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ccreg 05-15-1990 , 16 ~- ) REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY 15, 1990 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, May 15. 1990, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz J Texas. The following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Earl P. Hartzogi Hal Baldwin; Barbara Stanhope, Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City Secretary June Krause. Mayor Sawyer opened the meeting by leading the audience in the Pledge of Allegiance. He then read a proclamation urging ci tizens of this community to recognize the mer its of and to support the Buddy POppy Program and then presented the proclamation to Doug Christmas, representing the Veterans of Foreign Wars. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. B. Regular Meeting 4-3-90 Special Meeting 4-11-90 Mr. Hartzog moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of April 3, 1990 and the Special Meeting of April 11, 1990. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion. Mrs. Stanhope referred to the minutes of April 3rd and requested the spell ing of Mrs. Marsh' name be corrected in item #5 i the last sentence of the first paragraph of item #8 be corrected to read: ~The property can be used for residential purposesi but it will require a variance to put a residence on the 50' lot and we have asked the Planning & Zoning Commission to consider that as part of the sal e. " She al so asked that in item # 10 the school name be correctly stated as ~Corbett Junior High School~. Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Hartzog, Baldwin. Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Carl Clark of 320 Lori Lynn had several items he wished to discuss with Council. A. Regarding the painting of our water tank in Garden Ridge, he felt we should have left it as it was or that the City of Garden Ridge should have paid for the repainting if they did not like it. B. He said the City has an ordinance about branches hanging over sidewalks; but the City is getting lax in enforcement as there are some sidewalks you can not walk down without ducking branches. ) /.:' J C. The repaved. City should check into qettinCj F.H. 1518 widened and He said that going north, F.M. 1518 is a disaster. D. There are some res idents along F. M. 1518 that have big trasr: barrels that they rollout to the curb and he wanted to see what Council could do about getting them throughout the ci ty. This would make it easier for the trash pick-up people. Also these pick-up people are lax about spreading trash along the streets. E. He said his impression, when the Trailer Park was put in at the end of Oak Street, was that there would be a fence all around the trailer park; but it is has not been put up as yet. F . Wh 0 is alleyways? do it. responsible for cutting grass and cleaning up the If it is the residents, then they should be made to G. He sald he fel tit was time the employees of the Ci ty cf Schertz got a raise. He said he applied for a position with the City about a year ago and when he found out what they paid, he got up and walked out. He said you can I t expect to get 900d people and keep good people if you don't pay a livinG wage. H. He said he would like to see all the main thoroughfare of the Ci ty of Schertz raised to 30 miles per hour. Now some are and some are not. Oak Street is 20 miles per hour and he was told it was because of the park; however, on the other side of the park the speed limit is 45 miles per hour. Mayor Sawyer said on the matter of the water tank, we vJere supposedly in violation of their law, that is why we repainted. We will look into the branches hanginG over sidewalks. As to F.M. 1518. that is a State road and we will certainly see \vhat the State says about widening. As for the trash barrel s, we do have them out in the country portion of the City. The thing is that those are only picked up once a week and a lot of our residents feel that with only once a week pick-up, the barrels would smell terrible. The right-af-way in some places parts of the City, they belong are suppose to mow their hal f . newsletter to see if people will belong to the City but in other to the property owners and they We can advertise that in our cooperate to a greater extent. Mayor Sawyer said we try to take care of our employees and pay them a decent wage and are trying to br ing them up higher and higher so that we don't loose our good employees. Mayor Sawyer disagreed with raising the speeQ limit on Oak Street. ,,:; ;. ::) ,1.,/....0 B. Mrs. Joyce Briscoe, a teacher at Samuel Clemens wished to thank the City Council and City Staff student Government Day for 20 of their students. excitement was high when they left campus; but throughout the day. She said when they returned to the students were excited, elated and expressed that idea that much went on in the city, they had appreciation for the community in which they live, appreciation of the people who give of their time. hoped this could be made an annual event. High Schoo 1 , for hosting The level of it elevated the campus, they had no a greater and greater She said she Mayor Sawyer expressed his thanks for their kindness to our employees. He said that we all enjoyed the day with the students and felt they gave good reports. He thanked Mrs. Briscoe for the opportunity of spending the day with the students. # 3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 90-F-15 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, PROVIDING THAT THE CITY CODE BE HEREBY AMENDED BY REVISING ARTICLE V OF CHAPTER 19, WATER AND WASTEWATER CAPITAL RECOVERY FEES, AND PROVIDING A REPEALING CLAUSE. Mr. Sweatt said that most of the changes that our legal advisors made to the ordinance were housekeeping matters; perhaps changing grammar, making things more understandable and to clar ify some issues. We have removed exhibits A and B, which are maps that will from time to time change with growth of the area. These maps will be placed in the office of the City Secretary and can be more eas il y changed by not being a part of the ordinance. On page 12 we completelY rewrote the description of the manner in which the capital recovery fees are calculated per service unit. Then on pages 14 and 15, we clarify that hard-ship cases can be paid out over a period of twelve months. The appeal process for determination was fel t to be a technical determination, rather than a determination based on eval uation. The remainder of the changes are mainly rearranging of wording. Mike Spain said they spent some time on this ordinance and most of the changes were merely housekeeping changes. Mr. Greenwald ffigved to approve the final consideration of an ordinance amending the Code of Ordinances by revising Article V - Water and Waste Water Capital Recovery Fees. Mr. Hartzog seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Hartzog, Baldwin, Stanhope. Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None )- i ~.; #4 sworn in. SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES: Newly elected officers to be Mrs. Krause then gave the oath of office to Mayor Sawyer, who in turn gave the oath individually to Mr. Joe Potempa, Place 1 and to Mr. Hal Baldwin. Place 2. #5 MAYOR PRO TEM: Consider and take action on selection of a Mayor Pro Tern for 1990. Mr. Baldwin m_Qy~d to select Councilman Greenwald as Mayor Pro Tern for this year. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion. Mrs. Marsh said she would first like to know what the policy is on the selection of Mayor Pro Tern. Mayor Sawyer said the policy is that it is up to the City Council and it is written in the City Charter. Mrs. Marsh then asked how. based on what criteria? Mayor Sawyer said we have no set pol icy. Mrs. Marsh then sale. that last year she was told the policy was that the selection was based on the senior member who had not previously served. Mr. Baldwin said that was wrong information last year because he was selected and he had previously served. Mrs. Marsh said she definitely thinks there is a Deed for a policy. Mr. Baldwin said he was not sure a wr i tten into the charter that it is Council. policy was needed as the discretion of ; 1- ; C' J... ,~ ..J.. >-' the City Mrs. Marsh said she felt that anyone on the Council would make a good Pro Tern and that Ken Greenwald would make an excellent Mayor Pro Tern; but she was disturbed with the lack of how this is done and the discrepancy that seems to go on every year. The vote was then taken on the motion. which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope. Marsh NAYS: NOlle ABSTAINING: Mr. Greenwald. Mrs. Stanhope said she felt Council needed to set up a poliCY on this. Mayor Sawyer advised this subject should be placed on the next workshop agenda. # 6 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance 3nd read the caption as follows: /~ ~20 AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES, CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING CHAPTER 10, ARTICLE III, DIVISION 2 OF SAID CODE, PROVIDING GENERALLY FOR EXCEPTIONS IN THE STORAGE OF AN ANTIQUE VEHICLE AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. Mr. Greenwald mov~~ to approve the first reading of an ordinance amending the Code by revising Chapter 10, Article III. Mrs. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the foIl owi ng vote: AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None #7 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, ESTABLISHING A RECORDS MANAGEMENT PROGRAM; DESIGNATING A RECORDS MANAGEMENT OFFICER; ESTABLISHING A RECORDS MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE AND PROVIDING FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF A RECORDS MANAGEMENT PLAN AS REQUIRED UNDER THE TEXAS LOCAL GOVERNMENT RECORDS ACT (TITLE 6, SUBTITLE C, LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE). Mrs. Stanhope moved to approve the first reading of an ordinance establishing the Office of Records Management. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and Greenwald. NAYS: None # 8 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Br iscoe' s statement, the staff and presence of the students. A. Just to add to Mrs. Council benefited from the B. We received an invitation from the Schertz Volunteer Fire Department to share breakfast with them on June the 2nd, the day of their Annual Supper. #9 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Potempa said he was very happy to serve as Councilmember but realized that filling Mr. Hartzog's shoes was going to be a big job. Mr. Baldwin advised that the Senior Citizen Appreciation Day went very well and he is in the process of writing thank-you letters to those who made donations of prizes and their time. I /. :i ~ Mrs. Stanhope advised the Housing Author i ty has named their new Executive Director and she w~ll be coming on duty June 1st. Her name is Donn~ Lackey. Mrs. Marsh delightful. was fabulous. said the exercise with the students was most She added that the student's interest and attention Council enjoyed it as much as the students. Mr. Greenwald welcomed Mr. Potempa to the Council. # 10 presented Council. ITEMS BY MAYOR: A. Called Mr. Hartzog to the front and him with a plaque for his years of service on the B. Mayor Sawyer advised that he had appointed the follovJir:q members of Council as ex-officio members to various committees: Mrs. Marsh Business Club, Corridor Council. Economic Chamber Development Task of Commerce and Force, the Schertz San Antonio-Austir: Mr. Greenwald - Buffalo Valley Youth Association. Cibolo Valley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council. and Planning & Zoning Commission. Mr. Baldwin - SAFES and the Schertz-Cibolo-Universal Independent School District. Mrs. Stanhope - Library Board and Housinq Authority. Mr. Potempa - Humane Society and Veterans of Foreiqn Wars. Mayor Sawyer then thanked each member of the Council for their past endeavors on behalf of the Council and for their new duties as well. C. Mr. Sawyer announced that the VFW has asked us to clean up the area around the monument and flaq poles in the park. If the City has a ~City Flag", they want to add another flag pole and fly all three flags. D. He then asked the City Manager if there has been any progress on the purchase of Mr. Osborn's well. Mr. Sweatt said yes, the City Attorney and staff are working on the proposed offer now. E. Mr. Sawyer said he had a 1 ist of some of the things the Council must do in the coming year: 1. Have a recycling program instituted by no later than September of this year. 2. Intend to continue efforts to bring industry to our city. 'J ~, . Plan to continue to urge City Council to fill in annexations. ~), ~ j '~), ~f.-..d,"",-"- 4. Would like to improve our citizen response time. 5. Would anticipate that the city Council will continue to keep taxes as low as possible. 6. He said he planned on continuing the quarterly audit program in order to keep the Council better informed on any budgetary problems that may arise. 7. Will continue to keep our park system up dated. 8. Mayor Sawyer said he watched the TV news prior to coming to the meeting and he was shocked and appalled at the sign on our water tank in Garden Ridge and he wanted to find out who is responsible for doing that. He said he would take action against that person, regardless of who they are - if they work for the City, then they will no longer work for us. He said he felt it was an insult to our City and an insult to Garden Ridge because it is in their city 1 imi ts. He said he wished to apologize to the residents of Garden Ridge for the article that was on television. He said he could see no reason at all to print something on the tank to cause another word to be made out of the name of this fine City. This is not a thing we would be proud of and he will insist that we find out who is responsible for this and to see that they are brought to some form of justice. #11 ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Marsh moved the meeting be adjourned at 7:39 p.m.. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. ~ ~LL~---:.. ~or, Clty of Sch~~dTexas ATTEST: )