01-13-09
MINUTES
REGULAR MEETING
January 13,2009
A Regular Meeting was held by the Schertz City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, on January
13, 2009 at 6:30 p.m., in the Municipal Complex Council Chambers, 1400 Schertz Parkway,
Building #4, Schertz, Texas. The following members present, to-wit:
Mayor Hal Baldwin Mayor Pro-Tern Michael Carpenter
Councilmember Jim Fowler Councilmember David Scagliola
Councilmember John Trayhan Councilmember Tony Wilenchik
Staff Present: City Manager Don Taylor Assistant City Manager John Bierschwa1e
Assistant City Manager David Harris City Secretary Brenda Dennis
CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING
Mayor Baldwin called the meeting to order at 6:30 p.m.
INVOCATION AND PLEDGES OF ALLEGIANCE TO THE FLAGS OF THE UNITED
STATES AND STATE OF TEXAS.
Mayor Pro-Tern Carpenter gave the Invocation followed by the Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags
of the United States and State of Texas.
HEARING OF RESIDENTS
Mayor Baldwin recognized Schertz Chamber of Commerce President Frances Rushing who
announced the following:
. Ribbon Cutting on Wednesday, January 14, 2009 at 2:30 for the San Antonio Federal
Credit Union
. Ambassador Don Hicks passed away - funeral services were January 6, 2009
Discussion and/or Action Items
1. Minutes - Discussion and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the Regular
Meeting of January 6,2009.
Mayor Baldwin recognized Councilmember Trayhan who moved, seconded by
Councilmember Wilenchik to approve the minutes of January 6, 2009. Vote was
unanimous. Motion Carried
2. Ordinance No.09-D-Ol - Discussion and/or action approving an amended speed limit on
Live Oak Rd. to 35mph. (Final Reading) (L. Dublin)
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Mayor Baldwin recognized City Engineer Larry Dublin who introduced this item stating no
changes had been made since the first reading.
Mayor Baldwin recognized Mayor Pro-Tern Carpenter who moved, seconded by
Councilmember Wilenchik to approve Ordinance No. 09-D-01 on final reading. Vote was
unanimous. Motion Carried
3. Sidewalks along FM 3009 - Discussion only regarding sidewalks along FM 3009. (L.
Dublin)
Mayor Baldwin recognized City Engineer Larry Dublin who introduced this item with the
following information answering questions from Council:
~ FM 3009 is a state road owned and maintained by Texas Department of Transportation
TxDOT.
a It is designated as a rural roadway and as such, sidewalks were not contemplated when
the expansion was constructed in 1992.
a As the designation is still current, TxDOT will not consider funding the construction of
sidewalks as a routine project.
~ Funding measures are available through TxDOT from other sources; however, it should be
noted that funds are committed through FY 2015.
a State Transportation Enhancement Program
a Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO)
a School and Neighborhood Accessibility Program
~ City of Schertz funded construction within the State Right-Of-Way (ROW).
a TxDOT will allow the construction within their ROW provided strict adherence to their
design requirements is followed.
a For safety reasons (the existing curb is mountable), the sidewalk would have to be
moved closer to the property line.
a The parkway between the curb and property line is used as open ditch drainage and
would have to be re-constructed under ground.
a In some areas it would be necessary to transition through private property (requirbJ.g
acquisition of easements) in order to meet ADA standards.
a Estimated cost to construct from HEB to Dimrock, on both sides and generally within
the TxDOT ROW, is $4.5 million.
~ City of Schertz funded construction within the easements acquired from private property.
a It will still be necessary to re-construct portions of the existing drainage system.
a Pedestrian bridges will be necessary over some low areas.
a Extensive acquisition of private property for easements.
a Estimated cost to construct from HEB to Dimrock, on both sides and generally within
easements is $4.2 million.
~ Undeveloped property along the route will be required to construct sidewalks in accordance
with the UDC.
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Mayor Baldwin recognized Councilmember Trayhan who asked "if the property east of
Randolph Brooks were developed, would the City require sidewalks to be put in? Mr.
Dublin stated that it would if using the current UDC yes, in the upcoming proposed new
UDC it is still under discussion. Mr. Dublin was also asked by Councilmember Trayhan to
define rural and urban roads. Mr. Dublin stated that FM3009 is still considered rural but if
TxDot were to re-designate it, it would be urban.
Councilmember Fowler mentioned a possible alternative of a hike and bike trail in lieu of
sidewalks on the west side of 3009. Councilmember Fowler also mentioned utilization of
the traffic signals and reconfiguring them so that pedestrians could push a button to cross
3009.
Counci1member Wi1enchik stated that he did not think it was cost effective to build
sidewalks along FM3009 for the number of citizens; which is less than 1 %, that are
walking.
ReQuests and Announcements
4. Requests by Mayor and Counci1members that items be placed on a future City Council
agenda. No items.
5. Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers to City Manager and Staff for information.
Councilmember Scagliola requested that staff bring back the Red Light Camera issue
due to the recent court ruling. Councilmembers concurred.
6. Announcements by Mayor and Counci1members
. 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
Mayor Baldwin recognized Councilmember Fowler who stated that he is looking forward
to the upcoming EDC training workshop.
Mayor Baldwin recognized Councilmember Scagliola who stated that recently the city had
received a letter regarding the professionalism of Chris Lewis, Animal Control Supervisor
for handling a citizen complaint and requested to pass along his gratitude to Mr. Lewis.
Mayor Baldwin recognized Councilmember Wilenchik who announced the following:
. Recently attended the Operation Home Front meeting at which Mr. Cantu was
. elected to the Board of Directors.
. Attended the TIRZ meeting this evening regarding board responsibilities and was
provided with the Sedona project update, next meeting will be in February.
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. On Sunday, he attended the School Board meeting regarding the rezoning issue at
which they discussed keeping the new Corbett school as the feeder for Clemens
High School and not Steele.
. On Monday, the Ordinance review committee met regarding the r:evised Nuisance
Ordinance and changes have been forwarded to the City Attorney and will be
coming to council soon.
. Attended the low-water crossing opening with Schertz and Universal City.
Mayor Baldwin stated that he also attended the opening of the low-water crossing and
commented on how well this project was completed and glad it was open. He also
announced that all lanes of Schertz Parkway are completed and opened; he commented on
what a great project this was.
7. Announcements by City Manager
. Recognition of City employee actions
. New Departmental initiatives
. Upcoming City Council agenda items
Mayor Baldwin recognized City Manager Don Taylor who announced that several
members of staff are attending an Incident Command Training session this week. He
stated that the instructor complimented the City on the amount of staff members who were
being trained.
ADJOURNMENT
As there was no further action, Mayor Baldwin adjourned t meeting at 7:07 p.m.
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