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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY 27,1987
The Schertz ~ity Council convened in Special Workshop Meeting on
Wednesday, May 27, 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 Earl W. Sawyer, presiding:
Charles B. Sharpe: Hal Baldwin: AdOlph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald.
Absent: Raymond E. Stanhope. Staff present were City Manager
Jimmy G. Gilmore and Deputy City Secretary Alice Austin.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Ty Brisgill asked if
city currently had arty ordinances concerning skate boarding.
advised that children were running down driveways into
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Mr. Gilmore advised that he did not think the City currently had
any ordinances concerning skate boards but he felt that we were
in need of one.
Mr. Brisgill also that the ci ty seemed to be having a problem
with enforcement of some ordinances. He advised that he was not
sure of the problem but fel t that perhaps it was caused by
understaff ing. He fel t that people would comply only if they
could see the city was enforcing the ordinances.
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Mr. Sharpe said that one of the
enforcement might be the penalty.
system was slow in some areas but
state law.
things that seems to inhibi t
Mr. Baldwin advised that the
this was done to comply with
#2. Discussion of Sub-division Ordinance:
Mayor Sawyer advised that the changes were high lighted on the ~_:fJ
first page. Mr. Greenwald said that these were items that were{?? jO"Zh
identified over the past ye~r. One was the re-addition of the !([:V
requirement of dedicating park areas.
Mr. Sharpe asked if the section on hand rails for sidewalks over
drainage ditches had been included. Mr. Gilmore said that this
item was included.
Mr. Gilmore advised that one item that would be coming back was
on water saving fees. Mr. Sharpe recommended possibly giving the
developer a discount for installing water saving devices.
Mr. Baldwin asked if it was true that Woodland Oaks was still
officially platted with the county as Horseshoe Oaks. He felt
there could be some legal problems. Mr. Gilmore was asked to
look into getting the plat name changed.
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#3 Discussion of Water & Sewer CycLe, Billing:
John Bierschwale, Water & Wastewater Superintendent and Alice
Austin, Office Manager were at the meeting to present a plan for
cycle billing of the water and Sewer services for the City. Mrs.
Austin explained that Cycle Billing would distribute the work
load of the billing department over the entire month instead of
concentrating it over a short period each month. She explained
that the city would be divided into 4 billing cycles, with three
of the cycles recieving a regular billing and a short billing in
the same month to bring them in 1 ine with their cycle. Mr.
Sharpe asked that long billing be considered. Several
Councilmembers answered that they preferred short billing to long
billing,as that was one of the complaints they had received when
GVEC went to cycle billing.
Mr. Bierscwale advised that he would be able to handle cycle
billing with a maximum of two personnel. He said he was
currently tying up all of his personnel when reading time came.
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A consensus of council was to go ahead with cycle billing but to
leave the section of town with the largest number of customers
with the same billing dates they currently have.
#4. Discussion of Sign Ordinance:
Mr. Greenwald explained that some of the changes to the sign
ordinance were to simplify formulas and clarify some sections.
Mr. Aguilar asked if Art.II, Section 9 had been in the previous
ordinance and if so why did we ask several businesses to take
down their signs. Mr. Greenwald advised that we need to make it
clear that removal is not required because of blinking lights but
because the signs are within 50 foot of the right-of-way.
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Mr. Sharpe asked if Art. V, Sec. 7 would require Woodland Oaks to
take down their new sign. Mr. Greenwald advised that this was
different from the Overlay. It was suggested that the words "as
recorded" be removed from this section.
#5. Discussion of SwiDning Pool:
Mr. Gilmore advised that the Aquatic supervisor for the pool was
asking for permission to institute four new programs. He advised
tha t the ci ty' s insurance would cover these programs. The new
programs were Aquatots, Seniors Swim, Aquarobics and Swim Team.
Council requested that seniors be classified as 55 years and
over. Council agreed to $25.00 per season on the swim team and
requested the Aquatic Supervisor put together a program.
Mr. Gilmore also advised that the city had gotten requests from
some of the child care centers wanting to bring groups of 0
children to the pool. He advised that we would have to require 1
adult for every 5 children. We would also have to limit the
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numbe~ Qf children and set up times so as not to interfere with
regular swimming.
Mr. Aguilar advised that we needed to set a maximum number for
the swim team.
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#6. Discussion of Resolution for obtaining Grant
i Texas Parks and wildlife Department:
Mr. Gilmore explained that this i tern had been discussed when
selling bonds for park. This would be a 50/50 grant and if we
can get it would give the city another 100,000 for improvements
to the park. Consensus of Council was to try for the bond.
#7. Discussion of Rittiman Addition Community:
Mr. Gilmore advised that the ci tizens and Commissioner Bob Lee
were requesting the city's assistance in providing water and
sewer services to the area. They were requesting that in the
event they got water in the area the city either reduce tap fees
or allow the citizens to make payment arrangements for
installation of services. Council requested that Mr. Gilmore
draft a letter to Commissioner Lee stating the city's position.
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Mr. Baldwin asked why we were not billing the water customers in~t,.jlJ)
the area for sewer where they had sewer. It was explained that
when the water department found out that they had sewer in that
area, we had checked with CCMA and they did not know all of the
customers who have sewer in that area.
#8 EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Sawyer called
executive session under Article 6252-17 V.A.C.T. Section 3(f)
discuss land acquisition for Schertz Parkway at 8:45 p.m.
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Mayor Sawyer reconvened the Special
advised that land acquisition for
discussed and that Mr. Gilmore had
legal staff to the next meeting.
Meeting at 9:11 p.m. He
Schertz Parkway had been
been instructed to invi te
#9 CITY MANAGER' S REPORT: Mr. Gilmore advised that
there was a Board of Adjustment hearing request from Hoover
Edwards. Mr. Edwards had already paid the fee for the hearing. , ,f/
The hearing was for a request to allow a trailer that had been ~
moved onto Starlite Drivein property to remain there. Attached j1L~:f)
to the request were several letters from surrounding property t! I .~
owners voicing their approval of the trailer being allowed to
remain there as several burglaries and cases of vandalism in that
area and they felt someone living in the area would deter this
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Mr. Gilmore advised that he had received a letter
Company complimenting the Inspection Department on
they are doing.
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He advised that the air show at the ultra lite field had been a
success and that the city had furnished security, Safes personnel
and Fire Department personnel. He also advised that there was a
water well 650 feet down into the aquafer located on the field
property. The owner would be willing to work with the city
concerning this well, if the ci ty would build a road onto the
property.
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ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Aguilar requested
what was being' built next to the veterinary
advised that a small shopping center was being
Mr. Sharpe asked how much to city had spent on the Air Show. Mr.
Gilmore advised that the SAFES had furnished EMT's to stay on
site and the city had paid them $375.00.
Mr. Sharpe asked if there was something that could be about
citizens planting shrubs and trees next to intersections and in
the right-of-way.
Mr. Baldwin asked if there was a written policy guideline on the
Community Center. Mr. Gilmore advised that we had had a problem
both with and without alcohol and that council had required
security. Mr. Baldwin advised that the person in question had
rented'the center before and had never been required security
before. He advised that another line might be added to the
rental form to ask if they had rented it before.
Mr. Greenwald advised that b,e had received complaints about a
large number of speeders near the pool at Woodland Oaks. He also
advised that the couch was still on the parking lot at 1st Street
and Main.
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Mr. Greenwald advised that Council had toured the Deer Haven area
to view the drainage and it seemed that the trees and shrubs
between Antler and Fawn were creating a dam. Mr. Baldwin advised
that the ci ty needs to look at running the drainage behind the
row of houses to FM 3009.
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neighbor had asked him to
bees in the city limits.
bee stings. Mr. Gilmore
look into the matter.
MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer advised that a
look into whether it was legal to raise
Her husband was violently allergic to
advised that he was not sure but would
Mayor Sawyer advised that a citizen had voiced concern that the
city trucks were having to jump the curb to get into the utility
easement at Aviation and Mitchell. Mr. Baldwin advised that the
same situation existed at the easement between Brooks and Aero.
Mayor Sawyer requested Mr. Gilmore look into curb cuts for these
locations.
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Mayor requested Mr. Gilmore obtain information Ford Engineering ~f~
had gathered on Rittiman Addition. He also advised he had 4 ..I
received a letter from RSVP asking for $500.00 but that he had 1-- ,
received a call from on of our senior citizens asking that RSVP~'1 l~'~
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#12 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion made and duly seconded
meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m.
ATTEST:
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Deputy City Secretary
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