01-09-2024 Agenda
MEETING AGENDA
City Council
REGULAR SESSION CITY COUNCIL
January 9, 2024
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, JANUARY 9, 2024 at 6:00 p.m.
Call to Order
Opening Prayer and Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas.
(Councilmember Gibson)
Employee Introductions
EMS: Rene Carrasco; Brent Metzger; Sydney Garcia
Parks: Matthew Longoria-Parks Maintenance Technician
City Events and Announcements
Announcements of upcoming City Events (B. James/S. Gonzalez)
Announcements and recognitions by the City Manager (S. Williams)
Announcements and recognitions by the Mayor (R. Gutierrez)
Hearing of Residents
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
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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.
1.Minutes - Consideration and/or action regarding the approval of the regular meeting
minutes of December 19, 2023. (S.Edmondson/S.Courney)
2.Appointment/Reappointment For Boards/Commissions/Committees (S.Edmondson)
Planning & Zoning: Accept the resignation of Mr. Gordon Rae
3.Resolution 24-R-02 – Authorizing a professional services agreement with Unintech
Consulting Engineers, Inc., for the design of the Buffalo Valley South Utility Replacement
and Street Rehabilitation Project (B.James/K.Woodlee/J.Nowak)
4.Ordinance 23-S-32 – Approving a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a convenience
store with gas pumps on approximately 7.8 acres of land, located approximately 51-feet west
from the intersection of IH-35 N Access Road and FM 2252, also known as Guadalupe
County Property Identification Number 114083 and Comal County Property Identification
Number 119021, City of Schertz, Guadalupe and Comal County, Texas. Final Reading
(B.James/L.Wood D.Marquez)
5.Ordinance 23-S-33 - Approving a request for a Specific Use Permit to allow a truck
terminal on approximately 4 acres of land located approximately 660-feet west from the
intersection of Baugh Lane and Schwab Road, also known as Comal Property Identification
Number 464879, City of Schertz, Comal County, Texas. Final Reading
(B.James/L.Wood/D.Marquez)
6.Resolution 24-R-03 - Authorizing the City Manager to accept employment as an adjunct
professor pursuant to the requirements of the Employment Agreement between the City
Manager and the City
7.Ordinance 23-G-30 - Amending the City of Schertz Code of Ordinances creating a Reserve
Police Force in accordance with statutory mandates. Final Reading (S.Williams/J.Lowery)
Discussion and Action Items:
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8.Boards, Commissions and Committees: Assign City Council Liaisons for Boards,
Commissions and Committees.
Public Hearings
9.Ordinance 23-S-35 - Conduct a public hearing and consider a request to rezone
approximately 65 acres of land from General Business District (GB) to Planned
Development District (PDD), known as Comal County Parcel ID 75458 and Guadalupe
County Parcel ID 64005, generally located southeast of the IH 35 and Schwab Road
intersection, City of Schertz, Comal County and Guadalupe County, Texas. First Reading
(B.James/L.Wood/S.Haas)
Workshop
10.Workshop-Council discuss Charter Review Topics
Information available in City Council Packets - NO DISCUSSION TO OCCUR
Requests and Announcements
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers for updates or information from Staff
Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items or presentations be placed on a future City
Council agenda
City and Community Events attended and to be attended (Council)
Adjournment
CERTIFICATION
I, SHEILA EDMONDSON, 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
3rd DAY OF JANUARY 2024 AT 7:30 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.
SHEILA EDMONDSON
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
_______________, 2023. 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
Board of Adjustments
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Senior Center Advisory Board-Alternate
Councilmember Davis– Place 1
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Main Street Committee - Chair
Parks & Recreation Advisory Board
Schertz Housing Authority Board
Transportation Safety Advisory Commission
TIRZ II Board
Councilmember Watson-Place 2
Audit Committee
Library Advisory Board
Senior Center Advisory Board
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions-Alternate
Cibolo Valley Local Government Corporation-Alternate
Councilmember Paul Macaluso – Place 3
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Councilmember Gibson – Place 4
Councilmember Westbrook – Place 5
Councilmember Heyward – Place 6
Animal Advisory Commission
Audit Committee
Building and Standards Commission
Economic Development Corporation - Alternate
Investment Advisory Committee
Main Street Committee
Interview Committee for Boards and Commissions
Senior Center Advisory Board
Councilmember Brown – Place 7
Economic Development Corporation
Main Street Committee
Schertz-Seguin Local Government Corporation - Alternate
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