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ccswks 11-01-1989 42 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 1, 1989 The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session, Wednesday, November 1, 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 Pro Tem Hal Baldwin, presidingi Earl Hartzogi Mary Marsh, Barbara Stanhope and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Mayor Ear 1 W. Sawyer. Staff present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary June G. Krause. # 1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None #2 Discussion of November 7, 1989 agenda items: A. Ordinance amending the sign ordinance, Articles II, III, VI and VIII. No discussion at this time. B. Ordinance amending the Code, Section 12-4 Assessment and Collection of Special Expenses in connection with Personal Bond, and Section 12-6 Failure to answer Summons (c), (d) & (g). Mr. Sweatt said this will be the final consideration of this ordinance and staff recommends approval. #3 Discussion of resolution casting votes for Appraisal District Board of Directors candidates. Mr. Sweatt read the names of the candidates for the 5 positions, saying Council would recall that we had submitted a resolution nominating three of these individuals. We have approximately 166 votes to cast and it seems, at this time, that it will take about 830 to 900 votes to elect a candidate. Mr. Baldwin reminded Council that in the past, we were unified with some of the other entities to pool our votes. He said the Mayor has been in contact with Mr. Brehm of the School District, because the School District will have some votes left over after voting to get one person elected. Mr. Sweatt said we were notified today that the November 14th deadline to get a resolution in has been extended to November 27th. He said he would recommend that we have our resolution on the next agenda if possible. Mr. Baldwin said we would need all of the West Guadalupe County to get another of our candidates elected. He said he would see Mr. Brehm the next night and would talk to him about this. '. #4 Discussion of bids on police vehicles. ..~ --) L1 Mr. Sweatt said this was our first effort to put on a joint bidding with another community and it was most interesting. Bids were opened on October 24 and two bids for police vehicles were received. One from the Bluebonnet Motor Company, in the amount of $14,679; the other from Kreuger Motor Company, in the amount of $13,915.48. We have reviewed the bids and specifications. For symmetry and consistency wi thin our fleet, we would have preferred to purchase Ford vehicles; but with the difference in the price approaching $3,000 for the four units, we feel we probably could not prove to Council the dollar savings. However, if we purchase the Chevrolets as the low bid, we have reason to believe the other entities may choose to not purchase the low bid. If that occurs, the benefit of the price break of buying five or more is decreased and we mayor may not be able to buy these Chevrolets at the quoted price. If we cannot buy at the quoted price, we will then bring to Council a comparison of what that price is versus the price that we could buy a similar vehicle from the Houston-Galveston Council of Governments. At this stage, their units are s I ightl y higher than these quoted rates. Our recommendations to you are two-fold. One is that we will be recommending to you the purchase of four vehicles from Krueger Chevrolet in New Braunfels, at the price of $13,9125.48. However, if those prices change because of the other entities, then we will have a firm price in the al ternative for further consideration. The other entities are leaning toward Ford vehicles. Mr. Agee said that Garden Ridge and New Braunfels are both going to recommend the Fords based on their past experiencei and it looks as though Selma will do the same. They already have approval to go with the Ford vehicles. Chief Agee said we could make a very good case for the Ford because of safety and conformity. Council agreed that staff should make a case for the Ford and present it to Council for consideration. #5 Discussion of annexation of 5 tracts of land within ETJ. Mr. Sweatt said that some time ago we discussed the advisability of beginning the process of filling in our ETJ areas. We have identified five tracts that we believe, which represent about 870 acres, to be the best tracts for the first step to consolidate our sphere of influence in our areas of responsibility. He pointed out the five tracts on the map, saying we have identified 28 structures in these areas that would be annexed. The bulk of the properties are partially in our city now so there are only ten new properties. We have not been able to completely identify the number of residents. Basically, this is a continuation of what we are already doing. We have fire and EMS in these areas alreadYi and, to a limited degree, police services also because if a portion of someone's property is in the city limits and they need help, we will not refuse that help. /!/ L~ "-*3.: Mary Marsh said she felt it vital that we annex that area of the corridor. There was some concern about annexing the landfill because of liability. Mr. Sweatt said in the past there was some concern but it is our feeling the landfill operator has the legal responsibility for approximately 20 years from the closing of the landfill. We feel that we would neither gain nor lose any liability or exposure by it being in the city and it would extend our area of control. Mr. Greenwald said he would like to see us include zoning at the same time as annexation. This would preclude double public hearings. As there was no further discussion on this item, Mayor Pro Tem Baldwin said, since our attorney had arrived, he would like to skip to items #10 and #10-A. # 10 and # 10-A EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mr. Baldwin called an Executive Session at 7:31 p.m. under Article 6252-17 Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes Section 2(e) to discuss pending litigation regarding the Keith Case and to discuss pending litigation regarding Southwestern Bell Rate Case. The Special Session was reconvened at 8:30 p.m. 111 and l1-A Sessions. Consider action regarding the Executive Mr. Baldwin thanked everyone for their patience and for allowing Council to take the Executive Session early. He then advised that Council was briefed by both the City Manager and City Attorney on both cases and no action was necessary at this time. 16 Discussion of City Public Service Franchise Agreement. Mr. Sweatt reminded Council that the City has participated with the Urban United Cities in the series of investigations and inquiries into the reasonablness of certain franchise agreements between the suburban cities and City Public Service as well as the City of San Antonio. As part of the review, a question was raised regarding the franchise fee differential between the various entities. The City of Schertz participated in an agreement to the employment of an attorney to represent the United Suburban Cities. A letter was written to CPS on behalf of the cities and an offer has been made to each city proposing an adjustment in the franchise amount over a period of three years. At this stage it is staff recommendation that no action be taken. The cities have agreed to speak to CPS through the attorney hired. 17 Discussion of Boundary Adjustment Agreement between the cities of San Antonio and Schertz. i / 45 Mr. Sweatt said as part of the disannexation by San Antonio and annexation by the City of Schertz in the Schirmerville area an overlapping area has occurred on Scenic Lake Road. Our proposed annexation was to include the right-of-way of this road and it is now found this was inadvertentlY left out of San Antonio's action. We propose to resolve that by San Antonio disannexing that portion of the roadway and the City of Schertz annexing it to comply with our original intent. The proposed agreement will accomplish that action. If Council has no comments or disagreement, we would like for this to be on the next action agenda. Council agreed to this suggestion. 18 Discussion to property described as Subdivision. consider lot 13, acceptance block 30 of donation of Live Oak Hills Mr. Sweatt said this is a lot 70 x 120 feet on Jupe Lane in the Live Oak Hills Subdivision - he showed the location on the map as being the third street inside our city limits from Cibolo Creek. The property would corne to us free and clear of any encumbrances. The owners propose to donate the property to release themselves from the taxes. We find no reason to not accept the property. We will look at it on a temporary basis to store street equipment. There will be no cost to us but the recording of the deed and once or twice a year clearing the lot. '9 Discussion of appointment of extra-territorial jurisdiction representative to Impact Fee Advisory Committee. Mr. Sweatt reminded Council of the previous discussion of the need to add to this committee a member from our ETJ. As we plan to collect impact fees in the ETJ, it is required by law that we appoint a member from our ETJ area. We are recommending Mr. James Anderson, who lives in the Lakewood Acres area. He has first hand knowledge and experience with the water system by having served as Board member and President of the Schaefer Road Water System. He has agreed to serve, if appointed. There being no discussion, Mr. Baldwin asked that this be placed on the next action agenda. '12 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. As you recall we have engaged Mr. Ed Ford of Ford Engineering to begin the design of the water line relocation project on I-35. After the agenda was put together we received documents from the State asking that we enter into a Utility Agreement and a project agreement with them. If you have no objection we would like to place on the next action agenda. This will be a resolution. B. There will be a meeting on November 17th, which staff plans to attend, and perhaps members of Council could attend. The Juvenile Probation office and the County Tax Assessor /Collector 46 will be making a presentation to Commissioner I s Court on that date for the proposal to open a sub office in Schertz for the convenience of County tax payers, those wishing to renew auto tags and the juvenile probation office functions. We wholeheartedly endorse this action. C. On November 9th, staff has a meeting with the Department of Highways and Public Transportation to receive the final report from that department as to the right-of-way needs for the FM 3009 Highway improvements. We will go over in detail the provisions of the Uniform Property Acquisition Act by both the Federal and State governments. D. Again, because of the time in putting the agenda together, we did not put one item on. Included in the budget in the police service are plans to acquire, under capital outlay, body armor for each member of the police service. $6800 is set aside in the budget and we propose to solicit bids and have them in for Council consideration by the early part of December. E. We received notice of the City's opportunity to vote on four candidates for positions in the Randolph Metrocom Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors. He asked what process Council would I ike to use. Al though he could not remember the four names nominated, two were from our community. We are entitled to cast votes for three directors. Council asked this to be on the next agenda. #13 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Greenwald: A. Called attention to an article he had passed out on green-space areas. Mrs. Stanhope: A. On behalf of the Schertz Humane Society, she gave Mr. Hartzog some tapes to take to the library. B. She said while on her trip, she gave special attention to what different cities gave to welcome them to their city. She showed a couple of different items she received. C. The Humane Society is working diligently to earn funds. She showed various T-shirts they are now selling for $8.50 for adults and $6.50 for children. They recently collected about $188.17. Mr. Hartzoq: A. He asked if the City needs to come in with a resolution to support the changes being solicited on the Horse Racing bill. Mrs. Marsh mentioned the sample letter that was in the current paper supporting this. Council agreed to send a similar letter to the governor. B. Mentioned that the P&Z Annual report was very interesting and he felt Joe Potempa did an excellent job as historian. C. He asked the City Manager if anything had been found out about the fill on the Cibolo Creek. Mr. Sweatt said a letter has been written to the owner on that. I j / , , Ii D. He then asked if the City Manager had gotten any information on the Humane Society/ Animal Control dance. Mr. Sweat said not completely at this time. E. Mentioned the letter received from Moore Industrial Disposal about recycling. He felt the City should keep on top of this. Mrs. Marsh: A. Said her concern about FM 3009 is traffic lights. She fel t we should not wait too much longer until this is addressed. Mr. Sweatt said we are looking at from one to one and a half years construction time and he will be happy to convey that information to the District Traffic Engineer. B. There was a San Antonio/Austin Corridor meeting in Austin on the 13th of October and she and Mr. Sweatt attended. She said the way she sees this organization and Schertz being a member of it, is more of protection than anything el se. I f we are not there and do not have someone who is verbose enough, the small cities are going to get lost in the shuffle. C. Mrs. Marsh mentioned the budget end of year report, saying that although it is not complete, it is very elating to see percentages that were under 100%. This is very encouraging. # 14 ITEMS BY MAYOR: A. Mr. Baldwin reported on the meeting at the Appraisal District on the centralization of collection in the County. He fel t almost all of the taxing entities were represented. Most of the concerns of the entities were about cash flow and who would be the best to do this collecting. There was support for both the County Tax Assessor /Collector and the Appraisal District. There will be another meeting about the first week in December to look at numbers as to what this might cost. Rudy Garza, the Bexar County Tax Assessor/Collector was present and spoke about the number of jurisdictions he collects taxes for. Also Mr. Leon Stoeltje, who is the Chief Appraiser for Wilson County, collects taxes for that county. Both indicated there were no problems involved and it was the most logical thing to do. Some other concerns mentioned were the elimination of the tax offices, which takes a little of the neighborhood services out of the area, concern about elimination of jobs and a lot other concerns. Mr. Baldwin said in the City's case, the tax records are used for a variety of things. There was some discussion of a satellite office in this area and who would pay for that. Mr. Sharpe added that in the meeting that is scheduled for early December, the Appraisal District, the County and Mayor Jones will be putting together a packet with a separate entity that might be authorized to collect taxes. B. Mr. Baldwin mentioned the recent TML meeting, saying everyone seemed to enjoy it and there were some good sessions. 48 C. He thanked the Fire, Police and Street Departments for their support and help with the bonfire. D. He listed the candidates for the Randolph Metrocom Chamber of Commerce Board of Directors as being Jeff Deal, Jim Schulz, Jim Shriver and Wanda Jean Sweatt. Mr. Sweatt called attention to one item that will be in the next newsletter. Starting this date vehicle registration stickers will be available for purchase at Wuest grocery store. Mr. Hartzog strongly suggested the vote Commerce Board of Directors should be an others will know who the City is voting for. would be on the agenda then. for the Chamber of agenda item so that Mr. Baldwin said it # 15 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further business, Mr. Baldwin declared the meeting to be adjourned at 9:21 p.m. Texas ATTEST: ~