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REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COONCIL
OCTOBER 7, 1986
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The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
October 7, 1986, at 7 :00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the
Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road, Schertz, Texas. The
following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding;
Charles B. Sharpe, Ray Stanhope, Adolph Aguilar and Ken
Greenwald. Absent: Councilman Hal Baldwin. Staff present were
City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause.
II APPROVAL OF MINU'rES: Mr. Sharpe asked that in the
minutes of the Special Meeting of September 10th, item 17 City
Manager's Report, the second sentence in the 7th paragraph be
clarified as follows: "He advised that the figure would place
the city approximately 7 million dollars short in appraised
value. " .
Mr. Sharpe then moved to approve the minutes of the Special
Meeting of August 27th, the Regular Meeting of September 2nd, the
Special Meeting of September 10th and th'e Regular Meeting of
September 16th. Mr. Stanhope seconded the motion, which carried
with the following vote: .
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Stanhope, Aquilar and Greenwald.
NAYS: None
MR. BALDWIN ARRIVED AT 7:03 p.m.
12 BEARING OF RESIDENTS: None
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13 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 86-S-28
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COONCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ REGULATING THE TYPE, LOCATION,
SIZE AND NUMBER OF SIGNS TO PROVIDE UNIFORM
SIGN STANDARDS FOR THE CITY OF SCHERTZ;
PROVIDING DEFINITIONS, PROHIBITIONS, NON-
CONFORMING SIGNS; PROVIDING FOR PERMITS;
PROVIDING' A SAVINGS CLAUSE; PENALTY AND AN
EFFECTIVE DATE.
Mr. Greenwald moveQ to approve the final consideration of an
ordinance regulating signs in the City of Sch'ertz. Mr. Aguilar
seconded the motion, which carried wlth the fOllowing vote:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
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14 LETTER OF AGREEMENT: Mayor Sawyer explained that this
iitem concerns an -agreement 'with Guadalup'e County for road and
s~reet construction, as previous1ydis'c:ussed.
~r. Greenwald moved to approve the Letter of Agreement with
G~ada1upe County for Road and Street Construction. Mr. Baldwin
sjeconded the motion, which carr ied as f~llows:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Stanhop'e, Aguilar and
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Glreenwald.
. NAYS: None
#5 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Gilmore said he received a
qall from the State Highway Department'on Monday. Previously we
hiad been told by letter that Jack Hays Boulevard was no longer in
t!he five-year plan. The Highway Department said Monday that
~ustin had' said Jack Hays would be back in the five-year plan.
Our share of the costs will most likely be asked of us by January
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Mr. Gilmore said the City goes to condemnation for the final lots
iin Live Oak Hills on Thursday.
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Nlegotiations are still going on and it is looking pretty good
~ith the two people on this end of Schertz Parkway. Hopefully we
can come to agreement with them shortly.
~r. Gilmore announced that Betty Tyler, the City's computer
operator, passed away the past weekend.
# 6 ITEMS BY COUNCIL:
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Mlr. Sharpe said the Chamber of Commerce is still looking for
brochures from the City of Schertz. He fe~ls the City is losing
~ not supply them to the Chamber.
f1r. Sharpe had sample flyers that might be beneficial when we
~tart ~alking about the bond issue. It is nice t? have someth~ng
~hat g1ves som~ of the answers. Judson has a sl1de presentat10n
ailso on their bond issue. Mr. Gilmore said Mr. Anderlitch is
~reparing this information for us.
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Mr. Sharpe said that Guadalupe county Commissioners will be
~aving public hearings throughout the cOlJnty. They will be here
~n Schertz at the Community Center on O'ctober 14th to discuss
1:iheir budget.
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Mr. Sharpe said he would like to put on a workshop to talk about
~treets in subdivisions. Woodland Oaks has some that have not
Qeen accepted by the City but are looking terrible right now.
~eferring to the letter signed by the Mayor to the Guadalupe
~ppraisal District, Mr. Sharpe said the Appraisal District will
tie approving their budget unless taxing entities present
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resolutions of objection within 30 days of passage. Mr.
Greenwald said he felt it was too late for them to redo their
budget completely but maybe they can amend it to include enough
people to help get the rolls out on time.
Mayor Sawyer said he was told they can amend their budget to
include that it they get enough input from the various entities.
Mr. Sawyer said from what he gets from' the Board, they did not
understand that it was going to be late - did not realize that it
was-Mr. Morris' schedule they approved rather than the State law.
Mr. Baldwin asked if the City has done anything with the Beacon
Street easement. Mr. Gilmore said he believed it has been given
to the adjoining owners but he will have to check. There has
already been a Council vote on this. The land was divided
between the owners on each side.
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Mr. Stanhope asked if anything is being done on the bond issue.
Mr. Gilmore said turned over to Mr. Anderlitch and we need that
information before we can get anything out.
Mayor Sawyer said we will be asking our residents to pass a bond
issue for $l,OOO,OOO for water; $l,OOO,OOO for streets and
$lOO ,000 for parks. The bonds are urgently needed to fix our
streets and update our'water system. The bond money will not be
used for Schertz Parkway or Jack Hays'Boulevard but for streets
that are already in existence and need work done.
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Mr. Aguilar asked if now that we have be'en reaffirmed that Jack
Hays Boulevard is in the Highway Department 5-year plan, have we
asked GV~C about center lighting. Mr. Gilmore said not recently.
Mr. Aguilar said he had asked if the SAFES people or police have
lists of handicapped people in town. Mr. Gilmore said SAFES has
a list but he is not sure if the police do. Mr. Gilmore asked
the Herald reported if he could run something in the paper asking
handicapped people to notify the police dispatcher.
Mr. Greenwald asked about the monthly report that shows the John
Deer as using a tremendous amount of oil. Mr. Gilmore said he
was sure it was for an oil change.
Mr. Greenwald said he received a handout at a meeting the night
before that had a lot of information that could be useful to our
citizens. We will try to get some additional copies.
.7 ITBIIS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer said he had received a
letter from' the Department. of Health praising one o'f our
employees - Betty-Ann Kent.
The Mayor also received an invitation to a breakfast on the 16th
of October to receive an award for our participation in the Block
Grant Program.
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Oq the 2lst of October will be appearing at AACOG again to
:- p~otest Green valley's application for a loan. Mayor Sawyer said
h~' made a suggestion to the Judge that rules of procedures be
g'ven because last time they let th~ Green Valley People talk
s veral times but would not allow Schertz but one time.
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M~. Aguilar announced that there will be a Corridor meeting in
Austin on the l7th of October. .
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#8 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Sharpe move'd the meeting be adjourned
a If 7 : 30 p. m. with Mr. Greenwald secondin~ :e rJtion wh ich
c~rried unanimously. . ~~t2
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