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ccswks 05-27-1987 I 133 r- I l 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 street. the He.., jJ2 thef/CV 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. r- I 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. -- ! 134 tJ It~' ~ \(\, \ ,~ ~\' #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. D 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. D 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 "..;it", ::- '~~'" ( , 135 I 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. fran ~Jffi #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. Ill)::'". ~"~'7/? /111 Ii "" i it /' "-,""; ~ ,/~:1-' 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. an tJ~~ toX 1 ) t 1. Q-2_. ,/. 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 from happening. 311 from Koehler CZrJ rJ!) the fine job '- Mr. Gilmore advised that he had received a letter Company complimenting the Inspection Department on they are doing. 136 iJ . try l\\~ '\~," GY ~\~ . l~ 1fJ ~ ~\' fI( ~l ", ~ ,\ . \.\ iJ ~. ' \tfJ }~ C61~ ~$ 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. o #10 information on office. He was built. 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. D 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. #11 ITEMS BY 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. o f~t~~~' lIl,t.;., ,,~;..','- 137 r I 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~'~ be given nothing. ( I , f!Y I the #12 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion made and duly seconded meeting was adjourned at 10:15 p.m. ATTEST: ~~ Deputy City Secretary (CITY SEAL) I I r- I l .