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ccswks 04-29-1987 ( 109 SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL APRIL 29, 1987 ,-- I The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Meeting on Wednesday, April 29, 1987, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway, Schertz, Texas. The following members were present: Mayor Pro Tem Ra'y': Stanho:Qe, presiding: Charles B. Sharpe: Hal Baldwin: Adolph Agullar and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. #1 BEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. and Mrs. woodruff of 1409 {3t,~ East Live Oak Road were pr'esent to express their obj ection to a 4 ?..L.e ! water tank being constructed on East Llve Oak Road, especially if I on the lot next to their property. They indicated they would be I more receptive if it was on the School Property. 3ti;1 # 2 TRANSFER OF APP~OP~IATIONS: Mr. Sharpe moved. to approve 41. v:J.9/ I the Transfer of Approprlatlons as requested by the Clty Manager ! dated April 10, 1987. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: NAYS: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Aguilar and Greenwald. None #3 increase. Consideration of Waste Management request for rate 150 ~??~~ letter received from Waste ManagementC . minimum 20% rate increase in their rates. -- i Mr. Gilmore referred to a in which they reques t a residential and commercial Mr. Sharpe said he would not have any problem with a 5% increase but had trouble equating the landfill increase to residential billing. Mr. Gutierrez of Waste Management said the present rate of $5.40 per residential customer is not a break even rate, as their net per home wOuld be only $4.60. There followed some discussion on the contract and when and for how much Waste Management could ask for. Mayor Pro Tern Stanhope suggested this item be placed on the next workshop agenda when the contract could be available for further discussion. #4 Consideration of P&Z recommendation of amending Zoning Ordinance by adding a new Agriculture District. ~L 1? (6Y Mr. Gilmore said this designation was specifically for the Schirmerville area. r-- , Mr. Greenwald added that although it is based on the Schirrnerville area if will affect some other areas such as on 1- 35. He added that this will come up at the joint public hearing 110 I~ ~~, I r ih ~\1A ~/\ ~,) ) >0 ,\~. c( \ r~/(') J& c{\~ for all the changes that have been recommended to the zoning ordinance. o #5 Consideration of proposed annexation of Schaefer Road from FM 1518 to Cibolo Creek. Mr. Gilmore showed on the plat the area under discussion, saying that the City is getting complaints about what people are trying to build'in Lost Meadows. Tnere are about 15 to 18 homes in this area. We only have to publish the public hearing in the paper but if Co~ncil so desires, letters can be sent to these individual owners. Mayor Pro Tem Stanhope said it would be a courtesy to the people and he felt letters should be sent. He then asked Council if they were ready to put this up for public hearing and they agreed they were. Mr. Baldwin said the only thing that bothers him about this annexation is the road and heavy traffic involved with the '~1Proposed landfill. #6 Discussion of the Mobile Home Ordinance. Mr. Gilmore reminded Council that this has been up for first reading and was placed on this agenda if Council has any additional information they would like before final passage. o There being no questions, Mayor Pro Tem Stanhope asked that this be on the next agenda for final consideration. #7 Discussion of the proposed sub-division ordinance amendmentS. Mr. Gilmore said this sub-division ordinance has been rewritten and will also have to go to public hearing. Mr. Sharpe had several questions regarding the proposed ordinance changes, one being on page 4 where its ta tes .. tha tit shall be unlawful for the County clerk of any county in which such land lies to receive or record any such plan, p-lat or re~lat, unless and until the same shall have been approvea by the Clty Planning Commission." and referred to Article 974a V.T.C.S. Mr. Gilmore said that each county is well aware of Article 974a of Vernon's and they know they cannot approve plats unless approved first by the City. Mr. Gilmore said that this was submitted tonight so that Council will have time to review before going to public hearing. Mr. Greenwald says the first page shows all the changes that are 0 being made to the ordinance. 'Ii- ~ ~, '~: ~ ,~ iiJ<U:,.;, "",' / f- """='" .. ' ~~ ( c- I'~, , :, ( ( Mr. Sharpe said he had not finished asked if this one has anything 'in it drainage when sidewalks go over it. research :tha t. reviewing the ordinance but that requires handrails over Mr. Gilmore said he would (f I Mayor Pro Tem asked Council to finish studying this proposed ordinance and have it on the workshop of May 27th. #8 EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Pro Tem Stanhope called an ' 31.5 executive session under Article 6252-17 V.A.C.T. Section 3 (f) to b~ 'discuss poss ible land purchase at 8: 07 p.m. -q . ' . The workshop session was reconvened at 8:47 p.m. with Mayor Pro Tem Stanhope saying there was nothing decided but this would be an agenda item for the next regular meeting. #9 CITY MANAGER' S REPORT: A. We did send a letter inviting.the Cibolo City Council to the next workshop meeting to discuss ETJ and any other subject. B. The Herald did publish the Schertz Newsletter but left out seven of the_ submi tted items, two of which were cri tical - the Senior Citizen Day and Swimming Pool passes. We talked with them and they advised that the two articles would be in the next paper. C. Regarding the sewer permit, we got a letter from the Environmental Protection Agency, saying the application has been received and is administratively complete. J~" 4?([!P J~1 ~?, (;i) ~t:/l 0?@J) Mr. SharPe asked if we had received a proposal from New Braunfels. Mr. Gilmore said no but he did talk to Mr. Solms last week and they are in the process of drawing plans. Mr. Gilmore said he felt we should have something from him in the next month or so. Mr. Sharpe said he did not think that was good enough because he had talked with Mr. Solms and he promised something on the 9th of April, which was not received. Mr. Sharpe felt we should go direct to the City Council in New Braunfels. D. The Council has approved the fire department building at the 35~ large pavilion in the park. There is a very small stand sitting /1?1,,3"- next to the building that needs to come down. with Council '0 ~ permission, Mr. Gilmore said he would have it taken down. Mr. Greenwald suggested keeping an eye out for a flat bed advertised in the State surplus. E. We should have some drawings in the not too distant future on the Schertz Parkway and are working wi th the land owners to possibly st.art the drainage from Gutierrez down to the Street. \ ")/-) tI ~(jJJ) JC:, I F. Have the plans of FM 78 By ~P~ss and are meeting with Ran<;lolph /)9,(l,';fr,,' "'. Air FOFce Base on Monday. ~ ~ 9 - ~ 112 Ovtv ~/~l~'~~ 1,Y C\)\ J II~ 1Y ~\, t)'", " \ " , ." \, I",~ V\l ) .) r')j~ \ . .! .....-J I ~~~'j .r\ .1 \r ).. \" l ~~". ~-u ";'/' /' 0 ~~~l9 ' ~~~ -- \ -- G. Also have the schematics of 1-35, which shows FM 3n09/Schertz Parkway. It also shows exit ramps moved down. ~ H. The people at the Mobile Home park are working with us on the well site. #10 I"l'BIIS BY COOIICIL: Mr. Aguilar: Announced the rodeo at the Blue Bonnet would be Saturday the 2nd of May and the Library, Humane Society, Lions Club etc. will have booths there. Mr. Sharpe advised that Texas Lutheran College is about to do a survey of Schertz on shopping centers etc. maybe during their fall term.' They have just completed one for S~guin. With Council permission, Mr. Sharpe said he would continue working with them on this. Mr. Baldwin briefly explained a meeting he attended at East Central School District concerning landfills. The State says that if a landfill is in the city limits, the City has control. If the landfill is in the extraterritorial jurisdiction of a city, the State Department of Health has control and if in the county, then the county has control. East Central School District is fighting with BFI and are working with' their Representative to take the control out of the State hands and put in control of the ci ties. San Antonio is looking for a new landfill and in studies that have been made, they have found there is a strip from Converse through Schertz to Seguin that is between two acquifers. Mr. Baldwin suggested Schertz should support H.B. 30 and S.B. 551. There is a delegation going to Austin April 30 and everyone is welcome. Mr. Baldwin said San Antonio is also looking at burning and that in the future all cities should contract with them. u Mr. Baldwin asked if any Councilman would take responsibility of the morning coffee and donuts for Citizen Appreciation Day - Mr. Stanhope volunteered. on the Senior Mr. Greenwald reported he had attended the Guadalupe County Fair Association meeting and said it was not what he thought it would be. They are not asking for money but support. The Fair will be October 7-11 and they assured they would advertise in this area this year. . Mr. Greenwald asked if there was some reason why 'the police are working the South gate of RandOlph every morning and not working FM 78. Mr. Gilmore said they were working out there at the reql.le~ t of the Mayor. . Mr. ,Greenwald sugges ted varying the poslt~ons. Mr. Greenwald asked if there was any particular reason why our pOlice ticketed 50 students for loitering across the street from the school. Mr. Gilmore said we have had complaints. - , tJ ""- "'-' / 113 ~ ! # 11 ITEMS BY MAYOR PRO TEM: had talked for about three years Municipal Building. He asked if budget for this. Mr. Stanhope noted that Council about planting shrubs around the something couldn't be put in the .J,;JtJ ~ ?(fJP Mr. Stanhope asked about the sign at the Animal Shelter. Mr. Neller made is down and one that is there looks tombstone. Mr. Gilmore said he would check it out. /~ '1;) Mr. Greenwald reported that at the P&Z meeting the previous night, ~.~~ there were about five businessmen there complaining about the'l?t0 sign ordinance. There P&Z is recommending that we hold off on the portable signs because of a law suit pending. Also one member feels there is selective enforcement on the flashing signs ., as only SAS can have one. , :~<I Ii) The Business Club did discuss the Spring Clean Up and are going q~L~ . to award plaques for each area of the city and want to do this at the Regular Meeting on May 19th. :2J/ T~e onecg?~ llke a ~y r- (/ , I . I Mr. Sharpe said he notice an article in the paper where the State >17 IL~) I has changed the law for littering from a vehicle to $2,000. i I Mr. Sharpe also suggested getting flower seeds and planting them (J1~/" ~) along Jack Hays Boulevard and Schertz Parkway as they finish C i .,--~ / construction. Put a few dollars in the budget for this. " Mr. Aguilar said he felt P&Z should really look at the sign ('}(I / I I ordinance because he sees nothing wrong with a sign like SAS has. ~I.!~' Signs do need to be controlled but should reevaluate that portion of the ordinance. #12 ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Pro Tern Stanhope declared the meeting to be adjourned at 8:08 p.m. ATTEST: