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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
FEBRUARY 9, 1994
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop
Session Wednesday, February 9, 1994 at 7:00 p.m. in the
Conference Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz
Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following members were
present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Joe Potempa;
Hal Baldwin; Barbara Stanhope and Ken Greenwald. Staff
present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary
June Krause.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: A. Bill Neller mentioned
that about four of the bar brackets that are used for
Christmas decorations and are too close to the flag holders.
He asked if something could be done because about five are
in the way of the flags, which we fly on recognized
holidays.
Mayor Sawyer and Mr. Sweatt both said we would look into
this.
fl.2 Discuss BVYA request to construct a
building on City property.
storage
Mr. Sweatt showed on a sketch the location of the requested
building, saying it would be right in back of the City yard
area. He added that we see no problem with this assuming
that it is built to meet City specifications and painted to
match other city bUildings.
Mr. Sweatt said we would work on a lease agreement similar
to the Scout Hut arrangements for something like $1 a year.
Council had no objections to this arrangement.
fl.3 Discuss resolution changing the name of Live Oak
Boulevard to Wiederstein Drive.
Mayor Sawyer reminded Council they had discussed this before
and with no objections he would ask that it be on the next
agenda.
Mr. Baldwin asked if he understood right, that we do
an agreement with Selma and was told yes, but we
nothing in writing with Cibolo - just verbal agreement.
have
have
Mr. Greenwald reminded that is the name used in Cibolo
already.
fl.4 Discuss changes to ordinance amending the Code
Chapter 7-1/2 Article II Food Establishments.
Mayor Sawyer recalled that the previous week Council and
food establishment owners had a good discussion and invited
people to come to the meeting and discuss their ideas.
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Mr. Sweatt mentioned that at the last meeting we discussed
the opportunity for the Food Establishment Operator to bring
discrepancies into compliance. In this revision of the
ordnance, we have suggested wording to allow for that. He
then read the exact wording.
Mr. David Post, owner of the Sandwich Garden, said his main
concern was that this period be allowed before posting the
grade. If your accrual points are low, and you would need a
lot of stuff wrong to get a low score, you would get a grace
period the first time around to get into compliance. The
second time for the same thing, there would be no grace
period and the grade would be posted. He went on to say
that sometime there is something wrong with the building,
such as bad tiles in other that the kitchen area this
would be minor and not critical to safety but might take
longer to correct.
Sanitarian Gary Davis said we should be very cautious to not
violate the state codes and ordinances.
Council then discussed this area at length with the owners
and Sanitarian.
Mr. Harris and Mr. Mower again brought up that they felt
the qualifications to be a health inspector should be in
this ordinance, even when Mr. Davis pointed out that the
State sets out the duties of a Sanitarian and he felt the
qualifications for a health inspector should be in a job
description, should the City ever hire a full-time employee,
rather than contract for health services.
Mr. Sweatt pointed out that it could impact on the budget
if Council wished to include in the ordinance that the
Inspector should be a Certified Sanitarian and also put in
requirements for certain number of inspections.
It was Council decision to put the qualifications in the
ordinance and require inspections at least one annually,
even though that is what is being done at the present time.
#5 Discuss final consideration
amending the Code Sections 18-32 Stop
18-33 Four-Way Stops.
of an ordinance
Intersections and
Mayor Sawyer
last meeting
letter from
stop signs at
advised that this also was discussed at the
and since then Council members had received a
Mr. Hartzog expressing his opposition to the
Broughton and Savannah Drive.
Mr. Sweatt agreed that stop signs are not intended to be
used primarily for speed but to effect the movement of
pedestrian and other traffic. He added that staff believes
the interruption of the traffic flow will allow some other
traffic to be funnelled toward that intersection. There has
been complaints of dangerous conditions such as speeding,
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bicycle traffic and the such from the home owners in the
area who did request chanqes but not necessarily stops
signs. If and when Savannah Drive is extended over to
Schertz Parkway, it will be a major thoroughfare.
Mr. Sweatt said we did have an error in the original
proposed ordinance in that we suggested a stop at Habersham
with Broughton, a through street. That should have been
stop at Habersham with Ogelthorpe the through street.
When Mayor Sawyer asked for Council's feelings on this, Mr.
Baldwin said his only question was Mr. Hartzog's claim that
a lot of people are complaining about this and you would
think those people would be at the meeting where it is
discussed.
Mr. Greenwald said that
Service and Public Works
recommending these stops.
their recommendations.
we solicited both the Police
to survey this and they are
He felt Council should go with
Mr. Sweatt said we have placed the signs on an educational
basis at first with no tickets issued. This is to acquaint
the public. The signs have been up at least three weeks and
he had not had one call.
Council Members, saying they had not had but the one call,
agreed to go with the signs as placed.
fl.6 discuss final consideration of an ordinance calling
an election for May 7, 1994 for the purpose of electing a
Mayor and Council Members, Places 1 and 2.
Mayor Sawyer acknowledged there was not much discussion to
be had on this item and asked that it be on the next agenda.
#7 Discuss final consideration of an ordinance calling
an election for May 7, 1994 submitting charter amendment
questions to voters.
As this had also been discussed previously, Mayor Sawyer
requested it be on the next agenda.
fl.8 Discuss final consideration of an ordinance calling
an election for May 7, 1994 for sale of property and a
non-binding referendum on recycling collections.
Council had no further questions about this ordinance, so it
was asked to be placed on the next agenda.
#9 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. We have been asked to
meet with Congressman Lamar Smith on February 14th from 9:30
to 10:30 a.m. at the Universal City City Hall. He will
answer questions and give an update.
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B. Would like to place on the next agenda for consideration
a minute order for a CDBG Grant Application. Bexar County
has accelerated their schedule and the last day is February
23rd. We will be submitting applications for upgrading
facilities and sidewalks to meet ADA standards and one for
reconstruction of restrooms in our park to comply with ADA.
C. It appears we are near or at the low to minimum income
requests for Mobile Villa, so it appears we will qualify.
#10 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. PotemDa: A. Had a Tax
Incremental Finance meeting and among other items, they have
come up with a draft of by-laws.
B. He asked if the City was having
Schertz Parkway. Mr. Sweatt said
problems getting paint to stick to the
would ask Public Works to take another
paint problems on
we are having some
pavement. He said he
look at it.
Mr. Baldwin: A. Ask what the possibility was of the City
sponsoring an Easter Egg Hunt in the park. He said he would
be glad to work with a committee on this. Mr. Potempa
mentioned bringing this up at the Business Club and at
Lion's Club. Mr. Greenwald said at Canyon, the VFW does
this and in Universal City, the American Legion does it.
Mr. Baldwin said he would talk with some people to see if
there is some real interest.
B. He asked if there was some Parks & Wildlife grant that
we could look at doing a walk or jogging path along Schertz
Parkway. After further discussion, Mayor Sawyer said he
seemed to recall that when talking with developers, they
said something about putting in a jogging trail in their
buffer zones.
Mr. Sweatt said he would be
possibilities.
happy to look at all
Mr. Greenwald: A. CVADAC is still alive - they
meeting Monday with the Guadalupe County Drug and
Abuse group, who are willing to work with CVADAC.
had a
Alcohol
B. He said he spent most of Saturday in New Braunfels at
the Natural Resources Conservation seminar put on by the
League of Women Voters discussing water issues. He said
they had three different seminars and they were all very
interesting. He handed out some material on the Texas River
Clean-Up Program. Mr. Stuart Henry, attorney for the
Sierra Club also was one of the speakers.
#11 ITEMS BY MAYOR:
Saturday morning at 10:00 a.m.
be breaking ground for their
Station on Schertz Parkway.
Mayor Sawyer announced that
the Knights of Columbus will
new hall across from the Fire
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#12 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business to
come before Council, the meeting was declared adjourned at
8:34 p.m. by Mayor Sawyer.
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