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ccreg 05-01-1984 248 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL MAY 1, 1984 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, May 1, 1984, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding, Charles B. Sharpe, Hal Baldwin, Ross Hoover, Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Staff were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. Mayor Sawyer welcomed everyone to the meeting and then recognized representatives of the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 8315, who had a presentation to make. VFW Commander John Gravor and Mr. Curtiss Cross presented a $500 check to Fire Chief Ed Melton to purchase equipment for the new fire truck. PUBLIC HEARINGS: Mayor Sawyer opened the first publ ic hear ing, explaining the purpose was to receive citizen input regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 296.78 acres of land out of Comal County. Mr. Gilmore pointed out on the map the location of this tract, being on the west side of FM 3009 between the Missour i-Kansas-Texas and Missour i Pacific Railroad tracks. There were no citizens wishing to speak either for or against this proposed annexation. There were no questions from Council. Mayor Sawyer declared this public hearing closed at 7:03 P.M. B. The Mayor said the purpose of this second public hearing was to receive citizen input regarding the proposed annexation of approximately 51.852 acres of land out of Comal and Guadalupe Counties. Again Mr. Gilmore pointed out the location of this tract located on the west side of FM 1103 from IH35 to Wieder stein Road. Mr. Gilmore said the City has received letters from two property owners within this tract requesting annexation. There was no citizen comments nor questions from Council. Mayor Sawyer declared this public hearing closed at 7:05 P.M. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Aguilar asked that the minutes of the Workshop of Apr il 11, 1984 be corrected as follows: in the first paragraph Mr. Hoover's name should correctly read nRoss" rather than his first name "CarIn. In the first sentence of item #1 the word naskn should be past tense, and in the third paragraph of item #2 nETAn should correctly be nETJn. Mr. Aguilar also asked that on page 240 of these minutes, under item #8 D. the term nCounty politicians" be changed to nCounty Officials". Mr. Sharpe moved the minutes of the Workshop Session of March 28, 1984, the Regular Session of April 3, 1984, the Workshop Session of April 11, 1984 and the Regular Session of April 17, 1984 be approved as corrected. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: 1tt~ :~. ~. ;... ,ui~ Jtc n U ~ U ~ U 250 AYES: Councilmernbers Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None ,~ U' 12 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Anderson of Buffalo Valley Youth Association said he would like to make Council aware that they have signed contracts and will have two tournaments this summer. The first will be July 6-8, the San Antonio Area City Tournament, with 60 teams in a 60 mile radius. The second is the Texas Interstate Tournament on July 28-29 and will have 70 teams from Texas, Louisiana and Oklahoma. He said they will be coming to the City for support in the form of additional services. BVYA will try to have their request in writing to the City by the 2nd of May. Mayor Sawyer invited Mr. Anderson to the next Council Workshop to discuss their needs. Mrs. Dorothy Hopkins addressed Council asking that they either remove the nno parkingn signs in front of Val Verde Apartments or at least make it a 30 minute parking zone. Mr. Gilmore reminded Mrs. Hopkins and her sister that the apartments have parking spaces and a temporary parking zone/turn around in front. It was also explained to them about the hazards of parking on a thoroughfare, especially now that the area is becoming more congested with all the new building. 13 UNIT ROAD SYSTEM: Mayor Sawyer explained that Council )' had asked the County Judge and our Commissioners to be present to 'I br ief us on the progress being made to implement the Unit Road '---' System in Guadalupe County. Judge Sagebiel was unable to come but sent a letter explaining what progress has been made. They have visited other counties that have already implemented the unit road system and are in the process of interviewing an engineer, which they hope to have employed by the end of May. Both Commissioner Malford Ackermann and George Grein were present but could add little to what the JUdge had wr itten. They indicated they were waiting to hire an engineer and get his recommendations before really getting started. They hope to have the system implemented by the end of 1985. .4 ZONING CHANGES: A. Zoning Change .54 - rezoning from R-4 to Neighborhood Services (NS) frontage along FM 3009 of the Oak Run Subdivision. Mr. Greenwald moved to approve the rezoning from R-4 to Neighborhood Service as requested in Zoning Change 154. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion, which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None j) -u ., ~~~, r, 251 r ~ \ B. Zoning Change i55 - rezoning from predevelopment (PD) to Industrial District (M-1) 10.5 acres. Mr. Gilmore explained this is the area in Naylor Industrial Park that was recently reannexed into the City. Mr. Baldwin moved to adopt Zoning Change #55 rezoning from PD to Industrial District (M-l) 10.5 acres on FM 3009. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #5 RESOLUTION: Mayor Sawyer introduced a resolution and read the caption as follows: RESOLUTION NO. 84-R-8 A RESOLUTION SUPPORTING INCREASED STATE HIGHWAY FUNDING, PASSAGE OF THE POTHOLE BILL AND INCREASED HIGHWAY USER CHARGES Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the resolution supporting funding by user charges for the nPothole" bill. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: - ! I \ AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #6 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None was needed. #7 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Gilmore announced that on May 8 at the P&Z meeting, there will be someone there to brief P&Z on AICUZ. #8 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Aguilar said he had received a compliment for the Inspection Department. They insisted a contractor redo some work that did not pass inspection. Mr. Baldwin thanked Councilmernbers for donating their April Council meeting checks for the Senior Citizen Day activities. Mr. Sharpe reminded everyone of the 25th Anniversary celebration of the Auxiliary of the Fire Department to be held Sunday, May 5, 1984. #9 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer asked the City Manager to check on a complaint he had from a citizen in Deer Haven concerning workers ru ining the grass on pr i vate property wh ile working on lines there. I Mayor Sawyer thanked the County Commissioners for coming to our meeting and thanked all the candidates as well. He said we are vitally interested in what is going on in our ares. 252 .10 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Hoover moved the meeting be adjourned at 7:40 P.M., Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion which carried unanimously. ATTEST: . :;. r'\ U !\ ) I I \ ~' r1 '--"