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MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
July 7, 2020
HAL BALDWIN MUNICIPAL COMPLEX COUNCIL CHAMBERS
1400 SCHERTZ PARKWAY BUILDING #4
SCHERTZ, TEXAS 78154
CITY OF SCHERTZ CORE VALUES
Do the right thing
Do the best you can
Treat others the way you want to be treated
Work cooperatively as a team
AGENDA
TUESDAY, JULY 7, 2020 at 6:00 p.m.
City Council will hold its regularly scheduled meeting at 6:00 p.m.,
Tuesday, July 7, 2020, at the City Council Chambers. In lieu of attending the
meeting in person, residents will have the opportunity to watch the meeting via
live stream on the City’s YouTube Channel.
Call to Order
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas.
(Councilmember Rosemary Scott)
Presentations
Proclamation recognizing Park and Recreation Month (B. James/L. Shrum)
Employee Recognition
Fleet & Facilities Services - John Mark Gann - Fleet Mechanic 1 (T. Buckingham/C. Hernandez)
IT - Dwight Smith - Client Services Technician 1 (M. Clauser)
Parks, Recreation & Community Services - Anthony Navarro - Parks Maintenance Crew Leader,
Julian Torres - Park Worker 1, Gabriel Santa Cruz, Matthew Pillar - Seasonal Park Worker 1 (L.
Shrum)
City Events and Announcements
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City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/C. Kelm/S. Gonzalez)
Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (M. Browne)
Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)
Hearing of Residents
Residents who choose to watch the meeting via live stream, but who would like to participate in Residents to be
Heard, should email their comments to City Secretary, Brenda Dennis, at bdennis@schertz.com by 5:00 p.m. on
Monday, July 6, 2020, SO THAT THE CITY SECRETARY MAY READ THE PUBLIC
COMMENTS INTO THE RECORD UNDER THE HEARING OF RESIDENTS. In the body of the
email please include your name, your address, phone number, agenda item # if applicable or subject of discussion,
and your comments.
This time is set aside for any person who wishes to address the City Council. Each person should fill out
the speaker’s register prior to the meeting. Presentations should be limited to no more than 3 minutes.
All remarks shall be addressed to the Council as a body, and not to any individual member thereof.
Any person making personal, impertinent, or slanderous remarks while addressing the Council may
be requested to leave the meeting.
Discussion by the Council of any item not on the agenda shall be limited to statements of specific factual
information given in response to any inquiry, a recitation of existing policy in response to an inquiry,
and/or a proposal to place the item on a future agenda. The presiding officer, during the Hearing of
Residents portion of the agenda, will call on those persons who
have signed up to speak in the order they have registered.
Consent Agenda Items
The Consent Agenda is considered self-explanatory and will be enacted by the Council with one motion.
There will be no separate discussion of these items unless they are removed from the Consent Agenda
upon the request of the Mayor or a Councilmember.
The following was read into record:
1.Minutes – Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the meeting
of the regular meeting of June 23, 2020. (B. Dennis)
2.Resolution No. 20-R-74 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing an Interlocal Grant Agreement between the
County of Bexar and the City of Schertz for the distribution of Federal Coronavirus Relief
Funds and to accept the relief funds from Bexar County. (M. Browne)
3.Resolution No. 20-R-72 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing EMS debt revenue adjustments, Utility
Billing debt revenue adjustments and Schertz Magazine debt revenue adjustments for certain
inactive outstanding receivables and other matters in connection therewith. (B. James/J.
Walters)
4.Resolution No. 20-R-75 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
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4.Resolution No. 20-R-75 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing a Subdivision Improvement Agreement with
Crossvine M1U3 Phase B. (M. Browne/B. James)
5.Ordinance No. 20-S-19 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance on a request to
rezone approximately 0.5 acres of land from Single-Family Residential District (R-2) to
General Business District (GB), located at 603 Main Street, City of Schertz, Guadalupe
County, Texas. Final Reading (B. James/ L. Wood/ N. Koplyay).
6.Resolution No. 20-R-69 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, authorizing additional expenditures with Ford
Engineering, Inc., in a total project amount not to exceed $80,000.00 for design, bid, and
construction phase engineering services for the FM 1103 Water and Wastewater line
relocation project in advance of the FM 1103 road widening project. (C. Kelm/S. Williams)
7.Resolution No. 20-R-71 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing additional expenditures in the amount of
$2,051.59 with Ford Engineering Inc. for a total revised contract value of $136,092.59 for
professional engineering services for the Schertz Pedestrian Routes & Bike Lanes Project. (B.
James/L. Shrum)
8.Ordinance No. 20-T-22 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing an adjustment to the Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Budget to increase the budget amount by $100,000.00 for the General Fund (Maintenance
Services), repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance; and
providing an effective date. Final Reading (C. Kelm/S. Williams/T. Buckingham)
9.Ordinance No. 20-T-21 - Consideration and/or action approving an Ordinance by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas authorizing an adjustment to the Fiscal Year 2019-2020
Budget to increase the budget amount by $5,000.00 for the Hal Baldwin Scholarship,
repealing all ordinances or parts of ordinances in conflict with this ordinance; and providing
an effective date. Final Reading (M. Browne/S. Gonzalez)
Discussion and Action Items
10.Resolution No. 20-R-73 - Consideration and/or action approving a Resolution by the City
Council of the City of Schertz, Texas approving the San Antonio River Authority (SARA)
2020 wastewater rates and other matters in connection therewith. (SARA Ordinance #O-1469)
(C. Kelm/S. Williams)
Workshop
11.Workshop Discussion and possible action regarding (Ordinance 20-H-18) - Discussion
and possible action regarding Ordinance No. 20-H-18 and update regarding the COVID-19
virus and our current Ordinance No. 20-H-18 Declaration of Local Disaster. (M. Browne/K.
Long/G. Rodgers)
Roll Call Vote Confirmation
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Roll Call Vote Confirmation
Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
12.Monthly update on major projects in progress/CIP. (B. James/K. Woodlee)
13.Review of Annual State-Mandated Cyber Security Training. (B. James/M. Clauser)
14.Quarterly Financial Reports. (B. James/J. Walters)
Requests and Announcements
Announcements by the City Manager.
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items be placed on a future City Council agenda.
Announcements by Mayor and Councilmembers
City and community events attended and to be attended
City Council Committee and Liaison Assignments (see assignments below)
Continuing education events attended and to be attended
Recognition of actions by City employees
Recognition of actions by community volunteers
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, BRENDA DENNIS, CITY SECRETARY OF THE CITY OF SCHERTZ, TEXAS, DO HEREBY
CERTIFY THAT THE ABOVE AGENDA WAS PREPARED AND POSTED ON THE OFFICIAL
BULLETIN BOARDS ON THIS THE 2nd DAY OF JULY 2020 AT 3:00 P.M., WHICH IS A PLACE
READILY ACCESSIBLE TO THE PUBLIC AT ALL TIMES AND THAT SAID NOTICE WAS
POSTED IN ACCORDANCE WITH CHAPTER 551, TEXAS GOVERNMENT CODE.
BRENDA DENNIS
I CERTIFY THAT THE ATTACHED NOTICE AND AGENDA OF ITEMS TO BE
CONSIDERED BY THE CITY COUNCIL WAS REMOVED BY ME FROM THE OFFICIAL
BULLETIN BOARD ON _____DAY OF _______________, 2020. TITLE: ______________
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The City Council for the City of Schertz reserves the right to adjourn into closed session at any
time during the course of this meeting to discuss any of the matters listed above, as authorized by
the Texas Open Meetings Act.
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Closed Sessions Authorized: This agenda has been reviewed and approved by the City’s legal
counsel and the presence of any subject in any Closed Session portion of the agenda constitutes a
written interpretation of Texas Government Code Chapter 551 by legal counsel for the
governmental body and constitutes an opinion by the attorney that the items discussed therein may
be legally discussed in the closed portion of the meeting considering available opinions of a court of
record and opinions of the Texas Attorney General known to the attorney. This provision has been
added to this agenda with the intent to meet all elements necessary to satisfy Texas Government
Code Chapter 551.144(c) and the meeting is conducted by all participants in reliance on this
opinion.
COUNCIL COMMITTEE AND LIAISON ASSIGNMENTS
Mayor Gutierrez
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Councilmember Scagliola – Place 5
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation -
Alternate
Hal Baldwin Scholarship Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions -
Alternate
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Audit Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and
Commissions
Main Street Committee - Chair
Schertz Housing Authority Board
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Scott – Place 2
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Councilmember Larson – Place 3
Main Street Committee – Vice Chair
Councilmember Dahle – Place 4
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Audit Committee
Investment Advisory Committee
Schertz Animal Services Advisory
Commission
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation -
Alternate
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