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11-20-1984 fdl r-- REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL NOVEMBER 20, 1984 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday, November 20, 1984 at 7: 00 p.m. in the Council Chambers of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Charles B. Sharpe; Hal Baldwin; Ross Hoover; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Aguilar asked that the following corrections be made to the minutes of the Special meeting of October 21, 1984: Item #4 - the next to the last sentence should correctly read: "He explained that several large pieces of property had been left off the certified roll." Item #8 - the next to last sentence in item #8 should correctly read: "He advised that a gentleman might be at the next council meeting to find out what was to be done about the shot being fired along the creek." r- , Mr. Aguilar also asked that the first #6 be corrected to read as follows: emergency the City had while we were conference, about the contractor on leaving us in a dangerous situation yards of cement to fill the hole." Mr. Aguilar moved the minutes of the Special Meeting of October 25, 1984; the Special Workshop of October 31, 1984; and the Regular Meeting of November 6, 1984 be approved as corrected. Mr. Greenwald seconded the motion which carried as follows: sentence of B. under item "Everyone is aware of the all in Dallas at the TML the I 35 bor ing project whereby we had to use 60 AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Glenn Prochnow addressed Council advising of his concern about the proposed mobile home park being planned along FM 3009 in the City of Cibolo's ETJ. He said he felt it would be detrimental to the surrounding property, bring in crime and transient persons. He asked what he could do to fight this and was told that he could get together with his neighbors and approach the Cibolo City Council with his concerns. Mr. Gilmore advised that the developers along FM 3009 have organized and have hired an attorney and have gone before the Cibolo Council with their opposition. The Cibolo Council will be meeting one or two more times before making a decision and this r- group will again voice their opposition. Everyone voicing their opinions will help. Council advised that they are also concerned about this proposed development as they have worked hard to make FM 3009 the type of area for which everyone could be proud. , I ~ 72 i3 APPOINTMENTS: Mayor Sawyer said that the appointment of Schertz Housing Authority members is the prerogative of the 0 Mayor; however he prefers to have Council agree with the appointments. He asked if anyone objected to him appointing . ; Jerry Bortel and Eric Crugnale to serve another two year term on - the Housing Authority Board. Council had no objections. .4 PUBLIC HEARING PROCEDURES: Mr. Gilmore pointed out that now is the time to set public hearing procedures before we get to the point where growth will make it harder to set up procedures. He then presented procedures, which the Council had tentatively agreed upon, for consideration. Mr. Greenwald moved to accept the Procedures for Public Hearings as presented. Mr. Hoover seconded the motion, which carried with the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Sharpe, Baldwin, Hoover, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None .5 EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Sawyer called an executive session under Article 6252-17 of Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes at 7:20 p.m. to discuss with our attorney some possible litigation. The Mayor reconvened the Regular Meeting at 7: 58 p.m., stating that the City Manager had been given certain instructions. .6 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. The City facilities will be closed Thursday and Friday for the Thanksgiving holidays. o B. Mr. Gilmore gave an update on the 135 water line project, saying that construction is now progressing well. 17 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Greenwald said that the subject had been brought up several months ago and he notices on the present monthly reports that false alarm calls to the same business are excessive. Mayor Sawyer asked that this be an item on the next workshop agenda. Mr. Aguilar pointed out that some of the figures on the Water & Sewer Department report do not compute correctly. The City Manager to check this with department head. Mr. Baldwin asked if staff would check with Universal City on the man that does their health inspections to see if he could also do inspections for Schertz. Mr. Baldwin announced that on December 11th there would be a celebration renaming O'Henry Jr. High School and all Council will be getting an invitation to the dedication of Ray Corbett Jr. 0 High School. ~- -.'";';;;~~'j' - , .. -' ,4., [- [ r ~. ' ~ ~ Mr. Baldwin also said the School District will be setting their tax rate on the 29th of November. There was a large croud at the public hearing but they were not all anti. Mr. Sharpe said that Cibolo has had some discussion about their wate.... contract and he felt we should have them at the next workshop to talk about some options, etc. Mr. Gilmore said their Mayor called him to discuss the contract and Mr. Gilmore said only if we can put everything in writing. Council had no objections to the City Manager dealing with the Mayor of Cibolo. Mr. Sharpe had a report on Economic Task Force for the Corridor - they will be surveying the area to see what we have. If anyone has a specific person they feel they should talk to, just let Mr. Sharpe know. Mr. Sharpe also called attention the the semi-annual meeting of Alamo Area Council of Governments on the 12th of December, stating that he wanted to attend. Mr. Gilmore and Mr. Aguilar also plan to attend. There will be a meeting in Deer Haven Thursday night to set up a Neighborhood Watch program. They want a decal similar to the one the City is working on. Concerning the decal for the City, Mr. Gilmore was asked to divide the city into sections for the color coded decals. Council discussed the placement of these decals on the vehicle; namely the left rear bumper, and the need for press releases. #8 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mr. Sawyer said he drove down FM 1518 and noticed a lot of construction going on the right hand side. It may be in Universal City's ETJ but the City Manager is to check it out. #9 ADJOURNMENT: Mr. Hoover moved the meeting be adjourned at 8:32 p.m. Mr. Sharpe seconded the motion, which carried unanimously. ATTEST: