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SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JAmARY 15, 1986
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session,
wednesday, January 15, 1986 at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room
of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road, Schertz, Texas.
The following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer,
presiding1 Charles B. Sharpe; Hal Baldwin1 Ray Stanhope 1 Adolph
Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy
G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause.
#1 BBARING OF RBSIDBRrS: Mrs. Catherine Rowell, as one of
the property owners concerned, asked if the City is going to
return the easement at Beacon and Curtiss to the adjacent
property owners. Mr. Gilmore said the City is in the process of
checking this out at present. We do have some water lines in
there and need to find out how much of an easement we will need.
He asked Mrs. Rowell to call him the next week.
Mayor Sawyer assured Mrs. Rowell that our plans are to turn this
land over to the property owners.
Mrs. Liz Mueller advised that Bill Neller had made a new sign for
the Animal Shelter and it would be presented on Saturday, January
25th at 9:30 a.m.. She invited all present to go to the shelter
and be a part of this presentation.
#2 Discussion of the Greater Randolph Area Trail Riders
Annual Chili Cook-off.
Mayor Sawyer advised that he had invited Mr. and Mrs. Arispi to
attend this meeting. Last year they chose our city in which to
hold their chili cook-off and would like to make it an annual
affair and have it in our park again. They have indicated they
would like to donate one half their income to SAFES or some non-
profit organization. He want to park the cook's trailers as he
did last year and wants permission to hire only one off icer
instead of the two he paid for last time. Mayor Sawyer said he
thought that would be fine since we will have at least one
officer on duty and it would not take any time to get another
officer to the park.
Mr. Arispi said they would like to obtain the park for a lessor
fee or as a donation from the city to the two organizations who
will be putting it on. He continued that they also want to have
a carnival with rides and are planning on having it the latter
part of May.
Council was of the opinion that they should not start making
exceptions to the fees but did agree to only have one policeman.
#3 Discussion with Mr. Edwards concerning the activities of
the Greater Austin-San Antonio Corridor Council.
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Mayor Sawyer advised that Mr. Edwards could not make this meeting
but would be there for the January 29th meeting.
#4 Discussion of public hearing on proposed annexation of
21.19 acres along FM 1518.
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Mayor Sawyer said this is the to be the final public hearing
needed bef ore starting annexation proceedings. There was no
further discussion at this time.
#5 Discussion of final consideration of rezoning 62. 91 ~I ,O;;;:t.
acres of land out of Comal County. 'O(R):) q
this the the Forbes property and the final
the ordinance would be on the next Regular
Mr. Gilmore said
consideration of
Agenda.
#6 Discussion of Mobile Home Park developments.
Mr. Gilmore said that Mr. Leon Parker was present to discuss thiS{&I~~/?
subject but before getting into discussion, staff had made a It:, ';:7
video tape of mobile home parks in the city that we would like to
have shown.
After viewing the video, Mr. Gilmore read a letter received from
Mr. Parker in which he requests to place a sign on top of Kountry
r- Kitchen Restaurant. It will be a lighted sign with flashing
1 lights. He request permission for it to be in place for a period
of 18 months or maybe less. Mr. Gilmore said that if it is 50
feet off the right of way, it is permissible and would not have
to be a.variance to the ordinance.
Council suggested we permit it for one year with six-month
extensions.
Mr. Parker also said that he has to get separate permits for each
mobile home, which involves several permits. He asked if there
was some way it could be encompassed into one permit. Mr.
,Gilmore said staff has been discussing this and ways to simplify
ithe process. Currently we are using the same permit procedures
we use for regular house.
Mayor Sawyer asked the City Manager to write a policy on this
subject. Council concurred with this request of Mr. Gilmore.
Mr. Gilmore asked to study this until next workshop and then get
back with Council.
#7 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None was needed at this time.
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#8 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Mr. Gilmore said we had ~ d-g
receive a bid on the 1/2 ton pickup truck. This is a replacement 1/t,o
vehicle taken from the park for the Animal Shelter. We were /O?
offered $900.00 trade-in for the old truck that is not worth
driving over there. We had no choice on the color because of the
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fleet price. We did not receive another bids because no one
wanted the trade in.
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B. Mr. Gilmore handed out a Schedule of Uses for Zoning, saying
that when we have a public hearing this will be much easier than
looking through the ordinance.
C. Concerning the repairs to 401 Oak Street (the building used
by BVYA), we have had two constructions firms look at the
building to give ideas of the best way to go. The slab is
separating where it was added on to. Both say the best and
cheapest way would be to tear down the present building and build
another to replace it. Two bUdgets down the road, we plan to put
up a building to provide orfices for BVYA, CVADAC, Humane
Society, Scouts, etc. This is in the future park plans to
provide for everyone.
We have mentioned several times where we need additional land for
expansion of the utility yard. This week Mr. Ross came in and
offered a proposal of 4.84 acres for $200,000. Evidently he heard
we are expanding, so he brought this proposal in.
D. Have had some citizens come in who live across Lookout Road
from the Bluebonnet. They are having trouble with people parking
on their property, tearing down fences, etc.. They made a
request for No Parking on Lookout Road. Council had no objection
to adding this area for No Parking to our traffic ordinance.
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E. We have allowed the City of Cibolo to buy gasoline from our
tanks. However, we are running short of keys and spaces on the
pump. The last three months, Cibolo has only bought 15 or 20
gallons of gasoline a month. Mr. Gilmore requested permission to
go to them stating the facts and that we now need the space.
Council concensus was to allow the City Manager to handle this.
F. Talked to AACOG and in their newsletter they show Schertz
with 7500 people, which we cannot accept. They are checking to
see where they got that figure.
Also have
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been talking with Bill Carpenter at AACOG and they have
through Metropolitan Grant Corporation. They will
all streets at a cost of about $1500. They will
anyway we desire.
Council concensus was to allow the City Manager to expend the
$1500 for this 60-40 grant to catalogue our streets with
priorities.
.9 ITBIIS BY COOBCIL: Mr. Aguilar said he thought the
Schedule of Uses for Zoning was excellent and would be a great
help at public hearings.
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Mr. Aguilar also mentioned that he felt we should approve the new
off icers for the Library Board at a regular Council meeting.
Mayor Sawyer suggested the meeting of the 21st when they payoff
their debt to the City and the photographers are present.
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Mr. Aguilar also reported on a panel discussion had at the n 08/
Corridor meeting. The discussion was the Maguiladora program as ~,~,[
it operates in Mexico and the United states. It was very /.77
interesting. Mr. Aguilar said he talked with Mr. Edwards and he .
was very enthused about coming to our workshop meeting.
Mr. Sharpe asked if the Health Inspector has checked the Quick VI lj~ 636
because they have food service. Mr. Gilmore said he does check VI"~
them.
Mr. Stanhope asked what happens to repeaters on health
inspections. Mr. Gilmore said Mr. Davis follows state law.
Mr. Sharpe suggested that at one of our workshops we have a tc, 03 '1
presentation and look at procedures on bonding people who do work /3?;
in our city.
Also Mr. Sharpe mentioned that some months ago Mr. Hines from
GVEC talked with Council about putting in underground lines on
Jack Hays Boulevard. Mr. Sharpe feels we should discuss this
again. Mr. Aguilar reminded Mr. Sharpe that he said he would do
it if the City paid for it. Mr. Sharpe said we should challenge
him on this, they are waiving the capitol recovery fee if the
developer goes all electric.
Mr. Gilmore suggested that if GVEC is solvent enough to waive the
capital recover fee, then they should be able to put in the
underground lines on Jack Hays.
Mr. Sharpe said he attended a meeting in Seguin between the
County and EMS. They set up an Advisory Board but steered away
from mentioning funding. We should keep up on this so that we
are treated equally with another EMS group. County Judge made
the statement that they had given SAFES what they had asked for
but SAFES has not asked to go on the tax part of the budget. We
should also notify Mar ion that if they want our serv ice, then
they should pay their per capita share.
Mr. Gilmore mentioned that Garden Ridge has come back to us for
ambulance service.
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Mr. Sharpe asked the starting date for new restrooms in the park.
Mr. Gilmore said the last of February or first of March.
Mr. Sharpe also said that if we would like to have a meeting WahndO /,//,O,L1,
get further information on the "rider line express" - those ~~ T~
have jobs up and down the corridor between San Antonio and /0;),
Austin, it could be arranged.
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Councilman Sharpe also suggested putting in advance signs on FM
3009 stating that there is a speed limit ahead, before there is a
fatal accident at FM 3009 and East Live Oak Road. .
Mr. Stanhope asked how we stand on bond issues. Mayor Sawyer
again said that Council was going to have to make priorities and
set it in motion.
Mr. Baldwin said he talks with people all the time and has not
found one that would not go with a bond issue to fix up FM 78 and
the bridge.
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~~~ It was agreed by all Coucilmembers that one workshop meeting
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~~ Mr. Greenwald said it was brought up at P&Z about Gutierrez
~~\V~cr starting collecting dumpsters at 4:30 in the morning.
,\ He reported on the P&Z meeting and what is coming up soon.
Mr. Stanhope also asked if Schertz goes along with the State law
on gravel trucks being covered. Mr. Gilmore said they do but the
law has been changed somewhat.
Mr. Stanhope also asked about the Val Verde sign at East Live Oak
Road and FM 3009. Mr. Gilmore said he has something in to
Richard Harris now.
Mr. Sharpe reminded Council of a Groundbreaking at 11:30 the next
morning, also Jordon Ford opening in Live Oak Thursday night.
.10 I'.fBIIS BY MAYOR:
.11 ADJOORRMBRT: There being no further business, Mayor
Sawyer declared the meeting to be adjourned at 10:15 p.m..
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ATTEST:
ecretary, City of Schertz
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