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ccreg 08-06-1991 279 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 6, 1991 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday August 6, 1991 at 7:15 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 Potempaj Hal Baldwin; Barbara Stanhopej Mary Marshi and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary June Krause. Mayor Sawyer opened the regular meeting and asked everyone to join him in the Pledge of Allegiance. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Special Meeting of 6-26-91 B. Regular Meeting of 7-7-91 C. Special Meeting of 7-10-91 Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting of June 26th, the Regular Meeting of July 7th and the Special Meeting of July 10th, 1991. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with the fOllowing vote: AYES: Councilmembers Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald with Mr. Potempa voting ayes for both the meetings of July 7th and July 10. NAYS: None ABSTAINING: Mr. Potempa for the meeting of June 26th. #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: A. Jerry Bethke of 2901 Bent Tree Drive had two suggestions and one area of concern for Council. First he felt the City lacks a pleasant entry. He suggested that in the process of upgrading FM 3009, it be made into a boulevard with turning lanes at each intersection. This would also help with safety as well as beautifYing with bluebonnets and crape myrtle along the boulevard. He also suggested that walking, jogging or bike paths be constructed on one side of FM 3009. His second suggestion concerned the "ugly" sign at the entry on FM 78 - if the City cannot repair or upgrade it, then take it down. Mr. Bethke's third concern was city vehicles left at curbside with the engine running. He cited one instance at the Housing Authority. (This later turned out to not be a city vehicle). Mayor Sawyer thanked Mr. Bethke and advised that staff would look into his suggestions and concerns. B. Mr. Chuck Sharpe referred to item #8, saying he was interested in goals but was not sure what the goals were. Mr. Sweatt advised that when that item comes before Council, the goals would be itemized. #3 AGREEMENT: Consider and take action on a Boundary Agreement with the City of Garden Ridge. \ , 280 Mr. Sweatt referred to a map of the boundary area that had been distributed to Council in their packets. The debate with Garden Ridge has centered on an area that extends into what the City of Schertz considers their extraterritorial jurisdiction. After much discussion, we have agreed that the City of Schertz will cede to Garden Ridge that annexation that occurred over a year ago of the Gifford Hill property. It was further agreed by both parties that our current boundaries are at our current city limits and the remainder is now and will forever be in the Schertz Extraterritorial Jurisdiction. Mr. Baldwin moved to execute an agreement with the City of Garden Ridge establishing a boundary agreement. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None #4 OFFICIAL NOTICE PUBLICATION: Consider and take action on designating an official Notice Publication and an alternate. Mr. Sweatt reminded that this item has been pending for some time. After receiving several proposals, we have investigated several questions that were raised regarding the legal definition of newspapers. After reviewing information in this regard from both the Herald and the Recorder Times and discussing with our attorney, we recommend to you that the City of Schertz designate the North San Antonio Times as the newspaper to publish the official notices for the city with the understanding that the notices would be reprinted at no charge in the Greater Randolph Recorder Times at the same time and this be done for a period of six months. Mrs. Marsh move to designate the North San Antonio Times as the official newspaper for the City of Schertz with notices also being published at no charge in the Recorder Times. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion. Mr. Baldwin said that he did not really agree with staff but did request that Council look very closely at the proposals as he did not see a lot of difference in the dollar amounts. He did think there are several things about the Herald that should be considered. They have been the City's official newspaper for many years. He added that even though there are times we may not feel we get the press we deserve, he did not feel it was entirely their fault, because if you really want something in the paper you should write the article and submit it to them. He added that since they have a Wednesday delivery, they always have the results of the Tuesday Council meetings - they beat the other newspaper out by one day. He also felt their format was more in line with most newspapers with the legal notices are in the back of the paper along with commercial advertisements; their paper is one hundred percent recycled. He said that overall he wanted to suggest that the Council continue their I I ! / r~, I") -.~: L:{<; j relationship with the Herald, Another thing is that the Commercial Recorded has a large circulation and San Antonio and other cities use it for their legal notices so our bid proposals and things like that would get tremendous coverage. Mr. Potempa said the cost difference comes out to $41.58 cheaper with the Herald over the Recorder. He said if Council could save one dollar of tax payer money, he was for it. Referring to the comments from citizens, more of them say they read the Herald than the Recorder. Mrs. Marsh said she would agree with Mr. Baldwin in that the money is not the big thing, it is minimal. Any newspaper can print ordinances, bids and things like that but what she considers a newspaper that really supports the community should be the official newspaper. She added that two years ago the Herald was present at all meetings and covered important events but during the last year that has not been the case. Everybody knows and cannot dispute what the Recorder Times has done this last year. One thing was the special 4th of July insert spread. They have been on the tours, to the Economic Development Task Force meetings. She said they cover the special events such as the BVYA leagues. She added that she feels the Record Times has fully supported the City of Schertz and her constituents have said to her that they would like to see a change in the official newspaper. She ended by saying that every once in a while it is healthy to change. Mrs. Stanhope said she supports both Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Potempa' comments because in talking with the people she relies on what they tell her. What she found out is that most people read the Herald. Based on that plus the results from the recent survey, she could not support the Record Times but would have to support the Herald. Mayor Sawyer said he did not really have many comments but we would really expect more coverage this year than we have had for two years. He then called for a vote on the motion to designate the Recorder Times as the official newspaper. AYES: Councilmembers Marsh and Greenwald NAYS: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin and Stanhope. Mayor Sawyer declared the motion did not carry and asked if there was another motion. Mr. Baldwin moved to accept the bid from the Herald. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin and Stanhope. NAYS: Councilmembers Marsh and Greenwald. #5 QUIT CLAIM DEED: Consider and take action on a Quit Claim Deed for a portion of Williams Street to the SCUC Independent School District. 282 Mr. Sweatt showed the location of the street on the map, saying this property has been in question for a number of years. It is not clear if the right-of-way was conveyed to the City as a part of the platting process. For some time, the school has been using a portion of the street for off-street parking. He said that in order to clear this up, we are recommending a quit claim deed saying we are conveying whatever interest we have in this property to the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal City Independent School District. It has no other use except for an existing water line and the quit claim deed would preserve the easement for that water line. Mr. Greenwald moved to approve a quit claim of Willimas Street to the SCUC Independent Mrs. Marsh seconded the motion, which following vote: deed for a portion School District. carried with the AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None #6 DESIGNATION: Consideration and take action on designating Thomas C. Dovey, Tax A/C, to calculate the effective tax rate and prepare notices regarding taxes. Mayor Sawyer referred Council to the memo from Mr. Dovey with this request. Mrs. Stanhope moved to designate Thomas C. Dovey to calculate the effective tax rate and prepare notices regarding taxes. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None #7 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced a resolution requesting the United States Congress resolve the questions regarding U.S. military prisoners of war and personnel missing in action in Southeast Asia. He then introduced Colonel Guy, who was a prisoner of war for six years. Colonel Guy advised that he had brought this up at the last workshop and thanked the Mayor and Councilmembers for their consideration. He said this would not cost anyone anything but was good litigation. Although he did not feel that way two years ago, he does now feel that we have personnel still in Southeast Asia. He went on to say that if they are alive we need to get them out and if not we need to know that. There is only one other city in the United States that has passed a similar resolution and only two states have,so we should be one of the leaders in this. Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the resolution as read. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: J pc, 1\.';' ; AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None #8 Discussion and possible action reqarding the Goals Program. Mayor Sawyer said this was brought about as a result of the tour recently taken on July 6th and the meeting that followed. He said some 20 goals were listed and they had asked various groups in the City to prioritize these items so the City Council would have some direction from citizens as to directions our citizens would like to take. Mr. Sweatt said that at the July 6th meeting there were some twenty one topics listed as those having impact of major importance that would effect our future in the next five to twenty years. As a result of that, the City Council, Planning & Zoning and Economic Development Task Force asked staff to go back and develop a position information regarding each of these items and furnish to each of those bodies. In turn those bodies would review those and come back to the August 10th meeting with a recommendation to prioritizing at least the top ten items. Mrs. Marsh said she thought the intention was for the Council to meet after this meeting to make their decisions. As everyone had their list individually prioritized, Mrs. Marsh suggested Council retire to the Conference Room for a short meeting to come up with their list. Mayor Sawyer recessed the meeting at 7:50 p.m. for this purpose. Council immediately convened in the Conference Room and after much discussion and tabulation of their priorities, developed the following list as their ranking: 1. Public Safety 2. Comprehensive Plan 3. Water Issues 4. 1/ 2 Cent Sales Tax 5. Schertz Development Foundation 6. Infrastructure 7. Community Facilities 8. Retail Development 9. Annexation 10. Staff Development Mr. Sweatt advised that staff would attend the August 10th meeting at the Library at 9:00 a.m., adding that all citizens are encouraged to attend. At that meeting, they will try to consolidate all the rankings from the various groups and arrive at a group attitude as to how these items should be addressed for the future of Schertz and continue to use the term "Transforming Schertz Visions into Reality". \ \ 284 The Regular Meeting was reconvened at 8:14 p.m. and at that time Mayor Sawyer called for a vote regarding the Goals Program. Mr. Potempa moved to approve the list as discussed to be presented at the August 10th meeting. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None #9 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Gave a status report of the 1-35 work, saying that about November 1, 1991 the north and southbound lanes will begin using the new northbound lanes. That will include the bridge at Cibolo Creek and the cut at Schertz Parkway, which will begin to qive us a flavor of what 1-35 will be like. Schertz Parkway overpass is expected to be completed in June of 1992 and the FM 3009 overpass is expected to be completed in January of 1992 and the overall project is expected to be completed in January of 1993. B. August 21st is the Braunfels/Schertz sewer include the City of New private developer. date bids will be received for the line project for phase 3. That Braunfels, the City of Schertz and New will the C. We have completed the first step of our new Drug Awareness Policy. #10 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: A. Mr. Potempa asked when Council could expect to receive a copy of the budget and was told it would be in their next packet. Mrs. Marsh announced that the Schertz Humane Society was having a Jamboree at the VFW on August 25th from 3 to 7 PM. This will be taped for television. #11 ITEMS BY MAYOR: None #12 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Potempa, seconded by Mr. Baldwin and unanimously carried, the meeting was adjourned at 8:21 pm. ATTEST: /