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ccreg 04-07-1987 ( 89 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 7, 1987 ....--. The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, April 7, 1987, at 7:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road, Schertz, Texas. The following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Charles B. Sharpe; Hal Baldwin; Ray Stanhope; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. BOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: Mayor Sawyer commented that under the Charter our Council si ts as the Board of Adjustment. At this time they are to consider the request of Schuler & Wohl t Sign Company, as agent for Payless Convience Store, for a variance to the sign ordinance - variance on sign height from 35' to 47'. ??~; ~ 1 ,1~~, Mayor Sawyer then explained that Mr. Jensen had requested this hearing be delayed until the next meeting as he was called unexpectedly out of town. As Mr. Jensen had paid his fee for the hearing, his request should be honored. Mr. Sharpe moved to tab 1 e thi s reques t , at the reques t of Mr. Jensen, until the following regular meeting. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: r-- I AYES: Mr. Sharpe, Mr. Baldwin, Mr. Stanhope, Mr. Aguilar and Mr. Greenwald. NAYS: None #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Baldwin asked if the motion and bid openings were reversed on the bonds in the minutes of the Special Meeting of March 25, 1987. (City Secretary's note: on researching, the motions are in the order as they appeared on the agenda) . At the request of Mr. Sharpe and Mr. Stanhope the minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 3, 1987 are corrected as follows: On item No. 4 the vote should correctly show that Mr. Stanhope joined Mr. Baldwin in voting "Nay" on this ordinance. Under #10 items by Council, the fifth paragraph, first sentence should correctly read: "Mr. Greenwald advised that he had attended BVYA Board meeting on March 11. Mr. Sharpe asked that on item #4 of the Regular Meeting of March 17, the names of the Library Advisory Board officers should be included. The are: Chairman - Fred Ross; Vice-Chairman - Earl Hartzog; Secretary - Connie Brison; Treasurer - Julie Parr. Mr. Sharpe also noted that in the minutes of the Special Meeting of March 11, 1987, where Mayor Pro Tern Greenwald presided, there are five instances where Mayor Sawyer's name (who was absent) was used in place of Mayor Pro Tern Greenwald. 90 ~tf) 1\- ~ ~) ~~ Mr, Sharpe moved to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting of 0 February 25th as written and to approve the minutes of the Regular Meeting of March 3, Special Meeting of March 11, Regular I Meeting of March 17 and Special Meeting of March 25th as amended. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, 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. 87-S-4 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO 87-S-1 BY REZONING A TRACT OF LAND OUT OF BEXAR COUNTY ALONG 1-10 FRONTAGE AND REFLECTING SUCH CHANGE ON CERTAIN ZONING MAPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE SCHERTZ ZONING ORDINANCE. Mr. Aguilar moved to approve the final consideration of an ,..., ordinance rezoning 1-10 frontage from Weichold Road to FM 1518. U Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #4 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BY THE ANNEXATION OF A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 60 . 911 ACRES OF LAND, OUT OF COMAL AND GUADALUPE COUNTIES. Mr. Stanhope moved to approve the first reading of an ordinance on the proposed annexation of 60.911 acres of land out of Comal and Guadalupe Counties. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion, which carried with the fOllowing vote: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None o '~~, 10" <-.c;! ~Pi.i:J._",: (/ 91 ,.-- ! #5 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: AN ORDINANCE ,.17 ~ , .J L;~]~ - , PROVIDING FOR THE EXTENSION OF THE BOUNDARY LINES OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS BY THE ANNEXATION OF A TRACT OF LAND CONTAINING 107.63 ACRES OF LAND, OUT OF BEXAR COUNTY. Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the first reading of an ordinance on the proposed annexation of 107.63 acres of land out of Bexar County. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #6 CONTRACT: Consideration of renewing auditor's contract. ~fJC( ;/,) (~) t" '",- Mr. Baldwin moved to renew the contract with Melick, Thorpe and Armstrong for the next fiscal year. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried as follows: ,.-- AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #7 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced and read in full an ordinance. The 'caption is as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 87-E-5 r;-9 q { . I~ ? i ,// AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, CANVASSING THE RETURNS AND DECLARING THE RESULTS OF THE CITY GENERAL ELECTION HELD IN SAID CITY ON THE 4TH DAY OF APRIL 1987, AND DECLARING AN EMERGENCY. //} 1. 1\ Mr. Baldwin moved to adopt the ordinance and accept the returns that declared the winners as Place 3 - Ray Stanhope; Place 4 - Adolph Aguilar; and Place 5 - Ken Greenwald. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Greenwald. NAYS: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and None ~ j t}, swore into officetj'/,Iic,() Stanhope; Place 4 ~~ .--- #8 SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES: Mayor Sawyer the newly elected councilmembers - Place 3 Ray Adolph Aguilar and Place 5 Ken Greenwald. 92 ~\ "", ~~) \\ (\; ~~ ! , \1) , ~\' .I) \~~~~., ' ~ ,h ~ .) '/ ~. " ~\ r,~ r .\~"'/ ," 0/,/.) ,(P '\ Mayor Sawyer congratulated all three for winning their election and expressed his appreciation for them continuing on the Council. o #9 BVYA REQUEST: Mayor Sawyer advised that Cri.s Frias, President of BVYA had 'sent a letter requesting Council approval to name the new ballfield after one of their members who has been very active in the organization. Mayor Sawyer suggested with Council approval this should be done at the Opening-Day Ceremonies. The field in question is the newly made small field and not the bronco field. Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the BVYA request to name the new field "Gene Anderson Field". Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None Mr. Frias was present and thanked the Council for approving their request and reminded everyone to come to the opening ceremonies on Saturday morning. #10 BID AWARD: Consideration of awarding bid on a 1/2 ton pickup for the Water Department. Mr. Gilmore advised that this bid was based on the modified specifications Council approved. Mission Chevrolet was the low bidder at $6676. o Mr. Greenwald moved to award the bid for the 1/2 ton pickup to Mission Chevrolet in the amount of $6676. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. AYES: None #11 CITY MANAGER.S REPORT: A. Mr. Gilmore said he had met with Dr. Steele that morning regarding the purchase of land from the School District for our new water tower. The School District had obtained an appraisal for the property. Mr. Gilmore said he would like to discuss this at the next workshop. B. Received a call today from a lady in New Braunfels, saying they are looking for a place to hold a Lippizaner Horse Show for the 30th of April through the 3rd of May. They may want to have it in our p-ark. Mr. Gilmore said it was his understanding that this would be the last tour of the U.S. for them. The lady will be in Wednesday to look at the area. The full details have not been worked out and we are not sure we will get it or not. o ~.,...iI< '.' ;.II"'~ ",1 '~-11" T;>~~" . (/ C. The City of Cibolo sent a letter to the Mayor in regards to a telephone conversation between the Mayor and then Mayor Danny Bishop. The City of Cibolo passed a resolution regarding the ETJ between the two cities and wanted us to pass one at this meeting. However the letter was not received in time for the agenda. Their ~esolution would extend the ETJ at the Cibolo Creek all the way to I 10. Mayor Sawyer said he did not want to put it on the agenda because the Council has not had an opportunity to discuss it. ~3 ~ ? /2') ~ ? cl!/ 1t that at the workshop on the 15th, we C1). ~J~ who replaced Wal ter Ehlers with the l i He wants to introduce himself and ~0 Mr. Aguilar asked if there was anything new from the Business //.-!-", Club on the 4 th of July Jubilee. Mr. Sharpe advised they are iJ!' r- planning on expanded activities this year in addition to the 4; 1. '- -- bands. They will have different contests and games. The are of course wanting the City's participation. They have a committee who will be contacting people about the parade and booths. He said that from what he has heard, this promises to be a much better Jubilee than in the past few years. 'j~() Mr. Stanhope asked if there was anything new on the fire truck 11? . ;<,'~ , Council approved for purchase. Mr. Gilmore they have sent a '1:i ." letter accepting our bid but it will be about October or November before we can get the truck. D. Mr. Gilmore announced will have Mr. Dale Stein, Highway Department present. discuss some of our projects. #12 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Greenwald announced the Opening Day Ceremonies for BVYA would be Saturday at 9:00 a.m. for the softball season. Mr. Aguilar reported that the Library Advisory Board progressing with their plans on the addition to the library. are r- '" Mr. Stanhope said he had received a letter from the Schertz Humane Society and they would like to sponsor a dog show and want to reserve the pavilian for May 2nd. He said he would ,ask then ' to change the date because of the activities conflict with BVYA. Mr. Baldwin congratulated the newly elected members of Council and said he looked forward to working with them again this year. Mr. Sharpe said we have run into a si tuation wi th the Spring Spruce Up in that people dump things on the ground around the dumpster and are making a mess. He suggested that maybe next year the City could purchase a chipper machine since so much of ehe debri is limbs, e~c. He said he would ask that one be put in the new budget as it will serve a lot of services. '~ Mr. Sharpe said he did get a copy of the letter that Mr. wrote to the engineering firm about Savannah Square Simonson '7 and was ~ 1,:1 l.:;; [oi (1 ~}Y>'3) ~ I~ (L~/ ~C{' ?;;;~, /',,)8/ i' - i /)' /,' / (,- 'd~!) ,-,/ ,. __J 1"" ) :'1"1/ / ' 94& ~ti ~t!Y lb~( .~(\~ V ' ~~",t) ( \If' A,.lf' "- ' "\\, disappointed because it was very mild. record of us protesting. But at least they have Mr. Sharpe asked when Mr. Bierschwale was going to have an update of the status of providing water to the new areas. Mr. Aguilar also asked for the layout of plans to go south. Mr. Gilmore said he would try to have Mr. Bierschwale at the next workshop. Mr. Agui lar said he would 1 ike to have a brief ing of all the departments. Mayor Sawyer suggested meeting at the department at 6:00 prior to the Regular Meeting. #13 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor said he had a letter going to Representative Mac Sweeney requesting his help on the zip code and mail delivery in our city. Mr. Aguilar asked the status of the striping machine. Mr. Gilmore said it was on order. Mr. Stanhope asked the status of a new logo for the City. Mr. Gilmore said we are trying to get a professional to lay one out for us and we do need one soon. # 14 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. adjourned at 7 :53 p.m. and the Greenwald and unanimously carried. Baldwin moved the meeting be motion was seconded by Mr. ATTEST: Texas .,..,..;, i1o', i'f,Jl~: ~r!!1Ii;:;'L:I'!'~l; ,#./""'1; D o o