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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AP R ILl 9, 1 9 94
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session
Tuesday, April 19, 1994, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council
Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway,
Schertz, Texas. The following members were present: Mayor
Earl W. Sawyer, presidingj Joe Potempa, Hal Baldwin,
Barbara Stanhope; Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Staff
present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary
June Krause.
Mayor Sawyer opened the meeting by asking everyone to rise
and join him in the Pledge of Allegiance.
He then had the pleasant duty of presenting two
proclamations. The first to the VFW proclaiming "Loyalty
Day" on May 1, 1994. Mr. Reece, on behalf of the VFW
members, thanked the Mayor for proclaiming May 1st as
"Loyalty Day" in Schertz. He asked everyone to show their
patriotism on that day by flying their flag.
The second proclamation was presented to John Bierschwale,
Public Works Directori Eber Bush, Water Superintendent and
their department proclaiming May 1st, "National Drinking
Water Week" in Schertz.
With the help of Lieutenant Starr and Chief Agee, Mayor
Sawyer presented Certificates of Completion to the graduates
of the most recent Citizen's Police Academy. There were
twenty one in the class, with nineteen present to receive
their certificates.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A.
B.
Special Meeting 3-30-94
Regular Meeting 4-5-94
Mrs. Stanhope moved to approve the minutes of the Special
Meeting of March 30, 1994 and the Regular Meeting of April
5, 1994. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried
with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald
NAYS: None
ABSTAINING: Mr. Potempa for the meeting of March 30, 1994.
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. J. L. Stewart of 1308
Circle Oak referred to a lot between his and FM 3009 that is
owned by the City. He said every time the weeds get about
waist high, he calls the City and they go out and cut about
half of it - they do not get down in the drainage ditch.
This drainage ditch is full of mud and weeds and every time
it rains, he has a lake in his yard. He added that last
Monday the Street crews were out doing some work and got out
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in the middle of the street and swept everything up to his
curb after he had swept it to the drainage ditch. He asked
why someone could not go out there and clean the drainage
ditch. He reminded that letters are sent to citizens asking
them to cut their grass and weeds. About three years ago,
he got a letter saying he needed to cut the tree limbs in
front of his house because the sweeper could not get under
them but he had no trouble parking his 18 wheeler truck
under the tree. He asked for some checking to be done on
this.
Mr. Sweatt said he will check into this and apologized to
him if he was sent a letter and should not have gotten one.
Mayor Sawyer asked Mr. Stewart to give us a chance to look
into his complaints.
#3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance
and read the caption as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES.
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE AMENDED BY
REVISING CHAPTER 12 1/2. ATTACHMENT "B",
OF SAID CODE, PROVIDING FOR THE USE AND
REGULATIONS OF SWIMMING POOL FACILITYi
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
Mrs. Marsh moy~~ to approve the first
ordinance amending the swimming pool
regulations. Mr. Greenwald seconded the
carried with the following vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#4
agreement
Base.
AGREEMENT: Consider and take action on an
for SAFES-EMS services with Randolph Air Force
Mayor Sawyer said he believed Council had asked Mr. Sweatt
some questions about this agreement and then asked for the
answers.
Mr. Sweatt answered that Council had discussed this and had
touched on most of these items during the negotiations with
Randolph Air Force Base. The main questions was has the
base prepared civilian and base personnel to expect charges
that would be incurred by them. He answered yes, as they
currently are accustomed to paying those charges. On-duty
military personnel will elect Champus benefits. As for the
civilian contractors are required to show proof of insurance
and the ability of insurance of at least a portion of the
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cost of ambulance service. There was a news release to the
Wingspread outlining the agreement and indicated the charges
would be incurred. The Security Police will be the ones to
first respond.
Mrs. Malone, Director of SAFES said that as of this date,
they have had nine calls and only three were transports.
Mayor Sawyer then called for a motion on this agreement.
Mr. Potempa moved to approve the agreement between the
of Schertz SAFES-EMS and Randolph Air Force Base.
Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried with
following vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
and
#5 AGREEMENT: Consider and take action on an
agreement between the City of Schertz and Buffalo Valley
Youth Association for the construction of fencing.
Mr. Sweatt recalled that at budget time, we discussed this.
BVYA has requested, for several years, 2100 feet of fencing
for crowd control, particularly during tournaments. This
year we decided to make a loan with repayment by BVYA in the
amount of $2,000 a year over a five-year period. We believe
it is a good agreement between the two parties and the best
way to get the fence.
Mayor Sawyer reminded everyone that this will not cost the
city anything.
Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the agreement with Buffalo
Valley Youth Association for the construction of fencing.
Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
Mike Biggs, President of BVYA, presented the City the first
installment on this loan and thanked Council for their
consideration, adding that BVYA really needs this fencing.
Mr. Sweatt added that notices have gone out and
soliciting bids for this fencing. The bids to be
May 5th. We are trying but are not sure we will
completed by the first tournament.
we are now
opened on
have it
#6 BY-LAWS: Consider and take action on ratification
of Schertz Parkway Tax Increment Financing Zone Board of
Directors By-laws.
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Mr. Sweatt said this board was established as part of the
proposed improvements for Schertz Parkway. It consists of
seven members - two from each taxing entity, those being the
city of Schertz, Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent
School District and Guadalupe County. The Chairman is
appointed by the Schertz City Council. He mentioned that
City Council members had received a copy of the by-laws and
minutes of this board and recommended approval.
Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the By-Laws of the Tax
Increment Financing Zone Board of Directors. Mr. Potempa
seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin. Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#7 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. This next Saturday from 9:00
until 11:00 am, the Landscape Committee will be cleaning up
and planting trees at the xeriscape educational park on
Borgfeld Road. Everyone is invited to join them.
B. He reported that our City employees have elected to
confine smoking in this building to the conference room and
the break roon. They are commended for making this choice.
C. As discussed at the last meeting, we have experienced a
number of calls for storm damage clean up. Some of the
calls were for debris from other sources and was chipped but
originally it was just for storm damage. We will be
releasing the rented chipper but will continue with our
smaller chipper at a charge of $10 per half hour. We had
about 300 calls.
D. The Flambeau Parade is this Saturday night and our float
will be in it. It starts at 7:00 p.m. but we are way in
the back. Our driver, court and attendees will be out until
the wee hours.
#8 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: ML_.___.p-9J;_e!!1.P_Q: Announced that we
are looking for volunteers for the Christmas Committee.
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Stanh9~~ said if anyone has not attended the Citizen
Academy, they are missing something. It is three
week for thirteen weeks but well worth every minute
She said she learned so much and had such a good
Mrs. Marsh reminded everyone that the 4th of July is coming
up. They had a meeting this date and things are coming
along very well. It will be for two days plus a tournament
on Saturday. She reminded everyone that when they see those
buckets throughout the city to make a donation toward the
fire works. The City pays half and the Business Association
pays the other half and the donations are really needed.
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#9 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Reported that the VFW had a very
impressive service dedicating the tank.
#10 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Potempa moved the meeting be
adjourned at 7:36 p.m., with Mr. Baldwin seconding the
motion which carried unanimOUS1Y~~/,/ 1 '
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