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ccreg 01-17-1989 ( 59 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JANUARY 17, 1989 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Meeting, Tuesday, January 17, 1989, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Earl P. Hartzog; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Hal Baldwin and Ray Stanhope. Staff present were City Manager Kerry R. Sweatt and City Secretary June G. Krause. Mayor Sawyer first read a proclamation naming January 20th, 1989 as "ARBOR DAY". Mr. Wayne Wol ter, Vice President of the Schertz Business Club presented Sgt. Steve Starr with the "Employee of the Quarter" award for his exceptional work especially during the time of his tenure of Acting Chief of Police. Police Chief Agee then introduced tow of his personnel who had recently been promoted to the rank of sergeant - John Reidy and Mike Tacquard. Both of these men went through a rigorous process. He also commended the people who participated in the selection process for a fine job. There were several personnel from the Police Department present for these presentations. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Aguilar move~ to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 10, 1989 with corrections. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion. Mr. Aguilar requested that the last sentence of the 4th paragraph of item # 1 be corrected to read: "The investment is based on each of those homes, not just the ones that take cable TV." He also asked that the second sentence of the 5th paragraph of item # 1 be corrected to read: "In 1974 there were 4 basic channel s and today there are 33 basic channels." Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Hartzog, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None #3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 89-D-2 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, PROVIDING THAT THE CODE OF \ 60 \ ORDINANCES, CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BE AMENDED BY REVISING SECTION 18-32 STOP INTERSECTIONS, PROVIDING FOR STOP STREETS IN SILVERTREE SUBDIVISION; AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the final reading of an ordinance amending Section 18-32 of the Code, providing Stop Intersections in Silvertree Subdivision. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion, which carried with the fOllowing vote: AYES: Councilmembers Hartzog, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #4 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 89-S-3 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 87-S-1 TO CONFIRM THE REZONING OF LAND OUT OF GUADALUPE AND COMAL COUNTIES AND REFLECTING SUCH CHANGES ON CERTAIN ZONING MAPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHERTZ ZONING ORDINANCE. Mr. Hartzog moved to approve the final reading of an ordinance confirming the zoning of land out of Comal and Guadalupe Counties. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Hartzog, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #5 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 89-S-4 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS AMENDING THE MOBILE HOME ORDINANCE NO. 87-S-8, SECTION XI, MOBILE HOME PARKS, PARAGRAPH B.2.q DESIGN AND LOCATION OF STORAGE FACILITIES. Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the final reading of an ordinance regarding design and location of storage facilities. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion. Mr. Aguilar stated that this ordinance will give the latitude. Mr. Greenwald said it would and that amendment worked well in one area but not in another. the inspectors should have more latitude. inspectors the first P&Z fel t ( 61 Mr. Sweatt advised that the inspectors would not bend to violate a set back line. Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Hartzog, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #6 ORDIHAlICE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: 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 SECTION 18-32 STOP INTERSECTIONS AND REPEALING ALL ORDINANCES OR PARTS OF ORDINANCES IN CONFLICT. Mr. Sweatt said that after discussing at workshop, staff has added four different locations to bring them all up at one time. Mr. Hartzog moved to approve the first reading of an ordinance amending the Code Section 18-32 Stop Intersections. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Hartzog; Aguilar and Greenwald NAYS: None Mayor Sawyer advised that Mr. Stanhope has been admitted to the hospital and our prayers are with him. #7 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Mr. Sweatt said both he and the Mayor had received letters from Converse, who desire to start a YMCA for the area. There will be a meeting on this subject at 7:00 p.m. Tuesday, January 31st at the Converse Complex. Notify everyone who might have an interest in establ ishing a YMCA of this meeting. B. Report with a great deal of regret, our neighboring city has denied Schertz' request to purchase a tract of land on which to drill a well. Our plan called for drilling an additional well so we approached the City of Selma with a request that they concur with our purchase of land for this purpose. #8 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Hartzoa: A. We had an Economic Development meeting last Thursday at the Library and developed an Economic Development Plan. Invited the P&Z, Business Club, Industrial Development Committee and Schertz Housing Finance Corporation as well as the public. About 22 or 23 attended. \ 62 \ Will meet again on Janaury 26 at 7:00 p.m. in the Library. are working on ideas and will prioritize them at the meeting. We next B. At previous meeting we had mentioned about the Highway Department working on Lower Seguin Road. Mr. Hartzog said he did not advocate curbs and gutters but just wanted to straighten out the road. C. Asked what happened to the Joint Land Use Plan. Mayor Sawyer said we would be gettinq a letter from the Council of Mayors on thatj but do not believe we will be joining. Mr. Aauilar: A. Advised that the previous Friday he and Mr. Sweatt went to San Marcos to attend the Austin-San Antonio Corridor Meetinq. The whole idea was to reorganize the continue the theme or imaqe and not duplicate either the Chamber of Commerce or AACOG activities. Mayor Cooke from Austin seemed to be the driving force. He advocated maintaining some type of toqetherness - maybe even having some other name other than the Corridor and to strive for tourism. He wants to have more small ci ties participate. Mayor Cooke wants to continue and present some Charter rules, work on the budget and change it so that those that pay should be on the board. They have sugqested that Austin and San Antonio should pay $65,000 - the COG $4 1000 - Universities would be $4,000 - Commercial units $5,000 and small cities $1,500. If one cannot afford that much, they could qet together with other cities. The By-laws will be worked on at the Executive Board meetinq to be presented at the January 27th meeting. Mr. Greenwald: CVADAC will be hOlding another seminar on the 19th at the Library from 7 to 8:30 on "Audit Children of Alcoholics". #9 ITEMS BY MAYOR: None #10 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Aquilar moveg the meeting be adjourned at 7:26 p.m. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with a unanimous vote. ATTEST: