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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
SEPTEMBER 27, 1989
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session,
Wednesday, September 27, 1989, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference
Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz,
Texas. The fOllowing members were present: Mayor Ear I W.
Sawyer, presidingj Earl Hartzogi Hal Baldwin, Barbara Stanhopei
Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager
Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary June G. Krause.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Bill Neller gave an up date
on the Christmas decorations he is making, saying he has 245
large ones and 175 small ones completed. His hope is to complete
500 of these decorations.
Mr. Carl Powers reserved time to speak on item #4 A.
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Fees.
Interview with consultants regarding Capital Recovery
Mayor Sawyer advised that two firms had been asked to come to
this meeting and make presentations. They were Rimrock,
represented by Tony Bagwell and Ed Fordi and CDM, represented by
Martha Martin and Michael Morlino.
Mr. Tony Bagwell of Rimrock Consul ting Company made the first
presentation, stating that Ed Ford was a part of their jOint
venture study team. Mr. Bagwell advised that SB336 requires a
very specific process by which various types of water,
wastewater, drainage and roadway fees may be derived, collected,
retained and spent. The legislation was passed in 1987 and gave
cities three years to bring their impact fees into compliance by
June 1990. He advised that the bill requires a public process,
requires that an Advisory Committee be appointed by Council,
requires public hearings to be held and finally, requires
Councils to readopt their ordinances. The Planning & Zoning
Commission can be appointed as the AdVisory Committee, which is
probably the quicker approach. He said that his firm has done a
number of these rate studies - the Impact Fee type study - and
Mr. Ford is very familiar with the City of Schertz utilities.
Mr. Bagwell went on
prepared book with all
notices for public
streamline the process.
the city a good job.
to say that they give the committee a
the background information, including the
hear ings, sample ordinances, etc. to
He ended by saying he felt they could do
Mr. Ford added that his firm also has experience along with
Rimrock. Mr. Bagwell said he fel t the type of service they
perform on the front end will be of great benefit to the City
because the notebook they leave and the spread sheets will allow
the updates to be done in house.
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Council then questioned Mr. Bagwell about the background of his
firm. Mr. Bagwell said they had been in business two years and
are solely located in Austin and have three people on their
staff.
Next Mr. Sweatt introduced Mike Morl ino and Martha Martin of
Camp Dresser & McKee Inc. (CDM).
Mr. Morlino thanked Council for the opportunity of making this
presentation. He said they are well qualified, having done
numerous studies of this type. He said they had carefully
reviewed S.B. 336 and its amendments. He said they are an
international firm, with about 2200 employees. Mr. Morlino said
their goal would be to take advantage of their vast experience to
tai lor an impact fee structure for the City of Schertz, which
would meet all the requirements of S.B. 336. Their project
approach includes two workshops with City representatives and the
Advisory Committee. These will be led by Martha Martin. He
named some of the municipalities they are now working with.
Ms. Martin said she had been in Austin for about five years and
had done several rate studies and was familiar with S.B. 336.
She advised that the members of their team are Larry Adams,
Technical Review and Dan Anderson, Project Engineer. She said
the impetus behind the S. B. 336 was the developers challenging
impact fees, making sure that they were paying their fair share
but not more and that the money they were paying would be spent
on new development.
Council then questioned both Mike Morlino and Martha Martin. Ms.
Martin presented a graph showing the individual tasks from the
Notice to Proceed through the Public Hearings.
After the presentations, Mayor Sawyer called for a short recess
at 8:15 p.m.
The Workshop was reconvened at 8:23 p.m.
After discussing the two firms, it was Council decision to have
staff review and make recommendation for the next meeting.
# 3 Discussion of Cosmic Futures replat - Schertz Modular
Park Subdivision redevelopment.
Mayor Sawyer reminded Council they had toured this park recently.
Mr. Sweatt said that included in the packets was a summary of
condition of the existing park, various comments by Planning &
Zoning Commission and Staff, and conditions the City would
require. He summarized it as follows: (a) first it would be
clearly understood and agreed upon that any concensus of
agreements reached would be conditioned on the development of
engineering support data including surveys, computer runs and the
accomplishment of a FEMA map amendment and certification of all
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areas utilized for permanent housing to be at or above the 100
year storm level. (b) that there be a summary plat or plan in
the format of a master plan specifically outlining areas and
delineating lot layout in accordance with dimensions suggested
earlier; (c) two existing resolutions relating to Schertz Modular
Home Park would be vacated and removed from County deed records
when the engineering, re-plats, and FEMA approval was
forthcomingi (d) all in-place utilities would be either pressure
tested, remote TV inspected, smoke tested or other accepted means
of verification of safety, sanitary and leak-proof satisfactory
design, to the satisfaction of the City of Schertz prior to
acceptance for maintenance and operation.
Then relating to the P&Z report of July 1989, the primary roadway
into the area would be proposed to be a major thoroughfare,
meeting the City's conditions of beinq a 30' right-of-way for
publ ic use with acceptance of two ten foot easements, making a
total of 50 foot wide riqht-of-way. There was discussion of a
25' setback and the suggested requirement includinq no parking,
no vehicle access, and a minimum of a 4' chain link fence,
fencing the 10' easement behind the curb line in order to provide
a measure of safety to pedestrians. At the Planning and Zoning
meeting the previous night, it was suqgested that a one foot no
access easement statement be included. The whole purpose is to
prohibi t vehicles into that 10 foot easement. No. 6 of the
report accept the 12 I wide easement, with the statement a
"Minimum" 12' easement. #7 - concensus was to accepti #8 - there
was some discussion of public versus private streets. The
streets are in place and we can find no fault with those and we
believe the construction to be sound. General concensus was
these streets be publ ic streets after they are tested to make
certain they meet good sound criteria. Also that there should be
no parking on one side of the street. #9 - there is some land
that is proposed to be dedicated to be public park land and we
find no faul t with that. # 10 - there are some fees that were
paid up front to both CCMA and the City for impact fees, water
connections and otherwise - these have been documented and we see
no objection to recognizing those and qiving credit for those.
The majority of the discussion pertained to size of lots, setback.
requirements and side yard requirements. We suqgested the'
minimum size of the lot be set at 70' frontage and minimum depth
of 77', minimum square foot lot would be 5,390 i the minimum
front setback from the riqht of way of 20 feet and a side yard
setback of 5'. The minimum setback - corner lots- any street
from right of way - 20'. We would also dictate that the finished
floor be at a minimum of the 100 year storm level. Mr. Sweatt
said the only other comment of major concern would deal with the
acquiring of an additional access point in the back. The
developer has agreed to negotiate to extend an all-weather
roadway to the rear of the property and out to Trainer Hale Road.
The other question dealt with "can" a stick-built home be built
in a Mobile Home Subdivision and we see no reason to preclude
one.
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Mr. Greenwald said that if the Council agrees
recommendations, then Mr. Decker can proceed. He
concensus that Council agrees in principle.
with these
wants some
Mayor Sawyer called for a concensus and Council agreed they had
no problems.
#4 Discussion of October 3rd agenda items:
A. BOA hearing - RV in Windy Meadows Mobile Home Park.
Mr. Carl Powers advised that he lives on Lori Lynn and Windy
Meadows is right in back of him and he felt allowing a RV in the
Park would compound the problems they have. He said he fel t
everyone on Lori Lynn would be opposed to this.
Council discussed whether or not the original Master Plan for
this Park called for fencing and it was determined the discussing
of fencing was merely verbal. Mr. Sweatt advised that in all the
research staff had done, the majority felt at that time fencing
was not a requirement.
B.
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comments.
Final consideration of an ordinance repealing Section
Process Server I s Fee of the Code. No further
C. Final consideration of an ordinance regulating
sexually oriented businesses. No further comments on this item.
#5 Discussion of a resolution supporting San Antonio for
1990 Economic Summit.
Mayor Sawyer said having the 1990 Summit in San Antonio would
indirectl y benefit Schertz. If passed, we would send a copy to
Mayor Cockrell in San Antonio.
#6 Discussion of a resolution supporting Proposition No. 8
of the general election for funding of new correctional
facilities.
Mr. Sweatt advised that staff feels this proposition is sound
and that a number of cities in other areas are in support.
II 7 Discussion of change to Franchise Fee Structure Cable
Television.
Mr. Sweatt said this has been discussed several times. Our
current fee is 3% for the use of city streets and facilities for
the Cable Company to operate their cable system. We are
proposing an increase to 5%, which is authorized under the Cable
Regulatory Act. This would net approximately $12,000 annually in
increased revenue.
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Mrs. Marsh said she had just found out there is another Cable
Company in the area that is about $10 per month cheaper than what
is now charged by Paragon.
Mr. Sweatt said that our contract with Paragon is not exclusive
and if another company proposed to move into the area and could
prove sufficient justification, we could have two franchises.
# 8 Discussion of inter local agreement and bid for pol ice
vehicles.
Mr. Sweatt said that at this time this is just a discussion of an
interlocal agreement as part of our vehicle replacement program.
We do not have the agreement drawn up as yet. We do plan to
enter into such an agreement with New Braunfels and some other
ci ties as well. We propose to purchase four vehicles with
Council concurrence - three patrol units and one staff unit.
There are budgeted funds to take care of this. No action is
required at this point.
19 Discussion of revision of SAFES operational budget.
Mr. Sweatt said that before the new budget goes into effect, we
are talking about a revisioni but this is an internal revision in
SAFES' budget. In order to comply with FLSA requirements and the
difficulty in arranging call time and manpower to make emergency
call s, we are being forced to staff up on full-time basis. We
propose to eliminate some part-time positions and add an
addi tional full-time position and to establ ish a payment for
call time required by FLSA. We propose to transfer $15,000 into
the salary line item and leave the remaining $15,000 in the
ambulance replacement account.
#10 Discussion of nominations to the Guadalupe County
Appraisal District.
Mayor Sawyer said he had contacted four pol i tical entities and
had come up with about 522 votes so far. He said he had not
contacted the County Commissioners and some other entities for
any votes, but would be contacting them. He said he would like
to get about 180 votes committed from Guadalupe County. Mayor
Sawyer said he felt we could put someone on the board with about
800 votes.
Mr. Sweatt said we have received
planned meeting on October 24th
collection. We have also received
Appraisal Review Board members.
future workshop.
tentative announcement of a
to discuss centralized tax
information about appointing
This can be discussed at a
#11 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Called attention to the copy
in packets of Chief Agee's outline and description of Police
Reserve Program.
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B. There will be a Grand Opening of Unique Collections on F.M.
78 on Saturday at 11: 00. They have been in business about one
month.
C. We have registration forms for TML - need to start thinking
about attendance.
D. Canyon Regional Water Authority is holding a legislative
appreciation night on Thursday October 5th at 6: 30 . We are
invited for a meal and speeches.
E. All should have received an invitation from the Guadalupe
Blanco River Authority for the Pecan Fest on October 13th.
F. Pleased to report that
statements are ready to go out,
years.
tax department activities and
the best time in at least ten
#12 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mrs. Marsh: A. Talked with Noland
Edwards of the VFW, and he said there was a split vote at
Planning & Zoning on his sign. Mrs. Marsh asked what that was
doing coming up before P&Z again because the final agreement with
him was that he would be granted an exception until such time as
the new sign ordinance was finished. She asked why he was
brought back to P&Z on his sign. Mr. Greenwald said the sign
ordinance is finished. Mrs. Marsh said the new ordinance had not
corne before the City Council.
B. Concerning the budget report, she noticed some percentages
seemed to be very low and she asked why. Mr. Sweatt said it was
primarilY in the area of travel, especiallY in Planning and
Zoning. As for engineering, mostly good management. In the tax
department the Assessor did not attend a training session and in
the Fire Department, part had to do with personnel and projected
equipment that we did not have to purchase and one school not
attended.
Mr. Hartzoq: A. Fill being placed in the Cibolo Creek, north of
the Animal Shelter. He asked if the gentleman had ever gotten
proper documents to put fill in there.
Mr. Greenwald: A.
were 28 false 9-1-1
as one lady called
telephone.
Mentioned that on the police report, there
calls. Chief Agee said various things such
three times saying she was programing her
B. There have been several good articles on trash recycl ing in
the papers recently.
#13 ITEMS BY MAYOR: A. Mayor Sawyer mentioned that he had
been interviewed by the San Antonio Light, who is corning up with
a new article called Neighbors, which will appear on Thursdays.
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B. Read letter of appreciation he was sending to the Citizen
Leadership Panel members.
#14 ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Sawyer declared the meeting to be
adjourned at 10:25 p.m.
ATTEST:
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