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SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY I,. 1985,
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The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session,
wednesday, May 1, 1985, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of
the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road. The following members
were present: Mayor Pro Tem Hal Baldwin, presiding; Charles B.
Sharpe; Ray Stanhope; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Absent:
Mayor Earl w. Sawyer. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G.
Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause.
#1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: none
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#2 GVEC:
Mr. Milton D. Hines, General Manager of Guadalupe Valley Electric
:~~t-at-ive,-<ct.tr1. itarr~ll Btu!l~ii.F'i~:rdEh9ine.,et fC)-rl.GVEC; 'a~q; '1r.
Steve Slaughter, des1gn eHt31neer,J>for" 'WEe,..J wer'e 'j)'resent t'o
discuss electrical service.
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Mr. Hines said they appreciated the~ oppprtuhttyLb~, .v:isiE1ng with
Council. The wObld .; like to disC1]ss'el-ectri6a'1'-. '@rvice,
especially along F.M:-ld09. They want to put the electri~ where
the City desires it and. at . the ..same time IIl:i~.imize their
investment. First they;'wuHr lik'~" an- update--ot' the City's
overall plans. Also they need an answer as to who will be paying
for this underground and expanded service. For underground
service, there has to be. a loopin~ in ord~rt9r .GVEC to make
-repairs. Othe-rwise,' whefF ther~" >is: ~ ~(flure', the ser'v1c,~wq.\lld
be discontinued for extended periods 8f 'ti"me wh!l'~ they'locate
the .PC?w:er _ fa.iliureso~~,c.e. all~~a~~ c t:.b~ ~epaJr.~,.. :~tley nee.d an
a l!t:etnttte"J ~trrce- or-'pbwet'~. "''Mr''. 111mrs-"'sard -t'hey -fiat! - ~~ry l1ttle
problems with what underground service they have at present. Mr.
Gilmore asked if Maske Road and up to I35 could be used as a
utility corridor and Mr. Hines agreed it would be with a twenty
to twenty-five foot easement.
Mr. Aguilar asked if the rumor is true that the power company was
excluding costs to developers if they did not brillg in gas. M~.
Hines said yes, they have been doing that forZO 'years. Tne'ir
marketing plan is based on supply and demand; and when you
combine electric and gas there is a deterioration to both.
lIfr'~ Ba-ldwin saiid that -every -hBlis'e "'has to have elect.t1.ci tyanq ,py
excluding costs to developers, GVEC is pricing the gas company
out of business. Mr. Hines said they did not get to where they
are now without being~~ressive; and as the benefi~~oes to the
end user, what is wrong with that. - : ..\'--'<~., . s- - ":',~: ~~..I:,' "
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Mayor Pro Tem Baldwin thanked Mr. Hines for coming and then
declared a recess at 8:32 p~m. ,
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The Workshop Session was reconvened at 8:40 p.m.
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2. Mr. Gilmore said Mr. Tom Weaver was here to update Council on
their expansion plans.
Mr. Weaver showed on the map the present are of Cibolo Creek
Municipal Authority (CCMA). He said that several weeks ago he
had a call from Austin saying that GUADCO II had applied for a
permit. Mr. Weaver said he had talked with Mr. Gilmore about
perhaps serving Mr. Forbes on Schwab Road, this is a large area
of Schertz that needs sewer service. He estimated tnat oy
putting in a lift station, two forced mains and using gravity
flow, the cost to provide service to this area would be
approximately $1.4 million dollars. The proposal would include
some type of joint proposal between GUADCO .1 and .2 and the City
of Schertz. CCMA will serve areas outside theic area if.. GBRA
will release the area to them; if they can get their boundaries
changed through the' :legislature and if the parties' 'requesting
service will pay the costs. Mr. Weaver said he recommends that
whenever anyone connects on to the line~ they-wQula pay $700 fee.
Mr. Gilmore said the City has an extension policy to recoup.
When Mr. Gilmore asked if Council had any objection to pursueing
this project, Council agt"eed' he ~should proCeed. ' . ". , .-
.3 Discussion of an ordinance-amending the Code by'revising
Chapter 7 providing for Fire Marshal and Fire Chief.
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Mr.' Gilmore s~id that' unless' Cou~cil had other 'ch~riges to make, Ul ]1
we are ready to proceed to the final consideration of this
ordinahce. ~ Council had no Changes. . " ... , . .
14 Discussion of an ordinance amending the Southern Standard
Building Code by eliminating wood shingles and revising Section
1104.5(b).
This ordinance will also be coming up for final consideration at
the next meeting.
.5 Discussion of an ordinance adding FM 3009 overlay to the
Zoning Ordinance.
The only., ques.tioil 'Council l1ad -concerning. this:ordiriance was that
Mr. Baldwin wanted to ask the - City Attorney if -Council"' can
delegate their duties to a volunteer group such as Planning and
Zoning.
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16 Appointment's: .. A. Industrial Development.- a memo from
staff and the Committee' recommending that Melvin Golla, president
of the Schertz Bank & Trust be appointed.
B. Planning & Zoning - a memo from P&Z recommending Ty Brisgill
be appointed. They also recommended Tom Yarllrig' De appointed n
Chairman and Bob Andrews as Vic,e-C~airman.. LJ
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C. Housing Authority - There were two names present~d; Rick
Speaks and Bud Cyr." "Council said the Mayor will make this
appointment.
#7 Discussion of an agree~~n~. with, .<?u,a.c:3a~up~, Co~nty for
vehicle registration.
We 'sl:ilX h'a.ve not' recelvea- a '['evlsea ag,reement 'from the County."
'8 EXECUTIVE SESSION: Mayor Pro T~m Baldwin called an
executive session~ under article 6i52":17 'v ~T~C:'S. .Section 2 (e) at
9:45 p.m.
The Workshop Session was reconvened at 9:58 p.m.
'9 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. Mr. Gilmore said that the
City has been sending out numerous weed letters. Staff has
recommended that we have postcards printed saying "thank you a~o
keep up the good work" type thing to those who have 'been trying
to make our city more presentable. Council agreed.
B. He presented the first monthly report of the City Sanitarian,
showing individual establis?ment.~eport~.
C. 'Received a letter from a citizen thanking ~~e police
department personnel for'help.
! D. There is suppose to' be a ground breaking for the ho~el on May
14th. If anyone cares to see what the hotel will look like,
staff is making arrangements tose~ the gne unqer; co~st~uction in
San Antonio. ' .
E. Not for publications as yet, but Keebler Cookies Company will
be coming into the Naylor tract. Our staff made a good
impression on them. -
F. After that real nice article in ,the, . Light n~wsp~p~~, we have
been inundated with'calls from'people seeking further information
on water, sewer, etc.. The reporter was going to write about the
Randolph Area and one of our developers suggested that Schertz is
the growing area, so why not write about Schertz.
.10 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Aguilar: A. Check to see if
there is a business being conducted from the tar-papered house at
the corner of Lindberg and Curtiss.
B. Had a very interesting meeting of the TML Region at Eagle
Pass. There was some controversy over a resolution that was
presented for vote. . They have very good" re.latAon~.hip~ between
the' cities cif-E~gle Pass' ~~d Piedras Negtas. Schertz received
one of the door prizes - a pinata.
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Mr. Sharpe: A. Concerning the discussion with Mr. Weaver of
CCMA, we should go back and say that we fully support their
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request to the State ana- also that' we supp'ortth~ extension of
their boundaries.
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B. The Schertz Busin~s~ Club discussed the 4th of. July,. Jubilee
at", thei'r la'st" nteet'i~g~ 'I 'Bad/'ll"'1:"oE ~of' people"tfiiH:ecwho will have
booths; however some of our non-profit organizations do not' care
to participate th~is year '" so ,th~ B~siI:1e.ss ~l~~. w~nts_ to. go out to
merchants ~or Cooa'bo6t~.~. TBeywanted~t6~know\how'Council felt
about this and Mr. Sharpe said he told them no problem. This
year the parade will be in the morning and will end up at the
park around noon. They are looking to the City for police
protection and porta potties . Also the City for the $500 for
bands, which is a budgeted item. They also asked why the City
does not have a float.
C. The Economic Development Council of the Crlamb'er is'lo'oking at
having it in being by July 1. The Northeast 35 group has
basically agreed to. sponsor this.
D. Will have" th'e "Employi!if' of' -'tb;~ . Quart:'$r . presE!iitat'!bn at the
next Regular Council meeting.
E. Mr. Sharpe will be submitting items on the Sesquicential for
the budget next year. qne is a request ~~ h~veou; gr9Wt.p ad in
the book put out by the 'Dallas News - a fiHl~page wO\llc.t:'t:>~,. $1275,
half page is $775 and quarter page is $568. Mr. Sharpe'suggested
the half page ad. N~eds to b.e coml~dt~ed by M~y 3l:st for
publication in October 1985~'. , ',,' ., .
Mr. Stanhope: A. Can the Catholic"Chtirdil.have':parklng' meters on
Live Oak Road covered for the festival. Council agreed.
B. Has anything been 'heifrd ftom the'Raiftoac('Company"regarding
painting the bridge. Mr. Gilmore said we hay~ .not ~~ard from
them. ' ,
Mr. Greenwald: A. Senior Citizen Day has been changed from the
11th to the 18th of May.
B. At the next workshop meeting, Council needs to discuss fee
deposits for the adult softball field. In fact rental rates for
all park areas.
C. Did staff find out anything about the mobile home lot in back
of Garden Ridge Pottery that was advertised in the paper? Mr.
Gilmore said several calls were made but could nev~r get an
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D. Did B&J Contractin.g ,~et approval for a curb-cut on Curtiss?
E. There were a lot of false ': aiarms again in r''the monthly
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F. Mr. Greenwald said he had asked both Tom Weaver and Mr.
Sanders to come to the next workshop prior to the public hearing
on the 21st.
ill ITEMS BY MAYOR: A. Mr. Baldwin said he could not get
the recreational hall on the 11th for Senior Citizen Day so had
to change it to the 18th. He also has changed the format for the
opening ceremonies - they will be held at the RecHall.
B. Really need to get the people' to clean 'that lot on Main
Street, owned by Hild Marine.
C. There is a sign problem on I35. In Cibolo's ETJ there are
five huge signs going up.
#12 ADJOURNMENT: There being no further discussion, Mayor
Pro Tem Baldwin declared the meeting adjourned at 11:15 p.m.
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Mayor Pro Tem, City of Schert~,
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REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL
MAY 7, 1985
The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Session, Tuesday,
May 7, 1985, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, .1400 Live Oak
Road with the following members present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer,
presiding; Charles B. Sharpe, Hal Baldwin, Adolph Aguilar and Ken
Greenwald. Absent: Ray Stanhope. Staff present were City
Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary JuneG. Krause.
Before starting the regular meeting, there were several
presentations to be made:
Mayor Sawyer presented a proclamation to Police Chief James W.
Keith, declaring the week of May 12 - 18 as nPoliceWeekn.
The Schertz Business Club presented Custodian Mike DeLeon with
the Employee of the Quarter award and plaque. Mike has been with
the City for five years and is a very dedicated and loyal
employee.