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ccswks 09-09-1987 ( 233 r- SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL SEPTEMBER 9, 1987 The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session, Wednesday, September 9, 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; and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Adolph Aguilar ana Ray Stanhope. Staff present were Jimmy G. Gilmore, City Manager and Alice Austin, Deputy City Secretary. #1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: NONE 12 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and read the caption as follows: 41, t ,e '7~ J{/ 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 383.4 ACRES OF LAND, OUT OF BEXAR COUNTY. ,.-- Mr. Baldwin made the motion to approve the first reading of the ordinance to extend the boundary lines of the City of Schertz, Texas by the annexation of 383.4 acres out of Bexar County. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: NAYS: Councilmembers Sharpe, Baldwin and Greenwald None #3 Discussion of proposed ordinance regulating enclosure of a junk or salvage ~rd and the screening of garbage storage areas. ~J if1, fo,l' / / 1 Mr. Baldwin advised that he had no problem with the ordinance except with screening. He also said that one of his concerns was with how the screen would look after a while. Mr. Sharpe advised that he would like more input from the businesses. Mr. Greenwald advised that he felt a clause to grant a variance should be included. All agreed that a clause should be included to provide that all new construction provide for screened garbage storage areas when planning their projects. ,.--. 14 WORKSHOP: A. final reading of ordinance amending sign ordinance (D~finitions and Permits): No discussion. 234 (\ ~rP \\)' \\ ~ \ ~o\ tu 1\, It) \" f\'tJ~ ~\ ~ \'fl ~"? \\"" j~ '" "'1 I I B. Final reading of Ordinance amending Zoning Ordinance <Overlay Districts) No discussion. n ~ C. Final reading of ordinance providing Plat Fees Schertz Parkway. no discussion. D. Transfer of Appropriations: Mr. Gilmore advised that normally transfer of appropriations was done quarterly, but this was only the second request this budget year. He advised that the city may be short on tax collections they were running approximately 94-96 percent. He advised that the item that really saved us was warrant fees. Mr. Baldwin advised that one of underestimating of non tax fees. He $100,000 on municipal court fines would cents. his concerns was the advised that estimating lower the tax rate 2 or 3 Mr. Greenwa ld increase each awfully low. advised yea rand that he that he felt felt that the estimate should $85,000 for this year was Mr. Ba ldwin reques t ed inf orma t ion on why the In Lieu of Taxe s item was being increased. Mr. Gilmore eXplained that this was for the new bond issue. Moneys had to be set aside for the first payment, legal and financial fees. Mr. Baldwin advised that with the increase in workman's comp the city might want to look at another company. He advised that the school district did not pay as much for 144 employees. Mr. Gilmore advised that police and fire were assessed very high and the more employees we added in these fields the higher the cost would be. n U Mr. Baldwin voiced his concern warrant fees ins tead of overt ime. might not be totally legal. over the He f e 1 t legality of paying that this practice4 Mr. Sharpe ask why there was a decrease in sewage treatment. Mr. Gilmore advised the the drop in building had an affect on this item. E. Resolution directing the Tax Collector to charge $10.00 for each Tax Certificate. Mr. Gilmore advised that Senate Bill 267 authorized the collection of $10.00 for each certificate. Current cost was $3.50. Mr. Baldwin advised the the School District was having the Appraisal District handle their cert if ica te s . This cos t them 13 cent s per cert if ica t e and the city might want to look into getting a terminal to allow them to take advantage of this service. #5 CITY KABAGBI'S IBPOIT: Mr. Gilmore advised that Mayor Sawyer had signed' letters to the City of Cibolo and the State Highway Department concerning future IH 35 expansion planning for overpass. o ... ~ I r- Mr. Gilmore also advised that Mayor had also signed a letter to Farmers Home concerning grant to upgrade district South of FM 78. A copy was being sent to Mr. Kemple and Bob Lee. 235 'd 1, 1b1 /j1 Another letter signed by the Mayor concerned Cibolo's complaint 100 on what they thought were inflated fees assessed by the City on6~ sewer line repairs on Dietz Road. Mr. Gilmore advised that );;rl copies of invoices would be enclosed. Mayor Sawyer advised that the city should work out agreements in writing on salaries before making agreements in the future. Mr. Gilmore stated that the city had the opportunity to join with other area police department in participating in a grant to be administered by AACOG to create a Multi-agency Narcotics Trafficking Task Force. The City would have to set aside $2,600 and would receive $30,000 in equipment and operating funds. ~?, j'O? ;6 ~ f7 Mr. Gilmore advised that the Green Valley thing had been approved ~1, 1tl and that a letter from the Mayor was needed to say that the city AIJ no longer objects. He advised that the letter had already been ::., signed and that the lawyers had it. .--- #6 ITEKS BY COUWCIL: Mr. Sharpe asked if a date had been announced for the Public Hearing on the Sewage Discharge Permit. Mr. Gilmore advised that a hearing would only be set if an objection was received. So far no objection had been received and he would keep council posted on progress. Mr.Sharpe said he felt it would be wise if the City came up with a game plan on Schertz Parkway. He said this would help in getting this end finished when the other end was finished. Mr. Gilmore advised that we were not getting cooperation from property owners on the all weather bridge. We were still waiting for an answer. When an answer was obtained staff would compile a time table and cost. He also advised that now was the opportune time to go out for bids. He advised that we had to come up with two designs a low water and an all weather bridges. Because of two owners it now looks like the all weather bridge is out. Mr. Sharpe also advised that the State was looking for a site for a new penitentiary. He advised that we needed to encourage the county and let them know we support that type of construction. Mr. Greenwald advised that an agenda needed to be lined out for the Joint Meeting of P&Z and Council on October 28. He also advised that an APA Conference was scheduled for 12, 13, and 14 in Austin. He felt P&Z members had gotten a lot out of the previous meeting they had attended. 11,1tt6 I ? I q ~ ?() 9 / /' ( f'i, 11P ) ) ) I 4~ II! ) oJ- CjI, 11 J I ~tJ Council concensus was that P&Z should attend if available. A cost estimate needed to be worked up. funds 4/}, 1/3 were ;31 ) r- 236 \\ l\1 '\ ,'\\ \ ~"\ f\ \ lr; ~~. 4a ~ \ '\\ \p ~~\ !}. ,0 I){l ~ f\ \ \~~ f\ \Do ~~\ ~ \ftJ Mr. Greenwald advised that the. problems with the towers in San Antonio had po int ed up the need for some type of ins pec t ion. Currently the the only inspections done are on the lighting. o #7 ITZKS BY KAYO": Mayor. Sawyer advised that Bexar County wanted to loan the city $139,000 and us do the work on Rittimann addition. Mr. Gilmore advi~ed that there were 52 customers involved in this area. Bexar County received a grant to improve the area and now they want to loan us the money and the customers pay for it. Mayor Sawyer advised that a group was attempting to form an Optimist Club. They had a meeting scheduled for Wednesday the 16th at noon and the Council was invited. Mayor Sawyer recognized Mr. George Brown of Northcliffe who had arrived after the Hearing of Residents item. Mr. Brown advised that he was one of approximately 5 homes which were located in the Northcliffe subdivision which had been annexed by the City of Schertz in 1980 or 81. He advised council that he did not feel that he could get first rate services from the Fire Department or SAFES ambulance because of the time necessary for them to reach his location. He requested that if th City decided not to annex the entire Northcliffe Subdivision they consider de-annexing this area of houses. He did not fee that the quality of the services he would be get t ing just if ied the amount of taxes he would be paying. o Mr. Bill Heath of Fawn Drive advised that the problem with the water from the tank in Deer Haven should never have gotten to the point it had. He advised that an alarm system on the tank would have alerted the City sooner that there was a problem. He also advised that the employees who answered the call were not trained to handle this type of situation. He felt that perhaps a better training system should be set up. He Heath offered his help if he could be of any service. #8 ADJOU....Z.T: On a motion duly made, seconded and unanimously approved the meeting adjourned at 9:30 p.m. ATTEST: dL~ t::?~~ Deputy City Secretary, City of Schertz o '/;l;,-i:l1t,.. 'tlit' , "