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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
DECEMBER 21, 1976
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, December 21,
1976 at 7:26 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 401 Oak Street with the following
members present: Mayor Robert C. Bueker, presiding; Richard L. Howe, Walter
F. Schneider, Ed L. Sharpe and Gail Hyatt. Absent: Donald J. Seeba. Also
present City Manager Denny L. Arnold and City Secretary June G. Krause.
#1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Howe moved the minutes of the Public Hear-
ing of December 7, 1976 be approved as presented.
Mrs. Hyatt seconded the motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr.Schneider and Mrs. Hyatt.
NAYS: None
ABSTAINING: Mr. Sharpe as he was not present at this public hearing.
Mr. Howe moved the minutes of the Regular Meeting of December 7, 1976 be
approved as presented. Mrs. Hyatt seconded the motion which carried with the
following vote:
AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider and Mrs. Hyatt.
NAYS: None
ABSTAINING: Mr. Sharpe as he was not present at this meeting.
#2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: There were no residents wishing to be heard.
#3 PLANNING & ZONING MINUTES: There were no minutes presented for the
meeting of December 8, 1976.
#4 PERSONNEL BOARD MINUTES: Mr. Schneider moved the minutes of the
Personnel Board of December 13, 1976 be
approved. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion which carried with the following
vote:
AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt.
NAYS: None
#5 CITIZEN ADVISORY COMMITTEE MINUTES:
Mr. Schneider moved to approve
the minutes of the Regular
Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion which
Meeting of the CAC of November 18, 1976.
carried with the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt.
NAYS: None
#6 ORDINANCE: The Mayor introduced the hereinafter set forth ordinance
which has been read and considered at the last regular
meeting of the City Council on the 7th day of December 1976. It was determined
that the City Secretary had caused a short synopsis of said proposed ordinance
to be published in the official newspaper of the City after its consideration
at the last regular meeting and prior to this meeting.
Whereupon said ordinance was discussed and further considered by the Council
Thereupon it was moved by Mr. Schneider and seconded by Mrs. Hyatt that said
ordinance be finally passed and adopted. The Mayor put the motion to a vote
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of the Council and the ordinance was finally passed and adopted by the
following vote:
AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt.
NAYS: None
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ORDINANCE NO. 76-C-ll
AN ORDINANCE ADOPTING AND ENACTING A NEW CODE OF ORDINANCES
OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS; ESTABLISHING THE SAME; PRO-
VIDING FOR THE REPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDINANCES NOT INCLUDED
THEREIN; PROVIDING FOR THE EFFECTIVE DATE OF SUCH CODE AND
A PENALTY FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF; PROVIDING FOR THE MANNER
OF AMENDING SUCH CODE; AND PROVIDING WHEN THIS ORDINANCE
SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE.
#7 PAYMENT AUTHORIZATION: Mr. Howe moved to pay R & R Construction
Company estimate No. 3 in the amount of
$10,684.08 for water improvements in Buffalo Valley South project. Mrs.
Hyatt seconded the motion which carried by the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Schneider, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt.
NAYS: None
#8 RESOLUTION: This item was deferred until a later date as the City
Manager had not received the signed agreement to
dedicate the streets in Mobile Villa Estates back from the owners.
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#9 PEDDLERS AND SOLICITORS: Council discussed the proposed Peddlers
and Solicitors ordinance. Mr. Arnold
explained he had appointed three staff members to work on the proposed
ordinance, incorporating the suggestions of the Council, which includes
a close check with the City Attorney concerning the legality of portions
of the ordinance and placing emphasis on more control once a permit is
issued.
#10 DOBIE SCHOOL SEWER: Mr. Arnold read a letter from the General
Manager of Cibo10 Creek Municipal Authority
dated March 3, 1975, requesting the City to take over the maintenance and
operation of the sewer collection line along Elbel Road to the Dobie Middle
School. He went on to explain the City engineer does not have a copy of
the as-built plans as he did not supervise the building, he only did the
engineering on this job. This line was engineered as a forced main, not
a gravity flow. CCMA is proposing to do away with the Lift Station and
make it a gravity flow main. Some of the problems foreseen are (1) the
engineer cannot guarantee the gravity part of this main (2) all of this
line is outside the city limits and (3) there is not a serviceable road
to go in if the line needs servicing.
. It was Council decision to direct the City Manager to contact CCMA stating
the City feels acceptance and dedication of this main, at this time, is
premature for City Planning and to point out what our problems are and .
that the City would like a dollar study done before final decision could .
be made.
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#11 208 PLANNING: The City Manager explained that the City had received
a letter from CCMA saying they are renting an office
in the AACOG building and hiring a 208 coordinator and secretary to monitor
the 208 plan on a full-time basis. The salary will be paid from Title II
funds that CCMA receives from Guadalupe County. They requested the cities
in their district help defray the cost of rent and utilities for this office.
Mr. Graham, of CCMA, was present to answer any questions and to explaing a
little about 208 Planning. He said the Cities of Selma, Cibolo and Universal
City had agreed to support the office.
After further discussion, Mrs. Hyatt moved to pay to CCMA $50.00 per month
towards office costs in the Three Americas Building. Mr. Sharpe seconded the
motion which carried with the following vote:
AYES: Mr. Howe, Mr. Sharpe and Mrs. Hyatt.
NAYS: Mr. Schneider, stating that he did not feel he knew enough of the
details at this time.
Mr. Graham then introduced Mr. David Dennis as the coordinator hired for this
office.
Council then briefly discussed the CCMA ~egislative Act amendment. Mayor Bueker
asked the City Manager to get clarification from the City Attorney concerning
Section 5; namely, does it preclude CCMA from selling water on a retail basis
and would it allow or preclude the City of Schertz from purchasing water from
any other source or entity?
#13 SPECIFIC USE PERMIT: Council was to consider the request by the First
Baptist Church for a Specific Use Permit; but
the Planning and Zoning Commission did not have a quorum at the Public Hearing
so no action could be taken at this time.
#14 GENERAL DISCUSSION: Mayor Bueker briefed the Council on the latest
meeting held to discuss the possible merger of
Schertz and Cibolo.
Mr. Schneider had several questions for the City Manager; namely, what progress
is being made on getting the gas lines lowered on the south side project - Mr.
Arnold said there is nothing new to report, that the Gas Company has prior
commitments and will ge to our project as soon as possible. Nex he wanted to
know how the new computer is working out - and was told that since a meeting
with the top sale representative of Burroughs things have been worked out and
we are now getting results. Mr. Schneider also asked if the Jaycees' budget
for this and last year had been received. Mr. Arnold said he had contacted
Mr. Johnson, who told him that as soon as their Christmas bills are in, they
will be forwarding the budgets to the City.
Mr. Sharpe asked if anything could be done regarding the flashing school zone
lights on FM 3009, which are malfunctioning. Chief Schoonover said that the
Highway Department is working on the problem, which is universal with this type
lights, but there is no immediate solution.
Mrs. Hyatt suggested sending a letter of appreciation to Bill Koerner who has
been a volunteer for SAFES and is leaving. She also asked if the City of
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Converse intends to pay their ambulance contract bills. Mr. Arnold said
he is waiting for a reply to his letter to their Mayor, since they are
not even living up to their own ordinance.
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In answer to Mr. Howe's query concerning the noise zone on FM 78, Mayor
Bueker said the residents had received notice they were to be out by
April 15, 1977 but no other information had been received.
Mayor Bueker briefed the Council on a meeting he and City Manager Denny
Arnold had with John Schaefer on the subject of rebates. Mr. Arnold had
compiled a packet on everything pertaining to rebates from the minutes book
etc. which basically is: Village 1 and 2, rebates had been made and are
therefore due. Village 3 might be the cutoff point, but nothing definite
could be ~ound. It was agreeable with Mr. Schaefer to contact the previous
Council members and get written statements from them as to their recall of
the rebate problem.
tarried.
#15 ADJOURNMENT: Mrs. Hyatt moved the meeting be adjourned at 10:30 PM.
The motion was seconded by Mr. Sharpe and unanimously
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