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SPECIAL WORKSHOP SESSION OF THE SCHERTZ CITY COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 10, 1999
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The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session on
Wednesday, February 10, 1999 at 7:00 p.m. in the Municipal Complex
Conference Room, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following
members were present: Mayor Hal Baldwin, presiding; Councilmembers Pia
Jarman; Joe Potempa; Norman W. Agee, Sr.; Timothy Swinney and Ken
Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary
Norma Althouse.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS
No one had signed up to speak. Mayor Baldwin did, however, welcome a
couple of students from Samuel Clemens High School to the meeting.
#2 ORDINANCE: Consider and take action on final reading of Ordinance
authorizing Tax Abatement and Tax Abatement Agreement with Schertz VP
Partners, Ltd.
Mayor Baldwin introduced and ordinance and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 99-T-3
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BY THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, APPROVING A TAX ABATEMENT AND
A TAX ABATEMENT AGREEMENT FOR AND WITH SCHERTZ VP
PARTNERS, LTD., A PROPERTY OWNER IN THE CITY OF SCHERTZ.
Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the final reading of an Ordinance authorizing a
Tax Abatement and Tax Abatement Agreement with Schertz VP Partners, Ltd.
Mrs. Jarman seconded the motion, which carried with the following votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
NAYS: None.
#3 ORDINANCE: Consider and take action on final reading of Ordinance
regarding traffic signals/traffic lights.
Mayor Baldwin introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows:
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ORDINANCE NO. 99-0-4
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS PROVIDING
THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE
AMENDED BY ADDING SECTION 18-50, TRAFFIC SIGNALSITRAFFIC
LIGHTS; AND PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE.
Mr. Agee moved to approve the final reading of an Ordinance regarding traffic
signalsitraffic lights. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion, which carried with the
following votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
NAYS: None.
#4 ORDINANCE: Consider and take action on first reading of Ordinance
revising Code of Ordinances regarding unsanitary, unsightly conditions on private
premises.
Mayor Baldwin introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows:
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AN ORDINANCE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS PROVIDING
THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS,
CHAPTER 10, MISCELLANEOUS OFFENSES AND PROVISIONS, ARTICLE
II, UNSANITARY, UNSIGHTLY, ETC. CONDITIONS ON PRIVATE PREMISES,
BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 10-19, NOTICE TO OWNER TO
REMOVE OR REMEDY, AND SECTION 10-20, REMOVAL OR CORRECTION
BY CITY; AND PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE.
Mr. Sweatt advised the City has dealt with recurring problems of high weeds and
junk on some properties. They have been working on this ordinance with the
City Attorney, Michael Spain, to remove the need to readvertise when there are
recurring problems on a particular property and also to remove the need for the
City to renotify the property owner if said owner cleans up the property, but
then lets the weeds grow high and the junk pile up again. The readvertisement
and renotification clause is only good for 365 days. At the end of a year, the
process starts over again.
Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the first reading of an Ordinance revising the
Code of Ordinances regarding unsanitary, unsightly conditions on private
property. Mr. Swinney seconded the motion, which carried with the following
votes:
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AYES: Councilmembers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
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NAYS: None.
#5 ORDINANCE: Consider and take action on emergency reading of
Ordinance calling an election to be held on May 1, 1999.
Mayor Baldwin introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 99-E-2
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CALLING AN
ELECTION TO BE HELD ON MAY 1, 1999 FOR THE PURPOSE OF
ELECTING THREE (3) COUNCILMEMBERS FOR SAID CITY; AND
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.
Mr. Swinney moved to approve the emergency reading of an Ordinance calling
an election for May 1, 1999. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion, which carried
with the following votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
NAYS: None.
#6 Consider and take action setting a public hearing date for changes to
the UDC.
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Mr. Sweatt related some of the changes are housekeeping items such as
correcting an error in the section about a Traffic Impact Analysis. Other items
include tree preservation and the floodplain ordinance.
Council was informed by the City Secretary that March 2, 1999 would be the first
available date to hold a public hearing and meet all the deadlines required for
notification and publication.
Mr. Greenwald moved to set the public hearing date for changes to the UDC for
March 2, 1999. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion, which carried with the
following votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
NAYS: None.
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#7 Consider and take action setting a public hearing date for the
rezoning of two tracts of land on FM 3009.
Mr. Sweatt advised these two tracts are owned by Barshop/Corridor Properties
and the City is recommending the zoning change because of a proposed General
Business use which came before Planning and Zoning, but did not materialize.
Planning and Zoning feels the best use of the land would be a Neighborhood
Services zoning classification. The proposed zoning change is from General
Business to Neighborhood Services.
Once again the City Secretary stated March 2, 1999 would be the first available
date to hold a public hearing and meet all the deadlines required for notification
and publication.
Mr. Greenwald moved to set the date for a public hearing on two tracts of land
owned by Barshop/Corridor Properties for March 2, 1999. Mr. Potempa
seconded the motion, which carried with the following votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
NAYS: None.
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#8 JOINT AGREEMENT: Consider and take action regarding a Joint
Agreement for General Elections.
Mr. Sweatt explained this agreement is for a joint election between the City of
Schertz, the City of Cibolo and the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City ISO for the
election on May 1, 1999.
Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the Joint Agreement for General Elections on
May 1, 1999 between the City of Schertz, the City of Cibolo and the SCUC ISO.
Mrs. Jarman seconded the motion, which carried with the following votes:
AYES: Councilmembers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
NAYS: None.
#9 CLEARING PROJECT: Consider and take action regarding
participation in Cibolo Creek Clearing Project.
Mr. Sweatt stated he is asking Council at this time to set up $27,000 for the City's
participation in the Cibolo Creek Clearing Project. This will be for the removal of
debris from the Creek.
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Mr. Swinney moved to authorize setting an upper limit of $27,000 for the City of .
Schertz's participation in the Cibolo Creek Clearing Project. Mr. Agee seconded
the motion.
Before the vote, Mayor Baldwin mentioned that Mr. Gignac has some volunteers
to help acquire the permission of property owners along the Creek.
The vote was then taken and the motion carried with the following votes:
AYES: Councilmmebers Jarman, Potempa, Agee, Swinney and Greenwald.
NAYS: None.
#10 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT
· Noted that sometime back, Entex had merged with Houston Industries and
now are changing their name to Reliant Energy Entex. The City Attorney
needs to review this in case there's something in the Franchise Agreement
with Entex that requires a change.
#11 ITEMS BY COUNCIL
Mr. Swinnev:
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· Reported that some of the residents in Greenshire are having a lot of trouble
with trash from Kaufman Broad.
· Referred to a letter he read about the bad smell coming from Beck Concrete.
Regardless of whether it's true or not, it's bad public relations. Is it possible to
invite residents of the area to meet with representatives of Beck Concrete?
Mr. Sweatt thought maybe they could take that a step further and Beck could
have an open house and conduct tours and discuss what causes the odor.
Mr. Swinney asked what Council needs to do and Mr. Sweatt suggested
getting the cooperation of Ben Davis. The consensus of Council was that it's
worth a shot.
· Commented that apparently there will be an exciting school board meeting
tomorrow. Some of the area schools will supposedly be bussing to attain
socio-economic balance.
· Mentioned there are lots of motorcycles and ultra-terrain vehicles in the
greenbelt area of Greenshire. If there's no ordinance covering this, he would
like to put it on a future agenda for discussion. Mr. Agee said he thought they
used the noise ordinance to control this type of thing when it was going on
behind CCMA.
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Mr. Potempa:
· Informed everyone Merwin Willman has been in the hospital. He had surgery
on his back and is recovering.
. Commented that two weeks ago, his neighbor complained to him that the
garbage company picked up only three out of four cans of trash. Mr. Sweatt
told Mr. Potempa the City is accumulating and making records of all
complaints.
· Remarked they finally fixed the street light in his area. Mayor Baldwin asked
who he called and was told it was CPS.
Mr. Aaee:
· Noted that Ray and Peggy Rouse, members of the Citizens' Police Adademy,
took a trip to Minnesota and both were ill and in the hospital there.
Mrs. Jarman:
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· Stated she went to the Library Board meeting and was told to go home
because she was sick, so she has nothing to report. They were going to
discuss problems with the computer. Mr. Sweatt added that the Library Board
wants to use the Shoe Shop and he is told the City will get a release on the
building from the Historical Society. Mr. Swinney asked if the Board Is
aware of how much money it will take to renovate it. We need to
communicate with them because of the results of the bond election.
Mr. Greenwald:
· Commented Planning and Zoning will be sending forward new applications for
a Special Exception to the Zoning Ordinance and for a Specific Use Permit
and would like Council to approve them.
· Related the water supply project is looking good and then said that at the
Local Government Corporation meeting in Seguin, they found out there has
been an Underground Water District in Guadalupe County for two years and
they didn't know about it. It passed on May 28, 1997. Mr. Sweatt added an
amendment to legislation on the Underground Water District would be on the
agenda of the Corporation next week, subject to their final review and action.
#12 ITEMS BY MAYOR
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· Read a letter from the Metrocom Area Chamber of Commerce regarding an
Alamo Community College District in northeast San Antonio. They feel it is
important to have a campus in this area and are asking for an endorsement of
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