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ccreg 07-07-1987 / 169 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 7, 1987 ~ The Schertz Ci ty Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, July 7, 1987, at 7 :00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Schertz Parkway, 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. PUBLIC HEARING: Mayor Sawyer opened the publ ic hearing held jointly with the Planning & Zoning Commission and advised the purpose of the hearing was to receive citizen input on the request of Texas Construction Systems Inc, on behalf of the Knlghts of Columbus, for a Specific Use Permit for three-phase development located on Schertz Parkway. Mayor Sawyer then turned the hearing over to Mr. Bob Andrews, Vice Chairman of the Planning & Zoning Commission. Zd ?j1~ /j9 Mr. Andrews outlined the procedures to be followed as being to receive input from the interested citizens and after that there will be no further comments received. The Planning and Zoning Commission will take all comments into consideration and will have ten days to make a recommendation to City Council. He then asked staff for location and comments. ,-- Mr. Steve Simonson indicated the property in question is located on Schertz Parkway directly across from the Fire Station and is approximately three acres. Both the Police Department and Fire Departments had no objections. Mr. Simonson said that 31 letters were mailed to adjoining property owners and only one was returned in favor of the permit and none returned opposed to it. Mr. Andrews asked if the applicant for the permit would address the hearing. Mr. Patrick O'Connell, representing Texas Construction Systems Inc. said they had applied on behalf of The Knights of Columbus. He said this is a three-phase project on Schertz Parkway and they need the permit to go forth on building the Assembly Hall. The front portion of the property will be left for General Business purposes, the hall on the middle portion and the rear would be for a Day Care Center. There will be a 30 foot wide road from Schertz Parkway to Pheil Street on the north side of the property. Mr. Sharpe asked how much parking would be provided. Mr. O'Connell said for the 12,300 square foot building, there would be 134 parking spaces. ~ Mr. Stanhope asked the build-out time on the three-phases. Mr. O'Connell said they would go out for bids immediately and they estimate six months for the hall. 170 \ Mr.Andrews asked if they were seeking a Specific Use Permit for the hall only. Mr. O'Connell said since the R-4 zoning does not apply, they will also need the permit for the Day Care Center. o '"Nr..~ Baldwin asked who would be using the hall. Mr. Marty Martinez of the Knights of Columbus said that the hall will be used for their meetings and will not be open to the public except by rental. It will not be open every evening like the VFW, only on meeting nights. Mr. Andrews then asked for input from the citizens present. 1. Mr. Carroll of Brooks Avenue said he just wanted to know if it would be open all the time and that has been answered. 2. Lorine Riffell of 716 Brooks Avenue inquired about the plans for parking. In the summer there are three ball games going on at the school grounds and parking is quite a problem. 3. . Mr. ado Riedel said he owns the property on both sides of this property and asked what difference would it make if they would put the building on either side and not split up the property. He said it might be better to keep the big pieces of property together. Mr. O'Connell said they were commissioned to put the package together utilizing the property to the best advantage. o Mr. Andrews told Mr. Riedel that his comments really had no bearing on this request for permit. Mr. Baldwin asked Mr. Riedel if he wanted to swap his three acres for the Knights of Columbus'. Mr. Riedel said yes he did. Mr. Martinez said they would not consider trading because they like the property they already have. It was mentioned that in some cities there is an ordinance that prevents selling of liquor within 300 feet of a school. Mr. Andrews said that is a state law. Mr. Martinez said the Knights of Columbus will abide by all laws of the state and city. Mr. Andrews said the hearing would be closed and that all comments will be considered and that Planning & Zoning has ten days to make their recommendation to City Council. Mayor Sawyer declared the hearing closed at 7:17 p.m. and called for a short recess. The regular meeting was reconvened at 7:22 p.m. o ~....c '-~~~~,;i~':. j, ,; / r- r- t71 IBOARD OF ADJUSTMENT: Mayor Sawyer explained that the City Council also sits as the Board of Adjustment and they have had a irequest from Mr. Hoover Edwards for a variance to place a mobile Ihome on the old Starlight Theater property. ] IMr. Gilmore said the placement would be next to the proj ection Ibooth. Mr. Edwards had talked with Planning and Zoning and Mr. jGilmore said it was his understanding they had disapproved the request: therefore it came to the Board of Adjustment. In the ipackage request, there are several letters from adjoining ibusiness men and they all favor this mobile home being placed there to help the security of the area. tJ 1),.71 t f5'f I*r. Stanhope asked about the septic tank to be used. Mr. Gilmore Isaid it had checked out okay. IMayor Sawyer said it was checked by the Heal th Inspector and Ithat Mr. Edwards knows that this is for this one time and that !the variance will not automatically be extended. jMr. Aguilar said a time should be established for the variance 'and then it would have to be renewed. Mr. Aguilar said this has ibeen discussed two times and Mr. Edwards has not been present lei ther time. IMr. Greenwald suggested the sight should be inspected annually. iMr. Sharpe said Mr. Edwards is just replacing a mobile home that I iburbned. i !Mr. Stanhope moved to approve the request by Mr. Hoover Edwards 'I 'for a variance on the mobile home placement to be renewable every 18 months. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion. I IMr. Sharpe asked it that would take him to January of 1989. IMr. Greenwald asked if Council was going to ask Mr. Edwards to Iremove the old movie screen. i IMayor Sawyer called for a vote on the motion, which carried as I follows: AYES: Council Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None # 1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. minu tes of the regular meetings of Special Meeting of June 10, 1987. motion, which carried as follows: Sharpe moved to approve the June 2 and June 16 and the Mr. Greenwald seconded the r- AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None 172 ~l\ rt:\ t ~ \'\) 0\ '\ fXl~ ~ ~ \ #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: none D #3 COUNCIL BRIEFING: Mayor Sawyer asked for a motion to table this item as Mr. Rita Bullock was not present. Mr. Greenwald moved to table item #3. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and ,Greenwald. NAYS: None #4 BID AWARD: Mayor Sawyer explained that this is a three- part item. The first to be considered is No. A - Computers. Council received bid tabulation sheets in their packets. , Mr. Aguilar moved to consider awarding bid that was discussed at workshop on the Data Point equipment from Thomas Enterprises of Texas. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None B. Consideration of awarding bid on Motor Grader. D Mr. Gilmore reminded Council of the various bids discussed at last workshop. He said he did consult with our legal advisor, who said that unless there is an outstanding reason not to, the Council should go with the low bid. Mr. Gilmore said he checked with A&M about the Champion Motor Grader and they said for what the City wants it for, the Champion will be sufficient. If Council decides not to go with the low bid, then they should reject all bids and go out again for bids. Mr. Sharpe said information received seems to be contrary to what was earlier discuss. Mr. Gilmore said the information we had earlier was based on building a road from scratch and it is doubtful if our men will be doing that. Mr. Sharpe said that what would be the significant difference here is that one has a one year warranty and the other a two-year warranty. Mr. Harris, legal advisor, that could be put in the specifications. The problem is that when you put specifications together and people bid and can comp.ly, they have a reasonable right to believe they will get the Did. He went on to say that it is his ~osition that Council take the low bid, if it meets all the speciflcations, or reject all and go out again. o i,.;~\ ,.,- i'.':,~L po. ,,"'i/''''i /~-- 178 r- Mr. Sharpe said he did not know what the bid specifications were and he was very uncomfortable making a decision. Mr. Gilmore said he had the specif ica tions and each of the bidders had areas of non compliance. Mr ._, Baldwin said that none of the bidders met all the specifications. Mr. Sharpe then moved to table this item and have the Streets/Parks people come back with a recommendation and comparison. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion. Mr. Greenwald said that if none meets the specifications, then Council should rej ect all three and rewri te the specifications and go out for bids again. Mr. Sharpe said he had rather table this i tern until the next meeting and see if staff could come up with a little more information. He said he did not want to delay but just fel t uncomfortable. Mayor Sawyer then called for a vote on the motion before Council, and the motion carried as follows: r- AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None C. Consideration of awarding bids on wheel loader. 41. ,cfq I ()1 Mr. Gilmore suggested rejecting all bids as they came in for much more than was anticipated. Mr. Greenwald moved to deny all bids on the wheel loader. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #5 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced a resolution read the caption as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 87-R-9 and I G r) ~1,' a ) ~-I A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, SETTING A TIME, DATE AND PLACE FOR PUBLIC HEARINGS PURSUANT TO THE PROPOSED ANNEXATION OF APPROXIMATELY 383.4 ACRES OF LAND, OUT OF BEXAR COUNTY. r I Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the resolution setting the time for public hearings on annexation of the Boeck property. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: t74 ~ ~l\' ~ ~ ~~'1 l\~ \ ('( W ~\) oJ0^J !\' ~ ~, \ AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None o Mayor Sawyer said that the Boeck family requested this annexation to bring this property under the wing of the Ci ty of Schertz because they are not getting any services from the City of San Antonio. #6 CONTRACT: Consideration of a service contract for EMS service with-Guadalupe County Commissioners. Mr. Gilmore said our EMS provides service to unincorporated areas of Guadalupe County. SAFES have gone to Guadalupe County Commissioners saying we must be remunerated or we can not provide these services to that area, which includes Northcliffe and between Marion and Schertz. The Commissioners agreed to contract with us for $34,000 per year. Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the contract with Guadalupe County for EMS service. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None o #7 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced a resolution and read the caption as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 87-R-10 A RESOLUTION OF SUPPORT, NORTHEAST/IH 35 SPORTS STADIUM Mr. Sharpe moved to approve a resolution supporting a Sports Stadium. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #8 P&Z RESIGNATION: Mayor Sawyer advised there is a letter of resignation from Dave Allen in the Council packets. Mr. Stanhope moved to accept the resignation of Dave Allen from the Planning and Zonin~ Commission. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried wlth the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None o 'lt~";j, .< '''f, \;11 ." r r- Mayor Sawyer advised that the Council has also received a resignation from Tom Yarling because he may be in violation of the City Charter. This resignation was received Monday the 6th of July, 1987. #9 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. There is a group of people from Costa Rica supported by San Antonio that will be in the area for two weeks. There will be 20 Municipal Mayors, Councilmen and City Managers from August 1 through the 15th. They will be interning with various Cities in the area. They are also looking for hosts families, which would include room and two meals a day. These people want to observe the way small cities work. Mayor Sawyer, and Council agreed, that they did not object to tha t . B. In, regards to the street striper - the people that had sent the 'striper did so without part of the equipment. They have written saying they will provide the piece of equipment that was left off at no additional cost if the city desires. They apologized for any misunderstanding. Mayor Sawyer and City Council said no - to go out for bids again. 175 s)~ ~11 ~ 11/ -t':13~ ~ I )09 #10 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Sharpe said he wanted to comment ~~ on the July 4th Jubilee as it was his first to attend and he had rt11 ~ '7, a very enjoyable time. ~ (0 Mr. Sharpe said he will be out of town on vacation for the next two weeks. r-- Mr. Baldwin said he also enj oyed the Jubilee and he and Mr. Sharpe both got blue ribbons for their beards. Mr. Baldwin said he received department saying they caught Rose Garden School. a phone call from U.C. pOlice two suspects who broke into the Mr. Stanhope said' he wanted to thank the Ci ty for mowing the right of way on FM 78. He also said the sign is still down he brought up once before. Mr. Gilmore said we have to go through the State for that one and it is being worked on. Mr. Aguilar said he felt most everybody enjoyed perhaps Council should send a note to the VFW. glad to see so many citizens participating in one the Jubilee and He said he was way or another. Mr. Aguilar announced the Library has a very successful reading program in progress. ..-- Mr. Greenwald said he thought the Jubilee parade was the best one yet. He also said Council should send letters to both the VFW and the Business Club. (1, , f; 1 )I~ 1 ~J~ l6; 11 176 ~~~ ^"~.. ~ '\J \ tr) #11 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer said the VFW has assured him that they will be on hand in the future. It was pleasing to see so many citizens out. Mayor Sawyer said the only phone comment he had on the Specific Use Permi t was concerning the increased traff ic because of the ball games at the school nearby. 'Mayor Sawyer also recognized Mr. Freeman of the Housing Authority and Mr. Jack Warren, the new Chairman of the Jaycees as being present for the meeting. Mr. Gilmore passed out copies of the proposed budget for fiscal year 1987-88. #12 ADJOURNMENT: adjourned at 8:05 p.m. unanimously carried. Mr. The Greenwald moved the meeting be motion was duly seconded and ATTEST: _1,~"iji'.Lr k, ',;r.~ " ~Ii&i \ o D o