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SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 1, 1983
The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session, Wednes-
day, June 1, 1983, at 7:00 P.M. in the Conference Room 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 Jacqueline Lawler. Staff were City Manager JimmY G.
Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause.
Before starting on the regular agenda, Mayor Sawyer welcomed the
members of the Planning and Zoning Commission and two representatives of
U.S. Homes, who were invited for a short discussion on variance requests.
Mr. Ray Wilshire referred to their written request, in which U.S. Homes
asked for a variance to the Subdivision Ordinance, Articles III and IX.
They were requesting a change on the minimum lot size from 5000 square
feet to 3330 square feet; the side yard from 6 foot to 4 feet between
their garden homes; the width from 50 feet to 37 feet; and the depth of
the lot from 100 feet to 90 feet. This request is for the Northcliffe
East Community Sections 3 and 4.
Mr. Wilshire said the garden homes would be in the price range of $40,000
to the low $50,000. These would meet the needs of the general buying
public and are very livable. All would have two-car garages with sidewalks
with no two looking exactly alike. They also plan a 1.5 acre area for
perhaps tennis courts and recreational purposes.
He said they would like to get started immediately and would of course
come back to Council when they get their plans finalized.
M~or Sawyer said the members of Council and P&Z who went to Tuscan to
see a similar subdivision were really impressed.
There being no further questions, Mayor Sawyer declared a recess at
7:27 P.M.
The meeting was reconvened at 7:34 P.M.
#1 SAFES representatives to discuss their organizations's budget.
Mrs. Carline Scott, Assistant Director for SAFES, explained that they had
recently written each city in their serving area to obtain the current
population figures. She said the only city that came back with any
comments was Converse. They are asking for immediate change from the flat
rate of $50.00 per ambulance run to a flat rate of $60.00 per run and
in addition charge for certain supplies, such as oxygen - $10; IV Therapy
$15; Drugs $5 each etc. She said collections are running about 87%
which Mr. Gilmore agreed was a better ratio than San Antonio, Seguin or
New Braunfels. Mrs. Scott said they carry no more than 25 volunteers
and at the present time have 23, with each having 400 to 600 hours of
training. Incidently training costs are not in their budget.
Board Member Don Scott said they have an immediate need for an additional
paid employee and requested the beginning salaries be upgraded to
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beginning EMT - $12,000; Asst. Director - $13,000 and Director - $14,000.
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Council discussed the possibility of one or two cities backing out of the
SAFES budget and the affect that would have. They also discussed provid-
ing workman1s compensation for the volunteers of SAFES and other volunteers
of the City.
Council concensus was to put the run fee increase and charge for medical
services on the next agenda.
#2 WORKSHOP ITEMS: A. Water and Sewer Ordinance - there were no
further questions before presenting this
ordinance for final consideration on the next agenda.
B. Ordinance - speed limit Elbel Road. Mrs. Lawler said she had several
telephone calls from people that were against increasing the speed limit on
Elbel Road.
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C. E.T.J. - Mr. Gilmore advised that there is an area on this side of
the Cibmlo Creek that is in Universal City's ETJ. There have been contacts
from people that live in the area that have asked if they could come into
Schertz. He had talked with the City Manager of U.C. and they are holding
on to the area only for trading purposes. Mr. Gilmore said about the only
thing that we have that they want is the land we own in U.C. at the well
site. He wanted to know if Council wanted him to offer to sell our land
to U.C. at about half price in trade for the ETJ areain question. One of
the reasons he brought this up is that it would be profitable to the city
in the long run with the White Water project right across the creek.
Mr. Gilmore said that we would have to stipulate in the agreement that they
could not drill another well on the land if we sold to them. Council
concensus was for Mr. Gilmore to negotiate with U.C. on the trade.
#3 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None needed.
#4 CITY MANAGER's REPORT: A. Need Council direction in the next
step for annexation. We have had
inquiries about the land between the two railroad tracks, particularly
the two areas on FM 3009. There are some developers talking about the
FM 1518 area if it were in the city limits also.
B. Mrs. McKeetchen was in for a home occupation permit on Mitchell. She
does hair care. Her privacy fence blew down and she wants a variance
to have a curb cut on Randolph side. She was told she was in violation
now because the people have to back out across the bicycle lane.
C. Mr. Riedel wanted to build apartments in the area on the south side
of FM 78 that is out of the city limits. He has been told it is in the
flood plain and his engineer would have to bring in plans to show how
he would bring it out of the flood plain and also require dedicated road
to meet our specifications.
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D. A Mrs. Hopkins has purchased land on 135 and wants to put two mobile
homes on one lot. She was told before she bought it and told again after
she bought it that it is not zoned for mobile homes. She will be coming
in to ask for a variance.
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E. The problems of the traffic lights on FM 78 at First and Randolph
was presented to the Highway Department at the Traffic Safety meeting
and they said they would take care of it.
F. He announced the Chamber of Commerce Banquet was June 11. The
tickets are $12.00 per person and in the past the City has paid for the
tickets. Council concensus was for the city to pay.
G. To answer some queations asked concerning the Jobs bill. We are not
an entitlement city, according to AACOG and HUD. We do have a current
housing assistance ordinance. HUD and AACOG both say the State has not
put out the final bill as yet. Received a letter saying that library
construction was under the Jobs Bill. However, Guadalupe County is
number 183 out of 254 on the list and out of the 183 cities, we are at
the bottom of the list.
H. On the assistant inspector that was obtained through the Senior Program,
I received an extra month paid salary on him. I am now asking the Council
to consider keeping him on. He is doing an excellent job. A job descrip=
tion is being worked up on him to give a better idea.
I. On the Library construction, the Lion's Club went way over their goal.
They have sold over 262 yards of cement.
J. We did have to pay $3,800 to Hoover Edwards for the right of way on Live
Oak Road. Work on the widening has been started.
#5 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Sharpe advised that the Housing Authority
has a need for an additional driver for their
van. There is a need for a modified chauffeur's license, which the H.A.
wi 11 pay for.
He also sent a package to the Industrial Commission in Austin, they thought
there might be some interest of a computer company.
The ad was sent to the South Texas Chamber of Commerce for inclusion in their
magazine.
Mrs. Lawler stated that on the 25th of May, she and Mr. Sharpe went to a
seminar on Bell telephone. She talked with three people at the meeting
and discussed the problems experienced in our area. All said nothing
would be done until the system is updated and that won't take place until
our system is overloaded.
Mr. Baldwin said that the EMS group has named a task force to write a
regional plan. He asked if Council felt we should go with a regional all-
paid service or remain a small service as SAFES is now. SAFES has just
about reached their limit - can they continue to draw volunteers in the
future?
There was extensive discussion on the pros and cons of a regional versus
continued SAFES service. Mr. Gilmore pointed out that we are o~erlooking
one thing - cost. Now Schertz has an ambulance service and have allowed
other entities to use it, but can regulate cost. ~hen we go region, we
are not only adding cost to the region but to the City of Schertz.
After discussion, Mr. Baldwin said they would write the plan and let
the cities decide at that time.
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Mr. Aguilar brought up the traffice problems at the low water crossing
at Cibolo Creek. His thought was that there should be enough room to make
four lanes on FM 78 to allow for left turn under the tracks. It was suggested
that the Traffic Safety Committee should be given this problem. The Chief
of Police would bring it up at the next meeting.
#6 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer handed out some legislative reports
for Council information.
He also read the Chamber of Commerce agreement entered into last year. It
is now up for renewal and the Mayor asked that this item be put on the next
agenda.
#7 ADJOURNMENT: Mayor Sawyer declared the meeting djourned at 10:32 P.M.
ATTEST:
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REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JUNE 7, 1983
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, June 7, 1983
at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road, with the follow-
ing members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Charles B. Sharpe;
Hal Baldwin; Ross Hoover; Adolph Aguilar and Jacqueline Lawler. Staff were
City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause.
Before commencing the regular agenda, Mayor Sawyer asked the Chief of
Police to introduce his candidate for Police Reserve.
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Chief Keith introduced Mr. Russell Bundy, who is presently in the Air Force
but is getting an early out, who would like to join the Schertz Reserve
Force. Mr. Bundy graduated June 2 from the 320 hour Basic Law Course.
He comes highly recommended. At the present Schertz has two reserve officers.
The Mayor thanked Mr. Bundy for coming and said his request would be consi-
dered at the next regular meeting.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Baldwin moved to accept the minutes of
the Workshop Meeting of May 11,1983 and
the Regular Meeting of May 17, 1983, as presented. Mrs. Lawler seconded
the motionf
Mr. $l1arpe asked that onpaqe 56_of_ tbeminutesof th~~R~gular _Meeting of
May \11,~1983~___the fifth par"agraph be changed to read as follows: