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7-2-1985 r I REGULAR MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 2, 1985 The Schertz City Council convened in Regular Sess ion, Tuesday, July 2, 1985, at 7:00 P.M. in the Council Chambers, 1400 Live Oak Road. The following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Hal Baldwin; Raymond Stanhope; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Councilman Charles B. Sharpe. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. PUBLIC HEARING: After welcoming everyone to the meeting, Mayor Sawyer opened the public zoning hear ing held jointly with the Planning and Zoning Commission. He said the purpose of the hearing was to receive input from the public on a rezoning request by Joseph Ruscin for an 11 acre tract from Multi-family Dwelling District (R-4) to Neighborhood Service (NS). Said land is located on the South side of Elbel Road between the School District Administration Building and the Sycamore Creek Apartments. At this time, he turned the hearing over to Mr. Tom Yarling, Chairman of the Planning and zoning Commission. r- Mr. Yarling called on staffmember Earl Hartzog to give a little background on this request. Mr. Hartzog again gave the location of the 11 acres and said that 37 property owners were notified of the hearing, based on the current tax roll. Two letters were returned by the post office. The City has adequate utilities to serve this proposal. One item of concern was the additional traffic created. The present zoning is for apartments and staff and P&Z felt this NS zoning would be better as far as traffic is concerned. Mr. Joe Ruscin, an attorney representing the owner of the property, gave some background information on their request for rezoning of this property. He said that in deciding the most feasible use for the land, they checked the abundance of apartments in the area and decided to ask for Neighborhood Services. They realize that because of the proximity of the school they cannot have any type business connected with alcoholic beverages but said they really did not want that type business. The envision a retail str ip center with some type off ice spaces. He said they are also aware of the drainage problems. When Mr. Yarling opened the hearing to citizens, Mr. Bill Hooper of 1061 Valley Forge, asked if this property would be built up like the apartments next to it was, creating drainage problems for his area. Mr. Yarling explained that the question before this hearing was for zoning only but that the developers would have to comply with all ordinances. Mr. Hooper said that when they built the apartments, they dug out the drainage ditch to -- build up the land for the apartments and created drainage problems. Councilman Baldwin asked if it was going to be necessary to bring these buildings up to the first floor level of the apartments. i ~ 212 \ Mr. Gilmore said the drainage ditch should have been put in when Village 1 and 2 were developed but was not. When the apartments were built, they not only had to build drainage for them but also had to pull drainage off Village 1 and 2. The owner of the land and owner of the dirt decided to keep the dirt and now we have a slight hill. o Mr. Aguilar asked if the drainage ditch was dug out to raise the property for the apartments. Mr. Gilmore said no, it was not. There were no further citizens wishing to speak for or against this request. Planning & Zoning members and Council then discussed the type of businesses planned for this property. Mr. Ruscin said he did not think the owner had done any type of research nor made any attempt to lease as yet. When asked by Council if they planned to have roads behind the businesses, Mr. Ruscin said they always try to have access in the rear of the building. Mr. Yarling then reminded everyone this is the last time the public will be allowed to comment on this request. The P&Z will take all comments into consideration when they meet to make their recommendation to the Council. Mayor Sawyer declared the hearing closed at 7:27 p.m. o #1 APPROVAL OF MINUTES: Mr. Stanhope moved to accept the minutes of the Regular Meeting of June 18, and Special Meeting of June 26, 1985. Mr. Baldwin seconded the motion, which carr ied. with the following vote: AYES: Councilmen Baldwin, Stanhope, Aguilar and Greenwald. NAYS: None #2 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: Mr. Gilmore said to answer some of Mr. Bill Hooper's questions he would like to comment on the drainage ditch. There will be no further dirt taken out. The ditch was built to take care of the drainage. The engineer said it should have been built when the Village was built. We are working with the developer of the apartments at this time. There is work that needs to be done to bring the engineering up to City standards. And there should be some additional planting of vegetation on the sides of the ditch. There should be no more dirt removed - that was not the reason for building it to start with. We do realize there are problems and they are being addressed. i3 EXECUTIVE SESSION: None needed. #4 CITY MANAGER'S REPORT: A. BVYA has asked for police D for this weekend tournament. To provide four-hour increments will cost approximately $240 and it would have to be our off-duty Jl I! .,t';";' I r- , I ! r- i .-- i ~ -') -~ { policemen. Mayor Sawyer asked for a concensus of Council, who were all agreeable to the City paying for this but suggested that BVYA consider this in their next year's budget. Mr. Gilmore said that all other volunteer organizations pay for this service. B. As requested by Council, a letter was sent to Cibolo in regards to dispatch fees, extending the time for the increase to the next fiscal year. This letter was signed by the Mayor. C. Have talked with the engineer and he is preparing the metes and bounds for commencing annexation to the south. Also have talked with the people in Rittimann Addition and they will get a petition to request aid from us and the County Judge. Mr. Gilmore said he would like to pursue grants for their area. D. Have talked with TML and they will send letter to City in September requesting those who desire to send in resolutions for consideration. E. Mr. Gutierrez has been invited to the next Workshop and he will be there. We are continuing to send letters in regards to vegetation. F. Checked on the liability insurance for Council and it does cover P&Z and all appointed committees and commissions. G. Talked with Mr. Harris about GBRA and he saw no problem but did question what it would accomplish and cautioned about being very careful so that we did not comprise anything. H. Have checked our personnel policies and the phrase "For Just Cause" is not in there. Also talked with the attorney and he has made some suggestions for changes to comply with the Fair Labor Standards Act. I. Two years ago Mr. Gilmore was invited to go to China by the People to People. He said he has received another invitation for November. #5 ITEMS BY COUNCIL: Mr. Baldwin mentioned a Mail-o-gram received from County Judge Tom Vickers and said this could be the answer for Rittimann Addition. Mr. Gilmore said that Commissioner Lee has requested to talk with the Mayor on the lOth of July and then come to Council on the 16th. Mr. Aguilar asked about vehicle validation registration. Mr. Gilmore said that we had started selling them here as of this week. Mr. Greenwald asked about one of the Sanitarian inspections and how long we permit them to operate. Mr. Gilmore said the Inspector places restrictions on them and will give them time to bring their establishment in line. 214 ~ Mr. Stanhope brought up about the Sesquicentennial booth to be set up for the Jubilee on the 4th. Mayor Sawyer said we will be kicking off the Sesquicentennial officially at noon. The VFW will be doing the flag raising and Rep. Kuempel will be present. Mrs. Jeanine Hicks from the Sesquicentennial State Commission would be present to present the official flag. The parade would commence at 10:00 a.m. o 16 ITEMS BY MAYOR: Mayor Sawyer said we are very proud of our City Manager, who has received many honors. Thursday, July 11th is the Council of Mayors meeting if anyone has an item to be discussed. The annexation the City Manager is talking about is the one southeast of Randolph. 17 ADJOURNMENT: On a motion by Mr. Aguilar, seconded by Mr. Baldwin and unanimously carried, the meeting was declared adjourned at 8:15 p.m.. ATTEST: D ecretary, City of Schertz. SPECIAL MEETING OF THE CITY COUNCIL JULY 10,.1985 The Schertz City Council convened in Special Workshop Session Wednesday, July 10, 1985, at 7:00 p.m. in the Conference Room of the Municipal Complex, 1400 Live Oak Road. The following members were present: Mayor Earl W. Sawyer, presiding; Hal Baldwin; Raymond Stanhope; Adolph Aguilar and Ken Greenwald. Absent: Mr. CharlesB. Sharpe. Staff present were City Manager Jimmy G. Gilmore and City Secretary June G. Krause. #1 HEARING OF RESIDENTS: A. Mr. Tom Harm, president of Buffalo Valley Youth Association and their Board members were present and wished to discuss their organization with Council. Mr. Harm introduced the Boardmembers and said thay had come to D try to get back in line on communications. He said that the City could not provide the service that BVYA provides. What set them ~.~ . .,-,,:~.:rs'rjKtl'4;