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REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JULY 17, 1984
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The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
July 17, 1984, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers of the
Municipal Complex, 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
present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary
June G. Krause.
.1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: There were none wishing to speak.
.2 BVYA PRESENTATION: Mrs. Rita Bullock spoke concerning
the Tournament to be held in Schertz beginning the 27th of July.
She invited Council to the opening ceremonies at 3: 30 P.M., as
well as the closing ceremonies. There are 55 teams involved and
all but 5 are from other than the San Antonio area. Mrs. Bullock
thanked Council for their past and current generousity.
Mayor Sawyer thanked Mrs. Bullock and said Council is very proud
of BVYA and will be glad to help any way possible.
.3 CONTRACT: The Mayor said Council had a briefing on this
contract at the last meeting by a representative of the State
Department of Labor and Standards. They are asking for this
contract to have the City personnel do the State inspections on Oi,
mobile and modular homes and, of course, will pay for these \
inspections.
Mr. Gilmore said he had asked the City Attorney to go over the
contract and make recommendations. On the whole, Mr. Harris said
it was fine but he did have some recommendations. We will send
these to the State and see if they will agree to the
modifications. Mr. Gilmore suggested Council might like to say
that yes, we are interested and will sign the contract when the
modifications can be made. Some are merely clarifications of
terms. Mr. Gilmore said he would contact the people in Austin
the next day and set up a meeting as soon as possible.
Mr. Baldwin moved to table this item pending clarification as
requested by Attorney Harris. Mr. Hoover seconded the motion.
Mr. Aguilar said that if we are going into details of the
contract, then we are just delaying signing. If the State
concurs with the suggestions, it would be okay, but if not, it
would have to come up before the Council again. He suggested
approving contingent on the approval of the recommendations of
the City.
Mr. Hoover then withdrew his second and Mr. Baldwin withdrew his
motion.
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Mr. Aguilar moved to accept the contract contingent upon
concurrence of the recommendations as submitted by our legal
advisor. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carr ied as
follows:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#4 AUDIT: Mayor Sawyer said that the City Manager had sent
letters to two additional firms asking them to submit proposals
on our audit. One firm chose not to offer a proposal and the
other firm's proposal is available for consideration along with
Melick and Thorpe.
Mr. Gilmore said that of the three, as stated one did not bid;
and Simpson out of Austin submitted a proposal of from $10,300 to
$11,800 and that any additional tr ips etc. would be at extra
charge. The third proposal from Melick & Thorpe, rather than
give a span, said not to exceed $10,500.
Mayor Sawyer said he has always said we should stay with Melick
and Thorpe.
Mr. Greenwald moved to award the audit contract to Melick and
Thorpe. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion.
Mr. Aguilar referred to the Martin & Martin refusal, saying he
thought their answer was well intended, that they just did not
have time at present. Mayor Sawyer called for a vote on the
motion, which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and
Greenwald
NAYS: None
is paz RECOMMENDATIONS:
secretary to the committee.
Recommendation to appoint a
Mr. Baldwin moved to accept the P&Z recommendation and appoint
Mr. Darwin Peek as secretary to the Planning & Zoning Commission.
Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion, which carried with the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
Mayor Sawyer called for a short recess at 7:16 P.M.
The Regular Meeting was reconvened at 7:27 P.M.
#6 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance
amending the zoning ordinance and read the caption as follows:
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AN ORDINANCE
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BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ,
TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE NO. 79-
S-25, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XIX, SECTION
2-2.1 WHICH AUTHORIZES THE CITY COUNCIL TO,
FROM TIME TO TIME, AMEND, SUPPLEMENT, CHANGE,
MODIFY OR REPEAL THE REGULATION STANDARDS AND
BOUNDARIES OF THE CITED ORDINANCE, THIS
ORDINANCE DOES AMEND ORDINANCE 79-S-l5 BY
AMENDING ARTICLE XIII, SECTION 2 HEIGHT
REGULATIONS AND ARTICLE XIV SECTION 2 HEIGHT
REGULATIONS, 8Y AMENDING ARTICLE XXIII
SECTION 1, BY ADDING 1.3 AIR INSTALLATION
COMPATIBLE USE ZONE (AICUZ) RECOMMENDATIONS,
AND BY REZONING APPROXIMATELY THIRTY ACRES OF
LAND OUT OF THE T. HERRERA SURVEY, GUADALUPE
COUNTY, _ FROM R-l TO GENERAL BUSINESS (GB)
DISTRICT, AND APPROXIMATELY TEN ACRES OF LAND
OUT OF THE T. HERRERA SURVEY, GUADALUPE
COUNTY, FROM PRE DEVELOPMENT TO INDUSTRIAL
DISTRICT M-l, AND REFLECTING SUCH CHANGE ON
CERTAIN ZONING MAPS.
Mr. Sharpe moved to approve the first reading of this ordinance
amending the zoning ordinance 79-S-l5 by rezoning a 30 acre tract
to General Business, changing the height restrictions in General
Business zones along IH 35 and Industrial Districts, and
incorporating the AICUZ into the zoning ordinance. Mr. Greenwald
seconded the motion.
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Mr. Greenwald mentioned that there were some recommendations from
the Fire Department and asked if those were to be included in
this ordinance. Mr. Gilmore said they would be in the zoning
ordinance itself.
The motion before Council carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
.6 BUDGET WORKSHOP: Mr. Gilmore said we are running into
several problems, especially in the salary field. He said he had
lost three members of the Water Department last week and several
others because of higher pay in the surrounding cities. He said
in this budget, we do not have revenues coming in to increase
salaries by a great amount. This problem is going to have to be
addressed somewhere down the line. In the new TML city salary
survey, Schertz is 13th from the bottom in pay scale. Mr.
Gilmore said he would have a recommendation shortly to have an 01
ordinance change to allow for cycle billing of water meters.
This would help on the personnel problems.
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Council discussed the SAFES budget and the probability of
Converse withdrawing from SAFES. Mr. Gilmore said he had talked
with SAFES and they are preparing an alternate budget. Also they
have talked with the County Judge to see if we can get some
county funds for SAFES as a large area of county citizens are now
getting a free ride.
Mr. Aguilar suggested that unless someone had something that was
really glar ing, the budget be discussed at length at the next
workshop. Mayor Sawyer agreed that budget workshop sessions
should not be a part of a regular meeting.
i7 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None needed.
#8 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Gilmore made the following
announcments: A. Judge Sagebiel will be in Schertz Thursday,
July 19th; B. there will be a meeting of the Transportation Study
Group on August 2 at 9:00 a.m. in our Conference Room; C. have
received an invitation from the County Judge and Mayor of Seguin
to attend a workshop on Flood Plain Management, similar to the
one we had in Schertz.
The P&Z is asking that Council set a Public Hearing date for two
rezoning request and one that would include a low water crossing
at the Cibolo Creek back of Riedel's Trailor Court. Discussions
have been had with the POlice, Fire and SAFES and they all thing
it would be great.
The Public utility Commission has postponed our hearing to
October 9, the reason being we had four different dockets and our
attorney has requested consolidation of the four.
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A letter in Council packet from the District Traffic Engineer of
the Highway Department concerning speed limits on FM 1518. Also
a letter from Colonel Cuellar in reply to our counter proposal on
SAFES coverage, saying they hope to resolve this matter to' our
mutual benefit.
Mr. Gilmore said the City has started a formal Safety program for
employees of the city. A first report on a visit made by a
representative of Hartford Risk Management was made and the items
listed have been corrected. We are asking that they inspect each
and every department of the City.
The City Manager had a resolution where Barshop Industr ies has
prosented a proposal to the State for realignment of the exit
ramp on FM 3009 by moving it further away which would be much
safer. The State feels that a show of support by the City would
enhance approval. He said he understood that Barshop has offered
to pay for most of the change. Mayor Sawyer suggested we find
out what is planned before signing a resolution - find out what
we are supporting first. Council agreed to see plans first.
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19 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Baldwin asked the City Manager if
he has submitted a request for street lights on FM 3009 in front
of Oak Forest. Mr. Gilmore said he had submitted the request.
110 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer welcomed Donna Tschirhart
of the Herald Newspaper Group to our meeting.
.11 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Aguilar, seconded by
Mr. Baldwin and unanimously carried, the meeting was declared
adjourned at 8:06 ~.M.
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