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ccreg 06-15-1982 184 REGULAR SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL JUNE 15, 1982 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, June 15, 1982 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Mayor Pro Tem Jacqueline Lawler; Charles B. Sharpe and Adolph Aguilar. Absent were William G. Courtney and Jeff Duffield. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mrs. Lawler moved the minutes of the Regular meeting of June 1, 1982 and the Special Meeting of June 9, 1982 be accepted as written. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Aguilar and Lawler NAYES: None #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Jerry Wooten of 1401 Oak Street asked if there is a city ordinance precluding multi households living in a single family district. He explained that in his neighborhood there are a lot of rental property and he knows of one house where two young couples are residing. He also asked if the Council could pass some type of ordinance regulating rental policies in order to keep up the standards in housing areas. Mayor Sawyer said he would have staff check with our legal advisor on these two questions. The City Manager said that of course he would check but there is no way we can legally tell an owner how to rent his property. We do have an ordin- ance regulating the outside appearance of property within the city. 2. Mr. Hal Baldwin requested time when item #7 come before council. 3. Mr. Odo requested time for item #5. I . I , I . Council, staff and the citizens present. #3 INTRODUCTION OF NEW LIBRARIAN: Mayor Sawyer introduced Gail Douglas as the City's new Librarian to #4 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introduced an ordinance on final consideration amending the Zoning ordinance by changing the classifica- tion of 124.5 acres of land from pre-development to general business. He then read the caption as follows: t I t ~ ORDINANCE NO. 82-S-16 AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE (NO. 79-S-15) OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS , CHANGING THE CLASSIFICATION OF 124.5 ACRES OF LAND FROM PRE-DEVELOPMENT TO GENERAL BUSINESS; AND REFLECTING SAID CHANGE ON CERTAIN ZONING MAPS IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE II AND III OF SAID ZONING ORDINANCE. Mrs. Lawler moved to accept on final consideration the reclassification of 124.5 Acres of land from pre-development to general business. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: ,/ J ~ "I (.) 1''" ,)~ #5 BID AWARD: Mayor Sawyer stated this item was to consider awarding of bid on the water well #3 and renovating of water well #1. Mr. Gilmore explained that per Council authoritY5 the bidding pro- cess began when the bid request went out ten days ago. Four companies had indicated they would make bids; however, when the bid opening time arrived this date, only two submitted bids: Frank Rosenkranz and Sons and Haskin Pump Service, inc. The low bid was from Haskin Pump Service in the amount of $50,803, which is substantially lower than the other bid received. The City engineer has reviewed the two bids and recommends accepting the low bid. AYES: Counci1members Sharpe, Aguilar and Lawler NAYES: None #5-A Mr. Sawyer advised this item is for consideration of contract for water line extension. Council discussed this with Mr. Odo Riedel at the last workshop meeting. He then asked Mr. Riedel if he had reviewed a copy of the contract and did he agree with the agreement. Mr. Riedel said he had a copy and did agree to the contents. Mr. Sharpe moved the City of Schertz enter into an agreement with Mr. Odo Riedel for the construction of a water line as per agreement. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion which carried as follows: AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Aguilar and Lawler NAYES: None #6 SAFES RATE INCREASE: Mayor Sawer explained this item was discussed at the last workshop, where more information was requested. Since then Council has received an additional letter from SAFES director, Tom Funk. Mr. Aguilar moved to accept the conditions of SAFES to increase their rate from $50 to $60. There was not a second to the motion. Mayor Sawyer ad- vised the motion died for lack of a second; therefore, this item will be brought back for further study at the next workshop. #7 ANIMAL SHELTER: Mr. Hal Baldwin had requested to speak on this item. He said he was concerned that the City wants to go on their own and have a shelter. He felt that an animal shelter is more of a regional facility, and he did not know what Schertz wanted to separate themself from Universal City. He suggested donating the land at our U.C. well site to UC as our part of the facility and go regional. Mayor Sawyer explained that the reason Schertz did not sell the land to UC is that they did not want to pay a reasonable price for the land. Mr. Gilmore said that UC has let it be known that they would have nothing to do with RAFB animals and that we have been contacted by two entities already for animal shelter service and would solicite additional. The Mayor said the Council feels they are making the right decision in building our own shelter. Mr. Gilmore explained that staff had drawn up an agreement between the city and Mr. McManus for land on FM 1518, which away from residences and has water available. Mr. McManus is willing to lease the land to Schertz for 24 months for $100 per month. Also Mr. Lund has just indicated that his 186 . , , ! , land is for sale for $3000 or lease for $500 per year. The lease agreement with Mr. McManus was drawn up before learning that Mr. Lund's land was available. His land is approximately 1/2 acre and Mr. McManus' land is a full acre - Mr. McManus then indicated that he would be willing to lease for a maximum of five years. His land does have some shade trees whereas the Lund land does not and Mr. Lund's land does drop off into the creek. Council then discussed the pros and cons of each piece of land. Mr. Sharpe moved to purchase the i acre of land discussed with Mr. Lund not to exce~OOO.oO. Mr. Aguilar seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Sharpe, Aguilar and Lawler NAYES: None #8 EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Sawyer called an executive session under Article 6252-17 V.T.C.S., Sections 2 (f) & (g) at 7:54 P.M. The regular session reconvened at 8:07 P.M. #9 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: (1) Chief of Police Keith has been presented a Certificate of Appreciation from the La Hacienda Treatment Center. Mr. Keith is very active in presenting pro- grams on drug Abuse to different organizations in our area. (2) The Mayor and City Councilmembers were advised that there will be vehicles available for those riding in the 4th of July Jubilee parage. (3) The agreement with Mr. Riedel is not a unique thing. He and Mr. Brooks are working on some of the same type at this time. He said he had a short list of how four cities work with developers and they are preparing a presentation for the IDC. (4) Mr. Gilmore presented copies of the proposed budget to Council. He explained that he did not anticipate any discussion at this time and that he did not have a tax figure from the County Appraisal District so he could not tell if there will have to be a tax increase or not. Mayor Sawyer asked if there is a way the City can drop out of the County Appraisal District after two years. He also said that we need to advise Mr. Norris Hall that not getting the tax figures until July does not give Council much time to decide if we will need an increase or decrease in taxes. #10 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Aguilar asked if the inspector was working closely with Mr. Riedel on his construction and was told by Mr. Gilmore that he was. No other Council member had items to discuss. #11 ITEMS BY MAYOR: The Mayor recommended appointing Mr. Hal Baldwin to the Housing Authority Board, Council concurred with the appointment. Mayor Sawyer said that we all miss Mr. Courtney, who is in the hospital, and asked that we all include him in our prayers. . I I I . , : I I i I I I I I . I 187 #12 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Sharpe, duly seconded and unanimously carried5 the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:19 PM ATTEST: SPECIAL SESSION OF THE CITY COUNCIL JUNE 30, 1982 The Schertz City Council met at the .SAFES Office of the Community Center, 1400 Live Oak Road, at 6:30 P.M., with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, Mayor Pro Tem Jacqueline Lawler, William G. Courtney, Adolph Aguilar, and Jeff Duffield. Absent: Charles B. Sharpe. #1 SAFES ADMINISTRATOR PRESENTATION: Mr. Tom Funk, Dorector of SAFES briefed the Council on the oper- ations of SAFES, the present and future plans, while touring their facilities. The meeting was then recessed in order for the Council to return to the Conference Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road. At 7:03 P.M. Mayor Sawyer called the Workshop Session to order. Staff present for this portion of the meeting were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. #2 WORKSHOP AGENDA: A. SAFES Rate Increase: Mayor Sawyer stated that the Council has agreed to meet with the SAFES Board of Directors on this subject. He asked for a concensus of the Council to table this item until that meeting could take place. Council concurred with this. B. Joint Meeting with Cibolo: Mr. Gilmore explaine that the original proposal on water supply to Cibolo came from Mayor Ling in a letter dated February 22. He proposed was for an interconnecting water system with Cibolo, Schertz and Green Valley Water Supply. Mr. Gilmore said that, of course, we could not do that even if we were so inclined as it is against state law. They also mentioned going with Green Valley but retaining their connection with us in case it was needed.. All of their proposals were unacceptable because of state laws and the fact that it would place Schertz at a disadvantage. With Council 's approval a meeting will be set up for the Cibolo City Council and Schertz Council to meet at the Workshop meeting of July 14th. Council agreed.