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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 7, 1990
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Session, Tuesday,
August 7, 1990 at 6:00 p.m. at the Municipal Building, 1400
Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas, with the following members
present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, Joe Potempa, Hal Baldwin, Barbara
Stanhope, Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald.
#1 The Council immediately departed with the City Manager
to tour the Police Department, Fire Department and Library.
#2 This meeting was adjourned at 6:55 p.m.
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ATTEST:
REGULAR MEETING OF THE BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT
AUGUST 7, 1990
The Schertz Board of Adjustment convened on August 7, 1990 at
7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400
Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas, with the following members
present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Joe Potempa, Hal
Baldwin; Barbara Stanhope; Mary Marsh and Ken Greenwald. Al so
present were City Manager Kerry R. Sweatt and City Secretary June
Krause.
Before openinq the Board of Adjustment Hearings, Mayor Sawyer
turned the meeting over to the President of the Business Club.
Mr. Potempa then called Russell Wagster of the Street Department
forward and presented him with a plaque for being selected
"Employee of the Quarter".
After being congratulated by the Mayor and Council Members, Mr.
Wagster's supervisor, Jerry Graham, also congratulated him adding
that Mr. Waqster had been employed by the City for about five
years. He has served as Crew Leader and Now Foreman for the
Street Department and had previously been selected as "Employee
of the Quarter" for his department.
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#1 The Board of Adjustment to receive citizen input on the
followinq two requests:
Mayor Sawyer advised that the two requests would be handled
separatelY.
A. Rick & Rita Saenz request for an eiqht foot variance to
the front yard setback at 501 Aviation.
Mr. Sweatt advised that 55 letters had been mailed to property
owners within 300 feet of this property. Nine letters were
returned as undeliverable, nine replies were received who were in
favor of the variance and one received showing they were opposed.
There were no citizens present wishinq to comment on this
request.
Mr. Baldwin moved to approve the request for
variance to the front yard setback by Mr. & Mrs.
Stanhope seconded the motion.
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Mrs. Marsh said she felt that qrantinq this request would not set
a precedence, that each request for a variance must be considered
on its on merit.
Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion before Council
and the motion carried with the followinq vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
B. Southwest Remodelers' request, on behalf of the Bortels,
for a four foot variance to the side yard setback at 700
Mitchell.
Mayor Sawyer asked Mr. Scott Barr of Southwest Remodelers why
they did not qet a permit before commencing work on this carport.
Mr. Barr replied that there was a mix up between the on-site crew
and his office.
Mayor Sawyer stronqly requested that they do not commence work in
the City of Schertz without first obtaining a permit.
there were no citizens wishinq to comment on this request.
Mr. Greenwald moved to grant the request from Southwest
Remodelers, on behalf of the Bortels, for a four foot variance to
the side yard setback at 700 Mitchell. Mr. Baldwin seconded the
motion, which carried with the followinq vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
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NAYS: None
Mr. Potempa reminded Mr. Barr that since Southwest Remodelers had
done the work prior to obtaining a permit, they would now have to
pay double the fee for the permit.
#2 Adjournment: There being no further comments on either
of the Board of Adjustment hearings, the meeting was adjourned at
7:11 p.m.
ATTEST:
REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 7, 1990
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular meeting, Tuesday,
Auqust 7, 1990 at 7:11 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the
Municipal Offices, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The
following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding;
Joe Potempa, Hal Baldwin, Barbara Stanhope, Mary Marsh and Ken
Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Kerry Sweatt and City
Secretary June Krause.
# 1 APPROVAL OF MIlIUTES: A.
B.
Special Meetinq of 6-27-90
Regular Meeting of 7-3-90
Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the minutes of the Special Meetinq of
June 27th and Reqular Meeting of July 3rd, 1990. Mr. Potempa
seconded the motion.
Mrs. Stanhope requested the eiqhth sentence of #4 of the minutes
of the Special Meeting of 6-27-90 be corrected to read' as
follows: "Among those, we struck out gas, wrote in conditions
that provided for CPS to secure a permit to cut streets, changed
the terminology so that they were required to place improvements
back in the condition they were in when the work started."
Mrs. Stanhope asked that the second sentence of #5 of the same
minutes be corrected to read: "Mr. Sweatt said the directives
applied to everyone." She also asked that the first sentence of
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the third paragraph of #6 be changed to read as follows: "Mayor
Sawyer asked an estimated cost that it would take to have the
inspectors do this sort of thing on the weekends."
After Mrs. Stanhope called attention to two spelling type errors,
Mayor Sawyer called for a vote on the motion and the motion
carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None
#3 ORDlNAMCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 90-L-23
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS; PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE AMENDED
BY REVISING CHAPTER 13, ARTICLE II, SECTION
13-14(b)(S) AND (7) AND SECTION 13-14(e)
PEDDLERS' AND SOLICITORS' PERMITS; AND
REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT.
Mr. Potempa moved to approve the final reading of an ordinance
amending the Code by revising Chapter 13-14 Peddlers' and
Solicitors' Permits (b)(7) and (e). Mrs. Marsh seconded the
motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#4 ORDINAMCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 90-L-24
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS AMENDING THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CHAPTER
10 BY ADDING ARTICLE VI GARAGE SALES; BY
AMENDING ORDINANCE 86-S-28 SIGN ORDINANCE,
ARTICLE V SIGNS PERMITTED IN RESIDENTIAL
DISTRICTS BY ADDING SECTION 8 GARAGE SALE
SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR A PENALTY; REPEALING ALL
ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT; AND PROVIDING AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Mrs. Stanhope moved to approve the final reading of an ordinance
amending the Code of Ordinances Chapter 10 by adding Article VI
Garage Sales. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion.
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" 11 Mrs. Sweatt pointed out the effective date of September 1, 1990.
He said it is our intention to begin an intensive notification to
persons who are current I y placing signs for garage sales. We
will put an article in the September Newsletter and handouts at
the counter in an effort to get the word around.
Mrs. Marsh wanted everyone to know that in passing this
ordinance, the Council is not against garage sales. They feel
these garage sales are helpful; but the fact remains that the
signs the people have been placing makes the City look trashy.
Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion and it carried
as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#5 ORDIBAIICE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
Alf ORDIBAIICE
BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF ORDINANCES,
CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY
REVISING SECTION 18-76 OF SAID CODE;
PROVIDING FOR SPEED LIMITS ON LOWER SEGUIN
ROAD.
Mrs. Marsh moved to approve the first reading of an ordinance
providing speed limits on Lower Seguin Road. Mr. Greenwald
seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#6 SURPLUS PROPERTY: Mr. Sweatt informed Council that two
bids were received on the items of surplus property. One of the
bids was only for two computers for a total of $100. We have
reviewed our needs and feel that this is as good a bid as we
could get for these two items.
The other bid was for various items from our list but not nearly
all of them. The prices bid on the bicycles is not sufficient.
We feel that we could realize more by some other type sale. We
went throuqh the list of other items that were offered for
purchase; and exclusive of the bicycles, we recommend accepting
the second bid.
Mr. Baldwin moved to approve the City Manager's recommendation on
the items bid from our surplus property list. Mrs. Stanhope
seconded the motion, which carried with the followinq vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Potempa, Baldwin, Stanhope, Marsh and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
Mayor Sawyer suggested the bicycles
Society for sale at their auction.
suggestion.
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Council agreed with this
#7 CITY MARAGER'S REPORT: We received a letter from the
State Department of Highways and Public Transportation concerning
the rerouting of traffic on I35, placed into effect this date.
Mr. Sweatt said this rerouting would be placed in local
newspapers and posted to keep people up to date on the detours.
#8 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mrs. Stanhope suggested that perhaps
the City could come up with some procedures on what to do if a
child gets bitten by an animal. She said one of our citizens had
some trouble getting the proper information recently. Mr. Sweatt
was to check into this.
Mr. Greenwald called attention to an article in our Newsletter
about CVADAC, saying they do now have a 24 hour answer line (659-
1369) . This is not a recording but a person that will give
referral information to callers.
#9 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer announced that this date is
the "National Night Out" and he wanted to compliment Ms. McGill
for the nice block party she invited him to attend on Vicki Lynn
in observance of this day.
#10 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Baldwin moved the meeting be adjourned
at 7: 31 p. m. Mr. Potempa seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
ATTEST:
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