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#14 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Schneider, seconded by Mrs.
Hyatt and unanimously carried, the meeting was
adjourned at 8:19 P.M.
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
JANUARY 8, 1980
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, January 8,
1980 at 6:30 P.M. in the Conference Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live
Oak Road with the following members present: Mayor Robert C. Bueker, presid-
ing; Mayor Pro Tern Earl W. Sawyer; Richard L. Howe; Gail Hyatt; Walter F.
Schneider; and Jack Stomackin. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G.
Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause.
#1 WORKSHOP: Council meeting with representatives of GUADCO. Mr.
Tony Cortez, General Manager of GUADCO Unit #1 and
Mr. Ray Wiltshire, member of the Board were present.
These gentlemen discussed with the Council the need for a basic methodology
for use in rate setting for water system. Mr. Cortez giving his views of
how this should be set up. Mr. Wiltshire said the Board's main concern is
future increases and what they are going to be based on. They would like
to sit down with the Council and determine hdw the rates will be established.
Mayor Bueker reminded them the methodology used would have to be one agreeable
with all the wholesale users of the Schertz water system. He said the Council
would set up a method and so advise GUADCO.
Mr. Cortez asked if the City Council would roll back the water rates to
the September rates until this method could be established; and it was
Council concensus that they would not.
~~yor Bueker called a short recess at 6:29 P.M. in order for the Council to
move to the Council Chambers for the Regular Session meeting.
The Regular Session was called to order at 7:03 P.M. in the Council Chambers
of the Municipal Complex at 1400 Live Oak Road with all members of the
Counci 1 present.
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#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: A. Mr. Howe moved the minutes of the Regular
Meeting of Oecember 4, 1979 be approved.
Mr. Sawyer seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
B. Mr. Schneider moved to approve the minutes of the Special Meeting of
December 11, 1979. Mrs. Hyatt seconded the motion which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
C. Mr. Schneider moved the minutes of the Special Meeting of December 17, 1979
be approved. Mrs. Hyatt seconded the motion which carried as follows:
AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schnelder, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
D. Mr. Howe moved to approve the minutes of the Regular Session of December 18,
1979. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mrs. Reeves reserved time for item #3-A
Dickie George also reserved time for item #3-A
#3 BID AWARD: Mayor Bueker read the two bids received on the Clyde
Ford Village Sidewalk Extension Project: 1 from
Franco's Construction in the amount of $2,303.75 and 1 from Hif1ite Homes,
INc. in the amount of $2,418.75.
After determining that funds were avaialble, Mr. Schneider moved to award the
bid for sidewalk extension project to Francois Construction, in the amount of
$2,303.75. Mr. Sawyer seconded the motion which carried with the following
vote:
AYES: Council members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
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#3-A P&Z RECOMMENDATION: Mayor Bueker said this item concerns Zoning
Case #22 and that the Planning and Zoning
Commission met had review the case and recommends disapproval of Zoning
Case #12 which is the Madga1ena Corporation rezoning request to rezone a
3.016 acre tract out of 8.927 acres out of the G. Malpaz Survey #67 from
R-2 to R-4 Apartment/Multi-Family Dwelling District. They also recommended
that the 200 feet zoned General Business along Live Oak Road remain the
same.
Mr. Schneider said that he would like all recommendations to the Council
to contain the reasons why they were approving or disapproving something.
Mrs. Bobbie Koch said she would just like for the Council to know that the
recommendation to disapprove this request was on a tie vote that had to be
broken by the Chairman.
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Mrs. George said that as an adjacent property owner, she would rather this
request be approved because she knew what Magdalena Corp. planned to build
but that if someone else bought the property, there would be know way of
knowing what would go up.
Mrs. Reeves said she did not see any reason for not approving the request.
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Mr. John Gardner was allowed to speak and he said he questioned this item
being put on the agenda as an emergency item.
Mayor Bueker explained that it was left off the original agenda but as P&Z
had told everyone it would be placed on this agenda, it had to be added.
Mr. Gardner said he did not think it right to impose on the adjacent property
owner's rights by allowing two-story apartments to go on this property.
Council discussed the pros and cons in detail, after which Mr. Schneider
moved to send this recommendation back to the Planning & Zoning Commission
and request them to give the Council justification for their action. Mr.
Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
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AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider and Sawyer
NAYS:: Mr. Stomackin
Mayor Bueker called a five minute recess at 7:18 P.M.
The meeting was reconvened at 7:23 P.M.
#4 AUDIT: Mr. Carlos Melick presented the 1978-79 audit, saying he
would be glad to answer any questions of Council. He also
expressed his thanks to City staff that it was a pleasure working with them.
Mayor Bueker said he felt this the CouncH had studied the audit carefully
with Counci1members agreeing and saying they thought it a good audit.
Mr. Howe moved to accept the 1978-79 audit and authorize payment be made
to Mr. Melick in the amount of $6,000.00. Mr. Sawyer seconded the motion
which cJrried with the following vote:
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AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
#5 PAYMENT AUTHORIZATIor~S: A. Mr. Schneider moved to make payment
to Comprehensive Design, Inc. in the
amount of $626.00 for engineering services for the month of December. Mr.
Howe seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
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AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
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B. Mr. Sawyer moved to authorize payment to AACOG
for calendar year 1980, in the amount of $228.87.
motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider,
NAYS: None
for membership dues
Mrs. Hyatt seconded the
Sawyer and Stomackin
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C. Mr. Gilmore explained that the payment requested for Southwest Municipal
Services is a reimbursable expense for their help in repairing the 12" line
b~o~en by the contractor for Southwestern Bell Telephone Company. Without
their help, it would have taken City crew three days to repair the line.
After much discussion, Mr. Howe made a motion to pay this bill to Southwest
Municipal Services, in the amount of $1,718.59, contengent upon getting in
writing evidence of responsibility to recoup from Southwestern Bell or their
contractor. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried as follows:
AYES: Councilmembers Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
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D. Mr. Schneider moved to pay United Utilities $23,391.61 for Estimate #2
on the 20" water transmission line. Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried
with the following vote:
AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
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#6 RESOLUTION: The Mayor introduced the following captioned resolution
calling a public hearing on the proposed disannexation
of 7.50 acres of land out of Guadalupe County. The City Manager read the
caption and pointed out on the map the location of the tract mentioned.
Mr. Schneider moved to approve the resolution calling a public hearing for
February 5th for this disannexation. Mrs. Hyatt seconded the motion which
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
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RESOLUTION NO. 80-R-1
A RESOLUTION BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS,
SETTING A TIME, DATE AND PLACE FOR A PUBLIC HEARING PURSUANT TO
THE PROPOSED DISANNEXATION OF 7.50 ACRES OF LAND MORE OR LESS
OUT OF GUADALUPE COUNTY.
#7 RESOLUTION: The Mayor introduced a resolution calling a public
hearing on the proposed disannexation of approximately
62 acres of land out of Guadalupe County. The City Manager read the resolu-
ti'on and pointed out on the map the location of the tract.
Mayor Bueker suggested having a meeting with the Cibo10 Council so that both
cities will know where they stand as there seemed to be some disagreement
over city limitof the two cities.
Mr. Howe moved to table this item at this time. Mr. Schneider seconded the
motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES:
NAYS;
Councilmembers Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
None
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The City Manager was requested to set a date for a meeting with Cibolo Council.
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#8 ORDINANCE: The t.1ayor introduced the fo 11 owi ng captioned ordinance
with the City Manager reading the caption.
Mr. Sawyer moved the first reading of this ordinance be approved and appro-
priate thanks be given Mr. Schneider, Mr. Willman and Mr. Stomackin for
work on this ordinance. Mrs. Hyatt seconded the motion which carried with
the following vote:
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AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
AN ORDINANCE
OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, PROVI DING THAT THE CODE OF
ORDINANCES, CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, BE AMENDED BY REVISING
SECTIONS 18-2 TRAFFIC ENGINEER DESIGNATION AND SECTION 18-91,
PARKING PROHIBITED ON SPECIFIC STREETS.
#9 PURCHASE REQUEST: The City Manager explained the for and requested
permission to purchase a new adding machine as
three Olivetti machines are in need of repair but the cleaning alone costs
$54.50.
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Mr. Stomackin moved to authorize the purchase of one machine as described
by the City Manager. Mr. Schneider seconded the motion which carried with
the following vote:
AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
#10 BROCHURE: Council discussed the changes the City Manager had
made in the brochure material as they requested.
Mr. Schneider moved to accept the brochure with the changes and go ahead
with the printing and get it out to the public. Mrs. Hyatt seconded the
nntion which carried with the following vote:
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AYES: Counci1members Howe, Hyatt, Schneider, Sawyer and Stomackin
NAYS: None
#11 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None needed at this time.
#12 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: (1) In regards to the GRC well, no notice
or agreement can be located in regards
to water supply. (2) He announced that both he and the Asst. City Manager
as well as the City Secretary would be out of town on January 25 and that
the Chief of Police would be duly notified and designated as Supervisor in
charge that day. (3) Purchase procedures have been checked by the auditor
with appropriate notations and the final draft should be before the Council
shortly. He also announced the meeting with the City's three Advisors has
been set for January 22, 1980.
With regards to item (1), Mr. Sawyer recalled there is a letter saying GRC
will lay a line to our main upon annexation. The City Manager was asked
to check further on this.
The City Manager also brought up the subject of the SAFES building - the
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changes on the doors is being done at this time but need to look at the place-
ment of the ramp as cement prices are increasing daily. He had two alternatives;
one being to let Mr. Crouch do the work on a change order or (2) get comparison
prices. Either method would be faster than going through the bid process which
isn't necessary on a project involving less than $3000. The specifications are
being completed by our engineer. It was general concensus of Council to contact
Mr. Crouch but also get other bids, especially from Francois Construction who
just was awarded the bid on the sidewalk project.
#13 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Bueker announced a meeting on January 30, 1980
at 2:00 P.M. in the Broadway' Plaza Motor Hotel
on AACOG Municipal Solid Waste Planning.
He also mentioned that in going over the Administration section of the Building
Code, he feels there are changes that need to be made or an interpretation.
The City Manager stated that the Thursday night meeting was only to take into
account comments of the builders but not take action that night.
He then brought up the 911 contract that is going to be coming up for renewa1-
and felt it needs study - some cities are well please with the system after
all the bugs have been worked out.
#14 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mrs. Hyatt asked about the commencement of the
annexation process on the Bligh property. Mr.
Gi1mores comments were to go through the disannexations before starting any
new. annexations to be less confusing.
Mr. Howe asked the latest report on the Dobie Road opening. t.1r. Gilmore said
Commissioner Ackermann told him the sub surface did not seal and is having to
wait until warmer weather to continue with the road.
#15 ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Hyatt moved the meeting be adjourned at 9:14
P.M.with Mr. Howe seconded the motion which carried
unanimously.
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Mayor, City of Schertz, Texas
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