ccswks 03-13-1991
\
\
176
SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 13, 199 1
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session,
Wednesday, March 13, 1991 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; Barbara Stanhope; Mary Marsh; and Ken Greenwald.
Absent: Hal Baldwin. Staff present were City Manager Kerry
Sweatt and City Secretary June Krause.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: A. Mr. Dale said he had not
heard of any resul ts to the meeting in Deer Haven held over a
month previous I y. He related that Engineer Dawson was out and
they looked over the drainage area. Mr. Dale said he did not
know what Mr. Dawson expected; but that the residents still
agreed the underground sewer was the answer.
Mayor Sawyer explained that the Council would be meeting with our
attorney the following Tuesday night to see what the next action
will be. He added that with the amount of money involved, the
underground sewer would require a bond issue. He advised Mr.
Dale that probably nothing would be announced after the meeting
wi th the attorney; however it would be discussed at the next
workshop.
B. Mr. Ed Mazian again asked when the City crews were going to
rebolt the manhole covers in Deer Haven. Mr. Sweatt advised that
he did not know why the original covers in Deer Haven were bolted
down because the ones in the rest of the City are not that type.
He said all the covers were checked in the subdivision and only
one was found to have some small rocks under it to keep it from
fitting smoothly. He added that it would not be our intention to
replace the bolts on those manhole covers.
#2 Discussion with Randolph Metrocom Chamber of Commerce
representative regarding Chamber program, plans and activities.
Mr. Ron Johnson advised they wanted to give Council an update and
share some of their goals. He then introduced Mr. Bill
Lindemann, who is the ambassador to Schertz.
Mr. Lindemann, of 112 Webster in Schertz, said that he had
vol unteered to be the representative for Schertz and will be
bringing the Council periodic updates. He then explained some of
the features of their information packet; such as their
organizational chart, city representatives, the '91 publ ic
relations plans, the Monthl y Progress and its distribution, the
Economic/Business/Tour ism Strategic Plan Goals, Speakers Bureau
and their Financial Stability Goals for 1991.
Mr. Lindemann advised they are moving from Universal City to Live
Oak in March, and are now interviewing staff, with the selection
being made within thirty days.
J
^
177
Mr. Ron Johnson said they have appointed a committee to look at
the dues the cities have been paying and they hope to have it
resol ved pr ior to budget time. He announced a meeting, the
following day, of the Economic Development Committee. the board
meeting on March 20th, the Mixer on March 28th and the "Chamber
Day" at Bandera Downs on March 30th.
When asked by Mrs. Marsh what they do in promoting new
businesses, Mr. Lindemann said they do not go out and solicit or
make phone calls but do send material if a contact is made. He
added that through their Economic Development, they are trying to
put a promotional structure in place.
Mr. Potempa advised that he is a personal member of the Chamber
and has not received ballots for voting on directors.
Mr. Greenwald asked if anything was being done for the eXisting
businesses to encourage expansion or things like that. Mr.
Lindemann advised they are looking into a program whereby the
local banks could loan money for businesses to expand.
There was some discussion as to why non-member cities are to be
listed in the profile.
Mr. Johnson ended by saying they are open to new ideas and want
to know about any problems.
#3
Order.
Discussion of revisions to C.C.M.A. Industrial Waste
Mr. Torn Weaver, General Manager of Cibolo Creek Municipal
Authority (CCMA) said he had been asked to give Council an
overview of the Authority's Industrial Waste Order. The previous
order was updated in December 1983 and they have to review the
permit every five years. This covers a range of materials that
is not suppose to be put in the sewer system and local
procedures. He advised that there are no industrial discharges
in the whole CCMA area so we have very little problems. He
advised that should anyone violate this order they could take
them to court but may choose to levy an assessment instead.
He said that the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School
District has had no violationsi Randolph Air Force Base has had
twelve during the last year and have work well with CCMA on
these. Jungle Labs in Cibolo has had two violations and have
al so worked with CCMA. He added that this order does not mean
that a metal industry could not come into the area but that they
would have to work with CCMA on the metal discharges. Mr. Weaver
explained that under the heavy metal description would be such
things as arsenic, barium, mercury, lead, zinc, etc., incl uding
pesticides.
178
Mr. Weaver said they wanted to do everything possible to promote
Economic Development and would be glad to work with staff on any
industry.
Mr. Greenwald thanked Mr. Weaver for coming, adding that this
could have an impact on where to locate an industry.
#4 Consideration of a proclamation regarding R.O.A.D.
Foundation.
Mrs. Anita Clark requested support for the Randolph Opportunity
Association for the Disabled (R.O.A.D.) Center, located in the
building with CVADAC in Cibolo. She said their volunteer support
comes from Schertz citizens. They have ten clients at present
and seven of those are residents of Schertz. She said they have
been in existence for one year and their goal is to be able to
have these young people working in the community. She said with
the new area director, things seem to be going backward - they
are not getting any support. She sent a letter to the
Super intendent of the Austin State School and has not had a
reply. She did hear from Edmund Kuempel, who is willing to help
in any manner possible.
Mrs. Clark then asked Council if they would support a
proclamation aSking for support. Mr. Sweatt offered an
alternative resolution, which was a little stronger worded and
included the distribution of the resolution to the area cities,
the School District, representatives of the Austin State School
as well as Guadal upe County, Representative Edmund Kuempel and
State Senator Judith Zaffirini.
Mayor Sawyer assured Mrs. Clark her group has the support of the
Council, who would be happy to work with them in this endeavor.
He then asked that this resolution be on the next agenda.
#5 Discussion of an ordinance amending the sign ordinance
regarding political signs.
Mr. Sweatt apologized to Council saying staff was in such a hurry
to get this done prior to the election that they glossed over the
part which needs to have a public hearing on any zoning change.
We have advertised and will hold the joint public hearing with
Planning & Zoning on April 2nd. This applies to both items #5
and #6.
#6 Discussion of an ordinance amending the zoning ordinance
regarding political signs.
See Mr. Sweatt's comments above.
# 7 Discussion of bid award for purchase of ambulance by
S.A.F.E.S.
/
: F','" Q
_:.. ':;.;
Mr. Sweatt remarked that five bids were received. ranging from
$58,664 to $63,912. The apparent low bidder meeting all
specifications is the fourth low bid, in the amount of $62,760.
He added that with Council indulgence, he would bring staff
recommendation to the next meeting, recommending the bid of
Wheeled Coach, in the amount of $62,760.
#8 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Reminder of the March 20th
date for the tree planting with brief ceremony at 11:00 a.m.
B. There will be a Chamber of Commerce meeting in our Conference
Room from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. on Wednesday.
C. He reminded Council that on February 28th, he sent them a
memo regarding the lighting at the pavilion and would like to
move on that if no objections. Council agreed to try this
procedure for one year, being sure to put up adequate signs
before starting the charge system.
D. The TML Regional meeting will be March 23 in Kirby.
E. The American Legion has asked that we consider a proclamation
for Youth and Children Day, this is a national program.
F, We received notice some time ago of the Annual Legislative
Conference to be held in New Braunfels Civic Center - need to
know immediately who will be going.
G. If there is no objection, we have finally
agreement with Bexar County on the Schirmerville
would like to have this on the next agenda.
reached an
Project and
# 9 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mrs~~~_MaJ'pll: A. She gave a
comprehensive report of the Economic Development Task Force
meeting of March 7th relating such items as: George Barnard is
working with the Business Appreciation Dinner; Lee Boswell has
resigned and they are negotiating with Harry Richburg as a
replacement; Mark Marquez talked at length about contacts-
suspects and prospects; Mark went to the Trade Fair in
California with LCRA and was impressed and made several contacts;
they have worked out a system whereby the new businesses will be
recorded and will be welcomed in the newsletter; will have a
booth at the July 4th Jubilee; H.P. Printing was the low bidder
on the greeting cards; discussed a portable display and talked
about Economic Development goals.
B. She felt people are getting carried away with business signs
in Schertz. This was discussed at P&Z and Mr. Simonson is going
to check on some particular signs. She said she would appreciate
more attention from the inspectors about signs. She asked that
the police keep a close eye on Sam's Too establishment.
180
Mr~_PQ~empa: A. Reported on the Schertz Humane Society meeting,
saying that Mr. & Mrs. J.L. Stewart were present asking why they
donated $100 to the school. He then made the fOllowing
announcements: On August 25 there will be a Jamboree at the VFW
Hall in Schertz, where they will hold a raffle and have a dance;
they now have $300 in the Warren Keller Memorial Fund and plan on
using it for a garden area at the new shelter; the rabies clinic
will be Saturday from 1:30 - 3:30 at the Fire Station; the Humane
Society will participate in the July 4th parade and Jubilee; they
recently purchased blankets for animals; "Homeless Homer" will be
at the grand opening. They now have a balance of $17,069.20.
B. Mr Potempa asked the status of the animal control ordinance
amendments. Mr. Sweatt advised that staff is re-eval uating it
and have not completed their evaluation.
C. He asked if the City has an ordinance on pigs. Mr. Sweatt
advised that our animal control ordinance addresses that without
the specific mention of the "Vietnamese" variety.
Mrs. Stanhope: A. Reported on the Housing Author i ty meeting,
saying they are really working on their CEAP projects and are
running into a lot of problems. They opened bids on their lawn
maintenance and will be writing the City asking to abandon the
street into their development. Also they have closed the waiting
list for apartments because of the length of the list now.
Mr. Greenwald: A. P&Z has spent a lot of time on the
Comprehensive Plan - their targeted completion date is December
of 1991.
B. The Ex-Post Commander of the VFW, Mr. Reece, is running for
District 5 Commander. On March 20th, the National Commander and
Chief State Commander, along with others, will be here at the VFW
between 4:00 and 5:00 p.m. and everyone is invited to help greet
them.
Mr. Potempa announced that Mrs. Marsh has been nominated Junior
Vice-commander of the V.F.W.
#10 ITEMS BY MAYOR: A. He presented a proclamation to the
Masons at their Open House. They would like to be more
identified with Schertz and would like to use the Schertz logo,
as well as Randolph I s and their own emblem if Council agrees.
Council decided they would like to see the draft before making a
commitment.
B. Mayor Sawyer said he had been walking at night and was
concerned about the grass growing in the cracks and the fire
ants.
C. Attended a meeting of the old Randolph Region EMS group, who
would like to start over again. However, it was not a very well
attended meeting. Their main goal would be to share information
/
N
In
~-8J~
with those involved throughout the area. They would also like to
come up with a mission statement. The next meeting will be at
the Universal City Fire Department on April 2nd.
Mr. Sweatt reported on the reserved parking spaces for Council in
front of the Municipal Building. They will be put up at the
spaces by the flag pole about 5:00 o'clock on Tuesdays and
Wednesdays, If this does not work we can specify by ordinance in
accordance with Vernon's.
#11 ADJOURNMENT: There
Sawyer declared the meeting to
being no further business, Mayor
be adjourned at 9:37 pm.
~~d~
ATTEST: