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06-09-09MINUTES REGULAR MEETING June 9, 2009 A Regular Meeting was held by the Schertz City Council of the City of Schertz, Texas, on June 9, 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 Councilmember David Scagliola Councilmember Tony Wilenchik Mayor Pro-Tem Jim Fowler Councilmember John Trayhan Councilmember Michael Carpenter Staff Present: City Manager Don Taylor Assistant City Manager David Harris CALL TO ORDER REGULAR MEETING Assistant City Manager John Bierschwale City Secretary Brenda Dennis 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. Councilmember Carpenter gave the invocation followed by the Pledges of Allegiance to the Flags of the United States and State of Texas. Mayor Baldwin introduced the following distinguished guests in the audience: His grandson Bill Baldwin and granddaughter Dustee Beck. PRESENTATION • Presentation to Emily Furillo, recipient of the Hal Baldwin Scholarship. Mayor Baldwin presented Ms. Emily Furrillo the first Hal Baldwin Scholarship for $1,000. Mayor Baldwin stated that Ms. Furrillo was no stranger to Schertz; she has served on the Sweetheart Court since she was a freshman. Mayor and Council congratulated Ms. Furrillo. Mayor Baldwin recognized City Manager Don Taylor who stated that it was his recommendation to pull agenda item 3 and to postpone agenda item 4 to allow staff more time to address the concerns of the property owners and others that were brought up. 3. Ordinance No. 09-5-20 -Consideration and/or action on a request to amend the Future Land Use Map contained in the City's Comprehensive Land Plan. First and Final Reading (City Manager) 6-9-09 Minutes Item withdrawn. 4. Ordinance No. 09-5-21 - ZC2009-004 -Consideration and/or action on a request to rezone 260.2 acres of land between the Union Pacific Railroads in Comal County from FM-3009 east to FM-2252 from General Business District-2 (GB-2) and Manufacturing District Light (M-1) to General Business District (GB) and Residential Agricultural (R-A). (Item tabled at the 6/2/09 Council Meeting) First Reading (M. Sanchez) Mayor Baldwin recognized Councilmember Trayhan who moved seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem Fowler to postpone this item. Vote was unanimous. Motion Carried. HEARING OF RESIDENTS Mayor Baldwin recognized Ms. Vanessa Brown, 302 Shangrila who spoke against the agenda item 4 on the proposed rezoning. Mayor Baldwin recognized Mr. Robert Brockman, 1001 Elbel Road who spoke on the following: • Right turn lane situation on Schertz Parkway at Elbel and Aero • Delivery of the latest Schertz Tales; he believes their might be a problem with the mail • Status of the microphone stand Discussion and/or Action Items 1. Presentation on City Projects -Presentation and consideration and/or action regarding the City Project Update and Status Report. (L. Dublin) Mayor Baldwin recognized City Engineer Larry Dublin who provided a brief report and update on the Library and Recreation Center projects answering questions from Council. Mayor and Council thanked Mr. Dublin on his report and stated that citizens and surrounding cities are taking notice to the many projects that are going on in the City. Council asked that the update be placed on the city's website. 2. Minutes -Discussion and/or action regarding the approval of the minutes of the June 2, 2009 regular meeting. Mayor Baldwin recognized Councilmember Trayhan who moved, seconded by Mayor Pro-Tem Fowler to approve the minutes of the regular meeting of June 2, 2009. Vote was unanimous. Motion Carried. 5. Appointment of Boards and Commissions/Committee Members - Consideration and/or action regarding the process and procedure for 6-9-09 Minutes Page - 2 - appointments/reappointments of Boards and Commissions Members for the City of Schertz. (Requested by Mayor Baldwin) Mayor Baldwin requested that this item be placed on the agenda for the Council to discuss. Mayor stated that he would like the Council to consider looking at the following as ideas to discuss at a future date: • Come up with ideas how to attract more applicants. • Focus on selecting the correct applicant based upon their backgrounds and areas of expertise. • Come up with information on qualifications for serving on each board which would explain what the duties would be, and place this information on the city's website. • Discuss if there should be term limits imposed. • Discuss training for new board members. Mayor Pro-Tem Fowler, Councilmembers Scagliola, Wilenchik and Carpenter also wanted to include the following in their upcoming discussions: • Possible soft term limits. • New Board Member Orientation, Point of Contact for new members. • Evaluate Boards and Commissions concerns. • Continued education and training for members. Mayor Baldwin recessed into executive session at 7:40 p.m. EXECUTIVE SESSION Called under Section 551.071 Litigation, pending litigation; Section 551.072 Texas Government Code -Deliberation regarding the purchase, exchange, sale, lease, or value of real property. RECONVENE TO REGULAR SESSION Mayor Baldwin reconvened into regular session at 8:00 p.m. 6. Take any additional action deemed necessary as a result of the Executive Session. No action was taken. Requests and Announcements 7. Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers that items be placed on a future City Council agenda. No requests were noted. 6-9-09 Minutes Page - 3 - 8. Requests by Mayor and Councilmembers to City Manager and Staff for information. No requests were noted. 9. Announcements by Mayor and Councilmembers • 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 • Upcoming City Council agenda items Mayor Baldwin recognized the following: Mayor Pro-Tem Fowler reported that the employee picnic held last Sunday was a great success and thanked City Manager Don Taylor and all the staff involved. Councilmember Scagliola also thanked City Manager Don Taylor for the great event. Councilmember Scagliola stated that the North Cliffe pool was looking good and that he wanted to report a possible leak around the drinking fountains and asked staff to look at them. Councilmember Trayhan echoed the comments regarding the success of the employee picnic. Councilmember Wilenchik also commented on the great success of the employee picnic, compliment staff for their help, and gave a special thank you to City Manager Don Taylor for funding this event out of his pocket. Councilmember Carpenter also complimented staff on the success of the picnic. Councilmember Carpenter thanked City Engineer Larry Dublin on the presentation and complimented the magnitude of effort being put forth by the .City on the projects that are going on. Councilmember Carpenter apologized for not being able to attend the last council meeting. Mayor Baldwin apologized to staff for not being able to attend the Employee Picnic on Sunday but stated that he had made special plans to celebrate his grandsons Stn birthday. 10. Announcements by City Manager • Recognition of City employee actions • New Departmental initiatives 6-9-09 Minutes Page - 4 - Mayor Baldwin recognized City Manager Taylor who thanked everyone involved in the success of the employee picnic on Sunday. Mayor Baldwin recognized Assistant City Manager John Bierschwale who stated that nominations are being accepted for the Steve Simonson award ADJOURNMENT As there was no further action, Mayor Baldwin adjourned the meeting at 9:05 p.m. ~~ GHaI B dwin, Mayor ATTEST: ~. a Dennis, TRMC, CMC City Secretary 6-9-09 Minutes Page - 5 -