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ccreg 08-04-1981 70 REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL AUGUST 4, 1981 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, August 4, 1981 at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road, with the following members present: Mayor Jack M. Stomackin, Sr., presiding; Richard L. Howe; Barbara Taylor; Earl W. Sawyer and Jacqueline Lawler. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. Mayor Stomackin presented a plaque from the City of Schertz and the Schertz Housing Authority to the Kiwanis Club in appreciation for their 170 hours of voluntary labor in repainting the wood trim on the Pfeil Street Senior Citizen Housing Project. Mr. Bill Dodd, President of the Kiwanis Club accepted the plaque. #1 PUBLIC HEARING: The Mayor opened the public hearing at 7:03 P.M. explaining the purpose of the hearing was to have the City Manager present his proposed budget and to allow citizens to comment regarding the proposed 1981-82 proposed budget. Mr. Gilmore explained that his proposed budget had been presented to the City Council 160 days prior to this date in order for them to thoroughly perues the contents. Several meetings were held on the budget and before that the City Manager had spent many hours with each department head getting their needs and proposed plans for the coming fiscal year. Also the budget hearing was advertised in the local newspaper, giving citizens sufficient time to come in and review prior to the hearing. He then gave a synopsis of his budget, citing the general fund revenues total to be $877,770 with expenses of $877,356; the Water & Sewer Fund revenues of $626,675 with expenditures of $625,810. He also explained the new section on Capitol Improvements he had added. Mr. Dick Chambless of 504 Aviation Avenue asked for an explanation of the City Manager's department in that although the population of Schertz has only increased by 4%, over the last two years he figured the salary line item had increased by about 87%. Mr. Gilmore explained that two years ago this line item only included the City Manager and City Secretary salaries but it now also includes three additional employees. Mr. Chambless also suggested that Council should consider not hiring any more police but should instead increase the present personnel salaries. Mr. Howe explained the various increases made necessary by inflation, such as water and sewer. He also mentioned that the City had purchased a new street sweeper and still have approximately $81,000 to be brought forward. He ended by saying that Mr. Gilmore is the first City Manager that has come forth and told the City Council the truth about the budget. He said that the City Manager had wanted to increase taxes by 3% but the Council bucked him on that. He said he hoped that everyone would stop by the offices and look at the budget. Mrs. Taylor said that this budget has been analyzed and picked at and there is no unnecessary expenditures in this budget. She said the City did not want to fall back onto the old place of not making any capitol improvements. ii, i ,--' . I I I ,.--- 71 r Mr. Duffield agreed the budget had been thoroughly gone over and although there are some areas he personally would like to change; but anytime you have to do a catch up like Council had to do this last year, there are bound to be areas such as that. He mentioned that there is contingency mon~es in this budget and asked the citizens to come in and look at the budget. Mr. Sawyer said this is the best budget he has seen since he has been on the Council. Mrs. Lawler said there is nothing she could add and that she would stand by this budget. Mr. Steve Doerr, representing the AARP, again addressed the Council requesting financial help for their organization. They had an amended request of $1400 down from the $2500 previously requested. He gave a synopsis of their budget and the type of volunteer work performed. Mayor Stomac~in advised that Council would take his request under consideration. There being no further citizens to speak on the budget, the Public Hearing was declared closed by the Mayor at 7:36 P.M. #2 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Mrs. Lawler moved the minutes of the Special meeting of July 20, 1981 be approved. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None B. Mr. Sawyer moved the minutes of the Regular Meeting of July 21, 1981 be approved. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which carried as follows: AYES: NAYS: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler None #3 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: None at this time. #4 CVADAC: Mayor Stomackin introduced Dr. John Phipps, who said that he is a resident of Garden Ridge, and that the Board of the Cibolo Valley Alcohol and Drug Abuse Council and appointed him president replacing Dr. Roy Richard who stepped down because of lack of time to devote to this project. He gave a brief background of the organization and stated that the board had accepted Mr. Mike Wohl IS resignation and appointed Mr. Charles Moon to take his place as director. In the absence of a Director, he said that Dr. Richard and Mr. Gilmore had closed down the offices at 401 Oak Street. He was asking that these offices be reopened under Mr. Moonls guidance. He said the organization would no longer be doing any couselling but would confine their activities to referral, crisis intervention and alcohol problems, working with Alcohol Anonymous. Upon being questioned by Mayor Stomackin, Mr. Phipps said that he had dis- cussed their plans fully with Mr. Gilmore. Council questioned him at length concerning the accountability of the last 72 ~, years work and records, saying that they felt there was a definite need for the alcohol program in the City, as well as the referral portion. Mrs. Lawler moved that a letter of agreement, outlining the scope of their activities, be drawn up and brought before the City Council for approval and that the building at 401 Oak Street be reopened for a six months period; and that there would be a member of the Council to act a liaison with the effective date being August 5,1981. Mrs. Taylor seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: \ ) I ; ~ "- c.'\ AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. Lawler both volunteered to act as the liaison between Council and CVADAC. #5 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introduced and read the caption of the following ordinance: AN ORDINANCE PROVIDING FUNDS FOR THE FISCAL YEAR BEGINNING OCTOBER 1, 1981 AND ENDING SEPTEMBER 30, 1982, BY APPROVING THE BUDGET FOR SAID PERIOD AND APPROPRIATING THE NECESSARY FUNDS OUT OF THE GENERAL AND OTHER REVENUES OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, FOR SAID YEAR FOR THE MAINTENANCE AND OPERATION OF THE VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND FOR VARIOUS ACTIVITIES AND IMPROVEMENTS OF THE CITY. I I : I Mr. Sawyer moved the first reading of an ordinance approving the budget for Fiscal Year 1981-82 be approved. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: ~\ Q,\' AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None #6 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introudced the following captioned ordinance with the City Manager reading the caption as follows: AN ORDINANCE BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, AMENDING THE ZONING ORDINANCE (ORDINANCE NO. 79-S-15) OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE XIX, SECTION 2-2.1 OF ORDINANCE NO. 79-S-l5 WHICH AUTHORIZES THE CITY COUNCIL TO, FROM TIME TO TIME, AMEND, SUPPLEMENT, CHANGE, MODIFY OR REPEAL THE REGULATIONS STANDARDS AND BOUNDARIES OF THE CITED ORDINANCE. Mr. Sawyer asked if, before this ordinance is considered, the Air Installation Compatible Use Zone should have P&Z recommendations and included in this ordinance. i i I . ------1 Ii 73 Mr. Gilmore said that the AICUZ could be included at a later date. r r Mr. Howe moved the first reading of this ordinance be approved. Mrs. Taylor seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler J ' NAYS: None Mayor Stomackin called a five minutes recess at 8:08 P.M. The meeting was reconvened at 8:15 P.M. by the Mayor. #7 P&Z RECOMMENDATIONS: A. A request by Mr. Chester Miller for a curb-cut at 311 River Road. Mr. Gilmore explained this is a corner lot and the gentleman wants to build a separage garage on the side - hence the request for this curb-cut, and will eventually close the driveway in the front of his house now existing. Mr. Sawyer moved this curb-cut request by Mr. Miller be approved. seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Howe~ Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None Mrs. Lawler f I ')... ~ ~ .' B. Request by Heiner-Preusser Inc. for a preliminary concept of a Planned -- Residentail Unit Development.. Mr. Gilmore showed a plat of the preliminary concerpt being requested to be located at FM 3009 and Greenvalley Road, consisting of 200 acres of land. It would include 60% garden homes and single family dwellings, 5% town houses and duplexes, 16.25% apartments; 7% condominiums, 10% drainage and 1.75% recreation and park areas. It is to be developed in parts; and the final plat will have to go through P&Z and back to the Council. He would need to be granted a permit and later it would have to be determined if it is necessary to have a public hearing. Mr. Archie Heimer was present to answer questions of the Council. Council was enthusiastic about the development and expressed appreciation that the developer included park areas. Mr. Howe moved to approve the preliminary concept of the Planned Residential Unit Development by Heimer-Preusser Inc. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler NAYS: None / ~ r! ( ! j C. Request by Leslie, David and Stephan Baker for rezoning of 54.25 acres of land located along FM 1518 in the general location of the City park from pre-development to General Business. Mr. Sawyer moved to approve the rezoning request by the Bakers with the stipu- lation that the permits by tied in with AICUZ requirements. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: 74 J (\ \ ) , ; q9 AYES: NAYS: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler None #8 RESOLUTION: The Mayor introduced a resolution adopting the Randolph Region Long Range Transportation Plan. I '. i Mr. Howe said that he would like time to do more study on this lengthy document. Mr. Sawyer said this was only a preliminary report and Mrs. Taylor said that whether the Council adopts this or not is really a moot question. Mr. Howe moved to table this item until the next regular meeting of the Council. Mrs. Lawler seconded the motion which carried with the following vote: ~~\ AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Taylor, Duffield, Sawyer and Lawler ~ NAYS: None #9 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None was needed. #10 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: Mr. Gilmore let Mr. Harris have the floor. Mr. Harris said that first he just found out he is an expectant grandfather. He then said that he had been City Attorney a number of years and associated with a small firm. Last Saturday they expanded by merging with the firm of Fullbright and Jaworsky, which would mean he had 600 more lawyers to assist him in his duties. Mr. Gilmore reported that, since the last Council meeting when we had several citizens from Mobile Villa Estates present, he had talked with Mrs. . Fink, manager of the water system, and they are willing to sell. Negotiations started at $18,000 but they will be willing to get rid of it for $5,000 or $6,000. Also another gentleman has talked to him about buying the back 13 acres and make it into a Mobil Home Community instead of Mobile Home Park. But he would need both water and sewer. He said the system is really not worth $5,000 or $6,000 but for citizen's sake, it might be. I ' , I \ After discussion, it was Council concensus for the City Manager to pursue and get a committment on the water system. Mr. Gilmore also gave an update on the negotiations with Cibolo on a common ETJ line with Council saying go ahead and negotiate after being told Qn ~he line projected. He also told the Council he was meeting the next day with the City of Selma, several developers and CCMA in regards to extention of the sewers in the area Markwell Industries are interested in. There are two routes being discussed and both would be a tremendous help to the City of Schertz. Council concensus was for the City Manager to continue with the negotiations as dis- cussed. Mr. Gilmore also reminded City Council of the TML Region 7 meeting in San Antonio on August 21st at El Mercado. I I I ' , I '---' I' I 1 ;I 75 #11 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Howe said that he did not know what it is costing now for equipment repairs but would Manager look at cost and get a real tight figure as to hiring a - a cost analysis needed. the City mechanic Mrs. Taylor said she would like to say that the ease with which Council got through budget is due to Mr. Gilmore's skill. Mrs. Lawler added her thanks to Mrs. Taylor~, saying she thought Mr. Gilmore did a good job. Mr. Sawyer reported that the Library has topped their circulation and will be putting a sign on the lot by the Fire Department stating the future home of the 1 ibrary. #13 ITEMS BY MAYOR Mayor Stomackin referred to a letter from the Veterans Council, in which they asked for use of the city park on November 7 for a picnic type booth affair following their Veterans Day parage. Council concensus was ok and to proceed with the plans. #14 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mrs. Taylor, seconded by Mr. Sawyer and unanimously carried, the meeting adjourned at a~ ",- crec'retary, -City 'of Schertz wj CitY;/of Schertz, 9:02 P.M. ATTEST: