Kiser, Place 6, and Councilmember Bert Crawford, Place 6. Acting City Manager Brian James thanked everyone for coming this evening and encouraged the residents to use the MPO website to vote and support our project(s). Staff and Council members remained available for any further questions. City Hall Communications: The meeting officially adjourned at 8:03 p.m. ATTEST: renda Dennis, City Secretary 02 -20 -2018 Minutes OchaelR. Carpenter, Mayor