ccreg 12-03-1991
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 3, 1991
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
December 3, 1991 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,
presiding; Joe Potempa; Hal Baldwin; Barbara Stanhope; Mary
Marsh; and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Kerry
Sweatt and Deputy City Secretary Alice Austin.
The Mayor opened the meeting and asked everyone to join him in
the Pledge of Allegiance.
Mayor Sawyer welcomed Boy Scout Troop 18 and their leader Mr.
Larry White to the meeting. The members of the troop introduced
themselves as Andrew Barnes, Jesse Booker, Mathew Reed, Patrick
Green and John Santos and advised that they were working toward
their Citizenship in Community badges.
Mayor Sawyer advised them that he was proud to see them attending
the meeting.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Regular Meeting of 11-5-91; B.
Special Meeting of 11-13-91.
Mr. Baldwin moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting
of 11-5-91 and the Special Meeting of 11-13-91. Mr. Greenwald
seconded the motion, which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. George Mower of 501 Brooks
Avenue said that on Friday at 10:30 p.m. he had heard noises in
front of his residence and when he looked out he had seen a
police officer talking to approximatelY 8 juveniles. He advised
that the officer was attempting to get the juveniles to stand on
the curb and that the juveniles were taunting the officer. He
said that all of the youngsters were smoking and throwing
cigarette butts into the street.
He said that his questions were did an officer make less than a
meter reader, at what age could a juvenile smoke and is it not
littering to throw cigarette butts into the street.
He said his
force have
respect.
interest is that he would like to see
respect and if trained adequately they
the police
would get
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Mr. Sweatt advised that an officer's salary is not less than a
meter readers. He further advised that he was unsure if there
was a law concerning the age a juvenile could smoke. He advised
that our officers were trained quite well and that whether to
charge someone with littering would be a judgement call on the
part of the officer. He said that our officers do an excellent
job of enforcing the laws.
#3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance for final
consideration and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 91-S-15
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO.
87-S-1, ARTICLE V - SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT
REGULATIONS R-l, ARTICLE VI SINGLE FAMILY
DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS R-2, ARTICLE VII
SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT REGULATIONS R-6,
ARTICLE VIII - SINGLE FAMILY DWELLING MANUFACTURED
HOUSING DISTRICT REGULATIONS R-7, ARTICLE IX - TWO
FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT R-3, ARTICLE X
APARTMENT/MULTI-FAMILY DWELLING DISTRICT R-4,
ARTICLE XI - GARDEN HOME DWELLING DISTRICT R-5A &
R-5B, ARTICLE XIV OFFICE AND PROFESSIONAL
DISTRICT, ARTICLE XV NEIGHBORHOOD SERVICE
DISTRICT, ARTICLE XVI - GENERAL BUSINESS DISTRICT,
ARTICLE XIX PLANNED UNIT DEVELOPMENT; AND
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE.
Mrs. Marsh made the motion to approve the ordinance as read.
Mr. Potempa seconded the motion which carried with the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald
NAYS: None
#4 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance for final
consideration and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 91-S-16
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE, NO.
87-S-1, ARTICLE 11, DISTRICTS, BOUNDARIES, OFFICIAL
ZONING MAP, NEW AND UNSCHEDULED USES, AND
COMPLIANCE REQUIRED; APPENDIX B, DEFINITIONS; AND
PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE.
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Mr. Baldwin made the motion to approve the ordinance as read.
Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion which carried with the
following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald
NAYS: None
#5 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance for final
consideration and read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 91-F-17
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF
SCHERTZ, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY
REVISING SECTION 7-1/2-54, EXHIBIT 2 GARBAGE RATE
SCHEDULE; PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE; AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN
CONFLICT.
Mrs.
Mrs.
vote:
Stanhope made the motion to approve the ordinance as read.
Marsh seconded the motion which carried with the following
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald
NAYS: None
#6 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced for consideration a
resolution and read the caption as follows:
A RESOLUTION
ENDORSING THE EFFORTS OF THE ALAMO AREA COUNCIL OF
GOVERNMENTS TO HAVE THE AACOG PLANNING REGION
REDESIGNATED AS A REGIONAL WATER QUALITY PLANNING
AGENCY.
Mrs. Stanhope said that she thought they would be getting more
information before voting on this item.
Mr. Sweatt advised that since the workshop meeting where they
would have discussed this item had been cancelled, he had set it
for discussion tonight. He said that approximately 13 years ago
AACOG was serving as the planning agency. The government had
decertified the COGS in this area. Many other organizations are
now certified as water quality planning agencies. There are no
longer funds available on the Federal level but with the new
charges being assessed by the State there would probably be funds
available in the near future.
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Mr. Potempa made the motion to table this item and reschedule
for next workshop. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion which
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmember Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald
NAYS: None
#7 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Sweatt advised that workshop
was scheduled for January 1 and asked if Council would like to
reschedule to January 2. Consensus was to reschedule.
#8 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Joe Potempa: Advised that, at the last
meeting of the Business Club, Lori Flowers had been selected as
Officer of the Year and Harvey Seiler had been selected as Fire
Fighter of the Year.
Mary Marsh: 1. Advised that the Schertz VFW has been selected
to host the district Voice of Democracy.
2. Christmas tree lighting on December 5.
Ken Greenwald: Need to have crews check decorations on Schertz
Parkway as half of the lights are not working.
Hal Baldwin: Advised that Susan Hartzog's mother had passed away
and the funeral was scheduled for 9:30 am on December 4.
#9 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer wished everyone a Merry
Christmas and a Happy New Year.
#10 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Hal Baldwin and second by
Joe Potempa the meeting was adjourned at 7: 25 ' .m.
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