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ccreg 12-16-1986 12 \ REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL DECEMBER 16, 1986 o The Schertz City Council. copvened in' Regnlar Se,sl!t'io-n, Tuesday, December 16 1986, at 7:0'0 ~p~ii~~.<imt.heCeuucil Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road. The following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Charles B. Sharpe; Ray Stanhope; Adolph 'Aguilar and Kenneth Greenwald. Absent: Hal Baldwin. Staff present we.re City Manage~ Jimmy G. Gilmore and Deputy ~itj Secretary Alice Austin. #l APPROVAL OP HIIUTBS: Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the minutes of the Special Maeting of November 12, 1986 and the Regular Meeting of November la~ 1986. Mr~ Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the fOllowing vote: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald NAYS: None #2 IEARIIG OF RESIDE.TS: Mr. Mazian asked if anything had been done concerning 'the . s tripping machine. Mr. Gi lmore advised that bids where expected either the first or '~econ~ meet ing in January. Mr. Agui la r sa id tha t they had been to a meeting in Houston and some of the equipMent they had seen had really started the ball rolling. o #3 OB.DIIAICE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the following caption: AN ORDINANCE BY THE PROVISIONS OF ARTICLE 1011a, REVISED CIVIL STATUTES' OF TEXAS, TO REGULATE THE LOCATION, HEIGHT, AREAS; LOT COVERAGE; DENSITY AND DISTRIBUTION OF POPULATION; THE USES OF LAND, BUILDINGS AND STRUCTURES; TO REQUIRE OFF-STREET PARKING AND LOADING; AND FOR SAID PURPOSES TO DIVIDE THE CITY INTO DISTRICTS OF SUCH NUMBER, SHAPE, SIZE AND CHARACTERISTICS AS MAY BE ADVISABLE TO CARRY OUT THESE REGULATIONS; TO PROVIDE FOR IT'S ENFORCEMENT; TO' PROVIDE FOR A BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT; AND TO PRESCRIBE PENALTIES FOR THE VIOLATION OF IT'S PROVISION. Mr. Stanhope moved to approve the first reading of the ordinance regulating zoning. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion. Mr. Sharpe advised that he was very disappointed that a non alcoholic district had not been included in this ordinance. Mr. Aguilar advised that the reason a non alcoholic district had not been included was that there was not enough tiMe to conduct a study and inc lude the one San Antonio had. Mr. Agui lar a lso advised that they could have held off on the ordinance but that many of the areas covered were needed now. Mr. Sharpe advised that they had requested and received a copy of San Antonio's ordinance o 'ii ti~.t :;-. ~'2iI / 13 .--- i ~any, many farried as , ! AYES: NAYS: meetings ago. follows: Mayor Sawyer called for a vote which Councilmen Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald Councilman Sharpe #4 BVYA COBTRACT: Mr. Chris Frias handed out to founcil a list of items needing attention concerning the ball ields used by BVYA. He explained that one of their concerns was ith the light poles near Goofy Golf. They had GVEC < check the ,oles and one had deteriorated to the point where it needs ~eplacing. They were al$o concerned with the bathroom facility .t the concession stand. Drainage has always been bad and they are unable to use the facility. He advised that they need .pproval on a pinto baseball field. A smaller field for the ~maller children. He advised that a drawing was attached to the information packet given to council. He advised that they would ~e responsible for installing approximately 200 feet of fence to ~rotect the children from traffic. He advised that they would ~bsorb the cost on the Pinto field but they would need help from ~he city with equipment. He advised that lights had been donated ~o replace some of the existing ones. Mr. Greenwald asked is the ~onated lights were compatible with the ones in use. Mr. Frias ~dvised they were. Mr. Sharpe asked shouldn't the city do the Fork on the restrooms. Mr. Gilmore advised that the lines were ~nstalled incorrectly and needed to be replaced. the problem was r-- the funds to do the job. Mr. Frias advised that they had ~anpower and were wi lling to do the work they cou ld but needed ~qUiPment. Council agreed that BVYA should coordinate plans with Steve Simonson and work closely with staff. Mayor Sawyer called or a motion of the BVYA contract. Mr. Greenwald made the motion to approve the BVYA cont rac t for 1986/87. Mr. Sharpe seconded ~he motion which carried with the following vote: i AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald NAYS: None #5 BORDS: Mayor Sawyer asked for comments from founcil on th~ borid issue. Mr. Sharp, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Aguilar ~nd Mr. Greenwald each in turn expressed the city's need and there approval of the bond 1ssue. Mayor Sawyer advised that th,e ouncil was in favor of the approving the bond issue. He also ~dvised that one of the needs for the bonds is to upgrade storage ~. nd lines for the water sys.tem. He advised that we were not looking at a large tax inc~ease. He urged everyone to vote for he bonds. #6 CITY KABAGBR'S B.EPOB.T: Mr. Gilmore advised that ~he Fires Department had "invited Council to the station after the ~eeting for tamales. ae also advised that Bonnie Jeano published a military newcomers directory for the area military bases. She was asking for 14 approval to include a fold up map of Schertz in the directory at no cost to the city. Mr. Sharp asked if they would be handing the directory out to military and civili.n. Mr. Gilmore advised that it was for general dist~ibuti~ri~~r. Shar~~ asked if Maps of all cities would be included. Mr. Gilmor~ advised he was not sure. Council asked that Mr. Gilmore find out about the maps. Mr. Gilmore advised that when meetings were held with Scherm~rville the placing of mobile hOMes in that area was discussed. Some direction is needed in allowing them to place mobile homes ~n larger lots. Council advised that they should be required through proper channels. Each should go before P&Z which is the proper channel. Mr. Gilmore showed several l~gos to council and advised them to be consid~ring a logo for the city. #7 ITBMS BY COUICIL: Mr. Sharpe wished Mr. Aguilar a happy birthday. 'He advised that he had been talking to the Postmaster about service to Greenshire on the other side of FM 3009. They got a negative to 'Greenshire having a Schertz mailirig address. He advised that council needs to keep the pressure on to enable Schertz residents to have a Schertz mailing address. Mr. Sharp~ advised that he had received complaints on the drainage froM Savannah Square. He advised that the pond there is not retaining the water~ Mr. Stanhope ~sked how much extension Waste Management had received on the land fill. Mr. GilMore advised he thought is was up in January. Mr. Stanhope said tha tit looked like the fill was going to end up a'tall mound. Mr. Aguilar said he would like to recognize Mr. Sharpe for being appointed to the Board of Directors for the Chamber of Commerce and congratulate him on doing a fine job. Mr. Greenwald said he would like to add his congratulations to Mr. Sharpe. #8 ITEIIS BY KAYOB.: Mayor Sawyer wished everyone a Merry Christmas and' a Happy New Year. He advised that things had been going well in the city the previous year and that it had been well run. Mr. Willman asked if he could have a few minutes of the Councils time. He than presented council with a gift to relieve the boredom of long meeting. Mayor Sawyer advised the council agreed that there was a need to look closer at the city's need for computer equipMent. He advised that he had appointed a committee of Mr. Aguilar, Dave Allen and Steve Simonson to look into the city's computer needs. :~ ~"t, \ o D o 15-A ~ J Mr. Aguilar advised that they were planning to meet in two weeks on Tuesday. Mr. Sharpe advised that AACOG would be holding their annual meeting at 11 :00 AM the following day. He also advised that there was a hearing scheduled for Friday at 10:00 a.m. in Austin concerning the control of ground water. #9 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Aguilar moved to adjourn. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion and with unanimous approval, the meeting was adjourned at 8:00 p.m. ATTEST: ,... ( I ; r-