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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
OCTOBER 16, 1990
The Schertz City Council convened in Reqular Session, Tuesday,
october 16, 1990 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, presidinq;
Joe Potempa i Hal Baldwin; Barbara Stanhope i Mary Marsh and Ken
Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Kerry R. Sweatt and
City Secretary June G. Krause.
Opening the meeting, Mayor Sawyer led the qroup in the Pledqe of
Allegiance.
#1 PUBLIC HEARIBG: The City Council to receive citizen
comments on identifying the future cable related community needs
and interests; as well as reviewing the performance of the cable
operator durinq the current franchise term.
Mayor Sawyer referred to a letter received from Mr. T. J.
Connolly, Director of Public Affairs for Paraqon Cable, saying
that due to conflict they would not be able to be present. He
then asked if anyone had any comments they would like to make.
Mayor Sawyer asked the Council to postpone the hearinq until a
representative could be present.
Mr. Baldwin asked why postpone the hearing since we are just ful-
filling a technicality in holdinq the hearing because we are,
required to hold the hearinq before we could challenqe the
contract. We had the notice in the paper and held the publ ic
hearinq so why put it off, we have fulfilled the requirements of
law.
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There beinq no citizen present wishing to speak, Mayor Sawyer
declared the public hearing closed at 7:30 p.m.
Mr. Sweatt said we had notified the company quite some time ago
of the hearing and he felt this was just one more example of the
lack of concern of the company for local regulatory matter.
Mrs. Marsh said we should make a matter of record about our
displeasure with them about this lack of concern.
#2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Special meeting of August 29,1990.
Mrs. Marsh said she had one correction in a date. Under item #9,
comments by Mrs. Marsh about half way throuqh the date is listed
at October 10 and it should be October 11th.
Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the minutes as corrected. Mrs.
Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the following
vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#3 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Henry Gutierrez, saying as
Council knows, he operates the Buffalo Valley Volunteer Recycling
Center on FM 3009. He said they had notified the newspapers that
they are no longer accepting cardboard and newspapers. It is
just not cost effective to accept these things at this time. He
said they have expanded to start accepting such things as
dishwashers, washing machines, dryers, hot water heaters, etc..
He said he hopes the paper situation is just temporary.
#4 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 90-D-30
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 18-32 STOP INTERSECTIONSi
SECTION 18-35 YIELD INTERSECTIONS AND SECTION
18-76 MAXIMUM SPEED ON SPECIFIC STREETS AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
Mrs. Stanhope moved to approve the final reading of an ordinance
amending the code by revising Sections 18-32, 18-35 and 18-76
regulating traffic in Greenshire Subdivision. Mr. Greenwald
seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#5 APPOINTMENTS: Consider and take action on Planning and
Zoning Commission recommendations as follows:
A. Mr. Baldwin moved to reappoint Merwin Willman, George Vick,
Gary Bricken and Keith Van Dine for another two-year term. Mr.
Potempa seconded the motion, which carried with the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
B. Mr. Potempa moved to appoint Bob Andrews as Chairman, Jim
Shriver as Vice-Chairman, and Keith Van Dine as Secretary for the
Planning & Zoning Commission. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion,
which carried with the following vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#6 CITY MABAGER'S REPORT: A. Reminded everyone of the
parade on November 10th in Universal City to begin at 10:00 a.m.
for observation of Military Appreciation Day.
B. Our float was part of the Seguin/Guadalupe Fair parade last
Friday and won third place.
#7 ITEMS BY COUBCIL: Mr. Baldwin said he felt sure
everyone had read the article on the front page of the Herald by
Alan Schoolcraft of what his personal feelings are on horse
racing. He said if we are really serious about the race track in
the area, we and all the citizens in the area need to contact our
representatives.
Mrs. StanhoDe: A. reported on the Housing Authority meetinq,
sayinq they have some new guidelines from HUD and need a copy of
the City policy that shows where the Commissioners are covered.
B. they mentioned the Christmas Bazaar and want the members of
the City Council to be judqes and to furnish three prizes.
Mrs. Marsh: A. On the 11th, the Commerce Fair was held at the
Community Center and the Economic Development Task Force did have
a very nice booth. They had a Mixer from 5:00 to 7:00 p.m. that
niqht. Although it was not as successful as they would like for
it to be, she fel t that next year there was a need to get the
word out, and should also solicit the support of the San Antonio-
Austin Corridor.
B. That same evening there was the annual Schertz Business
Appreciation Dinner at the VFW. There were close to 100 in
attendance and was very nicely done. They did show the Schertz
marketing video and receive many good comments on that. There
were 31 businesses represented at that function.
#8 ITEMS BY MAYOR: On the 11th of this month he and Mr.
Sweatt had a long chat with Senator Zaffirini. She was very
concerned about the letter Council had asked Mr. Sweatt to write
to our representatives.
Also while at the parade, he asked one of the County
Commissioners on the Board to include Schertz on the Board next
year.
Mayor Sawyer requested that an executive session be put on the
next agenda regarding personnel.
He said he intended to write a letter to Mr. Jackie Stewart, who
owns a car wash on FM 78 who failed to receive an invitation to
the Business Appreciation Dinner.
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#9 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Potempa moved the meeting be adjourned
at 7:30 p.m. with Mr. Baldwin seconding the motion, which carried
with a unanimous vote:
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