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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MARCH 15, 1988
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
March 15, 1988, at 7: ~~ p.m. in the Council Chambers of the
Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The
following members were present: Mayor Pro Tern Ray Stanhope;
Charles B. Sharpe; Hal Baldwin; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald.
Absent: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer. Staff present were City Manager
Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause.
Prior to the regular agenda items, Mayor Pro Tern Stanhope had the
pleasant task of issuing two proclamations. The first was
accepted by Head Samuel Clemens Coach Steve Morr is and
congratulated and commended the 1987-88 Samuel Clemens Basketball
Team for being the District l4-4A Champions. Coach Morris
introduced two members of the team, explaining that the rest of
the team were at other events and unable to attend.
The second proclamation was accepted by Mr. Jim Von Schounmacher,
Director, Public Relations/Marketing of the San Antonio
Headquarters American Red Cross. This proclamation recognized
the month of March as "San Antonio Area Chapter Red Cross Month".
Mayor Pro Tem Stanhope then introduced Mr. Jim Shiver, President
of the Schertz Bus iness Club, who presented a plaque to John
Bierschwale for being selected "Employee of the Quarter" for the
City.
#l APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the
minutes of the Special Meeting of February 24th and the Regular
Meeting of March I, 1988. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion.
Mr. Baldwin asked that the first sentence of the third paragraph
of item #7 in the minutes of the Special Meeting of February 24,
1988 be corrected to read as follows: "About two weeks from now
will be Public School Week."
Mayor Pro Tern Stanhope then called for a vote on the motion and
the motion was carried with the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Aguilar and Greenwald.
None
#2 BEARING OF RESIDENTS: none
#3 RESOLUTION: Mayor Pro Tern introduced a resolution and
read the caption as follows:
RESOLUTION NO. 88-R-4
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS SUPPORTING THE EFFORTS BY
BEXAR COUNTY AREA SUBURBAN CITIES TO
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NEGOTIATE, WITH THE CITY PUBLIC SERVICE AND
THE CITY OF SAN ANTONIO, THE RENEWAL OF
FRANCHISES FOR DISTRIBUTION OF GAS AND
ELECTRICAL SERVICES WITH THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS.
Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the resolution supporting the efforts
of the Bexar County suburban cities to negotiate the renewal of
franchise with CPS. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which
carried with the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS:
Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Aguilar and Greenwald.
None
#4 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. The School District has
requested the use of our roller and people to operate it for
their track. We would like to afford this to them at the nominal
charge of $30.80 if there are no objections.
B. Judge Sagebiel will start his meetings here on April 7th from
4:0~ to 7:~0 p.m. in the large conference room.
C. Mr. Gilmore reported briefly on his recent trip to China with
the People to People Urban Economic and Planning program. He
advised that he would be showing their slides soon if anyone
wanted to attend. He also stated that the trip he and his wife
took to China was at no expense to the City.
#5 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Sharpe said he had attended a
meeting in Universal City in which Jerry Marshal, Executive
Director of the 9-1-1 System gave an update. They will be
installing the equipment sometime in September through December.
They expect the system to be operational by April 1, 1989. If a
person calling 9-1-1 lives in Schertz, the call will
automatically reach our dispatcher here. The equipment cost are
being paid for now on our monthly bills. After all installations
are paid, there is a good possibility the monthly costs will be
reduced. Mr. Marshal has said that if Council wants additional
updates, he will be glad to corne out.
Mr. Aguilar asked where the installation of the 9-1-1 equipment
would commence. Mr. Sharpe said he did not know, he was not
given a schedule.
Mr. Aguilar then asked if a list of all equipment to be installed
here was available. Mr. Sharpe said he had a copy of the list
and he was sure that the City had one also.
Mr. Sharpe advised that the County Commissions had passed a
resolution adopting a flow rate of 130,000 gallons per minute at
the Buffalo Valley landfill and they are trying to get the
landfill removed from that area. They claim that the study by
the Corps of Engineers was before the 1973 flood and was
inaccurate.
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Mr. Sharpe mentioned that in the P&Z minutes, there was mention
that Greenfield Village has low water pressure and that he was
not aware of this. Mr. Greenwald said it has been noted for a
good while but the new tank and looping should alleviate this
situation.
Mr. Sharpe asked if anything was gotten back on the test of the
Helms well. Mr. Gilmore said the last report he got was that
there is concern it has sulfur.
Mr. Sharpe reported that as far the Clean Up, the gentleman from
Woodland Oaks has not gotten back in touch with him so as of now
the hamburger and cokes in the park is off.
#6 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Stanhope asked if any survey of the
trees in Deer Haven had been accomplished. Mr. Sharpe reported
that he and Steve Simonson had toured the area and identified a
total of 12 or 13 trees, mostly on Fawn Dr i ve. They discussed
the poss ibili ty of approaching the home owners to see if they
would consent to the City removing the trees.
Mr. Gilmore advised that Steve has written to the City Attorney
asking questions on certain legal aspects.
Mr. Stanhope asked if these streets are on the original plat and
was told that the right of way was on the plats in a straight
line but not the streets themselves. A 60 foot right of way is
shown on the plat.
#7 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Aguilar moved the meeting be adjourned
at 7:32 p.m. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
ATTEST:
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