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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
AUGUST 7, 1984
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
August 7, 1984, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live
Oak Road with the following members present: Mayor Ear 1 W.
Sawyer, presiding; Charles B. Sharpe, Hal Baldwin, Ross Hoover,
Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were Jimmy G.
Gilmore and June G. Krause.
PUBLIC HEARING: Mayor Sawyer opened the public hear ing and
explained the purpose of the hearing was to receive citizen input
on the proposed Fiscal Year 1984-1985 Budget. He then asked if
there were any citizens wishing to comment on the budget.
As there was no citizen wishing to speak, Mayor Sawyer declared
the public hearing closed at 7:01 P.M.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: There was a delay in getting
copies of the minutes to Council, who did not have suff icient
time to study them.
Mr. Sharpe moved to table this item until the next meeting. Mr.
Baldwin seconded the motion, which carried with the following
vote:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None
#3 ORDINANCE: Mayor Sawyer introduced an ordinance and
read the caption as follows:
ORDINANCE NO. 84-S-17
AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY
OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING
ORDINANCE NO. 79-S-15, 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-15 BY AMENDING ARTICLE
XIII, SECTION 2 HEIGHT REGULATIONS AND
ARTICLE XIV SECTION 2 HEIGHT REGULATIONS; BY
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
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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
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Mr. Sharpe moved to approve this ordinance, amending the zoning
ordinance, on final consideration. Mr. Baldwin seconded the
motion.
Mr. Gilmore pointed out on the map the areas where the height
regulations would apply, the zoning change locations and the
AICUZ zone. Mr. Shapre commented that on the AICUZ zone, it
still gives the City a chance to look at each request on an
indivisual basis.
Mayor Sawyer called for a vote on the motion, which carried as
follows:
AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and
Greenwald.
NAYS: None
#4 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None was needed.
is CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Mr. Gilmore handed out books
entitled nLet's All Work to Fight Drug Abuse", calling attention
to the cover letter from the Chief of Police and advertisements
from local businessmen. This was put together at no cost to the
City and we have sufficient copies to hand out to developers,
etc.
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Attorney
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ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Greenwald asked the status of the
with Cibolo on water. Mr. Gilmore said the City
was working on that today and should have something in
week.
Mr. Aguilar said he had talked with Mr. Gilmore about a tractor-
trailer truck parked heading the wrong way on FM 78. Mr.
Gilmore reported he had talked with the man and he recognized the
hazard and would correct it immediately.
Mr. Baldwin asked if inquiries had been made on the street lights
at the Oak Forest entrance and was told yes, but Mr. Gilmore was
not getting a good reply.
Mr. Sharpe reported that the Business Club had written a letter
to the Editor of the Herald newspaper pointing out the lack of
coverage on the July 4th Jubilee. Mr. Paul Davis of the Herald
said he agreed it was not adequately covered and he accepted the
responsibility for it and it would not happen again.
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Mr. Baldwin pointed out that the San Antonio Light has a column
of events that happen during the week, and it seemed to him that
we should have someone let them know of our events to be included
in that column.
Mr. Sharpe announced some meetings dates as follows: Thursday at
7:30 a.m. at the Officer Club on Randolph there will be a meeting
of the Greater Randolph Development Committee; Fr iday at 10: 00
a.m. there will be a meeting of the Austin-San Antonio Corridor
Committee in Seguin at the coliseum. Then on August 14th at the
Council meeting, the Schertz Business Club will be presenting the
Employee of the Quarter plaque, and on August 15th, there will be
two meetings of the Sesquicentennial Planning Committee - one at
10:00 a.m. and the other at 7:30 p.m., both in the Library
Meeting Room.
Mr. Sharpe then asked the City Manager if he had heard anything
on the sewer problems on 135. Mr. Gilmore said he is working
with the City Attorney and should have something next week.
#7 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer read a letter from the
Schertz Bank and Trust thanking the police department and
especially Officer Bundy for apprehending the people who had
tried to defraud the bank and other financial institutions.
Mayor Sawyer also commended Off icer Bundy. He said that this
past weekend he called the police about water that had been
running at an apartment complex for 24 to 25 hours. Officer
Bundy was on duty and within ten minutes, the Mayor had a call
from the Apartment Manager about the problem.
Mayor Sawyer called a recess at 7:19 p.m.
The Regular Meeting reconvened at 7:26 p.m.
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Conference
especially
generating
BUDGET WORKSHOP: The Council reconvened
Room for a discussion of the proposed
concerning salaries for employees and
the money for any raises proposed.
in the
budget,
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Mr. Gilmore presented his suggestions to br ing salar ies into
competion with other cities in the area. He suggested that if
these recommendations were accepted, Council should consider
either increasing taxes three cents or a water rate increase of
six cents.
Council then thoroughly discussed ways of obtaining monies for
the salary increases, as well as the need to be accumulating some
funds for street improvements.
After discussing the pros and cons, Mayor Sawyer called for and
received a four to one concensus to increase taxes two cents and
water rates ten cents, with a portion of this committed to street
improvements.
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Mr. Gilmore said he would need at least three months lead time on
the water rate increase in order to notify the bulk users of our
intentions. He said that Richad Har r is is now work ing on the
contract with Cibolo and suggested the City get back with Cibolo
and ask them to either come up with the cash money or increase
their rate over the other users to cover their costs of the
improvemen.ts. Mr. Gilmore then asked if he should include the
proposed salary increases in the budget and Council concensus was
for him to do so.
#9 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Sharpe moved the meeting be adjourned
at 9:08 P.M. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion, which carried
unanimously.
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