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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
APRIL 7, 1987
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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'.
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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:
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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.
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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
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#5 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
AN ORDINANCE
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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.
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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:
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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
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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.
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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
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#8 SWEARING-IN CEREMONIES: Mayor Sawyer
the newly elected councilmembers - Place 3 Ray
Adolph Aguilar and Place 5 Ken Greenwald.
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Mayor Sawyer congratulated all three for winning their election
and expressed his appreciation for them continuing on the
Council.
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#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.
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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.
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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.
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who replaced Wal ter Ehlers with the l i
He wants to introduce himself and
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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.
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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.
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wrote to the engineering firm about Savannah Square
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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.
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